Abduction Emilcin Abduction Emilcin, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland 1978 evidence Contested In May 1978 Polish farmer Jan Wolski reported being taken aboard a bus-sized craft by two green-faced humanoids near the village of Emilcin, the best-known UFO story in Poland.
Open the book In May 1978 Polish farmer Jan Wolski reported being taken aboard a bus-sized craft by two green-faced humanoids near the village of…
Painted illustration Fort Dix-McGuire AFB Incident Fort Dix Army Base & McGuire Air Force Base, USA 1978 evidence Contested Military personnel at Fort Dix and McGuire AFB reported radar-visual confirmation of UFOs and alleged shooting of a humanoid entity.
Open the book Military personnel at Fort Dix and McGuire AFB reported radar-visual confirmation of UFOs and alleged shooting of a humanoid entity.
Painted illustration Frederick Valentich Disappearance Bass Strait, Australia 1978 evidence Contested 20-year-old Australian pilot disappeared after reporting an unidentified aircraft with unusual features over Bass Strait on October 21, 1978, leaving only mysterious radio audio of metallic sounds before signal loss.
Open the book 20-year-old Australian pilot disappeared after reporting an unidentified aircraft with unusual features over Bass Strait on October 21,…
Mass sighting Italian UFO Wave Italy (nationwide, notably Sicily, Sardinia and Liguria) 1978 evidence Contested A wave of sightings across Italy in 1978, peaking in late 1978, prompted Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti to make the Italian Air Force the official body for UFO reports, a role it still holds; counts for the wave vary…
Open the book A wave of sightings across Italy in 1978, peaking in late 1978, prompted Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti to make the Italian Air Force the…
Painted illustration Kaikoura Lights Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand 1978 evidence Documented Cargo plane crews and an Australian TV crew filmed and tracked anomalous lights on radar over New Zealand's Kaikoura coast across multiple nights in December 1978.
Open the book Cargo plane crews and an Australian TV crew filmed and tracked anomalous lights on radar over New Zealand's Kaikoura coast across multiple…
Painted illustration Knowles Family Nullarbor Encounter Nullarbor Plain, near Mundrabilla, Australia 1978 evidence Documented Four family members in a car experienced an intense UFO encounter involving physical contact with a craft, vehicular damage, and sensory distortions on the Nullarbor Plain.
Open the book Four family members in a car experienced an intense UFO encounter involving physical contact with a craft, vehicular damage, and sensory…
Abduction Monte Musinè Hikers Encounter Monte Musinè, Susa Valley, near Turin, Piedmont, Italy 1978 evidence Contested Two young hikers on Monte Musinè reportedly saw a light; one vanished toward it and was later found in shock with a burn, claiming beings had lifted him aboard an oblong craft.
Open the book Two young hikers on Monte Musinè reportedly saw a light; one vanished toward it and was later found in shock with a burn, claiming beings…
Radar and visual Pinecastle Range Radar-Visual Incident Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range, Ocala National Forest, Florida, USA 1978 evidence Contested On the night of May 14, 1978, personnel at a restricted US Navy radar range in central Florida reported glowing objects that the range's radar briefly tracked, and a civilian group on a nearby highway reported a large…
Open the book On the night of May 14, 1978, personnel at a restricted US Navy radar range in central Florida reported glowing objects that the range's…
Other The Network: Soviet State UFO Investigation Soviet Union (Moscow), USSR 1978 evidence Documented A secret, state-run Soviet investigation of UFO reports, jointly run by the Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Defence, that collected roughly 3,000 reports over about a decade and concluded that around 300 were…
Open the book A secret, state-run Soviet investigation of UFO reports, jointly run by the Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Defence, that collected…
Physical trace Tarija / Cerro El Zaire Object Cerro El Zaire, near Tarija, Bolivia (Bolivia–Argentina border) 1978 evidence Contested On 6 May 1978 a bright cylindrical or egg-shaped object was reported falling and exploding on a mountain on the Bolivia–Argentina border; officials and the press gave conflicting explanations, and claims of a US…
Open the book On 6 May 1978 a bright cylindrical or egg-shaped object was reported falling and exploding on a mountain on the Bolivia–Argentina border;…
Military encounter USS Stein Sonar Dome Incident Off San Diego coast, USA 1978 evidence Contested US Navy frigate USS Stein's sonar dome was damaged by an unknown creature with large claw marks embedded in the rubber coating, attributed to a giant squid but cited by UFO researchers as a potential underwater UAP…
Open the book US Navy frigate USS Stein's sonar dome was damaged by an unknown creature with large claw marks embedded in the rubber coating, attributed…
Painted illustration Frederick Valentich Disappearance Bass Strait, between Melbourne and King Island, Australia 1978 evidence Documented A 20-year-old Australian pilot vanished over Bass Strait after reporting a hovering UFO with four bright lights via air traffic control; his aircraft was never found.
Open the book A 20-year-old Australian pilot vanished over Bass Strait after reporting a hovering UFO with four bright lights via air traffic control;…
Painted illustration Valentich Disappearance Bass Strait, Australia 1978 evidence Documented Twenty-year-old Australian pilot Frederick Valentich disappeared over Bass Strait after reporting an unidentified aircraft that he determined 'is not an aircraft,' during a radio exchange with Melbourne air traffic…
Open the book Twenty-year-old Australian pilot Frederick Valentich disappeared over Bass Strait after reporting an unidentified aircraft that he…
Abduction Zanfretta Abduction Case Marzano di Torriglia, Province of Genoa, Italy 1978 evidence Contested A 26-year-old night watchman in the Genoese hills reported a humanoid encounter on 6-7 December 1978, then claimed to have been abducted eleven times through 1981 in a case that became Italy's most publicised abduction…
Open the book A 26-year-old night watchman in the Genoese hills reported a humanoid encounter on 6-7 December 1978, then claimed to have been abducted…
Abduction Piero Zanfretta Abductions Marzano di Torriglia, Province of Genoa, Italy 1978 evidence Contested Italian security guard Piero Zanfretta reported eleven UFO abductions between 1978 and 1981, marked by physical traces, official investigation, and controversial hypnotic regression testimony.
Open the book Italian security guard Piero Zanfretta reported eleven UFO abductions between 1978 and 1981, marked by physical traces, official…
Painted illustration Broad Haven School UFO Sighting Broad Haven Primary School, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom 1977 evidence Contested On 4 February 1977, sixteen schoolchildren at Broad Haven Primary School in Wales witnessed a yellow cigar-shaped UFO with a domed top and a silver-suited humanoid figure, kickstarting a wave of 450+ UFO reports across…
Open the book On 4 February 1977, sixteen schoolchildren at Broad Haven Primary School in Wales witnessed a yellow cigar-shaped UFO with a domed top and…
Mass sighting Colares UFO Flap Colares Island, Brazil 1977 evidence Documented A five-month wave of UFO sightings over an island community in the Amazon, featuring luminous craft targeting residents with energy beams and resulting in over 400 documented injuries, investigated by the Brazilian Air…
Open the book A five-month wave of UFO sightings over an island community in the Amazon, featuring luminous craft targeting residents with energy beams…
Mass sighting Colares UFO Incident Colares, Brazil 1977 evidence Documented Brazil's most documented UFO wave: residents of Colares, Pará, report bright objects firing energy beams at people, resulting in dozens of injuries and prompting a comprehensive Brazilian military investigation.
Open the book Brazil's most documented UFO wave: residents of Colares, Pará, report bright objects firing energy beams at people, resulting in dozens of…
Painted illustration Colares UFO Flap & Operation Saucer Colares Island, Pará, Brazil 1977 evidence Contested For months in 1977–78, residents of the Brazilian island of Colares reported being attacked by luminous aerial objects that fired beams of light, leaving burns and puncture wounds — prompting the Brazilian Air Force to…
Open the book For months in 1977–78, residents of the Brazilian island of Colares reported being attacked by luminous aerial objects that fired beams of…
Physical trace Council Bluffs Big Lake Park Fireball and Molten Metal Big Lake Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA 1977 evidence Contested On a December 1977 evening, a reddish object reportedly fell over Big Lake Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa, leaving a pool of molten metal that fire and police crews saw on the ground; the material's composition is…
Open the book On a December 1977 evening, a reddish object reportedly fell over Big Lake Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa, leaving a pool of molten metal…
Painted illustration Dover Demon Dover, Massachusetts, USA 1977 evidence Contested Three teenagers in Dover, Massachusetts, reported a small, glowing-eyed humanoid creature over roughly 26 hours in April 1977; the reports were popularised by cryptozoologist Loren Coleman as the 'Dover Demon'.
Open the book Three teenagers in Dover, Massachusetts, reported a small, glowing-eyed humanoid creature over roughly 26 hours in April 1977; the reports…
Painted illustration Lake Champlain 'Champ' Sighting Lake Champlain, near St. Albans, Vermont, USA 1977 evidence Documented Sandra Mansi photographed an unidentified long-necked creature in Lake Champlain that became the most credible lake monster photographic evidence in modern history.
Open the book Sandra Mansi photographed an unidentified long-necked creature in Lake Champlain that became the most credible lake monster photographic…
Mass sighting Operação Prato Colares island, Pará (with reports in neighbouring Pará villages), Brazil 1977 evidence Contested From October to December 1977 the Brazilian Air Force investigated a wave of luminous UFO reports and alleged burn injuries on Colares island, Pará; the operation, known as Operação Prato, closed with no unusual…
Open the book From October to December 1977 the Brazilian Air Force investigated a wave of luminous UFO reports and alleged burn injuries on Colares…
Painted illustration Petrozavodsk Phenomenon Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR, Russia 1977 evidence Contested A massive jellyfish-shaped luminous object hovered over the Soviet city of Petrozavodsk for roughly ten minutes, showering it with rays of light and reportedly leaving physical traces in glass and pavement — an event…
Open the book A massive jellyfish-shaped luminous object hovered over the Soviet city of Petrozavodsk for roughly ten minutes, showering it with rays of…
Painted illustration Petrozavodsk Phenomenon Petrozavodsk, Karelian ASSR (Lake Onega), USSR, Russia 1977 evidence Contested A glowing, jellyfish-shaped light witnessed over Petrozavodsk on 20 September 1977, part of a wider wave of reports from Copenhagen to Vladivostok that prompted a secret Soviet Academy of Sciences investigation and is…
Open the book A glowing, jellyfish-shaped light witnessed over Petrozavodsk on 20 September 1977, part of a wider wave of reports from Copenhagen to…
Physical trace Puebla UFO Fall Jopala, Sierra Norte, northern Puebla, Mexico 1977 evidence Contested On 29 July 1977, witnesses in the remote Sierra Norte of Puebla reported burning debris falling from a luminous object, and local people recovered metal fragments; the case became a well-known Mexican UFO story, but no…
Open the book On 29 July 1977, witnesses in the remote Sierra Norte of Puebla reported burning debris falling from a luminous object, and local people…
Humanoid encounter Quebradillas Humanoid Encounter Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, USA 1977 evidence Contested On the evening of July 12, 1977, a 42-year-old Puerto Rican man and his family in Quebradillas reported a small, helmeted humanoid that rose into the trees with a backpack-like device, a case later written up in Flying…
Open the book On the evening of July 12, 1977, a 42-year-old Puerto Rican man and his family in Quebradillas reported a small, helmeted humanoid that…
Humanoid encounter Ripperston Farm Encounters Ripperston Farm, near Little Haven, UK 1977 evidence Documented Extended series of close encounter events at a Welsh farm involving the Coombs family, including UFO sightings, humanoid figures, electrical interference, and Ministry of Defence investigation.
Open the book Extended series of close encounter events at a Welsh farm involving the Coombs family, including UFO sightings, humanoid figures,…
Painted illustration The Wow! Signal Delaware, Ohio, USA 1977 evidence Contested A strong narrowband radio signal at 1420 MHz was detected for 72 seconds by Ohio State University's Big Ear telescope, marking the most credible candidate for an extraterrestrial radio transmission ever recorded.
Open the book A strong narrowband radio signal at 1420 MHz was detected for 72 seconds by Ohio State University's Big Ear telescope, marking the most…
Painted illustration Allagash Wilderness Abductions Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Eagle Lake, USA 1976 evidence Contested Four young men on a canoe trip in Maine's remote Allagash Wilderness reported UFO encounter and missing time; twelve years later underwent hypnotic regression revealing detailed abduction memories, though one witness…
Open the book Four young men on a canoe trip in Maine's remote Allagash Wilderness reported UFO encounter and missing time; twelve years later underwent…
