selected ufo cases
Cases by Decade: 2000 to Current
Large black triangle craft with glowing red portholes in the Arizona desert
September, 2001 - Near Phoenix, Arizona, United States
"Saw a huge black triangle with glowing red port holes in the Arizona desert. It was moving slowly along a river where i was camping. It was blacker than night with 6 large glowing red port holes along the side that I could see. The red portholes glowed but did not emit light. They did not brighten up the area or any of the surroundings. The craft was just sort of "gliding" along. Like anti-gravity." View full report
Source: ufoevidence.org ID: 801
Case Type: RawReport Features: Silent, Portholes/Windows
Aircraft mechanic encounters massive, silent flying triangle near interstate
May, 23, 2001 - Allen Park, Michigan, United States
"The object was unmistakably triangle-shaped and extended beyond the width of both north and south bound lanes of M-39, at an altitude approximated between 500 and 1,000 feet. Mr. J. told me that his years of experience working around aircraft (including the military), left him with the feeling that this aerial object was not an airplane." View full report
Source: Darryl Barker (Producer: 'Edge of Reality' documentary on Illinois sightings) ID: 588
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Close Sighting of Large Triangular Object
April, 1, 2001 - Stillwater, Minnesota, United States
"Sitting on the passenger side of the car the witnesses were traveling in, witness 1 noticed a lighted, triangular object to his right. The object appeared to be about 250 ft on a side. The witness reported the triangle was equalateral, though his (inexact) drawing shows it as isosceles. It was not possible to discern a texture to the surface of the object. A bright white light was at each apex of the triangle underneath the craft." View full report
Source: Craig R. Lang, Mr. Dean DeHarpporte, Minnesota MUFON and NUFORC (Nat'l UFO Report. Center) ID: 574
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Large cylindrical craft hovering over apartment block
March, 23, 2001 - North Sydney, Australia
A couple were in their third floor apartment in North Sydney when they noticed three dim flashlight like beams above a large tree near their balcony. As they went out on the balcony to investigate, they found no trace of the light source. Instead they discovered a large cylindrical craft hovering above the apartment block. View full report
Source: UFO Society of Western Sydney - Research of Australian Close Encounters (RACE) ID: 803
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Witness Sketch
Bright white large oval object rises above a house
January, 4, 2001 - Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
"Whilst travelling home in my car with my wife when I saw a very bright oval shaped object rise up from behind a house. Although it was very bright it did not hurt your eyes to look at it. The object was slowly rising steadily above a house in the street. I stopped my car to observe it the object then started to move off to the right with its speed increasing." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 585
Case Type: RawReport Features: Police, Witness Sketch
Large black triangle UFO over Idaho mountain
September, 27, 2000 - Challis, Idaho, United States
Immense, triangular shaped object hovering motionless and silently, witnessed by four hunters camping in Idaho. The triangle was estimated to be at least the size of a football field, several hundred feet on all sides. The object then moved away silently, and was seen to have a white light at each of its corners and a red strobing light from the middle. View full report
Source: Skywatch International / NUFORC / UFO Casebook ID: 13
Case Type: StandardCase
Boomerang-Shaped Craft Over North Vancouver, BC
May, 15, 2000 - North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
They both saw a large boomerang-shaped craft in the northern sky, travelling west. It was big, silent and moving fast. Pete said that the first things that caught his eye were the seven wide triangles - one in the center and 3 down each side (see drawings). View full report
Source: UFO*BC ID: 53
Case Type: StandardCase
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 Encounter at Little Fox Lake, Yukon
March, 30, 2000 - Little Fox Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada
Witnesses saw a 30 to 40ft diameter saucer, hovering about 200 ft off the ground! . It was a classic disc shape with a dome on top. The dome had two curved windows or lights from which a blue light was shining. The car headlights dimmed and their tape deck stopped playing. Their watches stopped functioning. View full report
Source: Martin Jasek ID: 115
Case Type: StandardCase Features: E-M Effects, Vehicle Interference, Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
Large oval-shaped craft with blue 'ionized' gas on rear flying slowly over highway
January, 7, 2000 - Busch Wildlife Area, Missouri, United States
"Saw craft appear out of darkness when cloud of ionized gas, or corona effect, appeared at back end of craft. The blue corona lasted for about 3 or 4 seconds. Craft was moving slowly westward, at altitude of 500 to 1000 feet. Back end of craft was approx. 60 to 100 feet across, and 15 to 30 feet high." View full report
Source: ufoevidence.org ID: 800
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Illinois Triangle UFO Sighting (by multiple police officers)
January, 5, 2000 - Illinois, United States
This famous UFO case involved the sighting of a huge unidentified triangular-shaped UFO by police officers and others in the early morning hours of January 5, 2000, over the state of Illinois. The officers, from a number of small Illinois towns, were able to track the unknown object and maintain radio contact with each other during the event. Their in-depth testimonies have been fully documented by investigators. View full report
Source: David B. Marler, Illinois State Director, MUFON Journal No. 383 (March 2000) ID: 277
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Police, Polygraph Test, Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
Formation of three black triangle craft hovering over Los Angeles
2000 - Los Angeles, California, United States
"I was driving with my then girlfriend late one afternoon before sunset... I had to lean forward to be able to see up through the windshield to observe 3 identical black triangular objects... The objects were motionless and we could not hear any noise from the objects... The objects were in a loose triangle formation separated from each other by a distance of approximately 5 times their individual width." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 899
Case Type: RawReport Features: Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
Low-flying, slow-moving triangle object passes over house
2000 - Newtown Square, California, United States
"We stood in our driveway as they passed directly over us, moving very slowly. The objects were the shape of an equilateral triangle with large round lights on each of the three tips. The closeness of the objects and the light polution of the suburb allowed us to see the shape of the object beyond the illuminated tips." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 391
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Huge disc shaped object with bright light around edge
January, 1965 - Dorrington, Brisbane, Australia
"The object had come below the cloud cover and we couldn't believe what we were looking at. This huge disc shaped object with very bright light around it's circumference. It was travelling very slow (about 20 miles an hour), then the noise started.It was a screaming high pitched sound which had my wife in agony, hands over her ears and crying with pain." View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (www.hbccufo.org) ID: 449
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
