UFO sky shipwreck at Shag Harbor in 1967

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

An extraordinary event in 1967 practically brought the small fishing village of Step Harbor onto the world's information map. Located on the southern tip of Nova Scotia, this rural community will be the site of one of the most well-documented UFO events.

Named after the "shag", a bird of the cormorant family, the harbor was literally uncharted at the time, but this will be changed once and for all.

The tiny fishing community has always had its own stories … tales of giant sea snakes, man-eating squids and ghost ships. Another addition to the list of local flavor will appear on the list: the history of visiting a mysterious aircraft of unknown origin. This ship entered the waters of the bay, forever stamping the name of the village in the history of ufology.

The first indication of this mysterious incident came from local residents who noticed strange orange lights in the sky on the night of October 4, 1967. Most of the witnesses agreed that there were four orange lights that evening. Five teenagers watched these lights flash in sequence and then suddenly dive at a 45-degree angle to the surface of the water. Eyewitnesses were surprised that the lights did not dive into the water, but seemed to float on the water, about 500 meters from the shore.

The witnesses initially thought they were watching a tragic plane crash and quickly reported this to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police stationed at Barrington Passage. By a strange coincidence, PC Ron Pound had already witnessed the strange lights himself as he drove down Highway 3 towards Pitch Harbor. Pound thought he saw four lights attached to one aircraft. He estimated that the ship was about 20 meters long.

Constable Pound approached the shore to get a better look at the phenomenal sight. He was accompanied by Police Corporal Victor Verbiecki, Contubble Ron O'Brien and other local residents. Pound could clearly see the yellow light moving slowly through the water, leaving a yellowish foam in its wake. All eyes were fixed on the light as it was slowly moving too far to be seen or submerged in icy water.

Coast Guard cutter # 101 and other local cutters rushed to the spot, but by the time they arrived, the fire itself was gone. However, the crew could still see yellow foam, indicating that something may have sunk. Nothing else was found that night, and the search was terminated at 3 am.

Police conducted a check with the Rescue Coordination Center in Halifak and the NORAD radar in Baccarat, Nova Scotia. They were told that there were no reports of missing aircraft, civilian or military, that evening.

The next day, the Rescue Coordination Center filed a report with the Canadian Forces headquarters in Ottawa. This report stated that something fell into the water at the harbor, but the object was of "unknown origin."

HMCS Granby was ordered to arrive at the location where the divers surveyed the ocean floor for several days.

The divers, along with other witnesses, described these events: the object, which dived into the water of the harbor, soon left the area, walking about 40 kilometers under water to a place that was next to the submarine detection base. There, the object was spotted by sonar, and warships were stationed above it. A couple of days later, the military was already planning a rescue operation when a second UFO joined the first. At the time, everyone believed that a second ship had arrived to help the first.

At this time, the navy decided to wait and see. After observing two UFOs for about a week, some of the vessels were called to intercept a Russian submarine that entered Canadian waters. At that moment, two underwater UFOs made their move. They headed for the Gulf of Maine and, moving some distance from the pursuing ships of the Navy, surfaced and soared into the sky.

These extraordinary events were confirmed by many witnesses, both civilian and military. There is no doubt that something "unknown" was in the waters of Shag Harbor on October 4, 1967.