#canada ufo sightings

[ufosightingsfootage]

Mass UFO Encounter Light Formation Stuns Eye Witness

Some are suggesting portals, but what whatever these UFOs are (or phenomena) they're hovering over a field and it's been filmed from a moving car. That's all we know. Check this out.

[thepalecrawlers]

UFO in Ontario

[paranormal-xfiles]

Ufo orb

[the-ellia-west]

@sunflowerrosy

Context for Writemas Day 20

This story is a nightmare I had

There was a strange paranormal event in this strange town in Canada called Vineyard, and multiple families have begun to go insane in various ways, after a series of strange UFO sightings, isolating themselves in their households out of extreme paranoia and strange things happening to them

This family of 5

Sisters Hazel, Aaliyah, and Eden, their mother, and Hazel's fiancé Adonis

Were hit hard by this phenomenon

Hazel is the first to succumb to the insanity, shouting about strange visions and guilt, locking herself in her room and eventually jumping out the window to her death, sending the already on-edge family into more panic and grief

Their mother goes next, sitting on the couch, and going completely despondent other than to eat, drink, and sleep

Then Eden, who isolates herself in her room, after a sudden spike of anxiety and depression

Leaving grieving Adonis and Aaliyah alone to manage everything themselves under the increasing paranoia, and the haunting of Hazel's Suicide

Then one day, Adonis vanishes, Leaving Aaliyah completely alone

Though a little before this, she and Adonis had begun to notice the appearance of cockroaches around any time something went awry

Later, after about 2 weeks Aaliyah has a strange dream and begins to have trouble thinking

And as she's been searching for Adonis, and has become desperate, when Eden begins screaming about 'the ghost in the walls' Aaliyah decides to check it out

And Finds Adonis self-isolated and sobbing like a madman in a sealed-off closet only accessible through a crawl-space

(If anyone is intrigued, I will continue in reblogs)

[dailyunsolvedmysteries]

The Shag Harbor UFO

On the night of 4 October 1967, at about 11:20 pm Atlantic Daylight Time, it was reported that something had crashed into the waters of Shag Harbour. At least eleven people saw a low-flying lit object head towards the harbour. Multiple witnesses reported hearing a whistling sound "like a bomb," then a "whoosh," and finally a loud bang. The object was never officially identified, and was therefore referred to as an unidentified flying object (UFO) in Government of Canada documents. The Canadian military became involved in a subsequent rescue/recovery effort. The initial report was made by local resident Laurie Wickens and four of his friends. Driving through Shag Harbour, on Highway 3, they spotted a large object descending into the waters off the harbour. Attaining a better vantage point, Wickens and his friends saw an object floating 250 to 300 m (820 to 980 ft) offshore in the waters of Shag Harbour. Wickens contacted the RCMP detachment in Barrington Passage and reported he had seen a large airplane or small airliner crash into the waters off Shag Harbour. Assuming an aircraft had crashed, within about 15 minutes, two RCMP officers arrived at the scene. Concerned for survivors, the RCMP detachment contacted the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) in Halifax to advise them of the situation and ask if any aircraft were missing. Before any attempt at rescue could be made, the flying object, with lights still showing, started to sink and disappeared from view. A rescue mission was quickly assembled. Within half an hour of the crash, local fishing boats went out to the crash site in the waters of the Gulf of Maine off Shag Harbour to look for survivors. No survivors, bodies or debris were taken, either by the fishermen or by a Canadian Coast Guard search and rescue cutter, which arrived about an hour later from nearby Clark's Harbour. By the next morning, RCC Halifax had determined that no aircraft were missing. While still tasked with the search, the captain of the Canadian Coast Guard cutter received a radio message from RCC Halifax that all commercial, private and military aircraft were accounted for along the eastern seaboard, in both Atlantic provinces and New England. The same morning, RCC Halifax also sent a priority telex to the "Air Desk" at air force headquarters in Ottawa, which handled all civilian and military UFO sightings, informing them of the crash and that all conventional explanations such as aircraft, flares, etc. had been dismissed. Therefore, this was labelled a "UFO Report." The head of the Air Desk then sent another priority telex to the navy headquarters concerning the "UFO Report" and recommended an underwater search be mounted. The navy, in turn, sent another priority telex tasking Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic with carrying out the search. Two days after the incident had been observed, a detachment of navy divers from Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic was assembled and for the next three days, they combed the seafloor of the Gulf of Maine off Shag Harbor looking for an object. The final report said no trace of an object was found.

[frank-olivier]

Society for Scientific Exploration

Within the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism there is a teaching that prepares human beings to achieve an enlightened state of consciousness and bodily transformation called the Rainbow Body. A few days after the death of a Master practitioner of the teachings, the body shrinks and then vanishes from sight. Witnesses report unusual phenomena in the locality of the deceased such as rainbows of various shapes in the sky, beautiful music heard from an unknown origin, and the scent of a fragrant perfume.

This comparative analysis explores the research done by Fr. Francis V. Tiso who details his investigation into the attainment of the Rainbow Body by Khenpo A Cho, a Tibetan monk, in 1998.

Similarities are noted between the recorded accounts made by fellow monks who witnessed the transformation of Khenpo A Cho and Biblical passages concerning the Transfiguration, Resurrection, and Ascension of Jesus, as well as the visionary experiences in the early 1800's of Anne Catherine Emmerich concerning the Assumption of Mother Mary. Also considered is the possibility that some of the orbs of light witnessed in association with the UFO/ UAP phenomena could be intelligent light beings manifesting in our perceptual realm.

This presentation is a exploration into wisdom teachings concerning who we may be and who we may become. Is the bodily transformation into a body of light the next step on humanity's evolutionary path? Are the orbs of light people experience showing us a glimpse into a far more wondrous reality filled with intelligent beings that exist all around us?

Kathleen B. Covalt: Becoming Light (March 2024)

Grant Cameron (Whitehouse UFO)

2024 Orb Update With experiencer Chris Bledsoe and the people at Skinwalker Ranch talking about orbs. I bring in many of the top orb experts in the world who control at least 400,000 photos. The orbologists join me from Canada, Scotland, Holland, and the United States.

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Robbert van den Broeke

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[thenexusrealms]

Nexis Web

Location….. AIU Headquarters, London. The GUARD Anomaly Investigation Unit (AIU) headquarters are hidden amidst a fortress of advanced technological and global surveillance, buried deep beneath the City of London. The outside world was blissfully unaware of its existence and wider GUARD organisation, GUARD standing for Global United Alliance of Research and Defence. GUARD was created as a PACT to protect Earth from external threats but also to research the wider galaxies, within GUARD you have many units one of which is the AIU whose job it is to investigate any and all unexplained anomalies.

Within the HQ on this one particular evening, Detective Jenna Collins of the AIU walked briskly through the command centre, her eyes scanning the streams of data and live feeds flashing across the large array of monitors that lined the room. The air was thick with the hum of computers, the occasional murmur of an analyst working and the distant sound of a news broadcast playing on one of the screens.

“Boss, you need to see this,” said Noah Grant, the unit’s tech analyst, his voice tinged with urgency. He gestured towards one of the main monitors, where a cluster of reports and social media posts began to surface, originating from Ottawa, Canada.

Jenna leaned in, her brow furrowing as she read the headlines and social media posts, even snippets from police radio chatting that had been intercepted. They all followed similar to…

“Homeless man found dead with unexplained green scales on skin. Cause of Death, unknown”.

Ottawa Authorities Baffled by Mysterious Deaths in Downtown Area.

“A lizard man has been found in my City, OMG” — One resident posted on social media.

Noah typed rapidly on his holographic keyboard, pulling up more detailed reports. “It’s not just one case, it seems to be multiple in the City, four bodies in the last two weeks all showing similar symptoms of scale with no visible injuries”.

Jenna’s mind raced as she processed the information. This was new, never experienced by AIU before, with green scales on the skin, something was off and Jenna knew her team needed to take control of the situation.

“Looks like we are heading to Ottawa,” Jenna said, calm but decisive. She turned to Liam Reyes, an agent of Jenna’s team, who was sat quietly at his desk. “Reyes, alert the team we are heading out to Ottawa immediately”.

Jenna and her team started preparing for deployment, this was nothing new the AIU investigated loads of unexplained occurrences from UFO sightings to disappearances they chased up leads, but this time the issue was a public outcry and rumours causing unrest.

Jenna pulled a secure line to brief Director-General Adrian Blackwood, who was meeting with other GUARD directorates in GUARD Asia Headquarters in Jinju, South Korea.

“Collins, this best be important I’m about to meet the South Korean president” Adrian said with authority as he answered the line. “Director, we’ve identified a potential anomaly in Ottawa Canada, Four dead all showing signs of an unknown condition, scales on their skin” Jenna replied.

“Scales, like reptile scales Collins”? Responded Adrian confused and concerned. “Yes director” Jenna quickly responded.

“Okay then, get the team over their liaises with the GUARD North America office, keep me posted, oh and Jenna try to keep this under we don’t want this getting out of hand over social media” Responded Adrian. “Copy that,” Jenna said as the line cut.

The team gathered in the departure bay, where a sleek, unmarked aircraft awaited them. As they boarded, the team was chatting away, GUARD units always carry their own weapons and land at GUARD facilities which are stationed in every major City across the globe, the aircraft they were travelling in was a GUARD GVT-11 a VTOL aircraft that was most commonly used by the AIU for international travel.

Arriving in Ottawa, snow blanketed the streets and cold immediately hit the team.

“Bloody hell it’s cold here” Said Liam as he stepped off the GVT and shook the hand of North American GUARD colleague Rodrigo.

“Welcome to Canada” Rodrigo shouts with his arms sprung out either side of him.

“You must be Rodrigo” Jenna states jumping off the last part of the steps from the GVT grabbing Rodrigo’s hand and shaking it.

“It certainly is, shall we get you set up we have a temporary GUARD facility downtown” Rodrigo responds.

The team put their bags into the 3 GUARD Tactical SUV’s known as GTS-7.

“Reyes and Tan, you two head straight down to the scene and try gain control, Rodrigo we will join you at the facility and get set up” Collins states.

“Yes Ma’am” Responds Rodrigo.

Liam Reyes and Communication specialist Emily Tan arrive at the scene, on arrival they are greeted by a Sergeant within Ottawa Police Force.

“You must be these GUARD agents my superior told me about, no idea who you guys are but I’ve been told to hand this over to you guys and I am happy for it, good luck!” Said the Officer as he walked the pair down to the scene.

“So I hear there have been 4 bodies so far discovered of similar markings” Reyes questions the officer.

“Markings, you mean scales boy they are not markings they are scales like a gator” The officers stops and looks directly at Reyes stress and concern in his eyes.

“Sergeant, we will need access to all the bodies if possible,” Emily asks politely.

“All yours, me and my team will get wrapped up I’ll leave two officers to man the scene for you anything else here’s my card give me a call” The officer states before leaving in his police cruiser.

Emily and Reyes stand over the body, a male frozen but scales in the creases of his right arm and neck, green scales like that of a reptile, Liam bends down over using a pen to prod the scales.

A voice shouts “Liam don’t touch the bloody body” it is the AIU Forensic Specialist Claire Hart a colourful person with bright pink hair, gothic dress style and large platform boots.

“Claire, glad you’ve made it down any ideas on what we are looking at?” Says Reyes.

“I’m good Liam but not that good give me some time, let’s take some photos, Emily can you do a holographic scan of the body and area so we can assess back at the GUARD facility Collins wants this wrapped up and out of Public view,” Says Claire.

Emily gets out her SpectraScan 360, a cutting-edge device that is handheld and used in forensics by GUARD units. The device allows rapid capture and reconstructs crime scenes in high detail, three-dimensional holographic imagery. Emily begins to take the scan walking around the body and the surrounding areas allowing full detail to be reviewed in a secure location.

Once the scan is complete, Liam and Claire move the body into a ChronoBag which is a high-tech containment unit that services as both a body bag and a preservation chamber. The ChronoBag is designed to preserve deceased bodies in a perfectly static state, allowing GUARD’s Forensic teams to transport and analyse remains without any degradation or further contamination.

The team loaded the body onto a Forensic conversion of the GTS-7 and headed back to the facility allowing Ottawa police to clean up the scene.

[dailyp1anet]

BREAKING NEWS

SUPERMAN! MYSTERIOUS HERO SAVES THE WORLD

By Lois Lane, Senior Staff Writer

PUBLISHED: 23:00, 13th December 2013 | UPDATED: 23:46, 13th December 2013

STRANGE VISITOR? Satellite footage taken from Wayne Enterprises.

An epic showdown over the skies of metropolis, the caped wonder we now call Superman, along with the United States Air Force, defeated a group of alien terrorists attempting to destroy the city and ultimately, the world.

Days ago General Zod and his Kryptonian army invaded global airspace, and declared the citizens of the Earth were harbouring a fugitive from the planet called Krypton. As government agencies scrambled to respond, clues about the alien living among us had already been discovered deep beneath a glacier in the Canadian Arctic Region, specifically Ellesmere Island. Embedded with the military and scientific teams of NORTHCOM, I witnessed their detection of a mass concealed in the ice. It was first believed that what they had found was Soviet era submarine, what they discovered was actually something much more exotic.

Interestingly, a series of UFO sightings occurred in the Manitoba region between 1975 and 1976. A mysterious signal began to emanate from beneath the ice of Ellesmere Island sometime in 2012, which was detected by a NASA satellite. The satellite then picked out an anomaly within the ice shelves. A mission to scope the icefield was commissioned in 2012 at the same site as Scout Ship 0344. Only, the Scout Ship was discovered a year later when I arrived.

An isotope analysis of the surrounding ice bores suggested that an object had been trapped in the glacier for over 18,000 years. The Pentagon was quick to deny any such encounter, but when the ship broke through its icy bounds and disappeared into the sky, questions were raised from locals in the area. Civilian contractors corroborated my recollection and their description of the ship matched my own. I had a firsthand experience in dealing with the alien visitor. He had secured a job working on the military base stationed just outside of Yellowknife, the capital, and the only city, and has the largest community in the Northwest Territories of Canada.

I followed the mystery man into the glacier, when I was scoping the area. He seemed to have known how the ship operated and activated it successfully. He rescued me when I was wounded from a Kryptonian robot, he possessed godlike strength and could shoot heat lasers from his eyes. My rescuer saved me from death, for which I am eternally grateful. I was unable to regain consciousness for a prolonged period of time and when I woke up, I was taken back to mainland Canada by military personnel with no answers from my questions posed by this appearance of an alien ship.

As for my rescuer? He disappeared during the object's departure. A background check revealed that his work history and identity had been falsified. The questions raised by my rescuer's existence were frightening to contemplate, but I also know what I saw I arrived at the inescapable conclusion that the object and its occupant did not originate on earth. Teams from across the world tried to track the ship, but were unable to locate its whereabouts.

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[walrusmagazine]

What UFO Fears Tell Us about Trust in Government

The horrors of the world wars shook public confidence in technical expertise and the state’s ability to ensure the safety of its citizens

Sightings of UFOs remain steady today, although citizen organizations now perform all the data collection and analysis. This small, disconnected group of citizens, which began writing to the government for answers in the early 1960s, still exists today and continues to ask the same questions. A recent edited collection of essays by leading ufologists notes that, some seventy-five years after the Kenneth Arnold sighting and the alleged Roswell crash, we arguably know no more than we did then: “The UFO field has produced thousands of dedicated researchers over the years, and reams of literature; but to what end? What can we claim to know conclusively today about the underlying nature of UFO phenomena that we didn’t know in the late-1940s?”

We do know one thing. Namely, that the UFO issue in Canada represents a failure on both sides: citizens unable to convince the state of the reality of flying saucers and extraterrestrials, and the state unable to convince its citizens the pursuit was utterly irrational.

Read more at thewalrus.ca.

[usafphantom2]

In the latest aid package, the US sends new missiles to Ukraine

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 06/01/2023 - 12:00 in Military, War Zones

The Biden administration revealed its thirty-ninth shipment of equipment to Ukraine, valued at up to $300 million to help in its defense against Russia.

The new security assistance includes artillery, anti-armoured features and ammunition, including tens of millions of small arms ammunition cartridges.

In addition, among the items included are additional ammunition for Patriot air defense systems, AIM-7 missiles for air defense, Avenger air defense systems, Stinger anti-aircraft systems and additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).

This is the first official confirmation of the transfer of the AIM-7 Sparrow (Air Intercept Missile) to Ukraine. Although the AIM-7 is originally an air-to-air missile with semi-active radar, it will be employed by Ukraine's Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system, increasing its air defense capabilities. Developed by Raytheon, the first variants of the missile entered U.S. military service in the 1960s.

In addition, the package also includes 155 mm and 105 mm artillery cartridges, 105 mm tank ammunition, precision aerial ammunition, Zuni rockets and ammunition for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).

In addition, it provides AT-4 anti-shield systems, more than 30 million small arms ammunition, mine removal equipment and systems, demolition ammunition for obstacle removal, night vision devices, spare parts, generators and other field equipment.

After President Biden's meeting with President Zelensky at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, in May 2021, the United States held its thirty-eighth instance of withdrawal of equipment to Ukraine.

A 9K37M1 Buk-M1 Ukrainian TELAR. (Photo: VoidWanderer/Wikimedia Commons)

In total, the U.S. has committed $38.3 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, which includes more than $37.6 billion provided since the start of the invasion of Russia on February 24, 2022.

“The United States will continue to work with its allies and partners to provide Ukraine with resources to meet the immediate needs of the battlefield and long-term security assistance requirements,” the Department of Defense said.

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Fernando Valduga

Fernando Valduga

Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Daytona Airshow and FIDAE. He has works published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work around the world of aviation.

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[ufosightingsfootage]

Northern Quebec UFO Sighting A Father and Son’s Encounter

A sphere UFO is filmed by a father and son on the way home as it was over the road ahead, it started to shine a light and it's all caught on film. Just sent to me yesterday.

[theforesteldritch]

Because the world can't be normal for even just a little bit, a former army representative for an 'Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena' (basically UFO) task force from the US has claimed that the US and other governments claimed that vehicles of non-human origin have been found, I think it's very probably just bullshit tbh but since there's a briefing that the US is holding for a bunch of countries on UFO sightings it's going to be an interesting next little while and I'm sure the conspiracy theorists will have a field day with this. The way it's being reported on is so funny I feel like I'm reading about a mildly bad but still entertaining 80s alien movie.

Sources since yeah, it sounds really ridiculous:

[female-malice]

It doesn’t matter the topic, there always seems to be a group of lawmakers who will stop at nothing to thwart government transparency – even when it’s a subject that could not be more bipartisan or in an obvious need for sunlight.

This time, a small cadre of powerful Republicans have reportedly killed a provision in this year’s defense authorization that would finally bring some transparency to the US government’s knowledge around UFOs (now also known by the updated parlance of “unidentified aerial phenomena”, or UAPs).

Over the summer, the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, introduced a UFO transparency bill on the heels of testimony given to Congress by the retired air force officer David Grusch, who made several shocking claims about the US being in possession of alien spacecraft for decades. As Schumer described his bill “the measure would create a board just like with the JFK assassination records to work through the declassification of the many government records on UAPs … This model has been a terrific success for decades and should be used with UAPs”.

Some took Grusch’s testimony very seriously, others viewed him as a crackpot, still others in between. Since it would take a lot more words than this column to litigate his myriad extraordinary claims, let’s forget about him for a moment and focus on what we do know for a fact about the general subject of unidentified flying objects.

For decades, both military and commercial pilots have logged countless sightings of UFOs while flying that defy conventional or scientific explanation. The US government has studied the UFO phenomenon on and off since the 1950s and has kept at least some of what it knows secret. Recently the US government itself has released several videos of these incidents, which has further fueled public interest and speculation about whether the incidents were extraterrestrial.

Then, it was only nine months ago, shortly after a Chinese spy balloon floated over American airspace, that UFOs became front page news across the country. After the balloon was taken down, and with the air force on high alert and its radar systems tweaked to extra sensitivity, a series of UFOs were tracked and some even shot with US military Sidewinder missiles over both the United States and Canada.

For a few days there was wall-to-wall coverage of these incidents, and the White House was holding press conferences to specifically address it. Members of the military were telling reporters that the objects were not balloons like the one China had lost control of, some reported at least one of the objects “interfered with [pilot’s] sensors” and had no visible propulsion 40,000ft in the air. The military spent millions of dollars to shoot them down, and closed a huge swath of airspace when they thought they spotted more. No one had a definitive explanation of what they were.

And then poof! Everyone seemed to forget about it. The government never released video or photos of the objects it tracked (even though they obviously must have had some footage). They initially claimed they couldn’t recover any wreckage. When reporters and other concerned citizens attempted to Foia the evidence they were stonewalled completely, with the Pentagon claiming it was all classified. By then, the press had moved on and the Biden administration or the Pentagon hasn’t faced an ounce of scrutiny on the issue from mainstream publications since.

It’s clearly in the public interest to get to the bottom of incidents like these, whether you believe these objects are of extraterrestrial origin or not. As Schumer himself said, “Unidentified aerial phenomena has generated intense curiosity from many Americans, and the risk for confusion and misinformation is high if the government is not willing to be transparent.” It also couldn’t be further from a partisan issue, as the bill had several Republicans in support of it. So why did this small group of Republicans – including the House speaker, head of the House intelligence committee and the Senate minority leader – kill this thing?

One explanation is that these specific congressmen are in on a decades-long cover-up, yet somehow the long-serving Senate majority leader isn’t. I have a different theory: these congressmen also don’t necessarily know what is going on, but they are so addicted to government secrecy that they will reflexively fight for it, even when they have no rational reason. They fear creating a framework for more transparency, knowing if it’s a success it could possibly spur more legislative action in a similar vein.

The JFK Records Act, which Schumer referenced as his inspiration, is an aberration in our modern history; it passed more than 30 years ago and there’s been nothing like it since. On most subjects, it’s impossible to get the government to quickly declassify documents – even when it’s of vital public interest. If this new provision would become law, we would then have an updated model for other areas of the government that Congress could target for declassification if they so choose.

Say, for example, a commission on price gouging in the Pentagon that could expose tens of billions in fraud, or commissions who could more quickly declassify the various spying powers that are constantly abused by the NSA and FBI. The House intelligence committee, which seemingly exists to protect our intelligence agencies from scrutiny, is going to do everything in its power to stop that.

The truth may be out there. But believers and skeptics alike should be able to unite on one thing: force the government to reveal what it knows and what it doesn’t know. We will all be better off.

[baggebythesea]

The Muppets version of Goncharov was amazing, sure, but the story of how it came to be was - in classical Goncharov fashion - even more bonkers than the movie itself.

The whole thing started as a joke. Some people at the Jim Henson company (who for legal reasons will remain unnamed) was playing around with the muppets and, since Goncharov was just about to hit the theaters* they decided to make a sketch. None of them had seen the film, but one of them had heard the infamous dutch radio drama (extremely illegal, of course), so they actually nailed the scenes with eerie accuracy.

*) That is, the SECOND US theater release, but that's a whole other fiasco

Anyway, they had their fun and made their little five minute film and that would have been that, but due to a mixup, the reel was put in the wrong box and delivered along with some charity film to a small TV station in Canada. The people who received it assumed it was part of the rest of the show, and broadcasted it to a small audience of - presumably confused - Canadian children.

That would have been all, if not for the fight over the Goncharov broadcasting rights between East and West Germany, which became part of a general dick measuring contest between the East and West powers. At this time Canada and the Soviet Union had started at tentative relationship over (what else) Ice Hockey, and a Soviet team was in Canada for some 'friendly' games. Which means that when the Soviet hockey players chill in the hotel with some TV, what would they see if not a low budget Muppet version of a blatant disregard for Soviet-US-Agreemens(TM) which during the height of the cold war is a bit, as they say, frowned upon.

Word gets home to Moscow, and on to the United Nations, where the Soviet cultural attaché gleefully grabs this unexpected piece of diplomatic ammunition with both hands. This make waves all the way up to Spiro Agnew, who demands his staff find a way to save face. The FBI raids the Henson Company and the poor people involved (their identity is actually still classified) fess up. Since Agnew refuse to tell the soviets that they made a simply mistake, the solution his staff cook up is to release the Muppet version as the official US version (which is why there is a THIRD theatrical release), which they actually have the rights to, which would place the Canadian broadcast as promotional material (still allowed under the agreement).

Only problem - they don't have a movie, just the five minutes goof a few bored puppeteers put together. So under the 'helpful' eyes of FBI, the Henson company drops everything else and work around the clock to create a muppet version of Goncharov. Matteo JWHJ0715 is flown in from Spain (which put a spanner in the work for the lawsuit against him for smuggling, but that's another can of worms), and even Martin Scorsese gets involved, even if it's a bit murky what - if anything - he actually did. They finished the movie with a few hours to spare (and in true Henson Studio overachievement fashion made a banger of a film) and the reels are flown to New York and the movie premier with a by then highly experimental Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard fighter jet on loan from France (which incidentally caused a few UFO sightings).

Everything's well that ends well. The movie was shown to a very confused audience, US could claim they had not broken any international broadcasting rights agreements, and Canada and Soviets could get back to the important business of hockey. No more clouds in the sky.

Right?

Not so quick.

This was at the same time as the fight went down between Matteo JWHJ0715 and the Italian government (you know, the one where the mafia got involved), which among other things meant that he lost the rights to the movie in Italy, which propagated throughout Europe and the US.

Normally, the rights would have defaulted to Martin Scorsese (but due to the animosity between him and Matteo JWHJ0715 they didn't) or the production company (but because of the heavy money laundering allegations, they were out too). This, together with the fictive but legal connection the FBI had forged between the original production company and the Henson studios, Jim Henson, in late 1973, found himself the sole rights holder to Goncharov (1973).

He quickly realized what a hot potato it was and - deciding that being raided by FBI once was enough for him - quickly reached out to Martin Scorsese to give the rights back (which pissed off Matteo JWHJ0715 to no end, which led to the whole film festival debacle, but that's another story). But for a while there, the Muppets Goncharov 1973 was not just A Goncharov - it was THE Goncharov.

(Oh, and this was actually the first appearance of Animal, as Ice Pick Joe. Sadly, they had to retcon it later for legal reasons and claim that the Ice Pick Joe muppet was a completely different muppet than the 'real' Animal that debuted 1975, but obviously no one was fooled).

The Muppets as Goncharov (1973)

the only goncharov remake I want is a muppets version