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Close Encounters of the Canadian Kind
It can border on the outrageous, the credible and even the entrepreneurial. For centuries people claimed to have boarded UFOs, encountered aliens and even sipped on Crop Circle Beer. Skeptics may dismiss believers as nerds and nutters but there's no doubting the increasing popularity of the paranormal in the mainstream. Canada has one of the highest rates of UFO sightings per capita, and for many Canadians, life beyond earth is a definite reality.

	One of Canada's earliest paranormal sightings		An invitation that's out of this world		Canada's most famous UFO encounter
	Strange activities on an Ontario farm flummox town folks. (Radio; runs 7:10)		St. Paul, Alberta, marks Canada's centennial with the world's first UFO landing pad. (TV; runs 1:42)		Recalling Stephen Michalak's amazing 1967 sighting in Falcon Lake, Manitoba. (TV; runs 3:20)

	CBC game show with a paranormal twist		The scientific truth behind UFOs		Alien abductions in Canada
	Foremost ufologist Dr. J. Allen Hynek illuminates Beyond Reason's psychic panel. (TV; runs 10:24)		A Laurentian University professor offers a logical explanation for supernatural occurrences. (Radio; runs 7:38)		Charlotte Brown recalls her extraterrestrial encounter to CBC's Peter Gzowski. (Radio; runs 24:14)

	Crop circles: Leaving a mark in Canada		Two earthlings claim responsibility for crop circles		A Vulcan enterprise
	A Manitoba farmer stumbles up on a mysterious marking. (TV; runs 4:48)		Two British artists fess up to the alleged hoax. (Radio; runs 12:37)		Vulcan, Alberta, goes after tourist bucks by going where no town has gone before. (TV; runs 2:02)

	An aerial phenomenon over Montreal		Alien believers: Not just for kooks and quacks anymore
	A group sighting of a UFO sparks a major investigation. (TV; runs 9:53)		The growing acceptance of the paranormal in the mainstream media. (TV; runs 5:13)

LINKS Topic from Les Archives de Radio-Canada on the same subject Ces visiteurs venus du ciel External sites Canadian UFOs from About.com Ufology Research of Manitoba Stanton Friedman's official site The Center for UFO Studies - founded by Dr. Allen J. Hynek The CBC assumes no responsibility for the content of external links.

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