Ep 321: The Shag Harbor Incident

 
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““I don’t care what you think. I was down there! I don’t know whether you’re calling me a liar or an idiot, but you came to me, so I’m going to tell you something. I don’t know what it was that was down there and I don’t know where it came from. But it didn’t come from this planet, I can tell you that! Now don’t call back!””
— Retired Navy Diver ‘Harry’ quoted from ‘Dark Object: The World’s Only Government-Documented UFO Crash, written by Don Ledger and Chris Styles’
 

Description:

This week, we revisit one of the most compelling and unsettling UFO cases on record: the Shag Harbor Incident. Often called Canada’s Roswell, but with one crucial difference — the government openly admitted it didn’t know what happened. On October 4, 1967, airline crews, fishermen, and first responders all witnessed a strange craft descend into the waters off Nova Scotia, leaving behind no wreckage, no survivors, but a thick, sulfur-smelling foam that defied explanation. Every aircraft was accounted for, and the Royal Canadian Air Force officially classified the event as a “UFO Report,” not a meteor or misidentified plane. But the mystery deepens when decades of research uncover a buried military history tied to underwater encounters and secret NATO exercises. With fresh context from our recent USO investigation, and groundbreaking research by eyewitness and investigator Chris Styles, this episode explores the possibility that Shag Harbor wasn’t just a crash, but a coordinated recovery involving technology not of this world.

 

AL321: Bibliography

Books

  • Ledger, Don, and Chris Styles. Dark Object: The World's Only Government-Documented UFO Crash. New York: Dell Publishing, 2001.

  • Styles, Chris. Sweep Clear 5: NATO's UFO Encounter. Self-published, 2023.

  • Hayes, Matthew. Search for the Unknown: Canada’s UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022.

  • Condon, Edward U., and Daniel S. Gillmor, eds. Final Report of the Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying Objects. Boulder: University of Colorado, 1968. (Specifically "Case 34: North Atlantic").

Podcasts, Videos & Multimedia

Articles & News Reports

Government Documents & Technical References

  • Joint Chiefs of Staff. JANAP 146: General Description and Purpose of Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.

  • McDonald, James E. "UFOs and the Condon Report - A Scientist's Critique." Paper presented to the Dupont Chapter of The Scientific Research Society of America (RESA), Wilmington, DE, February 12, 1969.

  • Pais, Salvatore. Craft Using an Inertial Mass Reduction Device. U.S. Patent 10,144,532, filed April 28, 2016, and issued December 4, 2018.

Encyclopedia & General Reference (Wikipedia)



 

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Episode 321: The Shag Harbor Incident. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess. Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Music and Sound Design by Allen Carrescia. Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher. Ed Voccola, Technical Producer. Research Support from The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2026 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

 
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