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Shag Harbour UFO Incident
Multiple witnesses saw an object with four orange lights crash into the harbour. Divers found nothing. Government documents later confirmed the incident was officially investigated and remains 'unsolved.'
October 4, 1967
Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia
100+ witnesses
The Shag Harbour UFO Incident is Canada’s most famous UFO case, with official government documentation.
The Event
On October 4, 1967:
According to documented reports:
- Multiple witnesses saw object
- Four bright lights in a row
- Crashed into the harbour
- Yellow foam on water surface
- Official search conducted
The Sighting
Witnesses described:
- Object 60 feet long
- Four orange lights
- Descended at 45 degrees
- Hit the water with flash
- Bright lights then went out
Official Response
The RCMP:
- Received multiple calls
- Officers saw lights themselves
- Coast Guard dispatched
- Navy divers searched
- Nothing recovered
Government Documents
Official records show:
- Classified as UFO incident
- Department of National Defence involved
- No conventional explanation
- File marked “Unsolved”
- Released through FOIA
The Yellow Foam
Investigators found:
- Yellow foam on water
- 80 feet across
- Smelled like sulfur
- No wreckage found
- Foam analyzed—inconclusive
Undersea Object Theory
Some witnesses claim:
- Object traveled underwater
- To Government Point
- Joined by second object
- Then departed
- Navy tracked it