Air Desk then sent another priority telex to the navy headquarters concerning the "UFO Report" and recommended an underwater search be mounted. The navy, in turn, sent another priority telex tasking Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic with carrying out the search. Two days after the incident had been observed, a detachment of navy divers from Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic was assembled and for the next three days, they combed the seafloor of the Gulf of Maine off Shag Harbor looking for an object. The final report said no trace of an object was found. Documents There is a summary of the event from the Department of National Defence files located at the national Library and Archives. Press coverage The Shag Harbour reports received extensive front page coverage in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald. The paper ran a headline story on 7 October titled, "Could Be Something Concrete in Shag Harbor UFO – RCAF." The article, by Ray MacLeod, included witness descriptions of an alleged object and crash, the air force's search and rescue effort, and the navy's underwater search that was underway, including three additional divers from Fleet Diving Unit Atlantic. The head of the air force's "Air Desk" in Ottawa, Squadron Leader Bain, who recommended the navy undertake an underwater search, was also quoted, saying the air force was "very interested" in the matter. "We get hundreds of reports every week, but the Shag Harbor incident is one of the few where we may get something concrete on it.” The article also mentioned UFO reports that immediately preceded the incident, including one from a woman in Halifax around 10:00 pm. The Chronicle-Herald ran another story on 9 October titled "UFO Search Called Off," stating that the navy had ended "an intensive undersea search for the mysterious unidentified flying object that disappeared into the ocean here Wednesday night." As to what was found, the navy stated, "Not a trace... not a clue... not a bit of anything." The story of the search being called off for an alleged "mysterious" "dark object" was also carried by The Canadian Press in other newspapers. References Further reading Canada's Unidentified Flying Objects: The Search for the Unknown at Library and Archives Canada External links Detailed Canadian government topological maps of Shag Harbour region Culture of Nova Scotia Shelburne County, Nova Scotia UFO sightings UFO crashes 1967 in Nova Scotia