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Canada's Operation Magnet — the first state UFO programme.

In 1950, engineer Wilbert B. Smith launched Project Magnet at Canada's Department of Transport — the first state-funded UFO investigation programme anywhere. Project Second Story followed at the Defence Research Board. Both their records, plus subsequent RCMP and DND files, live at Library and Archives Canada.

Established
1950
Project Magnet at the Department of Transport.
Lead
Wilbert B. Smith — senior radio engineer, DOT.
Sister project
Project Second Story · Defence Research Board.
Closed
1954
Magnet shuttered; files passed to RCMP / DND.
Custodian
Library and Archives Canada · RG 24, RG 18.
Famous case
Falcon Lake (1967) · injuries on Stefan Michalak.

Every official entry-point.

Cards below deep-link into the official catalogs and institutional pages. Where direct PDFs were reachable they're mirrored locally; everything else opens on the live source.