September 1 in strange history
2 strange events from history happened on September 1, plus 79 Canadian UFO sightings.
- 1904In the old newspapers
A horse-headed swimmer in Raritan Bay
South Amboy, New Jersey
Fishing early in the morning, J. B. Edwards saw what he took for a man swimming toward his boat from the Staten Island shore. It had a head something like a horse's, circled the boat two or three times and vanished.
- 1974Close encounter
The Langenburg saucers
Near Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada
A Saskatchewan farmer said five spinning saucers hovered by a slough; the RCMP found five matching circles in the field.
Canadian UFO sightings on September 1
The Canadian UFO Survey logged 79 sightings on September 1 between 1989 and today, most in 2012 (8). Most came from Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec.
The strangest ones
- 1990 · Williams Lake, British Columbia · Close encounter with traces, 2 witnesses
Animal reactions, ring trace, odd object - 1992 · Vancouver, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Moving fast - 2005 · Tottenham, Ontario · Close encounter, 2 witnesses
Ball of light descended, stopped in front of car, moved slightly, vanished - 2006 · Winnipeg, Manitoba · Daylight disc
Object appeared to being chased by CF-18 - 1991 · Sudbury, Ontario · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
Oval metallic object with discontinuous movement - 2014 · Delta, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Small irregular object in sky (possibly a toy drone pic)
Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.
The US Air Force opened 935 Project Blue Book files for sightings in September, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.