Military denies Manitoba UFO crash rumors

Multiple witness reports of a light in the sky were followed up by an unusually high military presence.

Social media was abuzz last week after a UFO was sighted near Jackhead, Manitoba on Wednesday night.

Interest in the event was limited to begin with but quickly gained momentum after photographs were posted online showing a large contingent of Canadian military vehicles arriving in the area. The unusual scene soon prompted speculation that the soldiers were there to investigate the object that had been sighted earlier.


As it turned out however the whole operation had been nothing more than a military training exercise.

"There's no aliens, just my friends in the air force who are out there helping us on this exercise," said Lt.-Col. Paul Davies. "I have the commander of that air force contingent sitting right beside me and, you know, he assures us that that was not a UFO, but that was him."

The exercise involved more than 150 military personnel who were being trained what to do in the event of a plane crash and to help hunt for survivors in the harsh conditions of the Arctic.

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