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Portholes / Windows

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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

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

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

Disc-shaped object with 'cupola' and windows on bottom

February, 9, 1967 - Odessa, Delaware, United States

"Mr. Guseman rolled down his left window and he and his wife studied the object more closely. It was disc-shaped with a kind of cupola under the main body. Its width was estimated at about 50 feet and its height at about 20 feet at the thickest point. Except for the top, the object was clearly visible, a dark gray silhouette against the lighter sky." View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), ID: 547

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humming, Portholes/Windows

Huge disk like object with dome top, gray metallic, with rainbow lights

1966 - Lunenburg County, Virginia, United States

I observed a huge UFO in 1966. It was gray-silver metallic...disk shape with dome top. Had windows (portholes as I call them). I could see the turning of the bottom of it going in one direction as the top rotated the other direction. It had rainbow colored lights. View full report

Source: UFO Evidence ID: 69

Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows

Landed saucer-shaped craft with ladder and 'turret' in Anchorage, 1966

1966 - Anchorage, Alaska, United States

"I was standing in the middle of our street and there was a craft on stilts or legs with a ladder down from the center. It had just snowed, and I remember windows on the upper round part... The main body was like an upside down saucer with a cylindrical 'turret' on the top. The 'turret' was approximately 3 feet across and 2 to 3 feet high and appeared to rotate." View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 892

Case Type: RawReport Features: Landing, Portholes/Windows, Children, Witness Sketch

Canadian Navy seaman witnesses object on beach

November, 30, 1965 - Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Seaman Ian Kinsey, of Her Majesty's Coastal Service, was on his 2-4 a.m. watch at the Cornwallis station. When he looked out towards the shoreline, he saw a sharply oval, yellow object resting on the beach. The UFO was "lit up," but not glaring. Five minutes later a sliding door on the object's side opened and a smaller, cigarette-shaped UFO entered the larger object through the door. A similar sighting took place a few hours before in Springhill, about 125 miles from Cornwallis. View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), 'Strange Effects from UFOs', by Donald Keyhoe and Gordon Lore ID: 581

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Landing, Humming, Portholes/Windows

County councillor reveals sighting of dome-shaped UFO in Cornwall, UK

1965 - Karslake, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Joan Vincent, County and Restormel Borough Councillor, revealed that she and her husband Roy had observed a mystery craft late at night during 1965 in a then rural area. The matter remained "virtually a family secret" over the years because the couple feared that they would be ridiculed if they told their story. The UFO was "a large, dome-shaped object that looked as if it were made of glass," estimated to be 50-70 feet across and 30-40 feet high. View full report

Source: Ian Shepherd, Cornish Guardian (Bodmin, England), Nov. 26, 1998 ID: 729

Case Type: PressReport Features: Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo

Idaho 'Mining UFOs'

1965 - Spring Creek Ridge, Idaho, United States

Two men were camped on a bluff overlooking a valley. When they awoke in the early morning they noticed a shiny spot on the ore dump of a Spring Creek Mine across the valley. Using the scopes affixed to their rifles, they observed the "shiny object" which actually was one of four which were hovering over the ore dump. Protruding from the top of the objects were four hose-like devices which were inserted into the slag piles and were moving around. View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 22 No. 2 (Sept/Oct 1973) ID: 300

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Portholes/Windows, Multiple UFOs

Giant spinning top encountered by businessman

June, 29, 1964 - Near Lavonia, Georgia, United States

Businessman Beauford E. Parham was returning home late on the evening of June 29, 1964. "I spotted a very bright light in the sky . . . coming directly toward my car," the witness said in a letter to a NICAP member. "The next instance it was directly in front of my headlights spinning like a giant top. It was shaped like a top and made a hissing sound like a million snakes." View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), 'Strange Effects from UFOs', by Donald Keyhoe and Gordon Lore ID: 565

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physiological Effects, Physical Trace, Vehicle Interference, Portholes/Windows

Large, metallic saucer-shaped craft at Mattagami River, Ontario

November, 23, 1963 - Mattagami River, Ontario, Canada

From the witness: "We just sat there in silence watching it, as it was watching us... It was huge, with the diameter being... about 30 yards... It appeared to be constructed of dull aluminum and was shaped like a saucer with the exception that the top and bottom halves did not join in a sharp edge. All the way around the center it looked like dark windows, 6 feet tall. As Robert and I watched, the craft tilted with the closest side to us down and the rear of the saucer up. It appeared that whoever was inside was trying to get a better look at us. " View full report

Source: Brian Vike, HBCC UFO Research (hbccufo.org) ID: 1029

Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows

UFO with three beings hovers over boat dock at Minnesota cabin (Lake Movil)

August, 1962 - Lake Movil, Minnesota, United States

Marilyn Chenarides and Mrs. Mildred Anderson were vacationing at their cabin on Lake Movil in northern Minnesota when they saw a red glowing object which was hovering over the boat dock 50 feet from the cabin. In two of the windows of the object, the women could see the silhouettes of three man-shaped beings. After a few minutes of observation, Mrs. Anderson switched off the lights in the cabin, whereupon the lights on the object immediately went out. View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 21 No. 2 (Sept./Oct. 1972) ID: 458

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction, Portholes/Windows

Cigar-shaped UFO with portholes seen by Honeywell metallurgist

November, 22, 1961 - Near Grafton, Nebraska, United States

A Minneapolis Honeywell metallurgist, Melvin C. Vagle, Jr., and his wife saw a cigar-shaped UFO while driving along U.S. Highway 81. "At the lower end. . . there was a bright 'flashing white light ann at the upper end there was a steady red light. Along the length of the fuselage there was a row of square-appearing ports, illuminated with a white yellowish light." View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (original case in "The Honeywell World," Jan. 1962) ID: 644

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Scientist/Engineer, Portholes/Windows

Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case

September, 19, 1961 - Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

The first abduction case to be brought to the publics attention was back in 1961. Betty and Barney Hill reported seeing a UFO and experienced a period of missing time while on a long car journey. Under hypnosis they both seperatly described how they were abducted by aliens and shown around the spacecraft before under going medical examinations. Betty also spoke of the origin of the aliens which were of the zeta reticuli system but at that time it wasn't discovered until 1969. View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 315

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Abduction, Polygraph Test, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows, Missing Time

Elliptical UFO with portholes observed by architect

May, 4, 1960 - Sarasota, Florida, United States

A yellow, elliptical object with four evenly spaced windowlike openings was observed at ground level by an architect. View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (from NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1960) ID: 649

Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Portholes/Windows

Father Gill / Papua New Guinea Sighting

June, 26, 1959 - Papua New Guinea

William B. Gill, an Anglican priest with a mission in Bosinai, Papas New Guinea, observed craft-like UFOs -- one with Humanoid figures on top -- on two consecutive evenings, June 26-27, 1959. About twenty-five natives, including teachers and medical technicians, also observed the phenomena. They "signaled" the humanoids and received an apparent response. This was one of sixty UFO sightings within a few weeks in the New Guinea area. View full report

Source: Bill Chalker, from 'The Oz Files' ID: 67

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction, Clergy, Portholes/Windows, Group Sighting, Witness Sketch

Fisherman in Brazil watch UFO with portholes over sea

April, 1958 - Brazil

"When the machine was at a distance of some 40 metres from him and the group of fishermen, and about 15 metres above the water, it began to rock sideways, and then stopped and hung there. It seemed to have three distinguishable parts: the upper half was the colour of aluminium, like an inverted bowl, and on the top of it was a small protuberance or dome." View full report

Source: Gordon W. Creighton, FSR Vol. 10 No. 6, Nov.-Dec, 1964 ID: 624

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Water-Related, Humming, Portholes/Windows

Cigar-shaped UFO with occupants seen through windows

December, 16, 1957 - Old-Saybrook, Connecticut, United States

I saw that it was a cigar-shaped object, brightly lit and with square portholes, hovering just above my clothesline. I could see men inside. . ." The object was approximately 20 to 30 feet long and dark grey or black in color. It hovered motionless about five feet above the ground. Through its lighted windows Mrs. Starr saw two figures that passed each other, walking in opposite directions. View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), ID: 558

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Portholes/Windows

Multiple witnesses observe saucer above road in 1955, UK

July, 17, 1955 - Bexley, United Kingdom

It was July 17, 1955 when Margaret Fry spotted the object as she was making her way to her GP's surgery in King Harold's Way from her home in Hythe Avenue. Mrs Fry described it as saucer shaped with a "blue/silver/grey/pewter texture, yet none of those colours". She said it had three spheres set into its base, one of which "flopped out", landing on the ground at the junction of nearby Ashbourne and Whitfield roads. View full report

Source: The News Shopper, (London, UK), March 7, 2007 ID: 1054

Case Type: PressReport Features: Witness Photo, Humming, Rotary/Spin Motion, Body Lights, Portholes/Windows, Children, Group Sighting, Landing

'Human Figures Seen in Saucer'

June, 1954 - East Malvern and Carnegie , Australia

Witnesses said they thought they had seen human figures in a flying saucer. They saw the figures through portholes in the saucer they said. Six people reported having seen a pear-shaped, green object. View full report

Source: Daily Telegraph JUNE 1954 / Australian UFO Research Network ID: 20

Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Portholes/Windows

'Figures' seen through windows of oval-shaped object

August, 25, 1952 - Pittsburg, Kansas, United States

Among those cases declared Unidentified by the Air Force which are reported to involve alleged occupants is a sighting by William Squyres. He described the object as resembling two turtle shells placed edge to edge. Along the rim where the two halves joined he noticed a series of small propellers six to twelve inches in diameter projecting outward all the way around the object. View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), ID: 556

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Physical Trace, Portholes/Windows

UFO seen at close range with appearance of occupant aboard

August, 1952 - Seat Pleasant, Maryland, United States

Sometime in August, 1952 (the exact date cannot be recalled) during the major UFO sighting wave of that year, Mrs. Suzanne E. Knight, a young housewife and mother, saw a UFO at close range with what appeared to be an occupant aboard. The UFO appeared to Mrs. Knight to resemble the wingless fuselage of a plane and was dull silver in color. View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), ID: 557

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Portholes/Windows

UFO with occupants encountered by former mayor in Hasselbach, Germany

July, 9, 1952 - Hasselbach, Germany

Oscar Linke, former Wehrmacht major, and his daughter Gabrielle, 11, had to leave their motorcycle when they had a flat tire. Inside the woods the girl noticed two men in silvery suits examining the ground in a clearing near a pink disk-shaped object, 13-15 meters in diameter, showing a double row of openings around the rim and a black turret on top. One of the men had a flashing box. Both men went inside, and the disk vibrated, rose along the turretlike cylinder, then spun faster and rose out of sight. View full report