November 27 in strange history
3 strange events from history happened on November 27, plus 19 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1884In the old newspapers
A tug captain's Lake Michigan monster
Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
A tug captain, Dick Brewer, said a large black monster surfaced ahead of his boat as he towed a mud scow past the Marine Hospital, setting off talk among sailors. Fishermen later reported it again off Death's Door.
- 1896In the old newspapers
Coloured flashes near Mount Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington
Several people in Tacoma said they saw the airship near Mount Tacoma (Mount Rainier), giving off flashes of different colours. They guessed the inventor had built a second machine, or had taken an evening spin up from California.
- 1944Military encounter
Foo fighters
Over the Rhine valley, Germany
Night-fighter crews flying over Germany began reporting balls of orange and red light that paced their aircraft, then vanished. They borrowed the name "foo fighters" from a comic strip.
Canadian UFO sightings on November 27
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 19 sightings on November 27 between 1989 and today, most in 1992 (2). Most came from British Columbia, Quebec, Saskatchewan.
The strangest ones
- 1992 · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · Close encounter
'boomerang' overflew car - 2007 · Victoria, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Strange cloud in NE, long & narrow like jet trail - 2005 · Montreal, Quebec · Daylight disc
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.