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September 7 in strange history

1 strange event from history happened on September 7, plus 46 Canadian UFO sightings.

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  1. 1886
    In the old newspapers

    A horned, rainbow-scaled monster at Lake Mazaska

    Shieldsville, Minnesota

    A Faribault man driving home along Lake Mazaska said a 30-foot animal with two long horns and scales that flashed yellow, blue and green swam toward him, then rose on its hind feet and walked into the road. A postmaster and a fishing party had reported it two weeks before.

Canadian UFO sightings on September 7

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 46 sightings on September 7 between 1989 and today, most in 2012 (6). Most came from British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta.

The strangest ones

  • 2011 · Toronto, Ontario · Daylight disc
    Round object "whipped L-R" stopped, bounced
  • 2014 · Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec · Daylight disc, 3 witnesses
    Photo of bright object stationary in sky [weather balloon?]
  • 2015 · Alma, Quebec · Physical traces, 2 witnesses
    Dark grey object found on photo of clouds
  • 2006 · Edmonton, Alberta · Daylight disc, 5 witnesses

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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