March 17 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on March 17, plus 52 Canadian UFO sightings.

1904
In the old newspapers
A sheep-headed animal in the Rock River
Sterling, Illinois
Hundreds of people watched a glossy, dark animal with a head like a sheep's play in the Rock River by the bridge all day. Papers compared it to Big Ben, a sea lion that had escaped into Lake Michigan and been reported in the Mississippi that winter, which is the likely answer.

Canadian UFO sightings on March 17

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 52 sightings on March 17 between 1989 and today, most in 2018 (9). Most came from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

2007 · Ancaster, Ontario · Close encounter
Large object stationary over houses, numerous lights
2013 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Green pulsing lights joined by second one, hovering, disappearing
1997 · Ottawa, Ontario · Daylight disc
Bright, bullet-shaped star; hovered then took off at high speed
2007 · Ottawa, Ontario · Daylight disc
Very shiny object moved b&f in sky, vanished
2013 · Richmond, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Y shaped streaky object hovering over tree with photo
2007 · Embrun, Ontario · Daylight disc
Shiny object approached, moved back, vanished

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

The US Air Force opened 792 Project Blue Book files for sightings in March, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.