July 25 in strange history

2 strange events from history happened on July 25, plus 55 Canadian UFO sightings.

1892
In the old newspapers
The giant snake of Nova Scotia Hill
Watertown, Connecticut
Farmers on Nova Scotia Hill said a snake fifteen to thirty feet long had been seen several times over the years, always fleeing to a den under a huge rock and blamed for carrying off sheep. A Sunday walking party said they found a shed snakeskin ten feet long.
1893
In the old newspapers
A snake as thick as a man across the road
Circleville, New York
Two boys walking near Circleville took a log across the road for a log until it glistened, brown, yellow and white, and began to move. A neighbour said a huge snake had lived in a cave near his place for years, and men organized a hunt.

Canadian UFO sightings on July 25

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 55 sightings on July 25 between 1989 and today, most in 2015 (5). Most came from Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario.

2006 · Waterhen Lake, Saskatchewan · Daylight disc
Son observed disc fly out of lake and up into air. Father didn't see object
2007 · , New Brunswick · Close encounter, 2 witnesses
Strange "winged shadow" hovered over witnesses
2018 · Sudbury, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Object making circles around jet in sky, contrails
2018 · Sudbury, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Contrails criss-crossing sky, object turning circles around airliner
2003 · Enderby, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 6 witnesses
Cylindrical object split in 2, one flew N, other S
2004 · Edmonton, Alberta · Daylight disc
Large object flying SW, very high, no wings visible

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.