selected ufo cases
All Cases: Sorted by Date Posted
Dark, metallic disk observed over San Francisco Bay, California
November, 5, 2006 - Tiburon, California, United States
From the witness: "We own some fairly high power binoculars so I quickly retrieved them and attempted to fix my gaze on the object in question... I could see the object clearly. It was a perfectly round dark colored disk (flat, no bulges) and it was in constant motion doing gentle and slow “figure eights” tilting and banking and turning slowly. There were no markings on the exterior, no exhaust ports, no lines or markings of any type... the object appeared to be about 30 to 50 feet wide... I guess that the object had a metallic exterior surface." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 1132
Case Type: RawReport Features: Silent
'Barbell'-shaped object near highway in Wakeeney, Kansas
November, 24, 2006 - Wakeeney , Kansas, United States
Witness, with electronics background, observed while driving, "an object which I can best describe as two spheres about 20 feet or so in diameter, connected to each other by some type of rectangular device, dimensions unknown.... I could also not visualize any portholes, antennas, doors or other openings or protrusions. My bearing to the craft I am estimating to be 35 feet AGL (above ground level) and about 35 to 50 feet horizontally from my vehicle." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 1131
Case Type: RawReport
White ball of light doing maneuvers over ocean, Myrtle Beach, SC
February, 2, 2007 - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
"I saw something that was definitely not an airplane, or a seagull, or refracted light from Venus through swamp gas... It was a small, faint and hazy white light... It's path, from when I first noticed it started out parallel to the earth and traveled like this for maybe 5 seconds. Then almost a 90 degree turn at what seemed to be straight up, then another sharp degree of turn up and away at an angle, then another turn at a downward angle, and yet another at a down and backwards angle." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 1130
Case Type: RawReport
Silver saucer-shaped object hovering motionless over Grayslake, IL
January, 17, 2007 - Grayslake, Illinois, United States
Silver saucer/disk shaped object hovering in the sky completely motionless at about 6000 feet. "It appeared about ½" in size [relative/angular] as I watched through the windshield. The object was saucer-disk shaped and very silver, the sky was clear and its definition crisp, no movement at all; it appeared as if someone held up a silver plate in the sky... it was close enough to plainly see it was not any recognizable aircraft or a balloon, it was a silver saucer. View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 1129
Case Type: RawReport
Dark-black triangle-shaped object with bright lights over Bowdoinham, ME
February, 1, 2007 - Bowdoinham, Maine, United States
The object that I saw was on the opposite side of the highway, hovering perfectly still about 10-20ft above the tree line, which would make it about 50-60 feet in the air. The object itself was an equilateral triangle approximately 15-20ft on the side. At each point, on the underside, was an almost painfully bright bluewhite light. The object was perfectly still, and made no sounds that I could hear. View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), (Peter Davenport, Director) ID: 1128
Case Type: RawReport Features: Body Lights, Silent
Petit-Rechain, Belgium triangle UFO photograph
April, 1990 - Petit-Rechain, Belgium
Photo of a triangle UFO taken during the 1989-1990 Belgium UFO wave, during which many people observed large triangle craft. The photo was allegedly made at the beginning of April 1990 (4 or 7 probably). The photographer's girl friend saw the object and gave him notice. Limited details are available about the sighting or the photographer. View full report
Source: Mark Cashman (temporaldoorway.com) ID: 1126
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Body Lights
Belgium Triangle UFO Sightings
October, 1989 - Belgium
From October 1989 throughout 1990, hundreds of reports of lighted objects, frequently described as enormous and triangular in shape were recorded in Belgium. Air Force supersonic F-16 jets chased these strange objects, which were simultaneously tracked by both airborne and ground radars. The Belgian Government cooperated fully with civilian UFO investigators, an action without precedent in the history of government involvement in this field. View full report
Source: Don Berliner ID: 1125
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Body Lights, Military, Mass Sighting, Witness Sketch, Radar, Police
Large triangular-shaped object with lights observed in Paris, France
September, 7, 1997 - Paris, France
On September 7, 1997 at 01 hours 43, a witness observes from his balcony a triangular form with two blue lights and a green one which moves slowly on a rectilinear trajectory. The observation lasts 12 seconds. No noise was perceived but the witness felt vibrations in the body, and when he wanted to take a photograph, its apparatus was blocked. The dimension of the object was estimated by the witness at approximately 700 meters. The investigation did not make it possible to give an explanation to this phenomenon. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1124
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Physiological Effects, Silent
Family in car observes saucer-shaped object with lights hovering over trees, Orsay, France
February, 2, 2002 - Orsay, France
On February 2, 2002 around 7 p.m. 40, a family in the car observes a mass illuminated in the shape of saucer. This mass is of gray color with white luminous lights on its periphery. The phenomenon is stationary above the trees with a diameter estimated by the witnesses at about fifteen meters. No noise is perceived during the observation which was stopped because of the profile of the road. No explanation could be brought to this phenomenon. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1123
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Silent, Witness Sketch
Witnesses in sailing ship observe UFO with lights in France
July, 3, 1997 - Perigny, France
In the night of July 3, 1997 at 4 a.m., a witness in his sailing ship observes an intense gleam which goes down quickly during 2 to 3 seconds, stabilizes itself a few moments before moving out again very quickly horizontally to disappear in 2 or 3 seconds approximately. The witness calls his two fellow-members who were sleeping to announce his observation to them when they are witnesses to a second phenomenon in the form of yellow rhombus ochre with lights on the tops. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1122
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Water-Related, Witness Sketch
Oval-shaped objects with portholes observed in France
September, 16, 1996 - Corme Royal, France
On September 16, 1996 in the 5 hour old neighbourhoods, the witness in his car observes an ovoid [oval-shaped] machine [object] with three port-holes emitting a strong orange light. The object is stationary at an altitude of 30 to 40 meters and between 300 and 400 meters from the road. The somewhat frightened witness continues on the road and subsequently observes two identical objects higher in the sky. The objects observed were dark and their size estimated at ten meters length. No explanation was found with this close observation. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO Program) ID: 1121
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Portholes/Windows, Vehicle Encounter, Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
Dome-shaped object with lights in Pont de Salars, France
September, 12, 1996 - Pont de Salars, France
On September 12, 1996 around 8 p.m., a mother and her daughter in their car observe an object made up of an ovoid [oval-shaped] skirt [?] and a surmounted cylinder on a dome with three lights (port-holes?) sharp red. On the cylinder, a fluorescent green light turned like a gyrophare [?]. The object, silent, was suspended 4 meters off the ground and approximately ten meters from the road. Its size is estimated as two cars [size] approximately. The object disappeared at the end of a few minutes. The phenomenon observed was not explained. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1120
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Silent, Witness Sketch
Man observes cone-shaped object with lights; physiological effects in France
January, 4, 1994 - Fleury Sur Andelle, France
On January 4, 1994 with 23h50 a man who was watching television observes outside an orange light appearance moving to and from. While approaching, the witness observes a luminous conical [cone-shaped] form turning around its axis and comprising on its circumference stripes of various colors... The witness then feels muscular contractions in his legs and the bottom of his back. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1119
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Sound, Animal Reaction, Physiological Effects, Witness Sketch
Luminous rectangular object with lights in Nouzonville, France
January, 9, 1994 - Nouzonville, France
On January 9, 1994 about 19:30 a young woman and her friend in the car observe a luminous rectangular form in the sky. Having stopped their vehicle, they observe this form which is illuminated with white and red lights. Having lost sight of the object, they go in the car to find a better point of observation. Again stopped, the young woman observes an oval-shaped form with the same red and white lights which then seems to come in its direction. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (Official French government UFO program) ID: 1118
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Body Lights, Vehicle Encounter, Silent, Witness Sketch
Triangle-shaped object with lights hovers above, then follows car in Selestat France
October, 30, 1994 - Selestat, France
The car leaves the city quickly but a little further finds the phenomenon in front of the vehicle: a triangle with the same type of light on the circumference came to be added to the circle. The triangle is equilateral 10 side meters approximately and altitude from 10 to 15 meters. The phenomenon accompanied the vehicle which ran to approximately 80 km/h while adapting at the speed and that on several km. During a change of direction the object accelerated and moved away. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (French government UFO program) ID: 1117
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Vehicle Encounter, Body Lights, Witness Sketch
Large cylindrical object with cupola and portholes in Duclair, France
January, 12, 1989 - Duclair, France
On January 12, 1989, a woman at the wheel of her car observes with approximately 30 meters with the top of the marshes an “enormous” cylindrical form comprising at the top a cupola emitting a yellow light and a series of red luminescent port-holes and white at its base. With its passage, the object disappeared and reappeared a few seconds later much higher in the sky. The observation lasted a total of only a few seconds. The investigations did not make it possible to collect other information nor to identify the phenomenon. View full report
Source: GEIPAN (CNES, France) (French gov't UFO program) ID: 1116
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Portholes/Windows, Vehicle Encounter, Witness Sketch
