selected ufo cases
North America (including Mexico)
Disc Seen Over Cloverdale Elementary School
April, 22, 2000 - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Three brothers were playing soccer with two friends at Cloverdale School, when one looked up in the clear sky and noticed a disk-shaped object that was silently moving in an easterly direction. The black or dark blue disk had white domes on top and bottom. It View full report
Source: Gord Heath, UFO*BC ID: 346
Case Type: RawReport Features: Children
UFO Encounter at Little Fox Lake, Yukon
March, 30, 2000 - Little Fox Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada
Witnesses saw a 30 to 40ft diameter saucer, hovering about 200 ft off the ground! . It was a classic disc shape with a dome on top. The dome had two curved windows or lights from which a blue light was shining. The car headlights dimmed and their tape deck stopped playing. Their watches stopped functioning. View full report
Source: Martin Jasek ID: 115
Case Type: StandardCase Features: E-M Effects, Vehicle Interference, Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
Large oval-shaped craft with blue 'ionized' gas on rear flying slowly over highway
January, 7, 2000 - Busch Wildlife Area, Missouri, United States
"Saw craft appear out of darkness when cloud of ionized gas, or corona effect, appeared at back end of craft. The blue corona lasted for about 3 or 4 seconds. Craft was moving slowly westward, at altitude of 500 to 1000 feet. Back end of craft was approx. 60 to 100 feet across, and 15 to 30 feet high." View full report
Source: ufoevidence.org ID: 800
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Illinois Triangle UFO Sighting (by multiple police officers)
January, 5, 2000 - Illinois, United States
This famous UFO case involved the sighting of a huge unidentified triangular-shaped UFO by police officers and others in the early morning hours of January 5, 2000, over the state of Illinois. The officers, from a number of small Illinois towns, were able to track the unknown object and maintain radio contact with each other during the event. Their in-depth testimonies have been fully documented by investigators. View full report
Source: David B. Marler, Illinois State Director, MUFON Journal No. 383 (March 2000) ID: 277
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Police, Polygraph Test, Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
Formation of three black triangle craft hovering over Los Angeles
2000 - Los Angeles, California, United States
"I was driving with my then girlfriend late one afternoon before sunset... I had to lean forward to be able to see up through the windshield to observe 3 identical black triangular objects... The objects were motionless and we could not hear any noise from the objects... The objects were in a loose triangle formation separated from each other by a distance of approximately 5 times their individual width." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 899
Case Type: RawReport Features: Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
Low-flying, slow-moving triangle object passes over house
2000 - Newtown Square, California, United States
"We stood in our driveway as they passed directly over us, moving very slowly. The objects were the shape of an equilateral triangle with large round lights on each of the three tips. The closeness of the objects and the light polution of the suburb allowed us to see the shape of the object beyond the illuminated tips." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 391
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Long, tube-like object with small lights flying behind
August, 8, 1999 - Makena Beach, Maui, Hawaii, United States
"It was shaped like an eight-sided object---but long tube like... there was a break in the object, and then there was a second (same 8 sided shape tube) closely behind it. As it passed I saw many darting lights flying around the end of the object. It seemed to be translucent... meaning we could see though it, but it had lights all along the six-sided shape" View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 470
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
The Washington State Elk Abduction
February, 25, 1999 - Cascade Mountains, Near Mt. St. Helens, Washington, United States
A team of forestry workers allegedly had been witness to an incident on Thursday, February 25, 1999, during which time an elk was lifted off the ground and carried away by a very peculiar, disc-shaped object. View full report
Source: National UFO Reporting Center ID: 14
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Animal Reaction, Witness Photo, Group Sighting
