selected ufo cases
North America (including Mexico)
UFO observed by family in Port Alberni, BC, Canada; featured in TV report
August, 15, 2005 - Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
A family in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada, watched a UFO. The sighting was featured in a CH TV News report, showing interviews with the family as they described the UFO and its behavior. The daughter noticed the object first and called to her parents. "Then I saw it stay in one place for fifteen seconds," she says. "It was tipping to the right and left, sort of like this. And then it went straight west." View full report
Source: HBCC UFO ID: 772
Case Type: PressReport Features: Witness Photo
Long Craft Spotted Over North West Alabama
August, 8, 2005 - Florence, Alabama, United States
"We then thought it was a blimp, until it was just north of us and noticed it's size. Although we couldn't see an exact outline we knew it was very long as we watched the stars disappear from the sky as it passed between the lights. The craft we estimate to be as long as an aircraft carrier and was making no noise except for a very low hum." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 377
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Disc-shaped object photographed in Arizona
August, 6, 2005 - Salt River Canyon, Arizona, United States
"I took this photograph while driving through the Salt River Canyon (between Globe and Show Low) on Arizona State Route 60. We were approaching the bridge at the bottom of the canyon. I did not see the object in the sky. It only became visible when I downloaded the images onto my computer." View full report
Source: Ed O'Toole / UFOEvidence.org ID: 413
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Unknown object photographed in New Jersey
August, 2005 - Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
"This took place in Jersey City, New Jersey. I had pulled over off the highway to buy some fruits at a very isolated fruit stand/store and I snapped a picture of this warehouse in the lot. I did not even see it [the object]when I took the picture... It was a few weeks later when i was cleaning out the flash card that it caught my eye." " View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 874
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
Three UFOs Photographed in Connecticut Forest
July, 20, 2005 - Cockaponset State Forest, Connecticut, United States
"They were dark oblong shapes with some lights. Nothing bright and we didn't hear any noise. They didn't move for several minutes so I was able to take a few pictures. When they left they just floated away slowly." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 398
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo, Multiple UFOs
Navy Veteran Observes Large Cigar-Shaped UFO in Exeter, NH
July, 20, 2005 - Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
There was something odd in the sky last week, something that caused a Navy veteran with 10,000 hours of flight experience to have his own close encounter. While preparing to mow his lawn, "David" saw a large cigar-shaped object hovering in the sky. He said it was about the size of two USS Nimitz aircraft carriers. View full report
Source: Exeter News-Letter (Exeter, New Hampshire), July 26, 2005 ID: 361
Case Type: PressReport Features: Portholes/Windows
Cylindrical object moving 'intelligently' over St. Louis, MO
June, 2, 2005 - St. Louis, Missouri, United States
"While driving with my wife to the store she noticed something in the sky and realized it was oddly shaped (cylindrical) and moving in an intelligent manner... I had never seen a craft move so oddly (against the wind, stopping, moving again and then finally moving up through the upper clouds and disappearing completely." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport ID: 900
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Triangular Craft Sighting
May, 13, 2005 - Kirkland, Washington, United States
Perfect black triangle with 9 orange/yellowish lights on two sides of triangle, one on tip four following each leading edge, with none on stern/back end of triangle. The craft made barely, if any noise, and seemed to be defying the laws of gravity and aviation as it was floating and banking left View full report
Source: Mr. Reboare / National UFO Reporting Center (Seattle) ID: 266
Case Type: RawReport
Point of light exploded into bright white ball of light
April, 29, 2005 - Lake City, Florida, United States
An orange streak, which disappeared five minutes or so after first being spotted, followed by two points of light. The primary point continued to the North for another 5 minutes or so before exploding into a bright white ball of light with a seemingly large circumference. View full report
Source: UFO Evidence ID: 247
Case Type: RawReport
Multiple luminous spheres during thunderstorm
March, 23, 2005 - Clifton, Virginia, United States
The luminous spheres during the storm were described as a "very large object hovering over a nearby house about an 1/8 of a mile from our house. It was larger than the house, seemed to be at an angle to her view with the bottom exposed and had lights all around it evenly spaced." View full report
Source: Norman Gagnon (MUFON Field Investigator) / UFO Evidence ID: 238
Case Type: RawReport Features: Multiple UFOs
Light grey, flat triangle with three lights on each corner
March, 2, 2005 - Okeechobee, Florida, United States
"It started out as a bright star in the South East corner, appearing larger with speed towards me, as I drove up to a lighted area, the unknown object lifted up into the sky and I saw a light grey, flat triangle bottom, with 3 lights one in each corner as it glided without any sound toward the North." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 395
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Lockheed Engineer sees Slow-Moving, Silent Black Triangle
February, 9, 2005 - Owing Mills, Maryland, United States
Lockheed Martin software engineer, Frank Griffin, was in his backyard looking at the stars the evening of Feb. 9 when a black triangle hovering overhead caught his eye. The black triangle was at a low altitude, maybe 500 to 800 feet, with no lights, he said. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org / W*USA 9 News, Washington, D.C., USA ID: 389
Case Type: PressReport Features: Scientist/Engineer
Large cigar-shaped craft with horizontal line of multiple white lights
February, 7, 2005 - Syracuse, New York, United States
"We noticed a very large, brightly lit craft flying low above the tree line. It was flying extremely slow in a straight line from east to west. It continued low above the main street and suddenly stopped. It hovered for perhaps a minute or less, then seemed to change direction and slowly descend, from left to right, in a vertical slant." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 469
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Large, silent, and dark object travels across the sky
December, 13, 2004 - Neosho, Missouri, United States
"When the object was near overhead, I was able to make out its shape against the sky despite the fact that both sky and object were dark. It was roughly oval or egg shaped, but had a pylon or similiar structure on either side of it." View full report
Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center), Peter Davenport, Director ID: 575
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Triangle shaped object seen flying over-head
December, 2, 2004 - Harper Woods, Michigan, United States
"It stayed completely still for a bit, and then it started to rise back up in the sky toward the east. When it moved it had a brilliant tail of light that followed it. It had a very bright light on its tip . The two base corners had dimmer lights, one of which seemed to be turned off. It made no noise, and was fairly close so I should have heard something if it was an aircraft." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 480
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch
Three Disc-Shaped UFOs Photographed in Connecticut
October, 10, 2004 - Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
"I was on a trip with my family when we stoped on this step ridge/cliff to watch the sunset. One of my sons saw the 3 metalic objects in the distance. I took a picture of them as the moved to our right. The hovered in a organized formation and traveled at varying speeds (together) stopping now and then and then quickly moving to a new spot." View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 400
Case Type: RawReport Features: Photo
