JANUARY 31 / TODAY-IN-HISTORY 14 cases on file · 1916–1958
This Day in Paranormal History

January 31st

14 documented paranormal events occurred on this day, spanning 1916 to 1958. Browse hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptid encounters, and unexplained phenomena recorded throughout history.

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UFO 1958

Canada UFO Sighting (January 31, 1958) — AARO Records

Canada

A cold war / blue book era case from Canada. Avro Canada designed the Avrocar, a circular aircraft resembling a “flying saucer,” as a supersonic, vertical takeoff and landing fighter-bomber.
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UFO 1958

Canada UFO Sighting (January 31, 1958) — AARO Records (D213P41)

Canada

An unidentified disc-shaped object was recorded in Canada on January 31, 1958, during the height of the Cold War-era aerial investigation era.
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UFO 1958

Canada UFO Sighting (January 31, 1958) — AARO Records (D214P41)

Canada

A cold war / blue book era case from Canada. Canada initially led the development of a supersonic fighter-bomber, resulting in the Avrocar, a circular aircraft resembling a “flying saucer.
Five-masted schooner aground in shallows with sails set against grey sky
Other 1921

The Carroll A. Deering Ghost Schooner

Diamond Shoals, Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States

A five-masted American schooner ran aground off the Outer Banks with sails set, food on the galley stove, and not a single member of her eleven-man crew aboard, producing a maritime mystery that drew in the FBI, the Treasury Department, and the State Department.
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