UFOs / Canada sightings / Nunavut
UFO sightings in Nunavut
27 UFO reports from Nunavut since 2001. 5 were never explained.
- 27 reports
- 5 unexplained
- 16 towns
- 2006 busiest year
UnexplainedNot enough informationPossibly explainedExplained
How the reports were rated
- 19% unexplained
- 19% possibly explained
- 33% not enough information
- 30% explained
What people saw
Reports by year
Unexplained cases worth reading
- Jan 7, 2009 00:15Resolute BayUnexplained
Light at night · white, cigar · 1 witness · 15 sec
Large object twice the size of Venus white and blue lights in sky 15 seconds
- Jan 8, 2019 06:15Loks LandUnexplained
Light at night · red, point of light · 2 witnesses
"rotary beacon light" near airliner over ocean; no known aircraft in region; NORAD
- Jan 31, 2001 15:30Gjoa HavenUnexplained
Object by day · cigar · 10 witnesses · 60 sec
2 "shining lights" seen; expl: "condensation trail from jet"
- Apr 7, 2002 01:57Place not givenUnexplained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses · 5 sec
Aircrew saw light grow to "jagged ball" then "fizzle out"
Placed in the middle of the province: the town was not found.
- Dec 21, 2001Chesterfield InletUnexplained
Light at night · red, point of light · 2 witnesses · 20 min
Pilots saw stationary light est.100 miles away, no explanation
Towns
- Iqaluit 5
- Resolute Bay 2
- Pangnirtung 2
- Coburg Island 1
- Taloyoak 1
- Bylot Island 1
- Loks Land 1
- Mary River Mine 1
- Coral Harbour 1
- Igloolik 1
- Repulse Bay 1
- Cape Dorset 1
- Baker Lake 1
- Pangirtung 1
- Chesterfield Inlet 1
- Gjoa Haven 1
Latest reports from Nunavut
The 27 most recent. Every report is on the map above, and each town in the list has its own page.
- Nov 13, 2023 06:00IqaluitNot enough information
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Light like satellite changed direction, blinked out, 2nd appeared
- Dec 15, 2022 17:00Coburg IslandNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 witness · 60 min
Pinpoint lights ahead @FL500 moved in different directions 2022C6420
- Sep 22, 2021 22:30TaloyoakNot enough information
Object at night · fireball · 1 sec
CADORS 2021C3849: possible plane crash? no missing aircraft
- Aug 12, 2020 13:51Bylot IslandPossibly explained
Unusual event · 1 witness
TCAS alert of unidentified target @45000ft
- May 27, 2019 15:19IqaluitNot enough information
Object by day · 1 witness
"unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) activity in close proximity to departing helicopter"
- Jan 8, 2019 06:15Loks LandUnexplained
Light at night · red, point of light · 2 witnesses
"rotary beacon light" near airliner over ocean; no known aircraft in region; NORAD
- Nov 23, 2018 19:30Mary River MinePossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 1 witness
CIRVIS report of odd light, NORAD advised [likely Mars]
- September 2015Place not givenExplained
Unusual event · irregular
Google map of Nunavut shows a conical shaped object
Placed in the middle of the province: the town was not found.
- Jul 11, 2011 13:00IqaluitNot enough information
Light at night · blue, point of light · 10 witnesses · 180 min
Stationary light with 2nd rotating light in sky
- Jan 7, 2009 00:15Resolute BayUnexplained
Light at night · white, cigar · 1 witness · 15 sec
Large object twice the size of Venus white and blue lights in sky 15 seconds
- Feb 17, 2008 06:20Resolute BayPossibly explained
Object at night · yellow, fireball · 1 witness
Streak of light, smoke trail
- Sep 18, 2006 20:45Coral HarbourExplained
Light at night
Fireball
- Sep 18, 2006 20:45IqaluitExplained
Light at night
Fireball
- Sep 18, 2006 20:45IgloolikExplained
Light at night
Fireball
- Sep 18, 2006 20:45Repulse BayExplained
Light at night
Fireball
- Sep 18, 2006 20:45Cape DorsetExplained
Light at night
Fireball
- Sep 18, 2006 20:45Baker LakeExplained
Light at night
Fireball
- 2006IqaluitPossibly explained
Light at night
Numerous people observed up to eight lights. RCMP believes lights were from local school experiment
- 2006Place not givenNot enough information
Little information available.
Placed in the middle of the province: the town was not found.
- Mar 30, 2003PangirtungExplained
Light at night · fireball · 1 sec
Fireball with wavy heat trail, going NE
- Apr 7, 2002 01:57Place not givenUnexplained
Light at night · white, point of light · 2 witnesses · 5 sec
Aircrew saw light grow to "jagged ball" then "fizzle out"
Placed in the middle of the province: the town was not found.
- February 2002KingnaitNot enough information
Light at night · red, irregular
Many people saw "bright Northern Lights"
Placed in the middle of the province: the town was not found.
- Dec 21, 2001Chesterfield InletUnexplained
Light at night · red, point of light · 2 witnesses · 20 min
Pilots saw stationary light est.100 miles away, no explanation
- Apr 1, 2001 12:00Tissaluk LakeNot enough information
Light at night · fireball · 2 sec
Object "falling from sky"; police witnesses on hunting trip
Placed in the middle of the province: the town was not found.
- Jan 31, 2001 15:30Gjoa HavenUnexplained
Object by day · cigar · 10 witnesses · 60 sec
2 "shining lights" seen; expl: "condensation trail from jet"
- Jan 9, 2001 18:30PangnirtungPossibly explained
Object at night · red, cigar · 3 witnesses · 20 min
Police watched "cylindrical bright red object" low on horizon
- Jan 8, 2001PangnirtungNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
Light seen in distance (see next day)
No report matches.
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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.
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