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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

Hat-shaped UFO with two smaller satellite objects

May, 11, 1975 - Tucson, Arizona, United States

Witnessed by members of the Martinez and Robbins families, the object was described as bright and derby-hat-shaped, and covered a measurement of 5/8 inches at arm's length. Two smaller objects were seen below the main object. These were flat disc-shapes of a dim blue color. The total viewing time for this case was one hour and fifteen minutes.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 7 (May 1975)   ID: 309
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Multiple UFOs

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

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

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 Featured Case

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 Featured Case

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

UFO with occupants approaches witness and hovers over farm

June, 14, 1974 - Medellin, Spain

Santiago Pulido Romero, 46, was going to his father's farm when he saw an object flying at low level. It was "round on the bottom and with a sort of cone-shaped tower on top." When he switched his car lights on, the object came towards him at very high speed, only to move away from he turned out the lights. Inside the craft, Santiago could see three tall men, "who seemed to be holding on to some sort of control levers" and wearing helmets.  View full report

Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR Vol. 20 No. 3   ID: 600
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction

UFOs 'escort' Mexican aircraft Featured Case

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

Object hovers over sea and immobilizes witnesses in Togo, Africa

March, 29, 1974 - Lomé, Togo

A French worker on vacation on the coast of Togo, along with a Togolese woman, were on the beach when they noticed a sharp whistle coming from the sea. They saw a dark mass which approached from over water and which stopped at 200-300 m in front of the witnesses. Suddenly, three bright lights from the object paralyzed the witnesses. Several physiological effects plagued the man afterwards, including deaf spells, fainting, and anxiety.  View full report

Source: Waterufo.net / Joel Mesnard, Phenomenes Spatiaux, Mar. '76   ID: 794
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Water-Related, Physiological Effects

The saucer photo in Värnamo

March, 21, 1974 - Varnamo, Sweden

Christer Sundström was lying in his bed, home from school with chickenpox. He was looking out the window of his room towards the neighbour's house. All he could see was a dark grey sky. But then the impossible happened. A dark object, which he at first thought was an eagle, started to circle above the roof of the neighbour's house.  View full report

Source: UFO Sweden, Claus Svahn, 2000   ID: 1046
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Photo

Huge ship and three smaller craft seen by salesman in Spain

March, 20, 1974 - Castillo de las Guardas, Spain

A pocketbook salesman, Adrian Sanchez Sanchez, was making the rounds of his customers, when he encountered an airship of gigantic proportions, which he calculated to be between 150 and 200 metres long. "I noticed how a large door opened in the tail end of the ship and how a formation of three smaller ships, in the shape of yo-yos, approximately 8 metres long, proceded to enter the larger one; but the last one turned and came slowly towards me."  View full report

Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR Vol. 20 No. 3   ID: 599
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch

Egg-shaped UFO seen from mountain lodge, reacts to firing of signal flare

December, 10, 1973 - Hochries Mountain, Germany

Mr. L., the proprietor of an Alpine lodge on Hochries mountain in Germany, along with the caretaker, noticed a red light on the top of the mountain. Mr. L. fired a red flare signal rocket in the direction of the unidentified object. Soon after, the object started to shine in a much brighter red color and rose-up slowly in the air. It moved in the direction of the Hochries-lodge, and the witnesses now recognized that the object was egg-shaped.  View full report

Source: Illobrand von Ludwiger / MUFON-CES, (1998)   ID: 652
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Interaction/Reaction, Body Lights

Occupant Encounter in New Hampshire (Lyndia Morel Encounter)

November, 2, 1973 - Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Excerpt: "As the car approached a point opposite the middle of the cemetery the UFO closed possibly to within less than 500 feet... At this point she estimated the object to be at the height of a three-story building. The figure in the window was now distinct."  View full report

Source: Walter Webb, APRO Bulletin, Vol. 12 No. 4 (Jan/Feb 1974)   ID: 303
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant

Occupant Encounter In Argentina Featured Case

October, 28, 1973 - Bahia Blanca, Argentina

On Sunday, 28 October 1973, in the first hour of the morning, truck driver Dionisio Llanca had a fantastic experience. Dionisio, a calm and quiet bachelor arrived at a hospital in Bahia Blanca in a state of total amnesia. Three days later as he regained his memory he related his extraordinary experience - - a night encounter on route H3 with a flying saucer and beings that talked with "chillidos" and who took a sample of his blood.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 22 No. 3 (Nov/Dec 1973)   ID: 301
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Photo

Black sphere hovers near U.S. Naval Comm. Station at North West Cape, Australia

October, 25, 1973 - North-West Cape, Australia

According to official reports, at 7.30 p.m. Lieutenant Commander M, of the US Navy, observed 'a large black, airborne object' in the airspace over the important US intelligence base at North-West Cape. US Navy Fire Captain L had also seen the object. The object was about 10 metres in diameter and was about 300 metres above the ground. It was completely stationary except for a halo around its centre, which appeared to be either revolving or pulsating.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996)   ID: 629
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Military, Nuclear Facility

Woman observes disk-shaped object moving over field in daylight

July, 4, 1973 - West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

On the evening of July 4, 1973, Cecile (age approximately early 70's) was sitting on her patio having a smoke while her husband showered. As she sat, she noticed movement from her left peripheral view (north east). She then observed a large, disk shaped object descending from just above the tree line into the field. It then rose slowly, just high enough to clear trees, moved slowly to the south and disappeared from sight. The witness had an unobstructed view of the object from a distance of 300 feet, in daylight.  View full report

Source: Investigated by Bruce Tilden and Tony Douglas, Western Massachusetts MUFON   ID: 721
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

Family observes glowing, disc-shaped UFO with light beam for 15 minutes

June, 25, 1973 - Dundurrabin, Australia

On about 25 June, members of the Dorrington family observed a large, disc-shaped UFO for about 15 minutes between 6.30 and 7.00 p.m. The whole of the object was surrounded by a green glow. There appeared to be a rotating, brilliant red light around the middle of the object. A V-shaped green 'solid' beam seemed to oscillate up and down. This sighting occurred during a flap in the area of two small timber towns, Tyringham and Dundurrabin.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996)   ID: 627
Case Type: StandardCase

Domed Disc Near Airliner, Confirmed By Radar

February, 14, 1973 - McAlester, Oklahoma, United States

A domed disc near cargo airliner, confirmed by the airplane's airborne radar. The object was disc-shaped with a transparent dome on top, and a silvery, highly polished surface. The object reacted to the sweep of the plane's radar. Pilots from the airliner saw two or three shadowy entities moving around inside the object.  View full report

Source: Richard Hall / UFO Casebook   ID: 15
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Radar, Humanoid/Occupant
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