August 18 in strange history
1 strange event from history happened on August 18, plus 96 Canadian UFO sightings.
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The Lost Colony of Roanoke
Roanoke Island, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
An English colony of more than 100 people vanished, leaving only the word CROATOAN carved on a post.
Canadian UFO sightings on August 18
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 96 sightings on August 18 between 1989 and today, most in 2012 (39). Most came from British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario.
The strangest ones
- 2003 · Airdrie, Alberta · Daylight disc
Moving ball of light slowed, stopped, changed into "craft" - 2006 · Seeleys Bay, Ontario · Daylight disc
Man and two children observed object with shiny, chrome-like finish. - 1999 · Chilliwack, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Huge object going N-S; jumped from one place to another - 2003 · Penticton, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Long point of light appeared, vanished - 2008 · Sydney, Nova Scotia · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
Wingless object stopped over ocean, disappeared - 2012 · North Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Dot high in SW sky; not Venus
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.