Every so often — maybe once or twice a year — Peterborough-based horror writer Ian Rogers is surprised to get a message inquiring about his UFO past. The 44-year-old was keen on the unknown as a teen and took an active interest in the Guardian UFO case that happened in […]
Ufology
TESA releases survey on UFO sightings reported to Transport Canada
UFO investigator Ryan Stacey’s acquisition of an unclassified report has lent credence to his idea that the Canadian government still investigates UFO phenomenon. Released as part of a compilation of the Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System (CADORS) reports on March 24, by The Experiencer Support Association (TESA), the 2019 […]
Fredericton museum to honour Stanton Friedman with exhibit
Melynda Jarratt first met renowned ufologist Stanton Friedman 25 years ago while working on a Vision Television documentary. Back then she was putting together films for journalist Rita Deverell called “Sense of Place” instead of installations as executive director for the Fredericton Region Museum. Jarratt recalled, in a February phone […]
Canadian ufologist Chris Rutkowski donates research to U of Manitoba archives
The University of Manitoba Archives has received an out-of-this-world donation for their Psychical Research and Spiritualism collection. Respected Canadian ufologist, Chris Rutkowski, author of the Canadian UFO Survey, was asked by head archivist Shelley Sweeney what he planned on doing with his work after he retired. “I have a little […]
Royal Canadian Mint pays tribute to Shag Harbour with new coin
The Royal Canadian Mint prides itself on storytelling, even if it’s of the unexplained variety. It’s a message Christa Bruce, the product manager for the Mint, imparts during an October phone call when discussing the release of the Shag Harbour Incident coin just in time for its 52nd anniversary. “At […]
Richard Dolan explains why Americans love their UFOs
The deep fascination for all things Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) in the United States has roots in the speed of technological advancement the country experienced in the 20th century. Author Richard Dolan posits that idea while seated in the restaurant of the Toronto Airport Marriott, Sept. 22. It’s his offering […]
Travis Walton continues to talk about his abduction to help cope with PTSD
More than 40 years after experiencing the inexplicable in Heber, Ariz., Travis Walton is still sharing his tale of survival. Many who have crossed paths with the abductee ask him how he can stand to talk about those five days after Nov. 5, 1975, when he vanished from his home […]
Sarnia skywatcher shares UFO experiences in Making Contact documentary
“A mind is like a parachute,” a voice, full of expression, posits through the phone line. “It only works if it’s open.” Filmmaker Rob Freeman is calling from Costa Rica early one September morning. He’s toeing the equatorial line in search of UFOs and is readying himself for his return […]
North York writer Wes Roberts opens up about being an abductee
North York writer and professor Wes Roberts has kept a secret from his family for more than six decades. In fairness, it wasn’t until this century — nay this decade — that he fully confirmed he had been the victim of multiple alien abductions. “It is abduction for a while, […]
British Columbia man discovers meteorites with faces in them
Two meteorites that a Sooke, B.C. man discover 60-feet beneath the Pacific Ocean waves have changed his life and stirred up an eddy of excitement with University of Victoria academics. The two rocks, first considered examples of gabbro and basalt, have been determined to be meteorites and could hold organic […]