August 2 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on August 2, plus 80 Canadian UFO sightings.

1886
In the old newspapers
A monster in Lake Kampeska, Dakota
Watertown, South Dakota
Workmen building a steamer on Lake Kampeska had already reported a huge animal, and been laughed at, when four men on shore watched something about 20 feet long, like a log, cross the lake faster than the steamer could go, circle and sink.

Canadian UFO sightings on August 2

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 80 sightings on August 2 between 1989 and today, most in 2008 (11). Most came from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

2016 · Repentigny, Quebec · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
Disc-shaped object doing maneuvers on the spot before disappearing
2006 · Caledon, Ontario · Physical traces, 2 witnesses
Multiple pictures of object, but not seen by photographer or another person at time of sighting.
2016 · Marieville, Quebec · Daylight disc
2 glider-like objects moving at the same speed, flashing green and red
2023 · Bible Hill, Nova Scotia · Daylight disc
Photo: tubelike object slowly moving in sky
2016 · St Barthelemy, Quebec · Physical traces
Strange reflection seen in photograph of very bright star
2017 · Mascouche, Quebec · Daylight disc
Fireball making corkscrew trail going N

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.