The Shag Harbour UFO Incident (1967): An Unresolved Canadian Case

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On 4 October 1967 near Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, witnesses Air Canada First Officer Robert Ralph, Captain Pierre Charbonneau, Darrel Dorey, Kaykay, Leo Howard Mersey aboard the MV Nickerson, and Laurie Wickens saw a bright rectangular object with trailing lights and a silent explosion followed by a blue cloud, prompting a Halifax Rescue Coordination Centre and Navy search that found no debris or survivors and left the incident unexplained.

Shag Harbour UFO incident - Wikipedia
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Shag Harbour UFO incident - Wikipedia

The Shag Harbour UFO incident involved reports of a brilliantly lit rectangular object with trailing lights over Sherbrooke and Saint-Jean, followed by a silent explosion and a blue cloud, observations by Air Canada First Officer Robert Ralph and Captain Pierre Charbonneau, Darrel Dorey, his sister Kaykay, and their mother, Captain Leo Howard Mersey aboard the MV Nickerson, Laurie Wickens and four friends, and a Halifax Rescue Coordination Centre response; the object sank off Shag Harbour with no survivors or debris, an underwater search by the Navy found nothing, and it was documented in government files and press coverage— including a Halifax Chronicle-Herald front page by Ray MacLeod— as a notable Canadian UFO case with no definitive explanation.