Monday, July 01, 2013
The Top 10 Strangest Canadian UFO Reports
In honour of Canada Day, I hereby present:
The “Top 10” Strangest Canadian UFO Reports
Canadian UFO researchers and investigators
were polled for their personal picks of the most remarkable Canadian cases of
the past century (or so). They are, in chronological order:
Ottawa, Ontario February
15, 1915
A “phantom
invasion” of unusual aerial objects caused enough panic throughout the National
Capital Region that the lights on Parliament Hill were extinguished in order to
prevent targeting by the “enemy.”
Gander, Newfoundland February 10, 1951
A US Navy Transport
plane was reported to have nearly collided with a giant circular orange object
that almost literally flew circles around the American aircraft as it flew
between Iceland and Newfoundland.
Shirley’s Bay, Ontario August 8, 1954
Wilbert Smith, a
Defence Department engineer, set up a “flying saucer detection station” at a
government facility. On this date, his instruments recorded a large magnetic
disturbance overhead, which Smith believed to be from an alien craft.
Fort Macleod, Alberta August 23, 1956
RCAF Squadron
Leader Robert Childerhose and his flight lieutenant were attempting to set a
cross-Canada speed record in their Sabre jet when they observed and
photographed a bright oval object near their plane at an altitude of 36,000
feet.
Falcon Lake, Manitoba May 20, 1967
Weekend
prospector Stefan Michalak was burned by a saucer-shaped object which had landed near him. Later
radioactivity at the site was considered high enough to consider closing the
Provincial park entirely. Despite investigations by American and Canadian
officials, the case was listed as “unexplained” by the United States Air Force.
Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia October 4, 1967
Many witnesses,
including RCMP constables, observed a bright object fall from the sky into the
ocean. Later, a patch of luminous foam was found on the surface of the water
where it was presumed to have sunk. Rumours that a US Navy recovery operation
located and removed a mysterious object persist to this day.
Farmer Edwin
Fuhr was swathing when he came upon several metallic bowl-shaped objects
spinning rapidly in a hayfield. The objects took off and left behind circular
impressions which predated “crop circles” found years later in England.
Carman, Manitoba May
13, 1975
Hundreds of
people observed a bobbing, bright reddish-orange light in the sky beginning
about this date and continuing for several months. The object was seen so
frequently, it was affectionately named “Charlie Redstar.”
Montreal, Quebec January
6, 1977
Ms Florida
Malboeuf watched as a saucer-shaped object appeared to land on the roof of a
building across from her home. Two spindly creatures in tight-fitting suits
appeared on the edge of the roof and then disappeared before the object took
off.
Duncan, British Columbia November, 1980
Granger Taylor
was a teenager who was obsessed with aliens and UFOs to the point of building
his own huge full-size model in his backyard. One day, following a series of
UFO sightings in the area, he announced to his friends he was going to be taken
away by aliens—and he was never seen again. Police eventually located his truck in a secluded area, along with evidence Granger committed suicide.
Although there are many, many more examples
of Canadian UFO cases, these are among the most significantly unusual on
record. Whether or not they are “real” is irrelevant. They each have helped
fire the Canadian imagination and fascination with the possibility of life
elsewhere in the universe.
Labels: Top 10 Canada UFO Sightings Reports
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