Canada sightings / Nova Scotia / Sydney

UFO sightings in Sydney, Nova Scotia

32 UFO reports from Sydney since 1991. The busiest year was 2025, with 10. The most common shape after plain lights: fireball. 1 was never explained.

32 reports
1 unexplained
1991 first report
2025 latest

How the reports were rated

3% unexplained
19% possibly explained
78% not enough information

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Unexplained cases worth reading

Aug 26, 2004 03:30SydneyUnexplained
Abduction claim · irregular · 2 sec
Lights seen, fog appeared, witness missing time, physical effects

Every report from Sydney

Oct 4, 2025Sydney
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
October 2025Sydney
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Sep 27, 2025 21:00Sydney
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Aug 18, 2025Sydney
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Aug 8, 2025 22:00Sydney
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 240 min
Aug 4, 2025Sydney
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Jul 10, 2025Sydney
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 20 sec
April 2025Sydney
Light at night · point of light · 2 witnesses · 1 sec
February 2025Sydney
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness
January 2025Sydney
Light at night · yellow, point of light · 1 witness
Dec 16, 2024 16:43Sydney
Object by day · white, fireball · 1 witness
Dec 16, 2024 16:09Sydney
Object by day · white, irregular · 1 witness · 20 min
Dec 15, 2024 16:43Sydney
Object by day · white, irregular · 1 witness
Dec 13, 2024 17:30Sydney
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 1 witness
August 2023SydneyNot enough information
Photo or video · irregular · 1 sec
Photo: odd object under moon? [NB: lens flare?]
Jul 30, 2023 21:49SydneyPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Video: distant light went S-N; repeated 35-40 times! [NB: Starlink?]
Oct 29, 2022 21:00SydneyPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness
Peach coloured light moved up, down, up and vanished
Aug 18, 2022Sydney
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
May 16, 2021Sydney
Photo or video · white, round · 1 witness
Mar 17, 2013 00:15SydneyPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 2 sec
White light shooting orange sparks for 2 seconds
January 2012 18:00SydneyNot enough information
Object at night · blue, fireball · 1 witness · 2 sec
Object with tail going as fast as shooting star
January 2012SydneyNot enough information
Object at night · blue, fireball · 1 witness · 2 sec
Object with tail, moving fast
Aug 29, 2010 21:10SydneyNot enough information
Object at night · orange, oval · 2 witnesses · 30 sec
Stationary ball of flame over baseball field, vanished
Aug 18, 2008 19:50SydneyNot enough information
Object by day · silver, cigar · 3 witnesses · 4 min
Wingless object stopped over ocean, disappeared
Aug 1, 2008 22:30SydneyPossibly explained
Light at night · red, point of light · 1 witness
3 "bright dots" sweeping b&f "playing with each other"
Feb 9, 2008 18:00SydneyPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Starlike light moving W of Pleiades
Aug 19, 2007 17:30SydneyNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
Bright light above treeline, going E
Oct 7, 2006Sydney
Light at night · red · 5 witnesses
Aug 26, 2004 03:30SydneyUnexplained
Abduction claim · irregular · 2 sec
Lights seen, fog appeared, witness missing time, physical effects
Nov 16, 1993 17:52SydneyNot enough information
Light at night · fireball
Nrc142
Apr 15, 1991 19:30SydneyNot enough information
Light at night · point of light
Light moving E-W
Mar 3, 1991 05:01SydneyPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 1 sec
Bright starlike object seen briefly

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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.