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November 5 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on November 5, plus 28 Canadian UFO sightings.

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  1. 1975
    Close encounter

    The Travis Walton abduction

    Apache–Sitgreaves National Forests, near Heber, Arizona, USA

    A logging crew said a glowing craft struck Travis Walton with a beam; he reappeared five days later describing alien captors.

Canadian UFO sightings on November 5

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 28 sightings on November 5 between 1989 and today, most in 1996 (3). Most came from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

The strangest ones

  • 2007 · Niagara Falls, Ontario · Close encounter with beings
    Hovering saucer, beam of light, creature(?)
  • 2024 · Godmanchester, Quebec · Close encounter
    Car radio, cellphone affected, bright glow beside car, near abduction?
  • 2008 · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · Daylight disc
    Dark object with 3 lights, hovering, vanished
  • 2014 · Hamilton, Ontario · Daylight disc
    3 red balls of light seen in sky
  • 1989 · Manotick, Ontario · Daylight disc, 4 witnesses
    Object like "green water tower", going S
  • 2008 · Prince George, British Columbia · Daylight disc
    2 lines in sky made V

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.

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