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Cases by Decade: 1970s

Saucer-type 'ship' with multi-colored lights, landed in yard

July, 1977 - Eliot, Maine, United States

This was a saucer type "ship" with multi colored lights on the edge that landed in the back yard after appearing behind some trees 20 yards behind the house. I woke up in my girlfriend an my bedroom on the second floor, looked out the window and saw the lights.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 332
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Missing Time, Landing

Rotating disc with white lights

July, 1977 - Anderson, Indiana, United States

"I was staying in a motel in Anderson, Indiana, in the month of July of 1977, when my travelling companion burst in through the door to summon me outside. Once in the parking lot, I gazed up above the rooftop to witness a great disc gliding gently across our field of view, moving slowly and tilted at an angle."  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 32 No. 7 (September 1984)   ID: 268
Case Type: RawReport

Man has encounter with 35 beings from landed UFO

June, 22, 1977 - Bulloo River, Australia

Gold prospector "Albert Smith" noticed three lights in the sky, which moved down toward him and then nestled in a clump of trees near his camp. He saw figures emerge amid dazzling lights. Thus began the most incredible, two days in the life of 47-rear-old Albert, in which he claims he was visited by people from another world at his lonely camp on the Bulloo River in far southwest Queensland.  View full report

Source: Brisbane Sunday Sun (Brisbane, Australia), Jan. 8, 1978   ID: 441
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Communication, Landing, Portholes/Windows

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

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

Pennsylvania man encounters UFO hovering over field next to home

March, 29, 1977 - Morgan Run, Pennsylvania, United States

Burton Woods, 45, of Morgan Run, PA, said he saw a craft hovering over a field near his mobile home. Woods suffered from headaches and blurred vision after the sighting. Much excitement was stirred by his UFO encounter, since he was able to get so close to the craft before it veered up and out of sight. The object was described as 170-200 feet in length.  View full report

Source: The Clearfield Progress (Clearfield, PA), Apr. 4, 1977   ID: 694
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Physiological Effects, Witness Sketch

Cigar-shaped UFO with smaller objects observed in Jemgum, Germany

March, 7, 1977 - Jemgum, Germany

A 16 year old student, standing in front of his parents house, observed a bright spot in the sky. Through his binoculars, he could see that the object was cigar-shaped and surrounded by an orange-colored halo. This object filled 4/5 of his field-of-view in the binoculars. It appeared reflective, almost glaring. Smaller objects were also observed.  View full report

Source: Illobrand von Ludwiger / MUFON-CES (1998)   ID: 654
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Multiple UFOs, Children

Dog dies after close encounter on ranch in Uruguay

February, 18, 1977 - Salto, Uruguay

Angel Maria Tonna, a 52-year-old rancher, and his foreman, witnessed a fiery disc like two plates placed face to face hovering a short distance above the ground behind the barn. The cows "were going crazy" and all the dogs were barking. The object approached, and Tonna felt electric shocks which went all through his body and a very intense heat hit him. Three days after the event, Tonna's dog, who had been 15 from the object, was found dead.  View full report

Source: APRO, August, 1977   ID: 825
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Animal Reaction, Physiological Effects
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