Mass sighting Eastlake / Lake Erie UFO Sightings Lake Erie shore, Eastlake, Ohio, USA 1988 evidence Contested On the evening of March 4, 1988, several witnesses on the frozen Lake Erie shore near Eastlake, Ohio reported a large object and smaller triangular craft; a US Coast Guard crew was dispatched and filed an incident…
Open the book On the evening of March 4, 1988, several witnesses on the frozen Lake Erie shore near Eastlake, Ohio reported a large object and smaller…
Mass sighting Villa Urquiza UFO Sighting Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1988 evidence Documented Christmas Day 1988 UFO sighting over Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, witnessed by 7,500+ people with radar confirmation from the local airport.
Open the book Christmas Day 1988 UFO sighting over Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires, witnessed by 7,500+ people with radar confirmation from the local airport.
Painted illustration Night of the UFOs São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Brazil 1986 evidence Documented On May 19, 1986, 21 unidentified flying objects appeared across four Brazilian states, triggering military interception attempts and official government acknowledgment of unexplained phenomena.
Open the book On May 19, 1986, 21 unidentified flying objects appeared across four Brazilian states, triggering military interception attempts and…
Mass sighting Pine Bush UFO Phenomenon Pine Bush, Town of Crawford, Orange County, New York, USA 1985 evidence Contested A decades-long run of reported lights, craft and close encounters in a small Hudson Valley hamlet, which earned it the nickname 'UFO capital of the East Coast'.
Open the book A decades-long run of reported lights, craft and close encounters in a small Hudson Valley hamlet, which earned it the nickname 'UFO…
Painted illustration Hudson Valley UFO Sightings Hudson Valley, Westchester County, USA 1983 evidence Contested A wave of 5,000–9,000 reported sightings of a massive, silent V-shaped or boomerang craft across New York's Hudson Valley and western Connecticut between 1983 and 1986, investigated by J. Allen Hynek and later linked by…
Open the book A wave of 5,000–9,000 reported sightings of a massive, silent V-shaped or boomerang craft across New York's Hudson Valley and western…
Painted illustration Hudson Valley UFO Wave Hudson Valley (Westchester, Dutchess, Putnam counties, New York; Fairfield County, Connecticut), USA 1983 evidence Contested A wave of 7,000-9,000+ sightings of boomerang-shaped craft spanning 1983–1995 across the Hudson Valley, partially explained by aircraft but remaining partially contested.
Open the book A wave of 7,000-9,000+ sightings of boomerang-shaped craft spanning 1983–1995 across the Hudson Valley, partially explained by aircraft but…
Mass sighting July 1981 Spiral Light over Western China Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, western China 1981 evidence Contested On the night of July 24, 1981, a bright, slowly spinning spiral of light was seen across several western Chinese provinces, becoming one of China's best-known mass sightings and the start of a national debate over UFOs.
Open the book On the night of July 24, 1981, a bright, slowly spinning spiral of light was seen across several western Chinese provinces, becoming one of…
Painted illustration Hessdalen Lights Hessdalen Valley, Trøndelag, Norway 1981 evidence Documented An ongoing phenomenon in a Norwegian valley involving unexplained luminous objects, investigated continuously since 1983 by Project Hessdalen—one of the longest sustained scientific studies of anomalous aerial phenomena…
Open the book An ongoing phenomenon in a Norwegian valley involving unexplained luminous objects, investigated continuously since 1983 by Project…
Mass sighting Canary Islands Mass Sighting Canary Islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera, El Hierro), Spain 1979 evidence Contested On the evening of 5 March 1979, witnesses across several Canary Islands reported a luminous metallic object at sunset; a Spanish Air Force file later declassified concluded the phenomenon was real but of unknown origin,…
Open the book On the evening of 5 March 1979, witnesses across several Canary Islands reported a luminous metallic object at sunset; a Spanish Air Force…
Mass sighting Soesterberg Air Base UFO Sightings Soesterberg Air Base, Soesterberg, Netherlands 1979 evidence Contested On the early morning of February 3, 1979, a group of military guards at the Royal Netherlands Air Force base at Soesterberg reported a large, silent, triangular object with lights overhead; the military's 'mirage'…
Open the book On the early morning of February 3, 1979, a group of military guards at the Royal Netherlands Air Force base at Soesterberg reported a…
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 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…
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…
Mass sighting Canary Islands UFO Incident Canary Islands, Spain 1976 evidence Contested Over 40 minutes on June 22, 1976, hundreds of military and civilian witnesses across the Canary Islands observed a massive luminous phenomenon estimated to have been seen by over one million people.
Open the book Over 40 minutes on June 22, 1976, hundreds of military and civilian witnesses across the Canary Islands observed a massive luminous…
Mass sighting Morocco UFO Sightings and US Diplomatic Cables Rabat and multiple Moroccan cities, Morocco 1976 evidence Contested On the night of 18–19 September 1976, luminous silver objects were reported across several Moroccan cities; King Hassan II's government asked the US embassy for an explanation, and the exchange was later published in…
Open the book On the night of 18–19 September 1976, luminous silver objects were reported across several Moroccan cities; King Hassan II's government…
Mass sighting Charlie Red Star Carman, Manitoba, Canada 1975 evidence Documented A 16-18 month wave of recurring UFO sightings featuring a playful red light that generated the largest UFO craze in Canadian history, with hundreds of documented cases and massive public interest.
Open the book A 16-18 month wave of recurring UFO sightings featuring a playful red light that generated the largest UFO craze in Canadian history, with…
Mass sighting Lumberton UFO Flap Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina, USA 1975 evidence Contested Between 3 and 9 April 1975 a cluster of UFO reports, many from police and sheriff's officers, swept Lumberton and surrounding Robeson County in North Carolina; the Center for UFO Studies later published a full report,…
Open the book Between 3 and 9 April 1975 a cluster of UFO reports, many from police and sheriff's officers, swept Lumberton and surrounding Robeson…
Mass sighting Dayton and Southwest Ohio UFO Wave Dayton, Ohio (Dayton–Cincinnati corridor, southwest Ohio), USA 1973 evidence Contested In the second week of October 1973, at least a dozen police officers and hundreds of residents reported a low-flying object with red, green and blue lights near Dayton, Ohio, part of a wider Midwest wave that…
Open the book In the second week of October 1973, at least a dozen police officers and hundreds of residents reported a low-flying object with red, green…
Mass sighting Piedmont, Missouri UFO Wave Piedmont and Wayne County, USA 1973 evidence Documented Over 500 UFO sightings reported across Piedmont, Missouri and Wayne County during a two-month wave in early 1973, with credible witnesses including educators, pilots, and law enforcement attracting national media…
Open the book Over 500 UFO sightings reported across Piedmont, Missouri and Wayne County during a two-month wave in early 1973, with credible witnesses…
Painted illustration Westmoreland County UFO Wave Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA 1973 evidence Contested A major UFO wave spanning nine Pennsylvania counties in 1973–1974, featuring mass sightings, electromagnetic effects, and humanoid encounters, extensively documented by UFO researcher Stan Gordon.
Open the book A major UFO wave spanning nine Pennsylvania counties in 1973–1974, featuring mass sightings, electromagnetic effects, and humanoid…
Mass sighting Colby, Kansas Police UFO Sightings Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, USA 1972 evidence Contested In August 1972 Colby police Sergeant Paul Carter and Officer Dennis Brown reported chasing a glowing, disc-shaped object across western Kansas, part of a wider 1972 wave in which Kansas recorded more UFO reports than…
Open the book In August 1972 Colby police Sergeant Paul Carter and Officer Dennis Brown reported chasing a glowing, disc-shaped object across western…
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…
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…
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…
