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Amateur geologist Stefan Michalak suffered radiation burns, a grid-pattern chest injury, and subsequent radiation sickness after approaching a landed disc that discharged hot gas through a ventilation grid. Canadian authorities, RCMP, RCAF, and the US military all investigated. Physical evidence at the landing site was confirmed radioactive. Considered Canada's most documented physical UAP case.
On May 20, 1967, amateur geologist Stefan Michalak was prospecting near Falcon Lake, Manitoba, when he encountered two disc-shaped craft. One landed, and Michalak approached to within arm's length, attempting to communicate. When the craft departed, it discharged a burst of hot gas through a ventilation grid on its underside, striking Michalak in the chest and setting his clothing on fire. The encounter left him with a distinctive grid-pattern burn across his chest, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss consistent with radiation exposure. Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Canadian Department of National Defence, and the United States Air Force all conducted investigations at the landing site. Soil samples from the site showed elevated radioactivity. Silver fragments found at the site showed evidence of unusual refining processes. Michalak's injuries were medically documented by Canadian health authorities. The case is catalogued by RCMP files, National Defence files, and remains Canada's most extensively investigated physical contact case.
This incident is indexed as file FBI-B15-006inside Now Declassified's research layer. The nearest official source trail for this agency points to FBI Vault, where archive records, imagery, or supporting context are published for public review.
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