In this letter, dated February 9, 1976, from Dr. J. Allen Hynek to pioneer physical trace ufologist Henry McKay, Hynek mentions setting up a CUFOS affiliate with Henry in Ontario, Canada.

Four months prior, Hynek contacted Henry requesting he investigate the Suffern Three Mile Lake Incident where a UFO reportedly landed on a road and a creature was claimed to have been seen wearing a one-piece, silver-coloured suit with a white or light-coloured globe on its head.

The letter is dated the year before the release of the Steven Spielberg movie, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”, a term coined by Hynek which inspired the movie.

Hynek handwrites the following note at the end of the letter, “Mimi and I will be seeing you on the 27th”. Mimi was Hynek’s wife.

The Letter

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Background

This case from the Henry McKay UFO Archives involves a UFO landing, creature sighting, and a male claiming to be calling from the White House.

Dr. J. Allen Hynek, director of CUFOS at the time and former astronomy consultant for the U.S. Air Force’s UFO projects including Project Blue Book, contacted pioneer physical trace ufologist Henry McKay requesting he investigate the incident. Henry arrived at the site on October 9, less than 48 hours after the incident, accompanied by a police officer…

On the evening of October 7, 1975, at around 8:00 or 8:30 P.M., near Three Mile Lake located in the Bracebridge area of Ontario (Canada), a 27 year-old carpenter by the name of Robert Suffern was driving down a gravel side road near his property to inspect an “orange glow”, observed near his barn by his sister, when he came face-to-face with a large oval-shaped UFO resting on, or close to, the road just 150 feet in front of his car.

Before he was able to come to a complete stop, the object shot straight up at a fast speed and disappeared.

Suffern estimated the object was approximately 12-14 feet wide and 8-9 feet in height. It had an irregular, crinkled surface and was the colour of “the dull side of aluminum foil wrap” with “a narrow dark band around the edge of the clam-like portion of the structure.”

Suffern then turned his car around, turned off the gravel road, and proceeded to head back to his farm house.

Moments later he observed a creature at the side of the road. Suffern slammed on his brakes and skidded to a stop. The creature then hopped over a fence and retreated into the pasture. The creature was estimated to be about 4 1/2 feet tall with “very broad shoulders which seemed to be out of proportion”. It wore a one-piece, silver-coloured suit with a white or light-coloured “globe” on its head.

Suffern reported that the movements of the creature “were similar to an ape…but it was very agile. It reached up with its hands, grabbed the fence post and vaulted over with no effort.”

The October 14, 1975, edition of the Toronto Star newspaper quoted Henry McKay as saying, “I didn’t find any traces of what he [Suffern] may have seen. All I saw were the skid marks from his car on the road. He seems to be pretty straightforward about it.”

When Suffern arrived back at his farm house he noticed that his television set blacked out for a few seconds. He then went to his door and observed an “orange florescent light” in the pasture of his property. The light continued to move along out over Three Mile Lake and vanished behind Balthaycock Island.

He told Henry McKay that moments later, after observing the orange florescent light, he received a phone call from an unknown male with a “high-pitched voice” who told him something to the effect of, “We have work to be done. Do not interfere”. Then he received a second call from another unknown person with a warning similar to the first caller. Suffern warned the caller that if the conversation continued he would trace the call. The line then disconnected.

Suffern then called the local police (O.P.P. in Bracebridge). His first call to police was disconnected. His second attempt was successful and they arrived at the Suffern property within a few hours.

Suffern further reported to Henry McKay that on October 12 at 3:00 A.M., five days after the Suffern Three Mile Lake Incident, he received a call from a male claiming to be Lt. Colin Hunter from the White House in Washington D.C. The male was calling via radio telephone and was looking for information about the incident. The male caller left a phone number for Suffern to call him back at the White House. Suffern later called back the White House phone number given to him and this time spoke to a male military officer claiming to be Lt. Col. Waters.

Ufologist Dennis Prophet received reports from two different people who did not know each other claiming that just days before the Suffern Three Mile Lake Incident they observed “glowing white objects lifting off from behind a clump of trees” in the area.

Another report in The Henry McKay UFO Archives describes that on October 8 at approximately 3:30 A.M., less than eight hours after Suffern’s sighting, a couple observed a light in a triangular configuration descend and vanish over trees while they were driving south from Port Carling on Highway 118.

A school teacher also observed a “glowing red light” in the area of the Suffern property at approximately the same time as Suffern’s sighting.

Suffern also reported that his dog remained in its dog house for two days after the incident.

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Background

This case is from the Henry McKay UFO Archives and involves a UFO landing in a field of tobacco plants, as well as a greenish-blue residue found at the site.

The incident was investigated by pioneer physical trace ufologist Henry McKay. The late Henry McKay (1927-2007) was the first director of MUFON Canada and also investigated for CUFOS (headed by Dr. J. Allen Hynek), NICAP (headed by Maj. Donald Keyhoe of the U.S. Marines), APRO (headed by Jim and Coral Lorenzen), and many others. He also served in the Air Force.

On Sunday, July 6, 1975, at approximately 4:30 or 5:00 P.M., a tobacco farmer by the name of Joe Borda observed a silver domed-shaped UFO in his field of tobacco plants in Mount Pleasant, Ontario, Canada. The object was approximately 400 yards away from where he was standing and Borda assumed it was just a neighbour’s stainless-steel irrigation truck or tank. It was later reported that none of the neighbours had their work vehicles out that day.

Two days later, on July 8, Borda found a circular-like depression, approximately 20-30 feet in diameter, of damaged tobacco plants at the spot where the object was seen two days earlier. Some of the leaves from the tobacco plants within the depression were burnt brown. Other tobacco plants within the depression were flattened, and some were found broken at the stem.

A greenish-blue oily residue was also found among the damaged tobacco plants.

Samples from the site were collected by the county’s Crown Attorney, Charles Borda, who was also Joe Borda’s brother. Charles handed the samples over to the Brantford detachment of the O.P.P. (Ontario Provincial Police) who in turn sent them to the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto for lab testing.

By the time pioneer ufologist Henry McKay arrived on the scene, every trace of the greenish-blue residue was removed by police.

Henry later contacted the Brantford detachment of the O.P.P. to obtain the results of the lab tests conducted on the samples by Forensic Sciences.

In a letter to Henry from the Brantford detachment of the O.P.P., dated August 12, 1975, it states they were informed by Forensic Sciences that “the tobacco samples appear to have been struck by lightning”.

Not fully buying into the lightning explanation, Henry asked the Brantford detachment of the O.P.P. for a copy of the Forensic lab results. They told Henry he would need to contact the Centre of Forensic Sciences.

Henry tried relentlessly for over ten years to get a copy of the Forensic lab results from various Canadian government agencies who kept referring him back and forth between agencies: Centre of Forensic Sciences, the Canadian Department of National Defence, the Office of the Premier (Ontario), the Attorney General of Ontario, members of parliament, the Solicitor General, and others.

If this was just a simple case of tobacco plants struck by lightning then surely there should have been no issue with releasing the report — especially considering that the property owner (Joe Borda) and the Crown Attorney (Charles Borda) gave full permission to Henry to gain access to the report. Charles also tried on his own, as Crown Attorney, to get a copy of the Forensic lab results and not even he could gain access to the report.

40 years later, in 2015, ufologist Bob Mitchell, a well-respected retired Toronto Star journalist and executive for MUFON Canada, attempted to carry the torch for Henry’s quest of obtaining a copy of the lab results after Henry passed away. Mitchell contacted the Forensic Science Centre in Toronto, the O.P.P., the Canadian National Research Council, and the R.C.M.P. (Royal Canadian Mounted Police). According to Mitchell, none of them had information about the incident ever happening.

Fortunately, The Henry McKay UFO Archives has a letter dated August 12, 1975, from local police indicating that yes indeed the Borda samples were analyzed by Forensic Sciences. A digitized copy of this letter, along with another letter and a sketch by Borda, have been released to Black Vault. If anybody can provide any further information on this case please contact The Henry McKay UFO Archives.

Additional Information

For what it’s worth, it should also be noted that according to the book titled, “Gateway to Oblivion”, by Hugh Cochrane, three unknown men barged their way onto the Borda property in a limousine with Arizona license plates. They apparently drove straight to the damaged area, knowing exactly where they were going without any direction from Borda, and took samples of the damaged tobacco plants. When Borda went out to his field to question them they reportedly told him that it was none of his business and to go away.

In 2015, Mitchell visited the area to research the case 40 years later and spoke to one of Joe Borda’s descendants. Mitchell told The Henry McKay UFO Archives that during his research he discovered that the limousine with the Arizona license plates arrived a few hours before Borda even notified police.

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The following is a transcript from an audio cassette recording of Henry McKay, around the 42 second mark. This would have been at either one of his lectures or his course.

The cassette is simply labelled as “UFO Talk H.H.M”. Date unknown. From the files of the Henry McKay UFO Archives:

Now, the three broad categories of UFO:

The “A” category is the astronomical or aerial observation. Of the UFO reports, this would comprise of approximately 75-80%. Now, unfortunately, I do not have any training in astronomy.

A lot of the activity that’s unidentified that’s going on in space may have some military background to it and it’s difficult to extract the information from the authorities.

So, I do not pursue that particular area.

The “B” category is below normal aircraft altitude, or at tree-top level if you will.

And the “C” category is contact with the ground or communication with humans.

That’s the three broad categories. “A” astronomical. “B” below normal aircraft altitude or at 500 foot distance if you will. And “C” category is contact with the ground or some sort of communication.”

– Henry McKay

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