November 2 in strange history

3 strange events from history happened on November 2, plus 46 Canadian UFO sightings.

1886
In the old newspapers
A seven-foot beast that leaps thirty feet
Middlebourne, Ohio
For weeks people around Middlebourne reported glimpses of an animal at least seven feet long, something like a grey fox, that could leap thirty feet and left only light tracks. The paper reporting it couldn't decide whether it was a lion or a lie.
1909
In the old newspapers
Bowdoinham's ghost house and phantom light
Bowdoinham, Maine
A widely reprinted Maine item said Bowdoinham had a house where the chairs gathered in groups at midnight, a cane that tapped from room to room by itself, a phantom light and a mystic woodchuck.
1957
Famous UFO case
The Levelland engine stoppers
Around Levelland, Texas, USA
One night, driver after driver near Levelland said a glowing egg on the road killed their engines and headlights.

Canadian UFO sightings on November 2

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 46 sightings on November 2 between 1989 and today, most in 2010 (6). Most came from Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia.

2010 · Campbell River, British Columbia · Close encounter with traces
Driving, saw object fly 100 feet overhead, next day 2 triangle impressions in grass
2015 · Montreal, Quebec · Daylight disc
Large birdlike object with wings, stationary in sky, vanished
2021 · Trois-Rivieres, Quebec · Daylight disc
CADORS 2020Q3517: "struck an unidentified object while in flight" [NB: drone]
2020 · Calgary, Alberta · Daylight disc
Photo: odd shaped cloud
2022 · Pubnico, Nova Scotia · Daylight disc
Illuminated contrail
2008 · Vernon, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Glowing & pulsating orbs, drifted; video

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.