selected ufo cases
All Cases: Sorted by Date Posted
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
Rotating disc with white lights
July, 1977 - Anderson, Indiana, United States
"I was staying in a motel in Anderson, Indiana, in the month of July of 1977, when my travelling companion burst in through the door to summon me outside. Once in the parking lot, I gazed up above the rooftop to witness a great disc gliding gently across our field of view, moving slowly and tilted at an angle." View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 32 No. 7 (September 1984) ID: 268
Case Type: RawReport
Close encounter with huge object, 20-30 occupants seen inside
February, 3, 1983 - Mobile, Alabama, United States
Huge object witnessed by Pat Norris of Mobile, Alabama. "As the craft appeared Mrs. Norris' attention was drawn to a top deck with a long window which she estimates 53 feet and through which she viewed 20 to 30 persons, apparently oblivious of her presence, walking about as if they were changing shift." View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2 (May 1984) ID: 267
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Portholes/Windows
Triangular Craft Sighting
May, 13, 2005 - Kirkland, Washington, United States
Perfect black triangle with 9 orange/yellowish lights on two sides of triangle, one on tip four following each leading edge, with none on stern/back end of triangle. The craft made barely, if any noise, and seemed to be defying the laws of gravity and aviation as it was floating and banking left View full report
Source: Mr. Reboare / National UFO Reporting Center (Seattle) ID: 266
Case Type: RawReport
Mexican Air Force Pilots Film 11 UFOs
March, 2004 - Over Campeche state, Mexico
Mexican Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified flying objects in the skies over southern Campeche state in Mexico, a Mexican Defense Department spokesman confirmed. A videotape was made widely available to the news media. The lights were filmed using infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about 3,500 meters (11,480 feet), and allegedly surrounded the Air Force jet. View full report
Source: Associated Press / Jaime Maussan ID: 263
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Photo, Multiple UFOs, Witness Photo
Unknown object photographed in Canada
November, 14, 2001 - Resolute Bay, Canada
"I took several shots of the surrounding airport terrain and when I got back to the office a week later I went through the 100 plus photos. To my surprise picture number 97 had an object in the background." View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCC UFO Research ID: 262
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
UFO seen and photographed in Poland
July, 26, 2003 - Brzostek, Poland
The unidentified object was first noticed as it flew above the city of Skurowa at an extremely high altitude. Then it changed course and flew over a market. The initial photos were taken while the witness was in his garden. View full report
Source: UFO Casebook / Tomek Wierszalowicz / Brian Vike, HBCC UFO Research ID: 261
Case Type: PressReport Features: Photo
Weyauwega UFO Photographs
February, 2003 - Weyauwega, Wisconsin, United States
The witness states that she was outside during the evening and happened to notice lights that passed overhead. She says that her impression was the lights were from a balloon, which should be noted, but the photographs that she took seem to depict something other than a hot-air balloon or dirigible. View full report
Source: UFO Wisconsin Report ID: 260
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Photo of UFO over busy street in China, 1942
1942 - Tiensten, China
Young Japanese student Masujiro Kiryu, going through his fathers scrapbook of photographs fron the China Campaign, just before World War II, discovered a strange cone-shaped object in the sky above a Tsientsien Street. A number of people in the street are looking up and two are pointing up at the object. View full report
Source: Wendelle Stevens, reposted on UFOArtwork.com ID: 259
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo
McMinnville, Oregon UFO Photographs
May, 11, 1950 - McMinnville, Oregon, United States
Two of the most notorious UFO photos of all time were taken on a farm near Mcminnville by a farmer named Paul A. Trent. Beyond many such cases, these two photos have withstood the test of time--through generations of researchers. View full report
Source: STUDIOVNI ID: 258
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo
Lac Chauvet UFO Photos
July, 18, 1952 - Lac Chauvet, France
Andre Fregnale, an engineer and photographer, walked around France's Lake Chauvet taking pictures of a UFO that came out of the Northwest sky. The photographs have been scrutinized by many experts and all have found them to be real shots of a real UFO. View full report
Source: STUDIOVNI ID: 256
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo
Canadian military pilots see and photograph UFO
August, 27, 1956 - McCleod, Alberta, Canada
The witnesses were two Royal Canadian Air Force pilots who were flying in a formation of four F86 Sabre jet aircraft. One of the pilots saw a "bright light which was sharply defined and disk-shaped," that resembled "a shiny silver dollar sitting horizontal." The first pilot to notice the object took a photograph. View full report
Source: STUDIOVNI ID: 255
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Military, Pilot/Aircrew
Trindade Island Photographs
January, 16, 1958 - Trindade Island, Brazil
Trindade, a small rocky island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean 600 miles off the coast of Bahia, Brazil, was the site of one of the most impressive photographic cases in UFO history. View full report
Source: STUDIOVNI / Jerome Clark (CUFOS) ID: 254
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo, Water-Related, Military
Rex Heflin UFO Photographs
August, 3, 1965 - Santa Ana, California, United States
Rex Heflin, an Orange County highway inspector, was at work in a county vehicle at 12:37 P.M when he saw a hat-shaped (disc with dome) object hovering above the road. He grabbed his Polaroid camera and took three photographs of the metallic-appearing object and a fourth of a black "smoke ring" left behind by the object. View full report
Source: STUDIOVNI ID: 253
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo
UFO seen and photographed in Uruguay
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
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
Lago de Cote Photograph
September, 4, 1971 - Lago de Cote, Costa Rica
Photo was taken by a Costa Rican government mapping plane during an aerial mapping mission. No member of the crew stated that they saw anything unusual during the routine flight. Much analysis has been undertaken using the original negative. View full report
Source: STUDIOVNI ID: 250
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo, Pilot/Aircrew
Metallic object seen and photographed from plane
August, 4, 2003 - Gulf Of Mexico , Louisiana, United States
"Watching clouds on airplane window, notice a large object moving next to airplane almost same speed. I took my camera and take a picture and soon as possible, suddenly moved upward and when out of sight." View full report
Source: J.S. / UFOEvidence.org ID: 249
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Spherical UFO photographed by family in Mexico
July, 23, 1995 - León, Mexico
On July 23, 1995, the Mendoza family were on a vacation trip driving on the road from Aguascalientes to León, Guanajuato. At 5:20 PM, Mr. Gustavo Mendoza, Mrs. Elena Lemus and their two sons Aldo David and Gustavo Alberto suddenly had an unexpected encounter. View full report
Source: Santiago Yturria, OVNI Investigaciones MEXICO ID: 248
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Witness Photo
Point of light exploded into bright white ball of light
April, 29, 2005 - Lake City, Florida, United States
An orange streak, which disappeared five minutes or so after first being spotted, followed by two points of light. The primary point continued to the North for another 5 minutes or so before exploding into a bright white ball of light with a seemingly large circumference. View full report
Source: UFO Evidence ID: 247
Case Type: RawReport
Travis Walton Abduction Case
November, 5, 1975 - Sitgreave-Apache National Forest , Arizona, United States
In November 1975, a group of six tree-trimmers were driving home from work. The driver stopped the truck when he noticed that a flying saucer was hovering above some nearby trees. Travis Walton approached the craft. He was then knocked to the ground by a blue and white light. View full report
Source: Coral Lorenzen, APRO ID: 242
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Abduction, Polygraph Test, Witness Photo
The Vancouver Island Photograph
October, 8, 1981 - Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Hannah Mc Roberts is with her husband and their daughter on the East coast of the Vancouver Island. They take a picture of a mountain. Several days afterwards, when photographa are developed, they notice on one of the photograph that there is a discoidal object in the sky. View full report
Source: Gordon Creighton / Richard Haines ID: 241
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo
Disc-shaped object seen and photographed in Vermont
December, 2003 - (Southeast), Vermont, United States
Amatuer photographer from Connecticut was setting up his camera, when something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. It wasn't like anything he'd seen before. After recovering from the awe in seeing this, he quickly took a picture. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 239
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Multiple luminous spheres during thunderstorm
March, 23, 2005 - Clifton, Virginia, United States
The luminous spheres during the storm were described as a "very large object hovering over a nearby house about an 1/8 of a mile from our house. It was larger than the house, seemed to be at an angle to her view with the bottom exposed and had lights all around it evenly spaced." View full report
Source: Norman Gagnon (MUFON Field Investigator) / UFO Evidence ID: 238
Case Type: RawReport Features: Multiple UFOs
