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Shag Harbour Incident
Multiple witnesses including RCMP officers saw an object with four orange lights crash into the waters off Shag Harbour. Coast Guard boats found yellow foam on the surface but no wreckage. Government documents later revealed a massive underwater search. Canada's best-documented UFO case.
1967
Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
30+ witnesses
Something crashed into the sea and was never found.
The Event
October 4, 1967:
- Evening
- Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia
- Multiple witnesses
- Object with lights
- Descended into water
The Witnesses
Who saw it:
- RCMP Constable
- Local residents
- Fishermen
- Multiple locations
- Consistent accounts
The Crash
What happened:
- Four orange lights
- Descended at angle
- Flash on impact
- Entered water
- Search began
The Search
Official response:
- Coast Guard boats
- RCMP presence
- Divers deployed
- Yellow foam found
- No wreckage recovered
The Documents
Later revelations:
- Government files released
- Massive search described
- Navy involvement
- Object tracked underwater?
- Files partly redacted
The Mystery
What was it:
- No aircraft missing
- No debris found
- Official USO case
- Multiple agency involvement
- Never explained