Chris Rutkowski, a science writer and prolific Canadian ufologist, unexpectedly donated his collection of 30,000 UFO-related documents that he observed in the skies of northern Canada to the archives of the University of Manitoba Library. And not only.
The collection includes about 20,000 UFO reports over the past 30 years, as well as over 10,000 UFO documents compiled by the Canadian government. Among other things, according to a statement from the University of Manitoba, the collection contains many documents relating to the infamous UFO encounter known as the Falcon Lake incident, which Rutkowski calls "the best documented UFO in Canada."
This is the case when an amateur geologist Stefan Michalak saw two cigar-shaped objects. One of them took off nearby, and the second - on the contrary, landed. To make out the landing UFO properly, he came closer and made sketches. Then he touched the "plate" and received burns, with which he was taken to the hospital. The symptoms he experienced indicated that he was suffering from radiation sickness. The geologist himself never claimed to have seen a UFO, but his sketches and description of the meeting with him testify otherwise. Years later, scientists discovered a piece of highly radioactive unidentified metal at the site of Stefan's alleged meeting with the alien vessel.
All of Rutkovsky's materials about the Sokolinoye Lake incident, as well as thousands of other reports of UFO encounters, will soon be available in the archives and special collections of the University of Manitoba. Also, the university announced a fundraising for the digitization of documents.