selected ufo cases
All Cases: Sorted by Date Posted
Photographs of close-range metallic object taken near Zdany, Poland
January, 8, 2006 - Zdany, Poland
A series of photographs was taken during an encounter with a metallic object by multiple witnesses near Zdany, Poland, in January 2006. Two men were returning from a wedding party when they spotted an object flying across the road. A moment later their car engine stopped, as well as the engine of another car behind them. One of the witnesses took a series of photographs. The encounter lasted at least 8 minutes, after which the car engines started with no problems. View full report
Source: Nautilus Foundation, Poland ID: 926
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo, Vehicle Interference
Black triangular object seen above motorway near Stirling, Scotland
July, 6, 1997 - Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
Black triangular UFO seen hovering above the motorway by four passengers in a car, in Stirling, Scotland in 1997. The object had a small rectangular "bar" at one apex. The object was an equliateral (or very close) triangle with sides of possibly 30 to 40ft. The sighting took place on the M9 (M80) motorway near Stirling in Scotland, a very rural area of Scotland. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 925
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Dome-shaped object with 'humming' noise flies over house
1990 - Langley, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
"Sitting in loft room watching TV. Body became frozen, became aware of pulsating humming / electrical noise. Saw bright green object through window. Slow moving, dome-topped with 3 smaller domes on otherwise flat underside. Flew pretty much over the house." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 924
Case Type: RawReport Features: Humming, Witness Sketch, Physiological Effects
Large object hovers over TV station tower in Florence, SC, in 1970
March, 1970 - Florence, South Carolina, United States
The witness, who was an employee at a TV station, saw a "UFO in broad daylight hovering on top of the [TV] tower, [and then] ran back inside the station to get the news director, Mr. Bill Fields." The craft was metallic, round, with a round cupola on top of the craft. It was about 100 feet across and about 25 feet tall. The encounter lasted for more than four hours, during which the object moved and stopped a couple of times before shooting off at "blinding speed." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 922
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Body Lights
Sphere-shaped object seen by witness in Salt Lake City, UT
September, 15, 1998 - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
At 3 AM on Sept. 15, 1998, witness Chris Rock stepped outside and fired his laser pointer into the sky toward west-southwest in the general direction of Jupiter. Within a minute or two, a gray, spherical object, with an apparent 7" diameter at arm's length appeared in the western sky, hovering over an adjacent building at a (measured) distance of 260 feet from the witness and 40 feet above the ground. The object sat motionless for 2 to 3 seconds, before passing over the witness and out of sight. View full report
Source: MUFON (Jan, 2003) ID: 920
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Interaction/Reaction, Witness Sketch
Witnesses report 'frisbee-shaped' object over Bennet Lake, Michigan
November, 21, 2003 - Bennett Lake, Michigan, United States
In the early morning hours of 21 November, 2003, Robert Williams and his mother Christine Williams, observed an extremely bright light hovering over Bennett Lake at an altitude of about 50-60 feet. As the object approached to within 250-300 yards of the witnesses, the intense white light began to dim, and both witnesses were able to make out a defined structure. They agreed that the object had a definite "frisbee" shape, and was complete with individual white lights around the perimeter. View full report
Source: MUFON (2004) ID: 919
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Body Lights, Animal Reaction, Witness Sketch
Large 'inverted trapezoid' seen by several witnesses in Plymouth, Devon, UK
January, 1983 - Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Large, low flying , silent and slow inverted trapezoid witnessed by two other people that I know of (who chased it in a car through Stoke village) as well as two other members of my family. [It had] lit up windows on it and it was apparently following a Dash 7 commercial airplane on route to land at Plymouth airport. The local paper the next day reported that a couple of women in a car had also observed this object and attempted to follow it as far as they could in their vehicle. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 918
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Cylindrical object moving 'intelligently' over St. Louis, MO
June, 2, 2005 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States
"While driving with my wife to the store she noticed something in the sky and realized it was oddly shaped (cylindrical) and moving in an intelligent manner... I had never seen a craft move so oddly (against the wind, stopping, moving again and then finally moving up through the upper clouds and disappearing completely." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport ID: 900
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
