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U.S. Congressman and Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich sighting of large triangular craft in Washington state

September, 1982 - Graham, Washington, United States

Dennis Kucinich saw a large triangular craft over the home actress Shirley Macline in the 1980's. "He looked up, he saw a gigantic triangular craft, silent, and observing him. It hovered, soundless, for ten minutes or so, and sped away with a speed he couldn't comprehend."  View full report

Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), Wall Street Journal, and other sources   ID: 1177
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Silent, Witness Photo, Famous Person

Unidentified landed enormous craft on legs

1983 - Sooke, British Columbia, Canada

I was astounded by what I viewed., and here it is. What I saw was an enormous dark structure, almost filled up the whole site that was a few hundred ft wide, to me it looked like the size of a football stadium, it was long, thin, rounded edges, lights placed strategically along the top edge casting shallow light downward.  View full report

Source: UFO Evidence   ID: 78
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Landing

Large 'inverted trapezoid' seen by several witnesses in Plymouth, Devon, UK

January, 1983 - Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom

Large, low flying , silent and slow inverted trapezoid witnessed by two other people that I know of (who chased it in a car through Stoke village) as well as two other members of my family. [It had] lit up windows on it and it was apparently following a Dash 7 commercial airplane on route to land at Plymouth airport. The local paper the next day reported that a couple of women in a car had also observed this object and attempted to follow it as far as they could in their vehicle.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 918
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Witness Sketch

Close encounter with huge object, 20-30 occupants seen inside

February, 3, 1983 - Mobile, Alabama, United States

Huge object witnessed by Pat Norris of Mobile, Alabama. "As the craft appeared Mrs. Norris' attention was drawn to a top deck with a long window which she estimates 53 feet and through which she viewed 20 to 30 persons, apparently oblivious of her presence, walking about as if they were changing shift."  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 32, No. 2 (May 1984)   ID: 267
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Portholes/Windows

Ball of fire moves over 4 witnesses in boat on Bear Lake, Florida

July, 1983 - Bear Lake, Forest City, Florida, United States

The four witnesses had gone out in their boat to the middle of the lake, when they noticed a strange light that apeared as a flaming ball, orange and red with flames licking upward then like tongues of fire vanishing over the ball. The light then went out, but after a minute or two the fireball appeared again, directly over the witness' boat, before shooting away.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 932
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Water-Related

The Alfred Burtoo Encounter Featured Case

August, 12, 1983 - Aldershot, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Alfred Burtoo was fishing along an isolated canal when a disc-shaped UFO landed nearby. The beings were humanoid, 4'6" tall, dressed in green overalls and wore helmets with visors. The beings gestured at the witness to follow them and he went up a stairway into the craft. He was made to stand under an amber light. The beings spoke to him in broken English telling him that he was too old and infirm for their purposes, he was then let go.  View full report

Source: CJ website   ID: 707
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Landing, Witness Sketch, Animal Reaction, Contact, Communication, Witness Photo

Soviet merchant ship UFO sighting in the Mediterranean

June, 1984 - Straits of Gibraltar, Spain

The following is the UFO Report of Alexander G. Globa, a Russian sailor and engineer, who observed a UFO over the Mediterranean Sea at close quarters through binoculars in June 1984. This report was included in a declassified CIA UFO File on Soviet UFO sightings. The UFO reminded him of 'an upside-down frying pan' and had a grayish metallic shine. The lower portion of the craft had a precise round shape, its diameter no more than twenty meters. Many lights illuminated its bottom portion.  View full report

Source: Robert Morningstar / Paul Stonehill   ID: 1112
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Water-Related, Body Lights

Close Encounter at Indian Point Nuclear Reactor, NY

June, 14, 1984 - Buchahan, New York, United States

The object consisted of ten or more lights arranged in a boomerang pattern. It appeared to be hovering about a quarter of a mile from one of the gates to the complex, and at that distance, they could not make out any shape... He estimated the object was at least 300 feet from one end to the other.  View full report

Source: J. Allen Hynek, Philip J. Imbrogno, and Bob Pratt (excerpt from Night Siege: The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings)   ID: 1080
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Nuclear Facility, E-M Effects, Group Sighting
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