selected ufo cases

Witness Sketches

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Filiberto Cardenas Abduction and Contact Case

January, 3, 1979 - Hialeah, Florida, United States

In January 3, 1979 a Cuban exile Filiberto Cardenas was abducted in front of his family. Later, he had an encounter introducing his wife to the entities. This may be the first case on record where the original abductee was able to successfuly introduce another person into the contact events and to actually take them aboard a UFO with them. View full report

Source: Albert Rosales, Humanoid Catalog (1979 Reports) ID: 695

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Abduction, Contact, Water-Related, Communication, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo

Metallic, saucer-shaped object with triangle on underside

1979 - Coast of Florida, near Orlando, Florida, United States

"My husband yelled at me to hurry out and see this. A UFO was travelling under the clouds over the river towards Orlando. I'll never forget it. It was metallic as the sun reflected off it. No noise at all. We all watched in awe! My Dad worked at Kennedy Space Center at the time and he didn't have any answers." View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 463

Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch

Two police officers in UK encounter UFO (researcher Tony Dodd's sighting)

December, 12, 1978 - Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

At 4:30 a.m., a lonely police patrol car was driving on a remote country road along the Cononley Moor. In the car were Sgt. Anthony Dodd and Constable Alan Dale. They saw a bright white light that seemed to be diving towards them in a glide. a big shining disc which flew over their heads at a speed of about 40 mph. At its closest, it was hardly 100 feet away from them, so that they could see a number of details. "It was a huge thing, about 100 feet in diameter, and it made no noise whatsoever." View full report

Source: Michael Hesemann ID: 662

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Police, Body Lights, Silent, Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo

Cigar‑shaped object with curved tail seen by several, including police officer

November, 26, 1978 - Clarenville, Newfoundland, Canada

"Both Mr. Lethbridge and Constable Blackwood describe the same thing: A cigar‑shaped object with a curved tail, in the sky with blue, red and yellow flashing lights. It ranged from about thirty‑five to forty feet in diameter and hovered approximately five hundred feet above sea level with no movement. " View full report

Source: Lee Tizzard - Brian Vike, HBCCUFO.org ID: 583

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Police, Witness Sketch, Communication

Long cigar-shape object with portholes, colored lights flying above treetops

March, 1, 1978 - Middlebury , Connecticut, United States

"I saw this long cigar shaped object just above the treetops, not more than 150 feet away. Probably even closer than that. It was right beside me flying parallel to me, but slightly faster... It was about 100 feet long, and 15 feet high. It had rounded ends on the front and back. It looked just like a cigar or a hot dog." View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 474

Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows

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

Woman in Guernsey, UK watches circular UFO for 20 minutes

1978 - Grandes Rocques, Guernsey, United Kingdom

A woman from Grandes Rocques awoke in the early morning hours and saw a bright golden light, going very slowly. The circular object was in her view for around 20 minutes before it vanished from her sight, allowing Mrs Wilson to get a good look at it. 'It stopped quite often, and just hung in the air. As it stopped, it let out some stuff.' View full report

Source: Mark Ogier, Guernsey Evening Press (Guernsey, England), Jan. 12, 1993 ID: 763

Case Type: PressReport Features: Witness Sketch

Pennsylvania man encounters UFO hovering over field next to home

March, 29, 1977 - Morgan Run, Pennsylvania, United States

Burton Woods, 45, of Morgan Run, PA, said he saw a craft hovering over a field near his mobile home. Woods suffered from headaches and blurred vision after the sighting. Much excitement was stirred by his UFO encounter, since he was able to get so close to the craft before it veered up and out of sight. The object was described as 170-200 feet in length. View full report

Source: The Clearfield Progress (Clearfield, PA), Apr. 4, 1977 ID: 694

Case Type: PressReport Features: Physiological Effects, Witness Sketch

Youth reports UFOs with 'greenish creatures'

January, 19, 1977 - Harrah, Washington, United States

Nine-year-old Jose Cantu of Harrah woke his mother up at about 6:30 a.m. asking her to explain the little "man" he saw outside. According to the boy, he had seen two greenish creatures about three feet tall, who rotated on a base instead of having feet, and two "steely" crafts in which 2 other creatures were sitting. View full report

Source: Toppenish Review (Toppenish, WA), Jan. 26, 1977 ID: 462

Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Children, Witness Sketch, Physical Trace

The Allagash Abductions

August, 26, 1976 - Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine, United States

In August of 1976, four young art students in their early twenties left for a canoe and camping trip in Maine's Allagash Wilderness. On one night during the trip, they encountered a huge oval, glowing object rising above the trees nearby, and were soon engulfed in a beam of light from the craft. As discovered in hypnosis sessions years later, it was at this point that all four were abducted into the craft and subjected to physical examinations. View full report

Source: Raymond E. Fowler ID: 466

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Missing Time, Abduction, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Interaction/Reaction, Light Beam

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

Landing of dome-shaped UFO witnessed at close range in Kettering, Tasmania

February, 1976 - Kettering, Australia

A 39 year-old man in Little Oyster Cove encountered an extraordinary dome-shaped object which had landed. Through the windows of the metallic object, he saw a tall cylindrical object (which he likened to a ship's compass mounting) and 'motionless grey shapes' (like car seats with headrests seen from the rear), perhaps entities. The object rose slowly from the ground, then increased speed and was gone. The next morning, a circular patch of scorched grass was found at the site. View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996) ID: 630

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Landing, Physical Trace, Witness Sketch, Humming, Portholes/Windows

The Kentucky Abductions

January, 6, 1976 - Stanford, Kentucky, United States

On January 6, 1976, three women were abducted near Stanford, Kentucky. As they were driving together to have dinner, a bright red object appeared in the sky, which Mona Stafford at first thought was an airplane on fire. As the object descended from the right side of the road to a point ahead of them, they could see that it was not an airplane, but a huge object bigger than "two houses." View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 181

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Physiological Effects, E-M Effects, Missing Time, Abduction, Polygraph Test, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch

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

'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