selected ufo cases
Cases with Images or Photographs
Man taken into craft, encounter with 3 beings
January, 4, 1975 - Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Carlos Alberto Diaz, a clerk in a central store, was walking home from work, when he was paralyzed after being blinded by a brilliant flash of light. Trying to resist, he was pulled off the ground and when about 3 meters off the ground he became unconscious... When Diaz regained consciousness he was inside a smooth, bright sphere which appeared to be semi-transparent plastic... Suddenly, Diaz reports, three creatures resembling humans came sliding into the sphere... View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 5 (Mar 1975) ID: 307
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physiological Effects, Abduction, Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Photo, Humming
UFO with two occupants hovers over man's car
1975 - San Antonio, Texas, United States
A 48-year-old San Antonio sheet metal worker claims he had a close encounter of the third kind with two occupants of a UFO. He was driving his pickup truck just south of San Antonio when he "was approached, spotlighted and, nearly buffeted off the road by an unidentified craft," investigators report. View full report
Source: San Antonio Evening News (San Antonio, TX), Feb. 20, 1978 ID: 437
Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Vehicle Interference, Witness Sketch, 'Dyad Scout Craft'
'Huge' disc-shaped circle of small lights, with beam of light shining down
1975 - Medina, Ohio, United States
"A bright searchlight, motionless, was suddenly upon me. I looked up to see where it was coming from, when I saw a HUGE disc-shaped circle of small lights to the right of me. It appeared to be a craft and judging from the distance and size and the many lights, big enough to accomodate 100 people (?) in my judgment. The second I made eye contact, the spotlight was gone and the craft shot up like the speed of light, soundless." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 468
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Light Beam
Occupant Case In Wisconsin (William Bosak Encounter)
December, 2, 1974 - Frederic, Wisconsin, United States
Farmer William Bosak, 68, had what he termed as a hair-raising experience December 2, 1974. As he was driving home, he spotted an object on the left side of the road ahead of him. "It had a curved front of glass and inside I could see a figure with its arms raised above its head." View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 4 (Jan/Feb 1975) ID: 360
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant
Couple witness disc-shaped object
October, 31, 1974 - Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
"It was less than 100 yards away and about 200-300 feet up, and they could see through the red halo as the bright light "had been swung away" from them. Like a large hamburger bun, the color of "dirty brass" it had a base of about 25 feet, then an outer flange. The diameter of the body of the craft, they feel, was 30 feet. A "belt" of square-shaped windows circled the object." View full report
Source: Graham Conway, UFO*BC ID: 961
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows, Vehicle Encounter
Carl Higdon's humanoid/UFO encounter
October, 25, 1974 - Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming, United States
Carl Higdon, while hunting elk, raised his rifle and fired, but the bullet only went about 50 feet and dropped. He heard a noise and looked over to see a "sort of man" standing there. The man called himself "Ausso" and asked Mr. Higdon if he'd like to go with him and Higdon replied that he guessed so. The man pointed an appendage and at this juncture Mr. Higdon said he found himself in a transparent cubicle along with Ausso. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 5 (Mar 1975) ID: 308
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant
Five Objects Hover Over Canadian Field
September, 1, 1974 - Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada
Farmer Edwin Fuhr saw a symmetrical bun-shaped object that was hovering about a foot off the ground. He noted also that the grass underneath was being imparted a clockwise swirling motion. [There were] four additional identical objects... View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 2 (Sept/Oct 1974) ID: 304
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physical Trace, Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
John Lennon UFO sighting
August, 23, 1974 - New York City, New York, United States
John Lennon had a UFO sighting which occurred when he was with his personal secretary, May Pang, in New York. As May Pang recounts in her book, the "large, circular object [was] coming towards us. It was shaped like a flattened cone and on top was a large, brilliant red light... When it came a little closer, we could make out a row or circle of white lights that ran around the entire rim of the craft." View full report
Source: Rense.com (recounted in May Pang's book, 'Loving John') ID: 541
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Famous Person, Witness Photo
Three small boys witness UFO landing
August, 16, 1974 - Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
On August 16, 1974, at about 8:00 PM, three small boys were returning to their homes on the outskirts of Port Coquitlam, a community about 20 miles east of Vancouver, BC. The boys saw an object approach over the trees... The UFO began to settle down for a landing. View full report
Source: Graham Conway / UFO*BC ID: 56
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physical Trace, Animal Reaction, Landing, Children
Robots In Quebec, Canada
July, 22, 1974 - St. Cyrille, Province du Quebec, Canada
Mr. L. was preparing to go to bed when he heard a strange sound like "bum bum bum" outside. He lifted the curtain in the living room and saw a reddish-orange round object hovering over the field to the northeast side of his house trailer. When he looked outside he saw what he described as a robot like creature, about 6 feet tall, within 15 feet of the trailer. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 3 (Nov/Dec 1974) ID: 305
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physical Trace, Humanoid/Occupant, Animal Reaction
Photograph of disc-shaped flying object near car in Argentina
July, 19, 1974 - Balcarce, Argentina
Antonio Le Pere snapped these two photographs through the driver's window of his car as he was proceeding along route 226 near Balcarce. A disc-shaped metal-looking flying object approached the automobile and kept pace with him from a position only a few hundred meters to his left. Le Pere took the pictures through the rolled down window on the driver's side of the car. View full report
Source: Wendelle Stevens (Credit: Cosmic View) ID: 875
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Photo, Vehicle Encounter
UFO with occupants approaches witness and hovers over farm
June, 14, 1974 - Medellin, Spain
Santiago Pulido Romero, 46, was going to his father's farm when he saw an object flying at low level. It was "round on the bottom and with a sort of cone-shaped tower on top." When he switched his car lights on, the object came towards him at very high speed, only to move away from he turned out the lights. Inside the craft, Santiago could see three tall men, "who seemed to be holding on to some sort of control levers" and wearing helmets. View full report
Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR Vol. 20 No. 3 ID: 600
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction
UFOs 'escort' Mexican aircraft
May, 2, 1974 - En route from Guerrero state to Mexico City, Mexico
Carlos Antonio de los Santos Montiel was flying en route from Guerrero state to Mexico city in his Piper Aztec 24, he became aware of three objects positioned extremely close around the plane. He heard a noise from below, as if one of the objects had collided with his plane. He then noticed that the aircraft controls and landing gear were frozen. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 2 (Aug 1975) ID: 311
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Vehicle Interference, Multiple UFOs, Witness Photo
Object hovers over sea and immobilizes witnesses in Togo, Africa
March, 29, 1974 - Lomé, Togo
A French worker on vacation on the coast of Togo, along with a Togolese woman, were on the beach when they noticed a sharp whistle coming from the sea. They saw a dark mass which approached from over water and which stopped at 200-300 m in front of the witnesses. Suddenly, three bright lights from the object paralyzed the witnesses. Several physiological effects plagued the man afterwards, including deaf spells, fainting, and anxiety. View full report
Source: Waterufo.net / Joel Mesnard, Phenomenes Spatiaux, Mar. '76 ID: 794
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Water-Related, Physiological Effects
The saucer photo in Värnamo
March, 21, 1974 - Varnamo, Sweden
Christer Sundström was lying in his bed, home from school with chickenpox. He was looking out the window of his room towards the neighbour's house. All he could see was a dark grey sky. But then the impossible happened. A dark object, which he at first thought was an eagle, started to circle above the roof of the neighbour's house. View full report
Source: UFO Sweden, Claus Svahn, 2000 ID: 1046
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo
Huge ship and three smaller craft seen by salesman in Spain
March, 20, 1974 - Castillo de las Guardas, Spain
A pocketbook salesman, Adrian Sanchez Sanchez, was making the rounds of his customers, when he encountered an airship of gigantic proportions, which he calculated to be between 150 and 200 metres long. "I noticed how a large door opened in the tail end of the ship and how a formation of three smaller ships, in the shape of yo-yos, approximately 8 metres long, proceded to enter the larger one; but the last one turned and came slowly towards me." View full report
Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR Vol. 20 No. 3 ID: 599
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
