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May 20, 1967 the most famous case of observation UFO in Canada. Near Falcon Lake in Manitoba two fantastic aircraft appeared that caught my eye to local resident Stefan Michalak.
According to an eyewitness, one of the unidentified objects landed close to him, and the canadian had the courage to approach “flying saucer”. Unexpectedly Alien Ship again soared up. Michalak’s clothes then caught fire, and on his serious burns remained on the body.
After more than half a century, the interest of ufologists and simple curious about this story does not fade away, because it was one of first human and alien contacts in Canada. Probably exactly for this reason the royal canadian mint issued recently commemorative coin in denominations of 20 Canadian dollars, dedicated to the mysterious incident on Lake Falcon.
The coin has an unusual ovoid (like an egg) shape. She depicts a frightened Stephen lying on the grass and “flying saucer “above it. The most curious thing is that the banknote is being transformed in the dark: the “plate” begins to glow, like the beam emitted by it, falling on Michalak.
The author of the product design was the Canadian artist Joel Kimmel. In total, 4 thousand coins were issued, which, as it is easy Guess were immediately bought up by numismatists and collectors. The selling price of the banknote was $ 99 and 99 cents, almost a hundred dollars, but the cost of a unique coin is already today is much higher, and it continues to grow …
