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Filiberto Cardenas Abduction and Contact Case Featured 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

Large disc-shaped craft with dome flies low over couple's home

1979 - Santa Clarita Valley, California, United States

From the witness: "I saw a craft approaching the house... it was directly over our house and pool. It was approximately 75-100 feet above us... The craft was about 75-100 feet or less in diameter. It had small porthole and lights around it in the upper dome section, it was solid, metallic and shiny. There was a dome above it and attached to the body with no visible separation, as if it were molded as one solid craft."  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org / Brian Vike, HBCCUFO   ID: 1035
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Silent, Portholes/Windows, Body Lights

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

Landed UFO and humanoid encountered by four hunters in Spain

November, 24, 1978 - Gerena, Seville, Spain

The four witnesses were hunting in the early morning hours near the Guadiamar River, when they encountered a landed object with a humanoid being standing next to it. The UFO looked like a large earthen jar, upside down, with a red light on top. The being seemed strong and tall (some 2 meters or taller), and had on a dark-colored helmet and silvery body suit. The witnesses become frightened when the humanoid approached them, and they left the area running.  View full report

Source: Ignacio Darnaude, APRO, Sept. 1979   ID: 681
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Physical Trace

US Air Force personnel witness 3 large oval shaped craft in Mojave desert

August, 1978 - Phelan, California, United States

"Myself and other witnesses were F4-Phantom Weapons Control Technicians in the USAF. First large oval rises up from directly behind mountains due east from me. Motion is slow, floating like a blimp or balloon. Second identical object then began to rise just to the left of the first object. Third identical looking object then began to rise just to right of first object."  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 802
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Military

Metallic, saucer-shaped object with loud 'humming' sound over Michigan farmland

June, 15, 1978 - Mancelona, Michigan, United States

From the witness: "I looked up and saw the object, hovering, over the field behind our house. I estimate it was no farther than 250 yards away from me, hovering about 200 to 300 feet in the air. It was metallic and disk-shaped...and all along the rim it exhibited colors changing from red-orange-white-blue... it was [making] a loud-vibrating-humming low pitched tone..."  View full report

Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reportin Center), Peter Davenport, Director   ID: 1067
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Humming

UFO crash in Bolivia witnessed by thousands of people

May, 6, 1978 - El Taire Mountain, Bolivia

On May 6, 1978, at about 4:15 p.m., something crashed into a mountain near El Taire on the Bermejo River, the border between the Bolivian province of Tarija and Argentina. Thousands of people saw this happening and later described the object as being cylindrical in shape with a flaming tail. It had caused a supersonic bang that was heard up to 150 miles away.  View full report

Source: Michael Hesemann, 1998   ID: 635
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Crash/Retrieval, Mass Sighting

Large triangular object hovers near campers in Patapsco State Park

March, 22, 1978 - Patapsco State Park, Maryland, United States

Gary Oickle, 24, his brother David, 22, and two friends were camping in Patapsco State Park, when they encountered a huge triangular shaped object with large windows and three white lights at the corners. The object moved very slowly, hovering at times. When it appeared above them it was very low, approximately 200-250 feet, and made a sound like a "quiet wind" or "quietly rushing waterfall".  View full report

Source: APRO, April 1978   ID: 828
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Group Sighting

Construction worker sees massive disc-shaped object

March, 1, 1978 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

A Pittsburgh construction worker and his girlfriend claimed they saw a massive disc-shaped object settle about 2,000 feet over Highland Reservoir. He estimated its size as larger than the reservoir itself. Paul Oles, program director for Buhl Planetarium, also saw a bright light which he "can't explain," about one hour earlier.  View full report

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), March 4, 1978   ID: 438
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humming

Retired Chilean General in air encounter with large 'banana-shaped' UFO

1978 - Antofagasta, Chile

Retired General Hernan Gabrielli Rojas had squared off against a gigantic UFO while engaging in a training flight in the skies of northern Chile. According to the military man, the object was the size of 10 or 15 aircraft carriers, and its presence was picked up by the radars aboard two F-5 jet fighters as well as the Cerro Moreno airport in Antofagasta.  View full report

Source: Inexplicata, Scott Corrales, editor / Ovnivisión (Chile) / Revista TOC / Terra Chile   ID: 997
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo, Radar

Family sees UFO hovering over Camas, WA

December, 24, 1977 - Camas, Washington, United States

Barbara Siewell of Springfield, OR and her family witnessed a UFO hovering over Camas, WA on Christmas Eve, 1977. Two other adult witnesses reported seeing the same thing on the same date, also in Camas, WA.  View full report

Source: Camas Post-Record (Camas, WA), Jan. 25, 1978   ID: 439
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Portholes/Windows

Mass sighting of large jellyfish-like UFO over Petrosavodsk, USSR

September, 20, 1977 - Petrosavodsk, Russian Federation

Early risers in Petrosavodsk saw a bright light suddenly appearing amid the clouds at about 4:05 a.m. The star-like light came nearer and descended in a spiral trajectory, and soon looked like a ball of fire. Soon, it looked like an reddish-orange hemisphere surrounded by a bright zone. During the next few seconds, hundreds of thin rays of light, like thin arrows, were showered upon the earth. The thing now looked like a big jellyfish with golden tentacles, shining in beautiful colors.  View full report

Source: Michael Hesemann, 1998   ID: 636
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Sound, Physical Trace, Mass Sighting

Three boys frightened by strange creatures from landed UFO

May, 20, 1977 - West Pittsburg, California, United States

On the night of May 20, 1977, three Contra Costa County boys say they saw an object resembling a flying saucer land in West Pittsburg. They fled in terror when strange creatures came toward them, walking like stiff robots surrounded by smoke or steam vapor. The Center for UFO Studies, directed by J. Allen Hynek, considered this to be one of only three credible humanoid encounter cases of the year.  View full report

Source: Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), Apr. 2, 1978   ID: 452
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Children, Portholes/Windows, Witness Photo

Chilean soldier loses five days to UFO (The Valdes Case)

April, 25, 1977 - Pampa Lluscuma (near Putre), Chile

A Chilean soldier was in shock after a weird, five-day ordeal with a UFO. Six members of an army patrol saw two bright objects descending from the sky. Cpl. Armando Valdes, the patrol leader, set out alone to investigate and, according to the men, simply vanished. Fifteen minutes later, they said, he reappeared, tried to speak and passed out. The date on his watch had been advanced five days, and he now had about a week's growth of beard.  View full report

Source: Associated Press / San Antonio News, May 23, 1977   ID: 460
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Missing Time, Military

Cigar-shaped UFO with smaller objects observed in Jemgum, Germany

March, 7, 1977 - Jemgum, Germany

A 16 year old student, standing in front of his parents house, observed a bright spot in the sky. Through his binoculars, he could see that the object was cigar-shaped and surrounded by an orange-colored halo. This object filled 4/5 of his field-of-view in the binoculars. It appeared reflective, almost glaring. Smaller objects were also observed.  View full report

Source: Illobrand von Ludwiger / MUFON-CES (1998)   ID: 654
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Multiple UFOs, Children

UFO hovers over two policemen in patrol car

February, 10, 1977 - Flora, Mississippi, United States

Madison County Sheriff's Deputy Kenneth Creel and Constable James Luke were on a routine patrol drive when they witnessed a 30 to 40 foot UFO which approached them at close range. "The thing came right over the car," said Creel. "...The thing just hovered over us, about 20 or 30 feet up, for more than a minute."  View full report

Source: Madison Co. Herald (Canton, MS), Feb. 17, 1977   ID: 425
Case Type:     Features:  Police

Six witnesses see UFO in Jayess, MS

February, 5, 1977 - Jayess, Mississippi, United States

"The most dramatic sighting of an UFO to be reported in this part of Mississippi took place near Jayess Saturday, February 5, and was seen at close quarters by at least six adults. Another sighting was reported in Madison County Wednesday, February 3, and was seen there by a constable and a deputy sheriff."  View full report

Source: Tylertown Times (Tylertown, MS), Feb. 17, 1977   ID: 436
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Portholes/Windows

Several witnesses view oval shaped object

December, 6, 1976 - West Simi Valley, California, United States

"It sat in one place in midair for approximately 45 minutes. It had a red light on top and green on the bottom. The position of these lights changed. There was a very bright white light in the center." All of the witnesses in this case were interviewed separately. All reported seeing the same type object as described.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 6 (Dec. 1976)   ID: 353
Case Type: StandardCase

The Allagash Abductions Featured Case

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

UFO with 'light extensions' seen by many in Namibia

August, 16, 1976 - Walvish Bay, Namibia

Several people witnessed a strange object over the wilderness in Walvish Bay, Namibia, Africa. This same object was also seen one month earlier. It was described as having a top (with a round ball underneath) that shone brilliantly. Two light extensions were also shining and shot off something which looked like sparks.  View full report

Source: Namib Times (Namibia, Africa), Aug. 17, 1976   ID: 422
Case Type: PressReport

Fourteen young hikers encounter saucer-shaped object

July, 28, 1976 - Winsted, Connecticut, United States

Fourteen young hikers of Camp Delaware, including a 24-year-old counselor, said they encountered a whining, saucer-shaped object during an afternoon hike on the 1,460-foot Blueberry Hill. The object was noticed following a high pitched screech, then hovered silently at tree-top level on an angle above the witnesses' heads.  View full report

Source: Winsted Citizen (Winsted, CT), Aug. 23, 1976   ID: 373
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Group Sighting, Children

Boys on camping trip report sighting UFO

July, 26, 1976 - Patesville, Kentucky, United States

Five boys were camping in a forest valley, when at around 11 p.m. one of the boys glimpsed a bright, glowing bell-shaped object traveling at fantastic speed in an east-to-west direction. The object was a glowing, golden color, and maintained an altitude of 450-500 feet'. The boys described it as emitting "sparkles" from the rear as it traversed the sky.  View full report

Source: Hancock County Clarion (Hawesville, KY), July 29, 1976   ID: 418
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Children
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