1608) The Shag Harbour Incident, Canada: The second $20 Silver Proof Coin in the Coin Series titled - "Canada's Unexplained Phenomena", issued by the Royal Canadian Mint recalling the unexplained phenomenon: Year of Coin issue: 2019:
The second UFO Coin in the Royal Canadian Mint's "Unexplained Phenomena Coin Series" depicts a widely witnessed event that took place in 1967.
The vertical orientation Coin design conveys a feeling of bewilderment as four mysterious lights crash into the waters off Shag Harbour, N.S.
This coin focusses on an event that many people have no knowledge about or have faint recollection of it. The Shag Harbour incident is one of the best government documented UFO crashes - a mystery that still remains unexplained to the present day.
The UFO incident in Shag Harbour (1967):
At first, the unidentified object was not referred to as a UFO (Unidentified Flying Object). On 04.10.1967, an eye-witness noticed the lights, while driving with friends and the measurement of the craft was estimated to be around 60 feet in diameter. When the Flying Object came crashing down into the sea, a flash of light and a thunderous sound led some witnesses to believe that a plane crash had just occurred.
Three Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers, including one who had also seen the lights, arrived at the impact site to find the strange craft glowing in the water less than a kilometre from the shore.
Officials contacted the Rescue Coordination Centre in Hallifax to find out if an aircraft had gone missing - but there were no such reports and all aircraft were accounted for.
Coast Guard and Military vessels also arrived at the scene, but they were too late, as the lights had already vanished and only the sparkling yellow foam remained on the surface.
The search for a downed craft continued into the early morning hours, but there was no evidence of debris. A diving team of the Royal Canadian Navy also combed the sea-bed but came up empty-handed. After no trace of the crashed craft was found, the search was called off on 9.10.1967.
What crashed into the water? Was it a top-secret military aircraft or an Alien Star ship? Even today, the Shag Harbour incident remains a nystery and one of the best documented encounters with an Unidentified Flying Object.
Interesting tit-bits:
- Commercial pilots were the first to spot the mysterious lights in the evening sky on 04.10.1967 as they approached Yarmouth, N.S. Sightings were also reported in Halifax.
- Seven witnesses notified the RCMP about the strange flashing lights or a possible plane crash. In fact, it was the authorities and not the witnesses, who first referred to the case as a UFO incident.
- In 2006, the Shag Harbour Incident Society (SHIS) was established to chronicling the 1967 incident.
The Commemorative Coin:
The Reverse of the $20 (Twenty Dollars) Silver Coin with a vertical orientation depicts an artist's rendering of the Shag Harbour Incident.
The colourful vertical image shows the UFO encounter from a witness' perspective, with a view from a fishing vessel off the Southern coast of Nova Scotia.
Three fishermen look up at the night sky, where black light technology adds a glow to the mysterious craft and its flashing lights as the object crashes intothe Gulf of Maine.
The Obverse of the $20 (Twenty Dollars) Silver Coin with a vertical orientation, depicts an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II facing right.
The inscriptions are- "ELIZABETH II. 2019. D.G. REGINA. 20 DOLLARS".
The specification of this Coin are:
Country of issue: Canada; Coin Series Theme: Canada's Unexplained Phenomena Coin Series; Coin Theme: The Shag Harbour Incident; Denomination: $20 (Twenty Canadian Dollars); Metal Composition: .9999 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight: 1.0 Oz or 31.107 grams; Mint: Royal Canadian Mint; Mintage: 4,000 pieces; Coin Quality: Proof; Diameter/Size: 49.80 mm x 28.60 mm; Edge: Plain; Presentation Box: Yes; Certificate of Authenticity (COA): Yes, Serialised; Designer: Pandora Young; Year of Coin issue: 2019; Special features: Black flashlight activated glow-in-the-dark.
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