November 17 in strange history
2 strange events from history happened on November 17, plus 41 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1896In the old newspapers
A bright light crosses Sacramento
Sacramento, California
On a Tuesday evening, hundreds of people in Sacramento watched a brilliant white light drift over the east side of the city, rising and falling as it went. Some witnesses insisted they saw a dark body behind the light and heard voices aboard.
- 1986Famous UFO case
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628
Over eastern Alaska, USA
A Japanese 747 cargo crew over Alaska reported two lit craft and a giant "mothership" pacing them; radar confusion followed.
Canadian UFO sightings on November 17
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 41 sightings on November 17 between 1989 and today, most in 2007 (5). Most came from Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec.
The strangest ones
- 1996 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Object "glided across park." There was power outage immediately prior. Same - 2003 · West Dublin, Nova Scotia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Upside-down shuttle with rudder, reflected sunlight, very high, slow - 2008 · 108 Mile House, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Shiny objects Spinning, zig-zagging across sky - 2017 · Montreal, Quebec · Daylight disc
3 objects like balloons high i sky, moving against wind? - 2002 · Crescent Beach, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Opaque object flew over water, zig-zagged, went N - 2016 · Blainville, Quebec · Daylight disc
Object like contrail high in sky
Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.
The US Air Force opened 1,016 Project Blue Book files for sightings in November, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.