May 10 in strange history

2 strange events from history happened on May 10, plus 59 Canadian UFO sightings.

1891
In the old newspapers
The ten-cent wild man was a fake
Salt Lake City, Utah
Local showmen in Salt Lake City exhibited a captured wild man for ten cents until Sheriff Burt tugged at his eyebrows and found they were glued on.
1896
In the old newspapers
The lighthouse keeper's serpent
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
John Skipworth, keeper of the new light at the end of the Saybrook jetty, said he watched a monstrous sea serpent playing on the surface of Long Island Sound one Sunday afternoon, and guessed it at hundreds of feet long. His wife and a ship's captain were said to back him up.

Canadian UFO sightings on May 10

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 59 sightings on May 10 between 1989 and today, most in 2004 (12). Most came from British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec.

1997 · Richmond, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Changed to bird shape then bar; moved rapidly; half as big as moon
2004 · Niagara Falls, Ontario · Physical traces
Disc-shaped object discovered on photo
2015 · Kamloops, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Four lights in sky that changed shape from triangle, to rectangle, then formed a
2016 · Montreal, Quebec · Daylight disc, 5 witnesses
Dark grey rectangular object at constant speed, making a u-turn in the sky
2001 · Ladner, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Rubiks cubes" joined together made loops as jet flew by
2015 · Sainte-Emilie-de-, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Large saucer passed over tops of trees

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

The US Air Force opened 758 Project Blue Book files for sightings in May, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.