May 17 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on May 17, plus 48 Canadian UFO sightings.

1890
In the old newspapers
A giant snake rears up in Twin Lakes
Salisbury, Connecticut
A fisherman from South Egremont, Massachusetts, said what he took for a blackened stump in 75 feet of water moved, left a wake and reared a flat, two-foot head six feet out of the lake, with a body ten to twelve inches thick.

Canadian UFO sightings on May 17

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 48 sightings on May 17 between 1989 and today, most in 2021 (8). Most came from Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta.

1992 · New Westminster, British Columbia · Close encounter, 3 witnesses
Disc with blue 'laser beams'
2002 · St. Albert, Alberta · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Objects Appeared behind dust devil, went behind cloud
2014 · Parksville, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Round cloud like object moving rapidly, went into a large cloud formation,
2002 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Object hung in sky, disappeared suddenly
2013 · Winnipeg, Manitoba · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Triangle of white lights making sudden turns before disappearing

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.