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North America (including Mexico)

Spherical UFO photographed by family in Mexico

July, 23, 1995 - León, Mexico

On July 23, 1995, the Mendoza family were on a vacation trip driving on the road from Aguascalientes to León, Guanajuato. At 5:20 PM, Mr. Gustavo Mendoza, Mrs. Elena Lemus and their two sons Aldo David and Gustavo Alberto suddenly had an unexpected encounter.  View full report

Source: Santiago Yturria, OVNI Investigaciones MEXICO   ID: 248
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Photo, Witness Photo

Large disc-shaped object observed by two witnesses in Connecticut Featured Case

July, 15, 1995 - Harwinton, Connecticut, United States

The witnesses (husband and wife) were driving back from fishing at a quarry in Harwinton when they observed a large metallic disk about 500 feet in diameter at an altitude of about 200 feet, from a distance of about a half mile, during daytime. The object was traveling 65-70 mph, and it passed smoothly over the road on a course approximately perpendicular to the road.  View full report

Source: MUFON Connecticut / Mark Cashman, TemporalDoorway.com   ID: 785
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch, Silent

Close Encounters of the 5th Kind in Monterrey, Mexico

December, 1994 - Monterrey, Mexico

The following is an account of events that occurred during a CSETI investigative team activation to Monterrey, Mexico in Decemer of 1994. - Witnesses saw a large disc with a sloped dome on top.  View full report

Source: Shari Adamiak, CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence)   ID: 44
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction, Humanoid/Occupant, Human-Initiated Contact

Close-up Sighting Of A Black Triangle UFO

November, 1993 - Seattle, Washington, United States

"Craning my neck to see the craft as it passed slowly directly over my head at an estimated altitude of less than 500 feet, I could see it was a gigantic black triangle. There is no other way to describe it because that's precisely what it was; a huge, black, triangle."  View full report

Source: Gary Val Tenuta / Rense.com   ID: 138
Case Type: StandardCase

Round object with rotating lights around edge

July, 1993 - Clarendon, Texas, United States

"I saw an round flying object in plain view in the night sky around 2am. It was close enough to see round lights around the edges and the lights were rotating in one direction. The ufo was traveling at a low speed and close enough to notice it was not a human made object. There was no engine noise."  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 808
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch, Body Lights

Two police officers have dogfight with UFO during helicopter patrol

February, 27, 1993 - Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States

Two Jefferson County air unit police officers — described by their lieutenant as "solid guys" — swear they had a two-minute dogfight with a UFO during a routine helicopter patrol Friday night. Two officers on the ground said they, too, spotted the object. The UFO — a glowing pear-shaped object about the size of a basketball — literally flew circles around the helicopter, even though the fliers say they were moving at speeds approaching 100 mph.  View full report

Source: Gardiner Harris, Louisville Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Mar. 4, 1993   ID: 764
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Police, Pilot/Aircrew, Interaction/Reaction, Witness Photo

Four UFO sightings occur in Elk River area of Minnesota

September, 1992 - Elk River, Minnesota, United States

Since a woman told police that she spotted a UFO in her Elk River neighborhood, three more sightings of UFOs in the Elk River area occurred in mid-September, 1992. One man in Albertville saw a saucer-shaped object, 5-6 feet across. Then, a person who works for him, Terry Townsend, saw a UFO the size of a passenger jet that was ringed with lights. And a cab driver witnessed a UFO with 10 porthole-type lights.  View full report

Source: Joni Astrup, Star News (Elk River, MN), Sept. 30, 1992   ID: 730
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Portholes/Windows, Body Lights

'Arrowhead triangle' with lights during night launch of Space Shuttle

November, 22, 1989 - Cooper City, Florida, United States

"My wife and I observed a very large, dark triangle (arrowhead shaped) flying low from east to west. It was completely silent. We counted seven (7) circular white lights on the underside. The triangle craft was moving at a high rate of speed, surrounded by a white haze."  View full report

Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director   ID: 577
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

Large 'V'-Shaped UFO encounter with US Navy nuclear submarine; electromagnetic effects

October, 24, 1989 - Florida, United States

From the witness: "My ship was on patrol about 150 miles of the Florida coast. We were cruising at about 500 feet when the submarine started experiencing electronics problems.... I saw a large inverted V-shaped UFO off the port side....This huge vessel was over a half mile across. The UFO made a half circle around our ship then passed across the stern..."  View full report

Source: George Filer (MUFON Eastern Director), Filer's Files #43-1998, 10-30-98   ID: 1110
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Military, Water-Related, E-M Effects

Gulf Breeze Sightings Featured Case

November, 11, 1987 - Gulf Breeze, Florida, United States

"Ed Walters was working in his home office when he noticed a light moving outside, partially obscured by the pine tree in his yard. To get a better look Ed went out of the front door, and could see that the light was in fact a glowing bluish-gray craft like none he had seen before... Edwould go on to photograph it many time"  View full report

Source: Ed Walters and Frances Walters, The Gulf Breeze Sightings   ID: 325
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Photo, Humanoid/Occupant, Polygraph Test, Humming

Abduction on the North Canol Road - Yukon, Canada Featured Case

September, 3, 1987 - Yukon Territory, Canada

Witness saw cigar-shaped object of green color, with portholes along side of it, flying low. Soon after, 2 beings/creatures were seen briefly nearby on the ground, and then abduction experience followed. Scoop marks found on hands afterwards.  View full report

Source: Martin Jasek, M.Sc., P. Eng.   ID: 100
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Abduction, Humanoid/Occupant, Humming, Portholes/Windows, Physiological Effects, Witness Sketch

Cone-shaped object with light beam in Farmville, NC

1987 - Farmville, North Carolina, United States

From the witness: "I grabbed the binoculars and looked at it. This time I could see a distinct shape. It was like an ice-cream cone pointing upward. The flat part of the cone was facing the earth. On the back of the cone was what looked like a small hull or house or hut of some kind. It was about a fifth of the size of the cone itself. Out of this hut came a very faint blue light. It passed directly over our heads at about 15 MPH. That’s how slow it was going."  View full report

Source: UFOCasebook.com (B.J. Booth, editor)   ID: 1059
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Light Beam, Vehicle Encounter

Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 Over Alaska Featured Case

November, 17, 1986 - Alaska, United States

In November, 1986, a Japanese crew of a jumbo freighter aircraft witnessed three unidentified objects while flying over Alaska, USA. This sighting gained international attention when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it was going to officially investigate this sighting because the Air Route Traffic Control Center in Anchorage, Alaska, had reported that the UFO had been detected on radar. The UFOs in this case were tracked on both ground and airborne radar, witnessed by experienced airline pilots, and confirmed by a FAA Division Chief.  View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon   ID: 287
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Radar

Bright, glowing disc-shaped object hovers over cabin in Old Crow, Yukon

September, 20, 1986 - Old Crow , Yukon Territory, Canada

From the witness: "I looked outside and there was this UFO right over the trees! It was bright blue, almost too bright to look at and was rotating fairly fast... I continued to watch the UFO for about 5 minutes, then it just slowly descended down towards the river bank and away from us, started speeding up going cross river, then it just shot off rapidly into the distance!"  View full report

Source: Martin Jasek   ID: 1011
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Rotary/Spin Motion, Sound

Large Triangular Craft Doing Unusual Maneuvers

February, 1986 - Franklin, North Carolina, United States

"The outline of the craft was indistinct but the mass blocked the stars and sky while it passed overhead. It was totally silent....It was no more than about 300 feet up and moving at a crawl, maybe 10 mph, it was massive and approximately 100 yards (300 feet) in-between each light... As the craft moved over us, it performed an amazing feat!... it stopped and turned up on its axis and cart wheeled off into the eastern sky!"  View full report

Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org)   ID: 1114
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Body Lights, Silent

Unidentified maneuvering lights seen from US Navy ship; radiation detected afterwards

1986 - Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States

During one of my scans of the night sky, out of know where, four red circular lights appeared... The four lights, in a flash, darted towards the horizon amazingly fast... Then all four shot straight up into outer-space and out of sight, all within a split second... After a half hour had passed since the sighting, the radiation detection system on the bridge started making a loud clicking sound."  View full report

Source: UFOCasebook.com (B. J. Booth, editor), citing MUFON CMS (Case Management System)   ID: 1111
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Military, Water-Related, E-M Effects, Silent

Flying 'ball of fire' seen by 3 children camping in backyard in Redwood Valley, CA

June, 19, 1985 - Redwood Valley, California, United States

Three children were camping in their Redwood Valley backyard when they heard a "whoosh" and saw a bright light. The flying "ball of fire" made three circles above their yard. Debbie, 11, said the object was bigger than a beach ball. The object began to get smaller and increase its speed until it disappeared in the southwest.  View full report

Source: Ukiah Daily Journal (Ukiah, CA), June 20, 1985   ID: 944
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Children, Sound, Witness Photo

Oblong shaped flying object witnessed by 3 women near Ascutney, VT

February, 5, 1985 - Ascutney, Vermont, United States

Three women were driving to a high school basketball game, when they noticed a bright object in the night sky. They described it as basically oblong in shape, with an extremely bright white light at the front end. There seemed to be a sphere or halo of a grayish-bluish hue around the middle of the object, and lots of tiny flashing lights at the rear. One of these, a. small white light, was stationary for a while but suddenly detached itself from the rest of the lights and sped rapidly away.  View full report

Source: Windsor Chronicle (Windsor, VT), Feb. 7, 1985   ID: 950
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Body Lights, Witness Sketch

Man sees unusual object with lights in night sky over Amherst, Ohio

1985 - Amherst, Ohio, United States

Arthur Schindler and his wife, Eva, had just returned from Lenten services at St. Paul Church, when he saw a light in the sky. He watched the object for more than an hour. "It looks like a huge dish with two sets of yellow lights around the rim. On top of the dish, it looks like a castle. Kind of like a pyramid. There are lights all over it. The blue and white beams shoot out from the front of it."  View full report

Source: Lorain Journal (Lorain, OH), June 13, 1985   ID: 945
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Body Lights, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo

Bob White Alien Artifact

1985 - Near Grand Junction, Colorado, United States

White and a friend were driving from Denver to Las Vegas, when they witnessed an object that was about 100 yards in front of him, he said, "and it was huge ... absolutely huge." As the craft flew away, White said, he noticed an orange light falling to the ground. He recovered the object, which is about 7-1/2 inches long and shaped like a teardrop.  View full report

Source: Knight Ridder Newspapers, June 22, 2004   ID: 365
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Artifact, Witness Photo, Polygraph Test, Interaction/Reaction

Police officer and others see dirigible-shaped UFO over Keene, NH

October, 16, 1984 - Keene, New Hampshire, United States

On Oct. 16,1984, a mysterious craft was seen over Keene near Route 12. Keene police Sgt. John C. Zeller got the call and drove out to the highway to see what was going on. He caught sight of something in the sky and shined his cruiser's spotlight on a white, dirigible-shaped object before it moved off. The following night it was back, hovering above Keene again. A lot of people reported something strange during those two nights.  View full report

Source: Paul Montgomery, The Keene Sentinel (Keene, NH), Sept. 25, 1992   ID: 762
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Police, Witness Photo, Interaction/Reaction

UFO follows witnesses home, hovers over driveway

August, 20, 1984 - Mahopac Falls, New York, United States

Mrs. Irene Lunn, the wife of a policeman, and her daughter Erica were driving home when they saw a large object directly over the pond at the Circle A Farm. The object suddenly made a 90-degree left turn and came slowly towards them. It stayed with them as they reached home, until it was directly over their driveway. About one minute after it started hovering, another UFO came out of the west over the driveway.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 32 No. 11 (May 1985)   ID: 359
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Multiple UFOs

Close Encounter at Indian Point Nuclear Reactor, NY

June, 14, 1984 - Buchahan, New York, United States

The object consisted of ten or more lights arranged in a boomerang pattern. It appeared to be hovering about a quarter of a mile from one of the gates to the complex, and at that distance, they could not make out any shape... He estimated the object was at least 300 feet from one end to the other.  View full report

Source: J. Allen Hynek, Philip J. Imbrogno, and Bob Pratt (excerpt from Night Siege: The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings)   ID: 1080
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Nuclear Facility, E-M Effects, Group Sighting

Ball of fire moves over 4 witnesses in boat on Bear Lake, Florida

July, 1983 - Bear Lake, Forest City, Florida, United States

The four witnesses had gone out in their boat to the middle of the lake, when they noticed a strange light that apeared as a flaming ball, orange and red with flames licking upward then like tongues of fire vanishing over the ball. The light then went out, but after a minute or two the fireball appeared again, directly over the witness' boat, before shooting away.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 932
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Water-Related
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