August 15 in strange history

2 strange events from history happened on August 15, plus 64 Canadian UFO sightings.

1869
In the old newspapers
A gorilla at large in Kansas
Arcadia, Kansas
A letter from Arcadia to the St. Louis Democrat said a wild man or gorilla had been seen at different times by nearly everyone in the valley, and occasionally across the line in Missouri, and had several times come close to houses.
1977
Mystery
The Wow! signal
Big Ear radio telescope, Delaware, Ohio, USA
A 72-second radio burst so strong that an astronomer circled it and wrote 'Wow!'. It never came back.

Canadian UFO sightings on August 15

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 64 sightings on August 15 between 1989 and today, most in 2015 (14). Most came from Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario.

2017 · Saguenay, Quebec · Contact or abduction claim
While driving, saw flash, after 2nd flashed realized were 50 km further
2015 · Longueuil, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Object turn transparent, orange outline and low glow inside then disappeared.
2016 · Desbiens, Quebec · Daylight disc, 4 witnesses
Orange light with a "fire" inside it passing overhead
2017 · La Tuque, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Slow-moving sparkling object accelerated over mountains.
1989 · Ottawa, Ontario · Daylight disc
Round "saucer" moving slowly; blimp?
2012 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
2 objects high in sky "swiveled" b&f, going E

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.