Military encounter Pori Air Force UFO Sighting Pori Airport, Satakunta, Finland 1969 evidence Contested Finnish Air Force pilots reported seven luminous objects above Pori Airport that outpaced their jet, a case the Air Force later acknowledged and attributed to possible foreign reconnaissance aircraft.
Open the book Finnish Air Force pilots reported seven luminous objects above Pori Airport that outpaced their jet, a case the Air Force later…
Mass sighting Sheffield, Massachusetts Mass Sighting Sheffield, Massachusetts (Berkshire County), USA 1969 evidence Fringe On the evening of 1 September 1969, a family driving near Sheffield's covered bridge reported a glowing object and a period of missing time, the start of a claimed regional sighting wave in the Berkshires that the…
Open the book On the evening of 1 September 1969, a family driving near Sheffield's covered bridge reported a glowing object and a period of missing…
Military encounter UFO Reports from the Vietnam War Chu Lai and Pleiku, South Vietnam 1969 evidence Contested Scattered US military records and soldiers' accounts from the Vietnam War use the term UFO, most clearly in a January 1969 tower report from Chu Lai, but the documentation is thin and no explanation has been established.
Open the book Scattered US military records and soldiers' accounts from the Vietnam War use the term UFO, most clearly in a January 1969 tower report…
Painted illustration Buff Ledge UFO Abduction Buff Ledge summer camp, Lake Champlain, USA 1968 evidence Contested Two teenage camp workers reported a close encounter with a saucer-shaped craft, occupant contact, and missing time over Lake Champlain in Vermont.
Open the book Two teenage camp workers reported a close encounter with a saucer-shaped craft, occupant contact, and missing time over Lake Champlain in…
Humanoid encounter Canadian Humanoid Encounter Wave Carrot River, Saskatchewan (first recorded case; wave spanned Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories), Canada 1968 evidence Fringe Across 1968, a ufology compilation lists 31 Canadian reports of small or humanoid beings, most of them from rural and suburban Quebec, but the wave rests almost entirely on enthusiast literature rather than verified…
Open the book Across 1968, a ufology compilation lists 31 Canadian reports of small or humanoid beings, most of them from rural and suburban Quebec, but…
Military encounter HMAS Hobart and the 1968 DMZ 'Battle of the Lights' Coast off Tiger Island, eastern Demilitarized Zone, South Vietnam 1968 evidence Contested On the night of 15–16 June 1968, Allied forces off the Vietnamese DMZ reported a swarm of slow lights, fired on them, and in the confusion friendly aircraft sank a US Navy patrol boat and struck Australia's HMAS Hobart,…
Open the book On the night of 15–16 June 1968, Allied forces off the Vietnamese DMZ reported a swarm of slow lights, fired on them, and in the confusion…
Photograph or film Hoia-Baciu Forest Photographs Hoia-Baciu Forest, near Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania 1968 evidence Contested On 18 August 1968 military technician Emil Barnea photographed a disc-shaped object above the Hoia-Baciu forest near Cluj; the images became Romania's best-known UFO photographs and remain unresolved.
Open the book On 18 August 1968 military technician Emil Barnea photographed a disc-shaped object above the Hoia-Baciu forest near Cluj; the images…
Painted illustration Minot Air Force Base Incident Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, USA 1968 evidence Documented Multi-platform radar and visual encounter with UFO over ICBM complex, witnessed by B-52 crew, ground personnel, and missile launch facility security.
Open the book Multi-platform radar and visual encounter with UFO over ICBM complex, witnessed by B-52 crew, ground personnel, and missile launch facility…
Humanoid encounter Otoco Humanoid Encounter Otoco, near Potosí, Bolivia 1968 evidence Fringe In 1968 (possibly 1967), a Quechua shepherdess named Valentina Flores reported a short, helmeted humanoid gutting her sheep near Otoco in Bolivia; the account rests on a single witness and was first published in 1970.
Open the book In 1968 (possibly 1967), a Quechua shepherdess named Valentina Flores reported a short, helmeted humanoid gutting her sheep near Otoco in…
Sighting Yellow Springs, Ohio Spinning Disc Yellow Springs, Greene County, Ohio, USA 1968 evidence Contested On 15 August 1968, around 12:30 a.m., a civilian in Yellow Springs, Ohio, reported a spinning, glowing disc hovering about 300 feet away for roughly 30 minutes; Project Blue Book's scientific consultant J. Allen Hynek…
Open the book On 15 August 1968, around 12:30 a.m., a civilian in Yellow Springs, Ohio, reported a spinning, glowing disc hovering about 300 feet away…
Other 1967 British Flying Saucer Hoax Southern England (six sites from the Isle of Sheppey to Clevedon, Somerset), UK 1967 evidence Debunked On 4 September 1967, six fibreglass 'flying saucers' turned up across southern England, prompting army, police and RAF responses before they were revealed as a student prank by aircraft apprentices at the Royal Aircraft…
Open the book On 4 September 1967, six fibreglass 'flying saucers' turned up across southern England, prompting army, police and RAF responses before…
Military encounter Cuban MiG-21 'Disintegration' UFO Incident Cuban airspace (intercept monitored from Florida) 1967 evidence Fringe A UFO-community account claims two Cuban MiG-21 jets were scrambled in March 1967 to intercept an unidentified object; the lead pilot reportedly saw a metallic sphere, and his jet is said to have come apart without…
Open the book A UFO-community account claims two Cuban MiG-21 jets were scrambled in March 1967 to intercept an unidentified object; the lead pilot…
Painted illustration Cussac Close Encounter Cussac, France 1967 evidence Documented Two children witnessed a silvery disk and four small humanoid beings in a rural meadow, later verified as genuine by official French government investigation.
Open the book Two children witnessed a silvery disk and four small humanoid beings in a rural meadow, later verified as genuine by official French…
Painted illustration Falcon Lake UFO Incident Falcon Lake, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Canada 1967 evidence Documented A close-range UFO encounter in Manitoba that left prospector Stefan Michalak with grid-patterned burns, confirmed environmental traces, and decades of unresolved medical and radiological questions.
Open the book A close-range UFO encounter in Manitoba that left prospector Stefan Michalak with grid-patterned burns, confirmed environmental traces, and…
Mass sighting Faucett DC-4 encounter Over Chiclayo, northern Peru, on the Piura–Lima airliner route 1967 evidence Contested On 2 February 1967, the crew and about 52 passengers of a Faucett DC-4 flying from Piura to Lima reported a cone-shaped luminous object that paced the airliner for about an hour, with a second object joining it.…
Open the book On 2 February 1967, the crew and about 52 passengers of a Faucett DC-4 flying from Piura to Lima reported a cone-shaped luminous object…
Mass sighting Great Ithaca Flap Newfield, Tompkins County, New York, USA 1967 evidence Contested A wave of lights and reports around the Ithaca area in October–November 1967, beginning with a 12-year-old's claim of a saucer with two humanoid occupants, that local residents later called the 'Great Ithaca Flap'.
Open the book A wave of lights and reports around the Ithaca area in October–November 1967, beginning with a 12-year-old's claim of a saucer with two…
Humanoid encounter Herbert Schirmer Encounter, Ashland, Nebraska Junction of US Highway 6 and Nebraska Highway 63, near Ashland, Nebraska, USA 1967 evidence Contested A Nebraska police officer reported a close-range craft sighting on patrol in December 1967; later hypnotic-regression sessions produced claims of paralysis, small humanoids and an abduction aboard a craft.
Open the book A Nebraska police officer reported a close-range craft sighting on patrol in December 1967; later hypnotic-regression sessions produced…
Mass sighting Joplin Missouri-Kansas UFO wave Joplin, Missouri (with Pittsburg, Kansas and Neosho, Missouri), USA 1967 evidence Contested Over several days in mid-January 1967, police officers and residents across southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas reported a blue-green object hovering low over the area; the Joplin police lieutenant who watched it…
Open the book Over several days in mid-January 1967, police officers and residents across southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas reported a blue-green…
Radar and visual Kincheloe AFB Radar Unknowns Kincheloe AFB, near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, USA 1967 evidence Contested Radar operators at Kincheloe Air Force Base tracked about 17 unidentified radar targets over roughly an hour on the night of 11 September 1967. No visual sightings were reported, and the Air Force attributed the returns…
Open the book Radar operators at Kincheloe Air Force Base tracked about 17 unidentified radar targets over roughly an hour on the night of 11 September…
Painted illustration Malmstrom Air Force Base Missile Shutdown Echo Flight launch complex, near Winifred, Montana (Malmstrom AFB), USA 1967 evidence Contested In March 1967, ten Minuteman I nuclear missiles on Echo Flight at Malmstrom Air Force Base went offline at once; the Air Force attributed it to a power and electrical-noise fault, while former launch officer Robert…
Open the book In March 1967, ten Minuteman I nuclear missiles on Echo Flight at Malmstrom Air Force Base went offline at once; the Air Force attributed…
Painted illustration Malmstrom AFB Missile Shutdown Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, United States 1967 evidence Contested Ten Minuteman-I nuclear ICBMs simultaneously went offline at two separate missile flights over eight days, reportedly while unidentified luminous objects hovered over the silos — an incident the Air Force could never…
Open the book Ten Minuteman-I nuclear ICBMs simultaneously went offline at two separate missile flights over eight days, reportedly while unidentified…
Photograph or film Moline, Illinois UFO Sightings Moline, Illinois (Galesburg–Moline corridor), USA 1967 evidence Contested A series of sightings between Moline and Galesburg, Illinois, on March 6–9, 1967, culminated in a Moline policeman filming an object with an 8mm camera; two Air Force captains investigated and attributed most reports to…
Open the book A series of sightings between Moline and Galesburg, Illinois, on March 6–9, 1967, culminated in a Moline policeman filming an object with…
Mass sighting Pudasjärvi UFO Wave Pudasjärvi (Särkivaara / Syötekylä area), North Ostrobothnia, Finland 1967 evidence Contested A multi-year series of light phenomena and flying-object reports in northern Finland, centred on Särkivaara (now Syötekylä), that produced one of the largest photographic archives of its kind in Europe and is now widely…
Open the book A multi-year series of light phenomena and flying-object reports in northern Finland, centred on Särkivaara (now Syötekylä), that produced…
Painted illustration Shag Harbour Incident Shag Harbour, Shelburne County, Canada 1967 evidence Documented Mass sighting of a large illuminated object descending into the waters off Nova Scotia, investigated by multiple Canadian military and civilian agencies—Canada's most credible and well-documented UFO incident.
Open the book Mass sighting of a large illuminated object descending into the waters off Nova Scotia, investigated by multiple Canadian military and…
Other Snippy the Horse Mutilation Harry King Ranch, near Alamosa, San Luis Valley, Colorado, USA 1967 evidence Contested A three-year-old Appaloosa mare found mutilated near Alamosa, Colorado, in September 1967 became the first widely publicized case linking livestock mutilations to UFOs and extraterrestrials.
Open the book A three-year-old Appaloosa mare found mutilated near Alamosa, Colorado, in September 1967 became the first widely publicized case linking…
Radar and visual South Mountain Radar-Visual Case South Mountain, near an unnamed U.S. Air Force base, USA 1967 evidence Contested A winter 1967 radar-visual report of stationary and fast-moving targets, logged by two surveillance radars and paired with visual sightings, that the Condon Report examined as Case 16 and attributed to propagation…
Open the book A winter 1967 radar-visual report of stationary and fast-moving targets, logged by two surveillance radars and paired with visual…
Mass sighting Soviet UFO Wave Southwestern USSR (Caucasus and southern Russia) 1967 evidence Contested A burst of reported UFO sightings in mid-to-late 1967 across the southwestern Soviet Union, including reports from astronomers and aircrews, which prompted the USSR's first official, if short-lived, UFO inquiry.
Open the book A burst of reported UFO sightings in mid-to-late 1967 across the southwestern Soviet Union, including reports from astronomers and…
Radar and visual Winnipeg and Kenora Radar UFO Returns, July Winnipeg area, Manitoba (target about 70 miles east); Kenora, Ontario, Canada 1967 evidence Contested On the night of 6–7 July 1967, Canadian air traffic radar in Manitoba and Ontario logged unidentified targets, one of which tracked through seven sweeps and accelerated from about 720 to 3,600 knots, and which a 1967…
Open the book On the night of 6–7 July 1967, Canadian air traffic radar in Manitoba and Ontario logged unidentified targets, one of which tracked through…
Photograph or film Balwyn UFO Photograph Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1966 evidence Contested A color Polaroid taken in the Melbourne suburb of Balwyn on 2 April 1966 shows a metallic, bell-shaped object; it is one of the most analysed UFO photographs in Australia, and its authenticity remains disputed.
Open the book A color Polaroid taken in the Melbourne suburb of Balwyn on 2 April 1966 shows a metallic, bell-shaped object; it is one of the most…
Mass sighting Beverly, Massachusetts UFO Case Beverly, Massachusetts, USA 1966 evidence Contested On the night of April 22, 1966, nine residents of Beverly, Massachusetts, including an 11-year-old girl and two police officers, reported low-flying lit objects over a neighborhood and high school; the Air…
Open the book On the night of April 22, 1966, nine residents of Beverly, Massachusetts, including an 11-year-old girl and two police officers, reported…
