UFO VIII Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire 68476

Another Priority Telex was from CANFORCEHED to CANMARCOM, again from the head of the Air Desk, and again using the word "UFO" (twice). It requested their department investigate the UFO report and recommended an underwater search of the area as soon as possible. http://www.myspace.com/louis_j_sheehan_esquire




Several other RCMP UFO reports from the night of October 4 also turned up. Another report was filed from a family of a very similar object to the Shag Harbor crash object seen leaving the area exactly 1 week later, also reported in the Halifax newspaper. http://members.greenpeace.org/blog/purposeforporpoise

The Canadian Department of National Defence has officially identified this sighting as unsolved. To some, use of the term "UFO" in the government documents implies "extra-terrestrial or extra-dimensional." To others, it merely means official sources don't know or for some reason will not say what the people of Shag Harbour saw.


The Shag Harbour crash happened at the same time that the so-called Condon Committee UFO investigation was underway. A summary of the case was provided in the final report as "Case 34, North Atlantic, Fall 1967." It was stated that their investigation consisted of a few phone calls to sources in the area. The concluding remarks were, "No further investigation by the project was considered justifiable, particularly in view of the immediate and thorough search that had been carried out by the RCMP and the Maritime Command." Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire




After noting that no aircraft had been reported missing, no alternative explanation was offered. The case is therefore considered one of the unsolved ones in the Condon Report.



The Shag Harbour crash got extensive front page coverage in the normally conservative Halifax Chronicle-Herald. The paper ran a headline story on October 7 titled, "Could Be Something Concrete in Shag Harbor UFO — RCAF." (picture above) The article including witness descriptions of the object and crash, the search and rescue effort, and the current Navy search. It also mentioned UFO reports that immediately preceded the crash, including one from a woman in Halifax around 10:00 p.m.