Canada · 04 October 1967
Barrington Passage / Shag Harbour, 1967
DocumentedCanada opened a non-meteoric sighting file on Barrington Passage dated the day after the object went into the water, and the report was still being written up six weeks later.
- Where
- Barrington Passage / Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia
- When
- 04 October 1967
- Who reported it
- Multiple civilians plus RCMP constables; a Coast Guard and naval search followed
- Entities described
- None reported
- Handled as
- ARCHIVE-ONLY
- Evidence class
- GOV-2
The record
An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.
- Library and Archives Canada - National Research Council / Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics - non-meteoric sighting report, Barrington Passage, 5 October 1967 (opens in a new tab)
The document is attached to this entry.
What is not settled
The archival record and scan URL are verified but the narrative content has not been read. The image needs a manual read before any on-screen claim is made. The 1967 records are indexed under Barrington Passage, not Shag Harbour.
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