At ~11:20 pm at least 11 witnesses saw a low, lit object descend into the water off Shag Harbour, with a whistling 'like a bomb', a whoosh and a bang; Laurie Wickens and friends saw it floating 250–300 m offshore and called the RCMP, believing an airliner had crashed. Two RCMP officers arrived within ~15 minutes; fishing boats and the Coast Guard found only a thick yellowish foam. Earlier that evening: Air Canada Flight 305's crew saw a brilliant rectangular object with trailing lights and silent explosions; the MV *Nickerson*'s captain had four radar blips and lights; Halifax witnesses called in glowing objects. The RCC Halifax and the Canadian Navy took it seriously: a Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic team searched the seafloor for three days and found 'no trace'. Government of Canada documents call it a UFO, and the US Condon Committee inquired.