selected ufo cases
North America (including Mexico)
Large, disk-shaped craft, domed top, with lights, at 500 ft. distance.
April, 2, 2004 - Lamar, Colorado, United States
Six lights strung together, estimated to be 600 feet in length, and 500 ft. distance. Craft was disk in shape with a dome stucture on top. 2nd witness thought the lights were windows with luminating lights from inside the craft. View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) ID: 85
Case Type: RawReport Features: Police
Mexican Air Force Pilots Film 11 UFOs
March, 2004 - Over Campeche state, Mexico
Mexican Air Force pilots filmed 11 unidentified flying objects in the skies over southern Campeche state in Mexico, a Mexican Defense Department spokesman confirmed. A videotape was made widely available to the news media. The lights were filmed using infrared equipment. They appeared to be flying at an altitude of about 3,500 meters (11,480 feet), and allegedly surrounded the Air Force jet. View full report
Source: Associated Press / Jaime Maussan ID: 263
Case Type: MajorCase Features: Radar, Military, Pilot/Aircrew, Photo, Multiple UFOs, Witness Photo
Airline Pilot Photographs Three Bright Large Objects
February, 26, 2004 - Pisco, Peru
"While flying abeam Pisco, Peru, we noticed 3 very bright large objects. They were not moving much. They passed by us at a distance of 20-30 miles at approximately 20,000 ft. We were at 31,000 ft. There were 4 crewmembers on our B767-300ER. All noticed it. There also was a Mexicana Airliner overhead that noticed the objects as well. We called the local airt traffic controllers in Lima, and they did not see them on radar. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 471
Case Type: RawReport Features: Pilot/Aircrew, Photo, Multiple UFOs
Flying triangle over Vancouver, British Columbia
2004 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
I WITNESSED A Dark Triangle, with 3 soft RED lights at each of its points, which, (for whatever reason) would suddenly pulse brightly. It came up from behind the top of the apartment building across the alley and traveled over the course of the sighting left to right. This TRIANGLE was moving through the sky point up. There was no noise as I watched this Dark Triangle move slowly from the EAST to the WEST. If I had to describe its movements, I would say it was meandered, slowly with no seeming purpose. View full report
Source: Martin Jasek and Peter Galambos (UFO*BC) ID: 1140
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Body Lights, Silent, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch
Three Huntington Police Officers See Circular Flying Object
December, 26, 2003 - Huntington, Indiana, United States
"The object, seen from just north of the city Police Station, came out of the northwest to the steeple of a near by Catholic Church, then shot straight back north. It didn't make any noise, and it remained in their sight for less than a minute. But it was big described as the size of a hot air balloon or a backyard trampoline and low enough that one officer thought it was going to get hung up on the steeple of the church." View full report
Source: MUFON of Indiana ID: 483
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Police, Rotary/Spin Motion
Disc-shaped object seen and photographed in Vermont
December, 2003 - (Southeast), Vermont, United States
Amatuer photographer from Connecticut was setting up his camera, when something caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. It wasn't like anything he'd seen before. After recovering from the awe in seeing this, he quickly took a picture. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 239
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Witnesses report 'frisbee-shaped' object over Bennet Lake, Michigan
November, 21, 2003 - Bennett Lake, Michigan, United States
In the early morning hours of 21 November, 2003, Robert Williams and his mother Christine Williams, observed an extremely bright light hovering over Bennett Lake at an altitude of about 50-60 feet. As the object approached to within 250-300 yards of the witnesses, the intense white light began to dim, and both witnesses were able to make out a defined structure. They agreed that the object had a definite "frisbee" shape, and was complete with individual white lights around the perimeter. View full report
Source: MUFON (2004) ID: 919
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Body Lights, Animal Reaction, Witness Sketch
Rectangular object with 'man' standing inside seen through binoculars in Westerville, Ohio
October, 2003 - Westerville, Ohio, United States
My wife and I were sitting on the back porch and saw a rather large bright object in the south-eastern sky. Looking through 7x50 field glasses [binoculars], we could easily make out an object that had 5 large retangular windows, with a "man" standing inside. . My wife and I could see him clearly through the windows. He was wearing a white or, light-colored one-piece suit from the neck on down. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 935
Case Type: RawReport Features: Humanoid/Occupant, Witness Sketch
Lighted 'panel of lights' gliding silently across sky
September, 17, 2003 - Atlanta, Georgia, United States
"Witness reports that on September 17, 2003, he and his wife were out jogging near their home, approximately 12-14 miles north of downtown Atlanta, GA, when their attention was suddenly drawn by a bizarrely lighted "panel of lights" in the evening sky. They witnessed the object for only an estimated 3-6 seconds as it silently glided across the night sky. The husband, who prepared the graphic, has 20/10 vision, having undergone laser eye surgery to improve his distant vision." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) ID: 446
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
August, 19, 2003 - Council Bluffs, Indiana, United States
Looked like an airliner (but too many lights), banking then dropping down ( about 1 mile out). The bottom of the craft was only about 20'-25' above the road surface to my right and the leftmost white light (1 of 3) was just to the right of the truck cab. What I could see clearly were three brilliant white circular disc shaped lights about 4' in diameter forming an equilateral triangle about 4'-6' apart 2 leading and 1 trailing center. A single bright red circular disc of lights approximate 3' in diameter located in the center of the 3 white lights. View full report
Source: NUFORC ID: 2
Case Type: RawReport
A close daytime sighting
August, 10, 2003 - Canyon Creek Subdivision, Yukon Territory, Canada
The witness was driving toward Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway just north-west of MacRae Subdivision when she spotted an object on Haeckel Hill. The object was cigar-shaped, no wings or markings and looked like the body of an aluminum airplane. View full report
Source: Investigated by Hans Grasholm (UFO*BC) ID: 350
Case Type: StandardCase
Metallic object seen and photographed from plane
August, 4, 2003 - Gulf Of Mexico , Louisiana, United States
"Watching clouds on airplane window, notice a large object moving next to airplane almost same speed. I took my camera and take a picture and soon as possible, suddenly moved upward and when out of sight." View full report
Source: J.S. / UFOEvidence.org ID: 249
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
May, 27, 2003 - Phoenix, Arizona, United States
cigar shaped just hovering there - pinpoint lights alongside of it enough to show that it was a cigar shaped. At the ends of the cigar shaped object there were slightly larger red lights. It never moved, made noise, it just hung in there the whole time I watched it. Then suddenly it just took off upright toward the sky so fast and but it seemed like it just disappeared as it zoomed off. View full report
Source: NUFORC ID: 1
Case Type: RawReport
Silent, triangular craft sighted over West Seattle
May, 1, 2003 - Seattle, Washington, United States
'A triangular craft was moving across the sky above us at an altitude similar to airplanes in this part of the city (near Boeing field, not far from SeaTac Airport). It had a light at each of the points that was a dim orange and the lights seemed striped rather than solid. The craft was completely silent... We realized that [our dog] was trembling and then he became lethargic and lost his balance.' View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) ID: 447
Case Type: RawReport Features: Animal Reaction
Large triangle object flying at low altitude
February, 16, 2003 - Kirkland, Washington, United States
"I saw a GIGANTIC jet black triangle, with lights, come very slowly twords me (it was heading west) over the trees... Upon seeing this thing, I pulled my truck over to the side of the road approximately 1/4 mile west of the entrance to the high school. It appeared to be no higher than perhaps 75 to 100 feet, and it was IMMENSE." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center) ID: 445
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Flying orange orb witnessed by two women in New Brunswick
February, 9, 2003 - Indian Mountain, New Brunswick, Canada
It was a clear, cold early February morning when Amy Wilbur saw a flying orange orb in the sky. "It was a round orange ball in the sky hovering across the road and field to the west in front of our house," she said. "It was bright and light orange, the edges even brighter, a red-orange." The orange ball moved very slowly, downward and diagonally, said Wilbur. View full report
Source: Times & Transcript, October 30, 2003 (New Brunswick, Canada) ID: 886
Case Type: PressReport Features: Witness Photo
Weyauwega UFO Photographs
February, 2003 - Weyauwega, Wisconsin, United States
The witness states that she was outside during the evening and happened to notice lights that passed overhead. She says that her impression was the lights were from a balloon, which should be noted, but the photographs that she took seem to depict something other than a hot-air balloon or dirigible. View full report
Source: UFO Wisconsin Report ID: 260
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Black triangle with 3 dome lights directly above car
January, 24, 2003 - Kingston , Ontario, Canada
"I couldn't believe my eyes; it was a black equilateral triangle right ahead of me above the road. The triangle was exactly even and equal in length on all three sides and each of the three angles. There was a large white dome light steadily 'glowing' at each of the three points... As it passed over my car I got a very good look at the bottom of the craft." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 580
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Saucer-shaped craft with legs in Saskatchewan, Canada
November, 2002 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
From the witness: "It was a metal saucer shape with about 5 legs with these large metal balls under the legs but not attached to the legs. These balls were idle spinning very fast. It was almost like the spinning balls were keeping the UFO in mid air with the force. Then the balls started moving in a counter clockwise direction (still spinning) underneath the object in a circle." View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org) ID: 1072
Case Type: RawReport Features: Multiple UFOs
UFO seen floating on lake on witness' property in Tennessee
April, 10, 2002 - Tennessee, United States
At 5:30 A.M. the witness arose and went downstairs to the kitchen and opened the blinds to look for deer on the lake on her and her husband's property, when she saw a bronze metallic octagon-shaped object about 20 feet across which seemed to float on the lake. She heard no sound but watched the object for about a minute, then ran upstairs to call her husband to look. By the time the two returned the object had disappeared. View full report
Source: MUFON South Florida ID: 771
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Water-Related, Landing
Triangle UFO in Ewing, Kentucky
April, 2002 - Ewing, Kentucky, United States
From the witness: "When we got to our home, at the end of our drive was a black triangle with 3 dimly lit lights. The triangle made no sound and was just barely clearing the trees. The triangle traveled very slowly so its ability to maintain altitude was not due to aerodynamics. The next day my son and I took these photographs and added in a black triangle graphic to show what we saw." View full report
Source: coasttocoastam.com ID: 1154
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, Silent, Body Lights
Photograph of Small, Spherical Object Over Water
2002 - Burnett Heads, Australia
Elaine from Burnett Heads, dropped into the ABC Wide Bay studios (in Austrlia) with a photo she took in winter, 2002. "My husband and I probably took five photos or so over an hour... When we got the photos back one had a round thing in the picture that we couldn't explain!" View full report
Source: ABC Wide Bay, Queensland, Australia / UFO Casebook ID: 405
Case Type: PressReport Features: Photo
25 witnesses observed a black oval shaped object
2002 - Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada
And in a clear sky overhead and to the south was a black object in the oval shape of a rugby ball! It was not moving and stayed exactly where it was as we approached. It seemed to be about 2000 feet above the ground near our Central Park and about the size of a 747. Many people pulled off the highway to look at it, including 2 policemen. It did not move at all and was not a balloon or kite. View full report
Source: Brian Vike, HBCC UFO Research (hbccufo.org) (Credit: UFO*BC) ID: 1137
Case Type: RawReport Features: Group Sighting, Police, Witness Sketch
Large glowing disc hovers near Oregon home
2002 - Oregon, United States
The witness described a "really large, plate like, fluorescent lit airborne craft" floated silently and slowly to the right, revealing itself for its size and brilliance as it continued to drift into view. The 100 foot wide glowing craft tilted slightly and came to a stop just beyond the trees some 60 feet away and 50 feet up. View full report
Source: Eric Byler. Oregon UFO Review, 2002 ID: 1015
Case Type: StandardCase
