1950-12-02 · Department of Transport, Ottawa, Canada · CA · 1950 to 1954
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Senior radio engineer Wilbert B. Smith established Project Magnet at the Canadian Department of Transport, one of the earliest formally-chartered government UAP studies. Smith's 1950 'Top Secret memorandum' citing U.S. interest is held by Library and Archives Canada.