1967 Shag Harbour incident
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The 1967 Shag Harbour incident is a famous Canadian UFO case in which multiple witnesses reported a low-flying object crashing into the waters off Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, prompting an official government investigation.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 1967 Shag Harbour incident canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3009426 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: 1967 Shag Harbour incident Context triple: [UFOs, notableEvent, 1967 Shag Harbour incident]
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A.
Sian Incident
The Sian Incident was a 1936 political crisis in China in which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was detained by his own generals, leading to a negotiated United Front between the Nationalists and Communists against Japanese aggression.
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B.
Imo Incident
The Imo Incident was an 1882 mutiny of Korean soldiers in Seoul that escalated into violent unrest and foreign intervention, highlighting Korea’s internal instability and vulnerability to outside powers.
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C.
Turner's Falls massacre
The Turner's Falls massacre was a brutal 1676 attack by English colonial militia on a Native American encampment during King Philip's War, resulting in the deaths of many Indigenous people, including women and children.
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D.
1611 Hudson Bay mutiny
The 1611 Hudson Bay mutiny was a rebellion by the crew of Henry Hudson’s fourth voyage that resulted in Hudson, his son John, and several loyal supporters being set adrift and lost at sea in what is now Hudson Bay.
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E.
October Crisis
The October Crisis, more commonly known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, was a 1962 Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: 1967 Shag Harbour incident Target entity description: The 1967 Shag Harbour incident is a famous Canadian UFO case in which multiple witnesses reported a low-flying object crashing into the waters off Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, prompting an official government investigation.
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A.
Sian Incident
The Sian Incident was a 1936 political crisis in China in which Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was detained by his own generals, leading to a negotiated United Front between the Nationalists and Communists against Japanese aggression.
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B.
Imo Incident
The Imo Incident was an 1882 mutiny of Korean soldiers in Seoul that escalated into violent unrest and foreign intervention, highlighting Korea’s internal instability and vulnerability to outside powers.
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C.
Turner's Falls massacre
The Turner's Falls massacre was a brutal 1676 attack by English colonial militia on a Native American encampment during King Philip's War, resulting in the deaths of many Indigenous people, including women and children.
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D.
1611 Hudson Bay mutiny
The 1611 Hudson Bay mutiny was a rebellion by the crew of Henry Hudson’s fourth voyage that resulted in Hudson, his son John, and several loyal supporters being set adrift and lost at sea in what is now Hudson Bay.
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E.
October Crisis
The October Crisis, more commonly known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, was a 1962 Cold War confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the deployment of nuclear missiles in Cuba that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian UFO case
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UFO sighting ⓘ unidentified flying object incident ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shag Harbour UFO Festival
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UFO lore in Canada ⓘ |
| bodyOfWater | Atlantic Ocean ⓘ |
| casualties | none confirmed ⓘ |
| classificationByResearchers | close encounter case ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| date | 1967-10-04 ⓘ |
| debrisRecovered | none reported ⓘ |
| featuredIn | UFO research literature ⓘ |
| followUpInvestigations | civilian UFO researchers ⓘ |
| governmentInvestigation | true ⓘ |
| hasCommemoration | Shag Harbour UFO Interpretive Centre ⓘ |
| initialInterpretation | possible aircraft crash ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Department of National Defence
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surface form:
Canadian Department of National Defence
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ Royal Canadian Mounted Police ⓘ Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimaryRecords | English ⓘ |
| location | Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
Canadian newspapers
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UFO documentaries ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lack of physical evidence
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multiple independent witnesses ⓘ official multi-agency investigation ⓘ status as one of Canada’s best-known UFO cases ⓘ |
| officialClassification | unsolved ⓘ |
| officialExplanation | no conventional explanation found ⓘ |
| phenomenonType | unidentified flying object ⓘ |
| radarConfirmation | disputed or unclear ⓘ |
| region | Shelburne County, Nova Scotia ⓘ |
| relatedTopic |
Canadian military UFO files
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UFO sightings in Nova Scotia ⓘ |
| reportedObjectDescription |
low-flying object with lights
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object appearing to crash into the water ⓘ |
| searchConductedBy |
Canadian Coast Guard
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police ⓘ local fishing boats ⓘ |
| statusInUfology | classic UFO case ⓘ |
| timeOfDay | night ⓘ |
| triggeredSearchAndRescue | true ⓘ |
| witnessCount | multiple witnesses ⓘ |
| witnessType |
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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surface form:
RCMP officers
civilian witnesses ⓘ local fishermen ⓘ |
| year | 1967 ⓘ |
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Subject: 1967 Shag Harbour incident Description of subject: The 1967 Shag Harbour incident is a famous Canadian UFO case in which multiple witnesses reported a low-flying object crashing into the waters off Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, prompting an official government investigation.
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