January 5 in strange history
What happened on January 5 in the world of UFOs, monsters and mysteries, plus 38 Canadian UFO sightings.
No famous case or old newspaper story we know of is dated January 5. Yet. Seen something on this date? Report it.
Canadian UFO sightings on January 5
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 38 sightings on January 5 between 1989 and today, most in 1996 (9). Most came from British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Ontario.
The strangest ones
- 2001 · Whitehorse, Yukon · Daylight disc
Self-lit object with trail, hopped forward in flight slowly behind mountains - 2004 · Port Coquitlam, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Saucer-shaped object below strange cloud, over mountains. - 2005 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Clouds like "jellyfish" shapes moving SE in otherwise cloudless sky - 2007 · Calgary, Alberta · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Opaque dark cloud, floating, became invisible - 2001 · Whitehorse, Yukon · Daylight disc
Black frayed rope' silhouetted in sky over mountain - 2018 · Mississauga, Ontario · Physical traces
Photo: of parehelia shows orb [internal lens reflection]
Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.
The US Air Force opened 663 Project Blue Book files for sightings in January, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.