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September 10 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on September 10, plus 50 Canadian UFO sightings.

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  1. 1886
    In the old newspapers

    A Navy lieutenant sees a serpent off 27th Street

    New York, New York

    Lieutenant G. A. Foster of the training ship Minnesota said he watched a dull grey, eel-like animal at least 60 feet long swim slowly up the Hudson from the 27th Street pier. His quartermaster followed it through a marine glass and backed up every detail.

Canadian UFO sightings on September 10

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 50 sightings on September 10 between 1989 and today, most in 2011 (7). Most came from British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec.

The strangest ones

  • 2007 · Headingley, Manitoba · Close encounter with traces
    Humming heard, disc landed
  • 2005 · Oshawa, Ontario · Daylight disc
    Black morphing object with red flashing light
  • 2023 · Sainte-Sophie, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
    2 rings in sky; rotated slowly, moved away quickly, opaque but didn't seem to
  • 2018 · Gatineau, Quebec · Close encounter
    Elongated object with lights flew near witness
  • 2020 · Lake Cowichan, British Columbia · Daylight disc
    Object like "hang glider" became "like a falling blanket comprised of four petals", faded away
  • 2002 · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · Daylight disc
    Slow-moving object with lights, banked turn

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.

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