Canada sightings / Alberta / Medicine Hat

UFO sightings in Medicine Hat, Alberta

26 UFO reports from Medicine Hat since 1991. The busiest year was 2012, with 8. The most common shape after plain lights: fireball. 2 were never explained.

26 reports
2 unexplained
1991 first report
2023 latest

How the reports were rated

8% unexplained
35% possibly explained
46% not enough information
12% explained

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Unexplained cases worth reading

Oct 7, 2010 17:30Medicine HatUnexplained
Object at night · orange, irregular · 5 witnesses
2 objects like "Super Mario fireballs" became cigar, then bell with tentacles
Aug 26, 1999 03:00Medicine HatUnexplained
Object at night · triangle · 1 witness · 15 sec
3 lights on triangular object; made sharp turns over CFB Suffield

Every report from Medicine Hat

Dec 27, 2023 20:22Medicine HatNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
CADORS 2023C7052: 2 large drones - "two objects with lights"
Sep 1, 2022 02:36Medicine HatNot enough information
Object at night · irregular · 1 sec
Perfect U moving perfectly
May 15, 2021 23:39Medicine HatExplained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Line of lights moving across sky
Dec 27, 2019 18:35Medicine HatExplained
Light at night · 2 witnesses
"multiple unidentified objects" at high altitude seen by several aircraft
Aug 13, 2019 12:55Medicine HatNot enough information
Unusual event · 1 witness
TCAS advisory received; "no reported traffic in the vicinity"; radar data unavailable
Jul 22, 2014 00:30Medicine HatPossibly explained
Light at night · blue, fireball · 1 witness
Object falling from sky exploded with a blue glow
Jun 7, 2014 23:00Medicine HatPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 1 witness
Star like light pulsing with different colors
Nov 4, 2012 18:15Medicine HatPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses
Light in NE going NE, in distance
Aug 18, 2012 22:35Medicine HatPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses · 45 sec
2 "craft" in WNW heading E
Aug 4, 2012 22:30Medicine HatPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, irregular · 2 witnesses
Object like "hot air balloon", "burning", headed SSE-NNW quickly
Jul 14, 2012 00:33Medicine HatNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
"pretty crazy lights in the sky"
Jul 14, 2012 00:30Medicine HatPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 2 witnesses
3 balls of light moving NW silently
Jul 14, 2012 00:30Medicine HatPossibly explained
Object at night · multicoloured, fireball · 6 witnesses
Bright ball of light show down from sky, no smoke
May 4, 2012 01:00Medicine HatNot enough information
Object at night · sphere · 1 sec
Object like "small burning sun" varying speed, low, silent
Feb 21, 2012 21:00Medicine HatExplained
Light at night · green, fireball · 1 witness
Light fell from sky
Jul 31, 2011 01:00Medicine HatNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 2 witnesses · 180 min
Tight cluster of lights on horizon, moved b&f, then close
Oct 7, 2010 17:30Medicine HatUnexplained
Object at night · orange, irregular · 5 witnesses
2 objects like "Super Mario fireballs" became cigar, then bell with tentacles
Jul 3, 2010 23:45Medicine HatPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 3 witnesses · 5 min
2 lights moving slowly E
Nov 13, 2008Medicine HatNot enough information
Object at night · disc · 2 sec
Object like "frisbee with lights", floating in sky
Jul 7, 2006 03:00Medicine Hat
Light at night · point of light · 6 witnesses · 1 sec
Feb 14, 2000Medicine Hat
Unusual event · 7 witnesses · 1 sec
Aug 26, 1999 03:00Medicine HatUnexplained
Object at night · triangle · 1 witness · 15 sec
3 lights on triangular object; made sharp turns over CFB Suffield
September 1997Medicine HatNot enough information
3 witnesses
Three guys in a pickup truck saw a UFO; reported to ATC personnel
Jun 8, 1996 23:30Medicine Hat
Light at night · 3 witnesses · 2 min
Feb 6, 1995 01:40Medicine Hat
Object at night · white · 1 witness · 30 sec
Oct 10, 1991 00:13Medicine HatPossibly explained
Light at night · fireball · 6 witnesses · 2 sec
Pilots of six different aircraft saw brilliant flash

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About this data

These reports come from the Canadian UFO Survey, compiled each year since 1989 by Ufology Research of Winnipeg. Each year the survey gathers sightings sent to police, airports, the military, researchers and UFO groups across the country, and rates each one. We left out every report the survey received from MUFON, NUFORC or Enigma Labs, so the totals here are lower than in the survey itself.

The ratings are the survey's: explained means a likely cause was found (a plane, a planet, a satellite re-entry), possibly explained means there's a good guess, and unexplained means the investigators couldn't find one. Notes are short summaries, lightly tidied. Most places are the nearest town, not the exact spot.