Status: Corroborated — investigated by the RCMP, Coast Guard and Canadian military; the object was never identified.
Credit: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1967) · Licence: Public domain (per Wikimedia Commons) · Source
On the night of October 4, 1967, a number of witnesses in southwestern Nova Scotia reported an object in the sky that descended toward the sea near the fishing village of Shag Harbour. About eleven people saw lights dip toward the water at about 11:20 p.m. Earlier that evening, an Air Canada crew had reported an unusual object in the sky, and a fishing vessel captain, Leo Howard Mersey, filed a report with the RCMP about four bright lights he and his crew had watched.
Local resident Laurie Wickens and four friends saw the object floating on the water about 250 to 300 meters offshore, and they called the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, believing an aircraft had crashed. Two RCMP officers arrived within about fifteen minutes and saw a glowing light on the water. As boats approached, the object began to sink.
Fishing boats and a Coast Guard vessel searched the area. Canadian civilian and military agencies, and later the U.S. Condon Committee, investigated. Divers searched the water over the next few days and found nothing, and no aircraft were reported missing. The object was never identified. The village now has a museum and an incident park.
Sources: Wikipedia: Shag Harbour UFO incident
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