February 9 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on February 9, plus 30 Canadian UFO sightings.

1899
In the old newspapers
Swampscott fishermen row for their lives
Swampscott, Massachusetts
A fisherman reached shore exhausted from rowing and said a serpent had come at his dory off Pig Rocks: long, scaly, barnacled and whitish, with a seal-like head, fangs and hissing breath.

Canadian UFO sightings on February 9

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 30 sightings on February 9 between 1989 and today, most in 2004 (5). Most came from British Columbia, Quebec, Ontario.

2003 · Montreal, Quebec · Close encounter with traces
Abduction/contact experience, lights seen in apartment
2007 · Winnipeg, Manitoba · Daylight disc
Fuselage-shaped object banked over city, no vapour trail
1991 · Kingston, Ontario · Daylight disc
Round object rose from ground, flew N
2017 · Maniwaki, Quebec · Physical traces, 3 witnesses
Light in the sky, in video, moving fast in the sky
2024 · Sherbrooke, Quebec · Daylight disc
Photo: stationary object high in sky, suddenly accelerated away
2021 · Rigaud, Quebec · Close encounter, 4 witnesses

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.