August 30 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on August 30, plus 72 Canadian UFO sightings.

1897
In the old newspapers
A girl saves her cousin from an eagle
Germania, Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania paper said Bertha Moore fought off an eagle that went for her small cousin, Elsie Talsen, while they walked on a mountainside near Germania.

Canadian UFO sightings on August 30

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 72 sightings on August 30 between 1989 and today, most in 2014 (12). Most came from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec.

2016 · Dorval, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Very fast triangular objects with blue trails behind them
2017 · Niagara Falls, Ontario · Physical traces
Strange object seen in photo, not seen in real life, above the Falls
2008 · Ottawa, Ontario · Daylight disc
Stationary shiny object in sky, vanished
2013 · Truro, Nova Scotia · Daylight disc
Silver disc with strobe lights flying low
2016 · Rockwood, Ontario · Physical traces
Object seen in photo after being taken from a moving train
2018 · Montreal, Quebec · Daylight disc
Photo: stationary light in daytime sky

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.