Canada sightings / Quebec / Shawinigan

UFO sightings in Shawinigan, Quebec

26 UFO reports from Shawinigan since 1996. The busiest year was 2022, with 3. The most common shape after plain lights: sphere. 2 were never explained.

26 reports
2 unexplained
1996 first report
2025 latest

How the reports were rated

8% unexplained
42% possibly explained
50% not enough information

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Unexplained cases worth reading

Jan 17, 2011 16:45ShawiniganUnexplained
Object by day · black, cigar · 1 witness · 2 min
Fuselage-shaped object changed shape, hovered
May 22, 2021 02:00ShawiniganUnexplained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 1 witness · 3 sec
Spinning ball with strobe going SW-NE very fast

Every report from Shawinigan

Sep 1, 2025 04:30ShawiniganNot enough information
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Photo: "Circles following a straight line"
Nov 6, 2024 07:00ShawiniganNot enough information
Object by day · white, disc · 1 witness
Video: "saucer with dome"
Feb 12, 2024 20:40ShawiniganNot enough information
Object at night · orange, fireball · 2 witnesses
"tic tac with pointed end"
Aug 30, 2023 00:30ShawiniganPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 4 witnesses
8 points of light in a perfect row, each spaced an equal distance apart
Aug 15, 2023 21:15ShawiniganPossibly explained
Object at night · yellow, round · 1 witness
Photo: luminous ball flew slowly and very low, a little higher than the houses
Jul 11, 2022 00:25ShawiniganPossibly explained
Light at night · orange, point of light · 2 witnesses
Bright object in NW going SE, high in sky
May 7, 2022ShawiniganNot enough information
Unusual event · irregular · 1 sec
Transparent semicircle, "holographic looking creature"
Apr 30, 2022 22:10ShawiniganNot enough information
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
White dot that changes shape like a prism, moves in kind of zigzags
May 22, 2021 02:00ShawiniganUnexplained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 1 witness · 3 sec
Spinning ball with strobe going SW-NE very fast
Aug 14, 2020ShawiniganNot enough information
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
Photo: light in sky on video "after a telepathic communication two days before"
Apr 8, 2020 23:37ShawiniganPossibly explained
Light at night · point of light · 1 sec
White light on witnesses backyard, possible searchlight(photo)
Dec 13, 2018 22:00ShawiniganPossibly explained
Object at night · oval · 3 witnesses · 180 min
Stationary object in sky [likely Venus]
Dec 10, 2018 20:37ShawiniganPossibly explained
Light at night · green, point of light · 2 witnesses
Object like slow-moving shooting star
Dec 26, 2017 17:58ShawiniganPossibly explained
Light at night · white, point of light · 1 witness
Light slowly coming down from sky, like fireworks, in S
Sep 21, 2017ShawiniganNot enough information
Light at night · orange, point of light · 1 witness · 5 min
12 flashes of light from same area in a storm cloud, no noise
May 12, 2016 03:33ShawiniganNot enough information
Object at night · gold, cigar
2 gold perpendicular cigar-shaped objects flying across the sky
Jan 21, 2016 17:40ShawiniganNot enough information
Object by day · multicoloured, point of light · 2 witnesses
Two flashing lights alternating green and red in the sky
Dec 25, 2015 23:30ShawiniganPossibly explained
Object at night · orange, sphere · 4 witnesses
Balls of light like streetlights silently moving in sky
Dec 31, 2014 22:30ShawiniganNot enough information
Object at night · green, disc · 1 witness
Saucer with dome, flashing light, noise "like air conditioner", flew quickly
Dec 12, 2014 21:20ShawiniganPossibly explained
Object at night · irregular · 1 witness · 7 min
Many lights in circle with another at center, revolving, moved away
Jan 17, 2011 16:45ShawiniganUnexplained
Object by day · black, cigar · 1 witness · 2 min
Fuselage-shaped object changed shape, hovered
Jun 14, 2009 00:28ShawiniganPossibly explained
Object at night · sphere · 1 sec
Luminous sphere moving at high speed across sky
May 30, 2009ShawiniganPossibly explained
sphere · 3 sec
Very round bright light in sky
Aug 17, 2005 22:45ShawiniganNot enough information
Object at night · red, triangle · 1 witness · 5 min
Jul 22, 2005 11:30ShawiniganNot enough information
Object by day · grey, cigar · 2 witnesses · 4 min
Metallic object stationary in sky, vanished suddenly
Oct 16, 1996 22:05Shawinigan
Object at night · multicoloured, cigar · 1 witness · 10 min

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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.