selected ufo cases
Cases by Decade: 1970s
Lago de Cote Photograph
September, 4, 1971 - Lago de Cote, Costa Rica
Photo was taken by a Costa Rican government mapping plane during an aerial mapping mission. No member of the crew stated that they saw anything unusual during the routine flight. Much analysis has been undertaken using the original negative. View full report
Source: STUDIOVNI ID: 250
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo, Pilot/Aircrew
UFO seen and photographed in Uruguay
July, 11, 1971 - Floridad, Uruguay
When Hector Rufino Delgado saw a strange, disc-shaped craft approaching him, flying on its side, he grabbed his camera - and shot a series of six pictures when the object changed its position and passed him and disappeared in the opposite direction. View full report
Source: Michael Hesemann ID: 252
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Humming
Large glowing orange craft over park, possible 'missing time' in Portland, Oregon
June, 1971 - Portland, Oregon, United States
I saw a large glowing orange craft over a park near a house we rented in Portland, OR. It was huge and had the appearance of a molten metal disk. It appeared hot (like molten metal would be) but didn't radiate any heat that I could tell. The craft sat in the air unmoving for some time but left very abrubtly moving quickly almost straight up. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 840
Case Type: RawReport Features: Children, Missing Time
Rudi Nagora Photographs
May, 23, 1971 - St. Lorenzen, Austria
On May 23, 1971 at about 12:30 P M, one of the most convincing photographs of a UFO was taken by one Rudi Nagora, a Munich musician. Nagora, along with his wife, were vacationing near St. Lorenzen, Styria, Austria. View full report
Source: Michael Hesemann ID: 251
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo
Landing and 'giant' occupant encountered by youth in Virginia
May, 1971 - Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
Walking through a large, open field, a boy with his dog observed a glowing "thing" over a pond located in the open field. The object moved towards the youth, finally stopping near the youth, and slowly settled to the ground. After the craft landed, a door opened straight down toward him and a "man" walked out. According to the witness's description, the creature was "powerfully huge." The being returned to the object, and about ten minutes later the craft "just lifted off." View full report
Source: NICAP (1971) ID: 806
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Landing, Humanoid/Occupant, Animal Reaction, Children
Large reddish disc seen at close range in Draguignan, France
March, 29, 1971 - Draguignan, France
Two young men from Draguignan named Pierre Calafat and Andre Bouchaud, members of a dance band, go to an isolated house which they have rented. When they drive up to the house, they observe a large reddish disc, flying around above a vineyard beside the house, about 150 metres from them. They park and watch the UFO performing zigzag movements, and then see it come to a halt at a height of ten metres or so above the ground and only about 50 metres from them. View full report
Source: J.C. Dufour, FSR Vol. 19 No. 3 ID: 593
Case Type: StandardCase
UFO with humanoid encountered by two forestry workers in Finland
February, 5, 1971 - Kinnula, Finland
Two young men, P. Aliranta and E J Sneck, were working in the woods when Aliranta noticed a 15 foot UFO descending in a clearing 50 feet away. As it landed, a little entity just under 3-foot tall glided to the ground from an opening in the underside. Through 3 windows on the UFO, 3 more entities could be seen. As the humanoid was rising into the air one of the men grabbed it by the heel of its boot with its bare hand; he found it burned like a hot iron, and he had to let go at once. View full report
Source: Tapani Kuningas, excerpt from FSR 1971 no. 5 ID: 718
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Physical Trace, Physiological Effects
US aircraft carrier 'stopped' by large, glowing UFO; electromagnetic effects
1971 - Caribbean / Bermuda Triangle,
From the witness: "We heard someone yelling 'There is something hovering over the ship!'... As we looked up, we saw a large, glowing sphere.... It made no sound that I could hear. The light coming from it wasn't too bright, about half of what the sun would be. It sort of pulsated a little and was yellow to orange... Virtually all electronic components stopped functioning during the 20 minutes or so that [the UFO] hovered over the ship. " View full report
Source: Jim Kopf (credit: Rense.com) ID: 1075
Case Type: RawReport Features: E-M Effects, Silent, Military, Group Sighting, Water-Related
1971 UFO oncounter over Texas uranium mine; physical trace effects found
1971 - Karnes City , Texas, United States
From the witness: "The object was round and the bright light was coming from the center of the bottom of the UFO. Around the perimeter of the craft was hundreds of penlight size light beams that alternated in all colors of the spectrum. Now I know they were laser beams. The UFO was rising up slowly at first and then went straight up out of sight in about 10 seconds." View full report
Source: Michael Harvey (Credit: Rense.com) ID: 1070
Case Type: RawReport Features: Physical Trace, Body Lights, Sound
Landing marks near Lake Anten, Sweden; UFO seen in area
August, 30, 1970 - Lake Anten, Sweden
Three round landing marks in a triangular formation were found in the garden of Richard Johansson's small farm near Lake Anten, Sweden. Several witnesses in the area had seen a strange red light, almost the size of the moon, that same night. Soil samples were taken and analyzed, with the results showing an increased level of gamma activity (radiation) in the test samples from one of the landing marks. View full report
Source: Sven-Olof Fredrickson, FSR Vol. 17 No. 1 ID: 604
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physical Trace, Landing
Danish police officer has two close encounters (the Maarup sightings)
August, 13, 1970 - Hadersley, Denmark
Danish police officer Evald Maarup was driving through the countryside near Hadersley, when he encountered a brilliantly lit UFO. Suddenly there was a fierce light beaming down on him, his car engine cut out, and the car lights and his radio stopped working. Above him, Maarup could make out a large circular object which he watched for about five minutes, before it moved away rapidly. Three years later, Maarup had another encounter with the same or a similar object at exactly the same place. View full report
Source: UFOs at Close Sight - Ufologie.net ID: 734
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Vehicle Encounter, Vehicle Interference, E-M Effects, Police, Light Beam, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
Three scientists see two circular UFOs with cabin on top
August, 1970 - Tanami Desert , Australia
"We saw 2 UFOs same design size with pulsing flame or lights yellowish flashing from underneath "exhaust" at about a second between each flash the distance was about only 300 yards from our position at about eye level with an above ground level altitude of only several hundred feet." View full report
Source: AUFORN (Australian UFO Research Network) - Diane Frola ID: 451
Case Type: Features: Scientist/Engineer, Multiple UFOs, Portholes/Windows
UFO on the Sea Near Rio de Janeiro
June, 27, 1970 - Near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This incident, which took place in broad daylight, is notable because it was certainly observed by, at least eight witnesses. A great metallic disc came down on the surface of the South Atlantic Ocean. The disc remained on the surface of the water for half an hour, and two crewmen were seen inside it. When the disc took off, it left behind it on the sea a sort of ring or hoop. View full report
Source: Dr. W. Buhler, Flying Saucer Review. Vol. 17, No. 3. May/June 1971 (WaterUFO.net) ID: 416
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Water-Related, Humanoid/Occupant, Group Sighting
Large object hovers over TV station tower in Florence, SC, in 1970
March, 1970 - Florence, South Carolina, United States
The witness, who was an employee at a TV station, saw a "UFO in broad daylight hovering on top of the [TV] tower, [and then] ran back inside the station to get the news director, Mr. Bill Fields." The craft was metallic, round, with a round cupola on top of the craft. It was about 100 feet across and about 25 feet tall. The encounter lasted for more than four hours, during which the object moved and stopped a couple of times before shooting off at "blinding speed." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 922
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Body Lights
Two skiers encounter humanoid at Imjärvi, Finland
January, 7, 1970 - Imjärvi, Finland
Aarno Heinonen and Esko Viljo were out skiing, when they encountered a 10-foot wide UFO that approached and hovered near them. A bright light beam was the emitted, and a thin, 3-foot tall humanoid creature appeared, carrying a black box with a pulsating yellow light. Severe and extensive physiological effects were suffered by the witnesses after the encounter. Two years later, Heinonen had a series of contacts with a female extraterresrial being. View full report
Source: Kim Hansen, in Evans and Spencer (1987) ID: 741
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Physiological Effects, Light Beam, Contact, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch
UFO and occupants seen near Cowichan Hospital in BC, Canada
January, 1, 1970 - Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
Miss Doreen Kendall, a practical nurse at the Cowichan District Hospital on Vancouver Island, was looking out the window of the ward, when she saw 60 feet away an "object so big and bright I could see everything clearly." There were two male-like figures in the craft, one behind the other. One of the "men" eventually looked right at Doreen, and the craft started to move away, but not before Freida Wilson, a registered nurse, also saw the object. View full report
Source: John Magor, ID: 633
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, 'Dyad Scout Craft', Interaction/Reaction, Witness Photo
Formation of orange, rectangular objects over Algeria (Africa)
January, 1970 - Algiers, Algeria
"I was playing soccer with my brother and practicing head passes, next thing I see are these large bright objects in the sky moving together. They flew as a matrix-like unit with the back row crafts moving AT RIGHT ANGLES to come to the front of the fleet (see picture). Each craft in the back row would exit the back row to the left or to the right depending on which edge of the fleet it was closest." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 843
Case Type: RawReport Features: Multiple UFOs
Flying saucer hovering above home with blue beam shining down
1970 - Venice, Florida, United States
In the late 60's early 70's, my two friends were driving down Haror Dr. It was after 11P, the boys looked to their left (east) to see a flying saucer (metallic appearing craft approx. 30 ft in diameter) hovering over a house. The boys stopped and watched as a bright blue beam shone down into the house. View full report
Source: UFO Evidence ID: 76
Case Type: RawReport
Huge object passes within 150 feet of witnesses
1970 - Mildura, Australia
Two witnesses were frightened when a huge object rose up from behind nearby trees, then passed within 150 to 160 feet from them. The colour was grey with flashing lights, both orange and white. Witness LV. said that he could not see underneath the object, but could see through the grid shape round the bottom. View full report
Source: Victorian U.F.O. Research Society (VUFORS), Australia ID: 455
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Witness Sketch
Military sighting of ball of opaque light started out small, grew to 5 times moon size
1970 - Ft. Gordon, Georgia, United States
Our company had fallen out for morning formation. we were waiting for the 1st seargent to join us when someone in our ranks started saying "what is that?" What I saw was an object that first appeared to be a full moon only larger by half than I had ever seen it. As I continued watching it, it steadily grew in size untill it was at least 5 times larger than I have ever seen the moon be. View full report
Source: UFO Evidence ID: 74
Case Type: RawReport Features: Military
