May 3 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on May 3, plus 31 Canadian UFO sightings.

1901
In the old newspapers
A beast trailing a chain in Aiken County
Ellenton, South Carolina
A fisherman on Upper Three Runs dropped his rod and ran from a large animal with a short length of chain hanging from its neck. People suspected an escaped circus tiger, though none had been reported, and from Salley came tracks like a dog's but with larger hind feet.

Canadian UFO sightings on May 3

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 31 sightings on May 3 between 1989 and today, most in 1999 (3). Most came from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec.

1992 · Squamish, British Columbia · Close encounter, 3 witnesses
Slow-moving,odd trajectory
2018 · Surrey, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Green light moving v.fast then stopped and disappeared. Had no sound
2023 · Winnipeg, Manitoba · Daylight disc
2 objects going S together in parallel, 1 pill shaped, other spherical
2004 · Christina Lake, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Stationary bright shiny objects in sky, separated, flew off to S & NE
2013 · Loretto, Ontario · Daylight disc
Bright light moving across sky during day
2018 · Port Coquitlam, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Teardrop shaped light travelling across sky then shrank and disappeared

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.