October 20 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on October 20, plus 49 Canadian UFO sightings.

1869
In the old newspapers
The monster snake of Pyramid Lake
Nixon, Nevada
The Elko Independent said miners and prospectors had long passed on a Paiute story of a monster snake in Pyramid Lake, and that local Native people would not go near the water. The paper then gave a new account from men who said they had glimpsed it.

Canadian UFO sightings on October 20

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 49 sightings on October 20 between 1989 and today, most in 2011 (6). Most came from Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario.

2011 · Kelowna, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Birds formed figure 8; UFO appeared in midst; "portal"
2014 · Saskatoon, Saskatchewan · Daylight disc
Object in sky shaped like a sail with a triangle mirror image below it separated by a small gap (pic)
2015 · Saint-Zenon, Quebec · Daylight disc
10-meter saucer flew quickly above witness
2012 · Burnaby, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Object heading S-N, very high, no wings
2014 · Nanaimo, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Yellow green object falling from sky
2021 · Beloeil, Quebec · Daylight disc
Photo: stationary "ball with two legs" [NB: jet with contrail]

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.