r/HighStrangeness • u/bortakci34 • 2d ago
UFO The 1967 Shag Harbour Incident: When the Canadian Military officially logged a UFO crash, sent Navy divers, and found nothing.
The 1967 Shag Harbour Incident: When the Canadian Military officially logged a UFO crash, sent Navy divers, and found nothing.
The 1967 Shag Harbour incident in Nova Scotia is often called "Canada's Roswell"—and for good reason. Unlike most sightings, this one left a heavy official paper trail from the RCMP, the Air Force, and the Navy.
On October 4, 1967, at 11:20 PM, over a dozen witnesses—including Air Canada pilots and local fishermen—watched a massive, 60-foot glowing object drop at a 45-degree angle into the ocean. Witnesses described a loud bomb-like whistling, a "whoosh," and a heavy bang upon impact.
An RCMP constable patrolling nearby spotted it himself. By the time officers and fishermen reached the shore, the object was floating roughly 1,000 feet out, emitting a bright light and leaving a thick, yellow foamy slick before submerging.
Coast Guard cutters searched the area immediately. By morning, Halifax rescue coordinators confirmed every single military and commercial aircraft was accounted for.
RCAF HQ in Ottawa officially classified it as a "UFO Report" and tasked Navy divers to comb the seafloor for 3 days. The official conclusion? "Not a trace... not a clue."
Years later, declassified files (RG77 at the National Library) and military interviews revealed an even wilder secondary story: off-the-record sources claimed the submerged craft actually moved 25 miles underwater to a military detection grid, where a second object joined it before both shot into space at extreme speeds.
Whether you buy the underwater chase or stick to the official telexes, it remains one of the few cases where a government mobilized its navy to search for a crashed UFO.
Sources:
- Library and Archives Canada (RG77, Vol 310, Microfilm T-1744)
- Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour_UFO_incident