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Cigar-shaped UFO with smaller objects observed in Jemgum, Germany

March, 7, 1977 - Jemgum, Germany

A 16 year old student, standing in front of his parents house, observed a bright spot in the sky. Through his binoculars, he could see that the object was cigar-shaped and surrounded by an orange-colored halo. This object filled 4/5 of his field-of-view in the binoculars. It appeared reflective, almost glaring. Smaller objects were also observed.  View full report

Source: Illobrand von Ludwiger / MUFON-CES (1998)   ID: 654
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Multiple UFOs, Children

Dog dies after close encounter on ranch in Uruguay

February, 18, 1977 - Salto, Uruguay

Angel Maria Tonna, a 52-year-old rancher, and his foreman, witnessed a fiery disc like two plates placed face to face hovering a short distance above the ground behind the barn. The cows "were going crazy" and all the dogs were barking. The object approached, and Tonna felt electric shocks which went all through his body and a very intense heat hit him. Three days after the event, Tonna's dog, who had been 15 from the object, was found dead.  View full report

Source: APRO, August, 1977   ID: 825
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Animal Reaction, Physiological Effects

Occupant Case in Tucson

February, 10, 1977 - Tucson, Arizona, United States

Ms. Lois Stovall was sitting on her couch when she noticed a light, like a bright star. It curved toward her house, approaching at a low level. Lois and her grandmother went out into the yard, less than 50 feet from the hovering object and watched. The object was almost capsule-shaped. Inside crouched a human-shaped figure, all over gray in color, that looked puffed up, like a balloon.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 8 (Feb. 1977)   ID: 358
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant

UFO hovers over two policemen in patrol car

February, 10, 1977 - Flora, Mississippi, United States

Madison County Sheriff's Deputy Kenneth Creel and Constable James Luke were on a routine patrol drive when they witnessed a 30 to 40 foot UFO which approached them at close range. "The thing came right over the car," said Creel. "...The thing just hovered over us, about 20 or 30 feet up, for more than a minute."  View full report

Source: Madison Co. Herald (Canton, MS), Feb. 17, 1977   ID: 425
Case Type:     Features:  Police

Brightly lit silvery colored craft during period of heavy UFO activity

February, 8, 1977 - Louisiana, United States

The first two months of 1977 brought heavy UFO activity to the state of Louisiana and eastward. On Tuesday, February 8, Mrs. Gayle Rodriguez and her son, Brian, were driving east on St. Bernard highway they saw a brightly lit silvery colored craft which flew across the highway in front of them and began a course parallel to the road.  View full report

Source: Ted Peters, APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 9, March, 1977   ID: 137
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Portholes/Windows

Six witnesses see UFO in Jayess, MS

February, 5, 1977 - Jayess, Mississippi, United States

"The most dramatic sighting of an UFO to be reported in this part of Mississippi took place near Jayess Saturday, February 5, and was seen at close quarters by at least six adults. Another sighting was reported in Madison County Wednesday, February 3, and was seen there by a constable and a deputy sheriff."  View full report

Source: Tylertown Times (Tylertown, MS), Feb. 17, 1977   ID: 436
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Portholes/Windows

Abduction by machine-like beings

January, 27, 1977 - Prospect, Kentucky, United States

Lee Parish, 19, experienced missing time after seeing a UFO. Through hypnosis, he recovered the lost memory of his experience aboard the ship. "Before him stood three objects which he instinctively felt or sensed were sentient beings, although they were definitely not human: a "black one," a "red one," and a "white one.""  View full report

Source: Carlo Ruekeri, APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 7 (Jan. 1977)   ID: 354
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Abduction, Missing Time

Youth reports UFOs with 'greenish creatures' Featured Case

January, 19, 1977 - Harrah, Washington, United States

Nine-year-old Jose Cantu of Harrah woke his mother up at about 6:30 a.m. asking her to explain the little "man" he saw outside. According to the boy, he had seen two greenish creatures about three feet tall, who rotated on a base instead of having feet, and two "steely" crafts in which 2 other creatures were sitting.  View full report

Source: Toppenish Review (Toppenish, WA), Jan. 26, 1977   ID: 462
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Humanoid/Occupant, Children, Witness Sketch, Physical Trace

Small object hovering over the roof of house

1977 - Popayan, Colombia

Object was an inverted triangle of an aproximate size of two meters in the base. It was hovering silently at one meter or less of the top of the roof.  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 333
Case Type: RawReport

Several witnesses view oval shaped object

December, 6, 1976 - West Simi Valley, California, United States

"It sat in one place in midair for approximately 45 minutes. It had a red light on top and green on the bottom. The position of these lights changed. There was a very bright white light in the center." All of the witnesses in this case were interviewed separately. All reported seeing the same type object as described.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 6 (Dec. 1976)   ID: 353
Case Type: StandardCase

Repeat sightings in South Dakota

November, 27, 1976 - Milbank, South Dakota, United States

Police radio dispatcher witnesses a large, somewhat egg-shaped object, blue at its base, but flashing multi-colored lights (mostly red) higher up and having two protruding legs or antennae. Object returns again on three separate occasions.  View full report

Source: William M. Moore, APRO Bulletin, Vol. 25 No. 5 (Nov. 1976)   ID: 352
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  E-M Effects, Police

Silvery, disc-shaped UFOs seen over Ramapo mountain range

October, 1976 - Suffern, New York, United States

Thirty-three year old Suffern lawyer, Warren Berbit, who has two engineering degrees and experience in aviation, saw silvery metallic objects, shaped like two enormous upside-down soup bowls, hovering in the sky just over a dip in the Ramapo mountain range. Mr. Berbit, along with policemen, businessmen, school teachers, housewives and others, say they have seen strange objects recently in the skies over Rockland and Putnam Counties  View full report

Source: New York Times, Oct. 11, 1976   ID: 461
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Witness Photo

F-4 Jet Chase over Iran 1976 Featured Case

September, 18, 1976 - Tehran, Iran

One of the best documented UFO-aircraft incidents, when a UFO was observed flying over the restricted airspace of Tehran, Iran. Two U.S.-made F-4 Phantom II jet fighters of the Imperial Iranian Air Force were scrambled, but as the pilots closed in on the target, their communications and weapons systems were suddenly jammed. The incident was confirmed by high ranking officers of the Iranian Air Force and later documented by several agencies of the U.S. military.  View full report

Source: Don Berliner, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence   ID: 200
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  E-M Effects, Radar, Pilot/Aircrew, Military

The Allagash Abductions Featured Case

August, 26, 1976 - Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine, United States

In August of 1976, four young art students in their early twenties left for a canoe and camping trip in Maine's Allagash Wilderness. On one night during the trip, they encountered a huge oval, glowing object rising above the trees nearby, and were soon engulfed in a beam of light from the craft. As discovered in hypnosis sessions years later, it was at this point that all four were abducted into the craft and subjected to physical examinations.  View full report

Source: Raymond E. Fowler   ID: 466
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Missing Time, Abduction, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Interaction/Reaction, Light Beam

UFO with 'light extensions' seen by many in Namibia

August, 16, 1976 - Walvish Bay, Namibia

Several people witnessed a strange object over the wilderness in Walvish Bay, Namibia, Africa. This same object was also seen one month earlier. It was described as having a top (with a round ball underneath) that shone brilliantly. Two light extensions were also shining and shot off something which looked like sparks.  View full report

Source: Namib Times (Namibia, Africa), Aug. 17, 1976   ID: 422
Case Type: PressReport

Fourteen young hikers encounter saucer-shaped object

July, 28, 1976 - Winsted, Connecticut, United States

Fourteen young hikers of Camp Delaware, including a 24-year-old counselor, said they encountered a whining, saucer-shaped object during an afternoon hike on the 1,460-foot Blueberry Hill. The object was noticed following a high pitched screech, then hovered silently at tree-top level on an angle above the witnesses' heads.  View full report

Source: Winsted Citizen (Winsted, CT), Aug. 23, 1976   ID: 373
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Group Sighting, Children

Boys on camping trip report sighting UFO

July, 26, 1976 - Patesville, Kentucky, United States

Five boys were camping in a forest valley, when at around 11 p.m. one of the boys glimpsed a bright, glowing bell-shaped object traveling at fantastic speed in an east-to-west direction. The object was a glowing, golden color, and maintained an altitude of 450-500 feet'. The boys described it as emitting "sparkles" from the rear as it traversed the sky.  View full report

Source: Hancock County Clarion (Hawesville, KY), July 29, 1976   ID: 418
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Children

Silent cigar-shaped object with row of lights moving slow then unbelievable speed

July, 1976 - Yuba City , California, United States

"My date and I had just returned to my place after an evening out. As I was stepping up on the curb to go into the house I noticed a dark object moving slowly back and forth at what appeared to be tree top level a few blocks behind the house..."  View full report

Source: UFOEvidence.org   ID: 330
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Portholes/Windows

Saturn-shaped Object seen and photographed in Brazil

May, 12, 1976 - Passo Fondo, Brazil

Mr. Joshua da Silva and Mr. Gesareo Goncalves were driving in Goncalves' car. At ten A.M. when they were less than fifty kilometers from Passo Fondo, da Silva spotted a silver metallic spherical object resembling the planet Saturn, replete with ring. They estimated the object which had a "brushed metal" surface to be six to eight meters (twenty to twenty six feet) in diameter.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Nov. 1978   ID: 409
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Photo

Police officer has repeat sighting Featured Case

April, 22, 1976 - Elmwood, Wisconsin, United States

At about 11 p.m., George Wheeler, a relief policeman at the town of Elmwood, WI, encountered a strange glowing object which he estimated was about 500 feet distant and hovering about 100 feet off the ground. There were six bluish-white lights, windows or portholes on the side and he could see shadows as if someone was moving inside of it. This case involves apparent electro-mechanical effects, multiple witnesses, and possible animal reaction.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 10 (Apr 1976)   ID: 341
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  E-M Effects, Police, Animal Reaction, Multiple UFOs, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows

Landing of dome-shaped UFO witnessed at close range in Kettering, Tasmania

February, 1976 - Kettering, Australia

A 39 year-old man in Little Oyster Cove encountered an extraordinary dome-shaped object which had landed. Through the windows of the metallic object, he saw a tall cylindrical object (which he likened to a ship's compass mounting) and 'motionless grey shapes' (like car seats with headrests seen from the rear), perhaps entities. The object rose slowly from the ground, then increased speed and was gone. The next morning, a circular patch of scorched grass was found at the site.  View full report

Source: Bill Chalker (1996)   ID: 630
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Landing, Physical Trace, Witness Sketch, Humming, Portholes/Windows

Sixty-foot craft lands with two occupants (Johnny Sands case)

January, 29, 1976 - Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Johnny Sands, a country-western singer living in Las Vegas, saw a 60-foot craft at about 1000 feet altitude, shaped like the Goodyear blimp, with portholes around the circumference. The object appeared to land, and Sands then saw two figures approaching. Then, he "froze" -- he wanted to move, but he couldn't. The figures came near him, to about three feet away.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 24 No. 9 (Mar 1976)   ID: 314
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Physiological Effects, Vehicle Interference, Humanoid/Occupant, Polygraph Test, Portholes/Windows

The Kentucky Abductions Featured Case

January, 6, 1976 - Stanford, Kentucky, United States

On January 6, 1976, three women were abducted near Stanford, Kentucky. As they were driving together to have dinner, a bright red object appeared in the sky, which Mona Stafford at first thought was an airplane on fire. As the object descended from the right side of the road to a point ahead of them, they could see that it was not an airplane, but a huge object bigger than "two houses."  View full report

Source: Loy Lawhon, About.com   ID: 181
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Physiological Effects, E-M Effects, Missing Time, Abduction, Polygraph Test, Witness Photo, Witness Sketch

Low-flying metallic saucer slowly flying over apartment complex

1976 - Broadview Heights, Ohio, United States

From the witness: "As I was looking out my parents upstairs window, slowly and silently a metallic saucer shape approximately 30 feet across moved into my eyesight from over another apartment complex... It flew just over the tree tops and the building.... The object looked like it was a rough polished metal. Light bronze/silver. Flat on the bottom except for right in the center of the underside."  View full report

Source: NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center, Peter Davenport, Director)   ID: 1065
Case Type: RawReport    Features:  Silent
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