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Cases with Multiple Witnesses

Saturn-shaped Object seen and photographed in Brazil

May, 12, 1976 - Passo Fondo, Brazil

Mr. Joshua da Silva and Mr. Gesareo Goncalves were driving in Goncalves' car. At ten A.M. when they were less than fifty kilometers from Passo Fondo, da Silva spotted a silver metallic spherical object resembling the planet Saturn, replete with ring. They estimated the object which had a "brushed metal" surface to be six to eight meters (twenty to twenty six feet) in diameter.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Nov. 1978   ID: 409
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Photo

The Kentucky Abductions Featured Case

January, 6, 1976 - Stanford, Kentucky, United States

On January 6, 1976, three women were abducted near Stanford, Kentucky. As they were driving together to have dinner, a bright red object appeared in the sky, which Mona Stafford at first thought was an airplane on fire. As the object descended from the right side of the road to a point ahead of them, they could see that it was not an airplane, but a huge object bigger than "two houses."  View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com   ID: 181
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Physiological Effects, E-M Effects, Missing Time, Abduction, Polygraph Test, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch

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

UFO lands and humanoid taps young schoolboy on shoulder Featured Case

February, 23, 1975 - Kofu City, Japan

Young Japanese schoolchildren watched a UFO touched down on February 23, 1975. The landing took place near Kofu City, Yamanshi Prefecture, Japan. An occupant allegedly emerged and touched one child on the shoulder, temporarily paralyzing him. The occupant then walked around the craft and reboarded. The boys, in hysterics, ran home to their parents, who observed a large, orange-red light hovering over the vineyard.  View full report

Source: Yamanashi Nichi-Nichi Shimbun (Daily News, Japan), Feb. 25, 1975   ID: 443
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Children, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo, Physical Trace

The Billy Meier Case (Photos and Contact Case) Featured Case

January, 28, 1975 - Switzerland

"Billy" Eduard Albert Meier (born February 3, 1937) is a citizen of Switzerland and contactee. He is also the source of over 1000 photographs of objects claimed to be UFOs. Billy claims regular contact with the Plejaren, a group of extraterrestrials, and presents much spiritual and philosophical information from these meetings. He describes the Plejaran as humans much like the humans of Earth.  View full report

Source: Steelmark   ID: 989
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Photo, Contact, Contactee, Physical Trace, Artifact, Sound, Witness Photo

Multiple witnesses observe large boomerang-shaped object over motorway

1975 - New York, United States

From the witness: "It was approximately the size of a high school football field, but not quite as wide. It had lights on each end and in the middle with blue square lights all across the back end of the wings.... We noticed that there was absolutely no sound at all and that it didn't fluctuate or "flutter" and that it just floated in the air. We saw structure, that is we saw the body of the vehicle. No rivets or seams, just the silver/grey color of the body."  View full report

Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org)   ID: 1066
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Police, Silent, E-M Effects, Body Lights, Vehicle Encounter

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

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

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

Close encounter with saucer at Quakers Hill, Australia

1974 - Quakers Hill, Australia

"My sister and myself were driving... when the car suddenly shook violently then completely stopped, nothing worked, not even the radio... That's when I observed this massive circular disc shaped object, it didn't seem to be much higher than the power pole. It was surrounded completely by lights and had a dome in the middle on the top."  View full report

Source: UFO Research (NSW), Australia   ID: 620
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Vehicle Interference, 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

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

Disc-shaped object with dome hovers over radio tower

July, 7, 1973 - Odessa, Texas, United States

Smooth stainless steel disk, right above radio tower one hundred fifty feet up in air. No windows seen, 5 witnesses, 6 counting electrician for radio company. Also had dome top. 100 foot diameter. Causing static on radio transmisson.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 607
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch, E-M Effects

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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
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