August 13 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on August 13, plus 81 Canadian UFO sightings.

1956
Famous UFO case
The Lakenheath-Bentwaters radar chase
RAF Lakenheath and RAF Bentwaters, Suffolk, England
Over two English air bases, radar tracked targets at thousands of mph, and an RAF fighter pilot said one got behind him and stayed there.

Canadian UFO sightings on August 13

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 81 sightings on August 13 between 1989 and today, most in 2005 (6). Most came from Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec.

1998 · MacKintosh Lodge, Yukon · Physical traces
Photo of saucer admitted to be hoax
2000 · Steinbach, Manitoba · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Saucer observed moving erratically around cloud.
2005 · Oshawa, Ontario · Close encounter
Ball of light flew close by witness, rapidly
2002 · Cow Bay, Nova Scotia · Close encounter with traces
Triangular object blocked out sky
2023 · Lasalle, Quebec · Daylight disc
Object in the shape of a cubic z, moving in sky, vanished
2006 · Toronto, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
First observed cigar-shaped UFO at high altitude over airport. Then observed smaller star-like UFO near the first object

Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.

The US Air Force opened 1,178 Project Blue Book files for sightings in August, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.