🇨🇦 📃 🛸 RCMP UFO Report: Falcon Beach, Manitoba – June 26 1967

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ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE GENDARMERIE ROYALE DU CANADA
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NEF, DOSSIERS CHC
67D 700-130
GIS67-700-8
DIVISION
"D
DATE
26 JUN 67
SUB-DIVISION
H.O.C.I.B.
DETACHMENT DETACHMENT

Winnipeg G.I.S.

Stefan MICHALAK - Report of Unidentified Flying, Object
Falcon Beach, Manitoba.
20 MAY 67

1. Further to previous reports, and in particular to para. 8
of my report of 26 MAY 67, we saw MICHALAK from day to day between.
May 26th and May 30th hoping that he would be feeling well enough
to make a trip with us to Falcon Lake to look for the landing spot of
this unidentified flying object. On the 30 MAY 67 this subject still
did not feel up to making the trip and at that time Squadron Leader
BISSKY and myself visited him at his residence and had him draw us a
sketch of the terrain in the immediate area where the objects he claims
to have seen landed. Squadron Leader BISSKY arranged with the Canadian
Army at Rivers, Man. to obtain the use of a Hillier helicopter. The
helicopter was to assist in the search commencing on the morning of
May 31st. We took this course of action hoping to be able to find
the spot MICHALAK described without his being there. The reason for
us doing this was our belief that vegetation and growth in the area
would be such that it would make the place very difficult to find if
it was left much longer.

2. Cst. ANDERSON and myself travelled to Falcon Lake on the
morning of May 31st and were met there by a group of R.C.A.F. personnel
headed by Squadron Leader BISSKY. The R.C.A.F. personnel had travelled
by automobile as did we. A Canadian Army helicopter from Rivers
piloted by Captain Bruce MUELANDER arrived from the Rivers Air Station
at about noon on May 31st. A search was conducted from the air
by Squadron Leader BISSKY and myself with the helicopter pilot and we
were unable to locate any area that resembled that sketched by MICHALAK.
In his description to us of the area he described a flat piece of rock
approximately 300 long by 1001 feet wide and such outcroppings of rock
that size are very rare in the Falcon Lake area. As well as the air
search we examined areas by foot, but we were unsuccessful in coming
up with anything worth while. The search was continued until nearly
dark on May 31st and then called off for the day. We discussed the
situation with Squadron Leader BISSKY and we decided to continue without
MICHALAK being there to give us some idea of directions would be futile
and we decided then to return to Winnipeg and attempt to convince him
he should come down for at least one day. Cst. ANDERSON and I returned.
to Winnipeg in the late evening of May 31st and we went directly to
MICHALAK's residence and spoke to him. He agreed to make the trip with
us and arrangements were made to pick him up early the following
morning.

3. Cst. ANDERSON and I took MICHALAK by police car to Falcon
Beach early in the morning of June 1st and shortly after our arrival
there he was taken up by the helicopter pilot and myself to look the
area over by air. This method of searching was unsatisfactory and the
terrain looked entirely different from the air and he was not able to
recognize any land marks from the air. In the afternoon of the same
date we took MICHALAK to where we had earlier recovered the saw and





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shopping bag he had mentioned, our finding the saw and shopping bag
was outlined in para. 8 of my previous report. MICHALAK, Cst. ANDERSON
and myself commenced a ground search from the point where he had
discarded the saw and shopping bag and we walked for most of the after-
noon covering somewhere between 3 and 4 miles of dense bush and out-
croppings of rock without finding anything of value. MICHALAK seemed
to be wandering aimlessly through the bush and didn't really appear to
know where he was going. His excuse for acting like this was that he
claimed when he was prospecting he followed quartz veins in the rock
facings and didn't really pay any attention to where he was going. He
says he would walk for most of the day and then when he felt he had
gone far enough to leave himself enough time to get out before dark he
would take a compass reading and head out to whichever direction he
thought the highway was. Throughout the ground search he kept insisting
that he was going to be able to find the place and appeared to be quite
disgusted with himself that he couldn't find the place. Our ground
search with MICHALAK took up most of the afternoon and was concluded
in the early evening. While we were searching on foot Squadron Leader
BISSKY and the helicopter pilot were examining likely places from the
air, and a number of possible places were subsequently looked at on
foot. During an earlier interview with MICHALAK he said that when he
returned to the highway following his sightings of these objects, he
walked over a little over 3,000 paces. We calculated that this would
be no more than 2 miles or 3 miles at the outside and so during the
air search we covered an area considerably larger than we felt he could
have possibly walked, the area we examined from the air would be 4 to
5 miles deep, in other words north and south, and about the same distance
east and west. I might say that all places that in any way resembled
the spot sketched and described to us by MICHALAK were examined on foot
in the area I have mentioned however we were unsuccessful in finding
any evidence as he had described. Cst. ANDERSON and I returned MICHALAK
to Winnipeg and to his residence at approximately 10:00 P.M. on the
1 JUN 67. Cst. ANDERSON and I returned to Falcon Lake in the early
morning of 2 JUN 67 to continue the search with the R.C.A.F. personnel.
We examined likely places even further afield than those previously
covered without finding anything of value. This last day's searching
was confined to helicopter searching. The search was discontinued
completely in mid-afternoon of 2 JUN 67 and the army helicopter left
en route back to Rivers at approximately 2:00 P.M. of that date.

4. On the 25 MAY 67 I was in telephone contact with Cst. SCHMALZ
of Falcon Beach Detachment and requested him to make enquiries regarding
MICHALAK's being in the Falcon Motel on the night of May 19th, and in
particular to make enquiries regarding any liquor he may have consumed
while staying at the motel. On the evening of May 26th I received a
telephone call from Cst. SCHMALZ and he advised me that he had spoken to Mr. REDACTED
who is the manager of the cafe and beverage room
at the Falcon Mover. MICHALAK had stayed in Room 17 at the motel.
REDACTED stated that between 8 and 9:30 P.M., MICHALAK had been in the
beverage room at the motel and had had about 3 bottles of beer. He then
left the motel at about 9:30 and came back at approximately 11:00 P.M.
and had about 2 more bottles of beer. He was not intoxicated when he
left according to REDACTED and he never bought liquor to take to his




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room with him. Falcon Beach Detachment have checked beverage room
sales slips and liquor commission sales slips for that date and there
is no indication MICHALAK bought any liquor to take out. The maid who
cleaned Room 17 on the morning of May 20th said that she went to the
room at about 7:30 A.M. on Saturday, May 20th and MICHALAK was gone
at that time. This fits his version of the story where he said he left
the room very early in the morning at approximately 6:00 A.M. Mr. REDACTED
confirmed that MICHALAK had spoken to him about other prospectors.
working and REDACTED was able to recall this individual from the fact
that he discussed prospecting at length with him and prospecting particu-
larly in the Falcon Lake area. Mr.REDACTED said he wondered about
MICHALAK because he seemed so certain that he had a good ore strike
and that he was going to find something that day, and he told REDACTED
that he was going north from the townsite. The motel owner, Mrs.
Merten BUECK, saw him the next afternoon which would be the afternoon
following REDACTED seeing him. This would be 3 or 4 o'clock in the
afternoon and MICHALAK approached Mrs. BUECK and told her that he
needed a doctor, and she then referred him to the R.C.M.P. Detachment
Mrs. BUECK said that he later came back to the Motel and asked to
make a collect call to Winnipeg and was shown an outside telephone.
booth. Everyone that he approached on that day felt as though he was
acting as if he was intoxicated although none of the people that spoke
to him or were near him could smell any liquor on him. As a result of
this information from Cst. SCHMALZ I saw MICHALAK again on May 27th
and asked him about the liquor he was alleged to have consumed on the
night of May 19th. He denied having any beer to drink on that night
while at Falcon Beach and said that he very seldom drank beer and that
if he had had anything to drink he would probably have had a drink of
wine. However, in any case he denied having any alcoholic beverages
of any kind on that particular night. A discrepancy in REDACTED
version involved the time. He claimed that he had first seen MICHALAK
about 8:00 P.M. on June 19th, however MICHALAK went to Falcon Lake
by bus and the bus did not leave Winnipeg until 7:15 P.M. This would
be at least a two hour bus trip to Falcon Lake which would get MICHALAK
in there somewhere between 9:15 and 9:30 P.M. MICHALAK's story is that
he arrived between 9 and 9:30 P.M. and checked into his motel and then
went to his room, Romm 17, and read his prospecting books until about
11:00 P.M. He then went to the coffee shop in the motel and had a
hamburger and a cup of coffee and spoke to the man in the motel about
prospecting. He recalls asking the man about any other prospectors
working in the area and his knowledge of prospectors in the area.
MICHALAK said he stayed in the coffee shop for about a half hour and
then returned to his room and read for an hour longer before retiring
for the night. On June 1st, the day we had MICHALAK at Falcon Lake
I arranged to have Mr.REDACTED look at him and he told us after looking
at MICHALAK that there was no doubt at all that he was the man that
he had served beer to on the night of May 19th, and the man he had
talked to about prospecting. He even told us that he could tell us
what kind of beer the man had consumed and what chair he had been sitting
in. I asked him whether they were busy in the neverage room that night
and he confirmed that they were. I pointed out to him his obvious mis-
take in time and he agreed that he could be wrong about the time however
he didn't agree that he could be wrong about his identification of


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MICHALAK. This matter has been discussed with MICHALAK subsequently
to the trip to Falcon Lake and he still denies having any beer to drink
while at Falcon Lake. This is the main discrepancy in the story, the
only other discrepancy in MICHALAK's story that has been uncovered is
his inability to be able to locate the alleged landing spot.

5. On June 6th, Cst. ZACHARIAS and I had an interview with
Dr. Roy CRAIG who is the head of the U.F.0. Project for the United
States Government at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.
Dr. CRAIG had come to Winnipeg to make his own investigation into the
alleged sighting of MICHALAK. He had spent a day in the Falcon Lake
area with MICHALAK on Sunday, June 4th. He told us that he was very
impressed with MICHALAK's story when he first interviewed him on
Saturday, June 3rd, however he began to have doubts after taking him
to Falcon Lake and seeing how he groped around in the bush and did not
seem to know where he was going. Dr. CRAIG was returning to the
Colorado University on June 6th and before leaving he asked me to
supply him with any additional details about this sighting or about
background information on MICHALAK should we come into possession
of anything worthwhile. Since that time I have received a report from
"P" Division outlining background investigation on MICHALAK and I
propose to supply the pertinent details of this report to Dr. CRAIG.
Dr. CRAIG is heading the University of Colorado research team that has
received a U.S. Government grant to do a year's research on unidentified
flying objects. He told us that one of the conditions under which
he and his fellow investigators took the project was that the report
they were to write at the conclusion of the project would be made a
public document.

6. I have been incontact with Sqn. Leader BISSKY from time to
time regarding this investigation and he has continued his own
enquiries on the sighting claimed by MICHALAK. On Thursday, June 8th,
Sqn. Leader BISSKY and other Air Force personnel went to Falcon Beach
to have a look at the micro-wave tower situated in the approximate
area where MICHALAK was believed to have entered the bush. The purpose
of this trip was to examine the micro-wave tower as it had been
suggested to Sqn. Leader BISSKY that MICHALAK may have climbed the
tower to look the terrain over and been burned by electricity on the
top of the tower. Sqn. Leader BISSKY does not feel that this is a
very likely possibility and came to this conclusion after looking the
tower over. While in the vicinity of the micro-wave tower which is
approximately 1 mile north and east of the Falcon Motel he found a
spot that quite closely resembled the place that had been sketched
for us by MICHALAK. He examined the place with other R.C.A.F. members
however was unable to find any remnents of a shirt or the missing
steel tape that MICHALAK feels he left at the scene. He has since
discussed this spot with MICHALAK however MICHALAK has not yet been
down to have a look at it. Sqn. Leader BISSKY has told me that so far
as the Air Force is concerned the matter is closed pending MICHALAK
locating the spot and supplying further information to them.

7. The only article that we had in connection with this investi-
gation was a yellow plastic glove that was turned over to me by




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MICHALAK for whatever examination we cared to make. This has now been
turned over to Sqn. Leader BISSKY with receipt being obtained on
Form C-246.

8. Regarding para. 2 of the memorandum from the Officer in charge.
"D" Division C.I.B. dated 2 JUN 67, wherein it was suggested that I
should liase with Mr. J.B. Thompson of the APRO Organization, subsequent
enquiries have revealed that the APRO Organization, and Mr. Thompson
in particular are interested in monetary gain from their investigation
of these sightings. Dr. CRAIG told me that he was quite familiar with
the APRO Organization from their activities in the United States and
most of the people connected with it were interested in writing stories
about sightings and selling them to magazines and news media. He also
stated that there can be more than one APRO man in one particular city
such as Winnipeg, and one APRO representative would not be aware of
who the other ones were. In other words, there was very little liason.
within their own organization. In view of this and in viewor the fact
that the R.C.A.F. are taking an active interest in U.F.O. sightings
I do not feel that we would be wise to align ourselves with Mr. Thompson.
and his APRO Organization. I might also point out that Sqn. Leader
BISSKY and other R.C.A.F. personnel feel much the same as I do about
the AFRO Organization.


9. In view of the increasing prevalence of U.F.O. sightings
and reports and because of the distinct possibility that our personnel
could be the first persons approached by the observer that claims to
have seen a U.F.O. I have obtained from the R.C.A.F. a copy of their
instructions on reporting unidentified flying objects. This covers the
information to be obtained from an alleged observer at the time the
sighting is reported and how the report is to be channeled. This
instruction is brief and in view of this will be embodied in its
entirety in this report.

REPORTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS
GENERAL

1. Reports of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are frequently
received at Canadian Forces bases from various sources. CFHQ is
responsible for processing any action required on this reports.
Accordingly, UFO reports will be transmitted to CFHQ in accordance with
para. 2.

REPORTING
2. Unclassified priority messages shall be addressed to
CANFORCEHED and the first words in the text shall be "FOR CFOC, UFO
REPORT". All reports shall include as much of the following information
as is obtainable, using the identifying letter indicated:
A Date and time of sighting (GMT)
B Condition of sky (clear, cloudy, haze, etc).




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Stefan MICHALAK

C Identification of observer.
D Location of observer at time of sighting.
E Identification of other persons also observing the UFO.
F. Description of sighting (shape, colour, altitude, movement,
number of UFOs, etc.)
G Duration of observation.
H Any other relevant information."
This form was published by the R.C.A.F. on the 7 OCT 66 and is their
most recent instruction. It will be noted that sightings are to be
transmitted by telex to Central Forces H.Q., Ottawa. Sqn. Leader
BISSKY told me that Central Forces H.. assess such reports and
should furtherinvestigation be required it is then referred to a
local R.C.A.F. unit for further enquiries. I have examined the
questionaire that is used by the UFO research organization at
the University of Colorado. It is much more extensive that the
form currently being used by the R.C.A.F. I feel that the R.C.A.F.
report form and the questions thereon are suficient for a preliminary
report and should additional information be required by the R.C.A.F.
it would then be turned over to their investigators for further action.
In view of the fact that there is not any policy in our Operational
Manual pertaining to UFO sightings, the foregoing has been included
for whatever value it may be, in this regard.

10. MICHALAK has been back to work since Monday, June 5th after
being away from work for two weeks. He is regaining his normal health
and is repaining the weight he lost during the period when he was sick.
I have not been in contact with him for the past couple of weeks, however
San. Leader BIBSKY has and has been informed by MICHALAK that he is
still interested in going down and finding the alleged landing place.
Our file is being concluded and will be re-opened in the event MICHALAK
is successful in locating the landing place. In such place, I would
be prepared to go to Falcon Lake and conduct whatever enquiries are
necessary in conjunction with the R.C.A.F. personnel.
CONCLUDED HERE: 

(C.K.W.) S/Sgt.
i-c Wpg. GIS

(G.G Davis) 18300
Winnipeg G.I.S.

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