The incident happened in Canada near the fishing village of Sheg Harbor on October 4, 1967. At about 11 pm, the first reports began to arrive at the police that something had fallen into the harbor and crashed. Most of the witnesses believed that the plane had fallen. However, the search for debris and bodies of the victims yielded nothing.
There is still no exact data as to what actually happened that night 50 years ago. Note that hundreds of UFO sightings are recorded annually in Canada, but none of them has such an obvious "paper trail" as what happened in Sheg Harbor.
In a series of military reports, there are specific references to unidentified flying objects. Chris Stills, the UFO researcher who discovered these documents, notes that even today he cannot give an exact answer to what happened there. The Halifax resident later discovered several government and police records that make the incident in Canada the most intriguing UFO sighting.
Next week, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the incident, Chris Stills will be a speaker at the three-day UFO festival in Sheg Harbor. After more than 20 years of research, he says he has new evidence that there was a UFO.
Of course, he received the most convincing evidence from eyewitnesses. Among those who saw a series of flashes on this clear night were three officers, dozens of fishermen and pilots flying along the southwest coast of the province of Canada.
So, 67-year-old Laurie Wickens, one of the fishermen, on that momentous day saw four lights in a row, which "winked" among themselves in the sky. Shortly thereafter, Wickens found himself at the water - along with a dozen other people. They all watched in amazement as a luminous orange sphere - the size of a city bus - bounced on the waves about 300 meters from the shore. At 11:20 pm, she disappeared underwater without a sound.
Before the rescuers arrived, volunteers on board two fishing boats saw a long trail of bubbling yellow foam on the water - but no debris.
Wickens is now president of the UFO at Sheg Harbor. According to Brock Zink, the vice president of the society, this story is special in that it featured several independent and very reliable witnesses.
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Approximately 36 hours after the incident, several Ministry of Defense officials signed a memorandum that clearly indicated that the authorities had no idea what they were dealing with.