selected ufo cases
All Cases: Sorted by Date Posted
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
Disc Seen Over Cloverdale Elementary School
April, 22, 2000 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Three brothers were playing soccer with two friends at Cloverdale School, when one looked up in the clear sky and noticed a disk-shaped object that was silently moving in an easterly direction. The black or dark blue disk had white domes on top and bottom. It View full report
Source: Gord Heath, UFO*BC ID: 346
Case Type: RawReport Features: Children
UFO Shoots Beam at Four Boys
1980 - Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
"A UFO moved silently out from the right just above the tree line. Its speed was approximately 5 miles an hour, its size, 50 feet diameter. The UFO stopped directly in the middle of the gravel road approximately 20 feet forward and about 50 feet up. When it stopped a blue beam shot out of the craft directly between the 4 of us." View full report
Source: UFO*BC ID: 345
Case Type: RawReport Features: Children
Police officer has repeat sighting
April, 22, 1976 - Elmwood, Wisconsin, United States
At about 11 p.m., George Wheeler, a relief policeman at the town of Elmwood, WI, encountered a strange glowing object which he estimated was about 500 feet distant and hovering about 100 feet off the ground. There were six bluish-white lights, windows or portholes on the side and he could see shadows as if someone was moving inside of it. This case involves apparent electro-mechanical effects, multiple witnesses, and possible animal reaction. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 10 (Apr 1976) ID: 341
Case Type: StandardCase Features: E-M Effects, Police, Animal Reaction, Multiple UFOs, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows
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
Object tracked on multiple radar flying at 5,000+ MPH
January, 1958 - Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
"I was on duty as a radar ATC operator and observed on my radar an object flying at 5,000mph+ and making impossible 90 degree turns. I coordinated and confirmed sighting with at least 3 other radar sites." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 334
Case Type: RawReport Features: Radar, Military
Small object hovering over the roof of house
1977 - Popayan, Colombia
Object was an inverted triangle of an aproximate size of two meters in the base. It was hovering silently at one meter or less of the top of the roof. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 333
Case Type: RawReport
Saucer-type 'ship' with multi-colored lights, landed in yard
July, 1977 - Eliot, Maine, United States
This was a saucer type "ship" with multi colored lights on the edge that landed in the back yard after appearing behind some trees 20 yards behind the house. I woke up in my girlfriend an my bedroom on the second floor, looked out the window and saw the lights. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 332
Case Type: RawReport Features: Missing Time, Landing
Close-range sighting of small disc-shaped object w/ dome on top
1993 - Melbourne, Australia
"It was only a meter or so in length. It was also shaped like the quintessential image of a UFO, a round flat disc with a small dome on the top. So ludicrously like something you'd see in a looney tune cartoon i felt like an idiot telling my friends what I had seen, and indeed none believed me." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 331
Case Type: RawReport
Silent cigar-shaped object with row of lights moving slow then unbelievable speed
July, 1976 - Yuba City , California, United States
"My date and I had just returned to my place after an evening out. As I was stepping up on the curb to go into the house I noticed a dark object moving slowly back and forth at what appeared to be tree top level a few blocks behind the house..." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 330
Case Type: RawReport Features: Portholes/Windows
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
Fort Dix / McGuire AFB Case
January, 18, 1978 - Fort Dix/McGuire AFB, New Jersey, United States
The primary eyewitness in the case, Jeffrey Morse, alleged (i) that he had been working as a security policeman at McGuire AFB when he was notified about UFO activity over Fort Dix army base. (ii) Morse alleged that he heard that a non-human entity had been shot and he later saw the dead body of the entity lying on the ground on a disused runway at McGuire AFB. View full report
Source: NIDS, National Institute for Discovery Science ID: 317
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Military, Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Sketch
Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case
September, 19, 1961 - Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
The first abduction case to be brought to the publics attention was back in 1961. Betty and Barney Hill reported seeing a UFO and experienced a period of missing time while on a long car journey. Under hypnosis they both seperatly described how they were abducted by aliens and shown around the spacecraft before under going medical examinations. Betty also spoke of the origin of the aliens which were of the zeta reticuli system but at that time it wasn't discovered until 1969. View full report
Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 315
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Abduction, Polygraph Test, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows, Missing Time
Sixty-foot craft lands with two occupants (Johnny Sands case)
January, 29, 1976 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Johnny Sands, a country-western singer living in Las Vegas, saw a 60-foot craft at about 1000 feet altitude, shaped like the Goodyear blimp, with portholes around the circumference. The object appeared to land, and Sands then saw two figures approaching. Then, he "froze" -- he wanted to move, but he couldn't. The figures came near him, to about three feet away. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 9 (Mar 1976) ID: 314
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physiological Effects, Vehicle Interference, Humanoid/Occupant, Polygraph Test, Portholes/Windows
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
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
