selected ufo cases
All Cases: Sorted by Date Posted
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
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
Landing marks near Lake Anten, Sweden; UFO seen in area
August, 30, 1970 - Lake Anten, Sweden
Three round landing marks in a triangular formation were found in the garden of Richard Johansson's small farm near Lake Anten, Sweden. Several witnesses in the area had seen a strange red light, almost the size of the moon, that same night. Soil samples were taken and analyzed, with the results showing an increased level of gamma activity (radiation) in the test samples from one of the landing marks. View full report
Source: Sven-Olof Fredrickson, FSR Vol. 17 No. 1 ID: 604
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physical Trace, Landing
Close-range video of saucer-shaped craft over Sarajevo, possible 'landing marks' found on ground
October, 8, 2005 - Sarajevo, Bosnia/Herzegovina
A close-range, clear video of a saucer shaped craft has been taken in Sarajevo. The UFO was captured during videotaping of some kind of news report. Witnesses are seen scrambling to see the UFO and pointing at the object. Possible landing marks from the UFO were found in another location in the city. View full report
Source: Rudolf Bosnjak ID: 601
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Physical Trace, Landing
UFO with occupants approaches witness and hovers over farm
June, 14, 1974 - Medellin, Spain
Santiago Pulido Romero, 46, was going to his father's farm when he saw an object flying at low level. It was "round on the bottom and with a sort of cone-shaped tower on top." When he switched his car lights on, the object came towards him at very high speed, only to move away from he turned out the lights. Inside the craft, Santiago could see three tall men, "who seemed to be holding on to some sort of control levers" and wearing helmets. View full report
Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR Vol. 20 No. 3 ID: 600
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction
Huge ship and three smaller craft seen by salesman in Spain
March, 20, 1974 - Castillo de las Guardas, Spain
A pocketbook salesman, Adrian Sanchez Sanchez, was making the rounds of his customers, when he encountered an airship of gigantic proportions, which he calculated to be between 150 and 200 metres long. "I noticed how a large door opened in the tail end of the ship and how a formation of three smaller ships, in the shape of yo-yos, approximately 8 metres long, proceded to enter the larger one; but the last one turned and came slowly towards me." View full report
Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR Vol. 20 No. 3 ID: 599
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
Enormous daytime UFO above Welsh town seen by only one witness
1959 - Milford Haven, United Kingdom
Mr. D. J. Harris, an area insurance agent, was walking down Charles Street in Milford Haven at about 11.00 a.m. when suddenly he heard a sort of whispering sound, and a metallic grey object appeared above the buildings. He describes it as enormous, about 150 feet in diameter. Given that there are usually so many people around the area, we are really forced to the conclusion that no-one saw this UFO except the witness and that, in fact, it was visible only to him. View full report
Source: F. W. Holiday, FSR Vol. 20 No. 2 ID: 598
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Two hunters witness brilliant disc passing over Vienna woods
August, 3, 1972 - Agsbach Valley, Austria
Reinhold Hering, a head forester in his thirties and sportswoman Erika Graef were hunting in Agsbach Valley when they saw a bright UFO appear from behind a pine tree. Mrs. Graef said, "With the naked eye you could clearly see the disc which gave off a brilliant light." The strange object was in sight for 10-15 seconds and was estimated to be 180 feet in diameter. View full report
Source: Ernst Berger, FSR Vol. 20 No. 1 ID: 597
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Tractor driver approached and 'scrutinized' by ball of light
December, 16, 1972 - Garah, Australia
Greg Hardy, a New England University Economics student was working on a friend's farm, when he heard a noise and saw an object that appeared to land. Then, a smaller object flew towards the witness. It did not appear to be solid, but the centre appeared to be more concentrated than the rest of the white ball of light. View full report
Source: Bill Chalker, FSR Vol. 19 No. 5 ID: 596
Case Type: StandardCase
Enormous UFO seen by soldier during Algerian War
March, 1958 - Bouhamama, Algeria
Legionnaire N.G., was on sentry duty at a Foreign Legion camp at Bouahmama during the Algerian War, when he saw an enormous, roundish object descending. It stopped when it was about 35-40 metres above the ground, and began to hover there, motionless and silent. He estimated it to be as much as 350 metres wide. The witness feels that something most unusual happened to him psychologically. View full report
Source: Joel Mesnard, FSR Vol. 19. No. 3 ID: 594
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Physiological Effects
