May 4 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on May 4, plus 37 Canadian UFO sightings.

1896
In the old newspapers
Fishermen kill a horned sea monster
Cape May, New Jersey
Captain Shannon and his crew fought a strange fish for two hours off the New Jersey coast and killed it: about 15 feet long and 500 pounds, with a horn on its nose, two rows of teeth and silvery armour-like scales. No fisherman there could say what it was.

Canadian UFO sightings on May 4

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 37 sightings on May 4 between 1989 and today, most in 2004 (4). Most came from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

1992 · White Rock, British Columbia · Close encounter, 2 witnesses
Saucer at treetop level?
1995 · Beausejour, Manitoba · Contact or abduction claim, 2 witnesses
Reported abduction of mother and child, probably related to earlier abuse
2013 · St-Jerome, Quebec · Close encounter with traces
Large object flashed, released a ball of light that went S
2014 · Lac Superieur, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Object moved slowly over houses
2014 · Scarborough, Ontario · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
Very shiny rectangle object that plummeted from the clouds with thin vapour trail, then hovered and moved slowly across horizon
1990 · New Westminster, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Object high in NW, changed from bright red to "flashing mirror"?

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.