July 31 in strange history

2 strange events from history happened on July 31, plus 80 Canadian UFO sightings.

1869
In the old newspapers
A porgy fisherman's serpent in Newark Bay
Bayonne, New Jersey
The Newark Courier vouched for James Andrews, a sober porgy fisherman from Saltersville on Newark Bay, who said he had seen the sea serpent. His neighbours generally believed him.
1907
In the old newspapers
A captain swears on his Bible to a serpent
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Captain Jim Sherman of the Annie D. said he saw a sea serpent with a head like an alligator's, several feet around, in the surf off Cornfield Point. When friends laughed he pulled out a pocket Bible and swore to it; he said it headed for Long Island.

Canadian UFO sightings on July 31

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 80 sightings on July 31 between 1989 and today, most in 2003 (9). Most came from Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario.

2003 · Glenmore, British Columbia · Contact or abduction claim, 2 witnesses
Lights seen, missing time, panic, abduction?
2020 · Calgary, Alberta · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
T-shaped object moving to W [NB: possible party balloon]
2013 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
2 shiny objects floating in sky, suddenly vanished
2018 · Thetford Mines, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Objects moving high in sky {likely birds}
2022 · Lac-Long, Quebec · Daylight disc
Aircraft saw "distress flare" 2022Q2566
2022 · Mirabel, Quebec · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
Luminous object at high speed towards the ground, suurounded by fire

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.