selected ufo cases
Cases with Multiple Witnesses
UFO lands to repair hole in its hull (Transvaal, South Africa)
March, 30, 1995 - Transvaal, South Africa
When a local farmer from Groot Marico in the western Transvaal plains region first observed the saucer-shaped object on Thursday morning, he noticed that it had a distinctly visible hole in its hull. The farmer, Mr. Jan Pienaar (45), is of the opinion that this "vehicle" landed on a remote country road between Coligny and Brakspruit to have its damaged hull repaired. However, his arrival probably prompted the "vehicle's" hasty retreat and rapid ascent into the sky. View full report
Source: Afrikaanse Sonntagzeitung Rapport (South Africa), Apr. 2, 1995 ID: 713
Case Type: PressReport Features: Landing, Vehicle Interference, Portholes/Windows, Physiological Effects, Physical Trace, Smell/Odor
Close Encounters of the 5th Kind in Monterrey, Mexico
December, 1994 - Monterrey, Mexico
The following is an account of events that occurred during a CSETI investigative team activation to Monterrey, Mexico in Decemer of 1994. - Witnesses saw a large disc with a sloped dome on top. View full report
Source: Shari Adamiak, CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) ID: 44
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction, Humanoid/Occupant, Human-Initiated Contact
Triangle-shaped object with lights hovers above, then follows car in Selestat France
October, 30, 1994 - Selestat, France
The car leaves the city quickly but a little further finds the phenomenon in front of the vehicle: a triangle with the same type of light on the circumference came to be added to the circle. The triangle is equilateral 10 side meters approximately and altitude from 10 to 15 meters. The phenomenon accompanied the vehicle which ran to approximately 80 km/h while adapting at the speed and that on several km. During a change of direction the object accelerated and moved away. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1117
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Vehicle Encounter, Body Lights, Witness Sketch
African Schoolchildren See Landed UFO and Occupant (Ariel School Sighting in Ruwa, Zimbabwe)
September, 16, 1994 - Ruwa, Zimbabwe
On 14th September, 1994, a UFO streaked across the sky over Southern Africa. Two days later, something landed in a schoolyard in Ruwa, Zimbabwe, with three or four things beside it, according to journalist Cynthia Hind. This was witnessed by 62 schoolchildren, who had little or no exposure to TV or popular press accounts of UFOs. Cynthia Hind interviewed them the day after the encounter and made them draw pictures of what they had seen. View full report
Source: Cynthia Hind, UFO AFRINEWS 1994 ID: 127
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Children, Group Sighting, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
Ex-airline pilot has close encounter with dome-shaped UFO in Brazil
May, 6, 1994 - Guarantingueta, Brazil
I could see the shape of the object and it was the familiar "flying saucer" dome shaped object. I walked two hundred feet on the side of the road towards the object which was hovering low, no sound came from it... The object was quite large and I estimated it to be at least 70 feet in diameter and about 30 feet high. It was just hovering in the air at about 120-150 feet high." View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org) ID: 1115
Case Type: RawReport Features: Silent, Humming, E-M Effects, Body Lights, Group Sighting
Air France Flight 3532 sighting of brown-red disk-shaped object
January, 28, 1994 - Paris, France
While flying over the Paris region, the crew noticed a large brown-red disk hovering on the horizon and constantly changing shape. From the pilot: "This object seemed to us then absolutely abnormal by its size which seemed immense, its dark red color and of the fuzzy edges. I had the impression to observe a gigantic lens in evolution. It did not resemble anything we had seen in our flying careers. " View full report
Source: UFOCOM (Credit: Ufologie.net - Patrick Gross) ID: 1062
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo
Luminous rectangular object with lights in Nouzonville, France
January, 9, 1994 - Nouzonville, France
On January 9, 1994 about 19:30 a young woman and her friend in the car observe a luminous rectangular form in the sky. Having stopped their vehicle, they observe this form which is illuminated with white and red lights. Having lost sight of the object, they go in the car to find a better point of observation. Again stopped, the young woman observes an oval-shaped form with the same red and white lights which then seems to come in its direction. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (Official French government UFO program) ID: 1118
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Vehicle Encounter, Silent, Witness Sketch
Round object with rotating lights around edge
July, 1993 - Clarendon, Texas, United States
"I saw an round flying object in plain view in the night sky around 2am. It was close enough to see round lights around the edges and the lights were rotating in one direction. The ufo was traveling at a low speed and close enough to notice it was not a human made object. There was no engine noise." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 808
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Body Lights
UFO encounter in Germany, witnesses experience paralysis
March, 9, 1993 - Braunschweig , Germany
"Through the bedroom window, we saw a bright round shining object stationary at a height of some 10 metres or so above the birch trees to the east... it was now immediately quite clear to me that I was looking at an unknown flying object... we could see its shape absolutely clearly." View full report
Source: Dr. Peter Hattwig, German UFO Investigation Group DEGUFO, in FSR, Winter, 1996 ID: 611
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch, Physiological Effects, Physical Trace, Animal Reaction, Humming
Two police officers have dogfight with UFO during helicopter patrol
February, 27, 1993 - Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
Two Jefferson County air unit police officers — described by their lieutenant as "solid guys" — swear they had a two-minute dogfight with a UFO during a routine helicopter patrol Friday night. Two officers on the ground said they, too, spotted the object. The UFO — a glowing pear-shaped object about the size of a basketball — literally flew circles around the helicopter, even though the fliers say they were moving at speeds approaching 100 mph. View full report
Source: Gardiner Harris, Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Mar. 4, 1993 ID: 764
Case Type: PressReport Features: Police, Pilot/Aircrew, Interaction/Reaction, Witness Photo
CSETI Investigative Team in Mexico
January, 30, 1993 - Mexico
Convinced that a truly significant Extraterrestrial event was continuing in the volcanic zone of Mexico, CSETI's Director activated the RMIT to investigate directly these events. View full report
Source: Steven M. Greer M.D. International Director of CSETI ID: 47
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Interaction/Reaction, Human-Initiated Contact, Portholes/Windows
CSETI Mexico City Sightings - 1993 (Large triangle craft observed)
1993 - Mt. Popocatapetl, Mexico
In 1993 Dr. Steven Greer, director of the Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence (CSETI), led a Rapid Mobilization Investigative Team (RMIT) to Mexico to study the ongoing wave of UFO sightings there. A large triangular shaped craft with a white light at each corner and a red beacon in the center was observed. View full report
Source: Dr. Joseph Burkes, CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) ID: 45
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Interaction/Reaction, E-M Effects, Human-Initiated Contact, Portholes/Windows
Triangular, double-V shaped object seen by 3 people in Almunécar, Spain
August, 1992 - Almunécar, Granada/Andalusia, Spain
Three people were on a beach at Almunécar, in South Spain, at around 2 a.m., when they saw a triangular flying object, with a kind of bright "V" ( 2 of them) in the direction on the flight - just like two boomerangs fliying one behind each other, with the peak fordwards. It flew over their heads, without a sound, and disappeared with a "shining". The sighting lasted for about 10 seconds. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 930
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Silent
Grangemouth Electric UFO Photo
November, 12, 1991 - Grangemouth , United Kingdom
From the witness: "We watched it hover for around five minutes. It was then that we noticed that the 'craft' wasn't making any noise. Normally, if it was a helicopter, we would have heard the blades. It then turned around and faced our direction. At the point of the photograph, it was about 200 to 300 feet directly above us. It was then that we heard the light 'pulsing hum' of the object." View full report
Source: Malcolm Robinson, SPI (Strange Phenomena Investigations), England. ID: 1047
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Humming, Body Lights
Petit-Rechain, Belgium triangle UFO photograph
April, 1990 - Petit-Rechain, Belgium
Photo of a triangle UFO taken during the 1989-1990 Belgium UFO wave, during which many people observed large triangle craft. The photo was allegedly made at the beginning of April 1990 (4 or 7 probably). The photographer's girl friend saw the object and gave him notice. Limited details are available about the sighting or the photographer. View full report
Source: Mark Cashman (temporaldoorway.com) ID: 1126
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Body Lights
'Arrowhead triangle' with lights during night launch of Space Shuttle
November, 22, 1989 - Cooper City, Florida, United States
"My wife and I observed a very large, dark triangle (arrowhead shaped) flying low from east to west. It was completely silent. We counted seven (7) circular white lights on the underside. The triangle craft was moving at a high rate of speed, surrounded by a white haze." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 577
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Large 'V'-Shaped UFO encounter with US Navy nuclear submarine; electromagnetic effects
October, 24, 1989 - Florida, United States
From the witness: "My ship was on patrol about 150 miles of the Florida coast. We were cruising at about 500 feet when the submarine started experiencing electronics problems.... I saw a large inverted V-shaped UFO off the port side....This huge vessel was over a half mile across. The UFO made a half circle around our ship then passed across the stern..." View full report
Source: George Filer (MUFON Eastern Director), Filer's Files #43-1998, 10-30-98 ID: 1110
Case Type: RawReport Features: Military, Water-Related, E-M Effects
Belgium Triangle UFO Sightings
October, 1989 - Belgium
From October 1989 throughout 1990, hundreds of reports of lighted objects, frequently described as enormous and triangular in shape were recorded in Belgium. Air Force supersonic F-16 jets chased these strange objects, which were simultaneously tracked by both airborne and ground radars. The Belgian Government cooperated fully with civilian UFO investigators, an action without precedent in the history of government involvement in this field. View full report
Source: Don Berliner ID: 1125
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Body Lights, Military, Mass Sighting, Witness Sketch, Radar, Police
Voronezh, Russia UFO Landing and Aliens
September, 27, 1989 - Voronezh, Russian Federation
The story of the Voronezh aliens recounts the adventures of several young children who claimed to have seen a three-eyed alien with a robot escort. The alien was said to be about nine foot tall. The craft, according to eye witness testimony, landed on the outskirts of the city. Shortly thereafter, the tall alien appeared, and upon seeing the young lad, shot a type of weapon at him, causing him to vanish before the eyes of the other people around him. View full report
Source: UFO Casebook / other sources ID: 120
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Physical Trace, Physiological Effects, Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Children, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
UFO hovers over Russian military base near nuclear test site of Kapustin Yar
July, 28, 1989 - Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
In 1989, at a military base near the nuclear test site of Kapustin Yar, members of two army units noticed a UFO which hovered for hours over the arsenal of the base. The KGB files contained the handwritten reports of the sighting. It flew over the stores of the unit and moved in the direction of the missile arsenal. When it hovered over the arsenal, a bright ray appeared on its underside. View full report
Source: Michael Hesemann, 1998 ID: 663
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Nuclear Facility, Light Beam, Witness Sketch
Space Case: The Night the Coast Guard Got Buzzed
March, 4, 1988 - Lake Erie, Ohio, United States
This incident involves a football shaped object, "larger than the Goodyear blimp," which released up to a half dozen triangular shaped lights and objects, some of them fyling towards the Perry nuclear power plant and Eastlake coal burning plant. View full report
Source: UFOs at Close Sight (Patrick Gross) ID: 8
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Multiple UFOs, Nuclear Facility
Knowles Family UFO Encounter in Mundrabilla, Australia
January, 21, 1988 - Mundrabilla , Australia
The Mundrabilla incident of a few years ago received much media publicity. The Knowles described how the UFO shot over their car and lifted it off the road. Their voices changed in pitch, the family dog in the car went crazy, and the car started shaking. The news media described the incident as a 'UFO attack' and reported that the car was covered by strange dust. View full report
Source: UFO Research Queensland (Australia) ID: 1090
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Vehicle Encounter, Physiological Effects, Animal Reaction, Vehicle Interference, Physical Trace, Humming, Light Beam
Cone-shaped object with light beam in Farmville, NC
1987 - Farmville, North Carolina, United States
From the witness: "I grabbed the binoculars and looked at it. This time I could see a distinct shape. It was like an ice-cream cone pointing upward. The flat part of the cone was facing the earth. On the back of the cone was what looked like a small hull or house or hut of some kind. It was about a fifth of the size of the cone itself. Out of this hut came a very faint blue light. It passed directly over our heads at about 15 MPH. That’s how slow it was going." View full report
Source: UFOCasebook.com (B.J. Booth, editor) ID: 1059
Case Type: RawReport Features: Light Beam, Vehicle Encounter
Large Triangular Craft Doing Unusual Maneuvers
February, 1986 - Franklin, North Carolina, United States
"The outline of the craft was indistinct but the mass blocked the stars and sky while it passed overhead. It was totally silent....It was no more than about 300 feet up and moving at a crawl, maybe 10 mph, it was massive and approximately 100 yards (300 feet) in-between each light... As the craft moved over us, it performed an amazing feat!... it stopped and turned up on its axis and cart wheeled off into the eastern sky!" View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org) ID: 1114
Case Type: RawReport Features: Body Lights, Silent
