By Tim Binnall
The Royal Canadian Mint has released a colorful new coin that celebrates a legendary UFO incident wherein a witness famously observed five flying saucers that left behind sizeable circles on the ground. The remarkable case reportedly occurred on September 1st, 1974, near the community of Langenburg. That morning, farmer Edwin Fuhr claimed, five disc-shaped objects appeared in the sky, silently hovered over a field in front of him, and then departed the scene after approximately fifteen minutes. A subsequent investigation by authorities documented what appeared to be corresponding circles, measuring eight feet in diameter, in the grass below where the craft had been seen.
Known as the 'Langenburg Event,' the intriguing incident is the latest classic Canadian UFO case to receive the numismatic treatment from the Royal Canadian Mint as part of their Unexplained Phenomena series of coins that launched back in 2018. This year's piece, timed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Fuhr's account, depicts the farmer staring out across his field as the five mysterious craft hover over the ground that sports the strange circles that contributed to the tale becoming a fixture in the country's flying saucer lore. As with previous coins in the set, the colorful Langenburg design features a glow-in-the-dark detail that provides an additional eerie layer to the scene.
While Edwin Fuhr has since passed away, his brother, Leo, fondly recalls being on the scene when the weird event occurred. "It's remembrance for me," he mused, "because the thing is I witnessed it, because I worked with my brother on this farm." To that end, he noted that he initially thought that Edwin was hallucinating when he told him about the saucers, but then "I saw the rings" in the grass. As for what he makes of the Royal Mint commemorating the sighting with their new coin, Leo expressed amusement that "somebody is making a lot of money" from the story, though indicated that he has already ordered one of the coins featuring his brother.