1967 Shag Harbour UFO Incident Still Draws Interest

Laurie Wickens, president of the Shag Harbour Incident Society, in Shag Harbour, N.S., on Sept. 16, 2017. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

The fishing community of Shag Harbour has a unique attraction for tourists passing through southwest Nova Scotia: an interpretive centre commemorating one of Canada’s most famous UFO incidents.

Retired fisherman Laurie Wickens is president of the Shag Harbour UFO Incident Society that operates the centre. On the unforgettable night of Oct. 4, 1967, he was driving his ’56 Pontiac accompanied by four friends when some unusual lights appeared in the sky.