Cape Race, Newfoundland
A remote headland at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada, notable in the UAP context as the location off which Captain R.F. Moore observed a luminous fireball exhibiting characteristics of an unidentified submerged object (USO) in 1887.
The 1887 Moore Sighting
In 1887, Captain R.F. Moore reported observing a fireball-like object near the waters off Cape Race. The sighting is documented in historical maritime records and cited in UAP research as an early example of trans-medium or USO phenomena — objects observed entering, exiting, or traveling through the ocean's surface. Cape Race's location at the confluence of the North Atlantic shipping lanes and its historically turbulent, fog-prone waters made it a well-trafficked corridor for maritime observation.
Historical Maritime Context
Cape Race was one of the most important navigational landmarks in the North Atlantic during the age of steam, serving as the primary landfall for trans-Atlantic vessels approaching North America. It was also the location of a prominent wireless telegraph station that in 1912 received distress calls from the RMS Titanic. The volume of maritime traffic and the presence of trained observers in the region lends added weight to historical USO reports from this area.