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Shag Harbour Incident
Multiple witnesses saw lights crash into the harbour. Coast Guard found yellow foam but no wreckage. Divers searched. The Canadian government acknowledged it as a UFO. One of the few official government UFO cases.
October 4, 1967
Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
11+ witnesses
Shag Harbour is Canada’s Roswell.
The Night
October 4, 1967:
- Multiple witnesses
- Lights in sky
- Object crashed
- Into harbour
- Yellow foam remained
The Witnesses
Who saw it:
- Residents
- Fishermen
- RCMP officers
- Coast Guard
- Pilots
The Search
Official response:
- Coast Guard boats
- RCMP divers
- Extensive search
- Yellow foam found
- No wreckage
Government Files
Unique case:
- Canadian government
- Filed as “UFO”
- Official designation
- Not “unidentified object”
- Actual UFO terminology
Underwater Base?
Strange theory:
- Craft traveled underwater
- To government base?
- Submarines tracked
- Never surfaced
- Disappeared
Legacy
Today:
- Interpretive centre
- Annual festival
- Government acknowledged
- Never explained
- Canadian history