One of the most famous UFO encounters in Canada's history left a man covered in severe burns after supposedly getting up close to a disc-shaped craft.

In the summer of 1967, Stefan Michalak, a Polish man who had moved to Canada, visited Falcon Lake in Manitoba.

He was a keen amateur geologist and had previously visited the area in a desperate hunt for gold and quartz.

But, rather than striking gold, Stefan was left psychologically and physically harmed by a reported encounter with a "glowing" UFO.

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