May 12 in strange history
1 strange event from history happened on May 12, plus 35 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1892In the old newspapers
A 40-foot serpent in the Willapa River
South Bend, Washington
Two couples out in a naphtha launch said a serpent forty feet long, its head four feet out of the water and eyes glaring, raced past them on the Willapa River.
Canadian UFO sightings on May 12
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 35 sightings on May 12 between 1989 and today, most in 2012 (6). Most came from Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia.
The strangest ones
- 2015 · Drummondville, Quebec · Daylight disc
Metallic objects descended, hovered over field - 2023 · Cranbrook, British Columbia · Daylight disc
6-7 cylinders/crescents flew S then E, then faded into sky - 2002 · Calgary, Alberta · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
Pale object like "small version of Moon" moving to SW - 2012 · Gatineau, Quebec · Daylight disc
Ball of light seen in sky, vanished after a few seconds
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.