Canada sightings / Ontario / St. Catharines

UFO sightings in St. Catharines, Ontario

32 UFO reports from St. Catharines since 1993. The busiest year was 2010, with 8. The most common shape after plain lights: sphere. 2 were never explained.

32 reports
2 unexplained
1993 first report
2022 latest

How the reports were rated

6% unexplained
56% possibly explained
38% not enough information

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Unexplained cases worth reading

Jul 17, 2011 02:00St. CatharinesUnexplained
Close encounter · green, sphere · 6 witnesses
Ball under water, black obj.surfaced, went back down
Jun 14, 2010 04:30St. CatharinesUnexplained
Object at night · black, triangle · 1 witness · 20 min
Silent object with light balls hovering over houses, "scanning" then vanished

Every report from St. Catharines

Aug 19, 2022 21:45St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Object at night · cigar · 2 sec
Long object moved S over Lake Ontario
Jul 19, 2022 08:35St. CatharinesNot enough information
Object by day · point of light · 1 sec
2 objects circling one another, but stationary?
Jun 9, 2022 15:55St. CatharinesNot enough information
Object by day · point of light · 1 sec
Bright object flew sporadically around Goodyear blimp
Nov 14, 2020St. CatharinesNot enough information
Object by day · white, point of light · 1 witness
Photo: cylinder in sky? But photo shows small point source
Sep 20, 2020 22:49St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness · 15 min
Video: light moving over Lake Ontario, morphed into several lights?
Oct 5, 2018 13:30St. CatharinesNot enough information
Object by day · 1 witness
CIRVIS report of "unidentified aircraft" seen?
Sep 7, 2014St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 3 sec
Bright light over Welland Canal; [search&rescue flares?]
Sep 11, 2012 20:40St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 1 witness · 90 min
Objects in sky "posing as stars"
May 20, 2012 22:00St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 4 witnesses
6-7 lights flying over city
May 20, 2012 21:15St. CatharinesNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 witness · 2 min
3 lights in mile-long triangle formation
May 20, 2012St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
6 balls of light going quickly E-W
Sep 9, 2011 21:45St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 1 witness · 10 min
Stationary light in sky
Jul 17, 2011 02:00St. CatharinesUnexplained
Close encounter · green, sphere · 6 witnesses
Ball under water, black obj.surfaced, went back down
Jul 2, 2011 21:45St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · red, point of light · 3 witnesses
Flash outside, went to see object moving higher, then vanished
Jun 30, 2011 21:45St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, fireball · 3 witnesses
Object with flames
Nov 2, 2010 23:08St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 2 witnesses
5 orbs hovering in sky?
Oct 9, 2010 22:00St. CatharinesNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
3 lights in triangle formation going E-W
Oct 8, 2010 06:35St. CatharinesNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
3 lights in triangle formation moving in odd manner
Jul 1, 2010 21:30St. CatharinesNot enough information
Object at night · red, sphere · 1 witness
Ball of fire with flames moving steadily
Jun 14, 2010 04:30St. CatharinesUnexplained
Object at night · black, triangle · 1 witness · 20 min
Silent object with light balls hovering over houses, "scanning" then vanished
Jun 1, 2010 22:45St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 2 sec
Light stayed in one area, moved around slightly, getting closer to ground
May 25, 2010 20:45St. CatharinesNot enough information
Object at night · sphere · 2 sec
Bright orb "going downwards" in NW
Mar 30, 2010 22:00St. CatharinesNot enough information
Object at night · yellow, sphere · 1 witness
Orb descended, then went straight up, pulsing, disappeared
November 2008 19:00St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Object at night · fireball · 1 sec
Ball of light ruhed across sky E-W
Jun 5, 2008 23:00St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 2 witnesses · 10 sec
Small light moved b&f, erratic, vanished
Feb 24, 2007 21:30St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Object at night · blue, point of light · 1 witness
Bright light moving slowly across sky
Feb 23, 2007 20:00St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Object at night · blue, point of light · 1 witness
Bright light moving across sky
Feb 21, 2007 14:20St. CatharinesNot enough information
Object by day · white, irregular · 1 witness
Translucent rough sphere hanging in sky, disappeared
Apr 16, 2006 20:30St. Catharines
Light at night · multicoloured, disc · 1 witness · 600 min
Sep 11, 2005 21:00St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 3 witnesses · 60 min
Stationary light in sky, disappeared, reappeared elsewhere
Dec 8, 2004St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · multicoloured, point of light · 2 witnesses
Flashes of light inside clouds
Oct 7, 1993 18:30St. CatharinesPossibly explained
Light at night · fireball · 1 witness · 2 sec
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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.