Don Ledger is a pilot, and the author of three books, "Maritime UFO Files" a catalogue of UFO sightings in eastern Canada, "Swissair Down" a detailed look at the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off the coast of Nova Scotia and more recently “Dark Object” co-authored with Chris Styles-which chronicles the Shag Harbour Incident of 1967. He has been investigating the UFO phenomenon for 12 years and presently focuses on sightings by pilots. Ledger is the Canadian Affiliate and Technical Specialist for NARCAP the National Aviation Reporting Center for Anomalous Phenomena. Don is a regular contributing editor on the Strange Days Indeed radio program, which is broadcast from Toronto. He has appeared in numerous documentaries, on TV news and talk shows and radio, lectured at various conferences. He has contributed to various magazines and is currently working on two books, a novel, and his next book involving the UFO phenomenon. When not writing or investigating UFOs, Don likes to spend his time flying and traveling.

The Shag Harbor Incident takes place in two parts. The first part of the incident involves the witnessing of the entry or crash of an object into the waters adjacent to Shag Harbor on the southern tip of Nova Scotia on October 4, 1967. There followed rescue attempts of a lighted object seen floating on the water, and subsequent attempts by the authorities and the Canadian navy to find the object, or traces of it on the bottom. This was in full view of the public and written about in the newspapers. The second part unfolds over a period of 7 days after the incident at Shag Harbor when years later it is discovered that the object apparently made its way northeast 23 miles to Shelburne Harbor under the water and settled offshore about 1.5 miles from a top-secret base at Government Point, it’s true purpose not known for 21 years. Canadian Forces Base, Shelburne was actually a U.S. Navy SOUSOS base established many years earlier during the Cold War. During the 7 day period, naval vessels were stationed over the object which was on the bottom in 80 feet of water. Divers were sent down to ascertain what it was and observe it and took photographs of not one but two objects. The first part of the incident is heavily documented while the second part is anecdotal information received from Army, Navy and Air Force personnel who were present . It is the second part of the Shag Harbor Incident that will be the focus of the presentation.

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