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September 27 in strange history

2 strange events from history happened on September 27, plus 65 Canadian UFO sightings.

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  1. 1890
    In the old newspapers

    Five anglers rocked by the Fish Trap Lake monster

    Galena, Illinois

    Five men trolling on Fish Trap Lake, below Galena, said the calm water suddenly boiled and their boat heaved and rocked as a huge serpent-like fish surfaced. They linked it to a similar monster reported there about ten years before.

  2. 1989
    Close encounter

    The Voronezh landing

    Voronezh, Russia (then USSR)

    Soviet news agency TASS reported children's claims that tall, small-headed beings and a robot left a craft in a Voronezh park.

Canadian UFO sightings on September 27

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 65 sightings on September 27 between 1989 and today, most in 2015 (14). Most came from Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia.

The strangest ones

  • 2003 · Houston, British Columbia · Close encounter with traces
    Saucer materialized in front of witness, rotten eggs smell
  • 2015 · Brockville, Ontario · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
    Bright object falling in sky with a vapour trail behind it, appeared to stop and
  • 2015 · LaSalle, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
    Object seemed to chase aircraft in sky
  • 2015 · Montpellier, Quebec · Physical traces
    Object found on photo during lunar eclipse
  • 2017 · Huberdeau, Quebec · Physical traces
    Long dark cylindrical object found on photo
  • 2017 · Toronto, Ontario · Daylight disc
    Flying saucer seen over city while driving

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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