selected ufo cases
All Cases: Sorted by Date Posted
Triangular-shaped, silent object with lights seen in Kentucky
September, 4, 2005 - Murray, Kentucky, United States
"We saw a triangular shaped object traveling south-east. It was moving faster than an airplane. It was similar to an isosoleis triangle; the two longest sides were lined with atleast 6 lights each and the shortest side appered dark/transparent. It appeared to be as large as 2 1/2 moons. It was silently traveling low in the horizon." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 467
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Nuclear Facility
The Allagash Abductions
August, 26, 1976 - Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine, United States
In August of 1976, four young art students in their early twenties left for a canoe and camping trip in Maine's Allagash Wilderness. On one night during the trip, they encountered a huge oval, glowing object rising above the trees nearby, and were soon engulfed in a beam of light from the craft. As discovered in hypnosis sessions years later, it was at this point that all four were abducted into the craft and subjected to physical examinations. View full report
Source: Raymond E. Fowler ID: 466
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Missing Time, Abduction, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Interaction/Reaction, Light Beam
Abduction by robot-like beings in Brazil (La Rubia case)
September, 15, 1977 - Paciencia (near Rio de Janeiro), Brazil
Antonio La Rubia, a 33-year-old bus driver, encountered a huge object, which he estimated to be 70 meters (235 feet) across, sitting in a field near his home. He decided to retreat, but was unable to do so, for at the moment he started to run, an intensely bright light lit up the area, and he was unable to move. At that moment Antonio saw three "robots" positioned near him, and he was captured and taken into the disc. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 26 No. 4, Oct. 1977 ID: 464
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Abduction, Physiological Effects, Injury, Humanoid/Occupant
Metallic, saucer-shaped object with triangle on underside
1979 - Coast of Florida, near Orlando, Florida, United States
"My husband yelled at me to hurry out and see this. A UFO was travelling under the clouds over the river towards Orlando. I'll never forget it. It was metallic as the sun reflected off it. No noise at all. We all watched in awe! My Dad worked at Kennedy Space Center at the time and he didn't have any answers." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 463
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Youth reports UFOs with 'greenish creatures'
January, 19, 1977 - Harrah, Washington, United States
Nine-year-old Jose Cantu of Harrah woke his mother up at about 6:30 a.m. asking her to explain the little "man" he saw outside. According to the boy, he had seen two greenish creatures about three feet tall, who rotated on a base instead of having feet, and two "steely" crafts in which 2 other creatures were sitting. View full report
Source: Toppenish Review (Toppenish, WA), Jan. 26, 1977 ID: 462
Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Children, Witness Sketch, Physical Trace
Silvery, disc-shaped UFOs seen over Ramapo mountain range
October, 1976 - Suffern, New York, United States
Thirty-three year old Suffern lawyer, Warren Berbit, who has two engineering degrees and experience in aviation, saw silvery metallic objects, shaped like two enormous upside-down soup bowls, hovering in the sky just over a dip in the Ramapo mountain range. Mr. Berbit, along with policemen, businessmen, school teachers, housewives and others, say they have seen strange objects recently in the skies over Rockland and Putnam Counties View full report
Source: New York Times, Oct. 11, 1976 ID: 461
Case Type: PressReport Features: Witness Photo
Chilean soldier loses five days to UFO (The Valdes Case)
April, 25, 1977 - Pampa Lluscuma (near Putre), Chile
A Chilean soldier was in shock after a weird, five-day ordeal with a UFO. Six members of an army patrol saw two bright objects descending from the sky. Cpl. Armando Valdes, the patrol leader, set out alone to investigate and, according to the men, simply vanished. Fifteen minutes later, they said, he reappeared, tried to speak and passed out. The date on his watch had been advanced five days, and he now had about a week's growth of beard. View full report
Source: Associated Press / San Antonio News, May 23, 1977 ID: 460
Case Type: PressReport Features: Missing Time, Military
UFO with three beings hovers over boat dock at Minnesota cabin (Lake Movil)
August, 1962 - Lake Movil, Minnesota, United States
Marilyn Chenarides and Mrs. Mildred Anderson were vacationing at their cabin on Lake Movil in northern Minnesota when they saw a red glowing object which was hovering over the boat dock 50 feet from the cabin. In two of the windows of the object, the women could see the silhouettes of three man-shaped beings. After a few minutes of observation, Mrs. Anderson switched off the lights in the cabin, whereupon the lights on the object immediately went out. View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 21 No. 2 (Sept./Oct. 1972) ID: 458
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction, Portholes/Windows
Large triangular craft with three lights at each end
July, 5, 2004 - Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
"There it is coming right over the house. This thing is massive!... 3 lights (brownish orange very dim ), one at each point of the triangle, not that it is pointed but at the ends. The ends are rounded off. It seems to be a blue black color but flat no shine, almost a rough finish, a circular dome dead center of the bottom in a hexagon type enclosure. " View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (www.hbccufo.org) ID: 457
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch, Nuclear Facility
Huge object passes within 150 feet of witnesses
1970 - Mildura, Australia
Two witnesses were frightened when a huge object rose up from behind nearby trees, then passed within 150 to 160 feet from them. The colour was grey with flashing lights, both orange and white. Witness LV. said that he could not see underneath the object, but could see through the grid shape round the bottom. View full report
Source: Victorian U.F.O. Research Society (VUFORS), Australia ID: 455
Case Type: SummaryReport Features: Witness Sketch
Inverted orange triangle over the sea
August, 9, 2004 - St Agnes Beacon, United Kingdom
"We both saw an inverted red/orange triangle in the low level clouds out to sea. The object appeared for about 2 seconds and then disappeared. The object also appeared to have small spherical lights on each corner, yellow/ orange in colour." View full report
Source: Cornwall UFO Research Group ID: 453
Case Type: RawReport
Three boys frightened by strange creatures from landed UFO
May, 20, 1977 - West Pittsburg, California, United States
On the night of May 20, 1977, three Contra Costa County boys say they saw an object resembling a flying saucer land in West Pittsburg. They fled in terror when strange creatures came toward them, walking like stiff robots surrounded by smoke or steam vapor. The Center for UFO Studies, directed by J. Allen Hynek, considered this to be one of only three credible humanoid encounter cases of the year. View full report
Source: Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), Apr. 2, 1978 ID: 452
Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Children, Portholes/Windows, Witness Photo
Three scientists see two circular UFOs with cabin on top
August, 1970 - Tanami Desert , Australia
"We saw 2 UFOs same design size with pulsing flame or lights yellowish flashing from underneath "exhaust" at about a second between each flash the distance was about only 300 yards from our position at about eye level with an above ground level altitude of only several hundred feet." View full report
Source: AUFORN (Australian UFO Research Network) - Diane Frola ID: 451
Case Type: Features: Scientist/Engineer, Multiple UFOs, Portholes/Windows
Huge disc shaped object with bright light around edge
January, 1965 - Dorrington, Brisbane, Australia
"The object had come below the cloud cover and we couldn't believe what we were looking at. This huge disc shaped object with very bright light around it's circumference. It was travelling very slow (about 20 miles an hour), then the noise started.It was a screaming high pitched sound which had my wife in agony, hands over her ears and crying with pain." View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (www.hbccufo.org) ID: 449
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Silent, triangular craft sighted over West Seattle
May, 1, 2003 - Seattle, Washington, United States
'A triangular craft was moving across the sky above us at an altitude similar to airplanes in this part of the city (near Boeing field, not far from SeaTac Airport). It had a light at each of the points that was a dim orange and the lights seemed striped rather than solid. The craft was completely silent... We realized that [our dog] was trembling and then he became lethargic and lost his balance.' View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) ID: 447
Case Type: RawReport Features: Animal Reaction
Lighted 'panel of lights' gliding silently across sky
September, 17, 2003 - Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"Witness reports that on September 17, 2003, he and his wife were out jogging near their home, approximately 12-14 miles north of downtown Atlanta, GA, when their attention was suddenly drawn by a bizarrely lighted "panel of lights" in the evening sky. They witnessed the object for only an estimated 3-6 seconds as it silently glided across the night sky. The husband, who prepared the graphic, has 20/10 vision, having undergone laser eye surgery to improve his distant vision." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) ID: 446
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
