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Cases with Multiple Witnesses

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

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

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

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

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

The Buff Ledge Abduction (two teenagers abducted in Vermont) Featured Case

August, 7, 1969 - Buff Ledge Camp, Vermont, United States

"Michael" and "Janet", two teenage employees at Buff Ledge summer camp were sitting on a boat dock, when a UFO approached them. Two occupants were visible inside the craft. When it was directly over them, a beam of light shone from the craft. The next thing they remembered was sitting on the dock watching the now distant light. Ten years later under hypnosis, Michael and Janet each recounted a similar detailed story of abduction, a medical examination, and being taken on board a "mother ship."  View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com   ID: 658
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Abduction, Witness Sketch, Water-Related, 'Dyad Scout Craft', Children

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

President Jimmy Carter's UFO Sighting Featured Case

January, 6, 1969 - Leary, Georgia, United States

Jimmy Carter is one of two U.S. Presidents who have reported seeing a UFO before becoming the President. He later said, "It was the darndest thing I've ever seen. It was big, it was very bright, it changed colors and it was about the size of the moon.. We watched it for ten minutes, but none of us could figure out what it was. One thing's for sure, I'll never make fun of people who say they've seen unidentified objects in the sky."  View full report

Source: Grant Cameron, Presidential UFO   ID: 294
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Famous Person, Witness Photo

Disc with dome hovers over car along rural highway in Tennessee

1969 - Paris, Tennessee, United States

The witness was driving back to college with his roommate. Theirs was the only car on a long stretch of rural highway between Paris and McKenzie, Tennessee. Suddenly, they saw streaks of light coming from the top of their windshield; they stopped the car on the road and got out. Directly above their car was a round disc-like object with windows. It had a raised dome "cockpit" in the center of the top half. It was hovering and spinning effortlessly about 200 feet directly above them.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 953
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Body Lights, Sound, Vehicle Encounter
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