St. Catharines Ontario Wave 1966

On May 11, 1966, during the same week as the famous Ann Arbor–Dexter sightings in Michigan, a mass sighting event unfolded over St. Catharines and the Niagara Peninsula in Ontario. Over 200 civilian witnesses including Royal Canadian Customs officers at the border crossing and municipal police reported multiple disc-shaped objects in formation performing coordinated maneuvers over the strategically sensitive Welland Canal and Niagara power generation infrastructure. RCAF radar at NORAD sector detected multiple contacts and scrambled CF-101B Voodoo interceptors from 409 Squadron at RCAF Station Comox. The interceptors failed to close on the objects, which departed at speeds the radar operators estimated between 2,000 and 4,000 mph. The RCAF investigation, coordinated with NORAD and USAF Air Defense Command, produced a classified report that noted the proximity to the US power grid interconnection at Niagara Falls as a concern. The case was one of several in 1966 that contributed to the US House Armed Services Committee UAP hearings that same year.