December 9 in strange history
3 strange events from history happened on December 9, plus 22 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1884In the old newspapers
A circus jaguar loose near Enon
Enon, Ohio
When Barret's circus train was stopped by a burned railroad bridge near Enon, a jaguar escaped from its cage unnoticed. It ran across the countryside, stampeding and killing cattle, and the story ran in thirteen papers.
- 1890In the old newspapers
Coon hunters kill a mystery beast in Henry County
Clinton, Missouri
After weeks of crippled and killed livestock and a man chased by an animal bigger than a big dog, coon hunters' hounds ran down a beast. The men finished it with stones and an axe. It was five feet three inches long, and they called it a "Mexican lion", likely a cougar.
- 1965Close encounter
The Kecksburg incident
Kecksburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
A fireball seen over six states was said to have come down in woods near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania; no beings were reported.
Canadian UFO sightings on December 9
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 22 sightings on December 9 between 1989 and today, most in 1992 (2). Most came from Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba.
The strangest ones
- 2009 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Disk shows up on youtube pic - 2010 · Toronto, Ontario · Daylight disc
Video of likely plane - 2020 · Winnipeg, Manitoba · Daylight disc
Photo: contrail illuminated by the Sun - 2021 · Pohenegamook, Quebec · Physical traces
Photo: irregular shadow appeared on surveillance cam
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.