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Sheriffs Watch High-Performance Discs (The Michigan Sightings / 'Swamp Gas' Case)

March, 14, 1966 - Dexter-Hillsdale, Michigan, United States

Washtenaw County sheriffs and police in neighboring jurisdictions reported disc-shaped objects moving at fantastic speeds and making sharp turns, diving and climbing, and hovering. At one point, four UFOs in straight-line formation were observed. Selfridge AFB confirmed tracking UFOs over Lake Erie at 4:56 a.m. Their stories were backed up by more than 100 witnesses View full report

Source: FUFOR (Fund for UFO Research) ID: 778

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Police, Radar, Witness Sketch, Group Sighting, Mass Sighting

Landed saucer-shaped craft with ladder and 'turret' in Anchorage, 1966

1966 - Anchorage, Alaska, United States

"I was standing in the middle of our street and there was a craft on stilts or legs with a ladder down from the center. It had just snowed, and I remember windows on the upper round part... The main body was like an upside down saucer with a cylindrical 'turret' on the top. The 'turret' was approximately 3 feet across and 2 to 3 feet high and appeared to rotate." View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 892

Case Type: RawReport Features: Landing, Portholes/Windows, Children, Witness Sketch

Rex Heflin UFO Photographs

August, 3, 1965 - Santa Ana, California, United States

Rex Heflin, an Orange County highway inspector, was at work in a county vehicle at 12:37 P.M when he saw a hat-shaped (disc with dome) object hovering above the road. He grabbed his Polaroid camera and took three photographs of the metallic-appearing object and a fourth of a black "smoke ring" left behind by the object. View full report

Source: STUDIOVNI ID: 253

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo

UFO on Australian Beach (Vaucluse Beach)

July, 19, 1965 - Vaucluse Beach, Australia

Disc-shaped object glowed as it sat on a beach. As witness approached the object, the object lifted off from the ground, quickly climbed in the air, and disappeared. Investigation revealed landing traces and effects on the nearby plant life. View full report

Source: UFO Casebook ID: 27

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Physical Trace, Animal Reaction, Landing, Witness Sketch

Valensole, France Landing (Maurice Masse Case)

July, 1, 1965 - Valensole, Basses Alpes, France

Farmer Maurice Masse was inspecting his field of lavender when he heard a whistling sound, then noticed an egg-shaped object with six thin legs and a central pedestal standing nearby. A classic close encounter case from France. At the same time, he also saw two "small boys," humanoid-looking beings less than four feet tall, dressed in grayish-green one-piece coveralls. View full report

Source: Michael Lindemann / Center For Extraordinary Explorations ID: 140

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Physical Trace, Physiological Effects, Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Witness Photo

Cumberland Spaceman / Solway Firth Photograph

May, 23, 1964 - Burgh Marsh / Solway Firth, United Kingdom

"As an amateur photographer on a day-trip with my family, I took the photograph on Burgh Marsh on May 23, 1964. I took three pictures of my daughter Elizabeth in a similar pose - and was shocked when the middle picture came back from Kodak displaying what looks like a spaceman in the background." View full report

Source: Daily Mail, London / England - December 13, 2002 ID: 385

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Alien Photograph, Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Photo

Socorro / Zamora UFO Incident

April, 24, 1964 - Socorro, New Mexico, United States

The experience of Lonnie Zamora on April 24, 1964 stands as one of the most profound ufo events in the modern history of the phenomena. Lonnie Zamora saw a highly unusual device of unknown origin, what can only be described as a "craft" of some kind, and he reported seeing what he believes were occupants. View full report

Source: Chris Lambright ID: 90

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Physical Trace, Landing, Police, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch

Paul Villa Photo and Contact Case

June, 16, 1963 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Apolinar (Paul) Villa, a mechanic of Albuquerque, New Mexico, had a unique privilege having prearranged meetings with Space People for the specific purpose of taking pictures of their craft. They told him they came from the galaxy of Coma Berenices, many light years distance. View full report

Source: Gabriel Green, UFO International, 1965 ID: 985

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Contact, Contactee, Photo, Witness Photo

Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case

September, 19, 1961 - Exeter, New Hampshire, United States

The first abduction case to be brought to the publics attention was back in 1961. Betty and Barney Hill reported seeing a UFO and experienced a period of missing time while on a long car journey. Under hypnosis they both seperatly described how they were abducted by aliens and shown around the spacecraft before under going medical examinations. Betty also spoke of the origin of the aliens which were of the zeta reticuli system but at that time it wasn't discovered until 1969. View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 315

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Abduction, Polygraph Test, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows, Missing Time

Eagle River Close Encounter (man given 'pancakes' by UFO occupants)

April, 18, 1961 - Eagle River, Wisconsin, United States

Mr. Paul Simonton, a chicken farmer in Eagle River, Wisconsin saw a disc-shaped craft land vertically on his farm. A hatch opened, and when he approached he saw three human-looking men inside. They asked him for some water. They appeared to be cooking pancakes on a griddle, and in exchange for the water they gave him four of the pancakes from griddle. The episode survived a rigorous assessment by the U.S. Air Force and is carried in their files as "unexplained." View full report

Source: Jay Rath ID: 708

Case Type: StandardCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Artifact, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Communication

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

Trindade Island Photographs

January, 16, 1958 - Trindade Island, Brazil

Trindade, a small rocky island in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean 600 miles off the coast of Bahia, Brazil, was the site of one of the most impressive photographic cases in UFO history. View full report

Source: STUDIOVNI / Jerome Clark (CUFOS) ID: 254

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Photo, Water-Related, Military

Astronaut Gordon Cooper Witnesses UFO Landing at Edwards AFB

1957 - Edwards AFB, California, United States

"I had a camera crew filming the installation when they spotted a saucer. They filmed it as it flew overhead, then hovered, extended three legs as landing gear, and slowly came down to land on a dry lake bed! It was a classic saucer, shiny silver and smooth, about 30 feet across. It was pretty clear it was an alien craft." View full report

Source: John Cooke ID: 357

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

The Kelly-Hopkinsville 'Goblins' Encounter

August, 21, 1955 - Kelly, Kentucky, United States

Billy Ray Taylor went out to fetch some water from the Sutton family well, when he saw a large shining object land in a gully about a city block away. A short time later, Carl "Lucky" Sutton and Billy Ray went out to investigate and saw a small 3-to-4 foot creature walking towards them with its hands up, as if surrendering. They later described the creature, one of several encountered that night, as having large eyes, a long thin mouth, large ears, thin short legs, and hands ending in claws. View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com ID: 524

Case Type: MajorCase Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Photo

The 1954 Cennina Landing and Encounter with Humanoids

November, 1, 1954 - Cennina, Italy

Rosa Lotti was walking into Cennina, when she perceived a big vertical spindle, "like 2 cones joined at their bases." From behind this craft emerged two little men 3 ft tall, who approached her with friendly expressions, the older one laughing. They were speaking a language that sounded like Chinese, 'liu, lai, loi." Approaching Lotti, they snatched from her the carnations and one of her stockings. Lotti ran away. A deep hole in the ground was later found at the site. View full report