The UFO Phenomenon

Canada's best-documented UFO case still intrigues 57 years on

By T.K. Randall
April 17, 2024 ·  7 comments

Michalak's sketch of the object. Image Credit: Stan Michalak On May 20th, 1967, Stephen Michalak had been searching for pecious metals along the shores of Falcon Lake, Manitoba when he was alerted to the presence of two strange glowing oval-shaped objects hovering around 45 meters away from him.

After descending rapidly toward the ground, one of the objects stopped in the air while the other continued its descent until it came down on a flat rocky outcropping a short distance away.

Curious, Michalak walked over to investigate. He estimated that the object, which had the appearance of a bowl with a dome on top, measured approximately 40ft across and 15ft in height.

He noted that he could hear muffled voices coming from what looked like a door on the lower half.

Believing the object to be of terrestrial origin, he called out and asked if the occupants needed help. When he failed to get an answer, he poked his head through the door, reporting a "maze of lights."At that moment, startled by a panel sliding open on the wall, he stepped back, grabbing the exterior of the craft as he did so. This turned out to be a mistake as it was so hot that he burnt his gloves.

Then, without warning, the entire craft started to rise into the air, expelling a plume of extremely hot air that set Michalak's shirt on fire and left him feeling acutely nauseous.

A later medical examination revealed burn patterns on his body consistent with his story.

For the remainder of his life, Michalak maintained that what he had encountered was some sort of experimental aircraft and remained adamant that he had never claimed that it was alien in origin.

He died in 1999, never knowing the truth behind what it was that he saw that day.

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