June 2 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on June 2, plus 54 Canadian UFO sightings.

1892
In the old newspapers
A giant reptile in the desert near Daggett
Daggett, California
Two Daggett prospectors, on separate trips, said they saw a gigantic reptile in the desert toward Death Valley, and a man who called himself a researcher claimed to have seen it too and asked the Smithsonian to send a party to catch it.

Canadian UFO sightings on June 2

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 54 sightings on June 2 between 1989 and today, most in 2006 (18). Most came from Manitoba, Ontario, British Columbia.

1992 · Scarborough, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
'bumpy' object varying speed
2014 · Edmonton, Alberta · Daylight disc
Seen from plane an object doing circular patterns in sky, then moved straight south
2012 · Halifax, Nova Scotia · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
Dark object followed aircraft landing, stopped, dropped, flew off
2016 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Black, single-engine-airplane-type aircraft with no sound
2002 · West Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Balls flew horizontally then vertically, became like stars
2013 · Morden, Manitoba · Daylight disc
Many orange lights in clusters of 2 and 3, flying silently

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

The US Air Force opened 698 Project Blue Book files for sightings in June, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.