selected ufo cases

Cases with Sound / Noise

Cases 1 - 15 out of 15 in this section

Noctural light with light beam; animal reactions; satellite objects

March, 4, 1998 - Southgate, Australia

Donna noticed a very bright white light just above the horizon, and an estimated 2km away. During their close observation, the light did some unusual maneuvers and some unexplainable things were observed. There was a 'wedge shaped' beam of light emanating from the object. All witnesses observed an estimated 50 smaller objects entering the main object from the left and right. View full report

Source: Barry Taylor, Network Update 06.02.98 (AUFORN, Robert Frola) ID: 1094

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Light Beam, Animal Reaction, Sound, Multiple UFOs

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

Bright, glowing disc-shaped object hovers over cabin in Old Crow, Yukon

September, 20, 1986 - Old Crow , Yukon Territory, Canada

From the witness: "I looked outside and there was this UFO right over the trees! It was bright blue, almost too bright to look at and was rotating fairly fast... I continued to watch the UFO for about 5 minutes, then it just slowly descended down towards the river bank and away from us, started speeding up going cross river, then it just shot off rapidly into the distance!" View full report

Source: Martin Jasek ID: 1011

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Rotary/Spin Motion, Sound

Flying 'ball of fire' seen by 3 children camping in backyard in Redwood Valley, CA

June, 19, 1985 - Redwood Valley, California, United States

Three children were camping in their Redwood Valley backyard when they heard a "whoosh" and saw a bright light. The flying "ball of fire" made three circles above their yard. Debbie, 11, said the object was bigger than a beach ball. The object began to get smaller and increase its speed until it disappeared in the southwest. View full report

Source: Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, CA), June 20, 1985 ID: 944

Case Type: PressReport Features: Children, Sound, Witness Photo

Bell-shaped object with flashing lights seen by 10 people in Queens, New York

September, 5, 1981 - Queens, New York, New York, United States

At least ten people in Corona, Queens, said they saw a bell-shaped UFO with flashing multi-colored lights making a beeping noise on Sept. 5, 1981, at 10:00 p.m. Reportedly, as the UFO hovered over a tenement block, a triangular-shaped ray of green light shot out from the bottom of the object and shone on the face of a teen-aged girl observing the object from the window of her friend's house. View full report

Source: News World (New York, NY), Sept. 19, 1981 ID: 941

Case Type: PressReport Features: Group Sighting, Light Beam, Body Lights, Children, Witness Sketch, Sound

Mass sighting of large jellyfish-like UFO over Petrosavodsk, USSR

September, 20, 1977 - Petrosavodsk, Russian Federation

Early risers in Petrosavodsk saw a bright light suddenly appearing amid the clouds at about 4:05 a.m. The star-like light came nearer and descended in a spiral trajectory, and soon looked like a ball of fire. Soon, it looked like an reddish-orange hemisphere surrounded by a bright zone. During the next few seconds, hundreds of thin rays of light, like thin arrows, were showered upon the earth. The thing now looked like a big jellyfish with golden tentacles, shining in beautiful colors. View full report

Source: Michael Hesemann, 1998 ID: 636

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Sound, Physical Trace, Mass Sighting

The Billy Meier Case (Photos and Contact Case)

January, 28, 1975 - Switzerland

"Billy" Eduard Albert Meier (born February 3, 1937) is a citizen of Switzerland and contactee. He is also the source of over 1000 photographs of objects claimed to be UFOs. Billy claims regular contact with the Plejaren, a group of extraterrestrials, and presents much spiritual and philosophical information from these meetings. He describes the Plejaran as humans much like the humans of Earth. View full report

Source: Steelmark ID: 989

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo, Contact, Contactee, Physical Trace, Artifact, Sound, Witness Photo

1971 UFO oncounter over Texas uranium mine; physical trace effects found

1971 - Karnes City , Texas, United States

From the witness: "The object was round and the bright light was coming from the center of the bottom of the UFO. Around the perimeter of the craft was hundreds of penlight size light beams that alternated in all colors of the spectrum. Now I know they were laser beams. The UFO was rising up slowly at first and then went straight up out of sight in about 10 seconds." View full report

Source: Michael Harvey (Credit: Rense.com) ID: 1070

Case Type: RawReport Features: Physical Trace, Body Lights, Sound

Disc with dome hovers over car along rural highway in Tennessee

1969 - Paris, Tennessee, United States

The witness was driving back to college with his roommate. Theirs was the only car on a long stretch of rural highway between Paris and McKenzie, Tennessee. Suddenly, they saw streaks of light coming from the top of their windshield; they stopped the car on the road and got out. Directly above their car was a round disc-like object with windows. It had a raised dome "cockpit" in the center of the top half. It was hovering and spinning effortlessly about 200 feet directly above them. View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 953

Case Type: RawReport Features: Body Lights, Sound, Vehicle Encounter

Two-hundred people observe and hear disk-shaped object overhead (Redlands Sighting)

February, 4, 1968 - Redlands, California, United States

On February 4, 1968, about two hundred residents of Redlands, California, either saw or heard what was apparently the same huge, low-flying, disk-shaped object as it passed overhead. A minister conducting services in a church in Redlands was recording his sermon at the time and obtained a recording of the sound, which many people present described as a high-pitched, modulated whining sound. View full report

Source: APRO / Ronald Story, 1980 / NICAP website (nicap.org) ID: 777

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Mass Sighting, Group Sighting, Clergy, Body Lights, Rotary/Spin Motion, Sound

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

Low hovering cylinder-shaped UFO with tube seen in Nashville, TN, 1956

1956 - Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Two eleven-year olds were playing when they heard a strange metallic sound. They looked around and saw a cylinder-shaped craft hovering very still a few feet above a tree. It was 20-25 feet in length. There was writing on the belly of the object, and a long silver tube which protruded from bottom. This tube was "sniffing" the leaves in the tree top. The witnesses watched the object for 3-4 minutes, too scared to move, before running home. View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 767

Case Type: RawReport Features: Sound, Witness Sketch

Circular object, appearing as a flaming ring, seen by architect

April, 26, 1954 - Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

Russell M. Peirce, architect, reported a circular object which made a right-angle turn. "I was standing at the rear of the local High School building talking with two friends... Suddenly we all heard a very loud deep roar as of many motors... The object as I first saw it appeared as a flaming ring. The color was a little on the whitish tone but also had some suggestion of the orange-yellow of the common flame of burning wood, say." View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (from NICAP case file) ID: 646

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Sound, Witness Sketch

Korean War battlefield UFO encounter; physiological effects

1951 - Chorwon, Korea, Republic

"We suddenly noticed on our right-hand side what appeared to be a jack-o-lantern come wafting down across the mountain... It had an orange glow in the beginning... But then this object approached us. And it turned a blue-green brilliant light... and then, we were attacked. We were swept by some form of a ray that was emitted in pulses... then I saw it shoot off at a 45 degree angle, that quick, just there and gone." View full report

Source: John Timmerman, J. Allen Hynek Center For UFO Studies (credit: CNI News) ID: 1076

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Group Sighting, Light Beam, Physiological Effects, Sound

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