Shag Harbour UFO Festival in Review August 9 - 10, 2008

A rendition of what was witnessed at the impact site at Shag Harbour, by Bill Burt

The festival weekend began with a yard sale at 9am at the Shag Harbour Post Office, where Cindy and Dale Nickerson (the organizers of the festival) are employed. This was followed with the opening of the Shag Harbour Incident Museum at 10am. Following this, at 11am, a bar-b-que hosted by the local firemen at the Post Office which was attended by a young crafter, Jillian Kendrick, who had some of her work entitled "Sea Glass Items" on display in the community.

At 1pm, David M. Cvet, a UFO researcher and diver who specializes in searching for underwater evidence in support of UFO incidents and "cold UFO cases" was on hand at the UFO Centre met with visitors, fielding numerous questions by curious visitors, and who reviewed the Shag Harbour incident with the visitors. Later that afternoon, a group of locals and witnesses along with David gathered at the UFO Rest Stop, adjacent to the area where witnesses originally experienced the incident in October 1967. David continued with fielding questions regarding the incident, as well as Laurie Wickens, one of the witnesses of the 1967 incident. Later that evening, dinner was served at the firehall, providing an opportunity for the visitors to meet with Saturday's speakers, which included Don Ledger, Chris Styles, Carl Feindt, Michael Macdonald and Stanton Friedman.

The lectures on Saturday attended with up to 40 individuals, began with Chris Styles presenting a variety of updates with respect to his work on researching the Shag Harbour Incident. Updates includes his writing a new book on the subject which includes more details and evidence collected since the last book. His lecture was followed with Carl Feindt's presentation on a review of fascinating water-related UFOs, and some of the proposed physics behind the phenomena.

The panel: D.Ledger, P.Kimball, S.Friedman, C.Feindt,C.Styles

Stanton Friendman presented various details on Ufology and the science of Ufology. After lunch, Michael Macdonald presented a film he's working on which presented compelling stories of abductees, and how their lives were changed as a result of their abductions. This was followed by a presentation by Paul Kimball and his film on the ten best UFO cases ever. The last presenter, Don Ledger presented details on the UFO phenomena in Nova Scotia. At the conclusion of the presentations, a panel comprised of the presenters fielded questions from the audience.

The UFO festival was successful in conveying the current and active work being done in Ufology in Canada, and spectators were given the opportunity to discuss this subject with experts in the field. It is hoped that any revenue generated during this festival will facilitate the construction of the Shag Harbour Incident Museum's permanent home.