selected ufo cases
Cases by Decade: 1960s
City Youth Tells Of A Strange Ship
May, 1967 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
"The bespectacled 14-year-old was just going to his home at 5311 106th St., when he said he noticed the “space ship” and began the vigil which has probably resulted in the most detailed report of any UFO in the Edmonton area." View full report
Source: The Edmonton Journal, May 8, 1967 (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) (Credit: UFO*BC) ID: 348
Case Type: PressReport Features: Physical Trace, Children, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch
The Malmstrom Air Force Base UFO/Missile Incident (Nuclear missiles shutdown during UFO encounter)
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
Two Brothers Photograph Circular Object in Michigan
January, 9, 1967 - Lake St. Clair, Michigan, United States
Two teen-age brothers, Dan and Grant Jaroslaw, made some photos of a domed object with an apparent tower on one side over Lake St. Clair, Michigan. They photographed it from the backyard of their Mt. Clemens home, about a mile from Selfridge Air Force Base. The object was moving slowly at a very low altitude. It remained in view about 10 minutes. View full report
Source: Knight ID: 411
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Photo, Children
Copper-colored, disk-shaped craft flying low in British Columbia
1967 - Lillooet , British Columbia, Canada
From the witness: "Off in the distance I spotted what I took to be an airplane flying towards us, off to the left, about 75 or 100 feet above the telephone lines. As it got closer I saw that it wasn't a plane at all, but a disk shaped craft. It was copper in colour and had a ridged section coming down below the main body. There was a soft red glow coming from all around this section. I would estimate the diameter to have been no more than 100 feet." View full report
Source: UFO*BC (www.ufobc.ca) ID: 1136
Case Type: RawReport
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
Close-range sighting of circular craft; missing time
September, 5, 1966 - Columbus, Nebraska, United States
From the witness: "He looked up and a round craft was directly over him at around 100 ft. in the air. It was not very large in size, completely circular, and had green lights, red lights and some yellowish lights on the bottom. There seemed to be some sort of lines in the bottom, like spokes in a wheel look. It was making a low humming sound that resonated. It was almost pitch dark so he couldn't see the color of the craft. " View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center, Peter Davenport, Director) ID: 1064
Case Type: RawReport Features: Missing Time, Body Lights, Vehicle Encounter, Humming
Sheriff reveals 1966 UFO encounter and death of dog
August, 9, 1966 - Richmond , Virginia, United States
"I happened to look up and there was that UFO right above the cornfield, it was just hovering right up above the power lines" about 200 feet in the air, Mathews said. The craft, which Mathews described as white and about 30 feet in diameter, made hardly a sound and emitted no light. "It was just like the ones you see on TV," Mathews said. View full report
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia), October, 1999 ID: 1073
Case Type: PressReport Features: Police, Animal Reaction, Interaction/Reaction, Silent
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
Large, bright, silver/white saucer-shaped craft passes over field
May, 1966 - Greenbush, Ohio, United States
Felt humming vibration that woke my brother and I up. We both looked out our bedroom window and saw a large bright silver/white saucer shaped craft pass very low over our south soy bean field. Object was as large as this 25 acre field. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 337
Case Type: RawReport Features: Physical Trace, Humanoid/Occupant, Humming
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
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
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
Portage County, Ohio UFO Chase
April, 17, 1966 - Portage County, Ohio, United States
One of the most dramatic encounters by police officers with an apparently structured, low-level UFO. Officers chased the object for eighty-five miles, as it seemed to play a cat-and-mouse game with them. This case was the basis for the UFO "chase" in the film 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.' View full report
Source: Richard Hall, NICAP website ID: 79
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Police, Witness Sketch, Humming
