◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
A KC-97 Crew and the Lights That Switched off
In the early hours of 19 February 1956 the crew of a KC-97 tanker over northern Labrador watched what looked like an aircraft climb in behind them, and when the commander radioed to identify it, its lights went out and it was gone. Blue Book's record card evaluates it as "Probably Aircraft". This is the record of what the crew reported, not a verdict on what followed them.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- A KC-97 Crew and the Lights That Switched off is a reported UAP case in In flight over northern Labrador at about 56°15'N 62°W (some 200 miles north of Goose Bay), Canada, 19 February 1956, 01:35Z.
- On 19 February 1956 the crew of a KC-97 tanker over northern Labrador reported what looked like an aircraft moving up behind them in an intercept pattern.
- When the aircraft commander radioed to identify it, the object cut off its lights and disappeared, according to the crew.
- The Blue Book record card evaluates the sighting as "Probably Aircraft" ("A/C sighting, not UFO").
- The tanker report is not Blue Book Unknown 3969, which is a separate F-89 case in the same folder.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source, 1 corroborating primary document and 3 distinct claimants on its resolved list.
- The archive grades it L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD — a released government record names who saw it, the top of our scale, though no independent testimony sits beside that record.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-12; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
19 February 1956, 01:35Z
LOCATION
In flight over northern Labrador at about 56°15'N 62°W (some 200 miles north of Goose Bay) · Canada
COORDS
56.25°N 62.00°W
INDEPENDENCE
L4 · OFFICIAL RECORD
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
3
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-12 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
