{"id":1886,"date":"2013-10-03T13:09:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T16:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2014-05-18T23:03:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T02:03:59","slug":"shag-harbour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=1886","title":{"rendered":"Shag Harbour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the late evening of Oct. 4 1967, several witnesses claimed to have seen something crash in the ocean off Shag Harbour. No aircraft were reported in the area that night, but a gooey mat of yellow foam about 7 cm thick was seen floating off Shag Harbour. The incident is officially listed as a UFO incident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/OfficialUFOSign980.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1887\" alt=\"Shag Harbour official UFO sign\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/OfficialUFOSign980.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bay at Shag Harbour looks like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbour7950.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1888\" alt=\"Shag Harbour\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbour7950.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2009 a diver came across two dish-shaped depressions about 6 metres across on the seabed. The odd bottom features were about 20 meters below where witnesses saw something alien swing low over the water as it swooshed by.<\/p>\n<p>Every August 11th -12th there&#8217;s a UFO festival in Shag Harbour. \u00a0We stopped there on our way to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/?p=654\" target=\"_blank\">Yarmouth<\/a> as it seemed like a fun thing to do since we like the X-files and all. Sure enough, the stories we heard from the girls running the UFO museum were intriguing \u00a0to say the least. The UFO museum is a bit tacky, but it was <strong>really<\/strong> fun to see.\u00a0The curators at the museum said there was actually a second UFO incident, as if another came and repaired the first UFO, then both few off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourUFOCenter7973.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1889\" alt=\"Shag Harbour UFO museum\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourUFOCenter7973.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information about the UFO Festival held each August in Shag Harbour may be found at the museum&#8217;s website <a href=\"http:\/\/shagharbourincidentsociety.ca\" target=\"_blank\">shagharbourincidentsociety.ca<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourUFOCenter7975.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1890\" alt=\"UFO center\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourUFOCenter7975.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourMuseum3422.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2383\" alt=\"ShagHarbourMuseum3422\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourMuseum3422.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourUFO3418.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2382\" alt=\"ShagHarbourUFO3418\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourUFO3418.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" \/><\/a>Do you believe in UFO&#8217;s? I think I saw one once in Algonquin park, so my mind is open to the fact it could be entirely possible, but I&#8217;m not quite certain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourSign7978.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1893\" alt=\"Shag Harbour sign\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/ShagHarbourSign7978.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/UFOincident7982.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1894\" alt=\"Shag Harbour sign\" src=\"http:\/\/www.visitingnovascotia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/UFOincident7982.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Shag+Harbour,+NS,+Canada&amp;aq=0&amp;oq=shag+&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=47.167389,67.675781&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Shag+Harbour,+Shelburne+County,+Nova+Scotia,+Canada&amp;t=m&amp;z=14&amp;ll=43.498687,-65.69978&amp;output=embed\" height=\"350\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-1171527212262185\";\n\/* Med rectangle *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1655759352\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the late evening of Oct. 4 1967, several witnesses claimed to have seen something crash in the ocean off Shag Harbour. 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