selected ufo cases
Cases by Decade: 1970s
Landing in Wisconsin
March, 13, 1975 - Mellen, Wisconsin, United States
On the night of March 13, 1975, many sightings of bright aerial objects were made in the vicinity of Ashland, Wisconsin, which is located on Lake Superior. However, the most interesting of the reports comes from the Philip N. Baker family of Mellen, Wisconsin, some 20 miles south of Ashland. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 6 (Apr. 1975) ID: 302
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physical Trace, Animal Reaction, Landing
Large UFO illuminates lake
February, 26, 1975 - Lake Sorell, Australia
Two men sighted two UFOs at Lake Sorell in Tasmania. "It was about 2-1/2 miles away when we saw it move - and then it was right there only about 1,000 yards away and 500 feet above the lake." The size of the object was no less than 200 feet in diameter. During the next few minutes the object turned on a "monstrous light" which was directed down toward the lake. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 1 (July 1975) ID: 269
Case Type: StandardCase Features: E-M Effects, Light Beam
UFO lands and humanoid taps young schoolboy on shoulder
February, 23, 1975 - Kofu City, Japan
Young Japanese schoolchildren watched a UFO touched down on February 23, 1975. The landing took place near Kofu City, Yamanshi Prefecture, Japan. An occupant allegedly emerged and touched one child on the shoulder, temporarily paralyzing him. The occupant then walked around the craft and reboarded. The boys, in hysterics, ran home to their parents, who observed a large, orange-red light hovering over the vineyard. View full report
Source: Yamanashi Nichi-Nichi Shimbun (Daily News, Japan), Feb. 25, 1975 ID: 443
Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Children, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo, Physical Trace
The Billy Meier Case (Photos and Contact Case)
January, 28, 1975 - Switzerland
"Billy" Eduard Albert Meier (born February 3, 1937) is a citizen of Switzerland and contactee. He is also the source of over 1000 photographs of objects claimed to be UFOs. Billy claims regular contact with the Plejaren, a group of extraterrestrials, and presents much spiritual and philosophical information from these meetings. He describes the Plejaran as humans much like the humans of Earth. View full report
Source: Steelmark ID: 989
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo, Contact, Contactee, Physical Trace, Artifact, Sound, Witness Photo
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
'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
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'
Multiple witnesses observe large boomerang-shaped object over motorway
1975 - New York, United States
From the witness: "It was approximately the size of a high school football field, but not quite as wide. It had lights on each end and in the middle with blue square lights all across the back end of the wings.... We noticed that there was absolutely no sound at all and that it didn't fluctuate or "flutter" and that it just floated in the air. We saw structure, that is we saw the body of the vehicle. No rivets or seams, just the silver/grey color of the body." View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org) ID: 1066
Case Type: RawReport Features: Police, Silent, E-M Effects, Body Lights, Vehicle Encounter
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
