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Large disc with light beam follows car near Nowra, Australia

January, 1973 - Nowra, Australia

Elizabeth C was driving along the South Coast of NSW with four other people, when the group encountered a UFO which began to travel alongside the car. The object was large, disc-shaped, and there appeared to be a distinct 'searchlight' beam effect that rotated around its bottom. At least one of the witnesses was certain that figures could be seen in the windows of the object. After following the car for 24 km, the object seemed to suddenly relocate and headed out to sea.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker, (1996)   ID: 625
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Military, Portholes/Windows

Tractor driver approached and 'scrutinized' by ball of light

December, 16, 1972 - Garah, Australia

Greg Hardy, a New England University Economics student was working on a friend's farm, when he heard a noise and saw an object that appeared to land. Then, a smaller object flew towards the witness. It did not appear to be solid, but the centre appeared to be more concentrated than the rest of the white ball of light.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker, FSR Vol. 19 No. 5   ID: 596
Case Type: StandardCase

The Isla De Lobos Case in Uruguay Featured Case

October, 28, 1972 - Isla de Lobos, Uruguay

This is a single witness sighting, and yet it has become the best case coming from Uruguay due to the in-depth investigation done by the members of C.I.O.V.I. research group. The witness, Corporal Juan Fuentes saw a landed craft with three occupants at close range for time of about one minute. He attempted to shoot at the occupants but was stopped from doing so. The occupants entered the craft, and the craft rose up and flew away at high speed.  View full report

Source: Dr. Willy Smith (UNICAT Project)/ C.I.O.V.I.   ID: 887
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Military

Disc-shaped UFO over Lebanon seen by several family members

August, 4, 1972 - Baakline, Lebanon

Mr. Walter Hamady, a professor of art, was one of several witnesses to the presence of a UFO over Baakline, Shuf Province, Lebanon. At about dusk Mr. Hamady, his wife Mary and Mr. Hamady's aunt pulled into the driveway of the house, and Hamady's cousins were very excited, exclaiming they had just seen a "flying saucer". The small company made their way onto the terrace and saw a bright red light moving "straight off into space".  View full report

Source: APRO, Jan/Feb 1973   ID: 680
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Portholes/Windows

Two hunters witness brilliant disc passing over Vienna woods

August, 3, 1972 - Agsbach Valley, Austria

Reinhold Hering, a head forester in his thirties and sportswoman Erika Graef were hunting in Agsbach Valley when they saw a bright UFO appear from behind a pine tree. Mrs. Graef said, "With the naked eye you could clearly see the disc which gave off a brilliant light." The strange object was in sight for 10-15 seconds and was estimated to be 180 feet in diameter.  View full report

Source: Ernst Berger, FSR Vol. 20 No. 1   ID: 597
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

Object emits three discs, responds to light signals

August, 1972 - Minnesota, United States

A family of six was returning from their vacation in the U.S. at night when they observed a UFO, which zoomed straight toward them. They used a flashlight and flashed four times — short flashes — and immediately the object flashed back four times. Three smaller discs were seen leaving the large disc.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 2 (Aug. 1976)   ID: 347
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  E-M Effects, Vehicle Interference, Interaction/Reaction, Multiple UFOs

Maureen Puddy's close encounter in Victoria, Australia, 1972

July, 5, 1972 - Frankston, Victoria, Australia

On 5 July 1972, 27-year-old Maureen Puddy saw a ufo on the Alooraduc Road near Frankston, in Victoria, Australia. The object was a huge blue disc, which hovered above, her car as she returned from visiting her son in hospital. Twenty days later, at almost the same spot, it returned. This time it seemed to drain power from the car, causing it to stop; indeed, the car appeared to steer itself to the roadside. A voice in her head told her, 'All your tests will be negative.' It then said: 'Tell media, do not panic. We mean no harm..'  View full report

Source: Judith Magee, VUFORS   ID: 814
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Vehicle Encounter, Vehicle Interference, Communication

Occupants seen next to UFO sitting on road

June, 1972 - Deming, New Mexico, United States

Mrs. Hilda McAfee (a lady in her late 50s) and her elderly mother were on their way home by car when they were disrupted by a blinding light shining from straight ahead. As they passed the object in the road, they saw two men who were clad in pale, blue, bulky quilted coveralls. In the aftermath of the event, both women suffered a burning, aching pain in their chests and arms after the encounter, and "even their bones" seemed to hurt.  View full report

Source: Patti Morris, APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 6 (Dec 1975)   ID: 312
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Physiological Effects, Landing

Silver, football-field sized boomerang-shaped UFO over Fort Stockton, Texas Featured Case

1972 - Fort Stockton, Texas, United States

"There was an Elementary School just a few yards from the corner of Main and Colpits and right up above the school was a Silver object about the size of a Football Field. It hovered about 50 feet above the school and it was shaped like a boomerang. From my position I figured that it was about 10 to 15 feet thick. But the strangest thing about the incident was, how the people in Ft. Stockton reacted to it."  View full report

Source: UFO Info (UFOInfo.com) / HBCCUFO.org, Brian Vike, Director   ID: 1147
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Children, Witness Sketch

UFO seen and photographed in Uruguay Featured Case

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

Rudi Nagora Photographs Featured Case

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

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) Featured Case

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

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

Two skiers encounter humanoid at Imjärvi, Finland Featured Case

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 Featured Case

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

Chilean Navy ship encounters large UFO; tracked on radar

October, 24, 1969 - Chile

The incident involved a Chilean Naval destroyer and was witnessed by crew members and the commander of the vessel. Up to six UFOs, including one large object, were observed. The objects were verified on radar and observed visually. As the main object moved over the ship, the vessel's power went out."  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker   ID: 1016
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Military, Water-Related, Radar, Multiple UFOs, Humming, E-M Effects, Body Lights, Group Sighting

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Recounts Apollo 11 UFO Encounter

July, 18, 1969 - 

Buzz Aldrin: "There was something out there that, uh, was close enough to be observed and what could it be? Mike (Collins) decided he thought he could see it in the telescope and he was able to do that and when it was in one position, that had a series of ellipses, but when you made it real sharp it was sort of L shaped. That didn't tell us very much."  View full report

Source: The Science Channel / Dave Stone / Credit: UFO Updates - 9/30/2005   ID: 592
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Astronaut/Space, Famous Person, Witness Photo

Milakovic family encounter, Hanbury, England

November, 20, 1968 - Hanbury, England, United Kingdom

A large, house-sized object witnessed by a family. It had a dark bowl-shaped bottom, with a clear dome on top. In the lit dome area, several humanoid figures were seen moving. Two physiological effects were reported: heat felt as object passed over and burning of the eyes when its light intensity increased.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), 'Strange Effects from UFOs', by Donald Keyhoe and Gordon Lore   ID: 17
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Physiological Effects, Humanoid/Occupant, Animal Reaction

UFO with 'Michelin man' occupants seen by farmer on Réunion Island Featured Case

July, 31, 1968 - Réunion Island (Indian Ocean), France

Mr. Luce Fontaine, age 31, a farmer on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean, was picking some grass for his rabbits when he saw an object 5 meters in diameter, standing on a "glass foot" like a goblet. It was only 25 meters away. It was dark blue and through the window could be seen two small individuals, only 3 feet tall, dressed from head to foot in bulky coveralls, something like the Michelin "tire man." There was a brilliant flash of light and a few seconds later nothing was to be seen.  View full report

Source: Excerpt from FSR, Jan/Feb 1969   ID: 692
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Physical Trace

Terrified witnesses observe near-landing of UFO

July, 30, 1968 - Claremont, New Hampshire, United States

A manufacturing plant worker was carrying two buckets of water toward his garden when he saw "a bright round object float in a gentle arc low in the sky to the northeast." It looked like a full moon but was at an extremely low altitude. Shortly thereafter and just two miles away, a land surveyor and his wife witnessed a dome-shaped object. It was about 20 feet wide and hovered approximately 10 feet above the ground, and was 230 feet away.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), 'Strange Effects from UFOs', by Donald Keyhoe and Gordon Lore   ID: 576
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Animal Reaction, Witness Sketch, Humming
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