October 11 in strange history
2 strange events from history happened on October 11, plus 32 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1886In the old newspapers
A serpent off Westport mistaken for porpoises
Westport, Connecticut
Three men out sailing from Westport took what they saw for a school of porpoises until they got close. They said a serpent held its head five feet up and showed 70 to 100 feet of body, then half sank and sped off, leaving a wake like a steamboat's.
- 1973Close encounter
The Pascagoula abduction
Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Mississippi, USA
Two men fishing on the Pascagoula River said creatures with pincers floated them into a craft and examined them.
Canadian UFO sightings on October 11
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 32 sightings on October 11 between 1989 and today, most in 2013 (7). Most came from Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta.
The strangest ones
- 2006 · Telkwa, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Slow-moving. No wings observed. Seemed to just disappear - 2005 · Edmonton, Alberta · Daylight disc
Cylindrical object, flashing, rising slowly high in SE sky - 2005 · Montreal, Quebec · Close encounter
Glow in trees, shapes moving within light; circle found in leaves later - 1997 · Langley, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Red/yellow glow in sky; vanished quickly after several minutes - 2008 · Mississauga, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Object with "bulge", going N, vanished - 2019 · Toronto, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
"close encounter with a white weather balloon at 16000 ft"
Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.
The US Air Force opened 890 Project Blue Book files for sightings in October, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.