Military encounter Coyne Helicopter Incident Charles Mill Lake, Mansfield, Ohio, USA 1973 evidence Documented Military helicopter encounters a 60-foot cigar-shaped craft that bathed the aircraft in green light, causing unexplained altitude climb and instrument malfunction.
Open the book Military helicopter encounters a 60-foot cigar-shaped craft that bathed the aircraft in green light, causing unexplained altitude climb and…
Military encounter Apollo 17 Lunar Sightings Cislunar space and lunar surface (Apollo 17 mission), USA 1972 evidence Documented Apollo 17 crew described bright particles, flashing lights and a lunar-surface light in mission transcripts, released by the Pentagon in May 2026 alongside an unexplained three-speck lunar photo.
Open the book Apollo 17 crew described bright particles, flashing lights and a lunar-surface light in mission transcripts, released by the Pentagon in…
Military encounter Interlaken and Winterthur Mirage III Sightings Interlaken, Bern canton (with later reports over Winterthur, Zürich canton), Switzerland 1971 evidence Contested Three Swiss Air Force Mirage III crews reported the same unexplained object over about a week of February 1971; the reports survive only as copies in federal military files and were never explained.
Open the book Three Swiss Air Force Mirage III crews reported the same unexplained object over about a week of February 1971; the reports survive only as…
Painted illustration USS Trepang Arctic Encounter Arctic Ocean, between Iceland and Jan Mayen Island 1971 evidence Contested A Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine documented unidentified objects via periscope during Arctic Cold War operations; photographs remained classified until 1990s FOIA release.
Open the book A Sturgeon-class nuclear submarine documented unidentified objects via periscope during Arctic Cold War operations; photographs remained…
Military encounter RAF Lightning Flamborough Head Disappearance North Sea, Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, UK 1970 evidence Contested A US Air Force exchange pilot in a RAF Lightning aircraft disappeared over the North Sea during a mysterious radar interception in 1970, sparking UFO speculation.
Open the book A US Air Force exchange pilot in a RAF Lightning aircraft disappeared over the North Sea during a mysterious radar interception in 1970,…
Painted illustration Apollo 11 UFO Encounter Near the Moon; translunar space between Earth and Moon, USA 1969 evidence Documented Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported observing a sizeable luminous object near the Moon and anomalous light phenomena during the Apollo 11 mission, details declassified in May 2026 after 57 years.
Open the book Astronaut Buzz Aldrin reported observing a sizeable luminous object near the Moon and anomalous light phenomena during the Apollo 11…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
Painted illustration Spaur-Neff Chase Portage County (Ravenna), Ohio → Pennsylvania, USA 1966 evidence Documented An 86-mile high-speed pursuit of a bright, disk-shaped object by two Ohio sheriff deputies that remained unexplained despite Project Blue Book investigation.
Open the book An 86-mile high-speed pursuit of a bright, disk-shaped object by two Ohio sheriff deputies that remained unexplained despite Project Blue…
Military encounter Gemini 7 Bogey Low Earth orbit (launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida), USA 1965 evidence Contested During NASA's Gemini 7 mission in December 1965, command pilot Frank Borman radioed Houston that he had a 'bogey at ten o'clock high', a sighting that mission control logged and that was later attributed by most…
Open the book During NASA's Gemini 7 mission in December 1965, command pilot Frank Borman radioed Houston that he had a 'bogey at ten o'clock high', a…
Painted illustration Big Sur 1964 UFO Incident Big Sur, California, USA 1964 evidence Contested Air Force officer Robert Jacobs claimed a UFO followed and interacted with an Atlas D missile during a test near Big Sur in 1964, filmed by 60+ cameras.
Open the book Air Force officer Robert Jacobs claimed a UFO followed and interacted with an Atlas D missile during a test near Big Sur in 1964, filmed by…
Military encounter Dwikora Operation UFO Incident Surabaya, Malang and Bangkalan-Madura, East Java, Indonesia 1964 evidence Fringe Over a week in September 1964, unidentified objects over East Java were reported on radar and by eye, and military air-defence units reportedly fired on them. The case is known in Indonesia as the 'UFO Dwikora' episode…
Open the book Over a week in September 1964, unidentified objects over East Java were reported on radar and by eye, and military air-defence units…
Military encounter North Concord Air Force Station Radar Sighting East Mountain, North Concord, Essex County, Vermont, USA 1961 evidence Contested Air Force radar operators at a remote Vermont early-warning station tracked an unusual slow-moving, high-altitude target for 18 minutes on the afternoon of September 19, 1961 — the same calendar date, though hours…
Open the book Air Force radar operators at a remote Vermont early-warning station tracked an unusual slow-moving, high-altitude target for 18 minutes on…
Military encounter Mount Tomorr MiG-19 Incident Mount Tomorr, Skrapar district, near the Kuçovë air base, Albania 1960 evidence Fringe According to Albanian-language and popular accounts, five MiG-19 jets from Kuçovë air base were scrambled in the early 1960s to intercept a glowing sphere over Mount Tomorr; the lead pilot was reportedly ordered to…
Open the book According to Albanian-language and popular accounts, five MiG-19 jets from Kuçovë air base were scrambled in the early 1960s to intercept a…
Painted illustration Fort Itaipu Incident Fort Itaipu, Praia Grande, Brazil 1957 evidence Documented Two sentinels at a Brazilian military fortress suffered moderate burns during a close encounter with a luminous circular craft, triggering investigation by Brazilian and US military authorities.
Open the book Two sentinels at a Brazilian military fortress suffered moderate burns during a close encounter with a luminous circular craft, triggering…
Military encounter Milton Torres RAF Manston UFO Intercept RAF Manston, Kent (intercept over the North Sea, east of East Anglia), United Kingdom 1957 evidence Contested A USAF interceptor pilot was scrambled from RAF Manston and ordered to fire a full rocket salvo at a massive, radar-tracked object over the North Sea, only for it to vanish at an estimated Mach 10 before he could shoot.
Open the book A USAF interceptor pilot was scrambled from RAF Manston and ordered to fire a full rocket salvo at a massive, radar-tracked object over the…
Military encounter Keflavík Airfield Formation Sighting Keflavík Airfield, Iceland 1955 evidence Contested On 4 May 1955 the commander of a US Air Force fighter-interceptor squadron at Keflavík and a lieutenant reported about ten round white objects in an irregular formation, one trailing smoke; the case was filed as…
Open the book On 4 May 1955 the commander of a US Air Force fighter-interceptor squadron at Keflavík and a lieutenant reported about ten round white…
Military encounter Lake City, Tennessee UFO Sighting Lake City (now Rocky Top), Anderson County, Tennessee, USA 1955 evidence Contested On 20 November 1955 a group of USAF radar and operations personnel at a Lake City, Tennessee, air-control station watched two erratically moving orange objects; the Air Force attributed the sighting to the planet Venus,…
Open the book On 20 November 1955 a group of USAF radar and operations personnel at a Lake City, Tennessee, air-control station watched two erratically…
Military encounter Salandin Near-Collision over Southend Southend-on-Sea area, Essex (departed RAF North Weald), UK 1954 evidence Contested A Royal Auxiliary Air Force pilot in a Meteor jet reported a head-on near-collision with a saucer-shaped object over Essex in October 1954; the Air Ministry later declined to release any information about the case.
Open the book A Royal Auxiliary Air Force pilot in a Meteor jet reported a head-on near-collision with a saucer-shaped object over Essex in October 1954;…
Military encounter Sobral UFO Sighting Rio Grande River region, Brazil 1954 evidence Documented Two Brazilian Air Force pilots witnessed a landed UFO near the Rio Grande River; craft departed at extreme speed and altitude when approached.
Open the book Two Brazilian Air Force pilots witnessed a landed UFO near the Rio Grande River; craft departed at extreme speed and altitude when…
Military encounter Walesville F-94 Crash Walesville, New York, USA 1954 evidence Contested An F-94C Starfire interceptor crashed into a New York village after its pilots ejected, killing four civilians, amid claims of UFO pursuit during the 1954 UFO wave.
Open the book An F-94C Starfire interceptor crashed into a New York village after its pilots ejected, killing four civilians, amid claims of UFO pursuit…
Military encounter Goose Bay F-94 Interception Goose Bay, Labrador (Goose Air Base), Canada 1953 evidence Contested On the night of 1 May 1953, a USAF F-94 interceptor crew near Goose Air Base chased a light for about 30 minutes; the object climbed away at a speed the crew judged far beyond their own.
Open the book On the night of 1 May 1953, a USAF F-94 interceptor crew near Goose Air Base chased a light for about 30 minutes; the object climbed away…
Painted illustration Kinross AFB Incident Lake Superior, near Keweenaw Point, Michigan, USA 1953 evidence Documented On November 23, 1953, an F-89C Scorpion interceptor scrambled from Kinross AFB vanished over Lake Superior after radar operators watched it close on an unidentified target — the two blips merging into one before…
Open the book On November 23, 1953, an F-89C Scorpion interceptor scrambled from Kinross AFB vanished over Lake Superior after radar operators watched it…
Military encounter Kinross F-89 Scorpion Disappearance Lake Superior, near Sault Ste. Marie, USA 1953 evidence Documented F-89 Scorpion jet interceptor with two Air Force pilots disappeared while pursuing an unidentified object over Lake Superior.
Open the book F-89 Scorpion jet interceptor with two Air Force pilots disappeared while pursuing an unidentified object over Lake Superior.
Military encounter West Malling UFO sighting, Kent RAF West Malling, Kent, England, UK 1953 evidence Contested On 3 November 1953 two RAF officers flying a de Havilland Vampire from RAF West Malling reported a glowing, circular object at about 23,000 feet; the Air Ministry's response and the radar evidence remain disputed.
Open the book On 3 November 1953 two RAF officers flying a de Havilland Vampire from RAF West Malling reported a glowing, circular object at about 23,000…
