February 5 in strange history
3 strange events from history happened on February 5, plus 35 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1869In the old newspapers
A strange animal caught near Farmville
Farmville, Virginia
Two men near Farmville captured an animal no one there had seen before: about three feet long, slim and brown, with a small head, black eyes, long ears, a sharp nose and a long tail.
- 1909In the old newspapers
A museum man admits the publicity stunt
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Papers reported that a Philadelphia showman named Hope had spread rumours of the beast to promote a so-called Australian vampire on show at the Ninth and Arch Museum, and that the sightings everywhere were imaginary.
- 1921In the old newspapers
'The terror' of Hanover Farms
Browns Mills, New Jersey
A night animal that attacked dogs and frightened horses and cattle had mothers warning children that "the terror" would get them. Hunters reading its tracks guessed a small bear or a catamount, and two dogs that trailed it into a swamp came back yelping and would not track again.
Canadian UFO sightings on February 5
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 35 sightings on February 5 between 1989 and today, most in 2011 (6). Most came from Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta.
The strangest ones
- 1999 · Montreal, Quebec · Close encounter with traces, 3 witnesses
Object hovered, then flew away; electric effects; allergic reaction? - 2015 · St-Felix-de-Valois, Quebec · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
3 light points arrive in the evening, move here and there in sky turning blue, - 2016 · Delburne, Alberta · Physical traces
Photographs of a "cloud ufo". Most likely a reflection of a light fixture
Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.
The US Air Force opened 648 Project Blue Book files for sightings in February, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.