Ottawa, Ontario: MP Howe urges UFO investigation in the Canadian House of Commons
On April 21, 1966, MP William Dean Howe urged a serious investigation of UFOs in the Canadian House of Commons; Associate Minister of Defence Léo Cadieux replied non-committally that several government departments were interested in the topic.
Background
William Dean Howe, MP for Ottawa, Ontario, urged a serious investigation of UFOs in the Canadian House of Commons, saying “there is too much unexplained evidence to ignore.” Associate Minister of Defence Léo Cadieux responded non-committally that “several departments of government” were interested in the topic. The exchange is recorded in the House of Commons Debates for April 21, 1966. Chris Rutkowski thinks that this was the catalyst for transferring responsibility for UFO reports from the RCAF to the National Research Council. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.