This cache was placed with the intention of being found for the "2022 Discover L&A County Geocaching Mega Event" held on August 20, 2022 @ 8:00am.
UFOs in Canada
1978, Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador
A single sighting of a UFO by twelve individuals in the early morning October 26, 1978 occurred in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador near Random Island. The object was reportedly oval-shaped with a fin on its tail. Individuals who spotted the object called the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and the dispatched officer, Constable James Blackwood, witnessed the UFO hover 100 feet (30.5 m) above the water for around one or two hours before vanishing. Blackwood used a telescope specialized for drug surveillance to observe the UFO, and other eyewitnesses used binoculars. According to Blackwood, when he shone his headlights the object would react by shining its headlights back. Reportedly Blackwood was attempting to contact the pilots of the craft. It left no evidence of its appearance apart from eyewitness testimony of the event.
In 2016, a separate sighting occurred in Clarenville regarding a resident who spotted lights hovering over the water over Random Island.
