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Cases by Decade: 1970s

Egg-shaped UFO seen from mountain lodge, reacts to firing of signal flare

December, 10, 1973 - Hochries Mountain, Germany

Mr. L., the proprietor of an Alpine lodge on Hochries mountain in Germany, along with the caretaker, noticed a red light on the top of the mountain. Mr. L. fired a red flare signal rocket in the direction of the unidentified object. Soon after, the object started to shine in a much brighter red color and rose-up slowly in the air. It moved in the direction of the Hochries-lodge, and the witnesses now recognized that the object was egg-shaped.  View full report

Source: Illobrand von Ludwiger / MUFON-CES, (1998)   ID: 652
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Interaction/Reaction, Body Lights

Occupant Encounter in New Hampshire (Lyndia Morel Encounter)

November, 2, 1973 - Manchester, New Hampshire, United States

Excerpt: "As the car approached a point opposite the middle of the cemetery the UFO closed possibly to within less than 500 feet... At this point she estimated the object to be at the height of a three-story building. The figure in the window was now distinct."  View full report

Source: Walter Webb, APRO Bulletin, Vol. 12 No. 4 (Jan/Feb 1974)   ID: 303
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant

Occupant Encounter In Argentina Featured Case

October, 28, 1973 - Bahia Blanca, Argentina

On Sunday, 28 October 1973, in the first hour of the morning, truck driver Dionisio Llanca had a fantastic experience. Dionisio, a calm and quiet bachelor arrived at a hospital in Bahia Blanca in a state of total amnesia. Three days later as he regained his memory he related his extraordinary experience - - a night encounter on route H3 with a flying saucer and beings that talked with "chillidos" and who took a sample of his blood.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 22 No. 3 (Nov/Dec 1973)   ID: 301
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Photo

Black sphere hovers near U.S. Naval Comm. Station at North West Cape, Australia

October, 25, 1973 - North-West Cape, Australia

According to official reports, at 7.30 p.m. Lieutenant Commander M, of the US Navy, observed 'a large black, airborne object' in the airspace over the important US intelligence base at North-West Cape. US Navy Fire Captain L had also seen the object. The object was about 10 metres in diameter and was about 300 metres above the ground. It was completely stationary except for a halo around its centre, which appeared to be either revolving or pulsating.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996)   ID: 629
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Military, Nuclear Facility

Coyne Helicopter Incident Featured Case

October, 18, 1973 - Mansfield, Ohio, United States

The Coyne case (or "Army helicopter incident") stands out as, perhaps the most credible (in the "high strangeness" category) of the 1973 wave. An Army Reserve helicopter crew of four men encountered a gray, metallic-looking, cigar-shaped object, with unusual lights and maneuvers, as they were airborne between Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio.  View full report

Source: Jennie Zeidman, CUFOS   ID: 104
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Military

The Pascagoula Abduction Incident Featured Case

October, 11, 1973 - Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States

The Pascagoula Incident involved two men, Parker and Hickson, both of Gautier, Mississippi, who were fishing in the Pascagoula River when they heard a buzzing noise behind them. Both turned and were terrified to see a ten-foot-wide, eight-foot-high, glowing egg-shaped object with blue lights at its front hovering just above the ground about forty feet from the river bank. As the men, frozen with fright, watched, a door appeared in the object, and three strange Beings floated just above the river towards them.  View full report

Source: Andy Page / NICAP   ID: 97
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Abduction, Physiological Effects, Polygraph Test, Witness Photo, Humanoid/Occupant

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

Woman observes disk-shaped object moving over field in daylight

July, 4, 1973 - West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

On the evening of July 4, 1973, Cecile (age approximately early 70's) was sitting on her patio having a smoke while her husband showered. As she sat, she noticed movement from her left peripheral view (north east). She then observed a large, disk shaped object descending from just above the tree line into the field. It then rose slowly, just high enough to clear trees, moved slowly to the south and disappeared from sight. The witness had an unobstructed view of the object from a distance of 300 feet, in daylight.  View full report

Source: Investigated by Bruce Tilden and Tony Douglas, Western Massachusetts MUFON   ID: 721
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

Family observes glowing, disc-shaped UFO with light beam for 15 minutes

June, 25, 1973 - Dundurrabin, Australia

On about 25 June, members of the Dorrington family observed a large, disc-shaped UFO for about 15 minutes between 6.30 and 7.00 p.m. The whole of the object was surrounded by a green glow. There appeared to be a rotating, brilliant red light around the middle of the object. A V-shaped green 'solid' beam seemed to oscillate up and down. This sighting occurred during a flap in the area of two small timber towns, Tyringham and Dundurrabin.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996)   ID: 627
Case Type: StandardCase

Domed Disc Near Airliner, Confirmed By Radar

February, 14, 1973 - McAlester, Oklahoma, United States

A domed disc near cargo airliner, confirmed by the airplane's airborne radar. The object was disc-shaped with a transparent dome on top, and a silvery, highly polished surface. The object reacted to the sweep of the plane's radar. Pilots from the airliner saw two or three shadowy entities moving around inside the object.  View full report

Source: Richard Hall / UFO Casebook   ID: 15
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Radar, Humanoid/Occupant

Large disc with light beam follows car near Nowra, Australia

January, 1973 - Nowra, Australia

Elizabeth C was driving along the South Coast of NSW with four other people, when the group encountered a UFO which began to travel alongside the car. The object was large, disc-shaped, and there appeared to be a distinct 'searchlight' beam effect that rotated around its bottom. At least one of the witnesses was certain that figures could be seen in the windows of the object. After following the car for 24 km, the object seemed to suddenly relocate and headed out to sea.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker, (1996)   ID: 625
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Military, Portholes/Windows

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

The Isla De Lobos Case in Uruguay Featured Case

October, 28, 1972 - Isla de Lobos, Uruguay

This is a single witness sighting, and yet it has become the best case coming from Uruguay due to the in-depth investigation done by the members of C.I.O.V.I. research group. The witness, Corporal Juan Fuentes saw a landed craft with three occupants at close range for time of about one minute. He attempted to shoot at the occupants but was stopped from doing so. The occupants entered the craft, and the craft rose up and flew away at high speed.  View full report

Source: Dr. Willy Smith (UNICAT Project)/ C.I.O.V.I.   ID: 887
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Military

Metallic, egg-shaped object witnessed by Australian UFO researcher and engineer, Bill Chalker

September, 15, 1972 - Australia

Australian UFO researcher and engineer "saw what appeared to be a metallic egg-shaped object traversing the twilight sky, north to south. It was moving in a horizontal trajectory, at a speed roughly equatable to that of a low flying light plane... It had an apparent angular size at arms length of about one inch, and gave me the subjective impression of a sizeable object flying at several hundred feet."  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker   ID: 1069
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Silent, Scientist/Engineer, Witness Photo

Disc-shaped UFO over Lebanon seen by several family members

August, 4, 1972 - Baakline, Lebanon

Mr. Walter Hamady, a professor of art, was one of several witnesses to the presence of a UFO over Baakline, Shuf Province, Lebanon. At about dusk Mr. Hamady, his wife Mary and Mr. Hamady's aunt pulled into the driveway of the house, and Hamady's cousins were very excited, exclaiming they had just seen a "flying saucer". The small company made their way onto the terrace and saw a bright red light moving "straight off into space".  View full report

Source: APRO, Jan/Feb 1973   ID: 680
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Portholes/Windows

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

Object emits three discs, responds to light signals

August, 1972 - Minnesota, United States

A family of six was returning from their vacation in the U.S. at night when they observed a UFO, which zoomed straight toward them. They used a flashlight and flashed four times — short flashes — and immediately the object flashed back four times. Three smaller discs were seen leaving the large disc.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 2 (Aug. 1976)   ID: 347
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  E-M Effects, Vehicle Interference, Interaction/Reaction, Multiple UFOs

Maureen Puddy's close encounter in Victoria, Australia, 1972

July, 5, 1972 - Frankston, Victoria, Australia

On 5 July 1972, 27-year-old Maureen Puddy saw a ufo on the Alooraduc Road near Frankston, in Victoria, Australia. The object was a huge blue disc, which hovered above, her car as she returned from visiting her son in hospital. Twenty days later, at almost the same spot, it returned. This time it seemed to drain power from the car, causing it to stop; indeed, the car appeared to steer itself to the roadside. A voice in her head told her, 'All your tests will be negative.' It then said: 'Tell media, do not panic. We mean no harm..'  View full report

Source: Judith Magee, VUFORS   ID: 814
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Vehicle Encounter, Vehicle Interference, Communication

Occupants seen next to UFO sitting on road

June, 1972 - Deming, New Mexico, United States

Mrs. Hilda McAfee (a lady in her late 50s) and her elderly mother were on their way home by car when they were disrupted by a blinding light shining from straight ahead. As they passed the object in the road, they saw two men who were clad in pale, blue, bulky quilted coveralls. In the aftermath of the event, both women suffered a burning, aching pain in their chests and arms after the encounter, and "even their bones" seemed to hurt.  View full report

Source: Patti Morris, APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 6 (Dec 1975)   ID: 312
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Physiological Effects, Landing

Silver, football-field sized boomerang-shaped UFO over Fort Stockton, Texas Featured Case

1972 - Fort Stockton, Texas, United States

"There was an Elementary School just a few yards from the corner of Main and Colpits and right up above the school was a Silver object about the size of a Football Field. It hovered about 50 feet above the school and it was shaped like a boomerang. From my position I figured that it was about 10 to 15 feet thick. But the strangest thing about the incident was, how the people in Ft. Stockton reacted to it."  View full report

Source: UFO Info (UFOInfo.com) / HBCCUFO.org, Brian Vike, Director   ID: 1147
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Children, Witness Sketch

Man finds gold 'nugget' after seeing bright light

1972 - Sierra Mountains near Stanislaus River, California, United States

Tom McCully of Merced said he had gone camping alone and was up before dawn fishing when he first noticed a bright pulsating light reflecting off the water. Then he said there was a sudden brilliant flash and something like hailstones pelted the area around him. Frightened, he bent down, he said, to pick up his fishing pole, which had dropped, and noticed what appeared to be a gold nugget.  View full report

Source: Modesto Bee (Modesto, CA), Sept. 13, 1976   ID: 374
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Artifact, Witness Photo

Silver metallic orb, 20' in diameter, w/glowing band of symbols, noiseless and motionless in sky at treetop level

1972 - Springfield, Virginia, United States

My best guess is that I was about 7 years old when this happened, maybe younger. ...When we got to the middle of the wet street, I looked up and saw something very strange. Hanging there, just ahead and above me to my right, in the overcast sky, was a big, round, silver/metal orb.  View full report

Source: UFO Evidence   ID: 71
Case Type: RawReport

Delphos, Kansas Landing Ring Featured Case

November, 2, 1971 - Delphos, Kansas, United States

16 year old Ronald Johnson was tending the sheep, accompanies by his dog, when the sighting happened. What he suddenly saw was a mushroom shaped object, illuminated by multicolored lights over its entire surface and hovering 25 yards away. Johnson and his family went around the house to the site of the near landing and were surprised... to observe a glowing ring in the ground. This is considered as one of the very best physical trace cases involving a UFO landing.  View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com   ID: 192
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Physical Trace, Landing, Animal Reaction, Children

Large black triangle flies low over witness in 1971 in South Carolina

October, 1971 - Florence, South Carolina, United States

The sighting occurred in the fall of 1971 in Florence, SC. Around dusk one evening the witness went out to the backyard and watched as a large, black triangular craft was passing directly overhead. It was about 300 ft across from tip to tip and about half that distance from front tip to the rear. It was perfectly silent. After the object traveled out of sight, four fighter jets came screaming over, going in the same path.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 933
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Silent
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