November 24 in strange history
3 strange events from history happened on November 24, plus 34 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1896In the old newspapers
Telephone workers watch a light head for Gilroy
San Jose, California
Three employees of the Sunset Telephone company in San Jose reported a bright light moving rapidly across the sky at about 11 p.m., heading south toward Gilroy. Two nights later more San Jose residents described lights passing over the city.
- 1896In the old newspapers
Market Street crowd stares at a star
San Francisco, California
At about 6 p.m. the cry went up on Market Street that the airship's headlight was visible high over the city, and excited crowds gathered to watch. A professor who checked with his telescope said the supposed airship was an ordinary star.
- 1896In the old newspapers
Santa Rosa sees a light with wings
Santa Rosa, California
Airship fever reached Santa Rosa when a bright light appeared at 7:30 p.m. and hundreds of people went out to watch. It seemed to move east, vanishing with a dull red glow and then reappearing, and some were ready to swear it had huge wings.
Canadian UFO sightings on November 24
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 34 sightings on November 24 between 1989 and today, most in 2004 (5). Most came from British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta.
The strangest ones
- 2020 · , Nova Scotia · Daylight disc
Photo: dark shapes in clouds though to be alien metal [NB: clouds] - 2008 · Shediac, New Brunswick · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Line seen in sky, then lights seen later - 1997 · Kamloops, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Bright light "size of pencil eraser @ arms length"; faded; ex-RCAF witness - 2005 · Scarborough, Ontario · Daylight disc
Low-flying object moving N-S across sky - 2005 · Scarborough, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Slow-moving object in SW
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.