selected ufo cases
North America (including Mexico)
Spherical UFO photographed by family in Mexico
July, 23, 1995 - León, Mexico
On July 23, 1995, the Mendoza family were on a vacation trip driving on the road from Aguascalientes to León, Guanajuato. At 5:20 PM, Mr. Gustavo Mendoza, Mrs. Elena Lemus and their two sons Aldo David and Gustavo Alberto suddenly had an unexpected encounter. View full report
Source: Santiago Yturria, OVNI Investigaciones MEXICO ID: 248
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Witness Photo
Large disc-shaped object observed by two witnesses in Connecticut
July, 15, 1995 - Harwinton, Connecticut, United States
The witnesses (husband and wife) were driving back from fishing at a quarry in Harwinton when they observed a large metallic disk about 500 feet in diameter at an altitude of about 200 feet, from a distance of about a half mile, during daytime. The object was traveling 65-70 mph, and it passed smoothly over the road on a course approximately perpendicular to the road. View full report
Source: MUFON Connecticut / Mark Cashman, TemporalDoorway.com ID: 785
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch, Silent
Close Encounters of the 5th Kind in Monterrey, Mexico
December, 1994 - Monterrey, Mexico
The following is an account of events that occurred during a CSETI investigative team activation to Monterrey, Mexico in Decemer of 1994. - Witnesses saw a large disc with a sloped dome on top. View full report
Source: Shari Adamiak, CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) ID: 44
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction, Humanoid/Occupant, Human-Initiated Contact
Close-up Sighting Of A Black Triangle UFO
November, 1993 - Seattle, Washington, United States
"Craning my neck to see the craft as it passed slowly directly over my head at an estimated altitude of less than 500 feet, I could see it was a gigantic black triangle. There is no other way to describe it because that's precisely what it was; a huge, black, triangle." View full report
Source: Gary Val Tenuta / Rense.com ID: 138
Case Type: StandardCase
Round object with rotating lights around edge
July, 1993 - Clarendon, Texas, United States
"I saw an round flying object in plain view in the night sky around 2am. It was close enough to see round lights around the edges and the lights were rotating in one direction. The ufo was traveling at a low speed and close enough to notice it was not a human made object. There was no engine noise." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 808
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Body Lights
Two police officers have dogfight with UFO during helicopter patrol
February, 27, 1993 - Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
Two Jefferson County air unit police officers — described by their lieutenant as "solid guys" — swear they had a two-minute dogfight with a UFO during a routine helicopter patrol Friday night. Two officers on the ground said they, too, spotted the object. The UFO — a glowing pear-shaped object about the size of a basketball — literally flew circles around the helicopter, even though the fliers say they were moving at speeds approaching 100 mph. View full report
Source: Gardiner Harris, Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Mar. 4, 1993 ID: 764
Case Type: PressReport Features: Police, Pilot/Aircrew, Interaction/Reaction, Witness Photo
Four UFO sightings occur in Elk River area of Minnesota
September, 1992 - Elk River, Minnesota, United States
Since a woman told police that she spotted a UFO in her Elk River neighborhood, three more sightings of UFOs in the Elk River area occurred in mid-September, 1992. One man in Albertville saw a saucer-shaped object, 5-6 feet across. Then, a person who works for him, Terry Townsend, saw a UFO the size of a passenger jet that was ringed with lights. And a cab driver witnessed a UFO with 10 porthole-type lights. View full report
Source: Joni Astrup, Star News (Elk River, MN), Sept. 30, 1992 ID: 730
Case Type: PressReport Features: Portholes/Windows, Body Lights
'Arrowhead triangle' with lights during night launch of Space Shuttle
November, 22, 1989 - Cooper City, Florida, United States
"My wife and I observed a very large, dark triangle (arrowhead shaped) flying low from east to west. It was completely silent. We counted seven (7) circular white lights on the underside. The triangle craft was moving at a high rate of speed, surrounded by a white haze." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 577
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Large 'V'-Shaped UFO encounter with US Navy nuclear submarine; electromagnetic effects
October, 24, 1989 - Florida, United States
From the witness: "My ship was on patrol about 150 miles of the Florida coast. We were cruising at about 500 feet when the submarine started experiencing electronics problems.... I saw a large inverted V-shaped UFO off the port side....This huge vessel was over a half mile across. The UFO made a half circle around our ship then passed across the stern..." View full report
Source: George Filer (MUFON Eastern Director), Filer's Files #43-1998, 10-30-98 ID: 1110
Case Type: RawReport Features: Military, Water-Related, E-M Effects
Gulf Breeze Sightings
November, 11, 1987 - Gulf Breeze, Florida, United States
"Ed Walters was working in his home office when he noticed a light moving outside, partially obscured by the pine tree in his yard. To get a better look Ed went out of the front door, and could see that the light was in fact a glowing bluish-gray craft like none he had seen before... Edwould go on to photograph it many time" View full report
Source: Ed Walters and Frances Walters, The Gulf Breeze Sightings ID: 325
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo, Humanoid/Occupant, Polygraph Test, Humming
Abduction on the North Canol Road - Yukon, Canada
September, 3, 1987 - Yukon Territory, Canada
Witness saw cigar-shaped object of green color, with portholes along side of it, flying low. Soon after, 2 beings/creatures were seen briefly nearby on the ground, and then abduction experience followed. Scoop marks found on hands afterwards. View full report
Source: Martin Jasek, M.Sc., P. Eng. ID: 100
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Abduction, Humanoid/Occupant, Humming, Portholes/Windows, Physiological Effects, Witness Sketch
Cone-shaped object with light beam in Farmville, NC
1987 - Farmville, North Carolina, United States
From the witness: "I grabbed the binoculars and looked at it. This time I could see a distinct shape. It was like an ice-cream cone pointing upward. The flat part of the cone was facing the earth. On the back of the cone was what looked like a small hull or house or hut of some kind. It was about a fifth of the size of the cone itself. Out of this hut came a very faint blue light. It passed directly over our heads at about 15 MPH. That’s how slow it was going." View full report
Source: UFOCasebook.com (B.J. Booth, editor) ID: 1059
Case Type: RawReport Features: Light Beam, Vehicle Encounter
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 Over Alaska
November, 17, 1986 - Alaska, United States
In November, 1986, a Japanese crew of a jumbo freighter aircraft witnessed three unidentified objects while flying over Alaska, USA. This sighting gained international attention when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it was going to officially investigate this sighting because the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Anchorage, Alaska, had reported that the UFO had been detected on radar. The UFOs in this case were tracked on both ground and airborne radar, witnessed by experienced airline pilots, and confirmed by a FAA Division Chief. View full report
Source: Loy Lawhon ID: 287
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Radar
Bright, glowing disc-shaped object hovers over cabin in Old Crow, Yukon
September, 20, 1986 - Old Crow , Yukon Territory, Canada
From the witness: "I looked outside and there was this UFO right over the trees! It was bright blue, almost too bright to look at and was rotating fairly fast... I continued to watch the UFO for about 5 minutes, then it just slowly descended down towards the river bank and away from us, started speeding up going cross river, then it just shot off rapidly into the distance!" View full report
Source: Martin Jasek ID: 1011
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Rotary/Spin Motion, Sound
Large Triangular Craft Doing Unusual Maneuvers
February, 1986 - Franklin, North Carolina, United States
"The outline of the craft was indistinct but the mass blocked the stars and sky while it passed overhead. It was totally silent....It was no more than about 300 feet up and moving at a crawl, maybe 10 mph, it was massive and approximately 100 yards (300 feet) in-between each light... As the craft moved over us, it performed an amazing feat!... it stopped and turned up on its axis and cart wheeled off into the eastern sky!" View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org) ID: 1114
Case Type: RawReport Features: Body Lights, Silent
Unidentified maneuvering lights seen from US Navy ship; radiation detected afterwards
1986 - Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States
During one of my scans of the night sky, out of know where, four red circular lights appeared... The four lights, in a flash, darted towards the horizon amazingly fast... Then all four shot straight up into outer-space and out of sight, all within a split second... After a half hour had passed since the sighting, the radiation detection system on the bridge started making a loud clicking sound." View full report
Source: UFOCasebook.com (B. J. Booth, editor), citing MUFON CMS (Case Management System) ID: 1111
Case Type: RawReport Features: Military, Water-Related, E-M Effects, Silent
