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Cases with Multiple Witnesses

Football shaped UFO hovers near milk barn, scares animals

August, 19, 1965 - Cherry Creek, New York, United States

Sixteen year old Harold Butcher was milking the cows in his father's barn in Cherry Creek, N.Y. Harold heard one of the bulls outside make a noise "like I have never heard come from an animal before." Simultaneously he saw a metallic-looking, football-shaped UFO about 50 feet long and approximately 20 feet thick hovering just above the trees an estimated 450 feet from the barn.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon), 'Strange Effects from UFOs', by Donald Keyhoe and Gordon Lore   ID: 572
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Animal Reaction, E-M Effects, Physical Trace

Large cylinder-shaped object flies low over Brooklyn, NY

August, 1965 - New York City/Brooklyn, New York, United States

Form the witness: "Suddenly, as I looked to the left of me, I saw what I first mentally equated as a submarine perhaps two story's off the ground higher than the six story buildings beneath it. Here comes this thing, slow and steady and silent.... As it proceeded to float past us, we observed its right side. It is solid. It is a perfect and very long dark grey cylinder, and it just keeps coming very slowly and steadily."  View full report

Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (hbccufo.org)   ID: 1041
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Silent

Planes chased by elliptical luminous object, EM effects over Japan

March, 21, 1965 - Himeji, Ieshima Islands, Japan

"Inaba was the captain of the Convair-240, with 28 passengers aboard, which encountered the oblong and luminescent object over the Ieshima Islands in the Seto Inland Sea at 7.06 p.m. on Thursday. Fearing a collision, Inaba turned the plane 60 degrees to the right, but the flying saucer made an abrupt turn and flew along with the plane for about three minutes."  View full report

Source: Tokyo Japan Times, March 21, 1965 (UPI), Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo), March 22   ID: 628
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  E-M Effects, Pilot/Aircrew

Huge disc shaped object with bright light around edge

January, 1965 - Dorrington, Brisbane, Australia

"The object had come below the cloud cover and we couldn't believe what we were looking at. This huge disc shaped object with very bright light around it's circumference. It was travelling very slow (about 20 miles an hour), then the noise started.It was a screaming high pitched sound which had my wife in agony, hands over her ears and crying with pain."  View full report

Source: Brian Vike, HBCCUFO Research (www.hbccufo.org)   ID: 449
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch

Idaho 'Mining UFOs'

1965 - Spring Creek Ridge, Idaho, United States

Two men were camped on a bluff overlooking a valley. When they awoke in the early morning they noticed a shiny spot on the ore dump of a Spring Creek Mine across the valley. Using the scopes affixed to their rifles, they observed the "shiny object" which actually was one of four which were hovering over the ore dump. Protruding from the top of the objects were four hose-like devices which were inserted into the slag piles and were moving around.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 22 No. 2 (Sept/Oct 1973)   ID: 300
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Portholes/Windows, Multiple UFOs

County councillor reveals sighting of dome-shaped UFO in Cornwall, UK

1965 - Karslake, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Joan Vincent, County and Restormel Borough Councillor, revealed that she and her husband Roy had observed a mystery craft late at night during 1965 in a then rural area. The matter remained "virtually a family secret" over the years because the couple feared that they would be ridiculed if they told their story. The UFO was "a large, dome-shaped object that looked as if it were made of glass," estimated to be 50-70 feet across and 30-40 feet high.  View full report

Source: Ian Shepherd, Cornish Guardian (Bodmin, England), Nov. 26, 1998   ID: 729
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo

Large, metallic saucer-shaped craft at Mattagami River, Ontario

November, 23, 1963 - Mattagami River, Ontario, Canada

From the witness: "We just sat there in silence watching it, as it was watching us... It was huge, with the diameter being... about 30 yards... It appeared to be constructed of dull aluminum and was shaped like a saucer with the exception that the top and bottom halves did not join in a sharp edge. All the way around the center it looked like dark windows, 6 feet tall. As Robert and I watched, the craft tilted with the closest side to us down and the rear of the saucer up. It appeared that whoever was inside was trying to get a better look at us. "  View full report

Source: Brian Vike, HBCC UFO Research (hbccufo.org)   ID: 1029
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows

Disc-shaped UFO, larger than full moon, seen by police officers and others

September, 26, 1963 - Sunnyvale, California, United States

During the early morning of September 26, 1963, a UFO was sighted by people in scattered locations around the San Francisco Bay area. Officer Galen Anderson of Sunnvale Police Dept. observed the UFO for 45 seconds and submitted a particularly detailed report. This object appeared larger than a full moon, according to Officer Anderson, about basketball size at about 8 feet away.  View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (reported in San Jose Mercury News and SF Chronicle)   ID: 645
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Police, Group Sighting

Oval object rolling end over end

April, 1963 - Statesville, North Carolina, United States

"I recall looking up.. to see a strange oval shaped object rolling end over end passing directly overhead. I recall the object giving off different colors in a pulsing, vibratory sort of way... I would estimate it's altitude to be less than 300 feet off the ground... I do not recall hearing any sound whatever from the object but my brother and sister say it was somewhat like a humming sound."  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 473
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch, Humming

Disc landing in reservoir, part of series of sightings in New Jersey

September, 15, 1962 - Oradell, New Jersey, United States

A series of New Jersey police sightings after a reported disc landing in a reservoir. The action began on September 15, when two shiny discs were seen by multiple independent witnesses. On September 21, four Hawthorne police officers watched a device with two beams like headlights. Just after midnight, September 24, the same or a similar device was seen over the quarry by over a dozen Hawthorne police officers and the chief reporter of the N. J. State Press, George Della Penta.  View full report

Source: Waterufo.net / NICAP UFO Investigator, Oct/Nov 1962   ID: 796
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Police, Water-Related, Multiple UFOs

UFO with three beings hovers over boat dock at Minnesota cabin (Lake Movil)

August, 1962 - Lake Movil, Minnesota, United States

Marilyn Chenarides and Mrs. Mildred Anderson were vacationing at their cabin on Lake Movil in northern Minnesota when they saw a red glowing object which was hovering over the boat dock 50 feet from the cabin. In two of the windows of the object, the women could see the silhouettes of three man-shaped beings. After a few minutes of observation, Mrs. Anderson switched off the lights in the cabin, whereupon the lights on the object immediately went out.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 21 No. 2 (Sept./Oct. 1972)   ID: 458
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Interaction/Reaction, Portholes/Windows

Cigar-shaped UFO with portholes seen by Honeywell metallurgist

November, 22, 1961 - Near Grafton, Nebraska, United States

A Minneapolis Honeywell metallurgist, Melvin C. Vagle, Jr., and his wife saw a cigar-shaped UFO while driving along U.S. Highway 81. "At the lower end. . . there was a bright 'flashing white light ann at the upper end there was a steady red light. Along the length of the fuselage there was a row of square-appearing ports, illuminated with a white yellowish light."  View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall, 1964 (original case in "The Honeywell World," Jan. 1962)   ID: 644
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Scientist/Engineer, Portholes/Windows

Disc-shaped UFO hovers, then evades pursuit by pilot

October, 2, 1961 - Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

A grayish disc-shaped object which hovered, wobbling on its axis, then evaded pursuit, was sighted October 2, 1961 at Salt Lake City, Utah airport. Private pilot Waldo J. Harris, a real estate broker, investigated the object in his light aircraft as 8-10 ground personnel at the airport watched. The object was disc shaped, 50 feet in diameter, and 8-10 feet thick.  View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall (1964) from NICAP case report   ID: 638
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch, Pilot/Aircrew, Group Sighting

Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case Featured 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

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

Father Gill / Papua New Guinea Sighting Featured Case

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

Airliners Paced by three UFOs (The Killian Case)

February, 23, 1959 - Williamsport, Pennsylvania, United States

The sighting of three glowing objects by several airline crews February 24, 1959 is one of the most thoroughly investigated (and, ironically, one of the most controversial) on record. The key witness, Capt. Peter W. Killian, was interviewed by NICAP personnel. A detailed investigation report, including weather data, air navigation maps, etc. , was submitted to NlCAP by the New York City Affiliate. The Akron UFO Research Committee co - operated in the investigation, adding valuable details.  View full report

Source: Richard Hall, UFO Evidence, 1964 (NICAP)   ID: 1105
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew, Witness Photo

Two patrolmen see glowing red UFO in New Jersey

December, 20, 1958 - Dunellen, New Jersey, United States

Patrolmen LeRoy A. Arboreen and B. Talada were on night patrol when they saw an object coming from the west. "At first it looked like a red hot piece of coal about the size of a quarter held at arm's length. In a matter of seconds it was as large as a ruler held at arm's length... The body of the object was solid bright red and it gave off a pulsating red glow... The object hovered a few seconds, then made a left turn and again hovered for a few seconds, then went straight up like a shot."  View full report

Source: NICAP / Richard Hall (1964) from NICAP case report   ID: 639
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Police, Witness Sketch

Huge disk hovers over bridge in the Grand Beuch river valley, France, 1958

October, 28, 1958 - Pont-la-Dame, France

Jean Boyer was driving home on October 28, 1958. "I had reached the area of Pont-la-Dame and was ready to climb the stretch of road called "Cote des Egaux," when I saw in the sky, right above Pont-la-Dame, in the valley of the Grand Buech river, a motionless and luminous "disk." ...I believe it was about 200 to 400 meters above the ground. Suddenly, after two or three minutes, some sparks flew as the object rose vertically at a dizzying speed..."  View full report

Source: Jacques & Janine Vallee, 1966   ID: 951
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Smell/Odor

Strategic Air Command Officers Watch UFO With Satellite Objects

September, 8, 1958 - Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, United States

At SAC headquarters in 1958, a group of officers, airmen and missile engineers observed an elongated UFO with satellite objects for about 20 minutes. The case was reported to NICAP by Major Paul A. Duich, USAF (Ret.). Until recently, Major Duich was an Air Force Master Navigator, accumulating 4000 flying hours and 300 combat hours.  View full report

Source: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, 1964   ID: 1098
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Military, Multiple UFOs, Group Sighting

Commercial Plane Follows UFO over New York State

April, 8, 1958 - New York, United States

April 8, 1956: A very brilliant light was followed across New York State by an American Airlines plane. The pilots were Capt. Raymond Ryan and First Officer William Neff. The chase was described by radio to Air Force and civilian control tower operators. The following account of the sighting is taken from a tape-recorded interview program.  View full report

Source: Richard Hall, UFO Evidence, 1964   ID: 1104
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Pilot/Aircrew

Fisherman in Brazil watch UFO with portholes over sea

April, 1958 - Brazil

"When the machine was at a distance of some 40 metres from him and the group of fishermen, and about 15 metres above the water, it began to rock sideways, and then stopped and hung there. It seemed to have three distinguishable parts: the upper half was the colour of aluminium, like an inverted bowl, and on the top of it was a small protuberance or dome."  View full report

Source: Gordon W. Creighton, FSR Vol. 10 No. 6, Nov.-Dec, 1964   ID: 624
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Water-Related, Humming, Portholes/Windows

Trindade Island Photographs Featured Case

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

Object tracked on multiple radar flying at 5,000+ MPH

January, 1958 - Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

"I was on duty as a radar ATC operator and observed on my radar an object flying at 5,000mph+ and making impossible 90 degree turns. I coordinated and confirmed sighting with at least 3 other radar sites."  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 334
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Radar, Military
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