Drawing of a Flying Saucer found on the top of the page of the sheet used to sign in attendees of the April 7, 1952 meeting of the Ottawa Interplanetary Society. Note the little man firing off the cannon.

Ottawa Interplanetary Society

On April 7, 1952 Wilbert Smith hosted a meeting of the Ottawa Interplanetary Society in Room 1233, #3 Building, at the National Research Council in Ottawa Canada.

Smith wrote what appeared to be an introduction of the goals of the meeting.

“Considerable interest was expressed in the Flying Saucer phenomena, which if real, might be a profitable line of study. It was generally felt that the group could undertake this work as being within its capabilities.”

Invitations for the meeting were sent out to eighteen people from various Canadian government departments.

Those that attended included:

Dr. A.E. Covington - National Research Council Field Station

Dr. A.E. Douglas – Division of Physics, National Research Council

Dr. G. Herzberg – Director, Division of Physics, N. R. C. and later Nobel Prize Winner

Mr. K. Kendall - Research Technician, National Film Board

Mr. D.W.R. Mckinley – N.R.C. Field Station

Dr. Peter Millman - Dominion Observatory

Dr. D.C. Rose – Division of Physics, N.R.C. (person Smith approached with his anti-gravity experiment)

Wilbert Smith - Department of Transport

Dr. Ross Smyth - N.R.C. Field station

Dr. D.F. Stedman - Applied Chemistry Branch, N.R.C.

Mr. J.H. Thompson – N.R.C.

Marked as O.K.

Mr. M.E. Flemming – Department of Transport

Crossed out on List

Mr. R.F. Legget – N.R.C.

Dr. Thiessen – N.R.C.

Reported  as too busy to attend.

Mr. F.T. Davies  - (no Department listed – but was with the Defense Research Board) Worked on early anti-gravity experiments with Smith.

Listed as “did not attend?” (Perhaps indicated no signature on sign-in sheet)

Mr. J.W. Cox – Radio Physics Laboratory, D.R.B.

Dr. D.C. MacPhail  – Division of Mechanical Engineering, N.R.C.

Mr. J.W. Scott – Superintendent Radio Physics Board, D.R.B.

Other than the sign-in sheet with the signatures on it, there are no other records of this group. Further, there is no other mention of the group in official records, or in Smith private files at the University of Ottawa Archives.