December 12 in strange history
1 strange event from history happened on December 12, plus 32 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1909In the old newspapers
A Worcester man says he flew to New York by night
Worcester, Massachusetts
Wallace E. Tillinghast, a Worcester manufacturing executive, told reporters he had secretly built a three-seat monoplane, flown it at night to New York, circled the Statue of Liberty at 4,000 feet and returned via Boston. He refused to show the machine.
Canadian UFO sightings on December 12
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 32 sightings on December 12 between 1989 and today, most in 2005 (4). Most came from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec.
The strangest ones
- 1996 · London, Ontario · Close encounter with traces, 2 witnesses
"illuminous objects spotted .. just before the power failed"; anonymous Hydro
Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.
The US Air Force opened 617 Project Blue Book files for sightings in December, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.