August 20 in strange history

3 strange events from history happened on August 20, plus 72 Canadian UFO sightings.

1892
In the old newspapers
An alligator-headed swimmer in the Knightstown mill race
Knightstown, Indiana
Several people said they saw something about ten feet long, with a head like an alligator's and a flat tail, diving like a duck in the mill race. Four-pound fish were found bitten and torn, and the race was to be drained to catch it.
1893
In the old newspapers
A tug captain slows for a monster off Sodus Point
Sodus Point, New York
Returning from a fishing trip with railroad officials, the captain of the tug Cornelia felt the boat roll and saw a huge object moving alongside at half the tug's speed. He rang to slow down for a better look, and it dived into water forty or fifty fathoms deep.
1896
In the old newspapers
A 49-foot serpent on the Carrabelle wharf
Carrabelle, Florida
A dispatch from Carrabelle said a sea serpent 49 feet long, eel-shaped with a spoonbill head and forked tongue, was killed in the Gulf after towing the steamer Crescent City for an hour, and was lying on the town wharf.

Canadian UFO sightings on August 20

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 72 sightings on August 20 between 1989 and today, most in 2005 (7). Most came from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

1997 · Gull Lake, Manitoba · Close encounter with beings
Object "crashing"; "planes looking for it"; sasquatch guarding crash site!
2021 · Cornwall, Prince Edward Island · Close encounter with beings
3ft-tall hairy creature floated near witness?
2004 · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · Daylight disc
Object with contrails photographed
2014 · Longueuil, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Metallic object approached witness. then flew away?
2016 · Lac au Saumon, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Orange oval-shaped object with a trail of light that disappearing in a flash of
2008 · Vernon, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Object in sky; photo

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.