April 19 in strange history
3 strange events from history happened on April 19, plus 32 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1897In the old newspapers
Sistersville signs an affidavit
Sistersville, West Virginia
A mysterious light approached Sistersville from the northwest at about 9 p.m., stopped over Cochransville, Ohio, across the river and flashed red, white and green. Citizens signed an affidavit that they had seen it.
- 1897In the old newspapers
A huge cylinder flashing red fire
Camden, New Jersey
Shortly before 5 o'clock, a crowd at Fourth and Market streets in Camden watched something in the western sky that looked like a huge cylinder flashing red fire, and many believed it was the airship.
- 1897In the old newspapers
Alexander Hamilton's stolen heifer
Le Roy, Kansas
Former legislator Alexander Hamilton swore that an airship hovered over his farm, roped a three-year-old heifer and carried it off, and that the hide was found miles away the next day. Papers from Kansas to Utah printed his story.
Canadian UFO sightings on April 19
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 32 sightings on April 19 between 1989 and today, most in 2020 (4). Most came from British Columbia, Quebec, Manitoba.
The strangest ones
- 1997 · Toronto, Ontario · Close encounter with beings
Saw alien "inside humungis space craft" - 2004 · Terrace, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Translucent saucer flew over witness, going W - 2003 · Humboldt, Saskatchewan · Daylight disc
Large object like stealth plane zoomed across sky, stopped, flew off - 2009 · Montreal, Quebec · Daylight disc
Photos of smoke trails in sky - 2016 · Winnipeg, Manitoba · Daylight disc
Photograph of a "chemtrail" with no airplanes nearby
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.