October 4 in strange history

2 strange events from history happened on October 4, plus 52 Canadian UFO sightings.

1886
In the old newspapers
A 50-foot monster crosses San Diego Bay
San Diego, California
At sunset the freight agent's wife at the 22nd Street depot screamed for her husband, and four people watched something about 50 feet long with a head like a giant bullhead and a fish's tail race across the rough bay toward National City.
1967
Famous UFO case
The Shag Harbour crash
Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Something lit came down into the sea off a Nova Scotia fishing village. The RCMP, Coast Guard and Navy divers found nothing.

Canadian UFO sightings on October 4

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 52 sightings on October 4 between 1989 and today, most in 2016 (6). Most came from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

2022 · Halifax, Nova Scotia · Close encounter
12 tiny lights flew into car, entered side mirror, zipped up?
2015 · Laval, Quebec · Daylight disc
Saucer flew over witness, stopped, hovered, then went quickly E-W
2008 · Brampton, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Object like "can sitting on 4 lights"
2008 · Burnaby, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
20-30 objects Like "UFO fleet" moving in sky; video
2012 · Burnaby, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Distant object seen high up in sky
2007 · Scarborough, Ontario · Daylight disc
3 "anomalies" found on photo of jet 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.