Shag Harbour crash-landing

Residents and three RCMP officers watched orange lights descend at an angle and hit the water off Shag Harbour. Rescue boats found a patch of yellow foam but no aircraft; no plane was missing. Earlier that evening an Air Canada crew and a fishing boat’s radar also reported unusual objects.

Explanation

The RCMP, Canadian Coast Guard and Navy divers found no aircraft; the Condon Committee listed it as unexplained. No debris was recovered beyond a yellowish foam on the water.

What was seen

Shape: Row of 4 orange lights; object floating on the sea
Witnesses: RCMP officers, fishermen, residents
Duration: About an hour

Browse

• Canada
• 1960s
• Unresolved
• Tracked object events
• Official government documents
• Many independent witnesses
• Physical traces
• Police witnesses
• Lights and fireballs
• Formations and rows of lights

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• Incident at Exeter 3 September 1965
• Trancas — lights over the Moreno farm 21 October 1963
• Kecksburg fireball 9 December 1965
• The object that fell near Bermejo — Bolivia’s 1978 search 6 May 1978