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July 10 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on July 10, plus 64 Canadian UFO sightings.

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  1. 1892
    In the old newspapers

    A schooner captain's Lake Erie serpent

    Erie, Pennsylvania

    The captain of the schooner Madeline Downing saw the lake lashed to foam ahead and, coming close, a dark brown snake 30 feet or more long with a large head held four feet up, sparkling eyes and fins big enough to help it swim. He thought it could crush a yawl boat.

Canadian UFO sightings on July 10

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 64 sightings on July 10 between 1989 and today, most in 2010 (11). Most came from Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec.

The strangest ones

  • 2017 · Saguenay, Quebec · Close encounter with traces
    2 weird men in weird uniforms in police car, "very ugly"
  • 2021 · Blainville, Quebec · Daylight disc
    Dark cloud changed colour, shape, became several bright objects
  • 2001 · Damascus, Ontario · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
    Anon. rpt: object size of football field, over marsh [prob hoax]
  • 2002 · Sudbury, Ontario · Daylight disc
    Dark "flying wing" with reddish trailing edge flew overhead
  • 2002 · North Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
    Mango-coloured metallic object moved to SE rapidly
  • 2005 · Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan · Daylight disc, 4 witnesses
    Flashing object floating slowly through sky

Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.

The US Air Force opened 1,143 Project Blue Book files for sightings in July, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.

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