June 20 in strange history

2 strange events from history happened on June 20, plus 54 Canadian UFO sightings.

1888
In the old newspapers
A 25-foot snake with a hairy head at Thunder Bay
Alpena, Michigan
A farmer found a foot-wide trail across his ploughed field to the bay, and his son, planting potatoes, fired twice at a black, yellow-spotted snake about 25 feet long with long black hair on its head.
1896
In the old newspapers
A vulture as tall as a man
Chino, California
The superintendent of Richard Gird's ranch caught a California vulture (condor) in the hills south of Chino after it had gorged on a dead cow and was too full to fly. The paper said it stood six feet tall, an inch or two taller than its captor.

Canadian UFO sightings on June 20

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 54 sightings on June 20 between 1989 and today, most in 2015 (6). Most came from Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia.

2004 · Duberger-Les Saules, Quebec · Close encounter with traces
Lights flew over witness, eyes stung by airborne material?
2014 · Buckingham, Quebec · Daylight disc
Photo of delta-shaped object with lights [scale model?]
1996 · Prince Rupert, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Dog barking; witness observed disc, took 4 photographs and video, only flash
2002 · Surrey, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Disc-shaped object moving slowly SSE
2003 · Toronto, Ontario · Daylight disc
Object flying W-N faster than plane, made sharp turn, vanished
2005 · Denholm, Quebec · Close encounter with traces
Power failure; 2 lights approached house, then withdrew swiftly

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.