selected ufo cases
All Cases: Sorted by Date Posted
329 BC: Alexander the Great records two great 'flying shields'
329 BC - Central Asia,
Alexander the Great records two great silver shields, spitting fire around the rims in the sky that dived repeatedly at his army as they were attempting a river crossing. The action so panicked his elephants, horses, and men they had to abandon the river crossing until the following day. View full report
Source: Bruno Mancusi, UFO Updates mailing list, Apr. 18, 2003 ID: 491
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Famous Person, Witness Photo
Villagers in Thailand witness two-foot tall 'alien' being in rice field
September, 9, 2005 - Mae Chan District, Thailand
Villagers in Thailand claimed they witnessed an "alien" or extra-terrestrial being which appeared like a small-body man with large head and about 70 centimetres tall. Over 10 residents of Huay Nam Rak Village in Mae Jan district's Tambon Janjawa said they saw the ET today morning in a rice field outside the village. View full report
Source: The Nation (Bangkok, Thailand), Sept. 9, 2005 ID: 490
Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Sketch, Group Sighting, Witness Photo
Luminous UFO seen from Windsor Castle in 1783
August, 18, 1783 - Windsor Castle, England, United Kingdom
This illustration depicts a sighting that occurred at 9.45pm on the evening of August 18, 1783 when four witnesses on the terrace of Windsor Castle observed a luminous object in the skies of the Home Counties of England: "An oblong cloud moving more or less parallel to the horizon. Under this cloud could be seen a luminous object which soon became spherical, brilliantly lit..." View full report
Source: UFOs at Close Sight ID: 489
Case Type: SummaryReport
UFOs over Hamburg, Germany in 1697
November, 4, 1697 - Hamburg, Germany
There was a UFO sighting over Hamburg, Germany on November 4, 1697, depicted in this artwork. The objects were described as being "two glowing wheels". View full report
Source: UFOs at Close Sight / others ID: 488
Case Type: SummaryReport
Christopher Columbus UFO sighting in 1492
October, 11, - Atlantic Ocean,
In 1492, Christopher Columbus and Pedro Gutierrez while on the deck of the Santa Maira, observed, "a light glimmering at a great distance." It vanished and reappeared several times during the night, moving up and down, "in sudden and passing gleams." View full report
Source: 'The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus' ID: 487
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Famous Person, Water-Related, Witness Photo
UFO 'battle' over Nuremberg, Germany in 1561
April, 4, - Nuremberg, Germany
At sunrise on the 14th April 1561, the citizens of Nuremberg beheld "A very frightful spectacle." The sky appeared to fill with cylindrical objects from which red, black, orange and blue white disks and globes emerged. Crosses and tubes resembling cannon barrels also appeared whereupon the objects promptly "began to fight one another." This event is depicted in a famous 16th century woodcut by Hans Glaser. View full report
Source: Various sources ID: 486
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Multiple UFOs
UFO sighting over Basel, Switzerland in 1566
August, 7, - Basel, Switzerland
A 16th century woodcutting depicts this scene in which dark spheres were witnessed hovering over the town of Basel, Switzerland in 1566. The spheres appeared at sunrise, 'Many became red and fiery, ending by being consumed and vanishing', wrote Samuel Coccius in the local newspaper on this date. View full report
Source: 16th century woodcutting and newspaper (credit: UFOs at Close Sight) ID: 485
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Multiple UFOs
Three Huntington Police Officers See Circular Flying Object
December, 26, 2003 - Huntington, Indiana, United States
"The object, seen from just north of the city Police Station, came out of the northwest to the steeple of a near by Catholic Church, then shot straight back north. It didn't make any noise, and it remained in their sight for less than a minute. But it was big described as the size of a hot air balloon or a backyard trampoline and low enough that one officer thought it was going to get hung up on the steeple of the church." View full report
Source: MUFON of Indiana ID: 483
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Police, Rotary/Spin Motion
The Thomas Mantell Incident (aircraft crashes after chasing UFO)
January, 7, 1948 - Godman Air Force Base, Kentucky, United States
Many stories have been written about the untimely death of Captain Thomas Mantell whose USAF P-51 Mustang aircraft crashed on the 7th. January 1948, shortly after having observed a UFO seen hovering in the air close to the US Army Air Force Base at Godman Field, Kentucky. The official Army Air Force verdict is that Mantell’s aircraft crashed after he blacked out owing to lack of oxygen while attempting to fly too high an altitude in what was later described as a high altitude weather balloon. View full report
Source: Tony Dodd, excerpt from 'Flight to destruction: The strange death of pilot Thomas Mantell' ID: 482
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Injury, Witness Photo
Triangle shaped object seen flying over-head
December, 2, 2004 - Harper Woods, Michigan, United States
"It stayed completely still for a bit, and then it started to rise back up in the sky toward the east. When it moved it had a brilliant tail of light that followed it. It had a very bright light on its tip . The two base corners had dimmer lights, one of which seemed to be turned off. It made no noise, and was fairly close so I should have heard something if it was an aircraft." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 480
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Long cigar-shape object with portholes, colored lights flying above treetops
March, 1, 1978 - Middlebury , Connecticut, United States
"I saw this long cigar shaped object just above the treetops, not more than 150 feet away. Probably even closer than that. It was right beside me flying parallel to me, but slightly faster... It was about 100 feet long, and 15 feet high. It had rounded ends on the front and back. It looked just like a cigar or a hot dog." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 474
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows
Oval object rolling end over end
April, 1963 - Statesville, North Carolina, United States
"I recall looking up.. to see a strange oval shaped object rolling end over end passing directly overhead. I recall the object giving off different colors in a pulsing, vibratory sort of way... I would estimate it's altitude to be less than 300 feet off the ground... I do not recall hearing any sound whatever from the object but my brother and sister say it was somewhat like a humming sound." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 473
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Humming
Airline Pilot Photographs Three Bright Large Objects
February, 26, 2004 - Pisco, Peru
"While flying abeam Pisco, Peru, we noticed 3 very bright large objects. They were not moving much. They passed by us at a distance of 20-30 miles at approximately 20,000 ft. We were at 31,000 ft. There were 4 crewmembers on our B767-300ER. All noticed it. There also was a Mexicana Airliner overhead that noticed the objects as well. We called the local airt traffic controllers in Lima, and they did not see them on radar. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 471
Case Type: RawReport Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Photo, Multiple UFOs
Long, tube-like object with small lights flying behind
August, 8, 1999 - Makena Beach, Maui, Hawaii, United States
"It was shaped like an eight-sided object---but long tube like... there was a break in the object, and then there was a second (same 8 sided shape tube) closely behind it. As it passed I saw many darting lights flying around the end of the object. It seemed to be translucent... meaning we could see though it, but it had lights all along the six-sided shape" View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 470
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Large cigar-shaped craft with horizontal line of multiple white lights
February, 7, 2005 - Syracuse, New York, United States
"We noticed a very large, brightly lit craft flying low above the tree line. It was flying extremely slow in a straight line from east to west. It continued low above the main street and suddenly stopped. It hovered for perhaps a minute or less, then seemed to change direction and slowly descend, from left to right, in a vertical slant." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 469
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
'Huge' disc-shaped circle of small lights, with beam of light shining down
1975 - Medina, Ohio, United States
"A bright searchlight, motionless, was suddenly upon me. I looked up to see where it was coming from, when I saw a HUGE disc-shaped circle of small lights to the right of me. It appeared to be a craft and judging from the distance and size and the many lights, big enough to accomodate 100 people (?) in my judgment. The second I made eye contact, the spotlight was gone and the craft shot up like the speed of light, soundless." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 468
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Light Beam
