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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

Massive Wing-Like Object at Mary Lake

December, 12, 2001 - Mary Lake Subdivision, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada

A man came home from work to find that his daughter was very excited to tell him about a strange sight that she and others had seen early that morning. The daughter saw a massive, wing-like thing, slowly flying over, southeast. "All I know is that it was not a plane !" she added as an ending note.  View full report

Source: Martin Jasek   ID: 784
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Children

The Gundah Mackay Abduction Milieu

October, 5, 2001 - Near Tiaro, Australia

An extraordinary and controversial milieu has developed around events that reportedly began late on the evening of Thursday, October 4th, 2001, at a Gundiah property near Tiaro, culminating in the early hours of Friday, October 5th, 2001, and then played out in the glare of rapidly escalating media coverage.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker & Diane Harrison   ID: 64
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Abduction

Aircraft mechanic encounters massive, silent flying triangle near interstate

May, 23, 2001 - Allen Park, Michigan, United States

"The object was unmistakably triangle-shaped and extended beyond the width of both north and south bound lanes of M-39, at an altitude approximated between 500 and 1,000 feet. Mr. J. told me that his years of experience working around aircraft (including the military), left him with the feeling that this aerial object was not an airplane."  View full report

Source: Darryl Barker (Producer: 'Edge of Reality' documentary on Illinois sightings)   ID: 588
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

Close Sighting of Large Triangular Object

April, 1, 2001 - Stillwater, Minnesota, United States

"Sitting on the passenger side of the car the witnesses were traveling in, witness 1 noticed a lighted, triangular object to his right. The object appeared to be about 250 ft on a side. The witness reported the triangle was equalateral, though his (inexact) drawing shows it as isosceles. It was not possible to discern a texture to the surface of the object. A bright white light was at each apex of the triangle underneath the craft."  View full report

Source: Craig R. Lang, Mr. Dean DeHarpporte, Minnesota MUFON and NUFORC (Nat'l UFO Report. Center)   ID: 574
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

Large black triangle UFO over Idaho mountain

September, 27, 2000 - Challis, Idaho, United States

Immense, triangular shaped object hovering motionless and silently, witnessed by four hunters camping in Idaho. The triangle was estimated to be at least the size of a football field, several hundred feet on all sides. The object then moved away silently, and was seen to have a white light at each of its corners and a red strobing light from the middle.  View full report

Source: Skywatch International / NUFORC / UFO Casebook   ID: 13
Case Type: StandardCase

Boomerang-Shaped Craft Over North Vancouver, BC

May, 15, 2000 - North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

They both saw a large boomerang-shaped craft in the northern sky, travelling west. It was big, silent and moving fast. Pete said that the first things that caught his eye were the seven wide triangles - one in the center and 3 down each side (see drawings).  View full report

Source: UFO*BC   ID: 53
Case Type: StandardCase

UFO Encounter at Little Fox Lake, Yukon Featured Case

March, 30, 2000 - Little Fox Lake, Yukon Territory, Canada

Witnesses saw a 30 to 40ft diameter saucer, hovering about 200 ft off the ground! . It was a classic disc shape with a dome on top. The dome had two curved windows or lights from which a blue light was shining. The car headlights dimmed and their tape deck stopped playing. Their watches stopped functioning.  View full report

Source: Martin Jasek   ID: 115
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  E-M Effects, Vehicle Interference, Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo

The Washington State Elk Abduction Featured Case

February, 25, 1999 - Cascade Mountains, Near Mt. St. Helens, Washington, United States

A team of forestry workers allegedly had been witness to an incident on Thursday, February 25, 1999, during which time an elk was lifted off the ground and carried away by a very peculiar, disc-shaped object.  View full report

Source: National UFO Reporting Center   ID: 14
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Animal Reaction, Witness Photo, Group Sighting

Sphere-shaped object seen by witness in Salt Lake City, UT

September, 15, 1998 - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

At 3 AM on Sept. 15, 1998, witness Chris Rock stepped outside and fired his laser pointer into the sky toward west-southwest in the general direction of Jupiter. Within a minute or two, a gray, spherical object, with an apparent 7" diameter at arm's length appeared in the western sky, hovering over an adjacent building at a (measured) distance of 260 feet from the witness and 40 feet above the ground. The object sat motionless for 2 to 3 seconds, before passing over the witness and out of sight.  View full report

Source: MUFON (Jan, 2003)   ID: 920
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Interaction/Reaction, Witness Sketch

Cross-shaped object hovers above car in Australia

August, 27, 1998 - Echuca, Australia

"It was about 75 to 150 feet above us and completely still... I got out of the car to have a closer look... It was large and had what appeared to be four wings like in a cross. I estimate the size at about 60 feet across. Each wing would be 20 feet and the centre canopy was also about 20 feet and glowing red."  View full report

Source: James Owen, VUFORS (Victorian UFO Research Society), Australia   ID: 616
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch

Noctural light with light beam; animal reactions; satellite objects

March, 4, 1998 - Southgate, Australia

Donna noticed a very bright white light just above the horizon, and an estimated 2km away. During their close observation, the light did some unusual maneuvers and some unexplainable things were observed. There was a 'wedge shaped' beam of light emanating from the object. All witnesses observed an estimated 50 smaller objects entering the main object from the left and right.  View full report

Source: Barry Taylor, Network Update 06.02.98 (AUFORN, Robert Frola)   ID: 1094
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Light Beam, Animal Reaction, Sound, Multiple UFOs

Unknown Object Seen and Photographed in Turkey Featured Case

1998 - Yamanlar Mountain Peak, near Karagol , Turkey

"For at least a hundred times," Cem Arat and Mehmet Safak returned to the site at the Yamanlar Mountain Peak near Karagol, where they saw and photographed a strange object in February 1996. This time another UFO showed up. They shot a lot of pictures, but the object was moving so fast, that they caught it on only two.  View full report

Source: Michael Hesemann   ID: 402
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Photo

Mexico City 1997 UFO Video Featured Case

August, 6, 1997 - Mexico City, Mexico

In September 1997, [Mexican TV host and UFO researcher] Jaime Maussan received a very special package. Someone had sent him a video tape, in itself nothing remarkable. But when he played the tape on his video recorder, it took his breath away. For the anonymously sent recording showed nothing but points of light and sky - except for a large, metallic, structured, rotating disk, which maneuvered in broad daylight over Mexico City, with a dateline of 6 August 1997.  View full report

Source: Michael Hesemann (2000)   ID: 864
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Photo

Woman observes a 'frisbee-sized' UFO near Whitehorse, Yukon

June, 1997 - Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada

The witness "went outdoors for a look and there out over her septic field about 50 meters away this object hovering just a meter or two above the ground. It was a pale, pale green, almost white and had a bright glow to it. It was about the diameter of a frisbee and about 10 centimetres (4 inches) thick. When it flew by her deck, she estimated it to be travelling slightly slower than a thrown frisbee. She continued to watch the object for about 20 minutes just hovering back and forth."  View full report

Source: Martin Jasek   ID: 1010
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Animal Reaction

Oscillating, orange cigar-shape object mesmerizes two young brothers

January, 1997 - Crestview Subdivision, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada

Two brothers age 11 and 13 were sitting in their living room. While watching television, something caught the attention of the younger gentleman's eye. He was shocked to see an orange cigar shape with a yellow centre as depicted by his drawing below. The edges were well defined and there was a soft orange glow emanating around the object.  View full report

Source: Martin Jasek (Yukon Report)   ID: 885
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Children, Witness Sketch

22+ Witnesses Observe a UFO Larger than a Football Stadium Featured Case

December, 11, 1996 - Yukon Territory, Canada

On December 11th, 1996 an incredible "UFO event" took place in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The giant craft was believed to be from a half mile to over a mile in diameter based on triangulation calculations and the testimony of the witnesses.  View full report

Source: Investigated by Martin Jasek, M.Sc., P. Eng.   ID: 96
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Group Sighting, Witness Sketch

Hungarian Photo Snapshot Featured Case

October, 27, 1996 - Erpatak, Hungary

Lajos Kosina's girlfriend posed for one snapshot in her parents garden and no one noticed anything unusual in the sky at the time. Upon having the photograph developed some weeks later Lajos was surprised to see a ‘disc-shaped’ object in the sky behind his girlfriend.  View full report

Source: Hungarian UFO Network (HUFON) / Philip Mantle   ID: 237
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Photo, Witness Photo

Pilot encounters giant pyramid-shaped UFO over Pelotas, Brazil Featured Case

October, 5, 1996 - Pelotas, Brazil

Brazilian pilot Haroldo Westendorf, 39, was flying over Pelotas when he encountered an enormous pyramid or cone shaped UFO, with 8-10 sides; it was 100 meters in diameter and 70 meters high. Westendorf was able to fly around the base of the object three times, at one point coming as close as 40 meters. Then, out of an opening at the top of the craft, a smaller classic disc-shaped UFO emerged and flew off at tremendous speed. Three air traffic controllers and others on the ground also witnessed the event.  View full report

Source: CNI News, Dec. 20, 1997   ID: 699
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Multiple UFOs

CSETI expedition to Scotland - October 1996 (Triangle craft at distance)

October, 1, 1996 - Bonnybridge area, United Kingdom

On October 1,1996, a small Rapid Mobilization Investigative Team (RMIT) was activated by CSETI's director and founder, Steven Greer M.D. The team journeyed to the Bonnybridge, Scotland area - scene of continuing, persistent UFO activity since the current wave began in 1994.  View full report

Source: Shari Adamiak, CSETI (Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence)   ID: 46
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Interaction/Reaction, Human-Initiated Contact

The Fife Incident

September, 23, 1996 - Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

The three witnesses in the car became aware of a tremendously bright white light on the ground beside a group of trees. Also observed by them at this point was an immense bright blue glow which was shining up from the ground and out through the trees. [Then] events began to take a more dramatic turn, for whilst they were all captivated by these spinning lights, Mary suddenly became aware of figures silhouetted in the lights.  View full report

Source: Malcom Robinson, Flying Saucer Review   ID: 52
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Physiological Effects, Humanoid/Occupant

Giant UFO over the Yukon Gold Fields / Indian River Featured Case

July, 1996 - Yukon Territory, Canada

Twin sisters saw a giant cigar-shaped UFO. It had a row of rectangular windows. Small lights were flying in and out of the large object. The UFO appeared to descent or disappear behind a mountain, or into the ground. Missing time occurred.  View full report

Source: Investigated by Martin Jasek   ID: 102
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Missing Time, Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch

The 'Alien Interview' Video Featured Case

1996 - Groom Lake 'Area 51', Nevada, United States

The color video footage, which lasts for a total of two minutes and fifty-five seconds, was apparently smuggled out of the secret Groom Lake "Area 51" facility in Nevada by a man referring to himself as "Victor". The video film depicts a "Grey" alien being interrogated at the government facility. The footage first came to light on the Art Bell radio show on 13th March, 1997 when ufologist Sean David Morton was interviewed.  View full report

Source:    ID: 857
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Alien Photograph, Humanoid/Occupant

Car-stop UFO encounter near Velje, Jutland (Denmark)

September, 29, 1995 - Vejle, Jutland, Denmark

A 24-year-old man was driving to visit his parents in Vejle in Jutland, Denmark, when he experienced a dramatic stopping of his car when a disc-shaped UFO with a powerful light hovered over his vehicle. The object was only 3-4 meters above the car, and he could see a number of circular lamps on the underside. After a short time the intensity of the light from the UFO diminished, and it slowly moved away and out of sight; he was able to start the car again normally.  View full report

Source: Kim Moller Hansen, in Evans and Stacey (1997)   ID: 733
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Vehicle Encounter, Vehicle Interference, Animal Reaction, E-M Effects
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