selected ufo cases
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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
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
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
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
Unknown Object Seen and Photographed in Turkey
1998 - Yamanlar Mountain Peak, near Karagol , Turkey
"For at least a hundred times," Cem Arat and Mehmet Safak returned to the site at the Yamanlar Mountain Peak near Karagol, where they saw and photographed a strange object in February 1996. This time another UFO showed up. They shot a lot of pictures, but the object was moving so fast, that they caught it on only two. View full report
Source: Michael Hesemann ID: 402
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo
Mexico City 1997 UFO Video
August, 6, 1997 - Mexico City, Mexico
In September 1997, [Mexican TV host and UFO researcher] Jaime Maussan received a very special package. Someone had sent him a video tape, in itself nothing remarkable. But when he played the tape on his video recorder, it took his breath away. For the anonymously sent recording showed nothing but points of light and sky - except for a large, metallic, structured, rotating disk, which maneuvered in broad daylight over Mexico City, with a dateline of 6 August 1997. View full report
Source: Michael Hesemann (2000) ID: 864
Case Type: StandardCase Features: 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
