Saskatchewan, Canada­UFO landing case from 1933

The small town of Nipawin is located in the northwestern corner of the Saskatchewan province of Canada. Back during the summer of 1933, stories were circulating around this area about homesteaders, and even a forest tower ranger, seeing strange lights, not far from the ground. Because of some marshland in the area, local townspeople suggested that the lights were caused by swamp gas. This activity had been going on for at least a week when two men and a woman decided one night to ride out in a pick-up truck and see if they could see something for themselves.

It was shortly after midnight when they got in the truck and headed for the location where the sightings had been reported. Soon they noticed a strange glow on the horizon, which gradually got brighter as they drove on. Eventually they got out and walked through the woods in the direction of the illumination.

Then they saw the source of the mysterious glow, sitting out in the middle of the marsh. A large, oval-shaped craft, domed on the top and slightly rounded at the bottom, was resting on the ground by legs. The object gave off a bright orange glow, described as “unearthly” by the witnesses. From a square door-shaped opening a ladder-like stairway reached to the ground, and about a dozen human-like figures could be seen going up and down this ramp. The beings appeared to be slightly shorter than an average sized human. They were dressed in silver colored looking suits, with helmets or ski caps on their heads.

The witnesses described how there was an eerie silence, inspite of the busy figures moving about and seemingly engaged in “repairing” the craft. As they stared in amazement, no one thought to speak out at the time. After about half an hour, the trio headed back to the truck and then returned to town.

A couple of nights later the three returned. It was a clear night and there was nearly a full moon, but the mysterious object did not reappear. They waited around, and then after the sun came up they walked out on foot in the direction where they had seen the object two nights before. Soon they came upon a burned circular area that was about 12 feet across. Surrounding the burnt area were six square impressions on the ground, approximately 2 to 2 _ feet square, and about 2 to 3 inches deep, and spaced about 8 to 10 feet apart. There were even markings that appeared to have been caused by the stairway resting on the ground. Nonetheless, they were unsuccessful in finding any footprints.

One of them had brought along a small brownie box camera and took some pictures of the burned area and of the imprints. Two of them even wrote up an article about the incident and submitted it with photographs to a number of magazines and newspapers in Canada. But no publication seemed interested in their story, and the only response they got from a publisher was a comment asking what kind of party they had been to. As with modern UFO experiencers, the trio quickly learned to keep their story to themselves.

Source: Flying Saucer Review, Volume 22, No. 6 (1976). Saskatchewan, 1933: UFO Stops For “Repairs,” by John Brent Musgrave.

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