April 15 in strange history
3 strange events from history happened on April 15, plus 44 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1897In the old newspapers
Over the capital, then a kite at Fort Myer
Washington, District of Columbia
Hundreds of people in Columbia Heights watched what they took for the airship one night, and one report joked that it seemed ready to anchor on the Washington Monument.
- 1897In the old newspapers
A strange light over Tacoma again
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma residents described a strange moving light in the night sky and took it for the airship that had been crossing the Midwest.
- 1921In the old newspapers
A white-furred phantom beast near English
English, Indiana
People east of English said an animal about three feet high with dull white fur, howling like a frightened fox, killed a farmer's cow and pig. Everyone who saw it ran, so nobody could describe it well, and farmers carried pitchforks or guns into the woods.
Canadian UFO sightings on April 15
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 44 sightings on April 15 between 1989 and today, most in 1990 (10). Most came from British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario.
The strangest ones
- 1992 · Whitehorse, Yukon · Close encounter, 10 witnesses
Blinking object flew thru valley - 1997 · Burnaby, British Columbia · Daylight disc
First thought was balloon, but object moved against wind; "wobbled about" - 2008 · Burnaby, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Odd object moving against wind - 2021 · Jonquiere, Quebec · Daylight disc
Photo: jagged contrail in sky - 2015 · Crabtree, Quebec · Daylight disc
Star that shone more, remained stationary for 2 hours
Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.
The US Air Force opened 820 Project Blue Book files for sightings in April, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.