selected ufo cases
Famous / Classic / Major Cases
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 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
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
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
The Phoenix Lights
March, 13, 1997 - Phoenix, Arizona, United States
The Phoenix Lights UFO incident is a complex series of events that took place on March 13, 1997 over the states of Nevada, Arizona, and possibly New Mexico, and which would quickly become known as the "Phoenix Lights" sightings. It involved sightings by tens, or perhaps even hundreds, of thousands of witnesses on the ground, and it gave rise to a storm of controversy over what had caused the event. View full report
Source: Peter B. Davenport, Director, National UFO Reporting Center ID: 270
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Mass Sighting, Silent, Photo, Witness Sketch, Famous Person, Witness Photo
The Varginha Incident (Brazil)
January, 20, 1996 - Varginha, Brazil
In 1996 in Varginha, Brazil, during the course of several weeks at least two and perhaps as many as six alien creatures were captured or killed and turned over to American authorities, and a UFO may have crashed. Eyewitnesses described the creatures as humanoid and 3 to 4 feet tall. They had dark brown, hairless skin, big triangular heads with three short "horns" on top, and huge red eyes that were vertically oval. View full report
Source: Press release by A.J. Gevaerd, Editor of UFO Magazine (Brazil), June 12th, 1996 ID: 498
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Crash/Retrieval, Injury, Children, Witness Photo
America West Airlines Flight 564 UFO Case
May, 25, 1995 - Bovina, Texas, United States
A Boeing 757 piloted by Captain Eugene Tollefson and First Officer John J. Waller, was passing near Bovina, Texas. Captain Tollefson left his seat to look [at a line of regularly flashing lights]. As the lightning flashed behind the lights, it silhouetted something that to the observers appeared to be a large, dark, cigar shaped object between 300 and 500 feet in length. View full report
Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 225
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Radar
Kelly Cahill Abduction
August, 8, 1993 - Dandenong foothills, Australia
In August 1993, 27-year-old Kelly Cahill, her husband and three children were driving home after a visit to a friend's house. After midnight the Cahills first noticed the lights of a rounded craft with windows around it. It silently hovered above the road. Different colored lights were clearly visible on the bottom of the object. View full report
Source: Bill Chalker, International UFO Reporter, Sept/Oct 1994, Vol 19, No 5 ID: 187
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Missing Time, Abduction, Witness Photo, Portholes/Windows
