Tuesday, July 02, 2019
Happy World UFO Day!
Happy World UFO Day!
July 2 has been designated World UFO Day. It commemorates
the date in 1947 when a flying saucer was said to have crashed near Roswell,
New Mexico.
Canadians from coast to coast can celebrate World UFO Day by
visiting some UFO-related points of interest either in person or online!
Visit the Shag Harbour UFO Museum in Shag Harbour, Nova
Scotia
On October 4, 1967, many witnesses, including RCMP, saw a
bright object fall into the ocean off the coast of Nova Scotia. The case, often
called “Canada’s Roswell,” is supported by actual government and military
documents from the National Archives that detail the official investigation and
efforts to recover whatever it might have been. Local residents even
commemorate the incident with an annual UFO Festival, and there’s a nearby
museum and a sign at a park along the highway near where it happened.
Have a swim in the rooftop pool at Place Bonaventure in Montreal,
Quebec
On November 7, 1990, at 7:20 pm, several people enjoying a
swim in the rooftop pool of Place Bonaventure saw an object hovering over the
hotel, seeming emanating green and yellow beams of light. It stayed over the
hotel for over an hour, during which time many more people observed it,
including the Montreal Chief of Police and a newspaper reporter arrived to
observe and photograph it.
Ride on horseback to a UFO landing site at Falcon Lake, Manitoba
On May 20, 1967, Stefan Michalak was doing some amateur
prospecting north of Falcon Lake in Whiteshell Provincial Park. He encountered
a flying saucer that seemed to land on a rock outcropping near him. He walked
up to it and was burned by its exhaust when it took off. The case was
investigated by the RCMP, Canadian Forces and even the United States Air Force,
which considered it “Unexplained.” Today, you can get a t-shirt commemorating
the event in Falcon Lake, and the local riding stable offers guided “UFO Rides”
to the site where it occurred.
Visit the St. Paul UFO Landing Pad and Museum in St. Paul,
Alberta
“The World’s First UFO Landing Pad” was built in 1967 as a Canadian
Centennial Project. In the 1990s, the saucer-shaped platform had fallen into
disrepair (from apparent lack of use) and was restored. Later, a UFO museum
added as well and a UFO conference was held there a few times. Queen Elizabeth
visited the pad in 1978, and Mother Theresa herself visited it in 1982.
Enjoy a rest stop at Eve River, BC
On October 8, 1981, Hannah McRoberts and her family were
driving from Campbell River, BC, to visit relatives in Holberg, on the
northwest tip of Vancouver Island. They had stopped at Eve River, a Provincial
rest area, at about 11:00 am, and were admiring the scenery when their
attention was drawn to an odd cloud surrounding a mountain peak. Roberts took a
photo of the peak and thought nothing of it until she had the film developed
some time later and noticed on the photo a metallic saucer-shaped object over
the mountain. The photo was analysed by several experts who did not have an
explanation.
And above all (pun intended), have a Happy World UFO Day!
# posted by rutkows @ 7:24 AM 
