In 1967, witnesses in Nova Scotia, Canada, saw something appear to crash into the waters off of Shag Harbour, then watched it travel out to sea. The case is notable for involving a UFO that appeared to travel underwater, and for prompting a secretive investigation - and subsequent coverup - from the US and Canadian militaries.

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Correction: At 17:30 the narration mistakenly states “1998” when it should be 1988.

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Selected Sources:

“Canada's Roswell Mystery at Shag Harbour.” UFO Files. Season 3, Episode 5. 44 minutes. https://imdb.com/title/tt0761646, https://youtube.com/watch?v=-YcAfHN6zdQ.

Condon, Edward. Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects. New York: Colorado University Press, 1969. https://archive.org/details/scientificstudyo0000cond.

Ledger, Don and Chris Styles. Dark Object: The World’s Only Government-Documented UFO Crash. Dell Publishing, New York, NY, USA: 2001.

MacDonald, Michael, director. The Shag Harbour UFO Incident. 2000. Ocean Entertainment Limited. 48 min. https://imdb.com/title/tt0386022.

Styles, Chris and Graham Simms. Impact to Contact: The Shag Harbour Incident. Arcadia House Publishing, Halifax, NS, Canada: 2013.

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