selected ufo cases
Standard / Medium Cases
Large disc with light beam follows car near Nowra, Australia
January, 1973 - Nowra, Australia
Elizabeth C was driving along the South Coast of NSW with four other people, when the group encountered a UFO which began to travel alongside the car. The object was large, disc-shaped, and there appeared to be a distinct 'searchlight' beam effect that rotated around its bottom. At least one of the witnesses was certain that figures could be seen in the windows of the object. After following the car for 24 km, the object seemed to suddenly relocate and headed out to sea. View full report
Source: Bill Chalker, (1996) ID: 625
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Military, Portholes/Windows
Tractor driver approached and 'scrutinized' by ball of light
December, 16, 1972 - Garah, Australia
Greg Hardy, a New England University Economics student was working on a friend's farm, when he heard a noise and saw an object that appeared to land. Then, a smaller object flew towards the witness. It did not appear to be solid, but the centre appeared to be more concentrated than the rest of the white ball of light. View full report
Source: Bill Chalker, FSR Vol. 19 No. 5 ID: 596
Case Type: StandardCase
The Isla De Lobos Case in Uruguay
October, 28, 1972 - Isla de Lobos, Uruguay
This is a single witness sighting, and yet it has become the best case coming from Uruguay due to the in-depth investigation done by the members of C.I.O.V.I. research group. The witness, Corporal Juan Fuentes saw a landed craft with three occupants at close range for time of about one minute. He attempted to shoot at the occupants but was stopped from doing so. The occupants entered the craft, and the craft rose up and flew away at high speed. View full report
Source: Dr. Willy Smith (UNICAT Project)/ C.I.O.V.I. ID: 887
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Military
Disc-shaped UFO over Lebanon seen by several family members
August, 4, 1972 - Baakline, Lebanon
Mr. Walter Hamady, a professor of art, was one of several witnesses to the presence of a UFO over Baakline, Shuf Province, Lebanon. At about dusk Mr. Hamady, his wife Mary and Mr. Hamady's aunt pulled into the driveway of the house, and Hamady's cousins were very excited, exclaiming they had just seen a "flying saucer". The small company made their way onto the terrace and saw a bright red light moving "straight off into space". View full report
Source: APRO, Jan/Feb 1973 ID: 680
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Portholes/Windows
Two hunters witness brilliant disc passing over Vienna woods
August, 3, 1972 - Agsbach Valley, Austria
Reinhold Hering, a head forester in his thirties and sportswoman Erika Graef were hunting in Agsbach Valley when they saw a bright UFO appear from behind a pine tree. Mrs. Graef said, "With the naked eye you could clearly see the disc which gave off a brilliant light." The strange object was in sight for 10-15 seconds and was estimated to be 180 feet in diameter. View full report
Source: Ernst Berger, FSR Vol. 20 No. 1 ID: 597
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Object emits three discs, responds to light signals
August, 1972 - Minnesota, United States
A family of six was returning from their vacation in the U.S. at night when they observed a UFO, which zoomed straight toward them. They used a flashlight and flashed four times — short flashes — and immediately the object flashed back four times. Three smaller discs were seen leaving the large disc. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 2 (Aug. 1976) ID: 347
Case Type: StandardCase Features: E-M Effects, Vehicle Interference, Interaction/Reaction, Multiple UFOs
Maureen Puddy's close encounter in Victoria, Australia, 1972
July, 5, 1972 - Frankston, Victoria, Australia
On 5 July 1972, 27-year-old Maureen Puddy saw a ufo on the Alooraduc Road near Frankston, in Victoria, Australia. The object was a huge blue disc, which hovered above, her car as she returned from visiting her son in hospital. Twenty days later, at almost the same spot, it returned. This time it seemed to drain power from the car, causing it to stop; indeed, the car appeared to steer itself to the roadside. A voice in her head told her, 'All your tests will be negative.' It then said: 'Tell media, do not panic. We mean no harm..' View full report
Source: Judith Magee, VUFORS ID: 814
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Vehicle Encounter, Vehicle Interference, Communication
Occupants seen next to UFO sitting on road
June, 1972 - Deming, New Mexico, United States
Mrs. Hilda McAfee (a lady in her late 50s) and her elderly mother were on their way home by car when they were disrupted by a blinding light shining from straight ahead. As they passed the object in the road, they saw two men who were clad in pale, blue, bulky quilted coveralls. In the aftermath of the event, both women suffered a burning, aching pain in their chests and arms after the encounter, and "even their bones" seemed to hurt. View full report
Source: Patti Morris, APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 6 (Dec 1975) ID: 312
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Physiological Effects, Landing
Silver, football-field sized boomerang-shaped UFO over Fort Stockton, Texas
1972 - Fort Stockton, Texas, United States
"There was an Elementary School just a few yards from the corner of Main and Colpits and right up above the school was a Silver object about the size of a Football Field. It hovered about 50 feet above the school and it was shaped like a boomerang. From my position I figured that it was about 10 to 15 feet thick. But the strangest thing about the incident was, how the people in Ft. Stockton reacted to it." View full report
Source: UFO Info (UFOInfo.com) / HBCCUFO.org, Brian Vike, Director ID: 1147
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Children, Witness Sketch
UFO seen and photographed in Uruguay
July, 11, 1971 - Floridad, Uruguay
When Hector Rufino Delgado saw a strange, disc-shaped craft approaching him, flying on its side, he grabbed his camera - and shot a series of six pictures when the object changed its position and passed him and disappeared in the opposite direction. View full report
Source: Michael Hesemann ID: 252
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Humming
Rudi Nagora Photographs
May, 23, 1971 - St. Lorenzen, Austria
On May 23, 1971 at about 12:30 P M, one of the most convincing photographs of a UFO was taken by one Rudi Nagora, a Munich musician. Nagora, along with his wife, were vacationing near St. Lorenzen, Styria, Austria. View full report
Source: Michael Hesemann ID: 251
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo
Landing and 'giant' occupant encountered by youth in Virginia
May, 1971 - Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Walking through a large, open field, a boy with his dog observed a glowing "thing" over a pond located in the open field. The object moved towards the youth, finally stopping near the youth, and slowly settled to the ground. After the craft landed, a door opened straight down toward him and a "man" walked out. According to the witness's description, the creature was "powerfully huge." The being returned to the object, and about ten minutes later the craft "just lifted off." View full report
Source: NICAP (1971) ID: 806
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Landing, Humanoid/Occupant, Animal Reaction, Children
Large reddish disc seen at close range in Draguignan, France
March, 29, 1971 - Draguignan, France
Two young men from Draguignan named Pierre Calafat and Andre Bouchaud, members of a dance band, go to an isolated house which they have rented. When they drive up to the house, they observe a large reddish disc, flying around above a vineyard beside the house, about 150 metres from them. They park and watch the UFO performing zigzag movements, and then see it come to a halt at a height of ten metres or so above the ground and only about 50 metres from them. View full report
Source: J.C. Dufour, FSR Vol. 19 No. 3 ID: 593
Case Type: StandardCase
UFO with humanoid encountered by two forestry workers in Finland
February, 5, 1971 - Kinnula, Finland
Two young men, P. Aliranta and E J Sneck, were working in the woods when Aliranta noticed a 15 foot UFO descending in a clearing 50 feet away. As it landed, a little entity just under 3-foot tall glided to the ground from an opening in the underside. Through 3 windows on the UFO, 3 more entities could be seen. As the humanoid was rising into the air one of the men grabbed it by the heel of its boot with its bare hand; he found it burned like a hot iron, and he had to let go at once. View full report
Source: Tapani Kuningas, excerpt from FSR 1971 no. 5 ID: 718
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Physical Trace, Physiological Effects
Landing marks near Lake Anten, Sweden; UFO seen in area
August, 30, 1970 - Lake Anten, Sweden
Three round landing marks in a triangular formation were found in the garden of Richard Johansson's small farm near Lake Anten, Sweden. Several witnesses in the area had seen a strange red light, almost the size of the moon, that same night. Soil samples were taken and analyzed, with the results showing an increased level of gamma activity (radiation) in the test samples from one of the landing marks. View full report
Source: Sven-Olof Fredrickson, FSR Vol. 17 No. 1 ID: 604
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physical Trace, Landing
Danish police officer has two close encounters (the Maarup sightings)
August, 13, 1970 - Hadersley, Denmark
Danish police officer Evald Maarup was driving through the countryside near Hadersley, when he encountered a brilliantly lit UFO. Suddenly there was a fierce light beaming down on him, his car engine cut out, and the car lights and his radio stopped working. Above him, Maarup could make out a large circular object which he watched for about five minutes, before it moved away rapidly. Three years later, Maarup had another encounter with the same or a similar object at exactly the same place. View full report
Source: UFOs at Close Sight - Ufologie.net ID: 734
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Vehicle Encounter, Vehicle Interference, E-M Effects, Police, Light Beam, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
