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Dozens in Stephenville and Dublin, Texas report seeing large UFO
January, 8, 2008 - Stephenville, Texas, United States
Several dozen people — including a pilot, county constable and business owners — insist they have seen a large silent object with bright lights flying low and fast. Some reported seeing fighter jets chasing it. Locals swear that it was larger, quieter, faster and lower to the ground than an airplane. They also said the object's lights changed configuration, unlike those of a plane. People in several towns who reported seeing it over several weeks have offered similar descriptions of the object View full report
Source: Associated Press, January 15, 2008 ID: 1156
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Group Sighting, Witness Photo, Silent, Police, Witness Sketch, Mass Sighting
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
Disc-shaped object appears in photo in Alagamar, Brazil
November, 26, 2006 - Alagamar, Brazil
Photo taken by Roberto Di Sena, former military. He described taken the photo anytime between 08h30 and 10h00 a.m. local time, on November 26, 2006, in a location called Alagamar, periphery of the city of Natal, state of Rio Grande no Norte, Brazil. Di Sena did not observe anything unusual in the sky and took several pictures at random. View full report
Source: A. J. Gevaerd, Brazilian Center for Flying Saucer Research (CBPDV), Brazilian UFO Magazine ID: 1042
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Photo
Multiple witnesses observe disc-shaped object over Chicago O'Hare Airport
November, 7, 2006 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
At approximately 16:30 p.m. (Central) on Tuesday, November 07, 2006, Federal authorities at O'Hare Airport received a report that approximately a dozen witnesses were observing a small, round disc-shaped object, metallic in appearance, which hovered over Gate C17 at that airport. View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 958
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Rotary/Spin Motion, Pilot/Aircrew, Group Sighting, E-M Effects
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
Close-range video of saucer-shaped craft over Sarajevo, possible 'landing marks' found on ground
October, 8, 2005 - Sarajevo, Bosnia/Herzegovina
A close-range, clear video of a saucer shaped craft has been taken in Sarajevo. The UFO was captured during videotaping of some kind of news report. Witnesses are seen scrambling to see the UFO and pointing at the object. Possible landing marks from the UFO were found in another location in the city. View full report
Source: Rudolf Bosnjak ID: 601
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Physical Trace, Landing
UFO seen coming out of water and flying away in Malaysia
October, 8, 2005 - Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
What I saw looked like a strip of white wave breaking on the water surface. After about 2 minutes and maybe a thousand meter from where we first noticed it, a grey/white craft broke out of the water right were the white wave was and it continued to move in the same direction except this time it was flying in the air. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 606
Case Type: RawReport Features: Water-Related, Clergy, Witness Sketch
Villagers in Thailand witness two-foot tall 'alien' being in rice field
September, 9, 2005 - Mae Chan District, Thailand
Villagers in Thailand claimed they witnessed an "alien" or extra-terrestrial being which appeared like a small-body man with large head and about 70 centimetres tall. Over 10 residents of Huay Nam Rak Village in Mae Jan district's Tambon Janjawa said they saw the ET today morning in a rice field outside the village. View full report
Source: The Nation (Bangkok, Thailand), Sept. 9, 2005 ID: 490
Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Sketch, Group Sighting, Witness Photo
Three UFOs Photographed in Connecticut Forest
July, 20, 2005 - Cockaponset State Forest, Connecticut, United States
"They were dark oblong shapes with some lights. Nothing bright and we didn't hear any noise. They didn't move for several minutes so I was able to take a few pictures. When they left they just floated away slowly." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 398
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo, Multiple UFOs
Navy Veteran Observes Large Cigar-Shaped UFO in Exeter, NH
July, 20, 2005 - Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
There was something odd in the sky last week, something that caused a Navy veteran with 10,000 hours of flight experience to have his own close encounter. While preparing to mow his lawn, "David" saw a large cigar-shaped object hovering in the sky. He said it was about the size of two USS Nimitz aircraft carriers. View full report
Source: Exeter News-Letter (Exeter, New Hampshire), July 26, 2005 ID: 361
Case Type: PressReport Features: Portholes/Windows
Large triangular UFO photographed over Puerto Rico
May, 15, 2005 - Carolina, Puerto Rico
"I saw an immense triangular object... I can tell you [and compare it] to the size of a ball park or two enormous ball parks. It was going very slowly and passed directly over me... It made no noise whatsoever and was going slowly, very slowly, and thats when the van's engine and lights went out completely... I managed to capture the craft and photograph it. View full report
Source: Scott Corrales (INEXPLICATA - Journal of Hispanic Ufology) ID: 564
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Vehicle Interference, E-M Effects, Physiological Effects, Animal Reaction
Three Disc-Shaped UFOs Photographed in Connecticut
October, 10, 2004 - Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
"I was on a trip with my family when we stoped on this step ridge/cliff to watch the sunset. One of my sons saw the 3 metalic objects in the distance. I took a picture of them as the moved to our right. The hovered in a organized formation and traveled at varying speeds (together) stopping now and then and then quickly moving to a new spot." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 400
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Triangle Sighting and Close Encounter
October, 2, 2004 - Bristol, Tennessee, United States
Witness began hearing a deep throbbing hum and a triangular craft emerged from the treeline moving directly toward him. He stood still as the craft, estimated to be some 300 feet in length, moved over him. View full report
Source: Kim Shaffer of MUFON Tennessee ID: 135
Case Type: RawReport Features: Missing Time, Physiological Effects, Humming
Saucer-shaped object photographed in Zion National Park, Utah
September, 7, 2004 - Zion National Park, Utah, United States
"While on a road trip through Arizona and Utah on Labor Day weekend, 2004, my son and I visited several national parks. We stopped for a very brief visit in Zion National Park near Cedar City, Utah. I took 27 photographs in the park on the morning of September 7. I didn't realize that I had imaged a UFO until I was back home that evening." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 678
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Large triangular craft with three lights at each end
July, 5, 2004 - Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
"There it is coming right over the house. This thing is massive!... 3 lights (brownish orange very dim ), one at each point of the triangle, not that it is pointed but at the ends. The ends are rounded off. It seems to be a blue black color but flat no shine, almost a rough finish, a circular dome dead center of the bottom in a hexagon type enclosure. " View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (www.hbccufo.org) ID: 457
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch, Nuclear Facility
Large Oval-Shaped Object Photographed Over Lake
June, 18, 2004 - Wisconsin, United States
This photo (close-up above, full image below) was taken at our family reunion. No one noticed the object until after it was downloaded. Now these people are doctors and layers just enjoying a quiet evening at a lake in Wisconsin on June 18th of this year (2004). Thought it was interesting.......I have no idea what it is. Anyone have a guess? Mike H. Oregon View full report
Source: Coast to Coast AM ID: 401
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
The Parque Forestal (Chile) Alien Photograph
May, 10, 2004 - Parque Forestal, Santiago, Chile
Civil Engineer Germán Pereira was taking photographs of the Carabineros (state police) on horseback in the Parque Forestal of Santiago, Chile. One of the photos, after being downloaded from his digital camera, showed the image of a possible alien being. CIFAE Chile has interviewed the witness and undertaken the analysis of the photograph. View full report
Source: Germán Pereira / Corporacion de Investigacion de Fenomenos Aereos (CIFAE), Chile ID: 380
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Alien Photograph, Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Photo
UFO Caught By Oz City Worker's Digital Camera
January, 15, 2004 - Whittlesea, Australia
An employee of this major municipality during his routine work as a traffic engineer took a photograph of a level railway crossing at Beveridge north of Melbourne using a digital camera. When it was downloaded from the camera on to a computer an object appeared in the sky on photograph. View full report
Source: City of Whittlesea / UFOEvidence.org ID: 236
Case Type: PressReport 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
Rectangular object with 'man' standing inside seen through binoculars in Westerville, Ohio
October, 2003 - Westerville, Ohio, United States
My wife and I were sitting on the back porch and saw a rather large bright object in the south-eastern sky. Looking through 7x50 field glasses [binoculars], we could easily make out an object that had 5 large retangular windows, with a "man" standing inside. . My wife and I could see him clearly through the windows. He was wearing a white or, light-colored one-piece suit from the neck on down. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 935
Case Type: RawReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Sketch
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
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
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
