selected ufo cases

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The Willow Grove Close Encounter

February, 15, 1963 - Near Moe, Australia

Charles Brew, with his 20 year-old son Trevor, was at work in the milking shed on their farm, 'Willow Grove', when he saw a strange object appear and descend very slowly towards the milk shed, to a height of about 30 metres. The object was metallic grey, measured 8 meters in diameter, and had a transparent dome with a 2-meter mast or aerial. After hovering for a few seconds the object began climbed away into the clouds. View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996) ID: 623

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Animal Reaction, Witness Sketch, Physiological Effects

The Cressy Cigar (Cigar-shaped object w/ satellite objects witnessed by Anglican minister and wife)

October, 4, 1960 - Cressy, Tasmania, Australia

The Cressy sighting remains as one of Tasmania's best known UFO sightings. The cigar shaped 'mothership' and attendant discs were witnessed by the local Church of England minister, the Reverend Lionel Browning and his wife. The case was investigated by the Royal Australian Air Force, details were taken by the Victorian UFO Society, whilst Prof: James E McDonald interviewed Rev Browning in 1967. View full report

Source: Keith Roberts, TUFOIC (Tasmanian UFO Investigation Center) ID: 897

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Clergy, Multiple UFOs

Saucer-shaped object with dome and two occupants inside

July, 13, 1959 - Blenheim, New Zealand

Mrs. Moreland saw a sharply- outlined saucer-shaped object with two extremely bright sources of green light on the underside. The object was approximately 20 to 30 feet wide and hovered at roof-top level, about 15 feet above the ground. Inside a transparent dome, she said, there were two men, "dressed in fairly close-fitting suits of shiny material." View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), ID: 559

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, 'Dyad Scout Craft', Humming, Witness Sketch

Father Gill / Papua New Guinea Sighting

June, 26, 1959 - Papua New Guinea

William B. Gill, an Anglican priest with a mission in Bosinai, Papas New Guinea, observed craft-like UFOs -- one with Humanoid figures on top -- on two consecutive evenings, June 26-27, 1959. About twenty-five natives, including teachers and medical technicians, also observed the phenomena. They "signaled" the humanoids and received an apparent response. This was one of sixty UFO sightings within a few weeks in the New Guinea area. View full report

Source: Bill Chalker, from 'The Oz Files' ID: 67

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction, Clergy, Portholes/Windows, Group Sighting, Witness Sketch

Navy Sees 'Flying Saucers' on Radar Screen

December, 16, 1954 - Goulburn, Australia

Navy pilot has reported seeing two "flying saucers" flash past him while he was flying over Goulburn, N.S.W. Radar officers at Nowra Fleet Air station picked up the objects on their screen. View full report

Source: Daily Telegraph December 16th 1954 ID: 22

Case Type: PressReport Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military

The 'Sea Fury' Incident

August, 31, 1954 - Nowra, Australia

One of the most controversial radar visual reports of the fifties occurred on August 31st, 1954. The story leaked out in December, 1954, and made front page headlines. The official navy file on the event remained classified until the Directorate of Naval Intelligence released a copy upon my request in 1982. During his 1973 visit to Australia, Dr. Hynek was able to interview the pilot involved in this famous incident. View full report

Source: Bill Chalker ID: 66

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military

Teenage Girls See Saucer

June, 6, 1954 - Dandenong, Melbourne outer suburb, Australia

Girls claim, a ‘flying saucer hovered less than 20 yards above their heads. A cylindrical shape, about 30ft. Long and 15ft. High, with a canopy and window on top and a window on each end View full report

Source: Sunday Telegraph June 13th 1954 / Australian UFO Research Network ID: 19

Case Type: PressReport Features: Children

'Human Figures Seen in Saucer'

June, 1954 - East Malvern and Carnegie , Australia

Witnesses said they thought they had seen human figures in a flying saucer. They saw the figures through portholes in the saucer they said. Six people reported having seen a pear-shaped, green object. View full report

Source: Daily Telegraph JUNE 1954 / Australian UFO Research Network ID: 20

Case Type: PressReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Portholes/Windows

The Haneda AFB case, Japan, 1952

August, 5, 1952 - Haneda US Air Force Base , Near Tokyo, Japan, Japan

This is one of the cases that the Colorado Project has considered "explained" - a star and an anomalous radar propagation. Not so. On the contrary, as a careful study of the records shows, it is a very interesting case of anomalous flying objects in the sky who fly under intelligent control and cannot be of human origin. View full report

Source: UFOs at Close Sight (Patrick Gross) ID: 10

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Radar, Military

Canadian Naval Officer Has Close Encounter In Hawaiian Waters, 1952

May, 1952 - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States

From the witness: "Suddenly one of these objects appeared at close range on our port bow at a low elevation. It was disc shaped and consisted of a very bright light with black windows running around the whole side which was visible to us. It maintained perfect station on us for at least fifteen minutes. I scanned the object with binoculars attempting to see into the windows but saw nothing." View full report

Source: Gavin McLeod, UFO*BC, 3-6-98 (credit: Rense.com) ID: 1078

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Portholes/Windows, Military, Silent, Water-Related

Korean War battlefield UFO encounter; physiological effects

1951 - Chorwon, Korea, Republic

"We suddenly noticed on our right-hand side what appeared to be a jack-o-lantern come wafting down across the mountain... It had an orange glow in the beginning... But then this object approached us. And it turned a blue-green brilliant light... and then, we were attacked. We were swept by some form of a ray that was emitted in pulses... then I saw it shoot off at a 45 degree angle, that quick, just there and gone." View full report

Source: John Timmerman, J. Allen Hynek Center For UFO Studies (credit: CNI News) ID: 1076

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Group Sighting, Light Beam, Physiological Effects, Sound

CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite's UFO Encounter in the South Pacific (1950's)

1950 -

In the 1950s Cronkite was part of a pool of news reporters brought out to a small South Pacific island to watch the test of a new Air Force missile... a large disc-type UFO appeared on the scene. Cronkite guessed that the object was about 50-60 feet in diameter, a dull grey color and had no visible means of propulsion. As Air Force guards ran toward the UFO with their dogs, the disc hovered about 30 feet off of the ground." View full report

Source: Bill Knell, UFO researcher ID: 1178

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Military, Witness Photo, Famous Person

Photo of UFO over busy street in China, 1942

1942 - Tiensten, China

Young Japanese student Masujiro Kiryu, going through his fathers scrapbook of photographs fron the China Campaign, just before World War II, discovered a strange cone-shaped object in the sky above a Tsientsien Street. A number of people in the street are looking up and two are pointing up at the object. View full report

Source: Wendelle Stevens, reposted on UFOArtwork.com ID: 259

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Photo

329 BC: Alexander the Great records two great 'flying shields'

329 BC - Central Asia,

Alexander the Great records two great silver shields, spitting fire around the rims in the sky that dived repeatedly at his army as they were attempting a river crossing. The action so panicked his elephants, horses, and men they had to abandon the river crossing until the following day. View full report