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UFO Visits Ontario Lake

June, 18, 1967 - Northern Ontario lake, Ontario, Canada

Two boaters witnessed a brilliant object simply hovering about 50 feet above tree level. As they sit in wonder, suddenly the object begins to pick up speed, racing straight toward them.  View full report

Source: UFO Casebook   ID: 28
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Physical Trace, E-M Effects

The Malmstrom Air Force Base UFO/Missile Incident (Nuclear missiles shutdown during UFO encounter) Featured Case

March, 16, 1967 - Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, United States

From the witness Robert Salas: "I received a call from my security guard who was quite frightened as he reported that an unidentifiable flying object was hovering immediately above the front gate. The object was illuminated by a red glow.... many of our missiles became disabled... a similar incident had occurred at another site and they had all of their missiles disabled while UFOs were observed directly over the launch sites."  View full report

Source: Robert Salas, (MUFON)   ID: 1017
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Military, Silent, Nuclear Facility, Witness Photo

Disc-shaped object with 'cupola' and windows on bottom

February, 9, 1967 - Odessa, Delaware, United States

"Mr. Guseman rolled down his left window and he and his wife studied the object more closely. It was disc-shaped with a kind of cupola under the main body. Its width was estimated at about 50 feet and its height at about 20 feet at the thickest point. Except for the top, the object was clearly visible, a dark gray silhouette against the lighter sky."  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 547
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humming, Portholes/Windows

Disc-shaped UFO with dome 'buzzes' automobile

October, 15, 1966 - Split Rock Pond, New Jersey, United States

"The object was directly in back and above me and followed my car along the road." He estimated the object to be approximately 25 to 30 feet wide and five or six feet high. His diagram shows a typically flat-bottomed and somewhat domed object. Simons then noticed that his car began to act abnormally.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 546
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Vehicle Interference, Physiological Effects

Pilot 'flees' from giant cone-shaped UFO pacing plane

September, 20, 1966 - Near Sebring, Florida, United States

A Winter Haven, Florida, private pilot reported he fled from a giant cone-shaped UFO which kept his plane in shadow for about three minutes on the morning of September 20, 1966. "That thing had not changed in size at all, but was still with me and pacing me. It was still as big as a football field."  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 552
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew

Burn marks and holes found after UFO seen close to ground

September, 13, 1966 - Gwinner, North Dakota, United States

Young Randy E. Rotenberger was waiting for the school bus outside his home when he saw "some flashing lights," then an object. "It looked like two bowls put together," the witness told an AP reporter. He saw three "pegs" on the bottom and antennae projecting from the top. Later, "some burnt marks" and tapered holes were found at the scene, each about a foot in diameter and five inches deep.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), 'Strange Effects from UFOs', by Donald Keyhoe and Gordon Lore   ID: 578
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Physical Trace, Witness Sketch, Landing, Children

Experienced pilot and passenger sight disc-shaped UFO with dome on top

May, 21, 1966 - Near Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, United States

An 18,000-hour pilot and his passenger made a clear daylight sighting of a disc-shaped UFO with a dome on top on the afternoon of May 21, 1966 near Willow Grove, Pa. "It was as clear as seeing a Cadillac drifting by at 100 yards," said William C. Powell. Currently active in executive-transport flying, Powell was a pilot for the Dutch KLM airlines, and before that for the U.S. Air Force and RCAF.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 551
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew

April, 22, 1966 - Beverly, Massachusetts, United States

Nancy Modugno, age 11, saw, only forty feet away, an amazing object about the size of an automobile, brightly lit with flashing blue, green, red and white lights. The football-shaped craft made a whizzing, ricocheting sound.  View full report

Source: Massachusetts MUFON   ID: 5
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Children

Close-range sighting of disc-shaped object with dome on top

April, 22, 1966 - Alliance, Ohio, United States

"When it was within an estimated 40 feet, over the open practice area of the golf course, the UFO stopped (cf. Damon, Texas). It appeared to be at telephone pole height and about 45 feet in diameter, and encircling the rim was a row of red lights like a "rotating neon sign." The white light, much brighter than the red, was seen to be coming from a dome atop the structure."  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 545
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Vehicle Interference

Multiple reports of UFOs in same area over several nights

April, 18, 1966 - Eastern Mass., Massachusetts, United States

"On two consecutive nights, April 18/19 and 19/20, there were at least 6 reports. About midnight on the 18th, Mr. and Mrs. George May of Sharon were arriving home when they saw an egg-shaped object descend and hover about 500 feet above an open field adjoining their property. At each end of the UFO was a small red light. A band of yellow light across the length of the object gave the impression of windows."  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 548
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humming

Over 200 students witness saucer-shape object, physical traces left behind (Westall Incident) Featured Case

April, 6, 1966 - Westall, Australia

More than 200 students and staff from two schools watched as the object landed in a nearby paddock, lifted off and vanished. It was a low-flying, silver/grey shining object, either of classical flying saucer shape or close to it, "a cup turned upside down on a saucer". The UFO appears to have left a circle of scorched grass.  View full report

Source: The Age (Australia), October 2, 2005   ID: 591
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Physical Trace, Group Sighting, Children, Witness Photo, Landing, Witness Sketch

Disc-shaped object hovering few feet above road

March, 31, 1966 - Near Vicksburg, Michigan, United States

Jeno Udvardy, a 1956 Hungarian refugee, was driving home from a late work shift near Vicksburg, Michigan. When he reached the crest of a hill he saw a cluster of lights on the road. They were seen to be on a disc-shaped object hovering a few feet above the road and blocking his passage.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 554
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Vehicle Interference, Humming

Canadian Navy seaman witnesses object on beach

November, 30, 1965 - Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Seaman Ian Kinsey, of Her Majesty's Coastal Service, was on his 2-4 a.m. watch at the Cornwallis station. When he looked out towards the shoreline, he saw a sharply oval, yellow object resting on the beach. The UFO was "lit up," but not glaring. Five minutes later a sliding door on the object's side opened and a smaller, cigarette-shaped UFO entered the larger object through the door. A similar sighting took place a few hours before in Springhill, about 125 miles from Cornwallis.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), 'Strange Effects from UFOs', by Donald Keyhoe and Gordon Lore   ID: 581
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Military, Landing, Humming, Portholes/Windows

South African constables observe disc-shaped object resting on highway

September, 16, 1965 - Pretoria, South Africa

On the night of September 16 two Pretoria, S. Africa, constables came upon a disc-shaped object resting on the highway. The headlights of their police van illuminated the copper-colored object which appeared to be about 30 feet in diameter. On top of the UFO was a small dome. In seconds the UFO suddenly lifted off the road, emitting tongues of flame.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 555
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Police, Physical Trace, Landing

The Langenhoe Incident (Motorcyclist encounters UFO)

September, 14, 1965 - Mersea island, Essex, United Kingdom

"I could make out some sort of an outline and an enormous object spun into view, looming up large and uncanny out of the sky. It resembled the upper half of a large spinning top and was about the size of a gasometer. There appeared to be a dome on top, inside of which was flashing a strange blue light."  View full report

Source: Dr. Bernard E. Finch, FSR Nov-Dec 1965   ID: 631
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humming, Sound, Physiological Effects, Animal Reaction, Scientist/Engineer, Vehicle Interference

Patrol Car Illuminated by UFO

September, 3, 1965 - Damon, Texas, United States

Purple and blue lights were attached to opposite ends of an enormous object, hovering about 150 feet from witnesses at about a 100-foot altitude. Object appeared to be triangular shaped, about 200 feet wide and 40-50 feet thick in the middle, tapering off toward both ends.  View full report

Source: FUFOR, U.S. Air Force-Project Blue Book, Donald Keyhoe 'UFOs A New Look'   ID: 38
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Police, Witness Photo
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