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September 25 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on September 25, plus 54 Canadian UFO sightings.

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  1. 1891
    In the old newspapers

    Gloucester fishermen meet a serpent on the Flemish Cap

    Gloucester, Massachusetts

    Gloucester fishermen back from the distant Flemish Cap bank said a sea serpent over 80 feet long, resembling a giant squid, appeared while they were hauling their trawls, and that a marine monster wrecked trawl lines and overturned dories.

Canadian UFO sightings on September 25

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 54 sightings on September 25 between 1989 and today, most in 2009 (6). Most came from Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

The strangest ones

  • 2004 · Winnipeg, Manitoba · Close encounter with traces
    Calls to media about landing of lights in field investigated, unverified
  • 2005 · Comox, British Columbia · Daylight disc
    Saucer-shaped object moving over CFB Comox
  • 1995 · Selkirk, Manitoba · Close encounter
    Stationary lights in/on field; no tracks or marks found
  • 2004 · Coquitlam, British Columbia · Daylight disc
    Rectangular cloud moved through sky
  • 2007 · Warfield, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
    Hovering object moved over mountains.
  • 2015 · Montreal, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
    Donut-shaped objects seemingly blown by wind across sky

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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