Shag Harbour
The history of UFO sightings has always been a topic of fascination for many people. But what about USOs?The mysterious tales of extraterrestrial sightings are often presented with bizarre and intriguing accounts, and one such incident is that of the Shag Harbour UFO that occurred in 1967. This event that happened in a small Nova Scotia town has become one of the most well-documented sightings in Canadian UFO history. Let's delve deeper into this mysterious incident and understand what transpired on that unforgettable night.
At around 11 p.m. on October 4, 1967, several witnesses, including three RCMP officers, fishermen, and airline pilots, witnessed a string of flashing lights on a clear, moonless night. The lights were moving at a rapid pace, and most witnesses thought it was a doomed aircraft. However, a series of searches that night and in the following days turned up nothing, not even wreckage, bodies, or any clues as to what really happened that night.
Chris Styles, a UFO researcher, was the one who discovered a huge paper trail for the strangeness that was Shag Harbour. Which makes it one of Canada's best-documented and most intriguing UFO sightings. There are a series of RCMP reports and correspondence sent by telex between military officials in Ottawa and Halifax.
At least eleven people spotted a low-flying object that was lit up and seemingly headed straight for the harbor. Witnesses reported hearing a whistling and whoosh sound, like a bomb. Local resident, Laurie Wickens, and four of his friends made the initial report. They reported an object floating less than 1,000 feet offshore in the waters of Shag Harbour. He then contacted the RCMP detachment in Barrington Passage and reported that he had seen a large airplane crash into the waters.
The object has never officially been identified. After multiple reports and call-ins both from Shag Harbor and surrounding areas, the Canadian military became involved in a rescue and recovery effort.
Later, it was discovered that the object that dove into the harbor’s waters had traveled underwater for about 25 miles to a place called Government Point, near a submarine detection base. Naval vessels using sonar spotted the vessel, and after a couple of days, the military planned a salvage operation when a second UFO joined the first. It was believed that the second craft had arrived to render aid to the first.
On October 9, five days after the mysterious object sank off the shoreline and into the abyss, the UFO search had been called off, after extensive efforts turned up nothing. However, some believe that the government did turn up something, but never released information about it.
Noah Morritt is one of the Shag Harbour UFO Festival event directors and researchers. He is currently a PhD student studying folklore and wrote a dissertation on the Shag Harbour Incident. Despite hundreds of hours of study, Morritt notes…"There's lots of interpretation of what it was, from flares to some kind of government satellite, or government aircraft, or extraterrestrial aircraft—there's been a whole range of stuff. I've not a clue [what it was]—no idea.”
The Shag Harbour UFO incident may forever remain a mystery, but the government records have given the incident a level of authenticity that is not often seen in UFO sightings. The incident has provided ammunition to UFO enthusiasts and provided a hint of possibilities for skeptics. Perhaps someday, we'll get to know the truth behind the mysterious event that occurred on that fateful night in 1967.
The Shag Harbour incident has gained global recognition, and it continues to fascinate about the prospect of other civilizations out there. Such incidents generate lasting interest, showing that even if society cannot fully explain or comprehend extraterrestrial life, we still find the Shag Harbor Incident a fascinating story. The incident not only enlivens the concept of alien life but also the mysteries of the world around us. Today, it still leaves many questions unanswered, and the search for what truly happened in this small Nova Scotia town on October 4, 1967, continues.
The blog feature image shows the UFO Gazebo and picnic site can be found about 3 minutes up the road from the Shag Harbour Museum Centre, where visitors can look out on the ocean to the location the object crashed in 1967. Taken by SnowyBadger. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
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