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Planes chased by elliptical luminous object, EM effects over Japan

March, 21, 1965 - Himeji, Ieshima Islands, Japan

"Inaba was the captain of the Convair-240, with 28 passengers aboard, which encountered the oblong and luminescent object over the Ieshima Islands in the Seto Inland Sea at 7.06 p.m. on Thursday. Fearing a collision, Inaba turned the plane 60 degrees to the right, but the flying saucer made an abrupt turn and flew along with the plane for about three minutes."  View full report

Source: Tokyo Japan Times, March 21, 1965 (UPI), Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo), March 22   ID: 628
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  E-M Effects, Pilot/Aircrew

Family observes glowing, disc-shaped UFO with light beam for 15 minutes

June, 25, 1973 - Dundurrabin, Australia

On about 25 June, members of the Dorrington family observed a large, disc-shaped UFO for about 15 minutes between 6.30 and 7.00 p.m. The whole of the object was surrounded by a green glow. There appeared to be a rotating, brilliant red light around the middle of the object. A V-shaped green 'solid' beam seemed to oscillate up and down. This sighting occurred during a flap in the area of two small timber towns, Tyringham and Dundurrabin.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996)   ID: 627
Case Type: StandardCase

Large disc with light beam follows car near Nowra, Australia

January, 1973 - Nowra, Australia

Elizabeth C was driving along the South Coast of NSW with four other people, when the group encountered a UFO which began to travel alongside the car. The object was large, disc-shaped, and there appeared to be a distinct 'searchlight' beam effect that rotated around its bottom. At least one of the witnesses was certain that figures could be seen in the windows of the object. After following the car for 24 km, the object seemed to suddenly relocate and headed out to sea.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker, (1996)   ID: 625
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Military, Portholes/Windows

Fisherman in Brazil watch UFO with portholes over sea

April, 1958 - Brazil

"When the machine was at a distance of some 40 metres from him and the group of fishermen, and about 15 metres above the water, it began to rock sideways, and then stopped and hung there. It seemed to have three distinguishable parts: the upper half was the colour of aluminium, like an inverted bowl, and on the top of it was a small protuberance or dome."  View full report

Source: Gordon W. Creighton, FSR Vol. 10 No. 6, Nov.-Dec, 1964   ID: 624
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Water-Related, Humming, Portholes/Windows

The Willow Grove Close Encounter

February, 15, 1963 - Near Moe, Australia

Charles Brew, with his 20 year-old son Trevor, was at work in the milking shed on their farm, 'Willow Grove', when he saw a strange object appear and descend very slowly towards the milk shed, to a height of about 30 metres. The object was metallic grey, measured 8 meters in diameter, and had a transparent dome with a 2-meter mast or aerial. After hovering for a few seconds the object began climbed away into the clouds.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996)   ID: 623
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Animal Reaction, Witness Sketch, Physiological Effects

Large object with windows cruises by house

1982 - National Park Road, Canungra, Australia

"I saw this huge object slowly crusing towards us then past us at eye level. It was very close, about 200 meters away... The part that I could see was like the brim of hat with a row of glowing windows on top of it... It cruised past at the equivalent pace of a car going 15 to 20 kph. It's length was longer than a semi-trailer."  View full report

Source: AUFORN (Australian UFO Research Network), Australia   ID: 621
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows

Close encounter with saucer at Quakers Hill, Australia

1974 - Quakers Hill, Australia

"My sister and myself were driving... when the car suddenly shook violently then completely stopped, nothing worked, not even the radio... That's when I observed this massive circular disc shaped object, it didn't seem to be much higher than the power pole. It was surrounded completely by lights and had a dome in the middle on the top."  View full report

Source: UFO Research (NSW), Australia   ID: 620
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Vehicle Interference, Witness Sketch

Three saucer-shaped objects with lights around middle

August, 16, 1994 - Pentacost River, Australia

"They came in quite low and then just stopped and hovered about 200 yards to my left, ovoid in shape (typical saucer shaped) with first red and then green lights travelling horizontally around the middle of the saucer. They were still there at 10.30pm that night, at one stage I felt I could almost touch them. They were completly silent and did nothing at all until they left that night."  View full report

Source: UFO Research (NSW), Australia   ID: 619
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch, Multiple UFOs

Silver metallic object seen near road above house in Tasmania

April, 27, 2005 - Near Bewen Bridge, Otoga Bay, Australia

Witness viewed "an object apparently some 100m away and looking to be just a meter above the roadside house. The pear shaped object had a flashing blue light on the right bottom side. The body of the object seemed to have metallic patterns or symbols on it, whilst above there were two black areas, possibly windows. The object which was still moving very slowly left looked to be a bit bigger than a car."  View full report

Source: Tasmanian UFO Research Investigation Centre (TUFOIC), Australia (Credit: UFO Research (NSW))   ID: 618
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

Cross-shaped object hovers above car in Australia

August, 27, 1998 - Echuca, Australia

"It was about 75 to 150 feet above us and completely still... I got out of the car to have a closer look... It was large and had what appeared to be four wings like in a cross. I estimate the size at about 60 feet across. Each wing would be 20 feet and the centre canopy was also about 20 feet and glowing red."  View full report

Source: James Owen, VUFORS (Victorian UFO Research Society), Australia   ID: 616
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

UFO encounter in Germany, witnesses experience paralysis

March, 9, 1993 - Braunschweig , Germany

"Through the bedroom window, we saw a bright round shining object stationary at a height of some 10 metres or so above the birch trees to the east... it was now immediately quite clear to me that I was looking at an unknown flying object... we could see its shape absolutely clearly."  View full report

Source: Dr. Peter Hattwig, German UFO Investigation Group DEGUFO, in FSR, Winter, 1996   ID: 611
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch, Physiological Effects, Physical Trace, Animal Reaction, Humming

The Kinross Air Force Base Incident (jet disappears while chasing UFO)

November, 23, 1953 - Lake Superior, Michigan, United States

On the evening of 23 November 1953, an Air Force radar controller became alerted to an "unidentified target" over Lake Superior, and an F-89C Scorpion jet was scrambled from Kinross AFB. Radar controllers watched as the F-89 closed in on the UFO, and then sat stunned in amazement as the two blips merged on the screen, and the UFO left. The F-89 and it’s two man crew, pilot Felix Moncla and radar operator Robert Wilson, were never found, even after a thorough search of the area.  View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com   ID: 610
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Military, Radar, Witness Photo

Cylinder-shaped object with dome flying low at night in Texas

October, 6, 2005 - Missouri City, Texas, United States

"I sprang to my feet out of astonishment in what I was seeing. It was an object, a ship like I had never seen passing throught the night sky almost directly over my adjacent neighors back yard only it was maybe four or six hundred feet high but was of a good size." "This object was... over 100 feet wide. It was a cigar shape... and it had a sphere in the middle of it protruding from the center top."  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 609
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch

Two silver discs fly over valley in Montana

October, 10, 2005 - Victor, Montana, United States

Two silver disk ships (approx. 40 feet in diameter and about 5000 feet off the ground) flew East to West over the Bitterroot Valley moving slowly following each other on a clear sunny day. "I saw it was a disk shape and that it was not an airplane... They were moving at about 150 miles per hour."  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 608
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Multiple UFOs

Disc-shaped object with dome hovers over radio tower

July, 7, 1973 - Odessa, Texas, United States

Smooth stainless steel disk, right above radio tower one hundred fifty feet up in air. No windows seen, 5 witnesses, 6 counting electrician for radio company. Also had dome top. 100 foot diameter. Causing static on radio transmisson.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 607
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch, E-M Effects

UFO seen coming out of water and flying away in Malaysia Featured Case

October, 8, 2005 - Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

What I saw looked like a strip of white wave breaking on the water surface. After about 2 minutes and maybe a thousand meter from where we first noticed it, a grey/white craft broke out of the water right were the white wave was and it continued to move in the same direction except this time it was flying in the air.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 606
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Water-Related, Clergy, Witness Sketch
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