April 28 in strange history
1 strange event from history happened on April 28, plus 24 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1896In the old newspapers
The wild man of the great swamp
Waterford Works, New Jersey
Farmers on the edge of a great swamp in South Jersey reported a tall wild man with a mass of hair and beard, wearing moccasins and carrying a club, who taunted searchers with cries. Residents of Waterford caught him a few days later; he escaped, was cornered again and locked up.
Canadian UFO sightings on April 28
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 24 sightings on April 28 between 1989 and today, most in 2006 (5). Most came from British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario.
The strangest ones
- 2003 · Ottawa, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Shiny object stationary "camoflaged" near. Sun, disappeared - 2014 · Kelowna, British Columbia · Daylight disc
White disc making a jet like noise, shows up in photo - 2003 · London, Ontario · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
Pilots saw very large stationary metallic object beside Moon: [Venus]
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.