selected ufo cases

Sightings by Scientists

Cases 1 - 13 out of 13 in this section

Lockheed Engineer sees Slow-Moving, Silent Black Triangle

February, 9, 2005 - Owing Mills, Maryland, United States

Lockheed Martin software engineer, Frank Griffin, was in his backyard looking at the stars the evening of Feb. 9 when a black triangle hovering overhead caught his eye. The black triangle was at a low altitude, maybe 500 to 800 feet, with no lights, he said. View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org / W*USA 9 News, Washington, D.C., USA ID: 389

Case Type: PressReport Features: Scientist/Engineer

Metallic, egg-shaped object witnessed by Australian UFO researcher and engineer, Bill Chalker

September, 15, 1972 - Australia

Australian UFO researcher and engineer "saw what appeared to be a metallic egg-shaped object traversing the twilight sky, north to south. It was moving in a horizontal trajectory, at a speed roughly equatable to that of a low flying light plane... It had an apparent angular size at arms length of about one inch, and gave me the subjective impression of a sizeable object flying at several hundred feet." View full report

Source: Bill Chalker ID: 1069

Case Type: RawReport Features: Silent, Scientist/Engineer, Witness Photo

Three scientists see two circular UFOs with cabin on top

August, 1970 - Tanami Desert , Australia

"We saw 2 UFOs same design size with pulsing flame or lights yellowish flashing from underneath "exhaust" at about a second between each flash the distance was about only 300 yards from our position at about eye level with an above ground level altitude of only several hundred feet." View full report

Source: AUFORN (Australian UFO Research Network) - Diane Frola ID: 451

Case Type: Features: Scientist/Engineer, Multiple UFOs, Portholes/Windows

The Langenhoe Incident (Motorcyclist encounters UFO)

September, 14, 1965 - Mersea island, Essex, United Kingdom

"I could make out some sort of an outline and an enormous object spun into view, looming up large and uncanny out of the sky. It resembled the upper half of a large spinning top and was about the size of a gasometer. There appeared to be a dome on top, inside of which was flashing a strange blue light." View full report

Source: Dr. Bernard E. Finch, FSR Nov-Dec 1965 ID: 631

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humming, Sound, Physiological Effects, Animal Reaction, Scientist/Engineer, Vehicle Interference

Cigar-shaped UFO with portholes seen by Honeywell metallurgist

November, 22, 1961 - Near Grafton, Nebraska, United States

A Minneapolis Honeywell metallurgist, Melvin C. Vagle, Jr., and his wife saw a cigar-shaped UFO while driving along U.S. Highway 81. "At the lower end. . . there was a bright 'flashing white light ann at the upper end there was a steady red light. Along the length of the fuselage there was a row of square-appearing ports, illuminated with a white yellowish light." View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (original case in "The Honeywell World," Jan. 1962) ID: 644

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Scientist/Engineer, Portholes/Windows

Sighting by zoologist and UFO researcher Ivan T. Sanderson

October, 2, 1958 - Near Blairstown, New Jersey, United States

Shortly after 5:00 p.m., noted Zoologist Ivan T. Sanderson observed a disc- shaped UFO maneuvering over the Delaware Water Gap. The flat disc looped back and forth, appearing sometimes edge-on (as a very thin line), sometimes oval to circular. It vanished once, but quickly reappeared, and continued its rapid gyrations, finally speeding away to the west. View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall (1964) ID: 643

Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Scientist/Engineer, Witness Sketch

Engineer observes lens-shaped disc in New York

October, 1954 - Cherry Valley, New York, United States

"It seemed to be a large disc or lens-shaped object, and in comparison with the objects below I estimated it to be perhaps 30 or 35 feet in diameter... It was moving like a wheel sliding sidewise and not rotating, and in perspective presented an elliptical appearance such as any circular object would when viewed from an anglel...The color was gray." View full report

Source: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, 1964 (NICAP) ID: 1096

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Silent, Scientist/Engineer

Two disc-shaped UFOs seen by marine engineer in Holland

August, 7, 1952 - Kerkrade, Netherlands

On the night of August 6-7, 1952, Will Jansen, a marine engineer and designer, was visiting in Kerkrade, Holland. Just after midnight a disc-shaped craft with visible superstructure swooped down to low altitude, hovered, zigzagged and sped away. A second disc-shaped UFO, similar in outline, was then seen hovering farther away. Finally it tilted up vertically and shot up out of sight. View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (from letter to CSI of Los Angeles) ID: 647

Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Scientist/Engineer, Multiple UFOs

Engineer and others observe manuevering object in California

May, 13, 1952 - National City, California, United States

From the witness: "To the naked eye the object appeared as a sphere of about 1/16 inch diameter... Through the [6 power] telescope the object presented a larger disc but the brightness did not appreciably increase... In level flight the object seemed to dart from side to side in an oscillating motion without diminishing of forward speed...Its dive from an extreme altitude at possibly meteoric speed, its deceleration, leveling off, and circle of the city twice indicate that it arrived from interplanetary space and was under intelligent control." View full report

Source: Richard Hall, UFO Evidence, 1964 (NICAP - National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon) ID: 1097

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Group Sighting, Scientist/Engineer, Silent

Scientist Reports Sighting Disc

April, 25, 1952 - San Jose, California, United States

Directly over a building across the street was a small, metallic-looking disc, tilted at about a 20 degree angle and rotating around a vertical axis, wobbling "like the motion of a disc in a water meter". The distance was estimated to be about 50 ft, and the disc appeared to be 4-5 feet in diameter View full report

Source: NICAP, Dr. James McDonald ID: 34

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Scientist/Engineer

Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh UFO Sighting (Astronomer Who Discovered Pluto)

August, 20, 1949 - Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States

Clyde Tombaugh was the American astronomer who discovered the planet Pluto. On August 20, 1949, he observed a UFO that appeared as a geometrically arranged group of six-to-eight rectangles of light, window-like in appearance and yellowish-green in color, which moved from northwest to southeast over Las Cruces, New Mexico. View full report

Source: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia ID: 355

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Scientist/Engineer, Astronomer, Famous Person, Witness Photo

Maneuvering elliptical UFO seen by trained observers at White Sands Proving Ground

April, 24, 1949 - White Sands Proving Ground , New Mexico, United States

"The object was an ellipsoid about 2-1/2 times as long as it was wide. It had a length of about .02 degrees subtended angle and was gleaming white in color. It did not have metallic or reflected shine. Toward the underside near the tail, the gleaming white became a light yellow. The object was seen under conditions of a cloudless sky and no haze. It left no vapor trail or exhaust. View full report

Source: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, 1964 (NICAP - National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon) ID: 1095

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Sound, Group Sighting, Scientist/Engineer

Edmund Halley, discoverer of Halley's Comet, sees UFO in 1676

March, - United Kingdom

Edmund Halley, the astronomer who discovered Haley's comet, could recall two accounts involving unidentified crafts. His first experience was in March of 1676, when he saw a, as he said, "Vast body apparently bigger than the moon." View full report