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selected ufo cases
Cases by Decade: 1970s
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November, 9, 1979 - Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom
Forester encounters mine-like entities in Scotland (the Dechmont Woods Encounter)
Robert Taylor, a forester from West Lothian, Scotland, encountered a strange object and equally strange smaller objects or "entities". The rounded larger object, 20 feet in diameter, hovered above the ground. Then, two small objects, which were round but had appendages, "rushed" toward him. These objects each attached itself to one (each) of his trouser legs and tugged him towards the larger object, at which time Taylor lost consciousness. Ground marks were discovered at the scene of the encounter.
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Source: APRO, July 1980 ID:682
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Landing, Humanoid/Occupant, Smell/Odor, Physical Trace, Witness Photo
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September, 6, 1979 - Ingolstadt, Germany
Star-shaped objects observed for several nights over Ingolstadt, Germany
Star-shaped objects were observed for several nights in September 1979 over the city of Ingolstadt. Since that time members of MUFON-CES, the German UFO research organization, have interviewed several flight controllers, a dozen police officers and numerous other witnesses. They have also analyzed photographs and radar recordings that where made on film.
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Source: Illobrand von Ludwiger / MUFON-CES, (1998) ID:653
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Group Sighting, Police, Pilot/Aircrew
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April, 13, 1979 - Maringa , Brazil
UFO Abduction at Maringa (Jardim Alvorada Affair)
The Jardim Alvorada Affair is the study of a UFO abduction involving sexual relations and dialogue with the crew of a UFO. The case was investigated by the Center for Flying Saucer Research. The investigation included a number of interviews with the two main witnesses, who are brothers, and then hypnotic regression sessions, which were carried out by Dr. Oswaldo Alves, an MD.
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Source: A. J. Gevaerd ID:1033
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Abduction, Physiological Effects
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April, 1979 - Earth orbit, enroute to Soviet Solyut 6 Space Station,
Soviet Cosmonaut shadowed by UFO in Earth orbit
In April of 1979, Cosmonaut Victor Afanasyev lifted off from Star City to dock with the Soviet Solyut 6 space station. But while en route, something strange happened. Cosmonaut Afanasyev saw an unidentified object turn toward his craft and begin tailing it through space.
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Source: Sightings TV ID:392
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Astronaut/Space, Witness Photo
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March, 27, 1979 - Oak Bluffs , Massachusetts, United States
Do UFOs Correct Calendar Watches?
Apparently in contact with the water, was a luminous green cylinder with rounded ends at a distance estimated at about 200 feet.
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Source: Joseph Nyman, Mass. MUFON Chief Investigator, Mass. MUFON ID:4
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Water-Related
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March, 16, 1979 - Suonenjoki, Finland
Mini-UFOs and Metal Pieces in Finland
Suddenly Jarmo heard a humming sound obliquely from behind. He turned around. At an altitude of about two meters he saw a bell-shaped mini-UFO. Now he started taking photos of the UFO. It radiated blue light and moved forward descending and ascending. After having taken five photos he started walking toward the UFO. Then the UFO disappeared.
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Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 28, No. 5, Nov. 1979 ID:410
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Photo, Physical Trace, Artifact, Humming
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March, 1979 - Monroe, North Carolina, United States
Monroe, NC man is abducted and has meeting with occupant of craft
In March 1979, Pat Eudy was driving home when he saw a bright light in the sky, after which his memory went blank, leaving a "missing time" of about three hours. A session with a psychologist allowed Eudy to reconstruct what happened. "[I remember being on] board (a UFO) and seeing an astronaut in a suit," Eudy said. The being stood about 5 feet tall..." Eudy asked a lot of questions about how the craft worked, and he was strapped to a chair where possible tests were performed.
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Source: Monroe Enquirer-Journal (Monroe, North Carolina), 9/27/81 ID:938
Case Type: PressReport
Features: Abduction, Missing Time
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January, 3, 1979 - Hialeah, Florida, United States
Filiberto Cardenas Abduction and Contact Case
In January 3, 1979 a Cuban exile Filiberto Cardenas was abducted in front of his family. Later, he had an encounter introducing his wife to the entities. This may be the first case on record where the original abductee was able to successfuly introduce another person into the contact events and to actually take them aboard a UFO with them.
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Source: Albert Rosales, Humanoid Catalog (1979 Reports) ID:695
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Abduction, Contact, Water-Related, Communication, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
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1979 - Santa Clarita Valley, California, United States
Large disc-shaped craft with dome flies low over couple's home
From the witness: "I saw a craft approaching the house... it was directly over our house and pool. It was approximately 75-100 feet above us... The craft was about 75-100 feet or less in diameter. It had small porthole and lights around it in the upper dome section, it was solid, metallic and shiny. There was a dome above it and attached to the body with no visible separation, as if it were molded as one solid craft."
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Source: UFOEvidence.org / Brian Vike, HBCCUFO ID:1035
Case Type: RawReport
Features: Silent, Portholes/Windows, Body Lights
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December, 12, 1978 - Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Two police officers in UK encounter UFO (researcher Tony Dodd's sighting)
At 4:30 a.m., a lonely police patrol car was driving on a remote country road along the Cononley Moor. In the car were Sgt. Anthony Dodd and Constable Alan Dale. They saw a bright white light that seemed to be diving towards them in a glide. a big shining disc which flew over their heads at a speed of about 40 mph. At its closest, it was hardly 100 feet away from them, so that they could see a number of details. "It was a huge thing, about 100 feet in diameter, and it made no noise whatsoever."
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Source: Michael Hesemann ID:662
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Police, Body Lights, Silent, Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo
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November, 26, 1978 - Clarenville, Newfoundland, Canada
Cigar‑shaped object with curved tail seen by several, including police officer
"Both Mr. Lethbridge and Constable Blackwood describe the same thing: A cigar‑shaped object with a curved tail, in the sky with blue, red and yellow flashing lights. It ranged from about thirty‑five to forty feet in diameter and hovered approximately five hundred feet above sea level with no movement. "
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Source: Lee Tizzard - Brian Vike, HBCCUFO.org ID:583
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Police, Witness Sketch, Communication
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November, 24, 1978 - Gerena, Seville, Spain
Landed UFO and humanoid encountered by four hunters in Spain
The four witnesses were hunting in the early morning hours near the Guadiamar River, when they encountered a landed object with a humanoid being standing next to it. The UFO looked like a large earthen jar, upside down, with a red light on top. The being seemed strong and tall (some 2 meters or taller), and had on a dark-colored helmet and silvery body suit. The witnesses become frightened when the humanoid approached them, and they left the area running.
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Source: Ignacio Darnaude, APRO, Sept. 1979 ID:681
Case Type: StandardCase
Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Physical Trace
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October, 21, 1978 - Bass Strait , Australia
The Valentich Mystery
It was the extraordinary disappearance of pilot Frederick Valentich (left) over Bass Strait on October 21st, 1978, that thrust the subject of UFOs into the news headlines around the world. The Valentich mystery has endured as an insoluble enigma.
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Source: Bill Chalker ID:24
Case Type: MajorCase
Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo
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August, 1978 - Phelan, California, United States
US Air Force personnel witness 3 large oval shaped craft in Mojave desert
"Myself and other witnesses were F4-Phantom Weapons Control Technicians in the USAF. First large oval rises up from directly behind mountains due east from me. Motion is slow, floating like a blimp or balloon. Second identical object then began to rise just to the left of the first object. Third identical looking object then began to rise just to right of first object."
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Source: UFOEvidence.org ID:802
Case Type: RawReport
Features: Military
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July, 28, 1978 - Tranquillity, California, United States
Pilot sighting of glowing orange sphere in Tranquillity, California
From the witness: "That sighting of 28 July made a very deep and lasting impression. I can still see the glowing orange, flattened sphere as vividly in my mind as it appeared on that early morning many years ago. I have no doubt that the device (or whatever it was) was real - there is absolutely no way that it could have been a product of my imagination."
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Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org) ID:1056
Case Type: RawReport
Features: Pilot/Aircrew
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June, 15, 1978 - Mancelona, Michigan, United States
Metallic, saucer-shaped object with loud 'humming' sound over Michigan farmland
From the witness: "I looked up and saw the object, hovering, over the field behind our house. I estimate it was no farther than 250 yards away from me, hovering about 200 to 300 feet in the air. It was metallic and disk-shaped...and all along the rim it exhibited colors changing from red-orange-white-blue... it was [making] a loud-vibrating-humming low pitched tone..."
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Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reportin Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID:1067
Case Type: RawReport
Features: Humming
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