selected ufo cases
Europe & Russia
Multiple pilots witness large object near Guernsey, United Kingdom
April, 23, 2007 - Guernsey, United Kingdom
Two experienced airline pilots on separate flights saw something up to a mile wide off the coast of Alderney on Monday afternoon. ‘It was a very sharp, thin yellow object with a green area. It was 2,000ft up and stationary,’ one of the pilots said. "At first, I thought it was the size of a 737. But it must have been much bigger because of how far away it was. It could have been as much as a mile wide." View full report
Source: The Guernsey Press & Star - St Saviour, Jersey, - April 26, 2007 ID: 1148
Case Type: PressReport Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo, Radar, Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
Student spots oval-shaped UFO over Swindon, UK
March, 12, 2007 - Swindon, United Kingdom
On two occasions on Monday night the 17-year-old spotted strange lights in the skies over Swindon. "There was this oval-shaped object, quite bright, hanging in the sky. It was really odd. "As I turned my head to look at it, it reacted like it had been seen, and it zoomed off." Chris is confident what he saw was not an aircraft, helicopter or an astronomical object such as a shooting star. View full report
Source: This Is Wiltshire - UK, 13th December 2006 ID: 1055
Case Type: PressReport Features: Silent, Interaction/Reaction, Witness Photo
Photographs of close-range metallic object taken near Zdany, Poland
January, 8, 2006 - Zdany, Poland
A series of photographs was taken during an encounter with a metallic object by multiple witnesses near Zdany, Poland, in January 2006. Two men were returning from a wedding party when they spotted an object flying across the road. A moment later their car engine stopped, as well as the engine of another car behind them. One of the witnesses took a series of photographs. The encounter lasted at least 8 minutes, after which the car engines started with no problems. View full report
Source: Nautilus Foundation, Poland ID: 926
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Vehicle Interference
Circular object appears in photograph in Norwich, UK
November, 18, 2005 - Norwich, United Kingdom
"My husband photographed this object late last year. I had sensed it; however, the object wasn't visible at the time this photograph was taken. There were a lot of shoppers that day and the public never noticed it. It was hanging there, invisible except to the camera. It made no noise." View full report
Source: Rachel Kleypas-Sparrow / UFOEvidence.org ID: 883
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Four rows of lights flying low across road
September, 23, 2005 - Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
"The lights then came from behind the tree line and I realised that the lights were extremely close and flying low cross the road ahead. There was a black outline to the lights but I could not quite make it out. The object angled revealing 4 equal spaced rows of lights leading to a central bright white prismed light, it seemed to slow and rotate slightly across the field." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 567
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Strange phenomenon following automobile
October, 17, 2004 - Cheshire, United Kingdom
"We turned right, back into the dark countryside when it re-appeared next to the car on the left hand side , it went up into the air above the car so I opened my window and could see underneath what appeared to be two rings, one large wreath looking one [with some sort of a blue energy in it], and inside smaller plasma [but not luminous]like teardrop shapes chained together spinning and individually wobbling." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 562
Case Type: RawReport
Inverted orange triangle over the sea
August, 9, 2004 - St Agnes Beacon, United Kingdom
"We both saw an inverted red/orange triangle in the low level clouds out to sea. The object appeared for about 2 seconds and then disappeared. The object also appeared to have small spherical lights on each corner, yellow/ orange in colour." View full report
Source: Cornwall UFO Research Group ID: 453
Case Type: RawReport
Close Encounter Of The Third Kind In Poland
August, 11, 2003 - Szczecinek, Poland
An account of a close encounter of the third kind comes to us from Poland. The incident occurred on August 11, 2003. Lech Chacinski was driving down the road in the early morning hours, about 5:00 A M, when he saw three figures standing on the shoulder of the road. They wore uniforms similar to that of an astronaut View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCC UFO Research (hbccufo.org), 4-26-04 ID: 1050
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Communication, Humanoid/Occupant, Physical Trace, Witness Sketch, Witness 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
Video of close-range saucer-shaped object in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
2003 - Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria
A clear, close-range video of a saucer-shaped object spinning near a building in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria sometime in 2003. According to B. J. Booth, who eventually acquired and made public the video, it was taken by a woman, who made it available to local authorities in Bulgaria, who confiscated it from her. Luckily she had made a copy of it and placed it in the care of a friend. View full report
Source: B. J. Booth, UFO Casebook ID: 1027
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Photo, Rotary/Spin Motion, Silent
Family in car observes saucer-shaped object with lights hovering over trees, Orsay, France
February, 2, 2002 - Orsay, France
On February 2, 2002 around 7 p.m. 40, a family in the car observes a mass illuminated in the shape of saucer. This mass is of gray color with white luminous lights on its periphery. The phenomenon is stationary above the trees with a diameter estimated by the witnesses at about fifteen meters. No noise is perceived during the observation which was stopped because of the profile of the road. No explanation could be brought to this phenomenon. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1123
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Silent, Witness Sketch
Disk-Shaped Object Photographed by Military Pilot in Hungary
September, 29, 2001 - Budapest, Hungary
"A military pilot recorded a spectacular video of a silver disk object on September 29, 2001. The craft was flying to his left side and then moved very fast past him in the clouds as can be seen in the video." View full report
Source: Kal Korff / Rense.com ID: 404
Case Type: PressReport Features: Photo, Military, Pilot/Aircrew
Bright white large oval object rises above a house
January, 4, 2001 - Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
"Whilst travelling home in my car with my wife when I saw a very bright oval shaped object rise up from behind a house. Although it was very bright it did not hurt your eyes to look at it. The object was slowly rising steadily above a house in the street. I stopped my car to observe it the object then started to move off to the right with its speed increasing." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 585
Case Type: RawReport Features: Police, Witness Sketch
Large triangular-shaped object with lights observed in Paris, France
September, 7, 1997 - Paris, France
On September 7, 1997 at 01 hours 43, a witness observes from his balcony a triangular form with two blue lights and a green one which moves slowly on a rectilinear trajectory. The observation lasts 12 seconds. No noise was perceived but the witness felt vibrations in the body, and when he wanted to take a photograph, its apparatus was blocked. The dimension of the object was estimated by the witness at approximately 700 meters. The investigation did not make it possible to give an explanation to this phenomenon. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1124
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Physiological Effects, Silent
Black triangular object seen above motorway near Stirling, Scotland
July, 6, 1997 - Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Black triangular UFO seen hovering above the motorway by four passengers in a car, in Stirling, Scotland in 1997. The object had a small rectangular "bar" at one apex. The object was an equliateral (or very close) triangle with sides of possibly 30 to 40ft. The sighting took place on the M9 (M80) motorway near Stirling in Scotland, a very rural area of Scotland. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 925
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Witnesses in sailing ship observe UFO with lights in France
July, 3, 1997 - Perigny, France
In the night of July 3, 1997 at 4 a.m., a witness in his sailing ship observes an intense gleam which goes down quickly during 2 to 3 seconds, stabilizes itself a few moments before moving out again very quickly horizontally to disappear in 2 or 3 seconds approximately. The witness calls his two fellow-members who were sleeping to announce his observation to them when they are witnesses to a second phenomenon in the form of yellow rhombus ochre with lights on the tops. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1122
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Water-Related, Witness Sketch
Hungarian Photo Snapshot
October, 27, 1996 - Erpatak, Hungary
Lajos Kosina's girlfriend posed for one snapshot in her parents garden and no one noticed anything unusual in the sky at the time. Upon having the photograph developed some weeks later Lajos was surprised to see a ‘disc-shaped’ object in the sky behind his girlfriend. View full report
Source: Hungarian UFO Network (HUFON) / Philip Mantle ID: 237
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Witness Photo
CSETI expedition to Scotland - October 1996 (Triangle craft at distance)
October, 1, 1996 - Bonnybridge area, United Kingdom
On October 1,1996, a small Rapid Mobilization Investigative Team (RMIT) was activated by CSETI's director and founder, Steven Greer M.D. The team journeyed to the Bonnybridge, Scotland area - scene of continuing, persistent UFO activity since the current wave began in 1994. View full report
Source: Shari Adamiak, CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence) ID: 46
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Interaction/Reaction, Human-Initiated Contact
The Fife Incident
September, 23, 1996 - Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
The three witnesses in the car became aware of a tremendously bright white light on the ground beside a group of trees. Also observed by them at this point was an immense bright blue glow which was shining up from the ground and out through the trees. [Then] events began to take a more dramatic turn, for whilst they were all captivated by these spinning lights, Mary suddenly became aware of figures silhouetted in the lights. View full report
Source: Malcom Robinson, Flying Saucer Review ID: 52
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physiological Effects, Humanoid/Occupant
Oval-shaped objects with portholes observed in France
September, 16, 1996 - Corme Royal, France
On September 16, 1996 in the 5 hour old neighbourhoods, the witness in his car observes an ovoid [oval-shaped] machine [object] with three port-holes emitting a strong orange light. The object is stationary at an altitude of 30 to 40 meters and between 300 and 400 meters from the road. The somewhat frightened witness continues on the road and subsequently observes two identical objects higher in the sky. The objects observed were dark and their size estimated at ten meters length. No explanation was found with this close observation. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO Program) ID: 1121
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Portholes/Windows, Vehicle Encounter, Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
Dome-shaped object with lights in Pont de Salars, France
September, 12, 1996 - Pont de Salars, France
On September 12, 1996 around 8 p.m., a mother and her daughter in their car observe an object made up of an ovoid [oval-shaped] skirt [?] and a surmounted cylinder on a dome with three lights (port-holes?) sharp red. On the cylinder, a fluorescent green light turned like a gyrophare [?]. The object, silent, was suspended 4 meters off the ground and approximately ten meters from the road. Its size is estimated as two cars [size] approximately. The object disappeared at the end of a few minutes. The phenomenon observed was not explained. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1120
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Silent, Witness Sketch
Car-stop UFO encounter near Velje, Jutland (Denmark)
September, 29, 1995 - Vejle, Jutland, Denmark
A 24-year-old man was driving to visit his parents in Vejle in Jutland, Denmark, when he experienced a dramatic stopping of his car when a disc-shaped UFO with a powerful light hovered over his vehicle. The object was only 3-4 meters above the car, and he could see a number of circular lamps on the underside. After a short time the intensity of the light from the UFO diminished, and it slowly moved away and out of sight; he was able to start the car again normally. View full report
Source: Kim Moller Hansen, in Evans and Stacey (1997) ID: 733
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Vehicle Encounter, Vehicle Interference, Animal Reaction, E-M Effects
Wingless object near Norwegian airplane
July, 11, 1995 - Steinkjer, Norway
At 16.25 hours on July 11, 1995, a Dash-8 passenger plane from the Wideroe company was on route from Fornebu (Oslo) to Bronnoysund when something very strange happened over Steinkjer about 70 kilmetres north of Trondheim. The co-pilot caught sight of a flying object that moved to the right of the plane. View full report
Source: UFO Sweden ID: 54
Case Type: PressReport Features: Pilot/Aircrew
Civil Aviation Authority Report on Near Miss With UFO
January, 6, 1995 - Pennines, near Manchester, United Kingdom
What follows is the full report of the CAA's conclusions relating to a near miss between a Boeing 737 and an unknown object on 6th January 1995, while on its final approach to Manchester Airport. View full report
Source: Mike Wootten - BUFORA ID: 31
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew
