UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 4: 1970 up to and including 1979

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s a symposium, “Hypotheses Concerning the Origin of UFOs,” sponsored by the Los Angeles, California, section. The proceedings are published under the title Thesis and Antithesis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, p. 417
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5203

Event 37668 (4133B8E1)

Date: 9/28/1975 (approximate)
Time: 02:00
Location: CLISSON, FR
Description: 1 observer. 4 Mx2M domed hat-saucer hovers at lit window as if looking in! Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11902

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CLISSON,FR:1 OBS:4Mx2M DOMED HAT-SCR HVRS at LIT WINDOW as if LOOKING IN!:>>S”, LatLong: “47.083336 -1.266667”, LatLongDMS: “47:05:00 N 01:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loire Atlantique”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37669 (E5D17212)

Date: 9/29/1975
Time: 20:30
Location: ST. AUBIN-DES-CHATEAUX, FR
Description: 2M rectangle going west / 60kph. 200M altitude. Drops / trees. Gone / flash.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11903

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St.AUBIN-des-CHATEAUX,FR:2M RECTANGLE >W/60kph:200M alt:DROPS/TREES:GONE/FLASH”, LatLong: “47.716669 -1.483333”, LatLongDMS: “47:43:00 N 01:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loire Atlantique”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37670 (A06FD92B)

Date: 9/29/1975
Time: 22:00
Location: SINNAI, ITL
Description: Brilliant 35cm ball / light / ground. Quickly going up [to] to clouds. Gone / flash. Ball lightning?
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11904

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SINNAI,ITL:BRILL. 35cm BALL/LITE/GND:↑↑ to CLOUDS:GONE/FLASH:ball lightning?”, LatLong: “39.300002 9.200000”, LatLongDMS: “39:18:00 N 09:12:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cagliari”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37671 (7E62E351)

Date: 9/29/1975
Time: 11:00:00.4
Location: 69.5780 90.3370
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Horizon-3” Yield: 7.6KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1459

Extra Data: LatLong: “69.5780 90.3370”, LatLongDMS: “69:34:41 N 90:20:13 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.83”, NukeMb: “4.80”, NukeName: “PNE:Horizon-3”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “7.6”

Event 37672 (59055256)

Date: 9/30/1975
Time: ~04:00
Location: US99W 7MI SOUTH / CORNING, CA
Description: 2 farmers. Domed saucer with red and floodlights. Hums. Raises dust.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 225)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11905

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “82”, HatchDesc: “US99W 7MI S/CORNING,CA:2 FARMERS:DOMED SCR W/RED+FLOODLITES:HUMS:RAISES DUST”, LatLong: “39.866669 -122.200006”, LatLongDMS: “39:52:00 N 122:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37673 (4E0D93BE)

Date: 9/30/1975
Time: 20:00
Location: ST.-COUTANT-LE-GRAND, FR
Description: Glowing-sphere/orb/globe scares cows. Lands by transformer. Then by silos.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 583)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11906

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “St-COUTANT-le-GRAND,FR:GLO-ORB SCARES COWS:LANDS BY TRANSFORMER:THEN BY SILOS”, LatLong: “45.961113 -0.761111”, LatLongDMS: “45:57:40 N 00:45:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37674 (E82FCBEA)

Date: 9/30/1975
Time: 22:30
Location: SIDI MABRUK, ALGERIA
Description: 2+2 observer(s). 13cm luminous/glowing ovoid going down. Beam lights ground. Whistles. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11907

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SIDI MABRUK,ALGERIA:2+2 OBS:13cm LUMn OVOID ↓:BEAM LITES GND:whistles:>>SW”, LatLong: “36.450002 6.666667”, LatLongDMS: “36:27:00 N 06:40:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Constantine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37675 (7A5968AB)

Date: 9/30/1975
Location: Orland, CA
Description: Cows bolted at descent of domed disc (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 750930
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4540

Event 37676 (2E24CC60)

Date: 9/30/1975
Location: Corning, CA
Description: Domed disc hovered, illuminated area “like daylight,” cows fled. Emitted bright red light, humming sound, took off at high speed
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_267

Event 37677 (70696ACF)

Date: 9/30/1975
Description: At 3:30 a.m. two men, Philips and Brown, had a close encounter with a domed disc-shaped object hovering over a dairy farm seven miles south of Corning, California and illuminating the dairy “like daylight”. It emitted a bright red light, and made a humming sound. Cows fled from area. The UFO hovered for 3-5 minutes, then took off and was out-of-sight “in the blink of an eye.” An inside occupant was also seen.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Corning (CA) Daily Observer, October 16, 1975; Dwight Connelly, Skylook, October 1975, p. 14; Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 283; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, pp. 19, 281
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6450

Event 37678 (0F5CCE9E)

Date: 10/1975
End date: 12/1975
Location: US
Description: Reliable military personnel saw unconventional and unexplained aerial objects hovering around nuclear weapons storage sites, aircraft alert areas and missile control complexes at installations across the northern United States. In some instances, as radar sightings of the objects were made, Air Force fighter planes were sent aloft in unsuccessful pursuit, although the records gave no indication that the fighters fired on the intruders.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Washington Post
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_685

Event 37679 (5C58CF9F)

Date: 10/1975
Location: BRAZIL, Ceara State
Description: (Translated from French) Since the beginning of the month, the inhabitants of Tururu, Urubumetama and Sao Gonçalo do Amarante have been living in fear and no longer dare to go out after 6 pm. UFOs have appeared that have paralyzed witnesses. A strange object indeed always manifests itself at nightfall, moving at very low altitude, spinning on itself, emitting blue and orange beams. Many people were affected and some had to be hospitalized, suffering from second degree burns. On October 29th it appeared in Sao Gonçalo around 10 pm and stayed spinning above the town for two hours, while the inhabitants had run to take shelter. Stationary above a gas station, the UFO caused a general short circuit in the establishment
Reference: Inforespace n° 26 of 1976 p. 38, 39
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2876

Event 37680 (352424A3)

Date: 10/1975
Description: (Translated from French) Meeting of David Stephens in Norway (Maine).
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2701

Event 37681 (5945C75D)

Date: 10/1975
Location: BACA COUNTY, CO
Description: Big wave / livestock mutilations. See / r98#26 p133 for much more.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11908

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1320”, HatchDesc: “BACA COUNTY,CO:BIG WAVE/LIVESTOCK MUTILATIONS:see /r98#26 p133 for much more”, LatLong: “37.250002 -102.500005”, LatLongDMS: “37:15:00 N 102:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37682 (C53F60F9)

Date: 10/1975
Time: 19:50
Location: NORRE SOBY, DK
Description: 2 / car. Cylinder/cylindrical object east / windows follows car / 1km 100M away. Hovers over school.
Type: sighting
Reference: SUFOI UFO NEWS. Annual. Articles translated from UFO - Nyt. Skandavinsk UFO Information; Postbox 6, DK-2820 Gentoffte, DENMARK. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11909

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “NORRE SOBY,DK:2/CAR:CYL E/WINDOWS FOLOS CAR/1km 100M AWAY:HVRS OVR SCHOOL:”, LatLong: “55.294447 10.383334”, LatLongDMS: “55:17:40 N 10:23:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37683 (089989A4)

Date: 10/1975
Time: ~20:00
Location: NORTH / YICHANG, HUBEI, CH
Description: 1 observer. Snail-shell saucer spins slowly clockwise in passing.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11910

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “N/YICHANG,HUBEI,CH:1 OBS:SNAIL-SHELL SCR SPINS SLOWLY CW IN PASSING.”, LatLong: “30.800001 111.366672”, LatLongDMS: “30:48:00 N 111:22:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37684 (A8F0E638)

Date: 10/1975 (approximate)
Time: 21:40
Location: SR154 NORTHWEST / SOUTH BARBARA, CA
Description: 40’ saucer on tripod. “Owl” / road flies over Toms car. 30 minute(s) / Ms.
Type: sighting
Reference: LINDEMANN, Michael (ed.): UFO’s and the ALIEN PRESENCE - Six Viewpoints; 2020 Group, Santa Barbara, CA 1991. 233pp. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11911

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “60”, HatchDesc: “SR154 NW/S.BARBARA,CA:40’ SCR ON TRIPOD:“OWL”/ROAD FLIES OVR TOMS CAR:30min/MS”, LatLong: “34.550002 -119.822228”, LatLongDMS: “34:33:00 N 119:49:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 37685 (6686882C)

Date: 10/1975
Location: Cheyenne Mountain, CO
Description: Security Option 5 Alert At NORAD (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 7510xx
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4541

Event 37686 (7BF23B8D)

Date: 10/1975
Locations: University of Montana; Arizona
Description: University of Montana sociologists Robert Balch and David Taylor locate the followers of Applewhite and Nettles in Arizona and join the group clandestinely. The Two make themselves scarce, fearing an infiltration and possible assassination. Balch and Taylor describe the cult in a Psychology Today article in October 1976 and articles in sociological journals.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert W. Balch and David Taylor, “Salvation in a UFO,” Psychology Today 10, no. 5 (October 1976): 58–62, 66, 106; Robert W. Balch and David Taylor, “Seekers and Saucers: The Role of the Cultic Milieu in Joining a UFO Cult,” American Behavioral Scientist 20, no. 6 (July/Aug. 1977): 839–860; Robert W. Balch, “Waiting for the Ships: Disillusionment and the Revitalization of Faith in Bo and Beep’s UFO Cult,” in James R. Lewis, ed., The Gods Have Landed: New Religions from Other Worlds, State University of New York, 1995, pp. 137–166; Clark III 565–566
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5207

Event 37687 (F228FF66)

Date: 10/1975
Time: daylight
Location: Cascade County, MONTANA
Description: A woman reported seeing a black helicopter without markings flying from east to west. The bubble on front was tinted dark and the witness could not see inside.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 95 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_133

Event 37688 (299064B0)

Date: 10/1/1975 (approximate)
Location: URUBURETAMA AND TURURU, CEARA, BRZ
Description: 30 day siege / fireballs etc. Burning beams. General panic.
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11912

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “206”, Elev: “254”, HatchDesc: “URUBURETAMA+TURURU,CEARA,BRZ:30 DAY SIEGE/FBLS etc:BURNING BEAMS:GENERAL PANIC”, LatLong: “-3.633334 -39.500002”, LatLongDMS: “03:38:00 S 39:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37689 (6E06712E)

Date: 10/1/1975
Description: At around 8:00 p.m. two teenagers, Michio Hikawa and Takashi Furuya, were parked in a car at a scenic spot in Japan’s Southern Alps near Hakushu, Japan when Furuya became agitated about a group of children resembling beggars near the car. Hikawa didn’t see them. Among the figures Furuya saw were some resembling girls, about one meter tall, dressed in white. Pointing them out to his companion, Hikawa still was unable to see them, and turned on the car’s headlights. When this happened the figures faded away, but their car was abruptly pulled backwards several times by an unseen force, eventhough the hand brake was on. Frightened, the two teenagers left the area. Hikawa suggested that the figures may have been “spacemen”, and the pair returned to the scene later, where the same mass displacement effects occurred to the car again. Again fearful, the pair drove home. The car subsequently malfunctioned and required repairs, the result of a broken piston. Peculiar “hoof like” marks were observed on a window in the car following the encounter. There were no reports of UFOs seen.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1975-44, citing Jun Ichi Takanashi for APRO
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6474

Event 37690 (39B3CACA)

Date: 10/1/1975
Location: Carbon County, WYOMING
Description: Around the first of October. A mutilated heifer was found in the Shirley Basin area of northern Carbon County on Sat., Oct. 4th; thought to have been dead 4-5 days. Mine crewmen had reported a low-flying helicopter near uranium pits “earlier in the week”.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 136 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_117

Event 37691 (F80BC4BC)

Date: 10/2/1975
Description: On this night in Fort Lee, New Jersey a single witness said an oval-shaped object with red and green lights that came close to witness after appearing at first as a bright light. It circled behind some trees, then passed the witness making a faint whirling sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6502

Event 37692 (244F840D)

Date: 10/2/1975
Time: 20:00
Location: Baca County, COLORADO
Description: An unidentified helicopter was observed as it flew around in an area near Campo for l½ hours. Perhaps 12 mutilations occurred in Baca County from September through November.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 82 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_118

Event 37693 (B461BE09)

Date: Early 10/1975
Location: Uinta County, WYOMING
Description: First half of Oct. A reserve lawman engages in a shootout with a chopper. (See INTRODUCTION)
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 94 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_132

Event 37694 (7A4E75DF)

Date: 10/2/1975
Time: night
Location: Baca County, COLORADO
Description: A helicopter flew low over a house south of Springfield. Perhaps 12 mutilations occurred in the county in Sept.-November, along with scattered accounts of unidentified helicopters
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 110 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_149

Event 37695 (5D775753)

Date: 10/3/1975
Time: 05:00
Location: PALAU-DEL-VIDRE, FR
Description: Farmer. Silent red 3-4M half-egg just over railroad/railway tracks. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11913

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PALAU-del-VIDRE,FR:FARMER:SLNT RED 3-4M HALF-EGG JUST OVR RR TRACKS:AWAY FAST”, LatLong: “42.566669 2.955556”, LatLongDMS: “42:34:00 N 02:57:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pyrénées-Orientales”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37696 (749C6B0C)

Date: 10/3/1975
Time: 18:30
Location: LEXY, FR
Description: Group / kids. Big silent glowing-ball lights ballpark. Zigzags. Going northwest. Same back / 6 October.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11914

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LEXY,FR:GROUP/KIDS:BIG SLNT GLO-BALL LITES BALLPARK:ZIGZAGS:>NW:SAME BACK/6OCT”, LatLong: “49.500002 5.722222”, LatLongDMS: “49:30:00 N 05:43:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Meurthe-et-Moselle”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37697 (2C71936C)

Date: 10/3/1975
Location: Quincy, MA
Description: On this night a large mass of white light, with smaller blue lights inside, hung stationary over Quincy. (Source: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 7). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4542

Event 37698 (89360190)

Date: 10/3/1975
Description: On this night a large mass of white light, with smaller blue lights inside, hung stationary over Quincy, Massachusetts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6530

Event 37699 (7B3D439E)

Date: 10/3/1975
Time: 11:00
Location: Baca County, COLORADO
Description: Two helicopters flew over grazing lands.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 83 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_119

Event 37700 (480E27CD)

Date: 10/4/1975
Location: FRANCE
Description: (Translated from French) The author was unable to sleep at an advanced hour of the night, when he suddenly saw very distinctly a human face of incomparable beauty, inside his room. After a certain time this face took an expression inspiring confidence. The lips moved as if something was being said, but no sound came out. He felt at that moment as if hypnotized by the apparition and felt detached from his body. Unsettled by this unusual phenomenon he made a mental effort of resistance and after a certain time the vision faded. (vog: eh ben, mon pauv’vieux…) It should be noted that at the same time there were UFO manifestations in the north of France.
Reference: Pierre DELVAL: “Contacts of the 4th type” - De Vecchi 1979, p. 65
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2874

Event 37701 (A561D55D)

Date: 10/4/1975
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTH AGATA / GOTI, ITL
Description: 2+2 observer(s). Flash. Odd object going down. Stops / low altitude. Strong red beams. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 82)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11915

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S.AGATA/GOTI,ITL:2+2 OBS:FLASH:ODD OBJ ↓:STOPS/lo alt:STRONG RED BEAMS:↑↑”, LatLong: “41.083335 14.500001”, LatLongDMS: “41:05:00 N 14:30:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CE”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37702 (1782374F)

Date: 10/4/1975
Location: Ramsey, NJ
Description: 2:55 a.m. Two police officers, Francis J. Gross and C. Ragazzo were on routine patrol when officer Ragazzo received a radio call from Gross informing him of five “strange looking” lights in the south-west sky. Both officers were able to observe the objects for a period of five minutes. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR. December 1975, page 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4543

Event 37703 (007015F8)

Date: 10/4/1975
Time: 21:00
Location: Baca County, COLORADO
Description: Two helicopters flew over Laverne Jenkins’ property, where a mutilated cow had been found this date (dead perhaps 3-5 days).
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 84 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_120

Event 37704 (3B47BBD7)

Date: 10/5/1975
Time: 04:27:00.0
Location: 49.7831 78.0867
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1460

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7831 78.0867”, LatLongDMS: “49:46:59 N 78:05:12 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 37705 (6ED0B436)

Date: 10/5/1975
Time: 15:00
Location: Alamosa County, COLORADO
Description: A helicopter with a bright searchlight was seen and chased NE of Alamosa by Undersheriff Barney Bauer and Deputy Bill Lobato. A similar helicopter was seen SE of Alamosa, moving east with a bright light shining on and off.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 85 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_121

Event 37706 (EFC7B853)

Date: 10/5/1975
Location: Alamosa County, COLORADO
Description: Week of Oct 5th-9th. Undersheriff Barney Bauer reported that unidentified helicopters were seen all over the county between 10:30 PM and 3:00 AM each night. Some highflying craft with regulation lights were seen as well as others flying low without lights. Helicopters were sometimes reported with bright searchlights here and in adjoining Costilla County. This light was frequently described by witnesses as “very, very powerful”.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 93 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_130

Event 37707 (AE4B10B8)

Date: 10/6/1975
Time: 20:00
Location: TRINCHERA PEAK, CO
Description: “Helicopter” lands / mountain top. Mutilated cow found next day.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11916

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “4120”, HatchDesc: “TRINCHERA PEAK,CO:“COPTER” LANDS/MOUNTAIN TOP:MUTILATED COW FOUND NEXT DAY.”, LatLong: “37.183335 -105.150005”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:00 N 105:09:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37708 (0B4CC002)

Date: 10/6/1975
Description: On this night in Santa Clara, California three witnesses had a close encounter with a saucer-shaped disc with a bluish white glow underneath.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6606

Event 37709 (5344ECF4)

Date: 10/6/1975
Time: 20:00
Location: Costilla County, COLORADO
Description: A helicopter with red and green blinking lights was seen landing on a mountain southeast of San Luis. A mutilated cow was discovered in the same area on 10-7-75.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 86 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_122

Event 37710 (5AA6594B)

Date: 10/6/1975
Time: night
Location: Crawford County, WISCONSON
Description: Near Eastman on Sat., Oct. 4th, 6 cows were found dead, 3 mutilated; owned by Richard & Dwight Boom and Don Beckett. One other cow seemed to be ailing. When they tried to catch and attend to her, she collapsed and died; 4 other cows also seemed to be ill. Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture diagnostician Dr. A.F. Krohn verified the mutilation of the 3 animals with “a very sharp cutting instrument”. Richard Boom reported that a helicopter flew over his property on the night of the 6th. A cow was believed to have been killed & mutilated a few mi. north of Eastman on Oct. 8th or 9th. The cow had just given birth; the calf was dead but untouched.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 137 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_123

Event 37711 (3C10717C)

Date: 10/7/1975
Location: CANADA, Utterson, Bushkong Lake
Description: (Translated from French) At around 8:30 PM, Robert A. Suffern’s sister called him to say that her barn seemed to be on fire. Robert went out and saw nothing. Shortly after, taking the car to check on the livestock which seemed to be restless, he saw in the middle of the road an object of a matte aluminum surface, with an irregular and wavy texture, without any lights. Its height was around 2.50m, its width between 3.60m and 3.80m, in the shape of a saucer, resting very close to the ground. He accelerated and the object took off.

To return home he took the road along the lake, when he saw the creature: it pivoted and without any effort jumped the fence and disappeared into the meadow. It was stocky, broad-shouldered, moving like a monkey or a dwarf, full of agility. Its head was covered with a helmet, its costume was of a single piece of silver-colored material, but the helmet was whiter. Back home, suddenly the sound of the television disappeared and the screen went black. He went out and saw behind the barn an orange fluorescent light that followed the contours of the terrain to head towards the lake. (Flying Saucer Review, vol 22 n° 1 1976, p 18-19) (…) there was a kind of black ribbon that was spinning around the vehicle and a small platform at the lower part. The object was parked on the road that leads to the lake. He only saw the object on the ground for a few seconds, as it rose vertically, without noise, smoke or steam. Mr. Suffern turned around in his car to return home. When he arrived at the top of the hill, he had to brake abruptly to avoid colliding with “some kind of creature” that was not taller than the height of the car’s bumpers. It had two arms and two legs and it was wearing a costume of light metal, deflated. It had a helmet on its head, a bit lighter than the color of the costume. The creature turned around, took two or three steps, and jumped a fence. It disappeared from his sight. When he returned home, he could just barely see the saucer hovering near his house, before it left beyond the lake. The witness was badly shaken by this experience.
Reference: NUFORC, “Looking Back” by Bob Gribble
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2875

Event 37712 (F4E49642)

Date: 10/7/1975
Description: (Translated from French) Eric Gairy speaks at the 30th session of the UN General Assembly. (October 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2702

Event 37713 (A0D4F070)

Date: 10/7/1975
Time: 21:00
Location: BRACEBRIDGE, ON
Description: 13’ saucer / road. Helmeted small humanoid (or Grey) / spacesuit jumps fence. / r186#31p39+/ r54p23.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11917

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “BRACEBRIDGE,ON:13’SCR/ROAD:HELMETED OID/SSUIT JUMPS FENCE:/r186#31p39+/r54p23”, LatLong: “45.233335 -79.483337”, LatLongDMS: “45:14:00 N 79:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 37714 (B2A74781)

Date: 10/7/1975
Location: Three Mile Lake Road north of Bracebridge, Ontario
Description: 8:00 p.m. After his sister calls and alerts him to a “fiery glow” near his barn on Three Mile Lake Road north of Bracebridge, Ontario, Robert Suffern, 27, drives to the spot and finds no fire. However, when he starts going back to his sister’s house he finds a large disc-shaped object resting in his path. The UFO quickly ascends and is lost to sight. When he turns around and starts heading to his own home, a small figure wearing a helmet and silver-gray walks in an “ape-like fashion” in front of his car, causing him to hit the brakes. It runs into a field. Suffern gets out and puts his hands on a post and he seemingly becomes weightless, making it easy to jump over the fence. Later that night he sees an “orange fluorescent light” in the pasture of his property. Moments later, he receives two phone calls telling him not to interfere. On October 12 at 3:00 a.m. Suffern receives a phone call from a “Lt. Colin Hunter” from the White House and leaves a number to call him back. He calls the number later and talks to a military officer claiming to be Lt. Col. Waters. A month later, he and his wife are given a thorough examination by Canadian military doctors.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, URECAT, September 13, 2006; “The Robert Suffern UFO Encounter,” Above Top Secret forum, September 26, 2009; John Greenewald, “Suffern Three Mile Lake Incident: UFO Lands on Road, White House Reportedly Calls,” The Black Vault, July 6, 2017; Clark III 358
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5208

Event 37715 (D0C084D1)

Date: 10/7/1975
Description: Robert Suffern of Three Mile Lake reported that a UFO landed about 13 miles northwest of Bracebridge, Ontario on this night, and he almost ran over one of its occupants with his car. Mr. Suffern said the craft was about 12-14 feet across, nine feet high, and circular in shape. “There was a black strip running around the circumference, and what looked to be a small platform at the bottom of the vehicle.” Mr. Suffern said he found the craft while driving around to investigate “a glow in the sky” seen by his sister, and who telephoned him to say she thought his barn might be on fire. The UFO was parked on a road that led to the lake. A few seconds after he saw it, the ship lifted straight up from the road in front of his car. “There was no dust raised, no apparent thrust, nothing,” he said. “It went straight up and over the trees.”

Mr. Suffern turned his car around and headed home. However, when he reached the top of the hill, he had to slam on his brakes to avoid hitting “some sort of creature.” The being was the height of the car fender. It was humanoid in appearance and wore a globe-shaped helmet, and walked like a midget. The helmet was slightly lighter in color and the “spacesuit” was like tin foil that had been crushed and flattened out. The creature turned, took three or four steps, vaulted over a fence, and disappeared. Suffern raced back to his house and arrived in time to see the object hover near his home before crossing the lake. He was badly shaken by the incident. “It’s all right to think what you would do…but when it actually happens, you are scared because you are dealing with the unknown.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Gribble, “Looking Back October 1975”, National UFO Reporting Center website
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6634

Event 37716 (AB53C4D1)

Date: 10/7/1975
Location: El Paso County, COLORADO
Description: A UH-1 “Huey” helicopter crashed in a remote area of the Fort Carson Military Reservation, killing 5 men and injuring five. Speculation was that high winds in the area may have caused the crash, but Public Information Officer Major Arne Anderson refused to speculate on the cause or to release any information on the investigation. However, Lt. Col. S.K. Fisk told the DENVER POST that the cause of the crash was considered to be “unknown”.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Refs. 87, 88 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_124

Event 37717 (C717AA84)

Date: 10/7/1975
Time: PM
Location: Baca County, COLORADO
Description: Two reports of helicopters flying low over ranches were called in to the sheriff’s office.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 89 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_125

Event 37718 (53A86DF2)

Date: 10/7/1975
Time: PM
Location: Weston County, WYOMING
Description: On Sept. 29th, a mutilated cow was found near Upton. Near Newcastle, on the early morning of Friday, October 3rd, around 3:00 AM, Raymond “Spud” Jones was awakened by a “high-pitched whine, like a jet turbine starting”. Neighbors heard it, too. Other neighbors reported to Jones later that day that they had noticed a cow of his lying in a pasture. On Monday, Oct.6th, Jones found the carcass, which had been mutilated. He notified Sheriff Willis Larson. Then, on the night of Tuesday, October 7th, Larson had just returned from delivering specimens from the cow to a crime lab in Cheyenne when, at 8:45 PM, a woman called to report an object that looked like and sounded like a helicopter was hovering over a ridge NE of Newcastle. The sheriff knew the local airport mgr., John Bockman, had a helicopter. But a phone call to Bockman was answered by him; he said he would go out to look for the craft. Larson drove to the top of an adjacent ridge. He told the Univ. of Wyoming BRANDING IRON (10-14-75): “I reached the top of the ridge and saw an object to the west, near Highway 85 North,” the sheriff said. “It was an orange, wedge-shaped object, resembling a helicopter in appearance. The tapered end had a bright red light. I was confused and looked at it through the binoculars,” he said. “It was making sudden, jerky ‘Z’ movements, very fast, I thought. I called my wife and asked her to call Bockman to look at it.” Bockman was already looking at the object, however. He reported it in the same position as the sheriff. The object descended and Larson lost sight of it. Bockman continued to observe it and saw it go down and its lights go out. “I called for a special deputy to take my position and dispatched another deputy to the south so we could bracket the object in a triangle,” said the sheriff. “I then went to the airport. The mail plane was landing at the airport just as I arrived. Bockman pointed the object out to me. Thirty seconds later it went up and disappeared, just like shutting out a light. Later, as we were returning to town, a sudden bright flash lit the sky, like a flashbulb.” An hour and a half later, the same lady called and reported the object in the same location. “I went out to check on it again, and the sky was split by five sudden flashes, in very quick succession, centered in the northeast,” said the sheriff. Later, a glowing light would appear in the eastern sky, and would be viewed by many residents. Lights rising over trees were reported by campers, brilliant flashes were reported by a motorist, and home owners saw strange lights. Obviously, something strange was happening in the sky around Newcastle on the night of October 7. (Ref. 138)"
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_126

Event 37719 (9ACB914F)

Date: 10/8/1975
Time: early AM
Location: Baca County, COLORADO
Description: Gloria Claunch saw, through binoculars, a helicopter shining a light on the ground, illuminating what she thought were two men.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 90 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_127

Event 37720 (3C67AA19)

Date: 10/8/1975
Time: 19:00
Location: Costilla County, COLORADO
Description: A low-flying helicopter with a bright red light was seen by several witnesses.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 91 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_128

Event 37721 (2749877F)

Date: 10/9/1975
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the 1st N-1 rocket by Japan. (9 October)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2703

Event 37722 (6B0CD316)

Date: 10/9/1975
Time: 05:00
Location: CHATEAUROUX, FR
Description: 2 and more/others observer(s). 2 triangles / 800M over LA Martinerie. White light / rear. Night light.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11918

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “CHATEAUROUX,FR:2++OBS:2 TRIANGLES/800M OVR LA MARTINERIE:WHT LITE/REAR:NLT”, LatLong: “46.800002 1.650000”, LatLongDMS: “46:48:00 N 01:39:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indre”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37723 (B90119FF)

Date: 10/9/1975
Time: 06:00
Location: NORTH BAY, ONT
Description: 1M small humanoid (or Grey) runs down street / slow-motion! White aura trails.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11919

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “NORTH BAY,ONT:1M OID RUNS DOWN STREET/SLO-MOTION!:WHITE AURA TRAILS”, LatLong: “46.200002 -79.433337”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:00 N 79:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37724 (6F1F454C)

Date: 10/9/1975
Time: ~22:00
Location: COSTILLA CO, CO
Description: Night. Cops. Helicopter lands / 3 minute(s). 2 new mutilated cattle. See / r98#26.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11920

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2430”, HatchDesc: “COSTILLA co,CO:NIGHT:COPS:COPTER LANDS/3min:2 NEW MUTd CATTLE:see /r98#26”, LatLong: “37.433335 -105.416672”, LatLongDMS: “37:26:00 N 105:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37725 (D77BEA5C)

Date: 10/9/1975
Time: night
Location: Costilla County, COLORADO
Description: Deputies watched a helicopter land and remain on the ground 3 minutes before taking off. Two “fresh” mutilations were discovered in the area on this date.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 92 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_129

Event 37726 (8D921708)

Date: 10/9/1975
Location: Weld County, COLORADO
Description: Near Carr, CO, near the Wyoming border, a small blue & white helicopter was seen circling & landing on the Sidwell ranch and other area ranches.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 139 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_131

Event 37727 (9E169250)

Date: 10/10/1975
Time: 12:00?
Location: HYAKURI-KICHI, JAPAN
Description: O. Tsugaane photos glowing inverted bowl. Original report = Hya Kuri A.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 16)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11921

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HYAKURI-KICHI,JAPAN:O.TSUGAANE PHOTOS GLOWING INVERTED BOWL:ORG RPT=HYA KURI A”, LatLong: “36.183335 140.416673”, LatLongDMS: “36:11:00 N 140:25:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37728 (A7A924E2)

Date: 10/10/1975
Time: 22:00
Location: D45 EAST / PIERRECLOS, FR
Description: 1 / car. Lights and engine quit. Fuzzy 100M disk hovers. Going up [to] and going southeast slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11922

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “D45 E/PIERRECLOS,FR:1/CAR:LITES+ENGINE QUIT:FUZZY 100M DISK HVRS:↑+>SE SLOWLY”, LatLong: “46.338891 4.705556”, LatLongDMS: “46:20:20 N 04:42:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Saône-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37729 (A26F5AEF)

Date: 10/10/1975
Description: On highway D45 east of Pierreclos, Saone-et-Loire department, France at ten p.m. a car’s lights and engine died when a fuzzy looking 100 meter wide disc-shaped object hovered nearby, then rose vertically, and flew off to the southeast slowly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6728

Event 37730 (0EB1332E)

Date: 10/13/1975
Location: Weld County, COLORADO
Description: Oct 13th or 14th. A fairly small blue and white helicopter circled low over cattle on ranches in NW Weld County.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 96 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_134

Event 37731 (724A1D31)

Date: 10/13/1975
Location: Alamosa County, COLORADO
Description: Oct. 13th-17th. On each of these dates an “Army green” helicopter, apparently unmarked, flew west over Mosca Pass near the Great Sand Dunes National Monument during the day and returned by the same route in the evenings (see early Sept.-Huerfano Co., CO). It “sounded just like an airplane but we could see the top revolving propeller”.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 97 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_135

Event 37732 (3F707104)

Date: 10/14/1975
Time: 05:30
Location: PEERS, ALTA
Description: “Truck” / roadside = saucer. Silver-suit figures outside hold rods in hands…
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11923

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “852”, HatchDesc: “PEERS,ALTA:“TRUCK”/ROADSIDE=SCR:SLVR-SUIT FIGURES OUTSIDE HOLD RODS in HANDS…”, LatLong: “53.666669 -115.983339”, LatLongDMS: “53:40:00 N 115:59:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37733 (7B4048EC)

Date: Mid 10/1975
Location: Routt County, COLORADO
Description: Mid-to-late October. Around the time that a 5-year old cow was mutilated near Hayden, an unidentified blue-green helicopter was seen in the area.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 108 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_146

Event 37734 (AA9B5572)

Date: Late 1975
Location: MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Description: Late 1975-through early 1976. Though cattle mutilations have occurred in New England, none were known during this period. However, there were disappearances of smaller animals and the mutilation of fowl such as geese. Some of the animal owners had seen low-flying, suspiciouslybehaving unmarked helicopters. Ufologist and well-known abductee Betty Hill investigated these events and compiled a report on the New England mystery choppers in 1976.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 116 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_161

Event 37735 (0B9D4E5E)

Date: 10/16/1975
Description: (Translated from French) Nine sightings are reported to NORAD in the night at Great Falls (Montana). (October 16)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2704

Event 37736 (634EAD57)

Date: 10/16/1975
Location: Davis, CA
Description: 8:20 p.m. Seven witnesses including the main witness named Landeros sighted two UFOs maneuvering in the sky. The first object was triangular in shape with white and yellow lights. (Source: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 9). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4544

Event 37737 (2547E660)

Date: 10/16/1975
Description: In Davis, California at 8:20 p.m. seven witnesses including the main witness named Landeros sighted two UFOs maneuvering in the sky. The first object was triangular in shape with white and yellow lights. It went down and up rapidly, then back-and-forth. The second UFO was a domed disc; it came from same direction as the first and had red, green, and blue lights spinning on its rim. It hovered, tilted, and shot off toward the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6903

Event 37738 (2959D6D2)

Date: 10/17/1975
Location: PRESTON, LANCS
Description: Cloud-cylinder/cigar-shape going south. Back going north. Hovers / several spots. Front opens… disk enters?
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11924

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “PRESTON,LANCs:CLOUD-CGR > S:BACK>N:HVRS/SVRL SPOTS:FRONT OPENS…DISK ENTERS?”, LatLong: “53.783336 -2.700000”, LatLongDMS: “53:47:00 N 02:42:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37739 (D5606064)

Date: 10/17/1975
Time: 04:20
Location: SORGUES, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). 10M sphere/orb/globe / 60cm altitude. Beams going down. Spins. Scans canal. Follows car. / r30p584.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11925

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “SORGUES,FR:2 OBS:10M ORB/60cm alt:BEAMS↓:SPINS:SCANS CANAL:FOLOS CAR:/r30p584”, LatLong: “44.005558 4.872222”, LatLongDMS: “44:00:20 N 04:52:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaucluse”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37740 (C1E6B014)

Date: 10/17/1975
Time: 22:30
Location: 15 MI EAST / MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, MT
Description: Woman. Silent DC10 with portholes and no wings. Going quickly west over house.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11926

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1075”, HatchDesc: “15MI E/MALMSTROM AFB,MT:WOMAN:SLNT DC10 W/PORTHOLES+NO WINGS:>>W OVR HOUSE”, LatLong: “47.500002 -110.916672”, LatLongDMS: “47:30:00 N 110:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37741 (3654257B)

Date: 10/17/1975
Location: Helena, MT
Description: Object with flashing green lights flew over truck, hovered over road ahead, shone light beam toward truck. MUFON UFO Journal, October 1990, p. 20, 22 (E,L) cement truck (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4545

Event 37742 (20EE4792)

Date: 10/17/1975
Location: Helena, MT
Description: Large object with green flashing lights passed over truck from behind, hovered ahead, lights and engine failed, light beam directed toward truck
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_268

Event 37743 (7092C493)

Date: 10/17/1975
Locations: Akita Airport; Akita Prefecture, Japan
Description: Morning. Masaki Machida, a TV reporter for the Akita Broadcasting Company, is at Akita Airport in Akita Prefecture, Japan, when he sees a disc-shaped object descending in the east. Air traffic controllers and passengers watch the golden disc with white lights hover 5,000 feet above the ground some 5 miles from the airport. Telecommunications officer Kenichi Waga warns all pilots to watch out for the UFO. Toa Domestic Airlines pilot Capt. Masarus Saito says the object looks like two plates put together. After 5 minutes, it flies off to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p. 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5209

Event 37744 (C33824C5)

Date: 10/18/1975
Time: 00:30
Location: FLESHER PASS, MT
Description: Truck and motor and lights and Mans watch stop in beam / 50’ saucer. Hovers / 5 minute(s). Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11927

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1869”, HatchDesc: “FLESHER PASS,MT:TRUCK+MOTOR+LITES+MANS WATCH STOP in BEAM/50’SCR:HVRS/5min:>>E”, LatLong: “46.966669 -112.366672”, LatLongDMS: “46:58:00 N 112:22:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37745 (3BFF2ABF)

Date: 10/18/1975
Time: 04:30
Location: FLATHEAD MOUNTAINS, MT
Description: High School principal and more. Big bright object lights top / Columbia mountain. Dims. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11928

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “2205”, HatchDesc: “FLATHEAD Mtns,MT:HS PRINCIPAL+:BIG BRITE OBJ LITES TOP/COLUMBIA MTN:DIMS:>>N:”, LatLong: “48.333336 -114.100005”, LatLongDMS: “48:20:00 N 114:06:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37746 (DAE3A7B5)

Date: 10/18/1975
Time: 21:00
Location: EDEN AND CASCADE, MT
Description: 9 UFO report(s) from here to Malmstrom Strategic Air Command (SAC) base in 10hr marathon.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11929

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “133”, Elev: “1182”, HatchDesc: “EDEN+CASCADE,MT:9 UFO RPTs FROM HERE TO MALMSTROM SAC BASE in 10hr MARATHON.”, LatLong: “47.283336 -111.733339”, LatLongDMS: “47:17:00 N 111:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37747 (EB46524F)

Date: 10/18/1975
Location: Helena (25 miles NW of), MT
Description: 12:30 a.m. John Struble was driving his truck when he noticed a large object, fifty feet in diameter and twenty-five to thirty feet in the air. The object passed over his truck from the rear and then stopped and hovered about one hundred yards ahead of him. (Reference: Lawrence Fawcett and Barry J. Greenwood, Clear Intent, page 33) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4546

Event 37748 (FA7A19D4)

Date: 10/18/1975
Location: 73.7500 54.7500
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: 300KT YieldMax: 3000KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1461

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.7500 54.7500”, LatLongDMS: “73:45:00 N 54:45:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “300”, NukeYMax: “3000”

Event 37749 (6D1BEBFA)

Date: 10/18/1975
Time: 08:59:59.4
Location: 70.8160 53.7530
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 150KT YieldMax: 1500KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1462

Extra Data: LatLong: “70.8160 53.7530”, LatLongDMS: “70:48:58 N 53:45:11 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “6.75”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “150”, NukeYMax: “1500”

Event 37750 (B3239BEE)

Date: 10/18/1975
Locations: Helena, Montana; 25 miles northwest of Helena, Montana
Description: 12:30 a.m. John Struble is driving his truck 25 miles northwest of Helena, Montana, when he notices a large object, 50 feet in diameter and 25–30 feet in the air. The object passes over his truck from the rear and then stops and hovers about 300 feet ahead of him. It directs a very bright light at him, causing the truck’s lights and engine to go out. The UFO remains for about 5 minutes before it moves away. The object makes a noise like a big jet and then rockets straight up into the sky and moves away to the east at an incredible speed. When the UFO disappears the truck’s lights and engine come back on. Struble notices that his nonelectric watch has stopped for 5 minutes, the duration of the sighting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5210

Event 37751 (8617D53E)

Date: 10/19/1975
Time: 03:00?
Location: NEAR SAND COULEE, MT
Description: Cow found surgically mutilated. No tracks / snow. Secure pasture.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11930

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “0”, Elev: “1056”, HatchDesc: “nr SAND COULEE,MT:COW FOUND SURGICALLY MUTILATED:NO TRACKS/SNOW:SECURE PASTURE”, LatLong: “47.400002 -111.166672”, LatLongDMS: “47:24:00 N 111:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37752 (A11FF638)

Date: 10/19/1975
Time: 05:20
Location: SHELBY, MT
Description: Newsman photographs cylinder/cigar-shape / ovoid. Cross-shaped seen / below. Lights / top and sides. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11931

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “1002”, HatchDesc: “SHELBY,MT:NEWSMAN FOTOS CGR/OVOID:CROSS-SHAPED SEEN/BELOW:LITES/TOP+SIDES:>>W”, LatLong: “48.583336 -111.916672”, LatLongDMS: “48:35:00 N 111:55:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37753 (623E2E9D)

Date: 10/19/1975
Time: 06:00
Location: CONRAD, MT
Description: Cop reports UFO changing colors over town. Red to white. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11932

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1070”, HatchDesc: “CONRAD,MT:COP REPORTS UFO CHANGING COLORS OVR TOWN:RED TO WHITE:NFD”, LatLong: “48.172225 -111.944450”, LatLongDMS: “48:10:20 N 111:56:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 37754 (99CA4227)

Date: 10/19/1975
Time: 18:00
Location: LLANGOTHLIN, AUS
Description: 2 / car. Large silver cylinder/cigar-shape with small wings and figure(s) / cabin. Colored instrument panel.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: ENTCAT97.DOC: Catalog of Australian Entity and related reports: October 1997
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11933

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LLANGOTHLIN,AUS:2/CAR:LRG SLVR CGR W/SML WINGS+FIGs/CABIN:CLRD INSTRUMNT PANEL”, LatLong: “-30.133335 151.683341”, LatLongDMS: “30:08:00 S 151:41:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37755 (874602E7)

Date: 10/19/1975
Location: Hailey, ID
Description: 11:00 p.m. Two men walking just west of town noticed a red light approaching their position at high speed. It stopped over them, and was described as an almond shaped craft pointed at the ends. It then turned bluish in color and began to hover. (HC addition # 744, CUFOS Reports,Type: A) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4547

Event 37756 (BC831E8B)

Date: 10/20/1975
Time: 06:50
Location: D16 / BOUVRON, FR
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Grey-white disk hovers. Seen clearly. Fast cloud covers it.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11934

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “D16/BOUVRON,FR:2 SEP.OBS:GRY-WHT DISK HVRS:SEEN CLEARLY:FAST CLOUD COVERS IT”, LatLong: “47.422224 -1.850000”, LatLongDMS: “47:25:20 N 01:51:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loire Atlantique”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37757 (DDCB8AF7)

Date: 10/20/1975
Time: 16:30
Location: PRIEST BUTTE, MT
Description: 2 / east slope. Large ovoid / ground. Arms extend and wave / 5 minute(s) and retract. Extremely quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11935

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “1250”, HatchDesc: “PRIEST BUTTE,MT:2/EAST SLOPE:LRG OVOID/GND:ARMS EXTEND+WAVE/5min+RETRACT:↑↑↑”, LatLong: “47.750002 -112.083339”, LatLongDMS: “47:45:00 N 112:05:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37758 (910349B0)

Date: 10/20/1975
Location: Priest Butte, MT
Description: 4:30 p.m. A couple living on a ranch near Priest Butte, Montana, reported that they had seen a UFO about half a mile from their home, on the east slope of Priest Butte. Using binoculars, they described it as being egg-shaped, with the large end of the craft on the ground. (Reference: Lawrence Fawcett and Barry J. Greenwood, Clear Intent, page 34) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4548

Event 37759 (2E970518)

Date: 10/20/1975
Location:
Description: Orionid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_269

Event 37760 (299E822B)

Date: 10/20/1975
Locations: James Earl Jones; Estelle Parsons
Description: An NBC-TV movie, The UFO Incident, on the Betty and Barney Hill abduction case airs, starring James Earl Jones and Estelle Parsons. It is based on the book The Interrupted Journey by John G. Fuller.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “The UFO Incident”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5211

Event 37761 (F49AFBF9)

Date: 10/20/1975
Time: 08:10
Location: Cascade County, MONTANA
Description: A woman reported a black and white helicopter without markings flying at an altitude of about 100 feet over her property.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 98 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_136

Event 37762 (8559AF7D)

Date: 10/20/1975
Time: afternoon
Location: Cimarron County, OKLAHOMA
Description: Three unidentified helicopters were seen near Wheeless, near the New Mexico border.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 99 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_137

Event 37763 (7577B5C6)

Date: 10/20/1975
Time: 20:00
Location: Union County, NEW MEXICO
Description: Three observers reported a low flying helicopter without lights over the Bill Watters ranch north of Clayton.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 100 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_138

Event 37764 (A3A4B675)

Date: 10/20/1975
Location: Logan County, COLORADO
Description: Oct. 20th, 21st (Saturday & Sunday) There were sightings of strange lights over several communities. They were thought to be helicopters but officers could not get close enough to make positive identification possible.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 15 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_171

Event 37765 (A5C662D7)

Date: 10/21/1975
Time: 11:59:58.0
Location: 73.3070 55.0100
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: 620KT YieldMax: 6150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1463

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.3070 55.0100”, LatLongDMS: “73:18:25 N 55:00:36 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “6.60”, NukeSource: “RICHARDS”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “620”, NukeYMax: “6150”

Event 37766 (E35A470B)

Date: 10/21/1975
Location: Las Animas County, COLORADO
Description: Several unidentified helicopter sightings were reported this date; one known mutilation occurred in the county this week. Fort Carson Military Reservation near Colorado Springs announced that a group of military helicopters had moved through this area on the 21st, en route to Fort Hood, Texas.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 101 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_139

Event 37767 (4643837E)

Date: 10/21/1975
Time: early AM
Location: Cimarron County, OKLAHOMA
Description: A family reported seven helicopters flying low over their home near Felt. Five dead cattle had been found in the area around this time; unconfirmed as mutilations.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 102 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_140

Event 37768 (CE80C80F)

Date: 10/21/1975
Time: 10:00
Location: Union County, NEW MEXICO
Description: Five helicopters buzzed a herd of cattle on the Kennann Ranch near Seneca. Note: Union Co., NM adjoins Cimarron Co., OK which adjoins Baca Co., Colorado.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 103 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_141

Event 37769 (EE77EEAE)

Date: 10/21/1975
Location: Baca County, COLORADO
Description: Third Week of Oct. Scattered reports of mystery choppers. In the early AM on the 20th, a blue helicopter circled “real low” near Midway and a dark green, “almost black” small helicopter was seen heading south into Oklahoma,
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 104 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_142

Event 37770 (4DAB9AF3)

Date: 10/22/1975
Description: (Translated from French) 1st photo of the surface of Venus by Venera 9. (October 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2705

Event 37771 (70D9E5C3)

Date: 10/22/1975 (approximate)
Location: HAYDEN, CO
Description: 5 Yr old cow mutilated. Unidentified blue-green helicopter seen. See / r98#26 for much more.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11936

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1932”, HatchDesc: “HAYDEN,CO:5 YR OLD COW MUTLd:UID BLU-GRN COPTER SEEN:see /r98#26 for much more”, LatLong: “40.494446 -107.255561”, LatLongDMS: “40:29:40 N 107:15:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37772 (A19AD359)

Date: 10/22/1975
Time: 13:30
Location: ARTIX, FR
Description: 1 / car. Brilliant white domed saucer over trees angles going down [to] over town and back up going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11937

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ARTIX,FR:1/CAR:BRILL.WHT DOMED SCR OVR TREES ANGLES ↓ OVR TOWN+BACK UP >W”, LatLong: “43.400002 -0.566667”, LatLongDMS: “43:24:00 N 00:34:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PYA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37773 (059549E4)

Date: 10/22/1975
Time: ~20:00
Location: COVINGTON, KY
Description: Engineer. Silent saucer with wings circles city buildings. Rotating lights. Wave.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11938

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “156”, HatchDesc: “COVINGTON,KY:ENGINEER:SLNT SCR W/WINGS CIRCLES CITY BLDGs:ROTATING LITES:WAVE”, LatLong: “39.077780 -84.516671”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:40 N 84:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37774 (9038B73F)

Date: 10/22/1975
Description: At noon a 5-year-old cow was found dead and mutilated in a field near Hayden, Colorado. An unidentified helicopter was seen in the area at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11474
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7026

Event 37775 (CAEA181E)

Date: 10/22/1975
Description: At 1:30 p.m. a brilliant white domed disc was seen over trees, then angled down over the town of Artix, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, France before ascending and flying off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7027

Event 37776 (9FBA2D2A)

Date: 10/22/1975
Description: At dusk a disc-shaped object with wings silently circled buildings in downtown Covington, Kentucky and then hovered. It had rotating lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, Skylook, January 1976, p. 5; Leonard H. Stringfield, Situation Red: The UFO Siege, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7028

Event 37777 (B9176537)

Date: 10/23/1975
Time: 21:00
Location: FAIRFIELD, OH
Description: 3 / car. Cylinder/cigar-shape low near car. Extends rod with 4 small orange balls at the tip.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11939

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “FAIRFIELD,OH:3/CAR:CGR LO nr CAR:EXTENDS ROD W/4 SML ORG BALLS AT THE TIP”, LatLong: “39.344446 -84.561115”, LatLongDMS: “39:20:40 N 84:33:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37778 (998CA0CD)

Date: 10/23/1975
Description: At 9:00 p.m. a cigar-shaped object flew low over a car in Fairfield, Ohio. It extended a rod with four small orange balls at the tip. In York, Pennsylvania four orange lights in a delta formation traveled slowly and silently over the city. At 9:45 p.m. two UFO witnesses in Phoenix, Maryland experienced an episode of missing time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies case investigation files; George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 796
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7052

Event 37779 (56ECD6D3)

Date: 10/24/1975
Location: TURTLE MOUNTAINS, ND
Description: 1 / car. 10’ ovoid 4 / 4’ halo makes several 90° turns. Hovers / 10 minute(s). Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 362)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11940

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “TURTLE Mtns,ND:1/CAR:10’OVOID 4/4’HALO MAKES SVRL 90°TURNS:HVRS/10min:>>N”, LatLong: “48.950002 -100.083338”, LatLongDMS: “48:57:00 N 100:05:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37780 (2A264E7D)

Date: 10/24/1975
Time: 17:11:26.1
Location: 37.2216 -116.1797
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Husky Pup” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_776

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2216 -116.1797”, LatLongDMS: “37:13:18 N 116:10:47 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.35”, NukeMb: “4.70”, NukeName: “Husky Pup”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 37781 (D36567D9)

Date: 10/25/1975
Time: 00:00
Location: HATFIELD, SALISBURY, RHD
Description: Several observer(s). Helicopter-size saucer over mission. Bleeps. Goes going quickly [to] city.
Type: sighting
Reference: HIND, Cynthia: UFO’S, AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS; Gemini Books, Salisbury, Zimbabwe 1982. 236pp (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11941

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “HATFIELD,SALISBURY,RHD:SVRL OBS:COPTER-SIZE SCR ovr MISSION:BLEEPS:GOES>>CITY”, LatLong: “-17.983334 31.033335”, LatLongDMS: “17:59:00 S 31:02:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HRR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37782 (DE0ED292)

Date: 10/25/1975
Time: 19:00
Location: HAPPY CAMP, CA
Description: 2+3 observer(s). Star maneuvers closely. Semi-invisible figure(s) seen. / r5p148.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11942

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “324”, HatchDesc: “HAPPY CAMP,CA:2+3 OBS:STAR MNVRS CLOSELY:SEMI-INVISIBLE FIGs SEEN:/r5p148”, LatLong: “41.800002 -123.350006”, LatLongDMS: “41:48:00 N 123:21:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 37783 (0FE857A9)

Date: 10/25/1975
Location: Sao Gondolo do Amarante, Ceara state, Brazil
Description: 6:00 p.m. A young woman with the surname of Dira had bathed in a lagoon in Sao Gondolo do Amarante on the river and was washing clothes when she felt a heat wave and saw an oscillating blue light in the sky nearby. She managed to escape inside her house, but she had a high body temp, bloodshot eyes, and her skin looked like it had a sunburn. (Source: Claude Bourtembourg, SOBEPS News, March 1976, p. 18; Charles Bowen, Saga UFO Report, December 1976, p. 80; both sources cite J. Gualberto.) (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4549

Event 37784 (BA98F072)

Date: 10/25/1975
Location: Sao Gondolo do Amarante, Ceara state, Brazil
Description: Bt. 6:00 & 7:00 p.m. A local man was struck by a blue beam of light, reputedly from a disc. He subsequently died. Several other witnesses reported being attacked and terrified by the experience. Some reported being paralyzed by a blue light. (Source: Charles Bowen, FSR, July 1976, p. 33 and Saga UFO Report, citing La Razon, October 27, 1975). (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4550

Event 37785 (3B3737D2)

Date: Late 10/1975
Location: Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Description: 2:45 a.m. James D. Appleman of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, sees two large condensation trails making a giant X just above the moon. For several nights he has been noticing two unusual stars forming different shapes, and he thinks this might be related. He grabs his camera and takes three black-and-white photos. Two of the photos show two irregular light blobs, which he does not remember seeing when he exposed the film. In 1980, he sends a copy of the photos to the Center for UFO Studies because they resemble the lights in two undated photos taken from an airplane by J. Allen Hynek that appeared in his book The UFO Experience.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Did a Twin Photograph a Twin UFO?” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 2, no. 1 (January 1981): 1; J. Allen Hynek, The UFO Experience, Ballantine, 1974, opp. p. 151
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5212

Event 37786 (8688B7FD)

Date: Late 10/1975
Locations: Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado; National Combat Operations Center
Description: Near 12:00 midnight. An incident occurs near Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, the home of the National Combat Operations Center, that triggers a Security Option 5 Alert. According to an informant at the center interviewed by Francis Ridge, nobody is allowed to enter the base, except cleared, high-ranking officers or cleared security patrols. No one is to leave. Those personnel on base who have just completed duty are rolled out of bed. Jet interceptors are scrambled. Unidentified targets are tracked on radar for at least 20 minutes. In fact, everything they put in the air for an attack on the US is airborne. The base stays on alert through 6:00 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Security Option 5 Alert at NORAD”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5213

Event 37787 (2DE61D9A)

Date: 10/25/1975
Description: Two close encounter incidents occurred within an hour of each other in the same community in Ceara state, Brazil. At around 6 p.m. a young woman with the surname of Dira had bathed in a lagoon in Sao Gondolo do Amarante on the river and was washing clothes when she felt a heat wave and saw an oscillating blue light in the sky nearby. ing in river felt burning, saw oscillating blue light in sky. Frightened, she took cover in some undergrowth, but the light increased intensity. When the blue light approached even closer she ran home. She managed to escape inside her house, but she had a high body temp, bloodshot eyes, and her skin looked like it had a sunburn. Within the hour a local man was struck by a blue beam of light, reputedly from a disc. He subsequently died. Several other witnesses reported being attacked and terrified by the experience. Some reported being paralyzed by a blue light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Claude Bourtembourg, SOBEPS News, March 1976, p. 18; Charles Bowen, Saga UFO Report, December 1976, p. 80; both sources cite J. Gualberto; (2) Charles Bowen, FSR, July 1976, p. 33 and Saga UFO Report, citing La Razon, October 27, 1975
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7127

Event 37788 (B26A345C)

Date: 10/25/1975
Description: On the same night in Happy Camp, California three men, Harris, Gayer, and Jackson had a humanoid encounter involving ground traces and the levitation of their car. On the previous night they had seen a large reddish orange light take off. This evening at 7 p.m. they found three imprints arranged in a triangle, 18 inches x 24 inches and 20 feet apart. They heard a high-pitched screeching sound. They directed their spotlight in the direction of the noise and saw two large eyes five feet above the ground and a black outline.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact, p. 164; MUFON UFO Journal, issue # 121; Alan Berry, Official UFO, May 1977, p. 14; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1435, citing Paul Cerny, MUFON UFO Journal, January 1978, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7128

Event 37789 (A9A9FCF2)

Date: 10/26/1975
Time: 13:20
Location: NEAR NEW BALTIMORE, OH
Description: Private pilot. Silver object glows and hovers / 8K’ altitude. Shoots away suddenly.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11943

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “169”, HatchDesc: “nr NEW BALTIMORE,OH:PVT PILOT:SLVR OBJ GLOWS+HVRS/8K’alt:SHOOTS AWAY SUDDENLY”, LatLong: “39.266669 -84.666671”, LatLongDMS: “39:16:00 N 84:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37790 (5737018D)

Date: 10/26/1975
Description: Mrs. L. E. Dison, age 43, and her daughter were driving home at one o’clock in the morning in Cahaba Heights, Alabama when they saw on the dark side of the road two 8 foot tall beings wearing wearing silvery boots and tight fitting clothing of a dull silver color, and helmets. The front of helmets were luminous or light reflecting. The one nearest them had an arm up, pointing at the sky. The second was looking up at the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ed Planz, CUFOS files, report dated September 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7153

Event 37791 (60E6CCCD)

Date: 10/26/1975
Description: In Happy Camp, Siskiyou County, California just after midnight Steve Harris, San Gayer, and Carl Jackson returned to the spot of their “creature” sighting earlier that evening, accompanied by Helen White and Rick Pool. They shone spotlights around, but saw nothing. Then Steve fired his rifle several times. Immediately they heard a loud “wow-wow-wow” sound, and turned around to see in their spotlights the dark, non-reflecting forms about 5 feet tall. They were vaguely human shaped, with a glow around the edges, and about 30-35 ft away. These forms were moving about slowly, but staying at the same distance. They seemed to absorb the light from the flashlights without reflecting it, but occasionally an entire shape would start glowing slightly. No details could be made out. After several seconds, during which Helen failed to use her Polaroid camera, Helen and then the others began to feel a choking sensation, “as if the oxygen was being depleted from the air.” After another three or four minutes of this, all five of them piled into their Ford Bronco and drove away. Looking back, they saw a glowing orange disc-shaped object rise up from near where they had been. It was about 40 feet in diameter, and it followed them at a distance of 150 feet and right above the treetops, until they reached the highway.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1975-54, citing Paul Cerny for MUFON
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7154

Event 37792 (67B9163C)

Date: 10/27/1975
Location: Loring AFB
Description: The Loring AFB incidents are extremely well documented, both in terms of personal testimonials and declassified CIA and National Military Command Center (NMCC) documents. Retired Sgt. Stephen B. Eichner was on duty when a strange object hovered over the Loring ammunition dump. Eichner told how he and fellow airmen had seen a football-shaped reddish orange object, three or four car-lengths long, hovering over the Loring ammunition dump. He said the object suddenly vanished, then reappeared some distance away at the end of a runway. Numerous other visual and radar sightings were made at Loring. Air Force planes were scrambled in a luckless attempt to track down the object. Eichner said it made no noise and could not be mistaken for a helicopter.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Washington Post
Reference: Debrief
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_682

Event 37793 (A3F7C1B4)

Date: 10/27/1975
Description: (Translated from French) A buzzing UFO, emitting a white stroboscopic light and orange and reddish lights, approaches within 300 m of a nuclear weapons warehouse of the Loring Air Force Base (Maine). During the 90 minutes that the UFO is visiting, it is tracked by radar. (October 27th, 8 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2706

Event 37794 (D7AE7DAF)

Date: 10/27/1975
Time: 02:30
Location: TRIPP POND, ME
Description: 2+car abduction / saucer. Small humanoids (or Greys) take body samples and 1 button! / r110p70+/ r41p546.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 266)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11944

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “93”, HatchDesc: “TRIPP POND,ME:2+CAR ABD/SCR:OIDS TAKE BODY SAMPLES+1 BUTTON!:/r110p70+/r41p546”, LatLong: “44.050002 -70.433337”, LatLongDMS: “44:03:00 N 70:26:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 37795 (DC404CD3)

Date: 10/27/1975
Time: 08:30
Location: CINCINNATI, OH
Description: 3+reports to 2300h. 2+1+cops. Disks and night lights zigzag. Over power lines etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11945

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “220”, Elev: “206”, HatchDesc: “CINCINNATI,OH:3+REPORTS TO 2300h:2+1+COPS:DISKS+NLTS ZIGZAG:OVR PWR LINES etc”, LatLong: “39.100002 -84.533337”, LatLongDMS: “39:06:00 N 84:32:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37796 (4EFA8E8A)

Date: 10/27/1975 (approximate)
Time: 18:10
Location: SOUTH GONCALO DE AMARANTE, BRZ
Description: Saucer zaps boy / blue ray. Near death. Wave and panic. / FSRv22#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11946

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “32”, HatchDesc: “S.GONCALO de AMARANTE,BRZ:SCR ZAPS BOY/BLU RAY:NEAR DEATH:WAVE+PANIC:/FSRv22#2”, LatLong: “-3.616667 -38.966669”, LatLongDMS: “03:37:00 S 38:58:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37797 (8F76CD37)

Date: 10/27/1975
Time: 19:50
Location: LORING AIR FORCE BASE, ME
Description: 12M saucer circles nuclear depot. RADAR’s. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). F4 chases. / r210v31#4+/ r26p16.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11947

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “140”, Elev: “227”, HatchDesc: “LORING AFB,ME:12M SCR CCLs NUCL.DEPOT:RDRs:EME:F4 CHASES:/r210v31#4+/r26p16”, LatLong: “46.922224 -67.888892”, LatLongDMS: “46:55:20 N 67:53:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37798 (F239627A)

Date: 10/27/1975
Location: Loring AFB, ME
Description: UFO circles weapons storage area (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 751027
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4551

Event 37799 (6D9C7C82)

Date: 10/27/1975
Location: Oxford, ME
Description: David Stephens was one of the principals of this famous abduction case. It’s one of the most interesting such incidents, not only for the abduction itself but for its curious aftermath. The case is also discussed in Thomas E. Bullard’s UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery and in my The UFO Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed., pp. 685-90. (Jerry Clark) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 751027
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4552

Event 37800 (AFC19F4F)

Date: 10/27/1975
Location: Loring AFB, ME
Description: October 28, 1975; Objects with body lights penetrated security areas on two consecutive nights, hovered near weapons storage area, tracked on radar
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_270

Event 37801 (9BABEA65)

Date: 10/27/1975
Time: 00:59:58.2
Location: 41.3750 88.3260
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, presumed. Country: China Yield: 2.5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1808

Extra Data: LatLong: “41.3750 88.3260”, LatLongDMS: “41:22:30 N 88:19:34 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “China”, NukeMb: “5.00”, NukeSource: “GUPTA-JED”, NukeType: “NUPC”, NukeY: “2.5”

Event 37802 (47FCF06A)

Date: 10/27/1975
Locations: Norway, Maine; Thompson Lake; Oxford, Maine; West Poland, Maine; Tripp Pond; Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Description: 3:00 a.m. Factory workers David Stephens and Glen Gray are sitting in a trailer they share in Norway, Maine, when they hear something explode outside. Briefly puzzled, they decide to go for a drive to nearby Thompson Lake. A short distance down the road, their vehicle abruptly turns onto a back road leading into Oxford, Maine. Gray no longer has control of the steering. Two minutes later, they pass through Oxford, a trip that normally takes 10 minutes, and down the eastern side of Thompson Lake. A mile south of Oxford, they see a herd of cows resting on the ground and shaking their heads from side to side. A few seconds later, they see two white lights on their left in a cornfield. The lights suddenly rise into the air. Gray stops the car, rolls down the windows and listen for the sounds of an engine, but the lights are soundless. Now they have a good view of a huge, cylinder-shaped object 20–30 feet away. Around its body are green, blue, and yellow lights that suddenly go out when the object ascends above a row of trees. Gray starts the car and roars down the road, followed by the UFO. The next thing they know, they are a mile farther down the road, the car stopped. Their eyes feel like they are on fire and appear orange. The UFO is visible in the eastern sky. They drive into West Poland, Maine, turn around, and go back the way they came. After a few minutes the UFO disappears, and they decide to go south again. For no reason, Gray turns onto a gravel road leading to Tripp Pond, where the engine stalls and the radio goes out. They can see the cylinder-shaped UFO in the sky about 500 feet away, which moves farther away as soon as they notice it. Some 45 minutes later, two disc-shaped objects with colored lights appear, and a thick fog rises out of Tripp Pond, engulfing the car. The radio abruptly turns on, and as they drive further, they receive a mental impression indicating that “We’re not done with you yet. We are coming back for you.” It is now 6:30 a.m. At 7:00 a.m., they arrive at Stephens’s parents’ house in Oxford, suffering from burning eyes, sore throats, and aching teeth. They are not speaking coherently. Gray has some hallucinations later in the day while watching TV. Maine ufologists Shirley Fickett and Brent Raynes soon hear about the case and meet with the two on the evening of October 28. Many unusual events take place that night and the next day, so Fickett contacts hypnotist Herbert Hopkins, 58, in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. He conducts eight hypnosis sessions between December 1975 and March 1976. Gray becomes upset early in the investigation, so only Stephens’s testimony is complete. It indicates an abduction scenario similar to other cases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brent M. Raynes, “The Twilight Side of a UFO Encounter,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 2 (July 1976): 11–14; Shirley M. Fickett, “The Maine UFO Encounter: Investigation under Hypnosis,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 2 (July 1976): 14–17; Berthold Eric Schwarz, “Comments on the Psychiatric-Paranormal Aspects of the Maine Case,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 2 (July 1976): 18–22; Lorenzen, Abducted! Confrontations with Beings from Outer Space, Berkley, 1977, pp. 70–79; Marcus Lowth, “The Disturbing Alien Encounter of David Stephens,” UFO Insight, August 29, 2018; Clark III 861–865
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5214

Event 37803 (827B026C)

Date: 10/27/1975
Locations: Loring AFB; Loring International Airport; Limestone, Maine
Description: 7:45 p.m. S/Sgt. Danny K. Lewis is patrolling the weapons dump at Loring AFB [now Loring International Airport] near Limestone, Maine, when he sees an unidentified aircraft approaching the north perimeter at an altitude of about 300 feet. It has a red navigation light and a white strobe light. The craft enters the perimeter of the base. In the control tower, S/Sgt. James P. Sampley of the 2192nd Communications Squadron is on radar duty and gets a return from an unknown target 10–13 miles east-northeast of Loring. Sampley makes numerous attempts by radio on all available communications bands, civilian and military, to contact the craft, but he gets no response. The unidentified craft circles and comes within 300 yards of the restricted nuclear storage area at a low altitude of 150 feet. Back at the weapons dump, Lewis notifies his Command Post at the 42 Bomb Wing that an unknown aircraft has penetrated the base perimeter. The base is immediately put on major alert status, a Security Option 3, and Security contacts the tower.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 16–26; Nukes 361–363, 369–371
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5215

Event 37804 (69290136)

Date: 10/27/1975
Locations: Loring AFB; Limestone, Maine; Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York; North Bay, Ontario; Grand Falls, New Brunswick
Description: 8:45 p.m. Sgt. Grover K. Eggleston of the 2192nd Communications Squadron is on duty at the Loring AFB [now Loring International Airport] tower near Limestone, Maine, when the call from the Command Post comes in. He observes the unknown target. Six minutes later, Eggleston notes that the target appears to be circling approximately 10 miles east-northeast of the base. This action lasts for 40 minutes when, suddenly, it disappears from the screen. Either the object has landed or it has dropped below the radar coverage. The Wing Commander arrives at the weapons storage area 7 minutes after the initial sighting. Immediately other units of the 42nd Police begin pouring into the area. Security vehicles with blue flashing lights are converging from all over the base. Through the Loring Command Post, the Wing Commander requests fighter coverage from the 21st NORAD Region at Hancock Field Air National Guard Base, Syracuse, New York, and the 22nd NORAD Region at North Bay, Ontario. However, fighter support is denied by both regions. The Wing Commander then increases local security posture and requests assistance from the Maine State Police in trying to identify the unknown craft, which they presume is a helicopter. They make a call to local flight services for possible identification, without results. The 42nd Security Police conduct a sweep of the weapons storage perimeter inside and out. An additional sweep is made of the areas that the craft has flown over. All actions produce no results. The craft breaks the circling pattern and begins flying toward Grand Falls, New Brunswick. Radar contact is lost in the vicinity of Grand Falls, 12 miles from Loring. Canadian authorities are not notified.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Circles Weapons Storage Area”; ClearIntent, pp. 16–26; Nukes 361–363, 369–371
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5216

Event 37805 (9848FB9D)

Date: 10/27/1975
Description: David Stephens and Glen Gray were driving at around 2:30 a.m. on a rural highway between Norway and West Poland, Maine when David discovered that the car was no longer responding to the steering wheel. It turned of its own accord onto a back road full of potholes, but they felt no bumps, which suggested the car was being levitated. They came to a cornfield where two lights were visible four feet from the ground. As these lights rose silently to treetop level, they realized that they were coming from a very large, gray cylindrical object, “as big as a football field.” They were then enveloped in a blinding light, leaving them both unconscious. They regained consciousness only when the car had reached West Poland. They turned back, and the car automatically turned onto a road leading to Tripp Pond (also called Thompson Lake). The UFO was there, waiting for them, about 150 feet up. Another UFO only one-quarter as big, soon joined by a second, maneuvered over the pond, showing red, green, and blue lights. A smoke or fog then rose from the pond and concealed these two objects, so they could then see only the larger object, which showed a long window and three bright lights. Finally it rose vertically, together with the smoke. They drove to David’s parents trailer, by which time both were feeling sick, with chills, swollen hands and feet, and orange whites of the eyes. They lacked balance and coordination, and felt lightheaded. Stephens experienced intense thirst, and both men slept very deeply. Hallucinations and poltergeist-like activity troubled them for the next few days.

Later under hypnosis, Stephens recalled that when they had encountered the bright light he had somehow been taken from the car into a round, metallic looking room with a small round window, from which he could see the car below. A Grey being 4.5 feet tall, wearing a long black robe that seemed to be made of paper, entered the room. It had a bald, mushroom-shaped white head and slanting “white” eyes, a small flat nose, and no mouth. The hands had a thumb and only three long fingers. By telepathy, this entity told Stephens not to be afraid. He was taken into a brightly lit adjoining room where there were four other beings. Here he was told to

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undress and lie on a table. Blood samples were taken, and a square machine with dials scanned his body. The Grey humanoids also took a button from his clothes. Finally, he put on his clothes, and was somehow transported back to his car. The beings told him they would see him again. The two men had experienced three hours of missing time. Both were ill for three days, and had a number of paranomal experiences, including a stocky Man in Black (MIB) who visited Stephens and told him not to talk about what had happened to them. Even when hypnotized he resisted revealing when the beings told him they would return. Their physiological effects included chills, swollen feet and ankles, eye discoloration, difficulty swallowing, and sore teeth. The Stephens family subsequently observed UFOs on numerous occasions. Investigation began the next day, and hypnosis sessions followed between December 1975 to March 1976.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Shirley Fickett, FSR, July 1976, p. 14; Brent M. Raynes, FSR, July 1976, p 11; David F. Webb, Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, p. 270; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1975-55 (A1428), citing Al Erickson, Shirley Fickett, Brent Raynes & Dr. Berthold Schwarz; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery (Volume 2), case 140; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, pp. 546-547
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7199

Event 37806 (70FBBE80)

Date: 10/27/1975
Description: A helicopter like object, but not a normal helicopter, hovered over the Brunswick Naval Air Station in in Maine in the early morning hours, at the same time as a Loring AFB UFO incident. It stayed for 5-10 minutes, then flew off over Atlantic Ocean.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bangor Daily News, January 20, 1979
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7200

Event 37807 (36D38DBF)

Date: 10/27/1975
Description: At around 8 p.m. Steve Harris, San Gayer, and Carl Jackson returned to the spot of their creature sighting in Happy Camp, California about an hour earlier, accompanied by Helen White and Rick Pool. They shone spotlights around, but saw nothing. Then Steve fired his rifle several times. Immediately they heard a loud “wow-wow-wow” sound, and turned around to see in the spotlights three dark, non-reflecting forms about five feet high, vaguely human in shape, with a glow around the edges, 30-35 feet away. These forms were moving about slowly, but staying at the same distance. They seemed to absorb the light without reflecting it, but occasionally the whole shape would glow slightly. No further details could be made out. After some seconds, during which Helen failed to use her Polaroid camera, Helen and then the others began to feel a choking sensation, “as if the oxygen was being depleted from the air.” After 3 or 4 minutes of this, all five of them piled into their Ford Bronco and drove off. Looking back, they saw a glowing orange, disc-shaped object rise up from close to where they had been. It looked to be about 40 feet in diameter, and it followed them at a distance of 150 feet just above the trees until they reached the highway.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact, p. 165; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1975-54, citing Paul Cerny, MUFON Field Investigator
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7201

Event 37808 (7D457893)

Date: 10/27/1975
Time: evening
Location: Union County, NEW MEXICO
Description: Five helicopters “milled around” over the Heinmann Ranch, flying close together but not in formation. Three helicopters were reported in another sighting and, during a four-hour period, several “single” choppers were seen’. in the area.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 105 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_143

Event 37809 (1295E2AA)

Date: 10/28/1975
Location: Loring AFB
Description: Confidential CINC/NORAD Report: UFOs, suspicious objects seen by ground personnel. Sounded like jet aircraft. Intermittent radar contact made with object. Jets scrambled to intercept but objects lights went out, interceptors passed and then came on again. Then the object increased in speed and raised to a high altitude and could not be discerned from the stars. Description: Through binoculars, looked like 100 ft. sphere and appeared to have craters around the outside. To date, AF and SAC helicopters have failed to provide a positive I.D. of the UFO.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p468)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_683
See also: 11/11/75
See also: 7/1952

Event 37810 (789C46BF)

Date: 10/28/1975
Location: ZAGREB TO/FROM BELGRADE, YUGO
Description: Airline(s)/airliner crew and RADAR. Luminous/glowing object follows DC9. Instruments electro-magnetic effect (EME). / LDLN#339.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11948

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Former Yugoslavia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ZAGREB><BELGRADE,YUGO:AL CREW+RDR:LUMn OBJ FOLOS DC9:INSTRUMENTS EME:/LDLN#339”, LatLong: “45.500002 18.000001”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 18:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BOS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37811 (BBB87435)

Date: 10/28/1975
Time: ~01:30
Location: CARIBOU, ME
Description: 4 cops and others. Night lights. Loring RADAR sees odd blips 15 mile(s) east / Canada.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11949

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “135”, HatchDesc: “CARIBOU,ME:4 COPS+OTHERS:NLTS:LORING RDR SEES ODD BLIPS 15mi EAST/CANADA”, LatLong: “46.861113 -68.016670”, LatLongDMS: “46:51:40 N 68:01:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37812 (315459B3)

Date: 10/28/1975
Time: 02:30
Location: CAMPBELL CO, KY
Description: Cop drives between 2 saucers / each side of road! Silent. Very close.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11950

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “250”, HatchDesc: “CAMPBELL co,KY:COP DRIVES BETWEEN 2 SCRS/EACH SIDE OF ROAD!:SILENT:VERY CLOSE”, LatLong: “38.950002 -84.383337”, LatLongDMS: “38:57:00 N 84:23:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37813 (96D83E7C)

Date: 10/28/1975
Time: 19:40
Location: SOUTH / LORING AIR FORCE BASE, ME
Description: Silent saucer back over ammunition dump. Going northeast. Phony helicopter. / r218p189+r149p48.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11951

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “230”, HatchDesc: “S/LORING AFB,ME:SLNT SCR BACK OVR AMMO DUMP:>NE:phony copter:/r218p189+r149p48”, LatLong: “46.877780 -67.883337”, LatLongDMS: “46:52:40 N 67:53:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37814 (ECDF52FE)

Date: 10/28/1975
Time: 20:20
Location: D17 SOUTHEAST / LE THORONET, FR
Description: Silent wingless helicopter beams going down. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Portholes. Going south. / r30.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11952

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “D17 SE/Le THORONET,FR:SLNT WINGLESS COPTER BEAMS↓:CAR EMES:PORTHOLES:>S:/r30”, LatLong: “43.416669 6.333334”, LatLongDMS: “43:25:00 N 06:20:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37815 (64FEA95C)

Date: 10/28/1975 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN NORAD, CO
Description: Night lights. UFO’s / RADAR / 20 minute(s). Full alert. USAF UFO inv. agency all over.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 192)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11953

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “100”, Elev: “2788”, HatchDesc: “CHEYENNE Mtn NORAD,CO:NLTS:UFOS/RDR/20min:FULL ALERT:USAF UFO INV.AGCY ALL OVR”, LatLong: “38.722224 -105.950005”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:20 N 105:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37816 (80BE1055)

Date: 10/28/1975
Location: Sudbury, Ontario, CAN
Description: 12:15 a.m. EST. One cup and saucer hat shaped object, very bright, low about 500 feet, was observed over the slag pit Murray Mine, Sudbury. (National Research Council of Canada Record Group 77, Vol. 308, reel number 1742) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4553

Event 37817 (36369E83)

Date: 10/28/1975
Location: Loring AFB, ME
Description: 7:45 - 8:20 p.m. While patrolling the weapons storage area, Staff Sgt. Lewis, along with Sgt. Clifton W. Blakeslee and Sgt. William J. Long, again spotted the lights of an unidentified aircraft approaching Loring AFB from the north at an altitude of about 3,000 feet. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4554

Event 37818 (B055858C)

Date: 10/28/1975
Location: Belgrade, Yugo
Description: DC-9 pilot followed by UFOs, E-M, radar (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4555

Event 37819 (A828D9D9)

Date: 10/28/1975
Time: 14:30:00.2
Location: 37.2901 -116.4115
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Kasseri” Yield: 200KT YieldMax: 1000KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_777

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2901 -116.4115”, LatLongDMS: “37:17:24 N 116:24:41 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “1.27”, NukeMb: “6.40”, NukeName: “Kasseri”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “200”, NukeYMax: “1000”

Event 37820 (73192454)

Date: 10/28/1975
Locations: Loring AFB near Limestone, Maine; Grand Falls, New Brunswick
Description: 7:45 p.m. While patrolling the weapons storage area, S/Sgt. Danny K. Lewis, along with Sgt. Clifton W. Blakeslee and Sgt. William J. Long, again spots the lights of an unidentified aircraft approaching Loring AFB near Limestone, Maine, from the north at an altitude of about 3,000 feet. It approaches to within about 3 miles of the base perimeter and is seen to have a flashing white light and an amber or orange light. Lewis reports the sighting to his Command Post, and the Wing Commander comes out to the weapons storage area to see for himself. He reports seeing an object whose speed and motion are similar to that of a helicopter. The craft is also observed on radar and observed over the flight line by Sgt. Steven Eichner, Sgt. R. Jones, and others. They see an orange and red object shaped like a stretched-out football hovering in mid-air. It turns out its lights and then reappears making jerky motions, then hovers about 150 feet over the end of the runway. It is about four car- lengths long, solid, reddish-orange, with no doors or windows, and with no visible propellers or engines. It is completely silent. The base goes on full alert and a sweep is made by security, but the object turns off its lights and is not seen again. Radar picks up a target moving in the direction of Grand Falls, New Brunswick. SAC Headquarters is again notified.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5217

Event 37821 (B06C5C99)

Date: 10/28/1975
Description: Four police officers and others saw at least two nocturnal lights in the sky from Caribou, Arrostook county, Maine at same time as Loring AFB radar picked up blips 15 miles east of the base in Canada.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lawrence Fawcett & Barry J. Greenwood, Clear Intent: The Government Cover-up of the UFO Experience, p. 22; UNICAT, case # 486
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7245

Event 37822 (480135B0)

Date: 10/28/1975
Description: On this night a police officer in Viroqua, Wisconsin viewed a round object the size of twin-engine plane that had gold, red and orange lights rotating around the craft. He reported it over his police radio and it was subsequently seen by police in four counties.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 10; Jay Rath, The W-Files: True Reports of Wisconsin’s Unexplained Phenomena, p. 84
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7246

Event 37823 (466A8627)

Date: 10/28/1975
Location: Union, Quay Counties, NEW MEXICO
Description: There were several sightings of unidentified helicopters this date in eastern Union and NE Quay Counties.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 106 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_144

Event 37824 (CC4123CC)

Date: 10/29/1975
Location: Loring AFB
Description: NMCC Joint Staff Memo: Subject: AFB penetration. At 290200 EST, AFOC informed NMCC that an unidentified helicopter (UFO), possibly two, had been sighted flying low over Loring AFB, Maine, in proximity to a weapons storage area. Army Nat. Guard helos called in to assist in locating UFO. NORAD informed of the incident by SAC. Received authority to proceed into Canadian airspace, if necessary, to locate UFO. A similar incident was reported the evening before.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p468)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_684

Event 37825 (761330FB)

Date: 10/29/1975
Description: (Translated from French) The radar at Loring Base (Maine) detects an unknown heading once again towards the weapons depot. A helicopter fails in its attempt to make visual contact with the UFO. (October 29)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2707

Event 37826 (1C1D8009)

Date: 10/29/1975
Time: ~20:00
Location: MT. HEALTHY, OH
Description: Boy. Cylinder/cylindrical object UFO 25’ overhead. Silent. Red lights rotate / bottom. Shoots going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11954

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “261”, HatchDesc: “Mt HEALTHY,OH:BOY:CYL.UFO 25’OVHD:SILENT:RED LITES ROTATE/BOTTOM:SHOOTS ↑”, LatLong: “39.250002 -84.533337”, LatLongDMS: “39:15:00 N 84:32:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “8”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37827 (CF3A9768)

Date: 10/29/1975
Location: Loring AFB, ME
Description: 1:00 a.m. EST. Actual transcript: One unidentified helicopter was sighted 300 to 500 meters from the weapons storage area at Loring AFB, Maine. The helicopter was at an altitude of 150 feet and penetrated Loring AFB. (SOURCE: 42 BW CP LORING AFB 291140Z OCT 75; SAC CP OPS CONTROL 291954Z OCT 75. (Actual document below. See page 1 & 2) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4556

Event 37828 (7B034CB1)

Date: 10/29/1975
Time: 04:46:59.8
Location: 49.9550 78.8770
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1464

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.9550 78.8770”, LatLongDMS: “49:57:18 N 78:52:37 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 37829 (EA91D17B)

Date: 10/29/1975
Locations: Loring AFB, Maine; Wurtsmith AFB [now Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport] near Oscoda, Michigan
Description: 1:00 a.m. Another unidentified helicopter is seen near the weapons storage area at Loring AFB, Maine. October 29 or 30 — 4:00 p.m. A radar-visual UFO sighting takes place at Wurtsmith AFB [now Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport] near Oscoda, Michigan.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Shiny Disc Hovers over Restricted Area”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5218

Event 37830 (9DEDCC98)

Date: 10/29/1975
Description: An unknown helicopter with an orange light landed in a munitions storage area at Loring Air Force Base, Maine for the second night in a row.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence (Volume II). A Thirty Year Report, p. 77; Awareness, February 1978, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7277

Event 37831 (89C6F185)

Date: 10/29/1975
Description: A 15-year-old teenager in Mount Healthy, Ohio had a close encounter with a cylindrical UFO at around 8:00 p.m. He reported that it was only 25 feet overhead, and completely silent. Red lights rotated on the bottom of the object. When it left it shot straight up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, Situation Red: The UFO Siege, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7278

Event 37832 (9C308390)

Date: 10/29/1975
Description: Beginning at 10 p.m. an unknown object maneuved over the town of Sao Goncalo do Amarante, Ceara State, Brazil at low altitude for two hours, causing panic. It shot beams of blue and orange toward the ground; it stopped for a few minutes over a filling station, causing a power outage.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Claude Bourtembourg, SOBEPS News, March 1976, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7279

Event 37833 (934BB703)

Date: 10/29/1975
Location: Union County, NEW MEXICO
Description: Observers reported several separate sightings of unidentified helicopters in the area east of Nara Visa.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 107 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_145

Event 37834 (DA7C21E3)

Date: 10/30/1975
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO is spotted on 3 different occasions but a helicopter sent to intercept it cannot make contact with it. (October 30)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2708

Event 37835 (3119BBA2)

Date: 10/30/1975
Time: 00:00
Location: UNION AND QUAY COS, NM
Description: 30+UFO’s and helicopters. 4+cattle mutilated. Now going [to] 13 November. FAA involvement / denied.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11955

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “128”, Elev: “1816”, HatchDesc: “UNION+QUAY cos,NM:30+UFOs+COPTERS:4+CATTLE MUTd:NOW>13NOV:FAA INVOLVEMT/DENIED”, LatLong: “35.750002 -103.250005”, LatLongDMS: “35:45:00 N 103:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37836 (A2F1E3FA)

Date: 10/30/1975
Time: 17:50
Location: TITOGRAD / PODGORICA, YUGO
Description: Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers and more/others. Night light / RADAR-visual (observation). Maneuvers all over/all about. Going quickly southwest to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 912)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11956

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Former Yugoslavia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “TITOGRAD/PODGORICA,YUGO:PILOTS+ATCs++:NLT/RDR-VIS:MNVRS ALLO:>>SW to sea:”, LatLong: “42.466669 19.283334”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:00 N 19:17:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNT”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37837 (9C7B6AB2)

Date: 10/30/1975
Time: 20:30
Location: SINOIA, SALISBURY, RHD
Description: Small fireball near road. Droning sound. Extremely bright. Violet glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: HIND, Cynthia: UFO’S, AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS; Gemini Books, Salisbury, Zimbabwe 1982. 236pp (Index 117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11957

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “SINOIA,SALISBURY,RHD:SML FBL nr ROAD:DRONING SOUND:XTREMELY BRITE:VIOLET GLOW”, LatLong: “-17.866668 31.066668”, LatLongDMS: “17:52:00 S 31:04:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HRR”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 37838 (B83A2053)

Date: 10/30/1975
Time: 22:10
Location: WURTSMITH AIR FORCE BASE, MI
Description: Night lights and helicopters all over/all about Strategic Air Command (SAC) base. 2000kph. 1 going west. 1 going north. / IURv3#4 / r41p89.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11958

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “193”, HatchDesc: “WURTSMITH AFB,MI:NLTS+COPTERS ALLO SAC BASE:2000kph:1>W:1>N:/IURv3#4/r41p89”, LatLong: “44.466669 -83.383337”, LatLongDMS: “44:28:00 N 83:23:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37839 (B1AC225C)

Date: 10/30/1975
Time: ~23:50
Location: NEAR AUGUSTA, MT
Description: 3 hunters. Ovoid streaks going quickly north across sky. Horses totally spooked.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11959

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1240”, HatchDesc: “nr AUGUSTA,MT:3 HUNTERS:OVOID STREAKS >>N ACRS SKY:HORSES TOTALLY SPOOKED.”, LatLong: “47.494447 -112.388894”, LatLongDMS: “47:29:40 N 112:23:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 37840 (E848A6BE)

Date: 10/30/1975
Location: Ford Creek at Augusta, MT
Description: 12:00 a.m. Football shaped UFO. (NIDS UFO 42) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4557

Event 37841 (9E9A49E5)

Date: 10/30/1975
Location: Wurtsmith AFB, MI
Description: Shiny Disc Hovers Over Restricted Area (Cat 2,9,10,11) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5, NC) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases) (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 751030
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4558

Event 37842 (D0885DFF)

Date: 10/30/1975
Location: Wurtsmith AFB, MI
Description: Security police and others watched objects breach security areas, hover low over weapons storage area
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_271

Event 37843 (0A5A1081)

Date: 10/30/1975
Locations: Wurtsmith AFB [now Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport], Michigan; Lake Huron
Description: 10:10–11:00 p.m. A series of unidentified helicopter sightings take place in a secure area in Wurtsmith AFB [now Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport], Michigan, by security police on the ground and by the crew of a KC-135 tanker returning from a refueling mission piloted by Maj. Frederick Pappas and 5 crew members. The tanker at 2,700 feet has visual and skin paint over Lake Huron for about 20 miles heading southeast. The light hovers and moves up and down in an erratic manner. The tanker follows the object for 1–2 hours, but never get close enough to see anything other than a single, steady orange light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO Chased by KC-135 Tanker”; Nukes 371– 372; Skinwalkers 124
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5219

Event 37844 (E26FC82C)

Date: 10/30/1975
Description: At about 10:10 p.m. a KC-135 U.S. Air Force tanker returning from a refueling mission, flying at a speed of 200 knots, and an altitude of 2000 feet, sighted at least two nocturnal lights and mystery ‘choppers’ around and over the Wurtsmith AFB in Oscoda, Michigan, a Strategic Air Command base. The objects breached security areas, and hovered over the nuclear weapons site. Base personnel thought they saw the running lights of a low flying craft they thought was a helicopter, except that it hovered and moved up-and-down erratically near the base perimeter. One white light was pointed downward, and two red lights were visible near the trailing edge. Airman Michael J. Myers, an air policeman on duty near the main gate, saw several unidentified lights near the western edge of the base. The object turned north and appeared to lose altitude. Between 10:15 and 10:25 p.m. base security police at the back gate of Wurtsmith reported to the command post that an unidentified “helicopter” with no lights had come over the back gate and hovered at a low altitude over the weapons storage area. Radar was also tracking low-flying objects intruding into the base, and the incoming KC-135 confirmed seeing two UFOs that sped away each time it attempted to close for identification. The UFOs flew away at 1,200 mph. One shot away to the west, the other went north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, pp. 89-90; UNICAT, case # 617; Lawrence Fawcett & Barry J. Greenwood, Clear Intent: The Government Cover-up of the UFO Experience, p. 41; International UFO Reporter, April 1978, p. 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7307

Event 37845 (D8EFE89A)

Date: 10/30/1975
Location: Union, Quay Counties, NEW MEXICO
Description: Between October 30 & November 13. At least 30 unidentified helicopter and/or UFO sightings occurred during this period, while at least 4 cattle mutilations were reported. The FAA announced an investigation into the sightings of the unknown aircraft. Despite that announcement, the FAA has since denied having any knowledge or information about such an investigation.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 115 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_154

Event 37846 (3EE88158)

Date: 10/31/1975
Location: Lebanon County, PA
Description: Recent reports from Lebanon County suggest a surge in unidentified aerial activity. Residents have reported sightings of what appeared to be a dirigible-shaped craft, and subsequent inquiries with Goodyear and Ft. Indiantown Gap officials confirmed that neither had airships in the area at that time. John Adams and his two companions reported seeing a UFO with “rods” or “projections” extending from its underside, which was luminous white in color and appeared to bounce in its flight path. Another resident from North Lebanon Township reported seeing two unmarked helicopters hovering over a cornfield, initially believing they were state police helicopters possibly searching for escaped convicts. Another couple from the same area reported a small glowing object flying in a zig-zag pattern across the field. These sightings raise questions about what might be occurring in Lebanon County.
Type: ufo sightings, mystery helicopter
Reference: newspapers.com - part 1
Reference: newspapers.com - part 2
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_960

Event 37847 (FA0AB633)

Date: 10/31/1975
Description: (Translated from French) As the day before, UFOs fly in formation above a weapons warehouse of the USAF base in Wirtsmith (Michigan). An aircraft takes off to intercept them but also fails to make contact. (October 31)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2709

Event 37848 (A4B23ACA)

Date: 10/31/1975
Location: Loring AFB (4 miles NW of), ME
Description: At 11:17 p.m. EST, a visual sighting of an unidentified object was reported 4 nautical miles NW of Loring AFB, Me. The alert helo was launched to identify the object but was unable to make contact. The alert helo was launched again at 0146 hours EST, November 1, 1975, in response to a slow moving target picked up by RAPCON (Radar Approach Control). (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 751031
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4562

Event 37849 (A02CB7B7)

Date: 10/31/1975
Location: 4 miles northwest of Loring AFB, Maine
Description: 11:17 p.m. A visual sighting of an unidentified object is reported 4 miles northwest of Loring AFB, Maine. The alert helicopter is launched to identify the object but is unable to make contact and is launched again at 1:46 a.m., in response to a slow-moving target picked up by RAPCON radar.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “RAPCON Tracks Slow- Moving Target during Loring Intrusions”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5220

Event 37850 (6F4F380C)

Date: 11/1975
Location: CHINA
Description: (Translated from French) China 4 took off for space four months to the day after China 3. It weighed 3 and a half tons, but had the particularity of being able to be - at least partially - recovered. Six days after its orbit, after 96 revolutions, a capsule detached from the main body to be recovered. (November 1975)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 18
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2878

Event 37851 (A2B66E79)

Date: 11/1975
Time: 05:00?
Location: JIANSHUI, YUNAN, CHINA
Description: Saucer scouts military camp. Guard missing / hours. Found with 5 day beard.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11960

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “44”, HatchDesc: “JIANSHUI,YUNAN,CHINA:SCR SCOUTS MIL.CAMP:GUARD MISSING/HRS:FOUND W/5 DAY BEARD”, LatLong: “23.633334 102.816672”, LatLongDMS: “23:38:00 N 102:49:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “YNN”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 37852 (76668956)

Date: 11/1975
Time: 09:50
Location: ARLINGTON, VA
Description: Thin white oval disk paces landing jet closely. Sudden 90° turn away.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11961

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “ARLINGTON,VA:THIN WHT OVAL DISK PACES LANDING JET CLOSELY:SUDDEN 90°TURN away:”, LatLong: “38.883335 -77.066670”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 77:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37853 (A62AD823)

Date: 11/1975
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEAR DE AAR, RSA
Description: 1 / car. Vibration. Observer(s) sleepy and pulls over. Dreams / abduction. Wakes with 6 spots.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind, editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11962

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “nr DE AAR,RSA:1/CAR:VIBRATION:OBS SLEEPY+PULLS OVR:DREAMS/ABD:WAKES W/6 SPOTS”, LatLong: “-30.666668 24.000001”, LatLongDMS: “30:40:00 S 24:00:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37854 (5D7EA051)

Date: 11/1975
Time: 18:00
Location: MONTREAL, QB
Description: Brill disk / sky / nearby. Shadow-figure visible / windows. Flies away.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11963

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “67”, HatchDesc: “MONTREAL,QB:BRILL DISK/SKY/NEARBY:SHADOW-FIG VISIBLE/WINDOWS:FLIES AWAY.”, LatLong: “45.500002 -73.566670”, LatLongDMS: “45:30:00 N 73:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37855 (1FBDEA68)

Date: 11/1975
Time: 21:00
Location: ALBA ADRIATICA, ITL
Description: Ovoid with halo rotates counterclockwise / low altitude. Passes 35M from observer(s) / 15.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11964

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ALBA ADRIATICA,ITL:OVOID W/HALO ROTATES CCW/lo alt:PASSES 35M from OBS/15”, LatLong: “42.827780 13.916667”, LatLongDMS: “42:49:40 N 13:55:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TE”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37856 (E75C9F93)

Date: 11/1975
Time: 23:00
Location: SR108 EAST / OAKDALE, CA
Description: 2 / car abducted to cave! Telepathic conversation (any communication between us and them) / 3 small humanoids (or Greys). Knee pains cured!
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 394)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11965

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “70”, HatchDesc: “SR108 E/OAKDALE,CA:2/CAR ABDd to CAVE!:TELEPATHIC CVS/3 OIDS:KNEE PAINS CURED!”, LatLong: “37.766668 -120.750006”, LatLongDMS: “37:46:00 N 120:45:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 37857 (18444D06)

Date: 11/1975
Location: Valencia County, NEW MEXICO
Description: Early November. A rancher who had seen low-flying helicopters over his property during this period found that 4 of his cattle had disappeared.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 111 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_150

Event 37858 (2C84AA04)

Date: 11/1975
Location: Johnson County, WYOMING
Description: First Week. Hunters and ranchers reported sightings of a low-flying helicopter with a “pontoon-type” landing gear in the Buffalo vicinity. Four calves were mutilated in the Buffalo area during this period.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 112 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_151

Event 37859 (690EB2DF)

Date: 11/1/1975
Time: 18:20
Location: VERMILION, OH
Description: 1 / car. Wedge with row / lights going [to] over parking Lot. Tilts up 45° and rises away.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11966

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “VERMILION,OH:1/CAR:WEDGE W/ROW/LITES >OVR PARKING LOT:TILTS UP 45°+RISES AWAY”, LatLong: “41.416669 -82.366671”, LatLongDMS: “41:25:00 N 82:22:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37860 (D6391DB1)

Date: 11/1/1975
Time: 21:00?
Location: BARCELONNETTE, FR
Description: Several observer(s). Sphere/orb/globe hovers / mountain. Jumps valley. Stops / 2nd mountain. Fades away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11967

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “BARCELONNETTE,FR:SVRL OBS:ORB HVRS/Mtn:JUMPS VALLEY:STOPS/2nd MTN:FADES AWAY”, LatLong: “44.366669 6.650000”, LatLongDMS: “44:22:00 N 06:39:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes de Haute Provence”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37861 (1A72711F)

Date: 11/1/1975
Location: Monarch, MT
Description: Time not given. UFO hovered 75’ away, one foot off ground. (NIDS UFO 92) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4563

Event 37862 (C2620280)

Date: 11/1/1975
Description: At 9:00 p.m. in Barcelonnette, Alpes-Haut-Provence, France a ball of light hovered over a mountain, then jumped across the valley and stopped over a second mountain; finally, it just fades away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, December 1975
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7388

Event 37863 (BA8FD869)

Date: 11/2/1975
Location: HAPPY CAMP, CA
Description: Group / locals abduction/abducted “transparent gold exists… its in your Bible”…
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 148)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11968

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “324”, HatchDesc: “HAPPY CAMP,CA:GROUP/LOCALS ABD. “TRANSPARENT GOLD EXISTS…ITS IN YOUR BIBLE”…”, LatLong: “41.783335 -123.366673”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:00 N 123:22:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 37864 (5D546217)

Date: 11/2/1975
Time: 02:00?
Location: SOUTH / FT BENTON, MT
Description: Cop sees UFO / 30 min. Very bright. Flies / irregular patterns. No RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11969

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “810”, HatchDesc: “S/FT BENTON,MT:COP SEES UFO/30 MIN:VERY BRIGHT:FLIES/IRREGULAR PATTERNS:NO RDR”, LatLong: “47.650002 -110.683339”, LatLongDMS: “47:39:00 N 110:41:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37865 (97D613C2)

Date: 11/2/1975
Time: 21:30
Location: MEDFORD, MN
Description: Glowing-sphere/orb/globe lands / football field. Flies. High-radiation / grass. / r162p5.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 258)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11970

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “349”, HatchDesc: “MEDFORD,MN:GLOW-ORB LANDS/FOOTBALL FIELD:FLIES:HI-RADIATION/GRASS:/r162p5.”, LatLong: “44.172224 -93.244449”, LatLongDMS: “44:10:20 N 93:14:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37866 (62E34EF1)

Date: Early 11/1975
Locations: State Highway 61; Otis; Sterling, Colorado
Description: 8:00–9:00 p.m. Bill Jackson, a reporter for the Sterling (Colo.) Advocate, his wife Cheryl, and their young child are driving on State Highway 61 halfway between Otis and Sterling, Colorado, when they see a red light in the sky ahead of them. As it approaches, they see it is a huge object (as big as a 747) with a dozen rows of multicolored lights, perhaps hundreds of them. It passes slowly over their car, so close that Jackson thinks he can hit it with a stone. They drive at high speed the rest of the way to Sterling.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard Sigismond, “A CE-I, a Lonely Road, a Black Night,” IUR 9, no. 3 (May/June 1984): 5, 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5221

Event 37867 (046CAF0B)

Date: 11/2/1975
Locations: Medford, Minnesota; University of Kansas in Lawrence
Description: Night. Witnesses in Medford, Minnesota, including Helen Kay, see a brilliant orange-red light go behind a building, where they suspect it has landed. At the location, they find a bare spot, 12 feet square, of burned grass and ashy residue. At some distance away they see a red ball of light above the trees and try to catch up with it by car but it eludes them. Soil samples from the alleged landing site are submitted to geologist Edward J. Zeller at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, who subjects them to an examination using thermoluminescence and finds the readouts normal for the center of the trace but severely elevated at the edges. He suspects that the edges have been subjected to hard ionizing radiation, but this is not conclusive.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Sighting Noted,” Fergus Falls (Minn.) Daily Journal, November 5, 1975, p. 22; Edward J. Zeller, “The Use of Thermoluminescence for the Evaluation of UFO Landing Site Effects,” Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, Center for UFO Studies, 1976, pp. 301–308, reprinted in IUR 28, no. 4 (Winter 2003–2004): 19–22, 28
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5222

Event 37868 (9511A3E4)

Date: 11/2/1975
Time: night
Location: Quay County, NEW MEXICO
Description: A helicopter flew over 2 ranches, flashing red, white and blue lights, with beams of white light shooting out intermittently.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 109 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_148

Event 37869 (080490EF)

Date: 11/2/1975
Time: night
Location: Cascade, Teton, Pondera and Chouteau Counties MONTANA
Description: 2nd & 3rd (Tues.night, Wed.morning). Unidentified helicopters were seen over a wide area. Included were overflights over missile installations. Some objects seen were reported as helicopters, others simply nocturnal lights. At least two helicopters were involved as there were simultaneous sightings in widely separated areas.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 119 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_155

Event 37870 (19CDDAAC)

Date: 11/3/1975 (approximate)
Location: NEAR BUFFALO, WY
Description: Local observer(s). Helicopters / pontoon landing gear. 4 mutilated cows found / 1 week.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11971

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “64”, Elev: “1130”, HatchDesc: “nr BUFFALO,WY:LOCAL OBS:COPTERS/PONTOON LANDING GEAR:4 MUTd COWS FOUND/1 WEEK”, LatLong: “44.316669 -106.700005”, LatLongDMS: “44:19:00 N 106:42:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37871 (21E52310)

Date: 11/3/1975
Time: 18:40
Location: DONAGHADEE, NORTH IREL
Description: 12+observer(s). 2 yellow ovoids / fantastic speed. Sky lit. Absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 257)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11972

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “DONAGHADEE,N.IREL:12+OBS:2 YLW OVOIDS/FANTASTIC SPEED:SKY LIT:ABS.SLNT:”, LatLong: “54.633336 -5.550000”, LatLongDMS: “54:38:00 N 05:33:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northern Ireland”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 37872 (B924AD8D)

Date: 11/3/1975 (approximate)
Time: 20:30
Location: SR61 NORTH / OTIS, CO
Description: 3 / car. Huge silent cylinder/cigar-shape going south very low overhead. 50mph. Many round portholes / bottom/underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11973

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1325”, HatchDesc: “SR61 N/OTIS,CO:3/CAR:HUGE SLNT CGR >S VERY LOW OVHD:50mph:MANY RND PORTS/BTM:”, LatLong: “40.450002 -102.983338”, LatLongDMS: “40:27:00 N 102:59:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Colorado”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37873 (3716A0D5)

Date: 11/3/1975
Time: 21:30
Location: GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE, ND
Description: Several shots. 2 “hit” plane. No damage bullets or shooter found.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11974

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “274”, HatchDesc: “GRAND FORKS AFB,ND:SVRL SHOTS:2 “HIT” PLANE:NO DAMAGE BULLETS or SHOOTER FOUND”, LatLong: “47.955558 -97.433338”, LatLongDMS: “47:57:20 N 97:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37874 (C992E992)

Date: 11/3/1975
Locations: Ontario; Haileybury, Ontario
Description: 5:45 a.m. Ontario Police constables in Haileybury, Ontario, see a round object with fingers of white light emanating from it hovering northeast of town. Another object to the north of it has red, green, and white lights. After about 1 hour both objects begin moving slowly south and gaining altitude. They are still visible at 7:00 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Patrick Gross, “Files Obtained from the National Archives of Canada”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5223

Event 37875 (89A958FB)

Date: 11/3/1975
Locations: Grand Forks AFB; Emerado, North Dakota
Description: Late night. Unknown individuals penetrate the flight line at Grand Forks AFB north of Emerado, North Dakota. At least two KC-135 aircraft are hit by small arms fire. Security forces pursue the intruders but apparently do not apprehend them.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 48–49
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5224

Event 37876 (0CDF6AC7)

Date: 11/3/1975
Description: Dick Jackson, age 56, awoke late at night around two o’clock in the morning in Bokoelia, Florida and stepped outside his trailer home. The next thing he recalls, he found himself standing beside a domed object, with steps leading up to a door. He climbed the steps and was invited in. The interior was a single round compartment, 24 feet in diameter and 8 feet high, with a small control panel. There were eight crewmembers inside, but only one spoke to him. This man was five feet tall, stocky and of dark complexion, and elderly looking. He wore brown coveralls with no shirt. Speaking in English, he told Mr. Jackson that they came from the planet “Planteh.” They have been preparing “a neighboring planet” for colonization by Earth people, and Jackson was asked to help then recruit colonists; perfect health was offered to him in return for his assistance. After 90 minutes of conversation Jackson left the craft, which took off with great speed. Then he found himself in his trailer. He told his 16-year old son of the experience. The case appears to have episodes of distorted reality or missing time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1975-42, citing Frazier Moore, Fort Myers News-Press
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7436

Event 37877 (24F18721)

Date: 11/3/1975
Description: At 11:45 p.m. the two witnesses, Christian Talbot and Susan Mondor, were driving on an old dirt road in Saint-Dominique-de-Bagot, Quebec, Canada on a very bright starry night. They heard a strange noise and their vehicle engine abruptly stalled. Out of nowhere a strange figure then approached the vehicle very quickly. Both witness could only catch a glimpse of the stranger, described as somewhat “caveman” in appearance, with dark hair and a beard, pointy ears, and “demonic” facial features. The top half of its body was greenish and the bottom half was pale white. This strange creature ran by the car and disappeared into the woods.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, 1975 Humanoid Sighting Reports database, citing Marc Leduc, CASUFO
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7437

Event 37878 (2C5AE1C0)

Date: 11/3/1975
Time: night
Location: Union County, NEW MEXICO
Description: (Approx. date) Three unidentified helicopters flew over the Howard Robinson property and, on another night during the week, two helicopters flew over the Robinson house.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 113 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_152

Event 37879 (5101EF84)

Date: 11/3/1975
Time: night
Location: Cascade, Teton, Pondera and Chouteau Counties, MONTANA
Description: The previous night’s helicopter/UFO wave was repeated. At least 2 helicopters were reported at once over a missile site. Malmstrom Air Force Base verified that unidentified helicopters were in the area.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 120 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_156

Event 37880 (B4E1BAF4)

Date: 11/4/1975
Time: 18:50
Location: ROSS, OH
Description: 75’ cylinder/cylindrical object / treetop level. Square windows. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Offloads 3’ sphere/orb/globe. 6 observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11975

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “ROSS,OH:75’CYL/TREETOP LEVEL:SQR WINDOWS:CAR EMES:OFFLOADS 3’ ORB:6 OBS”, LatLong: “39.316669 -84.633337”, LatLongDMS: “39:19:00 N 84:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37881 (1D7FD3F8)

Date: 11/4/1975
Time: 18:50
Location: LUSSAULT-SUR-LOIRE, FR
Description: J. Chaput. Red disk flanked / 2 night lights stops. Going down / woods slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11976

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LUSSAULT-sur-LOIRE,FR:J.CHAPUT:RED DISK FLANKED/2 NLTS STOPS:↓/WOODS SLOWLY”, LatLong: “47.400002 0.922222”, LatLongDMS: “47:24:00 N 00:55:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indre-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37882 (09A4F9D4)

Date: 11/4/1975
Location: Ross, OH
Description: Cylinder hovering at treetop level, windows, body lights visible. Skylook, MUFON, January 1976, p. 6 (E,L) car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4564

Event 37883 (276B6733)

Date: 11/4/1975
Location: Lussault-sur-Loire (near), France
Description: At 6:50 p.m. a red disc-shaped object flanked by two nocturnal lights stopped in place, then descended slowly into some woods near Lussault-sur-Loire, France. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, February 1977). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4565

Event 37884 (55372ECE)

Date: 11/4/1975
Description: At 6:50 p.m. a red disc-shaped object flanked by two nocturnal lights stopped in place, then descended slowly into some woods near Lussault-sur-Loire, France.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, February 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7462

Event 37885 (4928BABE)

Date: 11/4/1975
Time: night
Location: Cascade County, MONTANA
Description: On the southeast edge of Great Falls, a law officer observed an unidentified helicopter which lifted off the ground and flew away.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 121 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_157

Event 37886 (98636C05)

Date: 11/5/1975
Location: USA, Sitgreaves Forest near Heber (Arizona)
Description: (Translated from French) Travis Walton incident. Early in the evening, loggers in a truck were driving on a forest road when they saw a UFO hovering. Mike Rogers, 28 years old, stopped the truck. One of the loggers, Travis Walton, jumped out of the truck and ran towards the UFO, his comrades shouted for him to come back, but he did not listen. He threw himself flat on the ground in the bushes and crawled towards the object. He then heard a shrill noise, stood up, and a bright beam of light from the object hit him in the chest, he lost consciousness. The driver drove off in a hurry, stopping a little further away, the bright light between the trees gradually disappeared. They returned to look for Walton, but there was no trace of him. He reappeared after 5 days, exhausted, upset, having lost his memory. Under hypnosis he spoke of a medical examination on board the craft. (November 5, 1975)
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: “UFO, We Are Not Alone” - Presses de la Cité 1979, pp. 183-185 and almost all other authors
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2879

Event 37887 (AF7B73BA)

Date: 11/5/1975
Description: (Translated from French) Abduction of Travis Walton. (November 5th, 6 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2710

Event 37888 (93E26984)

Date: 11/5/1975
Time: 04:10
Location: ESE / GREAT FALLS, MT
Description: Man sees 6 UFO’s. 1 drops nearly to level of his truck.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11977

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1000”, HatchDesc: “ESE/GREAT FALLS,MT:MAN SEES 6 UFOS:1 DROPS NEARLY TO LEVEL OF HIS TRUCK.”, LatLong: “47.300002 -110.800005”, LatLongDMS: “47:18:00 N 110:48:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37889 (28FF41C0)

Date: 11/5/1975
Time: 18:10
Location: TURKEY SPRS, AZ
Description: Travis Walton abduction. Small humanoids (or Greys). Pseudo-human/entity. Air / saucer gives headache. / r210v24#9+10.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 918)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11978

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “76”, Elev: “2315”, HatchDesc: “TURKEY Sprs,AZ:TRAVIS WALTON ABD:OIDS:PSH:AIR/SCR GIVES HEADACHE:/r210v24#9+10”, LatLong: “34.300002 -110.638894”, LatLongDMS: “34:18:00 N 110:38:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 37890 (AA11B972)

Date: 11/5/1975
Location: Snowflake, AZ
Description: Travis Walton Case (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases, Code: E, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 751105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4566

Event 37891 (6FD9AA01)

Date: 11/5/1975
Location: Redwater, Alberta (north of), CAN
Description: 40’ Object Causes Van to Hit Ditch (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters, Code: C, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 751105
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4567

Event 37892 (7901C6A6)

Date: 11/5/1975
Location: Raynesford (near), MT
Description: 4:10 a.m. At least six UFOs near ground. (NIDS UFO 14) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4568

Event 37893 (B3BB9DB5)

Date: 11/5/1975
Location: Bowden, Alberta (10 mi south of), CAN
Description: 9:50 p.m. (Approximate) Mr. Wayne Morrow, observed an unidentified object flying 10 miles south of Bowden, Alberta. Mr. Morrow was proceeding northbound on NBR 2 Highway at the time of the sighting. The object was approximately 50 feet above the ground traveling in a southerly direction at 100 mph. The object was sighted for approximately 5 to 10 seconds. (National Research Council of Canada Record Group 77, Vol. 308, reel number 1742 N75/149) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4569

Event 37894 (12937AC6)

Date: 11/5/1975
Location: Heber, AZ
Description: Travis Walton abduction case
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_272

Event 37895 (C0138426)

Date: 11/5/1975
Location: Redwater, Alberta
Description: 12:30 a.m. Jim Divall is driving north of Redwater, Alberta, when he comes upon a large, black, revolving object in the road ahead. He has to drive his vehicle into a ditch to avoid hitting it. The object is 40 feet in diameter. He gets out to watch it for a few minutes as it makes a rushing sound, then it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, p. 185
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5225

Event 37896 (2A068038)

Date: 11/5/1975
Locations: Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest; Snowflake, Arizona; Mogollon Rim Road; Old Verde Road; Turkey Springs; Heber, Arizona
Description: Just after 6:00 p.m. Travis Walton and six fellow log cutters finish a long day of thinning undergrowth in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Snowflake, Arizona. Heading up Mogollon Rim Road, Walton soon notices something shining among the branches off to the right. The others see it too. They turn up Old Verde Road toward Turkey Springs. The spaces between the trees flash by too quickly to make out what the object is, but a clearing reveals a yellowish glow that washes across the road in front of them. The driver speeds up to get a closer look. They reach the clearing, and about 110 feet away a glowing disc hangs in the air, making a high- pitched buzz and floating motionless between the trees, only 15 feet off the ground. The truck slams to a halt and Walton opens his door to get a better look. There is no sound. One of the cutters shouts: “My God! It’s a flying saucer!” Walton then steps out of the cab and walks toward the object. The others beg him to get back in the truck, but he feels compelled to get a close-up look. He approaches the craft cautiously, glancing back to the truck now and then as his friends continue to plead with him. Coming within 6 feet, Walton stops and stares up at its glowing underside. Suddenly, the silence gives way to what Walton later describes as the thunderous swell of a turbine engine. A narrow beam of light fires from the bottom of the disc and strikes Walton in the chest. It lifts him up, then knocks him unconscious to the ground like a thunderbolt. In a panic, the rest of the crew speeds away toward the main road, terrified. When the men regain their senses, they return to the clearing to rescue Walton, but the craft is gone and so is Walton. Despite a thorough search of the area, they find no trace of him and drive home. When they report what happened, the authorities discount the men’s tale as a ridiculous attempt to cover up a murder and launch an extensive search for Walton’s body. They search for several days and find nothing. Walton reappears outside Heber, Arizona, on November 10 and corroborates their story, with the addition of what happened aboard the spacecraft. Walton awakes in a hospital-like room, observed by three short, bald creatures. He fights with them until a human wearing a helmet leads him to another room, where he blacks out as three other humans put a clear plastic mask over his face. He remembers nothing else until he finds himself walking along a highway, with the UFO departing above him. In the days following, The National Enquirer awards Walton and his coworkers a $5,000 prize for “best UFO case of the year” after they pass polygraph tests administered by Cy Gilson of the Arizona state police (repeated in 1993), the Enquirer, and APRO. A private investigator named John McCarthy tests Walton using an outdated procedure with a polygraph in 1975 and finds him deceptive.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Travis Walton UFO Incident”; Lorenzen, Abducted! Confrontations with Beings from Outer Space, Berkley, 1977, pp. 80–113, 161–190; Travis Walton, Fire in the Sky, Marlowe, 1996; Geoff Price, “Lie Detection in UFO Controversies,” IUR 22, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 15–16, 31; Kevin D. Randle, “The Truth about Polygraphs,” IUR 22, no. 4 (Winter 1997–1998): 28; Michael D. Swords, GrassRoots UFOs: Case Reports from the Timmerman Files, Fund for UFO Research, 2005, p. 145; Clark III 1234–1249
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5226

Event 37897 (CAF86741)

Date: 11/6/1975
Location: FRANCE, Merxheim (Haut Rhin)
Description: (Translated from French) Three young children from the area, questioned by the gendarmes, never varied in their statements: Denis Dubich, 10 years old, was lying down around 10 pm when he heard the dog howling. He got up and when he was with the dog he saw a ball like a big balloon coming from Guebwiller. The UFO was whistling like a siren. It eventually landed in his parents’ cabbage plantation, 50 m from the house. It was round, about 2 m high, with a belt of square, luminous portholes and topped with a dome. Three hatches opened up below and three legs unfolded to land. At one point the dome lifted and a form emerged that looked like the head and torso of a human. The form turned towards him, then went back into the craft and the dome closed. At the same time a claw came out from under the craft at the end of an arm and this claw took three cabbages in three times, which it brought back up into the machine. The craft began to rumble, rose up, folded its legs and took off diagonally towards Reguisheim. This lasted 15 minutes. (November 6, 1975)
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “Le nouveau défi des OVNI” - France Empire 1976 - p. 208 à 214
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2880

Event 37898 (BAB54B65)

Date: 11/6/1975
Location: France, Merxheim
Description: (Translated from French) The young K., 10 years old, recounts that while lying down around 9:45 PM, he woke up because it was too hot. He opened the windows and shutters and saw a ball coming from Guebwiller, descending gradually to land in a field 200m from the house. This is how he saw that it was a flying saucer. He closed the shutters and went back to bed.
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “Le nouveau défi des OVNI” - France Empire 1976 - pp. 208-214
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2881

Event 37899 (33A86950)

Date: 11/6/1975
Location: France, Merxheim
Description: (Translated from French) Little Christine, 9 years old, said that she had just come home with her parents around 10 pm and had gone to bed right away. When closing the shutters, she saw a round, quite large object with multicolored lights all around it, but she didn’t look at it long enough to say if the object was stationary or not. (November 6, 1975)
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “Le nouveau défi des OVNI” - France Empire 1976 - p. 208 to 214
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2882

Event 37900 (9045B76A)

Date: 11/6/1975
Time: 02:30
Location: SKEDADDLE MOUNTAINS, CA
Description: Glowing saucer with antenna lights area. Paces 2 campers / truck / 15 mile(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11979

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1300”, HatchDesc: “SKEDADDLE Mtns,CA:GLOWING SCR W/ANTENNA LITES AREA:PACES 2 CAMPERS/TRUCK/15mi”, LatLong: “40.383335 -120.116672”, LatLongDMS: “40:23:00 N 120:07:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37901 (143F8B46)

Date: 11/6/1975
Time: 22:00
Location: MERXHEIM, FR
Description: Saucer going down / 3 legs. Dome opens. Head and shoulders rise. Going quickly ESE. / LDLN#151+/ r30.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 208)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11980

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MERXHEIM,FR:SCR ↓/3 LEGS:DOME OPENS:HEAD+SHOULDERS RISE:>>ESE:/LDLN#151+/r30”, LatLong: “47.883336 7.300000”, LatLongDMS: “47:53:00 N 07:18:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haut-Rhin”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 37902 (FD309FAB)

Date: 11/6/1975
Time: 23:10
Location: RANDALLSTOWN, MD
Description: Cluster / lights follows 2 / car going south. Stops over trees. Silent. Shoots going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 258)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11981

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “171”, HatchDesc: “RANDALLSTOWN,MD:CLUSTER/LITES FOLOS 2/CAR >S:STOPS OVR TREES:SLNT:SHOOTS↑ FAST”, LatLong: “39.366669 -76.794448”, LatLongDMS: “39:22:00 N 76:47:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37903 (F9DADD7B)

Date: 11/6/1975
Location: Merxheim, France
Description: 10:00 p.m. A domed disc landed on three legs. The dome on the craft opened, and the head and shoulders of an occupant was seen partially emerging from it. The dome closed and the UFO rose up into the air, then took off toward the east- southeast (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #11518). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4570

Event 37904 (CBA25B29)

Date: 11/6/1975
Location: US
Description: US Attorney General Edward H. Levi issues a set of guidelines to limit the activities of the FBI. These guidelines require the FBI to show evidence of a crime before using secret police techniques like wiretaps or entering someone’s home without warning.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5227

Event 37905 (327C9CA3)

Date: 11/6/1975
Description: A domed disc landed on three legs in Merxheim, France at 10:00 p.m. The dome on the craft opened, and the head and shoulders of an occupant was seen partially emerging from it. The dome closed and the UFO rose up into the air, then took off toward the east-southeast
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case #11518
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7507

Event 37906 (537540A5)

Date: 11/6/1975
Time: night
Location: Union County, NEW MEXICO
Description: The Clayton Police Dept. reported that an unidentified helicopter landed just east of town. Other airborne lights were observed NE of Clayton and were thought to be helicopters.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 114 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_153

Event 37907 (4BA76E99)

Date: 11/7/1975
Location: PORTUGAL, Senhora do Monte-Leiria
Description: (Translated from French) A doctor from Leira saw, while driving, an odd object flying in front of him at 10 meters altitude. The object flew over the car and the doctor stopped 150 meters away from the craft and got out of his car. The object then hovered above the trees. The underside was circular, and on the upper part, in the shape of a cone, there were four rectangular windows. The diameter of the UFO was around 15 meters. The doctor smelled an ozone odor during the observation. He did not want to stay in that place for too long but had difficulty starting the engine. He called his friends on CB, but there were also interferences there.
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listing of Victor Lourenço; “Seculo Ilustrado” 7.1.76
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2883

Event 37908 (CC2C86B3)

Date: 11/7/1975
Description: (Translated from French) A large number of UFOs conduct reconnaissance at the USAF base in Malmstrom (Montana), the ICBM launch sites in the same state, and also visit the Air Force base in Minot (North Dakota). (November 7-10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2711

Event 37909 (E96A44AF)

Date: 11/7/1975
Location: LEIRIA TO/FROM FATIMA, PORT
Description: MD and 1. 15M saucer / 1M altitude. Car and radio electro-magnetic effect (EME). Rectangular windows / top. Ozone.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11982

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LEIRIA><FATIMA,PORT:MD+1:15M SCR/1M alt:CAR+RADIO EME:RECT.WINDOWS/TOP:OZONE”, LatLong: “39.650002 -8.750000”, LatLongDMS: “39:39:00 N 08:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Beira littoral”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37910 (4B5F2DF2)

Date: 11/7/1975
Time: 03:50
Location: EAST / BUFFALO, MT
Description: 5 Strategic Air Command (SAC) missile sites. Large red / orange / yellow objects hover and descend. Wide area / Norad log.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11983

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1310”, HatchDesc: “E/BUFFALO,MT:5 SAC MSITES:LRG RED/ORG/YEL OBJS HVR+DESCEND:wide area/Norad log”, LatLong: “46.850002 -109.533339”, LatLongDMS: “46:51:00 N 109:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37911 (024448D2)

Date: 11/7/1975
Time: ~06:10
Location: 6M EAST / LEWISTOWN, MT
Description: Strategic Air Command (SAC) and civil observer(s). Saucers with lights hover and going quickly south. / NORAD log and more / r41p90.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11984

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1205”, HatchDesc: “6M E/LEWISTOWN,MT:SAC+CIV OBS:SCRS W/LITES HOVER AND >>S:/NORAD LOG+/r41p90”, LatLong: “47.083336 -109.316672”, LatLongDMS: “47:05:00 N 109:19:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37912 (4F488D75)

Date: 11/7/1975
Time: 23:00
Location: MALMSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, MT
Description: Remote alarms. RADAR-visual. 300’ saucer. Quickly going up. Missiles retargetted / r26p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11985

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “1075”, HatchDesc: “MALMSTROM AFB,MT:REMOTE ALARMS:RDR-VIZ:300’SCR:↑↑:MISSILES RETARGETTED/r26p27”, LatLong: “47.500002 -111.166672”, LatLongDMS: “47:30:00 N 111:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 37913 (6DD1D09E)

Date: 11/7/1975
Location: Lewiston, MT
Description: Malmstrom AFB, Montana, RV,E-M (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 751107
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4571

Event 37914 (3E76A511)

Date: 11/7/1975
Location: Malmstrom AFB, MT
Description: Targeting system tampered with (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 751107
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4572

Event 37915 (9BC4E9E6)

Date: 11/7/1975
End date: 11/8/1975
Location: Malmstrom AFB, MT
Description: Base personnel saw orange disc that breached security area, illuminated missile site, tracked on radar
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_273

Event 37916 (FA593636)

Date: 11/7/1975
Locations: Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana; Judith Gap, Montana; K-7 area near Judith Gap, Montana; Great Falls
Description: 3:00 p.m.–November 8, 9:53 p.m. Remote electronic sensors trigger an alarm at Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana, indicating that something is violating security at several missile launch sites. Underground, in the launch control facility, two officers note the signal, but there is no TV surveillance topside. A missile security helicopter checks the area and Sabotage Alert Teams consisting of 4–6 men are ordered to proceed to the areas. One SAT team drives down the highway and onto a dirt road that leads to the K-7 area near Judith Gap, Montana. About a mile away, the team sees an orange, glowing object. As they close to within half a mile, they can see that the object is tremendous in size. They radio to the launch control facility that, from their location, they are viewing a brightly glowing, orange, football field-sized disc that illuminates the missile site. The SAT team is ordered to proceed into the K-7 site. However, they refuse to go any farther, clearly fearful of the intimidating appearance of the object. It begins to rise, and at about 1,000 feet, NORAD picks up the UFO on radar. Two F- 106 jet interceptors are launched from Great Falls and head toward the K-7 site. The UFO continues to rise. At about 200,000 feet, it disappears from NORAD’s radar. The F-106s are never able to get a clear sighting of the several UFOs, which play cat-and-mouse with the aircraft, extinguishing their illumination when they approach, and re-illuminating after the fighters return to base. All members of the SAT team are directed to the base hospital, where they are psychologically tested. No one can identify the object, but the members of the SAT team obviously have been through a traumatic experience. Targeting teams, along with computer specialists, are brought to the launch site to examine the missile and the computer in the warhead. When the computer is checked, they find that the tape has mysteriously changed target numbers. The reentry vehicle is then taken from the silo and brought back to the base. Eventually the entire missile is changed out. Radar and visual sightings continue for the next 31 hours.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Malmstrom AFB Incident (1975)”; ClearIntent, pp. 27–29; Richard Sigismond, “Four Huge Orange Discs and the Case for the UFO,” IUR 8, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1983): 7–8; Thomas E. Bullard, “Defending UFOs,” IUR 34, no. 2 (Mar. 2012): 11–12; Nukes 358–361
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5228

Event 37917 (B289C5D0)

Date: 11/7/1975
Time: night
Location: Fergus, Wheatland Counties, MONTANA
Description: Nov 7th & 8th (Fri. and Sat. nights) UFOs were reported over missile installations. In a reply to press queries, the Strategic Air Command stated that “the craft were suspected to have been helicopters due to hovering ability of the craft, witness interpretations of the sound produced and placement of lights on the craft”. Positive identification of the UFOs as helicopters was “precluded” due to darkness.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. ll7 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_158

Event 37918 (5517D623)

Date: 11/8/1975
Description: (Translated from French) 2 F-106 jets from the USAF base in Great Falls (Montana) take off in pursuit of 7 UFOs flying at an altitude between 2850 and 4650 m. But the UFOs accelerate and decelerate quickly, able to go from 5.6 km/h to 275 km/h and, in doing so, become invisible. (November 8)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2712

Event 37919 (C00C0B5B)

Date: 11/8/1975
Description: (Translated from French) It is formally the responsibility of the gendarmerie to systematically collect reports of UFO sightings.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2713

Event 37920 (F23AC46A)

Date: 11/8/1975
Time: 00:50
Location: LEWISTOWN, MT
Description: RADAR-visual (observation) / UFO’s at 7MPH. Jets can’t catch. Jet sounds but no planes! Going SSW.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11986

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, GSA: Covert Security Agency, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1208”, HatchDesc: “LEWISTOWN,MT:RDR-VIS/UFOS @7MPH:JETS CANT CATCH:JET SOUNDS BUT NO PLANES!:>SSW”, LatLong: “47.066669 -109.422227”, LatLongDMS: “47:04:00 N 109:25:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37921 (A1BD7E82)

Date: 11/8/1975
Time: 01:00
Location: PEPACTON RESERVOIR, NY
Description: 2 campers. Luminous sled with hoops / top going down. Robot(s)/android(s) lay siege. Missing time. / r16p212.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11987

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “390”, HatchDesc: “PEPACTON RSVR,NY:2 CAMPERS:LUM.SLED W/HOOPS/TOP↓:RBTS LAY SIEGE:MST:/r16p212”, LatLong: “42.083335 -74.250004”, LatLongDMS: “42:05:00 N 74:15:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 37922 (2DA58EFE)

Date: 11/8/1975
Time: 02:10
Location: 10 MI SOUTHEAST / STANFORD, MT
Description: Strategic Air Command (SAC) site C1. 4 RADAR’s and visual. Saucer lights off as jets approach.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11988

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “1300”, HatchDesc: “10MI SE/STANFORD,MT:SAC SITE C1:4 RDRS+VISUAL:SCR LITES OFF AS JETS APPROACH.”, LatLong: “47.083336 -110.100005”, LatLongDMS: “47:05:00 N 110:06:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37923 (B02B5987)

Date: 11/8/1975
Time: 03:40
Location: SOUTHEAST / HEATH, MT
Description: Strategic Air Command (SAC) sites K3+L4. RADAR objects maneuver / low altitude. Turn going west slowly. / r148p227.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11989

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “1340”, HatchDesc: “SE/HEATH,MT:SAC SITES K3+L4:RDR OBJs MNVR/LO alt:TURN >W SLOWLY:/r148p227”, LatLong: “46.833336 -109.333339”, LatLongDMS: “46:50:00 N 109:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37924 (686B5406)

Date: 11/8/1975
Location: Malmstrom AFB, MT
Description: F-106’s scrambled after UFOs (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 751108
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4573

Event 37925 (D1C451EA)

Date: 11/8/1975
Description: Two F-106 fighter jets were scrambled out of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Montana at 7:45 Z. At 2:53 a.m. local time a visual sighting of at least one low level noctural light was made by the Sabotage Alert Teams on the ground. The radar target was at 300 feet altitude, and the weather station reported no anomalous propagation. Targets would turn out their lights whenever the jets approached.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: US Air Force Air Command Center report dated November 8, 1975; Richard Sigismonde, International UFO Reporter, March 1983, p. 7; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 132; UNICAT, case # 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7541

Event 37926 (9A2A34B0)

Date: 11/8/1975
Description: At 1:00 a.m. campers in the Catskill Mountains, New York had an abduction experience with one hour of missing time. Campers at the Pepactin Reservoir in Ulster County first saw a luminous “sled” with hoops on top descend. “Rabbits” approach tent (screen memory?). 60 min missing time.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7542

Event 37927 (20D7B2BA)

Date: 11/8/1975
Description: On November 1st a mineralogist walking near Vauchingnon, France happened upon some peculiar tracks in the grass of the prairie. These circular tracks were six inches across and nearly an inch deep, as if made by a heavy biped taking long strides, which ran for some distance. He wanted to photograph them, but because it was getting late in the afternoon he decided to come back later. He returned with a friend on this afternoon. Before they located the tracks they saw two quasi-human figures about five feet tall, dressed in dark blue or black, emerge from a copse of woods 50 meters away. These beings had very long arms and were taking extraordinarily long strides. They began to ascend a very steep slope, and the mineralogist’s friend ran after them, but the beings climbed the slope so quickly that they easily escaped from view and were lost in some bushes ont he hill. The main witness reported that no human athlete, in his opinion, could have duplicated their performance. A few seconds later a white station wagon with dark painted windows came into view on a little traveled road further up the slope, then took off again at high speed. Immediately afterwards, a small blue car did exactly the same thing. Although the bushes blocked their view, the witnesses believed that these two vehicles had picked up the humanoids.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Blocher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1975-63, citing Joel Mesnard & Hean Marie Bigorne
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7543

Event 37928 (248358C5)

Date: 11/8/1975
Description: At 8:20 p.m. Strategic Air Command reported a UFO 20 miles southeast of Lewistown, Montana. It was an orange-white, disc-shaped object. NORAD radar was unable to get a height check.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fund for UFO Research report, p. 100
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7544

Event 37929 (67DA22D6)

Date: 11/9/1975
Time: 03:10
Location: 20M NORTH / HARLOWTON, MT
Description: Strategic Air Command (SAC) L1 L6+M1 sites. Orange yellow disk. Going north? Seen southwest / Lewiston / 0320h.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11990

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1285”, HatchDesc: “20m N/HARLOWTON,MT:SAC L1 L6+M1 SITES:ORG.YLW DISK:>N?:SEEN SW/LEWISTON/0320h”, LatLong: “46.666669 -109.750005”, LatLongDMS: “46:40:00 N 109:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37930 (A561A294)

Date: 11/10/1975
Time: 03:00
Location: US2 EAST / NASHUA, MT
Description: 3 cops paced / 14 mile(s). Night light hovers / lake. Shoots green beam going down. Zigzags away.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 40)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11991

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “628”, HatchDesc: “US2 E/NASHUA,MT:3 COPS PACED/14mi:NLT HVRS/LAKE:SHOOTS GRN BEAM↓:ZIGZAGS AWAY:”, LatLong: “48.133336 -106.333338”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:00 N 106:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37931 (F1261FBB)

Date: 11/10/1975
Time: 04:00
Location: BOCA RATON TO/FROM KEY LARGO, FL
Description: Cops and many. 2-5 night lights maneuver all directions / 2 hour display. Form unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11992

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “BOCA RATON><KEY LARGO,FL:COPS+MANY:2-5 NLTS MNVR ALL DIRS/2hr DISPLAY:form unk”, LatLong: “26.333335 -80.083337”, LatLongDMS: “26:20:00 N 80:05:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37932 (58298D55)

Date: 11/10/1975
Time: 04:00
Location: TAOS, NM
Description: Cop. 110’ cylinder/cigar-shape / treetop level. Silent. Car vibrates. Object veers going quickly northwest / mountains.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11993

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2119”, HatchDesc: “TAOS,NM:COP:110’CGR/TREETOP LVL:SLNT:CAR VIBRATES:OBJ VEERS >>NW/Mtns”, LatLong: “36.400002 -105.583338”, LatLongDMS: “36:24:00 N 105:35:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37933 (643FBD99)

Date: 11/10/1975
Time: 10:20
Location: MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, ND
Description: Car-size silent object going quickly east over RADAR tower. 300-600M altitude. = missile site.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11994

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “636”, HatchDesc: “MINOT AFB,ND:CAR-SIZE SLNT OBJ >>E OVR RDR TOWER:300-600M alt:=missile site”, LatLong: “48.366669 -101.400005”, LatLongDMS: “48:22:00 N 101:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 37934 (0235B453)

Date: 11/10/1975
Time: 18:30
Location: ROSS, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). Night light nears gas station. Vanishes. Leaves sulfur smell. Fireworks?
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11995

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “ROSS,OH:2 OBS:NLT NEARS GAS STATION:VANISHES:LEAVES SULFUR SMELL:FIREWORKS?”, LatLong: “39.300002 -84.650004”, LatLongDMS: “39:18:00 N 84:39:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 37935 (7E0A6953)

Date: 11/10/1975
Time: 22:50
Location: KANSAS CITY, MO
Description: Time photograph / cucumber twisting / sky. Magnetometer / large disturbances.
Type: sighting
Reference: HENDRY, Allan: The UFO HANDBOOK. Doubleday, Garden City, NJ 1979. (Index 186)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11996

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “KANSAS CITY,MO:TIME FOTO/CUCUMBER TWISTING/SKY:MAGNETOMETER/LARGE DISTURBANCES”, LatLong: “39.083335 -94.566671”, LatLongDMS: “39:05:00 N 94:34:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37936 (D5EBC245)

Date: 11/10/1975
Location: Minot AFB, ND
Description: A long entry from the 24th NORAD Region Senior Director’s Log said: "UFO sighting reported by Minot Air Force Station, a bright star-like object in the west, moving east, about the size of a car. First seen approximately 1015. Approximately 1120, the object passed over the radar station, 1000-2000 feet high, no noise heard. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4574

Event 37937 (3398BBF0)

Date: 11/10/1975
Location: Minot AFB, North Dakota
Description: 10:15–11:20 p.m. A bright light passes over Minot AFB, North Dakota, moving west to east at 1,000– 2,000 feet.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 48
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5229

Event 37938 (ABF972F9)

Date: 11/11/1975
Location: US
Description: Confidential CINC/NORAD Report related to sightings over nuclear missile bases in 1975
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p468)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_686
See also: 10/28/75

Event 37939 (F9F57943)

Date: 11/11/1975
Location: NAUTA, PERU
Description: 4M saucer crashes according to Robert Barry. Strange metallic coating.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 129)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11997

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Peru”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “112”, HatchDesc: “NAUTA,PERU:4M SCR CRASHES per ROBERT BARRY:STRANGE MTLC COATING:”, LatLong: “-4.533334 -73.550004”, LatLongDMS: “04:32:00 S 73:33:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LRT”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 37940 (AEC6340E)

Date: 11/11/1975
Time: 03:20
Location: MADISON TWP, OH
Description: Many and cops. Night lights / delta/triangle/box-like craft hover and maneuver. Near power lines. Reports until 0430.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11998

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “MADISON Twp,OH:MANY+COPS:NLTS/DLT HVR+MNVR:NR PWR LINES:REPORTS UNTIL 0430”, LatLong: “41.783335 -81.050004”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:00 N 81:03:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37941 (152DAC2D)

Date: 11/11/1975
Time: 04:10
Location: SOUTH / FALCONBRIDGE AFS, ONT
Description: 30M orbs / 6 hours and more. Pocked surface. Jets scramble / r41p92.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 925)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_11999

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “164”, Elev: “220”, HatchDesc: “S/FALCONBRIDGE AFS,ONT:30M ORBS/6hrs+:POCKED SURFACE:JETS SCRAMBLE/r41p92”, LatLong: “46.166669 -80.800004”, LatLongDMS: “46:10:00 N 80:48:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37942 (C5C00828)

Date: 11/11/1975
Time: ~09:00
Location: MISSOULA GOING QUICKLY [TO] GREAT FALLS, MT
Description: Sheriff. Very large orange light descends. Horizon going quickly [to] horizon / 4 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12000

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1100”, HatchDesc: “MISSOULA>>GREAT FALLS,MT:SHERIFF:VLARGE ORG LITE DESCENDS:HRZN>>HRZN/4sec”, LatLong: “46.955558 -112.683339”, LatLongDMS: “46:57:20 N 112:41:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 37943 (895C9B45)

Date: 11/11/1975
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEAR FORT BENTON, MT
Description: Night light attaches to B52 during bombing games! RADAR onboard malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects)!
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12001

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “800”, HatchDesc: “nr FORT BENTON,MT:NLT ATTACHES TO B52 DURING BOMBING GAMES! RDR ONBOARD EMES!”, LatLong: “47.822225 -110.672227”, LatLongDMS: “47:49:20 N 110:40:20 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37944 (CBE57D74)

Date: 11/11/1975
Time: 21:00
Location: TASHKENT, UZBEK
Description: Night light circles as if edge / saucer. Abrupt turns. Complicated path. 20 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: JUSA-CISAAF TRANSLATIONs (from Russian). (Index 308)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12002

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Uzbek Republic”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “TASHKENT,UZBEK:NLT CIRCLES AS IF EDGE/SCR:ABRUPT TURNS:COMPLICATED PATH:20min”, LatLong: “41.400002 69.200003”, LatLongDMS: “41:24:00 N 69:12:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSK”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37945 (39E75CFF)

Date: 11/11/1975
Location: Sudbury, Ontario, CAN
Description: 3:00 a.m. EST. Six nurses at the Pioneer Manor Sudbury, observed a very bright object over the Sudbury Stadium. The object seemed to hover at first and then suddenly shot into the sky. It was still visible when the Sudbury Regional Police arrived at 4:55 a.m. (National Research Council of Canada Record Group 77, Vol. 308, reel number 1742) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4575

Event 37946 (305AEA31)

Date: 11/11/1975
Location: Sudbury, Ontario (near), CAN
Description: 5:00 a.m. EST. Constables Keables and Whiteside, Sudbury Regional Police, observed a cylindrical-shaped object with shafts of light bright enough to light up clouds in immediate area. (National Research Council of Canada, Record Group 77, Vol. 308, reel number 1742) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4576

Event 37947 (CABD1FBF)

Date: 11/11/1975
Location: Sudbury, Ontario, CAN
Description: 4:55 a.m. EST. Sudbury Regional Police constables came on a follow up call by six nurses at the Pioneer Manor to check on a reported UFO. The constables observed four objects clearly in the sky. (National Research Council of Canada Record Group 77, Vol. 308, reel number 1742) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4577

Event 37948 (F9F34184)

Date: 11/11/1975
Location: Beltsville, MD
Description: Lawrence Albert sighted a solid, spherical, evenly distributed green light. The object was much brighter than the sky background and was sharply outlined. The witness stated the apparent size of the object was that of a quarter held at arm’s length. The speed of the object was twice that of a jet plane. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, January 1976, page 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4578

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Event 37949 (26C90AF0)
Date: 11/11/1975
Location: Freeze Out Lake, MT
Description: A Montana Fish and Game Department employee saw a light flying directly behind a B-52 bomber. Using his rifle scope to get a better look, he noted that the strange object seemed to be pacing the aircraft. The object then briefly attached itself to the B-52, detached itself, and climbed out of sight. The sighting was reported to Sheriff Pete Howard of Choteau County. Howard conducted follow-up interviews with military personnel and learned that as the object attached itself to the B-52, the plane’s radar equipment went out. (Reference: Lawrence Fawcett and Barry J. Greenwood, Clear Intent, page 35) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4579

Event 37950 (1B8A006D)

Date: 11/11/1975
Location: Falconbridge, Ontario, CAN
Description: Spherical Object Tracked on Height Finder Radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 751111
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4580

Event 37951 (73AA4DCD)

Date: 11/11/1975
Location: Falconbridge, Ontario, Canada
Description: Civilians, police officers, military officers, and NORAD radar saw and tracked UFOs that alternately hovered and darted around at high speed
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_274

Event 37952 (0CAE77E7)

Date: 11/11/1975
Locations: Canadian Forces Station Falconbridge; Valley East, Ontario; Selfridge AFB; Selfridge Air National Guard Base; Mount Clemens, Michigan; Ontario Police in Sudbury
Description: 6:15 a.m. A spherical object is observed from Canadian Forces Station Falconbridge [now closed] in Valley East, Ontario. The object appears to be rotating and has a surface similar to the moon. The object ascends and descends. The object is observed on height-finder radar at altitudes from 42,000–72,000 feet intermittently for 6 hours. Two F-106 jets are sent from Selfridge AFB [now Selfridge Air National Guard Base] near Mount Clemens, Michigan, but report no visual or radar contact. Other lights are seen periodically over the next few days, including at least seven members of the Ontario Police in Sudbury.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Spherical Object Tracked on Height Finder Radar”; ClearIntent, pp. 50–51; Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen, 1979, pp. 152–156; Chris Rutkowski and Geoff Dittman, The Canadian UFO Report, Dundurn Press, 2006, pp. 114–121; Good Above, pp. 202–203; Patrick Gross, “Files Obtained from the National Archives of Canada”; Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 207–219
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5230

Event 37953 (2F018E2C)

Date: 11/11/1975
Locations: Montana; Freezeout Lake, Montana; Choteau County
Description: A Montana Fish and Game Department employee at Freezeout Lake, Montana, sees a light flying directly behind a B-52 bomber. Using his rifle scope to get a better look, he notes that the strange object seems to be pacing the aircraft. The object then briefly attaches itself to the B-52, detaches, and climbs out of sight. The sighting is reported to Sheriff Pete Howard of Choteau County. Howard conducts follow-up interviews with military personnel and learns that as the object attaches itself to the B-52, the plane’s radar equipment goes out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5231

Event 37954 (A72D8F17)

Date: 11/11/1975
Locations: Offutt AFB near Bellevue, Nebraska; Northern Tier military bases
Description: A confidential NORAD communication reveals that Air Guard helicopters, Strategic Air Command helicopters, and NORAD F-106s are scrambled during the recent UFO sightings over Northern Tier military bases. They fail to produce positive identifications. In a priority message sent from SAC headquarters in Offutt AFB near Bellevue, Nebraska, to numerous Air Force bases during the same month, the Air Force reveals its continuation of a policy to deny USAF interest in the subject: “News media queries concerning such unidentified overflights are properly the concern of the Air Defense Command, and queries should be referred to CINC- NORAD/OI… Remarks should be confined to personal experiences and care should be taken to avoid speculation or to imply Air Force interest beyond security of the installation.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p. 347; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 87–90
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5232

Event 37955 (B42FA2AF)

Date: 11/11/1975
Locations: Great Falls; Missoula, Montana
Description: Evening. Capt. Keith Wolverton of the Cascade County Sheriff’s Department and a deputy are returning to Great Falls from Missoula, Montana. Suddenly a large orange light descends out of the northern sky, lighting up both sides of the road. It passes directly over the cruiser at about 200 feet. It goes from horizon to horizon in 4 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 34–35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5233

Event 37956 (DE0B9CDC)

Date: 11/12/1975
Time: 02:20
Location: FALCONBRIDGE, ONT
Description: Man and 2 cops. 100’ cratered sphere over RCAF base. Jerky motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12003

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “304”, HatchDesc: “FALCONBRIDGE,ONT:MAN+2 COPS:100’CRATERED SPHERE OVR RCAF BASE:JERKY MOTION”, LatLong: “46.633336 -80.833337”, LatLongDMS: “46:38:00 N 80:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37957 (7F90EDDB)

Date: 11/12/1975
Location: Falconbridge, Ontario, CAN
Description: 7:15 a.m. 23rd NORAD Region. UFO Reported from Radar site at Falconbridge Ontario, Canada (Sudbury). Reported by Mr. Julian Prince of Sudbury thru Ontario Provincial Police (also observed by 2 OPP constables ZADOW & BRETT) 2 objects seen appeared to be artificial light fading on and off with jerky motion. Broken cloud layer with no estimated base. No radar contact made and no request for fighter scramble initiated. (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4581

Event 37958 (30D81695)

Date: 11/13/1975
Location: midwestern and southern, USA
Description: On this night in 1975 a number of multi-colored nocturnal lights were reported in the midwestern and southern United States. Sparkling white, red, and yellow lights flew in formation erratically in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Red, green, and white lights were sighted in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, moving up-and-down and diagonally. In Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin bright white lights that dimmed, disappeared, and then re-appeared were sighted. In Mobile, Alabama a UFO, changing colors, moved across the horizon. A round silver object was seen moving slowly in the northwest sky in Orlando, Florida. It suddenly disappeared. (Source: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 13.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4582

Event 37959 (E55C012E)

Date: 11/13/1975
Description: On this night in 1975 a number of multi-colored nocturnal lights were reported in the midwestern and southern United States. Sparkling white, red, and yellow lights flew in formation erratically in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Red, green, and white lights were sighted in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, moving up-and-down and diagonally. In Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin bright white lights that dimmed, disappeared, and then re-appeared were sighted. In Mobile, Alabama a UFO, changing colors, moved across the horizon. A round silver object was seen moving slowly in the northwest sky in Orlando, Florida. It suddenly disappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 13.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7639

Event 37960 (22B43F5D)

Date: 11/14/1975
Location: France, Nouzonville
Description: (Translated from French) Around 3:30 or 4:00 pm. About ten employees working at the Lebon factories had the opportunity to observe, at the place called Davant Nouzon, in the direction of the “Maroc” or “Chesnois” quarters, an unusual object in the shape of a disk composed of two plates seeming to be glued together with the lower part dark, of a blackish color. It stabilized, remained still, allowing to observe that the upper part was of a grayish color and a series of white flashing lights on the edge, with a kind of fixed red light at the base. It seemed to be stationed about ten meters above the treetops. After a good quarter of an hour it rose slowly, progressively moving towards the northwest. The sky was clear, sunny. It was smaller than the diameter of the moon and one could see a kind of small halo around it. (November 14, 1975)
Reference: Jean-Michel LIGERON: “Ovni en Ardennes” 1981, p 87, 88
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2884

Event 37961 (18C5D615)

Date: 11/14/1975
Location: France, Nouzonville
Description: (Translated from French) Around 6 or 7 pm, a single witness reported having observed a luminous, elongated mass, resembling a kind of flying cigar. The observation lasted about 5 minutes. The object was lit on the side by a series of 8 white lights, and at the back there was a fixed light of red-orange color around which several small lights were blinking intermittently.
Reference: Jean-Michel LIGERON: “Ovni en Ardennes” 1981, p 88
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2885

Event 37962 (518E4BBD)

Date: 11/14/1975
Time: 22:20
Location: FRAZER, MT
Description: 3+2 separate observer(s). Round night light zips up. Stops. Pans beam all over. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 41)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12004

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “629”, HatchDesc: “FRAZER,MT:3+2 SEP.OBS:ROUND NLT ZIPS UP:STOPS:PANS BEAM ALL OVR:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “48.061113 -106.033338”, LatLongDMS: “48:03:40 N 106:02:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37963 (B214B42B)

Date: 11/14/1975
Location: Falconbridge AFS, Ontario, CAN
Description: 9:02 p.m. EST (event time). Message of Nov. 15: “0533z (12:33 a.m. EST)…UFO report from Falconbridge, occurrence time 0202z. Report sent to NCOC Surveillance, referred to Assistant Command Director Space Defense Center, and Intelligence. These three individuals considered the report a UFO report and not an unknown track report.” (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4583

Event 37964 (E65DA3C0)

Date: Late Autumn 1975
Location: CHINA, Jianshui, Yunnan
Description: (Translated from French) The barracks were guarded by two soldiers. Suddenly they saw in the sky in front of them, an immense object in the shape of a saucer. The object was red-orange. It was spinning above their heads (…). One of the two guards went into the camp to give the alarm and the other, Zhang Ke-Tao, stayed in front of the door. A few minutes later, when the battalion commander arrived with his men at the entrance, the soldier who had stayed outside had disappeared. (…) They searched for him meticulously: in vain. A few hours later, 4 soldiers (the guard had been reinforced) were surprised by a moaning coming from behind them. They turned around and to their astonishment they saw their missing comrade sighing at the foot of the door. They headed towards him to lift him up, and all were astonished to see that his eyebrows, his hair and his beard were long as if several days had passed. When he woke up the soldier had lost his memory, he remembered nothing. Another astonishing phenomenon: his watch had stopped, but as it had no calendar, it was impossible to know how many days the soldier had spent “elsewhere”. (1975, Late Autumn)
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials” ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p.58
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2877

Event 37965 (FD6C3930)

Date: 11/15/1975
Location: FRANCE, Marseille
Description: (Translated from French) At the Phare de la Couronne, at 4:00 PM, while the witnesses were having coffee, facing the sea, at the foot of the radio transmitter antenna, a silver disc of about 10 m in diameter emerged from the water and rose to a height of 120 meters, making two loops. It stayed at that altitude for 90 seconds and then headed south at high speed after making a 90° angle. Seventeen witnesses.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “OVNI, le premier dossier complet…” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 588
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2886

Event 37966 (17B2DD40)

Date: 11/15/1975
Time: 02:20
Location: SUDBURY, ONT
Description: Night light rises and falls repeatedly. No motion with R stars. Leaves (something behind) tail. No RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12005

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “342”, HatchDesc: “SUDBURY,ONT:NLT RISES+FALLS REPEATEDLY:NO MOTION W/R STARS:LVS TAIL:NO RDR”, LatLong: “46.466669 -81.000004”, LatLongDMS: “46:28:00 N 81:00:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37967 (A52B7853)

Date: 11/15/1975
Time: 16:00
Location: MARSEILLE, FR
Description: 10M saucer rises / sea at radio antenna. Quickly going up [to] and circles. 90° turn. Going quickly south. / r30p588.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12006

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MARSEILLE,FR:10M SCR RISES/SEA AT RADIO ANTENNA:↑↑+CCLS:90°TURN:>>S:/r30p588”, LatLong: “43.283335 5.400000”, LatLongDMS: “43:17:00 N 05:24:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37968 (E418BBA0)

Date: 11/15/1975
Time: 20:10
Location: PACIFIC, MO
Description: Luminous UFO near car. Radio static. White balls / light exit. Car body magnetized.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12007

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “142”, HatchDesc: “PACIFIC,MO:LUM UFO NR CAR:RDO STATIC:WHT BALLS/LITE EXIT:CAR BODY MAGNETZD”, LatLong: “38.483335 -90.738893”, LatLongDMS: “38:29:00 N 90:44:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37969 (FA0CAF8B)

Date: 11/15/1975
Location: Sudbury, Ontario, CAN
Description: 6:30 a.m. EST. Lyman Paquette, his wife, plus his brother and sister in law observed one bright white object that looked like a cup in a bowl due east at 70 degrees elevation. Witnesses using binoculars observed the object climb quite high and can hardly now be seen without the aid of binoculars. The object was observed for 20 minutes. (National Research Council of Canada, Record Group 77, Vol. 308, reel number 1742 N75/182) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4584

Event 37970 (CA9DD367)

Date: 11/15/1975
Location: Falconbridge AFS, Ontario, CAN
Description: 7:42 a.m. UFO 23rd NORAD REGION. From Falconbridge Radar Site a civilian, Oliver Kizioja, Sudbury, Ontario, at 0615 was standing in back yard facing south. Observed one bright yellow object moving up and back, leaving a tail. It was very high but did not change position in regard to other stars. He watched for 15 minutes, then called radar site. Not observed on radar. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4585

Event 37971 (0A902D3E)

Date: 11/15/1975
Location: Falconbridge AFS, Ontario, CAN
Description: 11:30 a.m. event. 12:29 p.m. 23rd NORAD REGION. From Falconbridge. At 1130, Lyman Paqutte, married student, residence Laurentian Univ., Sudbury, Ontario. Reported he had been looking due east, sky partly cloudy, saw one bright white object about 70° elevation, high out of range of binoculars. It climbed high out of range of binoculars. Observed for 20 minutes and witnessed by his wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Negative radar contact. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4586

Event 37972 (6C48D275)

Date: 11/15/1975
Location: Pacific, MO
Description: A red flying object approached a car driven by a Mrs. Prichard with three passengers in Pacific, Missouri, then ejected several white balls of light (BOLs). The metal of the car was magnetized after the encounter. (Sources: Lumieres dans la Nuit, September 1976; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4587

Event 37973 (368442E8)

Date: 11/15/1975
Location: Marseille, France
Description: A disc-shaped UFO rose from the sea near a large radio antenna in Marseille, France. It circled, then made a 90 degree turn to the south and flew out to sea. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4588

Event 37974 (2E036C6E)

Date: 11/15/1975
Description: a disc-shaped UFO rose from the sea near a large radio antenna in Marseille, France. It circled, then made a 90 degree turn to the south and flew out to sea.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7697

Event 37975 (838A70BC)

Date: 11/15/1975
Description: Also in 1975, a red flying object approached a car driven by a Mrs. Prichard with three passengers in Pacific, Missouri, then ejected several white balls of light (BOLs). The metal of the car was magnetized after the encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, September 1976; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 66.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7698

Event 37976 (18A2A804)

Date: Mid 11/1975
Location: Guadalupe County, TEXAS
Description: A mutilated calf was found on the 10th. There were unconfirmed reports of “silent helicopters” in the area at about that time.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: 118 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_159

Event 37977 (7DAFCE13)

Date: 11/16/1975
Locations: Limestone, Maine; Loring AFB, Maine
Description: Loring Air Force Base in Limestone, Maine, has been perplexed by a mysterious helicopter that violated its airspace. Despite the base’s powerful B-2 bombers, they are unequipped to peacefully intercept the unidentified chopper, which hovered over the base for 35 minutes, disappeared towards Canada, and then returned hours later. Major Richard E. Quimby, the base’s public information officer, stated they didn’t have the means to force the helicopter down during its appearances. While Loring is designed for nuclear deterrence and lacks its own helicopters or interceptor aircraft, it can seek assistance from other Air Force units or the Royal Canadian Air Force. Shooting the mystery copter wasn’t considered as it displayed no hostile intent, had no approved flight plan, and remained unresponsive to communication attempts. An ongoing investigation involving the FBI, the Air Force’s security police, state police, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has yet to uncover the helicopter’s origins.
Type: mystery helicopter
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_959

Event 37978 (8DB4930F)

Date: 11/16/1975
Location: SOUTHEAST / GREAT FALLS, MT
Description: Ranch. Hour unknown. Cow mutilated. Jaw skinned. Parts gone. No tracks.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12008

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, NUC: Nuclear facility related, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1000”, HatchDesc: “SE/GREAT FALLS,MT:RANCH:HOUR UNK:COW MUTL’d:JAW SKINNED:PARTS GONE:NO TRACKS”, LatLong: “47.416669 -111.000005”, LatLongDMS: “47:25:00 N 111:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37979 (D48F770F)

Date: 11/16/1975
Time: 03:00
Location: BOCOS TO/FROM CURIEL, SPN
Description: Saucer overhead. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) and hits ditch. Only starts later. / r79p66.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12009

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BOCOS><CURIEL,SPN:SCR OVHD:CAR EMEs+HITS DITCH:ONLY STARTS LATER:/r79p66”, LatLong: “42.183335 -4.000000”, LatLongDMS: “42:11:00 N 04:00:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VLD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37980 (D9E69D20)

Date: 11/16/1975
Time: 20:30
Location: MANITOULIN ISLAND, ONT
Description: 2 saucers with yellow lights / 10 min. North going south then fixed. No RADAR. Time local.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 46)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12010

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “180”, HatchDesc: “MANITOULIN ISL,ONT:2 SCRS W/YEL LITES/10 MIN:N>S THEN FIXED:NO RDR:TIME LOCAL”, LatLong: “45.750002 -81.600004”, LatLongDMS: “45:45:00 N 81:36:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37981 (5328F7DA)

Date: 11/16/1975
Location: Curiel, Valladolid, Spain
Description: Red ellipse hovering 1-1.5 km. away; suddenly flew away. Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 22, No. 6; see Rodeghier, 1981, p. 66 (E) car (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4589

Event 37982 (7EBC0178)

Date: 11/16/1975
Location: Manitoulin Island, Ontario, CAN
Description: 9:30 p.m. EST. 17 November 1975 1705 23rd NORAD region; UFO reported 0230z from a Mr. John Dunlops. Two objects, oval shaped with two yellow flashing lights, moving north to south, then became stationary, observed for 10 minutes, one above the other, sky was cloudy. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4590

Event 37983 (549D90D3)

Date: 11/16/1975
Location: Curiel, Valladolid, Spain
Description: Red ellipse hovering 1-1.5 km. away; suddenly flew away. Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 22, No. 6; see Rodeghier, 1981, p. 66 (E) car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4591

Event 37984 (C8895093)

Date: 11/17/1975
Location: Falconbridge AFS, Ontario, CAN
Description: 24 NORAD Region UFO at 132345z Large orange ball with 2 red lights stationary; Azimuth 045° from River Court, Ontario. No radar contact. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4592

Event 37985 (8C344EA1)

Date: 11/17/1975
Locations: US Highway 30; Mount Vernon, Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport
Description: 7:00 p.m. Suzanne Erenberger and Dave Vardeman are driving on US Highway 30 about one-quarter mile west of Mount Vernon, Iowa, when they see white lights in the southwestern sky. They stop the car and get out to watch for a while. Frightened, they drive into town to notify the police. The police chief describes Erenberger as “terrified, nearly hysterical.” An officer accompanies the two students back to the location but sees nothing unusual. Erenberger tells a reporter from the Cedar Rapids Gazette that they were only 30 feet away from one of the lights, which was only 25 feet off the ground. She makes a drawing of a domed object for a high-school newspaper. UFO investigator Kevin D. Randle interviews Erenberger on November 27, and she tells him there is a bright light coming from a 30-foot-wide disc-shaped object with a huge glass dome. She thinks she can see two humanoid shapes behind it. But Vardeman separately tells Randle that he only sees lights in the distance and nothing else. Randle also talks to an additional witness, Richard Manson, who has seen a red light about the same time. Randle concludes that the lights come from aircraft landing at the Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport and that Erenberger’s details are confabulations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Coed: ‘No Doubt about What I Saw,’” Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette, November 19, 1975, p. 3C; Kevin D. Randle, “UFOs on Memory Lane,” IUR 26, no. 1 (Spring 2001): 9–11, 30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5234

Event 37986 (A0D4289E)

Date: 11/18/1975
Time: 06:20
Location: BOLLENE, FR
Description: 2 / car. Red-orange 350M sphere descends going down / mountains. Sky glows / 5 minute(s). / FSRv12#7.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 151)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12011

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOLLENE,FR:2/CAR:RED-ORG 350M SPHERE DESCENDS ↓/Mtns:SKY GLOWS/5min:/FSRv12#7”, LatLong: “44.283335 4.750000”, LatLongDMS: “44:17:00 N 04:45:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaucluse”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 37987 (388E0352)

Date: 11/18/1975
Time: 17:10
Location: BARNSLEY, SOUTH YORKS
Description: 4 observer(s). Vivid blue night lights zigzags. Split and rejoin / flash. Humming. / r169p118.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 268)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12012

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “92”, HatchDesc: “BARNSLEY,S.YORKS:4 OBS:VIVID BLUE NLS ZIGZAGS:SPLIT+REJOIN/FLASH:HUM:/r169p118”, LatLong: “53.544447 -1.483333”, LatLongDMS: “53:32:40 N 01:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 37988 (FB783259)

Date: 11/18/1975
Location: Kevin/Dunkirk area, MT
Description: 4:31 a.m. UFO. RAPCON notified. (NIDS UFO 20) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4593

Event 37989 (1B247A9B)

Date: 11/18/1975
Location: Strathclair, Manitoba, CAN
Description: At 6:30 a.m. Reginald Jack Langstaff while traveling in a vehicle observed a bright orange to red object with a curved dome shaped top and the sides were sloped 70 to 80 degrees. (Reference: Royal Canadian Mounted Police report, November 26, 1975. Shoal Lake Detachment RCMP File References: 75-700-126, National Research Council of Canada Record Group 77, Vol. 308, reel number 1742) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4594

Event 37990 (BA77D2C4)

Date: 11/18/1975
Time: 15:30:00.4
Location: 36.9900 -116.0400
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Deck” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_778

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.9900 -116.0400”, LatLongDMS: “36:59:24 N 116:02:24 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.40”, NukeName: “Deck”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 37991 (4DCF3EE4)

Date: 11/19/1975
Time: 16:10
Location: OVER EMPORIA, VA
Description: 2 pilots / DC9. Mystery missiles going [to] 1k’ overhead. Definite contours. Unidentified.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 912)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12013

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “36”, HatchDesc: “ovr EMPORIA,VA:2 PILOTS/DC9:MYSTERY MISSILES > 1k’OVHD:definite contours:UID”, LatLong: “36.683335 -77.544448”, LatLongDMS: “36:41:00 N 77:32:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 37992 (79B0A2F7)

Date: 11/19/1975
Location: Oak Brook, IL
Description: On this night in 1975 in Oak Brook, Illinois, a boy saw a domed disc hovering near his home. The UFO had a red light on top and two clear lights on the side. (Source: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 13). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4595

Event 37993 (B538D503)

Date: 11/20/1975
Location: USA, Cherry Grove
Description: (Translated from French) At around 4 in the morning, L.B., having finished his night shift, was driving home in his truck when he was followed at low altitude by an object shaped like a cigar, about 5 meters long. A white light blinded him. L.B. tried to get away, but the UFO, emitting a kind of buzzing sound, kept close to the truck. “It was about 10 meters above my windshield,” the unfortunate driver said. L.B. arrived home and woke up his wife and three teenage children. They all noticed the UFO hovering above their house. Its shape was now that of a disc. Soon it rose up again and stopped, still emitting the same buzzing sound. The police were called. Two patrol officers confirmed the presence of the UFO; one of them shone his spotlight on the object as it approached the truck. The dog kept barking as long as the UFO hovered above the house. (November 20, 1975)
Reference: Leonard STRINGFIELD: “General UFO Alert”, ed. France - Empire, 1978, p. 44
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2887

Event 37994 (EF251CC7)

Date: 11/20/1975
Time: 02:00
Location: CAMILLA, GA
Description: Police chief. Big round object hovers 80M over station. Lights top and bottom/underside. Going southeast slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 73)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12014

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “CAMILLA,GA:POLICE CHIEF:BIG RND OBJ HVRS 80M ovr STATION:LITES TOP+BTM:>SE SLO”, LatLong: “31.233335 -84.216671”, LatLongDMS: “31:14:00 N 84:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “80”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 37995 (048D6028)

Date: 11/20/1975
Time: 04:30
Location: CHERRY GROVE, OH
Description: 1+several. Saucer 30’ over car. Follows observer(s) home. Buzzes police car. Hums.
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12015

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “268”, HatchDesc: “CHERRY GROVE,OH:1+SVR:SCR 30’OVR CAR:FOLOS OBS HOME:BUZZES POLICE CAR:HUMS”, LatLong: “39.072224 -84.322226”, LatLongDMS: “39:04:20 N 84:19:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 37996 (3768F8F9)

Date: 11/20/1975
Location: Camilla, GA
Description: The police chief of Camilla, Georgia reported that a big, round UFO hovered just 80 meters above his police station at two a.m. It had bright lights on the top and bottom. It flew away slowly to the southeast and was in view for three minutes. (Source: Michael Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomenon 1947-1987, p. 73). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4596

Event 37997 (3BFAEFCE)

Date: 11/20/1975
Time: 15:00:00.1
Location: 37.2250 -116.3676
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Inlet” Yield: 200KT YieldMax: 1000KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_779

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2250 -116.3676”, LatLongDMS: “37:13:30 N 116:22:03 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.82”, NukeMb: “6.00”, NukeName: “Inlet”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “200”, NukeYMax: “1000”

Event 37998 (B2002AD0)

Date: 11/20/1975
Location: Saintes, France
Description: Michel, Robert, and Claude Souris found the Centre d’Études et de Recherches des Phénomènes Inexpliqués in Saintes, France. It publishes a CERPI Circulaire newsletter from February 1976 to 1981.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CERPI, no. 1 (February 1976)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5235

Event 37999 (95A527EA)

Date: 11/20/1975
Description: The police chief of Camilla, Georgia reported that a big, round UFO hovered just 80 meters above his police station at two a.m. It had bright lights on the top and bottom. It flew away slowly to the southeast and was in view for three minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Hitt, Georgia UFO Phenomenon 1947-1987, p. 73
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7753

Event 38000 (61A135EF)

Date: 11/21/1975
Location: Oklahoma City, OK
Description: A middle-aged couple, which later were key figures in the “Heavens Gate” cult, known as “UFO Two” and alternatively as “Oregon Two”, offered a lecture on the prospect of immortality and a different, brighter world to 200 attendees in Oklahoma City. Each attendee paid $2 for the lecture. Marshall Herf Applewhite, one of the speakers, spoke about becoming a creature capable of transitioning to another world. Applewhite made references to UFOs and clarified they weren’t discussing another religion. He also drew a parallel between the biblical account of Jesus’ ascension and UFOs, suggesting that Jesus was a figure from the “next” world showing humans how to overcome death. The attendees were diverse, but many left before the lecture’s conclusion. The event faced a delay due to a disagreement over photographing the speakers.
Type: cult activity
Reference: newspapers.com
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_961

Event 38001 (0FA05C96)

Date: 11/21/1975
Description: On this night a shining round object with a blinking light moved quickly from north to south in the eastern sky from Forest Grove, Oregon. At 3:00 a.m. the fifth UFO abduction occurred to a UFO abductee in Garden Grove, California.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 67; (2) FSR, October 1976, p.19; Alvin H. Larson, Proccedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, p. 141-142
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7777

Event 38002 (2DFF2F7A)

Date: 11/22/1975
Time: 17:50
Location: NEAR SAVANNAH, GA
Description: 2 / plane. White saucer shape near nuclear plant. RADAR confirm. / r95v5#3+/ r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 422)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12016

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “nr SAVANNAH,GA:2/PLANE:WHT SCR SHAPE nr NUCL.PLANT:RDR CONFIRM:/r95v5#3+/r150”, LatLong: “32.100002 -81.100004”, LatLongDMS: “32:06:00 N 81:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38003 (B236C994)

Date: 11/22/1975
Location: Savannah, GA
Description: Pilots observe UFO near nuclear plant (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5, NC)
Reference: NICAP: 751122
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4597

Event 38004 (7CCDE1FE)

Date: 11/22/1975
Description: At 5:50 p.m. two men, Auman and Andrews, who were flying at 4,000 feet altitude 15 miles north of Walterboro, South Carolina saw a white ball of light above them but under the cloud ceiling at 20,000 feet. The UFO came in from coast, crossed in front of and above their plane, made a slight wobble, then a sharp turn, and finally accelerated away to the southwest. The bright white UFO was seen above the Savannah River Nuclear Plant during this encounter, that lasted for 4-5 minutes. Jacksonville ATC confirmed three reports by pilots in the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Arlan K. Andrews, report filed with J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies; Skylook, January 1976, p. 19; Rense.com, citing Larry Fawcett & Barry Greenwood, Clear Intent: The Government Cover-up of the UFO Experience; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7804

Event 38005 (44678829)

Date: 11/23/1975
Time: 23:30
Location: EAST / TREGUIER, FR
Description: 2 / car. 1M saucer just over D786. Follows car going west. Turns going quickly east at town.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: Le NOUVEAU DEFI des OVNI. Editions France Loisirs, Paris. 1976 ISBN 2-7242-0104-3 395pp. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12017

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “E/TREGUIER,FR:2/CAR:1M SCR JUST OVR D786:FOLOS CAR > W:TURNS >>E at town”, LatLong: “48.783336 -3.133333”, LatLongDMS: “48:47:00 N 03:08:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CND”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38006 (F5F6A5E7)

Date: 11/23/1975
Description: A one-meter in diameter disc was spotted just over the highway D786 in Treguier, France. It followed a car west, but turned back quickly to the east when the car approached the town.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 11555, citing Jean Claude Bourret, La Nouveau Defi des OVNI, p. 164
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7846

Event 38007 (201A3F06)

Date: 11/23/1975
Description: A domed disc-shaped object with three white lights and a smaller blinking red light in the center was sighted by a young couple in Chicago, Illinois at 4:50 p.m. on a clear evening. It hovered motionless for a few seconds, dropped down, hovered again, then moved to the east, hovered a third time, and finally moved rapidly off to the northwest. It made no sound and the witnesses were confident it was not a plane or helicopter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fred Merritt, on-site case field investigation
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7847

Event 38008 (29C3D98A)

Date: 11/24/1975
Location: FRANCE, Sagy - “Cruzille”
Description: (Translated from French) At 7:15 PM, the Breon couple got into their car and saw, at the edge of a stable 50 meters away, an oval object hovering a few meters above the ground. The object was spinning silently and emitting four beams of light towards the ground. It then rose towards a vineyard and came back towards the witnesses, gaining altitude up to 10 or 15 meters above the ground. Mr. Breton’s father and the Lugny gendarmes, who had been alerted, observed the object’s ascent with short bursts. With each increase in the rotation speed, the object rose. On its upper part, it had a small dome and at one point a phosphorescent square light lit up under the dome during the ascent.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “OVNI, le premier dossier complet…” - éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 588, 589
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2888

Event 38009 (7B37D7BA)

Date: 11/24/1975
Location: France, Sagy
Description: (Translated from French) A witness who was at the gendarmerie when Mr. Breton made his declaration wanted to see the thing up close: they saw an object of rectangular shape with rounded edges, half red and half dark, rising above a wood. This thing was of great size. His father-in-law, a passenger in the vehicle, observed it with her. (November 24, 1975)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “OVNI, le premier dossier complet…” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 588, 589
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2889

Event 38010 (78E5E8CC)

Date: 11/24/1975
Time: 18:30
Location: PAEA, TAHITI
Description: 8 observer(s). Hubcap saucer hovers / lagoon / 15 minute(s). Portholes. 6 beams / all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12018

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Pacific Ocean and non - Asian islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “PAEA,TAHITI:8 OBS:HUBCAP SCR HVRS/LAGOON/15min:PORTHOLES:6 BEAMS/ALL DIRs”, LatLong: “-17.650001 -149.566674”, LatLongDMS: “17:39:00 S 149:34:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “THT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38011 (B273EF04)

Date: 11/24/1975
Time: 19:20
Location: SAGY, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer hovers 10M / stable. Spins and going up. Portholes and square window / dome. / r30p588.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12019

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “SAGY,FR:2 OBS:SCR HVRS 10M/STABLE:SPINS+↑:PORTS+SQR WINDOW/DOME:/r30p588”, LatLong: “46.494447 4.794445”, LatLongDMS: “46:29:40 N 04:47:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Saône-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38012 (B6BB19D1)

Date: 11/24/1975
Time: 19:30
Location: CRUZILLE, FR
Description: 2 teens. Ovoid / 20M altitude beams rays going down / ground. Makes 2 passes. Going quickly southeast. / FSRv127.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12020

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “CRUZILLE,FR:2 TEENS:OVOID/20M alt BEAMS RAYS↓/GND:MAKES 2 PASSES:>>SE:/FSRv127”, LatLong: “46.505558 4.800000”, LatLongDMS: “46:30:20 N 04:48:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Saône-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38013 (B66BE5F9)

Date: 11/25/1975 (approximate)
Location: 9MI WITH GOODRIDGE, MN
Description: 2 / car. 8’ saucer / field. Rises and re-lands. Car stalls-needs big tuneup.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 66)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12021

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “355”, HatchDesc: “9mi W/GOODRIDGE,MN:2/CAR:8’ SCR/FIELD:RISES+RELANDS:CAR STALLS-NDS BIG TUNEUP”, LatLong: “48.133336 -95.933338”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:00 N 95:56:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38014 (3CD8FB03)

Date: 11/25/1975
Time: ~18:00
Location: SPRING VALLEY, CA
Description: 1 / car. Blob / lights east going west. Drops 3 red night lights / 40 second(s) intervals.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12022

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “SPRING VALLEY,CA:1/CAR:BLOB/LITES E>W:DROPS 3 RED NLTS/40sec INTERVALS:”, LatLong: “32.744446 -117.000006”, LatLongDMS: “32:44:40 N 117:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 38015 (45395817)

Date: 11/25/1975
Location: Goodridge, MN
Description: On this night in a field nine miles west of Goodridge, Minnesota, a disc-shaped object eight feet in diameter was seen in a field. It rose off the ground, then relanded. The witness’s car stalled, and later required major tune-up repair work. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 66). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4598

Event 38016 (8B9C1766)

Date: 11/25/1975
Description: On this night in a field nine miles west of Goodridge, Minnesota, a disc-shaped object eight feel in diameter was seen in a field. It rose off the ground, then relanded. The witness’s car stalled, and later required major tune-up repair work.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 66
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7912

Event 38017 (789A2890)

Date: 11/26/1975
Time: 09:00
Location: MANDRIOLO, CORSICA
Description: 4 observer(s). Dark cartwheel going southeast overhead. Dark corona. Also fireball / 03 December. / FSRv12#8.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12023

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MANDRIOLO,CORSICA:4 OBS:DRK CARTWHEEL>SE OVHD:DARK CORONA:+FBL/03DEC:/FSRv12#8”, LatLong: “42.333335 8.816667”, LatLongDMS: “42:20:00 N 08:49:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HCA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38018 (4F22056F)

Date: 11/26/1975
Time: 16:30
Location: GROSSETO, ITL
Description: Separate observer(s). Red disk arcs and going down / 20M altitude over river. Maneuvers and going quickly [to] away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12024

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GROSSETO,ITL:SEP.OBS:RED DISK ARCS+↓/20M alt ovr RIVER:MNVRS+>> AWAY FAST”, LatLong: “42.766669 11.133334”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:00 N 11:08:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38019 (6A83BA6E)

Date: 11/26/1975
Time: 15:30:00.2
Location: 37.1173 -116.0189
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Leyden” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_780

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1173 -116.0189”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:02 N 116:01:08 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.33”, NukeMb: “5.00”, NukeName: “Leyden”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38020 (FAF3A98D)

Date: 11/26/1975
Time: 00:48:00.0
Location: -22.0000 -139.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Hector” Yield: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1896

Extra Data: LatLong: “-22.0000 -139.0000”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 S 139:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Hector”, NukeSource: “CEA/DAM”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “20”

Event 38021 (0ACA34AE)

Date: 11/27/1975
Time: ~19:00
Location: PETERS MOUNTAIN, WV
Description: 2 hunting. Disk shoots away as Air Force jets near. Reappears / Princeton.
Type: sighting
Reference: TEETS, Bob: WEST VIRGINIA UFO’s; Headline Books, PO Box 52, Terra Alta, WV 1995 213pp. (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12025

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “720”, HatchDesc: “PETERS Mtn,WV:2 HUNTING:DISK SHOOTS AWAY AS AF JETS NEAR:REAPPEARS/PRINCETON”, LatLong: “37.522224 -80.411115”, LatLongDMS: “37:31:20 N 80:24:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WVS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38022 (7539D464)

Date: 11/27/1975
Description: Mr. And Mrs. Henry Vidal and their five-year-old son were en route to Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico at around 2:30 a.m. when they saw a bright object approach them at high speed. Glowing different colors, it hovered silently ahead of their car, which had slowed down to a crawl despite all attempts by Mr. Vidal to speed up. The object was cone-shaped and the bottom appeared to rotate rapidly, “like a drill.” It was so large and so close that it filled most of their windshield, and remained in position near their slowly moving car for what they thought was 15 minutes, after which it rapidly climbed away and disappeared from view. They reached the town of Culiacan at 7:00 a.m., about two and a half hours late, and the missing time could not be accounted for. After they returned to their home in Santa Ana, Mrs. Vidal began to have a series of nightmares in which she dreamed she had been abducted by a UFO. In another dream she was levitated from her bed by a group of shadowy, small entities using some bright fluorescent lights. Her husband, awakened by her cries, awakened his wife, and she had scratches on her arms and legs that she could not account for.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1975-64 (1804), citing Dr. Alvin H. Lawson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7961

Event 38023 (08B27101)

Date: 11/27/1975
Description: A round or disc-shaped object, yellow in color, approached to within 100 feet of two hunters on Peters Mountain, West Virginia at around 6:00 p.m. It blinked on-and-off, then shot away as three U.S. Air Force jets entered the airspace, but reappeared after the jets had gone.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Teets, West Virginia UFOs: Close Encounters in the Mountain State, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7962

Event 38024 (C2DABB13)

Date: 11/27/1975
Description: Two men, Marquis and Rindahl, were driving on a road nine miles east of Goodridge, Minnesota when they were approached from ahead by a silent glowing red object at 7:15 p.m. It approached to within half a mile at 200 feet altitude, then landed. The driver turned the car around but the engine began to stall, and the vehicle subsequently required an extensive tune up before it would run right. A second driver reportedly also saw the UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Middle River (MN) Record, January 7, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7963

Event 38025 (AEE96A56)

Date: 11/28/1975
Time: 03:30
Location: MOSCIANO SOUTH ANGELO, ITL
Description: 2 observer(s). Orange-red glowing-disk going [to] under electrical lines slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 83)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12026

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MOSCIANO S.ANGELO,ITL:2 OBS:ORG-RED GLO-DISK > UNDER ELECTR.LINES SLOW:”, LatLong: “42.766669 13.866667”, LatLongDMS: “42:46:00 N 13:52:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TE”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38026 (C2289A5E)

Date: 11/28/1975
Description: At 3:30 a.m. an orange-red luminous disc-shaped object was encountered in Mosciano Sant’ Angelo, Abruzzi, Italy under some electric power lines, moving slowly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT, case 75
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7999

Event 38027 (A474DB01)

Date: 11/28/1975
Description: At 11:00 p.m. a UFO in Arendal, Norway caused lasting physiological effects for two 75-year-old witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS files, report dated December 2, 1975
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8000

Event 38028 (F89EFF8D)

Date: 11/29/1975
Description: On this night a silvery cylinder with bright lights hovered overhead for one minute In New Rochelle, New York, then came down to 200-300 feet above ground, before ascending again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8039

Event 38029 (3EE751D9)

Date: 11/30/1975
Location: FRANCE, Quend-plage
Description: (Translated from French) Mr. Greband, a fisherman, was at 4 o’clock on the beach to retrieve his nets. He saw a bluish beam coming out of the water and turning like a lighthouse, falling back and repeating five times with an interval of 2 seconds between each emission. After observing the thing, despite his fear, the fisherman decided to set his lines. He moved towards a reference point that a friend kept near the trammel stakes. He then noticed that the blue beam was moving, covering a meter with each flash, up to his height. (…) He then directed the flashlight towards the glow that he no longer saw, but saw a luminous trail coming out of the water and leaving at a dizzying speed towards the open sea. Strangely, the flashlight went out quickly, despite the new battery. (November 30, 1975)
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “OVNI, le premier dossier complet…” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 589, 590
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2890

Event 38030 (634BF0B9)

Date: 11/30/1975
Time: 04:00
Location: QUEND PLAGE, FR
Description: Blue beam going up [to] 20M offshore. Flashes every 2 second(s) / 12 minute(s). Going quickly west. / r30p589.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12027

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “QUEND PLAGE,FR:BLUE BEAM ↑ 20M OFFSHORE:FLASHES EVERY 2sec/12min:>>W:/r30p589”, LatLong: “50.316669 1.550000”, LatLongDMS: “50:19:00 N 01:33:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Somme”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 38031 (E7B4686F)

Date: 11/30/1975
Locations: Leningrad; St. Petersburg; Russia; Gulf of Finland
Description: Unit One of the Leningrad [now St. Petersburg], Russia, nuclear power plant is being brought back online after scheduled maintenance when it begins to run out of control. A partial meltdown occurs, destroying or damaging 32 fuel assemblies and releasing radiation into the atmosphere over the Gulf of Finland. The official line is that a manufacturing defect caused the destruction of only one fuel channel, but the accident is really caused by an uncontrollable increase in the steam void coefficient.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Adam Higginbotham, Midnight at Chernobyl, Simon & Schuster, 2019, pp. 66–67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5236

Event 38032 (C18DB87C)

Date: 12/1975
Time: 22:30
Location: ALIEF, TX
Description: 1 observer. Pentagon / 300m altitude going quickly north / 180+kph. Lights / corners and panel / center. Hums.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12028

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “ALIEF,TX:1 OBS:PENTAGON/300m alt >>N/180+kph:LITES/CORNERS+PANEL/CENTER:HUMS”, LatLong: “29.711113 -95.594449”, LatLongDMS: “29:42:40 N 95:35:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38033 (C1DC3DB3)

Date: 12/1975
Locations: National Archives; NARA facilities
Description: The Air Force panel finishes reviewing the Blue Book files and turns over the sanitized version to the National Archives, apparently without yet physically moving the files to NARA facilities. These files now include an added set of AFOSI files of UFO investigations from 1948 to 1968 released by AFOSI in December 1975.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5237

Event 38034 (92880C63)

Date: End of 1975
Location: USA, near Toledo, Oregon
Description: (Translated from French) The story is recounted by the son of the head schoolteacher: “It happened at the end of 1975 when I was attending college at the University of Oregon. One weekend, I came home, and my father shared an incident with me. The previous Tuesday, several students from Toledo Jr. High School, where he was principal, had acted strangely all morning. Some teachers noticed and informed my father. He thought it odd and spoke to the three affected children, two boys and a girl, all living in the same area east of Toledo, near Pioneer Mountain. They seemed reluctant to share, so my father didn’t press further. On Wednesday, the girl was absent, but the boys continued their strange behavior. Thursday, the girl returned, and along with a fourth child from near Pioneer Mountain, all acted even more bizarrely, seemingly scared of everything. Finally, one of the boys decided to tell my father what had happened.

On the night of Monday, they had seen strange lights on the north side of the mountain, accompanied by odd noises. He further claimed a spaceship had landed near his house. The next morning, the ship was gone, leaving only a large patch of burnt grass. The parents advised their children to keep quiet for fear of ridicule. But on Wednesday night, the ship returned, this time with apparent extraterrestrial beings in shiny suits, collecting plants and even taking a cow with them. They seemed scared but didn’t approach the beings. The following morning, the beings were still present. At this point, my father had each child confirm the story independently. One child, witnessing it for the first time the previous night, added they had stolen chickens and rabbits, describing the beings as log-like figures with limbs.

Thinking the children had misinterpreted some event, my father called the police. Jerry, the Toledo police chief whom my father knew, accompanied by a local newspaper editor, decided to investigate. Upon reaching the location, they noticed an odd atmosphere – every house was shut, and no dogs were outside. Venturing further, they saw a UFO with three small beings around it, collecting items. The journalist tried to take photos, but his camera malfunctioned after one of the beings pointed a “magic device” at it. The beings continued their collection undisturbed. The two men later spoke to locals who advised them to stay indoors when “these things” were around. They shared that aside from the cow, the beings didn’t take much. This was the longest they had stayed. Eventually, the UFO departed and was never seen again in the area. (Reported by Don Ecker, UFO Magazine, based on the account of T.G. Browning, the school principal’s son).” (1975, end of the year)
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2891

Event 38035 (8F8D8A79)

Date: 12/2/1975
Description: There were five separate reports of unmarked black helicopters flying around missile sites and nearby towns in Carter, Conrad, Fairfield, Great Falls, Montana and at the Fort Benton J-5 Missile Site in Chouteau County, Montana.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Roberta Donovan, Mystery Stalks the Prairie, pp. 47-51; Great Falls Tribune, December 5, 1975
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8133

Event 38036 (87EFBC1E)

Date: 12/2/1975
Description: Sandra Larson awoke at four o’clock in the morning to find two beings standing beside her bed in Fargo, North Dakota. They were the same type she had seen on August 26th: about six feet tall, brown vinyl like bodies with metallic looking arms, and mummy-like heads bandaged up in tape (with the eyes remaining visible). They floated her out through the bedroom wall to a field several blocks away, where they took her onboard a UFO. When she was taken from the craft they were in a desert landscape with white sand, lit by a celestial body resembling the moon. She was taken into a square building where a humanoid–she thought of him as a scientist–interrogated her using telepathy. Then she was taken home, again floating through a closed door into her house. She thought about taking a bath, and the entities asked her what “soap” was; she took them to her basement and gave them a cup of laundry detergent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1975-60 (A1437), citing Jerome Clark, UFO Report, August 1976, p. 21; David F. Webb, Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, p. 270
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8134

Event 38037 (7C95DD46)

Date: Early 12/1975
Location: Franklin County, KANSAS
Description: Three troop-carrier size helicopters were seen flying and landing near Lane - one of many mystery chopper reports during several weeks in this area.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 123 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_162

Event 38038 (1E220BBA)

Date: 12/3/1975
Time: 21:30
Location: GARANHUNS, BRZ
Description: 1 / VW car. Silent 4M egg passes / low altitude. Transparent pointed end / top. Glows.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 354)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12029

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “762”, HatchDesc: "GARANHUNS,BRZ:1/VW CAR:SLNT 4M EGG PASSES/LO ALT:XPRNT POINTED END/TOP:GLOWS ", LatLong: “-8.900000 -36.483335”, LatLongDMS: “08:54:00 S 36:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38039 (CEA8F089)

Date: 12/3/1975
Time: 22:00
Location: ZEPHYR, FR. GUYN
Description: Silent 5M sphere lights plants and ground. All glow white! Maneuvers. Going up / extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12030

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “Guyanas (all 3 of them)”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “ZEPHYR,Fr.GUYN:SLNT 5M SPHERE LITES PLANTS+GROUND:ALL GLOW WHT!:MNVRS:↑/XFAST”, LatLong: “4.883334 -52.300002”, LatLongDMS: “04:53:00 N 52:18:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FGY”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38040 (E2E2C7E9)

Date: 12/4/1975
Location: Sturgeon Falls, Ontario, CAN
Description: 11:05 p.m. Wayne Major, reporter for the North Bay Nugget, observed two quiet triangular shaped objects moving SE. The North Bay Tower advised one light aircraft in the area who reported sighting something else in the area. Possibility of pictures. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4600

Event 38041 (EEB27877)

Date: 12/4/1975
Description: On this evening a man was alone in his leather shop in Arizona when two human looking beings entered. One was male and the other female. He had seen the male before. They were both nearly human in appearance, except they had yellow colored eyes, high cheeks, flat noses, and wide thin mouths. The man was also bald, and the woman appeared to be wearing a wig. While the man was over 6 feet tall, the woman was somewhat shorter. Their skin seemed translucent it was so pale, and their fingers were exceptionally long, especially the middle one, but their legs were unusually short. Feeling strangely unable to resist them, he went with them into his back room and undressed. The woman went over his body with a small metallic device, then undressed and had sexual intercourse with the witness, making animal sounds during the process. At one point he was told by the beings that they had lost the will to resist evil, so they needed to interbreed with humans.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: letter in CUFOS dated March 11, 1978; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A1629; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1975, case # 2231, citing B. Ann Slate & William McCall
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8179

Event 38042 (8B733659)

Date: 12/5/1975
Location: Clarkston, GA
Description: Evening. An object that looked like a Ferris wheel on its side was sighted on this night. It had yellow and amber colored lights spinning around it as the object moved forward. (Source: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, pp. 11 & 14). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4601

Event 38043 (0D0A93FF)

Date: 12/5/1975
Location: Montville, NJ
Description: Evening. A flying object with two large clear lights in front, and a red light in the rear was encountered this evening. A string of lights connected the three large lights and would change colors from red to green to brown to yellow. The UFO moved erratically, in rapid short spurts (Source: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, pp. 11 & 14). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4602

Event 38044 (1AA8BF71)

Date: 12/5/1975
Description: An object that looked like a Ferris wheel on its side was sighted in Clarkston, Georgia on this night. It had yellow and amber colored lights spinning around it as the object moved forward. On that same night another flying object with two large clear lights in front, and a red light in the rear was encountered in Montville, New Jersey. A string of lights connected the three large lights and would change colors from red to green to brown to yellow. The UFO moved erratically, in rapid short spurts
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, February 1976, pp. 11 & 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8209

Event 38045 (A7873742)

Date: 12/7/1975
Location: Choteau, MT
Description: 5:57 p.m. Slow-moving UFO. RAPCON on radar. (NIDS UFO 22) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4603

Event 38046 (3C76C43F)

Date: 12/8/1975
Location: NEAR SIMMS, MT
Description: Night lights land by dead calf 2 nights / row. 2nd time calf found mutilated.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: MESSENGERS of DECEPTION; Bantam PB 1979 272pp. (Index 183)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12031

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1087”, HatchDesc: “nr SIMMS,MT:NLTS LAND by DEAD CALF 2 NITES/ROW:2nd TIME CALF FOUND MUTILATED”, LatLong: “47.494447 -111.927783”, LatLongDMS: “47:29:40 N 111:55:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38047 (E06ECDEA)

Date: 12/8/1975
Time: 14:00
Location: NAGOYA, JPN
Description: Boy photographs dark metallic high-domed saucer over house. Same again / 9 Apr. '76 / 1210hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 319)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12032

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NAGOYA,JPN:BOY FOTOS DRK MTLC HI-DOMED SCR OVR HOUSE:SAME AGAIN/9APR76/1210hrs”, LatLong: “35.166668 136.883340”, LatLongDMS: “35:10:00 N 136:53:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NGY”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38048 (794C875C)

Date: 12/8/1975
Time: 17:30
Location: PALAIS-SUR-VIENNE, FR
Description: 2 / car. Huge fireball by HT lines. Vanishes / seconds. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v12#8.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12033

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PALAIS-sur-VIENNE,FR:2/CAR:HUGE FBL by HT LINES:VANISHES/SECONDS:/FSR v12#8”, LatLong: “45.866669 1.327778”, LatLongDMS: “45:52:00 N 01:19:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute-Vienne”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38049 (5F8A18AA)

Date: 12/8/1975
Location: Simms (area), MT
Description: 6:00 a.m. UFO landed on ground, like bean. (NIDS UFO 33) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4604

Event 38050 (DA4A6174)

Date: 12/8/1975
Description: In Tranmere, South Australia a mother and daughter heard a strange noise at 2:45 a.m. The next morning they discovered that something had apparently landed on and crushed some of their strawberry plants. They found two 0.9-meter diameter areas in which the plants were flattened and swirled in a counter-clockwise direction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, MUFON UFO Journal, September 1976, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8269

Event 38051 (EBBB4AB4)

Date: 12/8/1975
Description: A photograph of a metallic, domed disc was taken at two o’clock in the afternoon by a man in Nagoya, Japan.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Wendell Stevens and Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, p. 319
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8270

Event 38052 (2B1E8351)

Date: 12/8/1975
Description: At 5:30 p.m. in Palais-sur-Vienne, France a huge ball of light was seen hovering by some high tension electrical power lines. The light vanished after several seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8271

Event 38053 (562097C2)

Date: 12/8/1975
Description: In a pasture in Cascade County near Simms, Montana nocturnal lights were seen to have landed near the carcass of a dead calf two nights in a row. On this, the second night, the calf’s carcass was later found mutilated.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Messengers of Deception, p. 183
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8272

Event 38054 (8C0D0FC7)

Date: 12/8/1975
Description: On this night in the Siskiyou Mountains of California five young men witnessed a greenish cloud-shaped object slide over a cut in a mountain low over the tops of tree stumps in a clear cut area. Inside the greenish glow they could see the outline of a man.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Paul C. Cerny, UFO case investigation files; San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle, April 4, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8273

Event 38055 (D424F3A0)

Date: 12/9/1975
Time: 19:50
Location: COL. DE MANSE, FR
Description: 1 / N554 = D944. Blazing ovoid over lake. Tilts 45°. Spins. Shoots going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12034

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “COL de MANSE,FR:1/N554=D944:BLAZING OVOID OVR LAKE:TILTS 45°:SPINS:SHOOTS >>N”, LatLong: “44.616669 6.133334”, LatLongDMS: “44:37:00 N 06:08:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hautes Alpes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38056 (DC08220F)

Date: 12/9/1975
Location: Freeze Out Lake, MT
Description: 5:00 p.m. UFO flying near B-52. (NIDS UFO 35) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4605

Event 38057 (3B99B615)

Date: 12/9/1975
Location: Missoula (Coming from), MT
Description: 8:43 p.m. UFO, tan or orange, 500’. (NIDS UFO 28) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4606

Event 38058 (42E318C3)

Date: 12/10/1975
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEAR SEGUIN, TX
Description: Mutilated calf found. Silent helicopters reported about this date.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12035

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “142”, HatchDesc: “nr SEGUIN,TX:MUTILATED CALF FOUND:SLNT COPTERS REPORTED ABOUT THIS DATE.”, LatLong: “29.583335 -97.966671”, LatLongDMS: “29:35:00 N 97:58:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38059 (D6BA6396)

Date: 12/10/1975
Description: A mutilated dead calf was found on a ranch near Seguin, Texas while silent helicopters were reported the night before.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lawrence Fawcett & Barry Greenwood, The UFO Coverup, p. 103
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8307

Event 38060 (DCA9AFC0)

Date: 12/11/1975
Location: Great Falls, MT
Description: 7:00 p.m. Great Falls International Airport. UFO sighted, oblong object 10’ above ground. (NIDS UFO 44) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4607

Event 38061 (48E770A0)

Date: 12/11/1975
Description: At 11:30 p.m. Bud Le Duc was driving home from Toppenish, Washington when his headlights fell on three very tall men standing beside the road. One of them jumped–in one bound–to the middle of the roadway, a distance of about 15 feet, and the leap appeared to happen in slow motion. The man then slowly raised both his arms above his head. Le Duc swerved his car and passed within two or three feet of him. The man was between seven and eight feet tall and very thin, with long arms and matted reddish, shoulder-length hair. His very long face had a long pointed nose and pallid white skin. The upper lip was pulled back to show teeth, while the lower lip was very thin. He wore a black one-piece garment with white bands at the wrists and ankles and a patch of white at the neck. He also had on black boots. The other two men were dressed in a similar manner. The man in the road held something reddish purple in his left hand, “with a wire on it.” Le Duc kept driving, but shortly afterwards saw an elongated luminous object behind his truck, which blinked on and off several times. Soon a bright light illuminated his truck’s cab and surroundings, and stayed with the truck until Le Duc reached his home. Another source, UFO investigator Greg Long, reported that at the same time that Le Duc had this encounter with the strange men on the road, the apparition of a very close friend who had been recently killed in a car accident appeared to be sitting in the passenger seat.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David W. Akers and William Vogel for CUFOS, report dated December 17, 1975; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1975-62 (A1439), citing David W. Akers
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8344

Event 38062 (515A0962)

Date: 12/12/1975
Time: 19:00
Location: WEST / HASTINGS, FLA
Description: 11+3 observer(s). Huge “top / ferris wheel” glitters. / J. A. Hynek. / r225p54.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12036

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “W/HASTINGS,FLA:11+3 OBS:HUGE “TOP/FERRIS WHEEL” GLITTERS:/J.A.HYNEK:/r225p54”, LatLong: “29.716668 -81.533337”, LatLongDMS: “29:43:00 N 81:32:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38063 (9053B631)

Date: 12/12/1975
Time: 23:10
Location: TUUSULA, FINL
Description: 4 observer(s). 10M fuselage with square windows. 50M altitude. 50M away. 4-6 lights blink.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12037

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “TUUSULA,FINL:4 OBS:10M FSLAGE W/SQR WINDOWS:50M alt:50M AWAY:4-6 LITES BLINK”, LatLong: “60.400003 25.005557”, LatLongDMS: “60:24:00 N 25:00:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38064 (692946A7)

Date: 12/12/1975
Location: Bracebridge, Ontario
Description: Robert Suffern and his wife meet with two military officers, one Canadian, the other American, at his home near Bracebridge, Ontario. They tell him the October 7 incident was a “mistake” caused by the malfunctioning of an extraterrestrial spacecraft. The officers show him close-up photos of UFOs and say that their governments have been cooperating with aliens since 1943.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 358
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5238

Event 38065 (6E469892)

Date: 12/13/1975
Time: 16:50
Location: SWINTON, MANCH
Description: 5 observer(s). Silver dome with colored lights / 300’ altitude. Silent. Hovers / road. Shoots going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & WARRINGTON, Peter (eds): UFO’s a BRITISH PERSPECTIVE; Robert Hale, London 1979. (Index 79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12038

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “SWINTON,MANCH:5 OBS:SLVR DOME W/CLRD LITES/300’alt:SLNT:HVRS/ROAD:SHOOTS>>NE”, LatLong: “53.500003 -2.350000”, LatLongDMS: “53:30:00 N 02:21:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38066 (E1E0FFE9)

Date: 12/13/1975
Time: 21:30
Location: HASTINGS, FL
Description: Many observer(s) / 4 day wave. 400’ ring / night lights. Follow power lines. Maneuver and play / low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12039

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “136”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “HASTINGS,FL:MANY OBS/4day WAVE:400’RING/NLTS:FOLO PWR LINES:MNVR+PLAY/LO alt”, LatLong: “29.500001 -81.333337”, LatLongDMS: “29:30:00 N 81:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38067 (389C9ABF)

Date: 12/13/1975
Time: 04:57:00.0
Location: 49.8060 78.1210
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1465

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8060 78.1210”, LatLongDMS: “49:48:22 N 78:07:16 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38068 (A6813698)

Date: 12/14/1975
Time: 05:30
Location: ERMONT, FR
Description: Big flash. 2 white ovoids shoot by. Observer(s) runs in panic. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v12#8.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12040

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ERMONT,FR:BIG FLASH:2 WHT OVOIDS SHOOT BY:OBS RUNS IN PANIC:/FSR v12#8”, LatLong: “48.983336 2.250000”, LatLongDMS: “48:59:00 N 02:15:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VDO”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38069 (C447D1B3)

Date: 12/14/1975
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTHEAST / SALT SPRINGS, FL
Description: 3 observer(s). 25’ dome with 5 12’ legs over power lines. Physical traces and odor. / MJ#205.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12041

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “NE/SALT SPRINGS,FL:3 OBS:25’DOME W/5 12’LEGS OVR PWR LINES:TRCs+ODOR:/MJ#205”, LatLong: “29.333335 -81.666671”, LatLongDMS: “29:20:00 N 81:40:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38070 (AB5FD06A)

Date: 12/14/1975
Time: ~21:00
Location: TOPPENISH RIDGE, WA
Description: Cows flee 3 7’ figure(s) / ditch. 1 jumps 15’. UFO. “Ghost” in truck.
Type: sighting
Reference: CLARK, Jerome: High Strangeness: UFO’s from 1960 through 1979. The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA Volume 3. 1996 Omnigraphics Inc Detroit, MI ISBN 1-55888-742-3 (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12042

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “427”, HatchDesc: “TOPPENISH RIDGE,WA:COWS FLEE 3 7’FIGs/DITCH:1 JUMPS 15’:UFO:“GHOST” in TRUCK”, LatLong: “46.300002 -120.450006”, LatLongDMS: “46:18:00 N 120:27:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38071 (9821A335)

Date: 12/14/1975
Locations: Toppenish Ridge; Yakama Indian Reservation; Washington State
Description: Late evening. A man is driving his truck on a gravel road along Toppenish Ridge in the Yakama Indian Reservation in Washington State when he sees a cow and two calves running toward him as if fleeing from something. Moments later he sees three figures in the ditch. One jumps up on the road, covering 15 feet in a single slow-motion leap, its arms above its head. The witness describes it as a skinny, 7-foot-tall man with a narrow, pale face and long, pointed nose. It is dressed in close-fitting black clothing and boots. On its chest there is a white trapezoid insignia. The entity is carrying something purple it its left hand that has a wire on it that runs down its arm. The other two creatures remain on the side of the road. The witness speeds up, swerving around the figure. A few moments later, a bright, elongated UFO appears behind him. The interior of the truck is flooded with light. Suddenly he becomes aware of a “shadow” in the passenger seat. From the shape of the head and coat, the man “knows” it is a friend of his. The friend looks at him, leans forward and looks up at the light, falls back, wipes his eyes, and vanishes. At that moment, the light disappears. The next morning, he learns that his friend has been killed in a shooting.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Greg Long, Examining the Earthlight Theory: The Yakima UFO Microcosm, CUFOS, 1990, pp. 56–60; Clark III 281
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5239

Event 38072 (1087F29D)

Date: 12/15/1975
Time: 23:00
Location: LAITRE-SS-AMANCE TO/FROM LANEUVELOT, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Night lights. 5M saucer lands / field. Rises fast and going quickly [to] WSW.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 590)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12043

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LAITRE-ss-AMANCE><LANEUVELOT,FR:2 OBS:NLTS:5M SCR LANDS/FLD:RISES FAST+>>WSW”, LatLong: “48.738891 6.288889”, LatLongDMS: “48:44:20 N 06:17:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Meurthe-et-Moselle”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38073 (859C5FAD)

Date: 12/15/1975
Location: La Neuvelot, France
Description: 11:00 p.m. On a farm, a five-meter in diameter disc landed in a field. It rose up fast and shot away toward the west-southwest. At the same time there were several unexplained nocturnal lights in the sky. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4608

Event 38074 (BBBD07DB)

Date: 12/15/1975
Description: Jacques Vallée and J. Allen Hynek publish The Edge of Reality, which discusses how the extraterrestrial hypothesis does not seem to explain UFOs fully. Although they acknowledge the UFO phenomenon is real, its reality skirts the edges of accepted science, and they both lean toward an interdimensional hypothesis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek and Jacques Vallée, The Edge of Reality: A Progress Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, Regnery, 1975
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5240

Event 38075 (449DC641)

Date: 12/15/1975
Description: On a farm near La Neuvelot, France at 11:00 p.m. a five-meter in diameter disc landed in a field. It rose up fast and shot away toward the west-southwest. At the same time there were several unexplained nocturnal lights in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8415

Event 38076 (16E8AFDB)

Date: 12/17/1975
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Description: In the city of Americana, 16-year old Mr. Salles de Andrade encountered an intense beam of light while walking home at night and woke up the next day in a thicket, 28 kilometers away. He had no recollection for the time that he had been missing, but he had strange marks on his forehead and arms, and experienced headaches. (Richard Hall, MUFON UFO Journal, August 1976, p. 19). (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4609

Event 38077 (56D390BF)

Date: 12/17/1975
Description: In the city of Americana, in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil 16-year old Mr. Salles de Andrade encountered an intense beam of light while walking home at night and woke up the next day in a thicket, 28 kilometers away. He had no recollection for the time that he had been missing, but he had strange marks on his forehead and arms, and experienced headaches.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, MUFON UFO Journal, August 1976, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8469

Event 38078 (D3559CF1)

Date: 12/18/1975 (approximate)
Time: 07:50
Location: ANCY / MOSELLE, FR
Description: Boy / 10. Dah-dit sound. 8M grey domed disk going down [to] slow. Square windows. Going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12044

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ANCY/MOSELLE,FR:BOY/10:DAH-DIT SOUND:8M GRY DOMED DISK ↓ SLOW:SQR WINDOWS:>SE”, LatLong: “49.050002 6.044445”, LatLongDMS: “49:03:00 N 06:02:40 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Moselle”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38079 (75F885A0)

Date: 12/18/1975
Location: Ancy, France
Description: 7:45 a.m. A “dah-dit” noise accompanied the slow ascent of an eight-meter wide, gray domed disc over a residential area. The object had square shaped windows. It flew away toward the southeast. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1976). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4610

Event 38080 (686C56B0)

Date: 12/18/1975
Location: Dutton, MT
Description: ??? a.m. UFO, radar lock, Penroy. Pentagon notified of UFO. (NIDS UFO 40) (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4611

Event 38081 (C4F46D66)

Date: 12/18/1975
Description: At 7:45 a.m. a “dah-dit” noise accompanied the slow ascent of an eight-meter wide, gray domed disc over a residential area of Ancy, France. The object had square shaped windows. It flew away toward the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1976).

A aircraft flying near Maelifelli, Iceland on this day in 1976 picked up a clear radar image of a UFO at a distance of 100 miles and flying at 18,000 feet altitude. They tracked the UFO for one minute as it rushed below and passed their plane at a speed of 3,600 miles per hour. (Source: International UFO Reporter, March 1977, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8491

Event 38082 (E8BF3B34)

Date: 12/19/1975
Location: Roy (to Fergus), MT
Description: 11:30 p.m. SAC men witnessed UFO on ground. (NIDS UFO 43) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4612

Event 38083 (3EAB7C68)

Date: 12/20/1975
Time: 20:00:00.2
Location: 37.1276 -116.0616
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chiberta” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_781

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1276 -116.0616”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:39 N 116:03:42 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.72”, NukeMb: “5.70”, NukeName: “Chiberta”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 38084 (A820DA1A)

Date: 12/22/1975 (approximate)
Time: 19:30
Location: SOUTH JOHANNESBURG, RSA
Description: 2 / car / hills. Humming. Huge dark grey saucer overhead. Spins and spirals away.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO AFRINEWS; Twice annually. Cynthia Hind, editor; PO Box MP 49, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe. (Index 6)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12045

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “S.JOHANNESBURG,RSA:2/CAR/HILLS:HUM:HUGE DRK GRY SCR OVHD:SPINS+SPIRALS AWAY”, LatLong: “-26.166668 27.900001”, LatLongDMS: “26:10:00 S 27:54:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38085 (0D66A2BE)

Date: 12/23/1975
Time: 23:00
Location: GOODRIDGE, MN
Description: 8m saucer. Car motor and lights die. Suddenly disappear. Car self-starts…
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12046

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “357”, HatchDesc: “GOODRIDGE,MN:8m SCR:CAR MOTOR+LITES DIE:SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR:CAR SELF-STARTS…”, LatLong: “48.133336 -95.811116”, LatLongDMS: “48:08:00 N 95:48:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38086 (30B31C2E)

Date: 12/23/1975
Location: Goodridge, MN
Description: Flat, round, orange object passed nearby, engine restarted by itself. Rodeghier, 1981, p. 67 (E,L) car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4613

Event 38087 (4DD75A49)

Date: 12/23/1975
Location: Great Falls, MT
Description: 6:00 a.m. Great Falls International Airport. Egg-shaped UFO on ground. (NIDS UFO 46) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4614

Event 38088 (A1DC483F)

Date: 12/23/1975
Location: Goodridge, MN
Description: Night. Three 19-year-old girls driving together noticed a bright light in the sky, and their car’s engine and lights failed. The light came closer and they saw it was an orange colored object, flat on top and round on the sides. (Sources: Warren (Minnesota) Sheaf, December 31, 1975; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 391). (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4615

Event 38089 (1614609A)

Date: 12/23/1975
Description: Three 19-year-old girls driving together in Goodridge, Minnesota noticed a bright light in the sky, and their car’s engine and lights failed. The light came closer and they saw it was an orange colored object, flat on top and round on the sides. It also had several flashing yellow lights and appeared to be 20-30 feet in diameter. After passing only 25 feet from the car, it suddenly vanished, whereupon and the car’s lights and engine spontaneously came back on by themselves.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Warren (Minnesota) Sheaf, December 31, 1975; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 391
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8569

Event 38090 (023FC1C4)

Date: 12/24/1975
Time: 20:10
Location: EAST / BAR-SUR-AUBE, FR
Description: 1 / car. Huge disk covers entire N19. Vanishes as car approaches.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12047

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “E/BAR-sur-AUBE,FR:1/CAR:HUGE DISK COVERS ENTIRE N19:VANISHES AS CAR APPROACHES”, LatLong: “48.233336 4.766667”, LatLongDMS: “48:14:00 N 04:46:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aube”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38091 (616C55DE)

Date: 12/24/1975
Time: ~22:00
Location: PLOUBAZLANEC, FR
Description: Separate observer(s). Fireball going down. Power breakers trip 4X. 20cm circular burnt grass found.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOEDEC, Jean-Francois: Les OVNI EN BRETAGNE, Anatomie d’un Phenomene. 1978 Editions Fernand Lanore, Paris. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12048

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “PLOUBAZLANEC,FR:SEP.OBS:FBL↓:PWR BREAKERS TRIP 4X:20cm CIRC.BURNT GRASS FOUND”, LatLong: “48.800002 -3.050000”, LatLongDMS: “48:48:00 N 03:03:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CDN”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38092 (FC620D8E)

Date: 12/24/1975
Location: Bar-sur-Aube, France
Description: 8:00 p.m. (+) A huge disc covered the entire N19 highway. It vanished at 8:10 p.m. when a car approached. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1976). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4616

Event 38093 (BBB7509A)

Date: 12/24/1975
Location: Cotes-du-Nord, France
Description: 10:00 p.m. Power circuit breakers were tripped four times when a glowing ball of light came down near the ground in Ploubazlanec, Cotes-du-Nord, France. A 0.2 meter area of burnt grass was found at the site were it apparently touched down. (Source: Jean-F. Boedec, Les OVNI en Bretagne: Anatomie d’un Phenomene, p. 75). (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4617

Event 38094 (B517574A)

Date: 12/24/1975
Description: A huge disc covered the entire N19 highway in Bar-sur-Aube, France. It vanished at 8:10 p.m. when a car approached.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8592

Event 38095 (6ED2F1C4)

Date: 12/24/1975
Description: At 10:00 p.m. power circuit breakers were tripped four times when a glowing ball of light came down near the ground in Ploubazlanec, Cotes-du-Nord, France. A 0.2 meter area of burnt grass was found at the site were it apparently touched down.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jean-F. Boedec, Les OVNI en Bretagne: Anatomie d’un Phenomene, p. 75
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8593

Event 38096 (320ED261)

Date: 12/25/1975
Time: 05:16:59.7
Location: 50.0510 78.8130
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1466

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.0510 78.8130”, LatLongDMS: “50:03:04 N 78:48:47 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

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Year: 1976, 993 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 38097 (CBDA9982)

Date: 1976
Location: US
Description: Project SIGMA becomes an independent project from Project xxxxxxx.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (B1-A, SIGMA)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_687

Attributes: Majestic
See also: 1968

Event 38098 (0488AB7D)

Date: 1976
Location: USA, Huntsville, Restone Arsenal
Description: (Translated from French) In 1976 it was a success. At Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, a laser managed to shoot down an airplane and a helicopter. Two years later the weapon could be considered operational, as it was able to destroy TOW anti-tank missiles travelling at 800 km/h.
Reference: “La Guerre des Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 205
Reference: continued: December 1980
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2894

Event 38099 (DB775D71)

Date: 1976
Location: USA, Nellis (Nevada)
Description: (Translated from French) Lockheed receives the contract for the construction of a stealth fighter (F-117A) and carries out the first wind tunnel tests. The components of the first XST prototype - one year after the signing of the contract - leave the Lockheed workshops in Burbank (California) and are assembled at the USAF base in Nellis.
Reference: Gesag, bulletin n° 96 sept 97, p. 3
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2895

Event 38100 (3CDFE1B9)

Date: 1976
Location: CHINA, Yichum
Description: (Translated from French) Hu Sui Sheng observed an engine in the shape of a spinning top “spewing out a misty gas”.
Reference: Shi-Bo
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2937

Event 38101 (EC8DF720)

Date: 1976
Location: USSR - at sea
Description: (Translated from French) The Soviet research vessel “Vladimir Vorobyev” observed an intense, white, underwater point of light, spinning around the ship in a counter-clockwise direction, at a distance of 150 to 200 meters. It fragmented into 8 parts as if under the effect of the propeller blades. It was located by sonar at a depth of about 170 meters and it was revealed that there was an unidentified object under the keel, at a depth of about 29 meters.
Reference: Christian Dutheil: “Ovni et Osni à l’Est”.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2938

Event 38102 (3094C91E)

Date: 1976 (approximate)
Location: PORTUGAL, Quebrantoes-Villa Nova de Gaia (Oporto)
Description: (Translated from French) At 4 o’clock in the morning, Mr. Lina, 46 years old, was driving when he saw two entities of human-like appearance. They measured a little more than two meters in height, seemed to have a blue-green color and at the level of the ears the skull showed a bulge. He also saw an intense yellow light behind a wall and heard a compressor noise, while the leaves of the trees were shaken. The witness felt very uncomfortable when he noticed that the engine of his car was pulling less well and that the light of his headlights was declining, but he managed to pass this strange phenomenon. (1976, unspecified)
Reference: Cassiano Monteiro (CEAFI); collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listi

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Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2939

Event 38103 (084C903F)

Date: 1976 (approximate)
Location: BELGIUM, Leuze (Eghezée)
Description: (Translated from French) Véronique V., aged 4, was playing in the attic with her brother. Her mother called them to come eat and the brother went down. Suddenly the mother heard her daughter screaming and ran to her, seeing a white four-fingered hand holding the child’s shoulder. She then took the girl in her arms and the hand disappeared (version told to Daniel BUKENS). This phenomenon lasted long enough for members of her family and the famous priest Gendebie, who had come running at the child’s cry, to see it (1976, exact date unknown)
Reference: SOBEPS: investigations
Reference: follow-up on January 4th, 1993
Reference: version told to Gérard GREDE
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2940

Event 38104 (C01593DF)

Date: 1976
Location: Evanston, Illinois
Description: David Saunders gives his UFOCAT computer file to the Center for UFO Studies in Evanston, Illinois, where it is updated by Fred Merritt. The database is kept on an IBM mainframe computer at a nearby computer facility with a magnetic tape backup. In 1982 it proves too expensive for CUFOS to maintain on a mainframe, so it is removed from active use and stored on tape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Fred Merritt, “UFOCAT: A Unique Tool for Research,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1976): 14–15; Center for UFO Studies, “UFOCAT-2009”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5241

Event 38105 (77167074)

Date: 1976
Locations: US; NASA; moon; Area 51
Description: US writer Bill Kaysing publishes a book claiming that NASA lacks the technical expertise to land astronauts on the moon and that numerous optical anomalies in the Apollo photos show that the moon landings are faked in a studio or at Area 51. The book launches a host of similar moon landing conspiracy theories.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Moon landing conspiracy theories”; Bill Kaysing, We Never Went to the Moon: America’s Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle, Health Research, 1976
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5242

Event 38106 (02E6628C)

Date: 1976
Locations: Sumerian; Nibiru
Description: Ancient astronaut author Zecharia Sitchin writes his first book of many, The 12th Planet, proposing an explanation for human origins involving extraterrestrials. Sitchin attributes the creation of the ancient Sumerian culture to the Anunnaki, which he claims was a race of beings from a planet beyond Neptune called Nibiru. He asserts that Sumerian mythology suggests that this hypothetical planet of Nibiru is in an elongated, 3,600-year- long elliptical orbit around the Sun.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Zecharia Sitchin, The 12th Planet, Avon, 1976
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5243

Event 38107 (B46F5161)

Date: 1976
Description: In his book Gods of Aquarius, author Brad Steiger introduces the concept of “Star People,” human beings tied by physiology, past lives, or both, to extraterrestrials who came to earth long ago and are preparing them for a societal transformation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brad Steiger, Gods of Aquarius: UFOs and the Transformation of Man, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976; Clark III 90–91
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5244

Event 38108 (01D928D6)

Date: 1976
Locations: Cascade County; Great Falls, Montana
Description: Author Roberta Donovan publishes Mystery Stalks the Prairie with Cascade County Deputy Sheriff Keith Wolverton of Great Falls, Montana, documenting his investigations of cattle mutilations with a suspected cult involvement. They are not sure whether mystery helicopters and UFO s are related to the mutilations, but either way federal government officials seem to know what is going on.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Roberta Donovan and Keith Wolverton, Mystery Stalks the Prairie, THAR Institute, 1976; Wikipedia, “Cattle mutilation”; Nukes 365–369
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5245

Event 38109 (56FEB7E0)

Date: 1976
Location: Chambery, France
Description: Historian Nicolas Greslou launches the Comité Savoyard d’Études et de Recherches Ufologiques in Chambery, France. It publishes a quarterly newsletter, Le Phénomène OVNI, from 1977 to 1985.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Le Phénomène OVNI, no. 1 (Oct./Dec. 1977)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5246

Event 38110 (05A69D3A)

Date: 1976
Description: Meteorologist Sture Wickerts replaces Tage Eriksson as head of UFO investigations at the Swedish National Defence Research Institute.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 368
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5247

Event 38111 (34B12E88)

Date: 1976
Description: In Worlds Beyond, Ian Ridpath discusses ETI, life and human development, life in the Solar System, the feasibility of interstellar travel, and the possibility that alien probes have already visited Earth.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ian Ridpath, Worlds Beyond, Harper and Row, 1976; Michael D. Swords, “SETI/ETI and UFOs,” JUFOS 5 (1994): 146–147
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5248

Event 38112 (AD3A8014)

Date: 1976
Locations: Renton, Washington; Lake Washington
Description: 9:30 p.m. A man who lives on a hill overlooking the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, notices lights hovering above the building at the south end of the plant. Suddenly the lights shoot straight up in the air and move to the north end of the plant, dropping down and hovering again. It then makes a quick arc and hovers about 900 feet above the witness’s house. The object is circular with a curved low top, sides that slope inward, silent, and a continuous row of windows separated every 10–15 feet by thin vertical supports. A yellow or amber light is at the top. It is about 50 feet in diameter and 12–15 feet high. He can see 3–4 images moving back and forth inside the craft. After about 3 minutes, the object moves toward Lake Washington and disappears in 4 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Seen Inspecting Seattle Boeing Plant,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 6 (Dec. 1984/Jan. 1985): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5249

Event 38113 (854F4588)

Date: 1/1976
Location: England, Bolton, Lancashire
Description: (Translated from French) A young woman, Shelley McLenaghan, walking the few hundred meters to the bus stop, is abducted by extraterrestrials in broad daylight and suffers severe consequences. She and her family are continually disturbed by strange phone calls, followed by the visit of two men in black, one of whom has lost an arm and calls himself “commander”. Shelley and her parents have had, for two hours, a kind of telepathic mind manipulation.
Reference: Jenny Randles 1988
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2905

Event 38114 (7F92AEA9)

Date: 1/1976
Time: 05:00
Location: FORT ST. JAMES, BC
Description: 2 observer(s). 100’ white sphere with stubby wings spirals going up / hill. Going southeast slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12049

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “693”, HatchDesc: “FORT St.JAMES,BC:2 OBS:100’WHT SPHERE W/STUBBY WINGS SPIRALS↑/HILL:>SE SLOWLY”, LatLong: “54.433336 -124.250006”, LatLongDMS: “54:26:00 N 124:15:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38115 (37CF1215)

Date: 1/1/1976
Time: 01:00
Location: MARLE, FR
Description: 3 / car. 15M football hovers / 800M altitude. Then up and away fast. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v12#8.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12050

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MARLE,FR:3/CAR:15M FOOTBALL HVRS/800M alt:THEN UP AND AWAY FAST:/FSR v12#8”, LatLong: “49.750002 3.766667”, LatLongDMS: “49:45:00 N 03:46:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aisne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38116 (A40E91F9)

Date: 1/1/1976
Location: Marle, France
Description: 1:00 a.m. Three witnesses watched a 15-meter long football-shaped object hover 800 meters above a road then shot straight up in the sky fast. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1979). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4618

Event 38117 (235AEB2C)

Date: 1/1/1976
Description: Three witnesses watched a 15-meter long football-shaped object hover 800 meters above a road at one o’clock in the morning in Marle, France then shot straight up in the sky fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1979
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_18

Event 38118 (D6BFAD40)

Date: 1/3/1976
Location: USA, Willacy Texas
Description: (Translated from French) A giant white bird with a monkey head attacked and injured one named Armand Grimaldo. The unfortunate had to be hospitalized, suffering from multiple contusions. [vog: is this still a UFO “object” or is disinformation being spread?]
Reference: Guy TARADE: “I have tracked down the trail of the extraterrestrials”. ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1980, p 249
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2896

Event 38119 (4421D00E)

Date: 1/3/1976
Location:
Description: Quadrantid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_275

Event 38120 (B8EA49A1)

Date: 1/3/1976
Time: 19:15:00.2
Location: 37.2966 -116.3332
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Muenster” Yield: 200KT YieldMax: 1000KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_782

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2966 -116.3332”, LatLongDMS: “37:17:48 N 116:20:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “1.45”, NukeMb: “6.20”, NukeName: “Muenster”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “200”, NukeYMax: “1000”

Event 38121 (D24476C2)

Date: 1/4/1976
Time: 05:30
Location: BLOIS, FR
Description: Cop and several. Moon-size sphere/orb/globe-star shoots sparks low / horizon / 90 minute(s). / FSRv12#8.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12051

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, HatchDesc: “BLOIS,FR:COP+SVRL:MOONSIZE ORB-STAR SHOOTS SPARKS LOW/HRZN/90min:/FSRv12#8”, LatLong: “47.600002 1.333333”, LatLongDMS: “47:36:00 N 01:20:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loir-et-Cher”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 38122 (2736E635)

Date: 1/4/1976
Locations: Sale; Altrincham, Cheshire, England
Description: A technician driving home is stuck in rush hour traffic at Sale, heading toward Altrincham, Cheshire, England. Suddenly his radio begins to hiss and crackle, and flashes of light spark out, dancing across the windshield. As he looks out through the steady rain, two angular, ice-blue lights pass slowly across his field of view. Moments later they are gone, the sparking stops, and the radio works again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles, “The Twelve UFOs of Christmas,” Fortean Times 374 (Christmas 2018): 29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5250

Event 38123 (1109ED85)

Date: 1/5/1976
Location: FRANCE, Domène “Les Mortes” (Isère)
Description: (Translated from French) A 10-year-old boy, Jean-Claude Silvente, who was alone at the place called “Les Mortes” saw, around 6 pm, a luminous object of conical shape, about 2.50 m high, resting on the ground and emitting various glows: its appearance was preceded by a hissing sound. The engine having opened, he saw a yellow light inside and a man 2m tall came out, wearing a tight and luminous white suit. He had yellow hair and on the top of his hands a “green circle”. The boy did not see his face, nor his feet, his legs seemed stiff like sticks, he walked like a somnambulist with his arms outstretched. When a door opened silently on the left of the device, a kind of undulating carpet descended slowly to the ground after a click, it was on this inclined plane that the tall being appeared. He stretched out his arms towards the child who fled, while hearing a loud noise behind him, like a flush. (Continued on January 6, 1976). (M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 591, 592) A child saw an entity come out of a luminous device. It was tall, with long hair and a shiny and tight garment. The face was not visible. It advanced towards the child, both arms outstretched towards him, the latter fled, terrified.
Reference: Erich ZURCHER: “Les apparitions d’humanoïdes” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 205
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2897

Event 38124 (62D61995)

Date: 1/5/1976
Time: 17:50
Location: DOMENE, FR
Description: 4.5M bullet lands / 5 thin legs. 2M pseudo-human/entity exit door robotically. / r153p145.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12052

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “DOMENE,FR:4.5M BULLET LANDS/5 THIN LEGS:2M PSH EXIT DOOR ROBOTICALLY:/r153p145”, LatLong: “45.216669 5.850000”, LatLongDMS: “45:13:00 N 05:51:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38125 (B83485CC)

Date: 1/5/1976
Location: Domene, Isere, France
Description: 5:50 p.m. Jean Claude Silvente, age 10, was walking through a vacant lot overgrown with brush and surrounded by buildings in Domene, Isere, France when he heard a noise, and saw that a bell-shaped UFO had landed next to some bushes. It was about 30 feet away from him, about 15 feet high, a luminous white color, and resting on five thin legs. A door in the craft opened and a very tall man, at least two meters tall, emerged. (Sources: Charles Bowen, Saga UFO Report, November 1976, p. 62; Bil Gil Helair, Skylook, May 1976, p. 5; Alain Gamard, UFO Register, volume 7, p. 44; Jean-Claude Bourret, OVNI l’ Armee Parle, p. 146; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Human Reports, case 1976-02, citing Michel Levy, Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 159). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4619

Event 38126 (1D8E3DDF)

Date: 1/5/1976
Description: At 5:50 p.m. Jean Claude Silvente, age 10, was walking through a vacant lot overgrown with brush and surrounded by buildings in Domene, Isere, France when he heard a noise, and saw that a bell-shaped UFO had landed next to some bushes. It was about 30 feet away from him, about 15 feet high, a luminous white color, and resting on five thin legs. A door in the craft opened and a very tall man, at least two meters tall, emerged. He wore tight, white luminous coveralls and had long blond hair. On the back of each hand was a green circle. He walked stiffly with his arms extended in front of him, in the manner of a sleepwalker. When the boy sneezed, this “giant” turned toward him, and Jean Claude ran home. A short while later he was sent out by his mother to get some milk, and while returning home he saw the same being again. It was following him on the sidewalk 80 feet behind, still with its arms held out stiffly in front of him. Jean Claude ran home. Note: An almost identical humanoid was seen in Chamouilley, France in October of that same year. It had similar features, was tall and had blond hair, and it also walked in the manner of a sleepwalker with one slight difference, it appeared to be wearing tight-fitting goggles.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charles Bowen, Saga UFO Report, November 1976, p. 62; Bil Gil Helair, Skylook, May 1976, p. 5; Alain Gamard, UFO Register, volume 7, p. 44; Jean-Claude Bourret, OVNI l’ Armee Parle, p. 146; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Human Reports, case 1976-02, citing Michel Levy, Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 159
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_134

Event 38127 (91A2337B)

Date: 1/6/1976
Location: Stanford, KY
Description: Three women, Mona Stafford, Louise Smith and Elaine Thomas where driving on Hustonville Road in Stanford, KY around 11:15 p.m., headed for the home of Mrs. Smith. Their car began driving as if it had a mind of its own, reaching 85 MPH even though Mona was hitting the brakes. A glowing red UFO descended and emitted a bright light into the car with a gaseous hazy quality. The UFO stayed close to the car and the women described it as enormous, metallic and disk shaped with a dome on top, a ring of red lights around its mid section, and a yellow, blinking light on the bottom. When the chaos subsided, they were in the car still driving down the road at a normal speed, but they were covered with burns. Upon reaching Mrs. Smith’s home, they realized it was 1:20 a.m., meaning they had over an hour of missing time. They contacted the police, and soon their story hit nationwide headlines. UFO investigators began studying their case eagerly, and found a number of strange verifiable phenomena. Mechanical and electrical devices often stopped working in their presence, and Mrs. Smith’s pet bird went wild with fear in her presence, and no longer would allow her near it. All took polygraph tests administered by the Lexington Police Department. All passed. Under a series of hypnotic sessions, the women all recalled being abducted by alien beings on a spaceship, and probed in many uncomfortable ways. Elaine Thomas died two years after the abduction, of unknown causes. The women have sought no fame or fortune from their UFO experience, and have tried hard to be left alone.
Type: abduction
Reference: Website: “The Night Sky II”, Article: Stanford UFO Abductions
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_904

Event 38128 (8C3B8050)

Date: 1/6/1976
Location: FRANCE, Domène “Les Mortes”
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: January 5, 1976) Around 6 pm, Jean-Claude Silvente was discreetly accompanied by his future brother-in-law Marcel Solvini to get milk: indeed, following the events of the previous day, his mother thought he might have encountered an unbalanced person. Solvini was standing on the opposite sidewalk. On Jean-Claude’s left was a garden bordering the road, separated from him by a fence. Suddenly, right in front of a tree, less than 4 m away from him, he saw the silver silhouette, without a face or feet, perfectly still. The boy screamed in terror, his brother-in-law crossed the road but saw nothing. The humanoid had gone out. The child, in a real panic, rushed home. His mother, sister, and brother-in-law went to the site: there was nothing, when suddenly they saw a light source turn on above the house, bright like a rugby ball, staying in place at 1m50 from the ground. It made no sound. Taking fright, the two young girls quickly went home.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 593
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2898

Event 38129 (5320D436)

Date: 1/6/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Mona Stafford, Louise Smith, and Elaine Thomas left for Lancaster to celebrate Mona’s birthday. They were near Stanford (Kentucky), returning to Liberty on the narrow and winding Route 78. A red UFO, possibly 30 m in diameter, appears in the sky to the East. It is topped with a bluish-white dome with a blinding light. The UFO sends out blue beams of light and one of them illuminates the car. Louise, the driver, stops the vehicle. Mona tries to get out but is paralyzed. Louise restarts the car and, as the two protagonists approach a tunnel carved into the rock, the car loses control, speeding at 140 km/h on a straight, long, and traffic-free road that has nothing to do with the real Route 78. The trio feels an intense heat. (11:30 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2714

Event 38130 (BA57CFE5)

Date: 1/6/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Things return to normal and they arrive at the caravan which serves as Louise’s home, 90 minutes later than expected. The following days, all three of them will suffer from burning sensations and weight loss. The three friends will go through a lie detector test. During a hypnosis regression, Mona Stafford will give a detailed description of an abduction in which her body was covered with a painful liquid and a tube inserted into her stomach. (1:25)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2715

Event 38131 (D2EF2F84)

Date: 1/6/1976
Time: 18:00
Location: DOMENE, FR
Description: 1+3 observer(s). Same 2M pseudo-human/entity back. Chases boy / 10. Ovoid / 1.5M altitude. / r153p146.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 146)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12053

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “150”, HatchDesc: “DOMENE,FR:1+3 OBS:SAME 2M PSH BACK:CHASES BOY/10:OVOID/1.5M alt:/r153p146”, LatLong: “45.233335 5.866667”, LatLongDMS: “45:14:00 N 05:52:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38132 (0F06FF95)

Date: 1/6/1976
Time: 19:20
Location: NEAR BETHEL, MN
Description: -15° F. Saucer follows woman / car. Menstrual cycle disrupted. / r41p203.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 44)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12054

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “nr BETHEL,MN:-15°F:SCR FOLOS WOMAN/CAR:MENSTRUAL CYCLE DISRUPTED:/r41p203”, LatLong: “45.400002 -93.283338”, LatLongDMS: “45:24:00 N 93:17:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38133 (700DC923)

Date: 1/6/1976
Time: 20:00
Location: TANNAY, SWITZ
Description: Saucer / low altitude. Pencil beams shine going down. Saucer going quickly west toward(s) Jura mountains. / r30p594.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12055

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TANNAY,SWITZ:SCR/LO ALT:PENCIL BEAMS SHINE ↓:SCR >>W twrd JURA Mtns.:/r30p594”, LatLong: “46.300002 6.183334”, LatLongDMS: “46:18:00 N 06:11:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaud”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38134 (0CE46D4A)

Date: 1/6/1976
Time: 20:20
Location: LAISSAUD, SAVOIE
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape / lights / bottom. Shines intermittent beams down / 5 minute(s). Zooms going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 594)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12056

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LAISSAUD,SAVOIE:CGR/LITES/BOTTOM:SHINES INTERMTT BEAMS DOWN/5min:ZOOMS>>N”, LatLong: “45.450002 6.033334”, LatLongDMS: “45:27:00 N 06:02:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVO”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38135 (D7E77FA4)

Date: 1/6/1976
Time: 23:20
Location: SOUTHWEST / STANFORD, KY
Description: Car and 3 floats. Abduction. Exam. Missing time. Burns. Pets avoid observer(s). Death. / r110p114.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 922)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12057

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “95”, Elev: “288”, HatchDesc: “SW/STANFORD,KY:CAR+3 FLOATS:ABD:EXAM:MST:BURNS:PETS AVOID OBS:DEATH:/r110p114”, LatLong: “37.500002 -84.716671”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:00 N 84:43:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 38136 (AD6E99E7)

Date: 1/6/1976
Location: Stanford, KY
Description: Domed disc with body lights descended, illuminated car interior with blue light; missing time, abduction, physiological effects (Ref. 1, Section XIII). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4620

Event 38137 (1056BA9A)

Date: 1/6/1976
Location: Stanford, KY
Description: Domed disc with body lights descended, illuminated car interior with blue light. Missing time, abduction, physiological effects
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_276

Event 38138 (D498A956)

Date: 1/6/1976
Locations: Stanford; Hustonville, Kentucky; Liberty, Kentucky
Description: 11:15 p.m. Mona Stafford and two friends, Louise Smith and Elaine Thomas, are driving southwest on Highway 78 between Stanford and Hustonville, Kentucky, when they see an intense red glow in the east. It grows larger, then descends rapidly to the right of the car at tree-top level. As it hovers, they can see a disc shape with round windows with rotating, blinking red lights around each of them; yellow lights stretch below these, and a luminous blue dome is on top of the object. The UFO moves closer, flips on its side, and shines three beams of bluish-white light on the road, and another into their vehicle. Smith, apparently dazed, gets out of the car, but Stafford pulls her back in. There is a “dead silence,” their skin tingles, and they start getting severe headaches. They find the car has started back up on its own and is moving at 85 mph with no help from Smith. Stafford feels as if it is being pulled. Moments later, they find themselves 8 miles away, just outside Hustonville. When they get home to Smith’s trailer in Liberty, Kentucky, around 1:25 a.m., they find they are missing about an hour and a half of time. All three of them experience odd physical and psychological symptoms. The women are hypnotized by ufologist R. Leo Sprinkle, who finds that they have generally compatible memories of an abduction event. Over time, their memories of the missing time period grow more elaborate, but their story contains elements and images echoed in other accounts before and since.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Kentucky Abduction,” APRO Bulletin 25, no. 4 (October 1976): 1, 3–6; Lorenzen, Abducted! Confrontations with Beings from Outer Space, Berkley, 1977, pp. 114–131; “The Kentucky Abduction,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 6–7; Story, pp. 192–195; John Greenewald, “The 1976 Stanford, Kentucky, Abductions,” The Black Vault, April 26, 2016; Clark III 643–648
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5251

Event 38139 (60B77936)

Date: 1/6/1976
Description: Returning from getting milk in Domene, Isere, France at 6 p.m., Jean Claude Silvente, age 10, again saw a two-meter tall Nordic looking being wearing silver coveralls, the same as he had seen the day before. The man was standing on the sidewalk only 30 yards from his house, in the same posture as before, but only 12 feet away from him this time. He spilled the milk and ran. His sister’s boyfriend, who had been following him, saw nothing. But when they returned to the same spot Jean Claude, his mother, his 17-year-old sister, and ther boyfriend all saw a red “headlight” dive down from the sky at them “as if it would land on them.” They ran away in panic to a nearby police station. At 8:20 p.m. a cigar-shaped UFO with lights on the bottom flew slowly over the town of Laissaud, Savoie, France. It periodically emitted beams of light downwards for 5 minutes, then zoomed away to the north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Charles Bowen, Saga UFO Report, November 1976, p. 62; Bil Gil Helair, Skylook, May 1976, p. 5; Alain Gamard, UFO Register, volume 7, p. 44; Jean-Claude Bourret, OVNI l’ Armee Parle, p. 146; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Human Reports, case 1976-03, citing Michel Levy, Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 159; (2) Michel Figuet & Jean-Loius Ruchon, OVNI: Le Premier Dossier Complet des Rencontres Rapprochees en France, p. 594
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_172

Event 38140 (4D12D471)

Date: 1/7/1976
Location: USA, Brownsville
Description: (Translated from French) Alverico Guajardo, who was sleeping in his camper, heard dull noises on his roof. Armed with a knife, he went out to try to capture the intruder who had climbed the mobile home. In the light of his vehicle’s headlights, he discovered a strange animal about 1.5 meters tall with imposing wings. Its face was that of a bat. Two eyes were fixed on Alverico, a long and thin beak like the blade of a sword gave the creature a menacing look. [vog: same observation, unfortunately.]
Reference: Guy TARADE: “I have found the trail of the extraterrestrials”. Ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1980, p 249
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2899

Event 38141 (D69BFBE0)

Date: 1/7/1976
Time: 09:00
Location: VENON, FR
Description: 1 observer. House-sized blazing mass / ground. Shape unknown / too bright! / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v12#8.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12058

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VENON,FR:1 OBS:HOUSE-SIZED BLAZING MASS/GND:SHAPE UNK/too bright!:/FSR v12#8”, LatLong: “45.172224 5.800000”, LatLongDMS: “45:10:20 N 05:48:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38142 (A11EE95B)

Date: 1/7/1976
Time: 23:50
Location: VALADALEN, SWD
Description: 2 observer(s). Pyramid / ground emits fireball and lights woods. 50M saucer rotates / sky.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12059

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “VALADALEN,SWD:2 OBS:PYRAMID/GND EMITS FBL+LITES WOODS:50M SCR ROTATES/SKY”, LatLong: “63.155559 12.916667”, LatLongDMS: “63:09:20 N 12:55:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38143 (A053C1F8)

Date: 1/8/1976
Time: 20:50
Location: DOMENE, ISERE
Description: Night light goes behind trees. Observer(s) looks. Finds saucer size = 2-story house! / r30.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12060

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “DOMENE,ISERE:NLT GOES BHND TREES:OBS LOOKS:FINDS SCR SIZE=2-STORY HOUSE!:/r30”, LatLong: “45.205558 5.844445”, LatLongDMS: “45:12:20 N 05:50:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38144 (CBCE0282)

Date: 1/8/1976
Location: Shale Plant on “Bootlegger”, MT
Description: 5:30 p.m. Several saucer shape (UFO 51 NIDS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4621

Event 38145 (26BD234F)

Date: 1/9/1976
Time: 06:50
Location: GRENOBLE, ISERE
Description: Night light maneuvers. Going down [to] and going up [to] and left and right. Observer(s) takes several photos = point / light only.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 598)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12061

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “GRENOBLE,ISERE:NLT MNVRS:↓+↑+LEFT+RIGHT:OBS TAKES SVRL PHOTOS=POINT/LITE ONLY”, LatLong: “45.183335 5.733334”, LatLongDMS: “45:11:00 N 05:44:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38146 (EB917F75)

Date: 1/9/1976
Time: 13:30
Location: GLOUCESTER, MA
Description: Scientist/science teacher and 1. Moon-size glowing-sphere/orb/globe leaves (something behind) bright white trail. / NICAP Feb. '76.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12062

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “GLOUCESTER,MA:SCI.TEACHER+1:MOONSIZE GLOW-ORB LVS BRITE WHT TRAIL:/NICAP Feb76”, LatLong: “42.616669 -70.650003”, LatLongDMS: “42:37:00 N 70:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38147 (5100781D)

Date: 1/9/1976
Time: 19:20
Location: ST.-JUST-DE-CLAIX, FR
Description: Fireball and 10M cone. 3 2.5M cone-figure(s). Telescopic arm. Going quickly south. See drawings.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 595)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12063

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “St-JUST-de-CLAIX,FR:FBL+10M CONE:3 2.5M CONE-FIGS:TELESCOPIC ARM:>>S:see dwgs”, LatLong: “45.083335 5.283334”, LatLongDMS: “45:05:00 N 05:17:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38148 (AD91A709)

Date: 1/9/1976
Time: 19:30
Location: ST. NAZAIRE-EN-ROYANS, FR
Description: “Silver coffee pot” stops / 1M altitude. 3 robots exit and circle.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 152)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12064

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “St.NAZAIRE-en-ROYANS,FR:“SLVR COFFEE POT” STOPS/1M alt:3 ROBOTS EXIT+CIRCLE”, LatLong: “45.033335 5.250000”, LatLongDMS: “45:02:00 N 05:15:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38149 (366C5FEE)

Date: 1/9/1976
Time: 20:20
Location: VEUREY, ISERE
Description: 4 observer(s). Fireball-sphere/orb/globe plays / sky / 30 minute(s). Glides away and up until lost in stars.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 598)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12065

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “VEUREY,ISERE:4 OBS:FBL-ORB PLAYS/SKY/30min:GLIDES AWAY+UP UNTIL LOST IN STARS”, LatLong: “45.350002 5.600000”, LatLongDMS: “45:21:00 N 05:36:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38150 (5F77228B)

Date: 1/9/1976
Description: Jean Dolecki, age 55, was driving home after sunset at 7:10 p.m. near Echevis, Isere department, France when a luminous object appeared in the sky and landed 100 yards away in a farm field beside the road. It had the form of a “coffee pot”, a 50-60 foot high cylinder with a narrow waist, the upper portion larger than the lower one, and was about 40 to 45 feet in diameter. From the bottom a bright white light turned on, which illuminated it. The top surface seemed to be vibrating, and on each side near the top was attached a relatively small vertical helix, which also vibrated. A door opened in the upper portion, and three beings that looked like “robots” resembling “aluminum diving suits,” 6.5-7.0 feet tall, descended. They had square heads, disproportionately small legs, and in lieu of arms, a telescopic “pole” about 7 feet long, mounted on their chests. These entities moved about near the UFO for about ten minutes, walking in a mechanical manner and wagging their poles up and down. They then re-entered, and the machine took off, disappearing at a rapid speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gil Bil Helaar, Skylook, May 1976, p. 4; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-16 (A1445), citing Gil Helaar
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_225

Event 38151 (041499EF)

Date: 1/10/1976
Location: FRANCE, Merville
Description: (Translated from French) Between 10 and 11 pm, Mr. Masseron was sleeping alone in his caravan when he was awoken by knocks against the wall and some kind of scratching, then the vehicle was shaken. Believing it to be pranksters, Masseron looked out the window and saw, a few tens of meters away, a luminous object in the shape of an egg, either on or very close to the ground. This object moved in a spiral trajectory, emitting a stridulation that increased as it moved away. Wanting to know more, Masseron went outside. He now heard a kind of message similar to one received by a walkie-talkie, with the characteristic crackling. He didn’t understand the message but heard a voice saying: “…L.P.X… L.P.X… L.P.X” On the left, something moved and caught his attention. It was the black silhouette of a man of average height, running across the path in a crab-like fashion: the axis of his body oriented along the extension of his right leg. He passed between the fence and an unoccupied caravan. Next to it in the other caravan was the Zamora family, sleeping. Mrs. Zamora was awoken by voices: “What am I doing?” “You do like me”. She eventually opened the window and heard a message identical to the one received by Masseron. Strange footprints were left.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p.600, 601
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2900

Event 38152 (DCF552D3)

Date: 1/10/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: MERVILLE, FR
Description: Voice = “Lpx Lpx…”. 1.5M ovoid stands / ground. Black small humanoid (or Grey) stands by. / MJ#130.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12066

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “MERVILLE,FR:voice=“LPX LPX…”:1.5M OVOID STANDS/GND:BLK OID STANDS BY:/MJ#130”, LatLong: “49.250002 -0.183333”, LatLongDMS: “49:15:00 N 00:11:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Calvados”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38153 (1092398D)

Date: 1/10/1976
Location: Belt (NE of), MT
Description: 11:00 p.m. Two pulsating red lights at 500’ (UFO 48 NIDS) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4622

Event 38154 (FDDE034B)

Date: 1/10/1976
Description: Near the shore of the ocean in Merville, Normandy, France a witness named Masseron heard a voice repeating “LPX LPX…” at around ten p.m. and saw a 1.5 meter long ovoid object standing on the ground. A black being stood nearby.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, June 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_244

Event 38155 (96B70DDB)

Date: 1/11/1976
Description: At 5:55 p.m. a 14-year-old boy was walking through the falling snow to a friend’s house in Hamden, Connecticut when he saw a large glowing figure floating, near some sumac bushes 400 feet away. The figure was seen in profile from the waist up. There was no discernible face, and the back of the head was flat and corrugated. The glow from the head extended above the bushes that were 7-8 feet high, and extended about 9 inches from the body, with a less luminous silvery outer glow that extended another 9” beyond that. The teen ran to a friend’s house; then they got two other friends, and armed with a 22-caliber rifle he returned to the site. When they encountered the figure again one of them shone a flashlight on it, and it fell backwards behind a ridge. When the flashlight was pointed away the figure rose up again, and remained in view for 3-4 seconds before slowly ducking back behind the ridge. When it came up a third time, he shot at it twice with the .22 aiming over its head; it slowly descended for the third and last time. One of the witnesses was unable to see the being.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-17 (A1446), citing James P. Barrett, APRO; CUFOS files, report dated February 29, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_261

Event 38156 (D65CE0F8)

Date: 1/12/1976
Location: BRAZIL, Matias Barbosa
Description: (Translated from French) At 11:30 PM, aboard their old Karmanguir from 1965, Herminio and Bianca R. were driving from Rio to Belo Horizonte. Having passed Matias Barbosa, Herminio, tired from the journey, stopped on the side of the road to rest. He dozed off while his wife kept watch. Half an hour passed and Bianca saw through the windshield what she took to be a very pretty glowing balloon. The balloon approached, went dark, and disappeared. Suddenly it lit up again, directing a beam of light towards the car which then went dark again as the balloon stopped. Thinking it was an airplane in trouble about to crash into their vehicle, she screamed, and Herminio woke up with a start. Both of them then experienced a strange feeling of lightness, a kind of emptiness. (…) The car was sucked up, and they found themselves with it in a circular room. (…) Two young people helped them out of the car and then there was a medical examination and a message for contactees. Then there were other contacts. (Jimmy GUIEU: “Our Masters the Extraterrestrials” - Presses de la Cité 1992 - pp. 39-52) They were released 48 hours later. (January 12, 1976)
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “The Messengers of the Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, pp. 58-60
Reference: following January 9, 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2901

Event 38157 (157E157E)

Date: 1/14/1976
Description: Mrs. J. Stewart was driving on a highway in East Bethel, Minnesota and when she arrived home she could not account for at least one hour of her time. Under hypnosis she recounted being abducted from her car by a tall figure dressed in white. There were two more such beings in the door of a translucent UFO. bottom bubble of UFO. She recalled at one point that the face of the being was very close to her own face, and it had big slanted eyes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Swanson, CUFOS case investigation files, report dated January 22, 1976; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1447, citing Brad Ayers
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_322

Event 38158 (52E78A62)

Date: 1/15/1976
Time: 03:00
Location: JERSEY CITY, NJ
Description: 2 observer(s). UFO lands in same park as 12 Jan. '75 event. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 261)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12067

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “JERSEY CITY,NJ:2 OBS:UFO LANDS in SAME PARK as 12JAN75 EVENT:NFD”, LatLong: “40.716669 -74.083337”, LatLongDMS: “40:43:00 N 74:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38159 (14C80133)

Date: 1/15/1976
Time: 03:30
Location: N86 LA VOULTE TO/FROM LE POUZIN, FR
Description: Dark round UFO sits / ground. 2 40cm portholes / blue light.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 601)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12068

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “N86 La VOULTE><Le POUZIN,FR:DARK ROUND UFO SITS/GND:2 40cm PORTHOLES/BLUE LITE”, LatLong: “44.783335 4.766667”, LatLongDMS: “44:47:00 N 04:46:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardèche”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38160 (D8FFECE6)

Date: 1/15/1976
Time: 06:20
Location: LE CHAMBON-SUR-LIGNON, FR
Description: White flare flashes 1 / 5 second(s). Small sphere/orb/globe nearby. All going southwest. / r30.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12069

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “Le CHAMBON-sur-LIGNON,FR:WHT FLARE FLASHES 1/5sec:SML ORB NEARBY:ALL>SW:/r30”, LatLong: “45.050002 4.305556”, LatLongDMS: “45:03:00 N 04:18:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute-Loire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38161 (D8F90084)

Date: 1/15/1976
Time: 07:20
Location: DOMENE, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Luminous/glowing object / low altitude. Going up [to] slow. Left and right maneuvers. 3 filaments hang. / r30p602.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 149)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12070

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “70”, HatchDesc: “DOMENE,FR:2 OBS:LUMn OBJ/LO alt:↑ SLOW:L<>R MNVRS:3 FILAMENTS HANG:/r30p602”, LatLong: “45.216669 5.883334”, LatLongDMS: “45:13:00 N 05:53:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38162 (971712E8)

Date: 1/15/1976
Time: 07:20
Location: D28 NEAR JAULNY, FR
Description: 1 / car. 18M red glowing-sphere/orb/globe hovers / 10M altitude. Going down / 1M and back going up. / r30p601.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12071

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “D28 nr JAULNY,FR:1/CAR:18M RED GLOW-ORB HVRS/10M alt:↓/1M+BACK ↑:/r30p601”, LatLong: “48.966669 5.866667”, LatLongDMS: “48:58:00 N 05:52:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Meurthe-et-Moselle”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38163 (83E8CD31)

Date: 1/15/1976
Time: 19:30
Location: BEAUREPAIRE, ISERE
Description: N519. 25M cylinder/cigar-shape 12M over house. Projects truncated rays / all directions.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 602)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12072

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “BEAUREPAIRE,ISERE:N519:25M CGR 12M OVR HOUSE:PROJECTS TRUNCATED RAYS/ALL DIRs”, LatLong: “45.350002 5.050000”, LatLongDMS: “45:21:00 N 05:03:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38164 (7B04D894)

Date: 1/15/1976
Time: 04:47:00.0
Location: 49.8170 78.1610
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1467

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8170 78.1610”, LatLongDMS: “49:49:01 N 78:09:40 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.20”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38165 (987C2D5B)

Date: 1/17/1976
Time: 07:10
Location: ST. MARTIN-DE-URIAGE, FR
Description: 3M fireball beams 4 lights going down / center. Watch affected. / r30p603.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12073

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St MARTIN-de-URIAGE,FR:3M FBL BEAMS 4 LITES ↓/CENTER:WATCH AFFECTED:/r30p603”, LatLong: “45.150002 5.838889”, LatLongDMS: “45:09:00 N 05:50:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38166 (8E67C0C5)

Date: 1/17/1976
Location: Augusta (15 miles W. of), MT
Description: 5:30 p.m. 70’ altitude, light bulb shape (UFO 55 NIDS) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4623

Event 38167 (8CA06BCE)

Date: 1/17/1976
Location: Great Falls, MT
Description: 5:40 p.m. UFO. NORAD did not confirm. (UFO 54 NIDS) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4624

Event 38168 (2EBE82F4)

Date: 1/18/1976
Time: 20:00
Location: MEADOWVIEW, VA
Description: Several observer(s). Brill fireball maneuvers and lands. Blast and fire. No traces. / r162p162.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 913)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12074

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “652”, HatchDesc: “MEADOWVIEW,VA:SVRL OBS:BRILL FBL MNVRS+LANDS:BLAST+FIRE:NO TRACES:/r162p162”, LatLong: “36.761113 -81.861115”, LatLongDMS: “36:45:40 N 81:51:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38169 (D277A23A)

Date: 1/18/1976
Time: 20:40
Location: CUGNAUX, FR
Description: 2 kids. Fireball over chimney goes left going [to] right slowly. Then right going [to] left fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12075

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CUGNAUX,FR:2 KIDS:FBL ovr CHIMNEY goes LEFT>RIGHT SLOWLY:then RIGHT>LEFT FAST”, LatLong: “43.550002 1.350000”, LatLongDMS: “43:33:00 N 01:21:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38170 (ACC7E54B)

Date: 1/19/1976
Time: 19:30
Location: HEISLERVILLE, NJ
Description: 4 observer(s). Silent Lima-bean delta/triangle/box-like craft over woods. Goes overhead. Figure / small window!
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12076

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “HEISLERVILLE,NJ:4 OBS:SLNT LIMA-BEAN DLT OVR WOODS:GOES OVHD:FIG/SML WINDOW!”, LatLong: “39.200002 -75.000004”, LatLongDMS: “39:12:00 N 75:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38171 (A50A037F)

Date: 1/19/1976
Time: 19:50
Location: DOROTHY AND VENTNOR, NJ
Description: FAA and cop and several. Huge delta/triangle/box-like craft-saucer. Going east when spotlight hits. / NICAP 2’76.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12077

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “194”, Elev: “22”, HatchDesc: “DOROTHY+VENTNOR,NJ:FAA+COP+SVRL:HUGE DLT-SCR:>E when SPOTLITE HITS:/NICAP 2’76”, LatLong: “39.400002 -74.822226”, LatLongDMS: “39:24:00 N 74:49:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38172 (86E2ACA3)

Date: 1/19/1976
Location: Heislerville, NJ
Description: About 7:30 p.m. Witnesses saw an object with two bright lights hovering over woods about 300 yards away. After about 2 minutes the object sped away, passing directly overhead making a low whirring noise. (The Press, Atlantic City, NJ, Jan. 21, 1976.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4625

Event 38173 (C7BE3E11)

Date: 1/21/1976
Location: Cannon AFB, NM
Description: MEMO from NMCC by Rear Adm. J. B. Morin stating: Two UFOs reported near the flight line at Cannon AFB, N.M. Security Police report the UFOs to be 25 yards (75 ft.) in diameter, gold/silver in color with blue light on top, hole in the middle and red light on the bottom.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p524, B1-F p342)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_688

Event 38174 (774438CF)

Date: 1/21/1976
Location: FRANCE, Uriage
Description: (Translated from French) At 7 o’clock Albert Meritto arrived at the place called “Les Bessins” and saw on his right a yellow luminous object resting in a field. The object was trapezoidal in shape and of large dimensions. On the perimeter of its upper side and on the right and left sides it was equipped with red lights. A rod was placed obliquely at each of its two upper angles. This machine, as big as a house, rose up and passed over him in the direction of Chamrousse and it hovered above the mountain.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p.603, 604
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2902

Event 38175 (FB583A35)

Date: 1/21/1976
Description: (Translated from French) First commercial flight of the Concorde. (21 January)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2716

Event 38176 (76F34443)

Date: 1/21/1976
Time: ~05:00
Location: CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, NM
Description: Rear Admiral Morin reports 2 75’ saucers / Pentagon. Blue lights on top etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12078

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1288”, HatchDesc: “CANNON AFB,NM:REAR ADM MORIN REPORTS 2 75’ SCRS/PENTAGON:BLU LITES ON TOP ETC.”, LatLong: “34.400002 -103.333338”, LatLongDMS: “34:24:00 N 103:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38177 (D4620141)

Date: 1/21/1976
Time: 07:00
Location: URIAGE, FR
Description: 30M trapezoid rests / field. Going up [to] as observer(s) nears. Going quickly east to mountains. / r30p603.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12079

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “URIAGE,FR:30M TRAPEZOID RESTS/FIELD:↑ as OBS NEARS:>>E to MOUNTAINS:/r30p603”, LatLong: “45.138891 5.816667”, LatLongDMS: “45:08:20 N 05:49:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38178 (FD577ECA)

Date: 1/21/1976
Time: 09:10
Location: STE-EULALIE-EN-ROYANS, FR
Description: 1 / car. Blinding ovoid / roadside. Portholes and more/others. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v22#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12080

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “Ste-EULALIE-en-ROYANS,FR:1/CAR:BLINDING OVOID/ROADSIDE:PORTHOLES++:/FSR v22#2”, LatLong: “45.050002 5.350000”, LatLongDMS: “45:03:00 N 05:21:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38179 (790D74AD)

Date: 1/21/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: 12 MI WITH FAIRFIELD, MT
Description: UFO / field like 2-story building with square windows. Night lights maneuver around.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 38)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12081

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “1220”, HatchDesc: “12MI W/FAIRFIELD,MT:UFO/FIELD LIKE 2-STORY BLDG W/SQR WINDOWS:NLTS MNVR AROUND”, LatLong: “47.600002 -112.250005”, LatLongDMS: “47:36:00 N 112:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38180 (B4C21F34)

Date: 1/21/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: MATIAS-BARBOSA, BRZ
Description: VW and riders beamed / saucer! Earphone-computer translates / / 2M pseudo-humans/entities!
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 550)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12082

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “569”, HatchDesc: “MATIAS-BARBOSA,BRZ:VW+RIDERS BEAMED/SCR!:EARPHONE-CMPTR TRANSLATES//2M PSHs!”, LatLong: “-21.866668 -43.333335”, LatLongDMS: “21:52:00 S 43:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38181 (4153E929)

Date: 1/21/1976
Location: Cannon AFB, NM
Description: Sometime before 3:55 a.m. MST. NMCC Memo: The following information was received from the Air Force Operations center at 0555 EST: "Two UFOs are reported near the flight line at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. (Actual FOIA document) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 760121
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4626

Event 38182 (D050694D)

Date: 1/21/1976
Location: Fairfield, MT
Description: 9:00 p.m. 300’ craft on ground with others. (UFO 52 NIDS) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4627

Event 38183 (54BAA815)

Date: 1/21/1976
Locations: Cannon AFB; Clovis, New Mexico; Wisconsin; Clovis
Description: Before 3:55 a.m. Security police see two UFOs near the flight line at Cannon AFB, southwest of Clovis, New Mexico. The objects are 75 feet in diameter, gold or silver in color, with a blue light on top, a hole in the middle, and a red light on the bottom. An Air Force officer calls the UFO Education Center in Wisconsin to report he “had a very close sighting and was able to witness a type of vehicle that did maneuver and that was unlike any type aircraft he has ever seen.” One observer claims to see a dozen UFOs through a Starlight Scope from the flight tower. A Clovis policeman sees a cigar-shaped object with pulsating red, white, and blue lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFOs Continue Clovis Visits,” Las Cruces (N.Mex.) Sun-News, January 25, 1976, p. 1; Rear Adm. J. G. Morin, “Report of UFO, Cannon AFB, NM,” January 21, 1976; “Cannon AFB: UFOs, Burned Circles, and Cows Found Mutilated,” UFO Info; Good Above, p. 524; Good Need, p. 349
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5252

Event 38184 (F8B08F8D)

Date: 1/23/1976
Time: 01:30
Location: NEAR LOMPOC, CA
Description: 50’ ovoid “hypnotizes” nurse / car. Radio goes crazy. (Near Vandenburg.)
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 273)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12083

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “nr LOMPOC,CA:50’OVOID “HYPNOTIZES” NURSE/CAR:RADIO GOES CRAZY:(nr VANDENBURG)”, LatLong: “34.638891 -120.455561”, LatLongDMS: “34:38:20 N 120:27:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38185 (1A8AEC3C)

Date: 1/23/1976
Time: 17:20
Location: BOLTON, LANCS
Description: 25’ object hovers. Girl frozen. Rash. Tooth fillings crumble. / FSRv22#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny: ALIEN ABDUCTIONS - the Mystery Solved; Inner Light, NJ 1988. (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12084

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “BOLTON,LANCs:25’OBJ HVRS:GIRL FROZEN:RASH:TOOTH FILLINGS CRUMBLE:/FSRv22#1”, LatLong: “53.583336 -2.433333”, LatLongDMS: “53:35:00 N 02:26:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38186 (789C81F9)

Date: 1/23/1976
Time: ~21:00
Location: CLOVIS, NM
Description: Several observer(s) and photographs / lumpy banana. Black disks in formation. / LDLN#154+/ r43p49.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 915)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12085

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1300”, HatchDesc: “CLOVIS,NM:SVRL OBS+FOTOS/LUMPY BANANA:BLK DISKS/FORMn:/LDLN#154+/r43p49”, LatLong: “34.416668 -103.216672”, LatLongDMS: “34:25:00 N 103:13:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38187 (3DACEE80)

Date: 1/23/1976
Time: 06:00:00.0
Location: 41.5000 88.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: China
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1809

Extra Data: LatLong: “41.5000 88.5000”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 88:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “China”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “NRDC”, NukeType: “A”

Event 38188 (82971737)

Date: 1/23/1976
Locations: Clovis, New Mexico; Texico; Artesia; Carlsbad; Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories
Description: 6:00–10:30 p.m. “Scores” of UFO sightings take place around Clovis, New Mexico. Town Marshal Willie Ronquillo of Texico follows a silent object with green, yellow, and blue lights 900 feet above his car before it speeds away to the north. A police dispatcher in Artesia sees 6–7 flashing lights in the sky at 750–1,000 feet altitude. They hover for a while, then move away at high speed toward Carlsbad. Members of the UFO Study Group, composed of employees of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories, arrive in Clovis at 11:30 p.m. to investigate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFOs Continue Clovis Visits,” Las Cruces (N.Mex.) Sun-News, January 25, 1976, p. 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5253

Event 38189 (A45701C1)

Date: 1/23/1976
Description: At 1:30 a.m. in Lompoc, California a nurse driving not far from Vandenburg Air Force Base had a close encounter with a 50 foot long ovoid UFO. Her car radio went wild, and she felt like she had been hypnotized. Near Vandenburg AFB
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 12150, citing MUFON UFO Journal, issue # 273
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_450

Event 38190 (6072BFAF)

Date: 1/23/1976
Description: At 5:15 p.m. a 17-year-old witness had gotten off the bus in Bolton, Lancashire, England and was returning home to her housing development. She then saw an object with two lights, one amber and the other red, over the Rumsworth Reservoir. The object suddenly streaked toward her and came to hover directly over her. The metallic looking UFO was about 25 feet in diameter and shaped like an octagon, with one amber light and a flashing red light. It had a curved base and a flat top. It rotated on its axis, and the witness’s teeth vibrated as if ultrasonic sound waves were emanating from the object, causing her pain in her mouth. Also, pressure on her shoulders knocked her down, and she attempted to scream but was unable to. She ran home terrified. Later under hypnosis it was revealed that she had suffered a 45 minute period of missing time and could vaguely recall an abduction experience. She could only recall being inside a room with a tall blond or albino woman who wore a long gown. She was told by this woman “not to be afraid” and felt that information was being inserted into her brain at high speed. She was also given several apocalyptic messages.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jenny Randles, FSR, May 1976, p. 32; Bolton Evening News, January 24 & 27, 1976; John F. Schuessler, MUFON UFO Journal, November 1982, p. 3; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, case # 518, citing Jenny Randles, Alien Contacts and Abductions
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_451

Event 38191 (D7FCA5BC)

Date: 1/25/1976
Time: 20:00
Location: GILLETTE, WY
Description: Cop and more/others. Truck-size object follows car. Rotating lights. Hides / valley. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 917)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12086

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1356”, HatchDesc: “GILLETTE,WY:COP++:TRUCK-SIZE OBJ FOLOS CAR:ROTATING LITES:HIDES/VALLEY:↑↑”, LatLong: “44.300002 -105.500005”, LatLongDMS: “44:18:00 N 105:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38192 (B97511FA)

Date: 1/25/1976
Location: Gillette, WY
Description: 8:09 p.m. A Sheriff’s deputy was driving with his family when an object started coming toward the car. The deputy immediately stopped the car and turned off the headlights. The object appeared to be the size of a semi-truck and had rotating lights of many different colors. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, May 1976, page 1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4628

Event 38193 (E0319F40)

Date: 1/26/1976
Location: FRANCE, Bouze-lès-Beaune
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:45 PM while driving on the road to Bouze, Claude Crétin (note of vog: sic!) received two successive calls of spotlights. An immobile yellow-orange scaphandre, with arms very detached from the body, the head equipped with a helmet at the top round, barred at the height of the eyes by a rectangular “mirror” surmounted by a headlight emitting a whitish glow. The bottom of the silhouette located at 6 or 7 m from the witness is hidden by the bushes.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 604
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2903

Event 38194 (94C46E35)

Date: 1/26/1976
Time: 21:50
Location: BOUZE TO/FROM BEAUNE, FR
Description: Flashes. Figure / diving suit on roadside. Helmet. Loose arms. / r30.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12087

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOUZE><BEAUNE,FR:FLASHES:FIG/DIVING SUIT ON ROADSIDE:HELMET:LOOSE ARMS:/r30”, LatLong: “47.050002 4.783334”, LatLongDMS: “47:03:00 N 04:47:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Côte-d’Or”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38195 (C0838CA1)

Date: 1/26/1976
Description: M. Claude Cretin, while driving at 9:45 p.m. between Bouze and Beaune, Cote D’Or department, France saw a searchlight beam flash three times. He then noticed a humanoid being standing in the bushes about 20 feet away beside the road. The being was wearing a diving suit of yellow-orange color with a round-topped helmet and a rectangular face plate. Atop the helmet was a whitish light. He could only make out the upper portion of the figure because the bushes blocked his view. After driving on, he went and notified the police, who investigated on the following day and found freshly broken branches at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-21 (A1451); Alain Gamard, UFO Register, Volume 7, p. 44, citing Le Bien Public, March 24, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_530

Event 38196 (FFAA3D25)

Date: 1/27/1976
Location: Key West, FL
Description: 4:25 a.m. Mrs. Rosemary Heitmeyer was still awake looked out her hall window and observed three objects that looked like upside down soup bowls with domed tops. The objects were bobbing and moving very slowly. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, April 1976, page 3) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4629

Event 38197 (64E2AAA1)

Date: 1/28/1976
Location: SPAIN, Benacazon
Description: (Translated from French) Around 00:30, Miguel Fernandez Carasco, 24 years old, was walking back to his village after visiting his fiancée. 1 km from the entrance of the village, he heard a loud noise like a “caterpillar tractor” and when he turned around he saw a very powerful light at a low altitude, coming closer to him. Scared, he started running while the light approached and moved away from him several times. Finally, the craft landed 6m away from the witness: it looked like a telephone booth, 2m wide and 4m high, dark green, with a dome or rotating beacon on top emitting red and white flashes. Just below the dome were semi-circular wings 50cm long, and the whole thing was resting on a tripod. A door opened on its hinges, releasing a ramp and two human beings 2m tall emerged, wearing tight and phosphorescent frogman suits. Their wide belt had a buckle that emitted blinding red and white rays. These beings approached the witness up to 4m, who, dazzled, covered his face with his hands and couldn’t see their faces. They spoke an incomprehensible language for Carasco, but with a perfectly human tone. Again scared, Carasco ran away while the beings returned to their craft which immediately took off obliquely. This maneuver was accompanied by the emission of a photographic flash and smoke that stained his cheek, palms, hair and jacket: the whole right side of the witness, who at that moment, fainted. Without knowing how, he found himself in front of his house in a state of confusion so his parents called a doctor.
Reference: STENDEK n° 24, June 1976
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2904

Event 38198 (FAFE155F)

Date: 1/28/1976
Time: 00:30
Location: BENACAZON, SPAIN
Description: UFO beams going down. 2 pseudo-human/entity strike with a disabling beam observer(s). Wakens at home. Missing time. Marks. / LDLN#155.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12088

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “130”, HatchDesc: “BENACAZON,SPAIN:UFO BEAMS ↓:2 PSH ZAP OBS:WAKENS AT HOME:MST:MARKS:/LDLN#155”, LatLong: “37.350002 -6.183334”, LatLongDMS: “37:21:00 N 06:11:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38199 (C33DA932)

Date: 1/28/1976
Time: ~04:00
Location: CHICO TO/FROM TRUCKEE, CA
Description: Many and 3 California Highway Patrol (CHP) offices. Bright night light maneuvers. Lights mountains. / r225p63.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12089

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: “CHICO><TRUCKEE,CA:MANY+3 CHP OFFICES:BRITE NLT MNVRS:LITES MOUNTAINS:/r225p63”, LatLong: “39.750002 -121.666672”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 121:40:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 38200 (FBF556A3)

Date: 1/28/1976
Time: ~04:00
Location: WOODLAND, CA
Description: 2 women. Extremely bright cone hovers over backyard. Lights area strongly. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12090

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “WOODLAND,CA:2 WOMEN:XBRITE CONE HVRS OVR BACKYARD:LITES AREA STRONGLY:NFD”, LatLong: “38.666669 -121.766672”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 N 121:46:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38201 (F19C979C)

Date: 1/28/1976
Time: 04:20
Location: WASHOE LK AND CARSON CITY, NV
Description: NHP dispatcher. White night light moves / square trajectory all over mountains.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 64)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12091

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “1420”, HatchDesc: “WASHOE Lk+CARSON CITY,NV:NHP DISPATCHER:WHT NLT MOVES/SQUARE TRAJ ALL OVR MTNS”, LatLong: “39.266669 -119.783339”, LatLongDMS: “39:16:00 N 119:47:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38202 (829C86E0)

Date: 1/28/1976
Time: 16:00
Location: SANTA MONICA, CA
Description: 1 observer. Metal saucer low / sky. Flat bottom. Passes steeple. Straight and level going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12092

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “SANTA MONICA,CA:1 OBS:MTL SCR LOW/SKY:FLAT BOTTOM:PASSES STEEPLE:S/L >>SW”, LatLong: “34.033335 -118.500006”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:00 N 118:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38203 (EBD45F58)

Date: 1/28/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: DARGO, AUSTR
Description: 2 / car. 2’ sphere/orb/globe follows car over winding road. Lights interior. 10M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12093

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “DARGO,AUSTR:2/CAR:2’ORB FOLOS CAR OVR WINDING ROAD:LITES INTERIOR:10M alt”, LatLong: “-37.450002 147.300007”, LatLongDMS: “37:27:00 S 147:18:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38204 (7EBDFC28)

Date: 1/28/1976
Description: In 1976 two physiological effects cases occurred on the same night, the first in Benacazon, Spain and the second in Dargo, Victoria, Australia. The first occurred at 12:30 a.m. in the European time zone, while the second occurred several hours later at 11:30 p.m. local time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, May 1976, p. 21; FSR, October 1976, p. 30
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_558

Event 38205 (FC5F1D71)

Date: 1/29/1976
Time: 20:40
Location: LAS VEGAS, NV
Description: Many separate observer(s). Large “cylinder/cigar-shape” seen all over valley. Many reports. See Arden.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 273)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12094

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “LAS VEGAS,NV:MANY SEP.OBS:LRG “CGR” SEEN ALL OVR VALLEY:MANY REPORTS:SEE ARDEN”, LatLong: “36.166668 -115.116672”, LatLongDMS: “36:10:00 N 115:07:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38206 (02AFAC89)

Date: 1/29/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR ARDEN, NV
Description: Singer Johnny sands. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Pseudo-human/entity / saucer ask many questions. / r53p182.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 918)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12095

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “759”, HatchDesc: “nr ARDEN,NV:SINGER JOHNNY SANDS:CAR EMES:PSH/SCR ASK MANY QUESTIONS:/r53p182”, LatLong: “36.016668 -115.233339”, LatLongDMS: “36:01:00 N 115:14:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nevada”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38207 (E625F5B1)

Date: 1/29/1976
Description: Mr. Carrasco, a 29-year-old farmer, was walking home at 12:30 a.m. in Benacazon, Sevilla province, Spain when he heard a noise “like a jet.” Turning around, he saw a brilliant light hovering in the sky; it approached and landed 18 feet away. It was dark green, rectangular, and taller than a telephone booth, and it stood on three legs. From this landed object emerged two men 6’6” or more in height, who came to within 12 or 15 ft of the witness. They were clad in dark but luminous tight fitting clothing resembling rubber or plastic, with wide belts whose buckles emitted blindingly bright and hot flashes of red and white light; he could not see their faces, but noticed that they had shoulder-length blondish-white hair. The witness put his hands over his face, but could not stir from the spot. He heard the men talking in a language he could not understand; then he began to run. The UFO rose and flew over him, emitting something that burned him; he lost consciousness until at 0230A he found himself at the door of his house in Benacazon. He had to be hospitalized for shock. In the hospital he was found to have strange sooty black marks on his right cheek, on the palms of both hands, on his shoulders and on his right arm; these began to disappear after 7-8 hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Joaquin M. Nogales, MUFON UFO Journal, August 1976, p. 16; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-31 (A1452), citing J. J. Benitez, FSR, Vol. 22, No. 1 & Iker Jimenez
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_581

Event 38208 (057FE6A2)

Date: 1/29/1976
Description: At around 10:15 p.m., while driving near Pahrump, Nevada southwest of Las Vegas, Country & Western singer Johnny Sands saw a rusty orange cigar-shaped object descend from the sky. The object was at least 60 feet long, and had flashing red and white lights on one end and a dark ring around the middle section, which also had portholes. His car stopped running, and he got out to check the engine. He next saw two men, about 200 feet away, walking toward him. They wore silver sparkling one-piece uniforms with a diagonal black stripe, and a round white central emblem. He wanted to get back into his car but felt paralyzed and unable to move. As the men approached, he saw that they were bald and had close set squinting eyes, a grayish white complexion, and something that lookede like folds or gills under their ears. Their mouths were very small and their noses “puggish.” One of them questioned Sands in English, but he did not hear the words coming from the being’s mouth. It spoke in a slow, “robot-like” voice. The voice asked him, “What are you doing here?” and he replied, “I am an entertainer.” The next question was “What are your means of communication,” which he was at a loss to answer. Four or five other questions were asked, which he has chosen not to reveal. They said that they would see him again. Turning to go, the leader brushed his fingertips over Mr. Sands hand, which seemed to release him from the paralysis. They walked away, and the car started again. Many observers reported seeing rust-colored cigar shaped objects over the Las Vegas Valley that night.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, March-April 1976, p. 1; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-32 (A1453), citing Bob Pratt, National Enquirer
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_582

Event 38209 (42804D72)

Date: 1/31/1976
Time: 04:30
Location: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL
Description: 707-size object hovers. 40 frames / film show nothing. / NICAP FEB’76.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12096

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “EGLIN AFB,FL:707-SIZE OBJ HVRS:40 FRAMES/FILM show nothing:/NICAP FEB’76”, LatLong: “30.483335 -86.566671”, LatLongDMS: “30:29:00 N 86:34:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38210 (1865B673)

Date: 1/31/1976
Location: Eglin AFB, FL
Description: 4:30 EST (3:30 CST). UFOs were spotted over the base’s Armament Development and Test Center, just like it happened in Loring AFB in 1975. This 31 jan 1976 NMCC memo dated the same day at 1400 EST states: 1. At 310805 received phoncon from AFOC: MG Lane, CG, Armament and Development Test Center, Eglin AFB, Florida called and reported a UFO sighting from 0430 EST to 0600 EST. (NMCC) (Actual FOIA document) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 760131
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4630

Event 38211 (4EFE85DF)

Date: 1/31/1976
Locations: Armament Development and Test Center at Eglin AFB; southwest of Valparaiso, Florida
Description: 3:30–5:00 a.m. UFOs are spotted by security police over the radar site at the Armament Development and Test Center at Eglin AFB, southwest of Valparaiso, Florida. Photos are taken.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brig. Gen. Fred A. Treyz, “Unidentified Flying Object Sighting,” January 31, 1976
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5254

Event 38212 (DC08E0AD)

Date: 2/1976
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: April 1968) The second period begins in February 1976 and ends in May 1978, after requiring 7 and 9 satellites respectively as hunter and target.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 148
Reference: continued: April 1980
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2906

Event 38213 (B1681215)

Date: 2/1976
Location: AUSTRALIA, Hobart (Tasmania)
Description: (Translated from French) A couple was going to bed, and she fell asleep, leaving him awake. Suddenly, 3 creatures passed through the closed door. One of them tried to put a bag over the man’s legs, with the obvious intention of abducting him. He managed to wake up his wife, upon which the entities disappeared through the closed window.
Reference: Keith Baskerfield - Australian Abduction Cases - 1989
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2908

Event 38214 (5537C28E)

Date: 2/1976
Location: KEIGHLEY, WEST YORKS
Description: Small humanoids (or Greys) in bedroom. Observer(s) floats through ceiling to saucer. Exams. Disinfo.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny: ALIEN ABDUCTIONS - the Mystery Solved; Inner Light, NJ 1988. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12097

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “KEIGHLEY,W.YORKS:OIDS in BEDROOM:OBS FLOATS THRU CEILING to SCR:EXAMS:DISINFO”, LatLong: “53.866669 -1.900000”, LatLongDMS: “53:52:00 N 01:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38215 (E317013E)

Date: 2/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: HORB AM NECKER, GERM
Description: FR soldier. Large silent saucer hovers / 5-15 minute(s). Observer(s) feels ‘doped’.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 301)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12098

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “HORB am NECKER,GERM:FR SOLDIER:LRG SLNT SCR HVRS/5-15min:OBS FEELS ‘DOPED’”, LatLong: “48.433336 8.700000”, LatLongDMS: “48:26:00 N 08:42:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bade-Wurtemberg”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38216 (49651327)

Date: 2/1976
Location: Woodlawn, OH
Description: Humanoid report. No details. (SR,89) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4631

Event 38217 (9B8DB6C7)

Date: 2/1976
Description: Ufologist James W. Moseley launches an eight-page newsletter of UFO information and rumor. Its title varies, but by July 1981 Moseley has settled on Saucer Smear. It is sent out for free every month or so to several hundred UFO buffs whom Moseley calls “nonsubscribers.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 776
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5255

Event 38218 (6284508C)

Date: 2/1976
Locations: Dallas, Texas; Northwest Highway
Description: 7:20 p.m. Ruby Breslin is driving along Central Expressway in Dallas, Texas, when her daughter sees an object just as she takes the exit ramp to the Northwest Highway. It has windows and a flashing red light on top, and hovers for 4–5 minutes before shooting straight up.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Out of the Past,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1984): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5256

Event 38219 (756474F2)

Date: 2/1976
Locations: Tasman Highway; Tasmania
Description: Night. A married couple living near the Tasman Highway in Tasmania have retired for the evening. The woman is already asleep and the man has just turned off the light when he sees three 7–8 feet tall entities passing through the closed door of the bedroom. One touches the man’s leg and he goes numb to the waist. He lets them attach some kind of glowing sack to his body, but when they start to approach his wife, he lashes out with one arm that hasn’t gone numb. His wife wakes up and starts struggling too. The entities exit through some kind of orange portal outside the closed window and disappear.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “A Trick of the Light,” IUR 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5257

Event 38220 (D4634D6D)

Date: 2/1/1976
Location: HAPPY CAMP, CA
Description: Early 76. MIB orders / can’t eat dinner or drink jello. stiffs bill!
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12099

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MIB: Men in Black, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “324”, HatchDesc: “HAPPY CAMP,CA:EARLY 76:MIB ORDERS/CANT EAT DINNER OR DRINK JELLO. STIFFS BILL!”, LatLong: “41.783335 -123.350006”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:00 N 123:21:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38221 (05F92CE3)

Date: 2/4/1976
Time: 14:20:00.1
Location: 37.0693 -116.0302
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Keelson” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_783

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0693 -116.0302”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:09 N 116:01:49 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.64”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeName: “Keelson”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 38222 (C2ED88B6)

Date: 2/4/1976
Time: 14:40:00.2
Location: 37.1066 -116.0374
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Esrom” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 200KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_784

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1066 -116.0374”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:24 N 116:02:15 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.66”, NukeMb: “5.70”, NukeName: “Esrom”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “200”

Event 38223 (8FB2049D)

Date: 2/5/1976
Location: Unknown City, France
Description: Two women saw a dark domed disc with red and white lights through a second floor bedroom window. Inside the transparent dome they could see two human like figures. They had tight fitting hoods on their heads. The UFO flew away over an orchard. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1861, citing Joel Mesnard). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4632

Event 38224 (2A657AA2)

Date: 2/5/1976
Location: Fort Shaw, MT
Description: 9:48 p.m. UFO landed near ranch house, 300’ long. (UFO 57 NIDS) A report of a UFO landing came in from the Simms area February 5, 1976, and for the first time in their long and frustrating investigation, officers arrived on the scene in time to see the object for themselves. But they were thwarted in their attempts to get a closer look. (Reference: MYSTERY STALKS THE PRAIRIE by Roberta Donovan and Keith Wolverton, pages 48-49) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4633

Event 38225 (14EC1914)

Date: 2/5/1976
Description: Two women saw a dark domed disc with red and white lights through a second floor bedroom window at their home in France. Inside the transparent dome they could see two human like figures. They had tight fitting hoods on their heads. The UFO flew away over an orchard.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1861, citing Joel Mesnard
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_705

Event 38226 (ECD6217A)

Date: 2/7/1976
Time: 05:20
Location: FARMERSVILLE, IN
Description: 2 observer(s). Blunt cylinder/cigar-shape / 60m altitude and 3m saucer near ground. Beam going down [to] lights area. Going east slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12100

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “128”, HatchDesc: “FARMERSVILLE,IN:2 OBS:BLUNT CGR/60m alt+3m SCR nr GND:BEAM↓ LITES AREA:>E SLOW”, LatLong: “37.966668 -87.900004”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 N 87:54:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38227 (11336F1F)

Date: 2/7/1976
Location: Farmersville, IN
Description: 5:15 a.m. The rniddle-aged couple lived in a mobile home. The whole area was lit up “like a dusk to dawn light that wasn’t supposed to be there.” He was at the back of the trailer looking south at the object, which was less than 200’ off the ground and 500-600 yards distant at first. (Ridge files, UFO Filter Center) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4634

Event 38228 (5595096B)

Date: 2/7/1976
Description: A man and a woman reported they had five hours of missing time that occurred near a wharf on Talbot Island, in Duval County, Florida at 10 p.m. Under hypnosis they revealed an abduction experience, including a table exam onboard a craft, with a screen image of the inside of the woman’s body. There were seven different humanoid types, a body implant, and communication to the woman that she was “coming along real well.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS files, letter from investigator Evelyn Brunson dated March 14, 1977; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1456, citing Evelyn Brunson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_738

Event 38229 (831ADFD2)

Date: 2/8/1976
Time: 16:50
Location: CONEJO, CA
Description: 2 teens photograph silent 12M domed saucer / 800’ altitude. / r186#23+/ SKYLOOK#78.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 291)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12101

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “CONEJO,CA:2 TEENS FOTO SLNT 12M DOMED SCR/800’alt:/r186#23+/SKYLOOK#78”, LatLong: “36.516668 -119.716672”, LatLongDMS: “36:31:00 N 119:43:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “240”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38230 (48958E96)

Date: 2/8/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: KISSIMMEE, FL
Description: 5 observer(s). Silver white saucer < 300M altitude. Lit / behind. Whistles? Going quickly west. / r225p57.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 917)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12102

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “KISSIMMEE,FL:5 OBS:SLVR WHT SCR <300M alt:LIT/BHND:WHISTLES?:>>W:/r225p57”, LatLong: “28.294446 -81.405559”, LatLongDMS: “28:17:40 N 81:24:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38231 (AE619611)

Date: 2/8/1976
Location: Manchester, MT
Description: 5:30 p.m. Two domed objects, white and blue. (UFO 70 NIDS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4635

Event 38232 (A2A91363)

Date: 2/8/1976
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Description: At 10:30 p.m. a silvery white disc-shaped object flew over at less than 300 meters altitude, making a whistling noise. (Source: NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1976). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4636

Event 38233 (FA940B3B)

Date: 2/8/1976
Description: At 10:30 p.m. a silvery white disc-shaped object flew over Kissimmee, Florida at less than 300 meters altitude, making a whistling noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_756

Event 38234 (F53BE179)

Date: 2/9/1976
Time: 00:20
Location: BEUGNE-L’ABBE, FR
Description: 6 / car. Grey metallic saucer hovers 10M over D949 50M away. Rises / angle.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12103

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BEUGNE-l’ABBE,FR:6/CAR:GRY MTLC SCR HVRS 10M OVR D949 50M away:RISES/ANGLE”, LatLong: “46.455558 -1.200000”, LatLongDMS: “46:27:20 N 01:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vendée”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38235 (3FDDD843)

Date: 2/9/1976
Time: 03:30
Location: GRAHAMSTOWN, RSA
Description: Family. Geese and horses frantic. Fireball halfway up TV tower nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12104

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GRAHAMSTOWN,RSA:FAMILY:GEESE+HORSES FRANTIC:FBL HALFWAY UP TV TOWER NEARBY”, LatLong: “-33.316668 26.550001”, LatLongDMS: “33:19:00 S 26:33:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38236 (75CC2A2B)

Date: 2/10/1976
Time: 21:30
Location: LA FARGETTE AND GLUIRAS, FR
Description: Saucer / orange dome lands. All car lights electro-magnetic effect (EME). Several observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 605)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12105

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LA FARGETTE+GLUIRAS,FR:SCR/ORANGE DOME LANDS:ALL CAR LITES EME:SVRL OBS:”, LatLong: "44.850002 4.

[c0mmando]

533334", LatLongDMS: “44:51:00 N 04:32:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardèche”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38237 (56CDF0F8)

Date: 2/10/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: HIGH SPRINGS, FL
Description: Separate cops and more/others. Saucer hovers / 15M altitude. Colored lights flash in dome / bottom.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 919)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12106

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “HIGH SPRINGS,FL:SEP.COPS++:SCR HVRS/15M alt:CLRD LITES FLASH in DOME/BOTTOM”, LatLong: “29.827779 -82.594448”, LatLongDMS: “29:49:40 N 82:35:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “15”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38238 (DD542EC9)

Date: 2/10/1976
Location: High Spring, FL
Description: 11:00 p.m. A woman living near Lake City called the sheriff’s office to report a “flying saucer.” Sheriff deputies were dispatched to investigate and reported seeing a UFO hovering about 500 to 600 feet in the air. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, July 1976, page 1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4637

Event 38239 (92B741D8)

Date: 2/10/1976
Location: Hamden, CT
Description: On Denslow Hill two 14-year-old teenagers, Grey and Barnet, saw two very short humanoid beings shuffle rapidly across a road. They wore purple-colored luminous one-piece suits and their waists were 20-22 inches above the ground. (Source: James P. Barrett, case investigation files, and HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Encounters, case A1457). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4638

Event 38240 (313A6F80)

Date: 2/10/1976
Description: In Hamden, Connecticut on Denslow Hill two 14-year-old teenagers, Grey and Barnet, saw two very short humanoid beings shuffle rapidly across a road. They wore purple-colored luminous one-piece suits and their waists were 20-22 inches above the ground. When the boys followed them a bright white, lemon-shaped UFO blinked on, and took off into the air only 15 feet away from them.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: James P. Barrett, case investigation files, and HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Encounters, case A1457
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_804

Event 38241 (EE3E591B)

Date: 2/12/1976
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) The first target of this year is Cosmos 803, launched on February 12, towards which Cosmos 804 is heading, behaving like Cosmos 404 on April 4, 1971: it returns to Earth after passing at the shortest distance from the craft it had to catch up with. Same scenario for Cosmos 814, after a quick approach. (February 12, 1976)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p.152, 153
Reference: see July 1976
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2907

Event 38242 (D813FEFF)

Date: 2/12/1976
Time: 18:00
Location: SALISBURY, MA
Description: 3+observer(s). Large saucer going down. Tilts. Going down / trees. Rises. Amazing maneuvers. Nuclear facility (military, institutional etc.) submersible base near.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Ray: CASEBOOK of a UFO INVESTIGATOR; Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliff,NJ 1981. (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12107

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “SALISBURY,MA:3+OBS:LRG SCR↓:TILTS:↓/TREES:RISES:AMAZING MNVRs:NUC.SUB.BASE nr.”, LatLong: “42.838891 -70.866670”, LatLongDMS: “42:50:20 N 70:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “4”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38243 (9F9F479B)

Date: 2/12/1976
Time: 14:45:00.2
Location: 37.2714 -116.4884
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Fontina” Yield: 200KT YieldMax: 1000KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_785

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2714 -116.4884”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:17 N 116:29:18 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “1.22”, NukeMb: “6.30”, NukeName: “Fontina”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “200”, NukeYMax: “1000”

Event 38244 (FCD32803)

Date: 2/12/1976
Description: A metallic polygon UFO with multi-colored lights was seen moving at a slow speed, under 100 mph, in Magra, Tasmania, Australia. At 3:50 a.m. it then abruptly accelerated to a speed between 500 and 1,000 mph as it sped off to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Tasmania UFO Investigation Centre, ACOS Bulletin, June 1976, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_874

Event 38245 (8A92E74F)

Date: 2/12/1976
Description: A large disc-shaped object descended, tilted, and then came down into some trees in Salisbury, Massachusetts near a nuclear submarine base. It rose up, and then performed some amazing maneuvers. There were 13 witnesses and the encounter lasted for over 70 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Skylook, May 1976, p. 3; Raymond E. Fowler, Casebook of a UFO Investigator, p. 136
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_875

Event 38246 (FC9F4402)

Date: 2/13/1976
Location: Berridale (between Tarraleah and), Tasmania
Description: 4:00 a.m. A truck driver driving saw a bright object ahead and to his left… It was low to the ground. The light had maintained its position relative to his truck for some time, so the driver woke up his companion. The driver estimated the object was about one kilometer away and 300 meters in altitude. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 392, citing ACOS Bulletin, June 1976) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4639

Event 38247 (146ACA24)

Date: 2/14/1976
Location: Fort Benton, MT
Description: 7:20 p.m. Black Horse Lake. UFO, 500’ high, landed near lake. (UFO 59 NIDS) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4640

Event 38248 (69C63942)

Date: 2/14/1976
Time: 11:30:00.2
Location: 37.2426 -116.4202
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Cheshire” Yield: 200KT YieldMax: 500KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_786

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2426 -116.4202”, LatLongDMS: “37:14:33 N 116:25:13 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “1.17”, NukeMb: “6.00”, NukeName: “Cheshire”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “200”, NukeYMax: “500”

Event 38249 (934469C7)

Date: 2/15/1976
Time: 18:50
Location: NEAR MORRISTOWN, NJ
Description: 3 / car. Large trapezoid below cloud cover. Fades as plane nears… .
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 916)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12108

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “nr MORRISTOWN,NJ:3/CAR:LRG TRAPEZOID BLW CLOUD COVER:FADES as plane nears…”, LatLong: “40.833335 -74.450004”, LatLongDMS: “40:50:00 N 74:27:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38250 (ADE2914F)

Date: 2/15/1976
Time: 20:10
Location: OLIVARES TO/FROM/BETWEEN GERENA, SP
Description: 2 / motorcycle / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 30M cylinder/cigar-shape / roadside. Night light chases observer(s) going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12109

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “OLIVARES<>GERENA,SP:2/MOTORCYCLE/EMES:30M CGR/ROADSIDE:NLT CHASES OBS >S”, LatLong: “37.466668 -6.166667”, LatLongDMS: “37:28:00 N 06:10:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38251 (27DDB936)

Date: 2/15/1976
Description: Two men, Gelo and Carmona, were riding on a motorcycle between Olivares and Gerena, Sevilla, Spain at 8:10 p.m. when their motorcycle engine died. They then saw a 30 meter long cigar-shaped object on the roadside.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, October 1976, p. 10; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project Report, case 76
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_927

Event 38252 (96E15913)

Date: 2/16/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: ST. ETIENNE, 88, FR
Description: 1 observer. Bulging saucer going quickly northeast in jumps. Half-egg going quickly southeast / 18 February / separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12110

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St.ETIENNE,88,FR:1 OBS:BULGING SCR >>NE in JUMPS::HALF-EGG >>SE/18FEB/SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “48.033336 6.605556”, LatLongDMS: “48:02:00 N 06:36:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vosges”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38253 (C7520DBC)

Date: 2/17/1976
Time: 04:00
Location: TARRALEAH TO/FROM BERIDALE, TASM
Description: Domed saucer paces 2 / truck til Dawn. Radio = static. Night lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12111

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “150”, HatchDesc: “TARRALEAH><BERIDALE,TASM:DOMED SCR PACES 2/TRUCK TIL DAWN:RADIO=STATIC:NLTS”, LatLong: “-42.300002 146.466674”, LatLongDMS: “42:18:00 S 146:28:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38254 (1AB33ADA)

Date: 2/17/1976
Time: 22:20
Location: MAYDENA, TASMANIA
Description: Wave / night lights and saucers to April. Church bells ring. Radios electro-magnetic effect (EME). See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12112

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “156”, HatchDesc: “MAYDENA,TASMANIA:WAVE/NLTS+SCRS TO APRIL:CHURCH BELLS RING:RADIOS EME:see ref.”, LatLong: “-42.800002 146.566674”, LatLongDMS: “42:48:00 S 146:34:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38255 (9F0B4CA3)

Date: 2/17/1976
Description: A truck driver driving between Tarraleah and Berridale, Tasmania saw a bright cigar-shaped object ahead and to his left at around four o’clock in the morning. It was low to the ground. The light had maintained its position relative to his truck for some time, so the driver woke up his companion. The driver estimated the object was about one kilometer away and 300 meters in altitude. The two men tried a transistor radio, but it emitted only static until the end of the sighting. They estimated the object to be 10 meters in diameter with a dome on top. After being paced for 60 kilometers, they stopped to change drivers. When they did this the UFO dropped down to within 300 meters of their truck, then hovered nearby. As they started driving again, the UFO moved across the road and paced them again at varying distances until sunrise. A small orange light accompanied the main object during the latter half of the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, MUFON UFO Journal, October 1976, p. 19; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 392, citing ACOS Bulletin, June 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_966

Event 38256 (EAAC4BA4)

Date: 2/18/1976
Time: 20:00
Location: OHATCHEE, AL
Description: Ovoids / woods. Pace car / 13 mile(s). CB Radio dead. Hides near towns. / r225p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12113

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “OHATCHEE,AL:OVOIDS/WOODS:PACE CAR/13mi:CB Radio DEAD:HIDES nr TOWNS:/r225p70”, LatLong: “33.783335 -86.000004”, LatLongDMS: “33:47:00 N 86:00:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38257 (4E6C994B)

Date: 2/18/1976
Location: Rancho Cordova, CA
Description: 6:45 p.m. PST 8-10 discs were sighted flying in a V formation over Rancho Cordova, California. The objects were 3 to 6 meters in diameter, gray in color, and made no sound. Afterwards the witness saw ten aircraft circling that portion of the sky. (Source: CUFOS investigation file, report dated March 1, 1976). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4641

Event 38258 (AD1DF7A8)

Date: 2/18/1976
Location: Okatchee (near), AL
Description: 8:00 p.m. EST. Two women driving in a rural area reported that lights high in the sky paced their car for 13-14 miles from Chatchee to Lincoln, Alabama. Near Okatchee, The two objects that had paced the car were egg-shaped and glowing with a fluorescent light. (Sources: CUFOS investigation file, report dated May 17, 1976; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 392, citing CUFOS). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4642

Event 38259 (3C132BAD)

Date: 2/18/1976
Description: At around eight o’clock in the evening EST two women driving in a rural area reported that lights high in the sky paced their car for 13-14 miles from Chatchee to Lincoln, Alabama. Near Okatchee, Alabama they saw a large orange object in the woods near the ground to their left. Their CB radio stopped working, making no static, no sound at all. Two objects then followed them until they reached Lincoln, Alabama, where the UFOs approached to within 300-400 feet. The women saw five objects at this point. After passing through Lincoln, the objects stopped pacing the car and the CB radio suddenly started working. The two objects that had paced the car were egg-shaped and glowing with a fluorescent light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS investigation file, report dated May 17, 1976; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 392, citing CUFOS
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_986

Event 38260 (C3902CE6)

Date: 2/18/1976
Description: At 6:45 p.m. PST 8-10 discs were sighted flying in a V formation over Rancho Cordova, California. The objects were 3 to 6 meters in diameter, gray in color, and made no sound. Afterwards the witness saw ten aircraft circling that portion of the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS investigation file, report dated March 1, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_987

Event 38261 (48DC5683)

Date: 2/19/1976
Location: Chesapeake Bay, MD
Description: About 8:10 p.m. "…went on deck for another check and saw two balls of light moving very rapidly toward the eastern shore …, altitude approximately 2000 feet heading due east. (Letter to CUFOS from Warren Ballard, Mar. 4, 1981, from ship’s log. ) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4643

Event 38262 (AB9B0FB2)

Date: 2/19/1976
Location: Marysville, CA
Description: 7:00 p.m. Sutter County sheriff’s office received a call reporting a UFO being observed by two witnesses. Deputy Gerald Teplansky was dispatched to the scene and was able to observe the objects for about five minutes. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, July 1976, page 3) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4644

Event 38263 (F4A0336B)

Date: 2/19/1976
Location: Lake Hiawatha, NJ
Description: 9:15 p.m. Numerous witnesses reported a strange object to the Parsipany Police Department. The object was a large rectangularly shaped object seen hovering in the vicinity of Jersey City Reservoir. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, April 1976, page 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4645

Event 38264 (2CB2EABC)

Date: 2/19/1976
Locations: National Archives; Montgomery, Alabama
Description: The National Archives starts microfilming the redacted Project Blue Book files through the commercial firm Fuller & Dees Marketing Group in Montgomery, Alabama.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5258

Event 38265 (BF676334)

Date: 2/19/1976
Description: During a series of close encounter reports from the city of North Bergen, New Jersey, at two o’clock in the morning a Mr. Daliz noticed a human figure in Hudson Park with a light attached to his head, bent over and apparently picking things up from the ground and putting them into a little bag. The witness thought the man was wearing a one-piece uniform, and seemed to be dragging his feet as he walked. He continued doing this activity for 20 minutes. No UFO was seen at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ted Bloecher, FSR, October 1976, p. 6; Ted Bloecher, MUFON UFO Journal, March 1976, p. 14; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-39 (A1460), citing Bloecher, Stoehrer & Hopkins
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1003

Event 38266 (5EF6E6D9)

Date: 2/20/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: ESSEX CO, MASS
Description: Saucer with triangular lights drops. Follows 2 / car / 10 minute(s). Heavy radio static.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 67)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12114

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “ESSEX co,MASS:SCR W/TRIANGULAR LITES DROPS:FOLOS 2/CAR/10min:HVY RADIO STATIC”, LatLong: “42.650002 -70.950003”, LatLongDMS: “42:39:00 N 70:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38267 (19EA266A)

Date: 2/20/1976
Location: Essex County, MA
Description: 7:00 p.m. A young man and woman saw some odd red lights in the sky in Essex County, Massachusetts. Then two flattened disc-shaped objects with three triangular lights descended close to their car and maneuvered nearby for about 10 minutes. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 394, citing MUFON case file). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4646

Event 38268 (33ED984D)

Date: 2/20/1976
Description: In answer to a request by UFO researcher Robert Todd, the National Security Agency states that the NSA “does not have any interest in UFOs in any manner.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 181
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5259

Event 38269 (74D2855D)

Date: 2/20/1976
Description: At 7:00 p.m. a young man and woman saw some odd red lights in the sky in Essex County, Massachusetts. Then two flattened disc-shaped objects with three triangular lights descended close to their car and maneuvered nearby for about 10 minutes. The car’s radio had heavy static during a portion of the sighting. The two objects finally flew out of view.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 394, citing MUFON case file
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1026

Event 38270 (00DEDA62)

Date: 2/21/1976
Time: 02:00
Location: D6 / SENAC, FR
Description: 1 / car. Fake sun follows car / 200M away. Follows turns. Hovers over Trouley, FR.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12115

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “D6/SENAC,FR:1/CAR:FAKE SUN FOLOS CAR/200M away:FOLOS TURNS:HVRS ovr TROULEY,FR”, LatLong: “43.366669 0.183333”, LatLongDMS: “43:22:00 N 00:11:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hautes-Pyrénées”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38271 (CC3CC8DD)

Date: 2/22/1976
Time: 10:00
Location: I15 SOUTH / HELENA, MT
Description: Large being walks upright / field. Observer(s) chases. UFO hovers nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 274)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12116

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1250”, HatchDesc: “I15 S/HELENA,MT:LRG BEING WALKS UPRIGHT/FIELD:OBS CHASES:UFO HVRS NEARBY”, LatLong: “46.550002 -112.000005”, LatLongDMS: “46:33:00 N 112:00:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38272 (CA64CA34)

Date: 2/22/1976
Location: Great Falls (near), MT
Description: 10:00 a.m. Leonard Hegele, a 29-year old student, spotted a seven-foot tall humanoid with three-foot wide shoulders walking through a field about a mile from Interstate I-15 south of Great Falls, Montana. It walked with a non-human gait. (Sources: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-41 (A1463), citing Jerome Clark; Great Falls Tribune, February 23, 1976). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4647

Event 38273 (D8B65B47)

Date: 2/22/1976
Description: Leonard Hegele, a 29-year old student, spotted a seven-foot tall humanoid with three-foot wide shoulders walking through a field about a mile from Interstate I-15 south of Great Falls, Montana at around 10 a.m. It walked with a non-human gait. Mr. Hegele stopped his car and attempted to chase the being, but when he got to within 700-800 feet, the creature turned around to face him and Hegele lost his courage and ran back to his car. While he was chasing the creature Hegele saw a gray, oval shaped object hovering in the air nearby. It hovered only 10 feet above the ground, but periodically rose and fell back down another 15 feet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-41 (A1463), citing Jerome Clark; Great Falls Tribune, February 23, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1053

Event 38274 (031F3DF2)

Date: 2/23/1976
Time: 23:00?
Location: JACQUE, FR
Description: Flattened red glowing-ball follows mayor’s car home. Going quickly east. Wives sees also.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12117

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “JACQUE,FR:FLATTENED RED GLOW-BALL FOLOS MAYOR’S CAR HOME:>>E:WIVES SEES ALSO”, LatLong: “43.316669 0.211111”, LatLongDMS: “43:19:00 N 00:12:40 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Hautes-Pyrénées”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38275 (899A9CD0)

Date: 2/24/1976
Time: 21:30
Location: SSW / STRATHAM, NH
Description: 1 / car. Silent 6M domed saucer over road. 4 legs / bottom. No electro-magnetic effect (EME). / MJ#115.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 919)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12118

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “SSW/STRATHAM,NH:1/CAR:SLNT 6M DOMED SCR OVR ROAD:4 LEGS/BOTTOM:NO EME:/MJ#115”, LatLong: “43.000002 -70.922226”, LatLongDMS: “43:00:00 N 70:55:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “New Hampshire”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38276 (50FE49C4)

Date: 2/24/1976
Location: Stratham, NH
Description: 9:27 p.m. A six meter in diameter domed disc hovered over a road. There were four legs on the bottom of the craft, and it was silent. (Source: Raymond E. Fowler, Skylook, May 1976, p. 3). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4648

Event 38277 (1AB56D58)

Date: 2/24/1976
Description: A six meter in diameter domed disc hovered over a road in Stratham, New Hampshire at 9:37 p.m. There were four legs on the bottom of the craft, and it was silent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, Skylook, May 1976, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1086

Event 38278 (7A69C244)

Date: 2/25/1976 (approximate)
Time: 01:00
Location: KETTERING, TASM
Description: Glowing-dome lands / beach. Hums. Figure(s) / windows? Louder going up [to] and going east. / FSRv24#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12119

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “KETTERING,TASM:GLO-DOME LANDS/BEACH:HUMS:FIGs/WINDOWS?:LOUDER ↑+>E:/FSRv24#3”, LatLong: “-42.833335 147.266674”, LatLongDMS: “42:50:00 S 147:16:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38279 (8124976C)

Date: 2/25/1976
Location: Kettering, Tasmania
Description: 1:00 a.m. A glowing, domed object landed on the beach at 1:00 a.m., making a humming noise. Beings were seen through the windows in the craft. The domed disc made a louder noise as it took off, and flew away toward the east. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4649

Event 38280 (AF3EF78A)

Date: 2/25/1976
Location: Maneru, Spain
Description: 4:00 p.m. Five school children saw a UFO descend and land in a nearby field. The UFO was 8-10 meters wide, and had a transparent dome. A two-meter tall being emerged dressed in a black coverall suit. (Source: Gordon Creighton, FSR, April 1977, p. 27). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4650

Event 38281 (89A63F21)

Date: 2/25/1976
Location: Nashville, IL
Description: Evening. Humanoid report. Woman encountered two “beings” while driving on a country road NW of Nashville. The being flashed a blue light at her before she sped away. Beings described as very tall “with large feet and no necks.” (MUFON 100-7, CUFOS-AP) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4651

Event 38282 (EB77E55C)

Date: 2/25/1976
Location: Location unknown, MT
Description: 8:30 p.m. UFO photos, daylight sighting. (UFO 66 NIDS) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4652

Event 38283 (1004BE4E)

Date: Late 2/1976
Location: Kettering, Tasmania
Description: 1:00 a.m. A man in Kettering, Tasmania, is awake tending to a child when he looks outside to his east and sees what he thinks is an aircraft descending at 45°. After watching for a couple of minutes, he goes outside. The object comes down behind a small bank on the far side of a sports field opposite his house. He crosses the field, climbs the bank, and sees from about 82 feet away, a dome-shaped object emitting a bright-white to yellow light from three or four windows. When he looks through the object’s windows he can see a tall cylinder (that he likens to a ship’s compass mounting), motionless gray shapes (like car seats with headrests seen from the rear), and perhaps entities. He hears a humming noise. The object takes off to the east with the noise increasing in volume. It climbs away at 60° and recedes to a point source and disappears. The total duration is 6–7 minutes. The next day he returns to the spot and notes the rough grass beyond the sports field has been scorched in a circular patch. This grass later dies. On October 24, 1977, the Tasmanian UFO Information Centre takes soil samples of this area that are examined by Geoff Stevens using a thermoluminescence test. His investigation reveals no significant, systematic differences in the thermoluminescence content of soil and mineral particles taken from within the affected area, and control samples taken from outside this area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Geoff Stevens, “Thermoluminescence Measurements of Soil Samples Affected by a UFO,” CUFOS Bulletin, Spring 1978, pp. 1, 3–6; Keith Roberts and Geoff Stevens, “The Kettering, Tasmania, Landing: A Study,” Flying Saucer Review 24, no. 3 (November 1978): 18–21; “Tasmanian Landing in 1976,” IUR 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5260

Event 38284 (38F051B7)

Date: 2/25/1976
Description: The first humanoid report on this day occurred in Kettering, Tasmania. A glowing, domed object landed on the beach at 1:00 a.m., making a humming noise. Beings were seen through the windows in the craft. The domed disc made a louder noise as it took off, and flew away toward the east. Later that night numerous witnesses in Maydena, Tasmania, sighted two orange lights. They flew toward the southwest at a speed less than 100 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 161, citing FSR; Keith Roberts, MUFON UFO Journal, September 1976, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1110

Event 38285 (422BE131)

Date: 2/25/1976
Description: In Maneru, Spain at 4:00 p.m. five school children saw a UFO descend and land in a nearby field. The UFO was 8-10 meters wide, and had a transparent dome. A two-meter tall being emerged dressed in a black coverall suit. The figure took a few steps through the field of barley, and then returned to the craft, and took off. There were landing traces at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gordon Creighton, FSR, April 1977, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1111

Event 38286 (1AB63095)

Date: 2/25/1976
Description: Eight miles north of Nashville, Illinois at 7:30 p.m. that same evening, while driving by on the highway a woman caught sight of two eight-foot tall beings standing about fifteen feet from the roadway. As her car drew even with the second being a blue light flashed across her face. She drove away in fear, and she continued to watch a blue glow in her rear view mirror.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Center for UFO Studies case files, report dated February 26, 1976, citing field investigator Kretsch
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1112

Event 38287 (C48C86ED)

Date: 2/26/1976
Location: Long Island, NY
Description: 6:15 P.M. Mrs. Audrey Manny observed a large dome shaped object hovering to the south of her home. After about three minutes it started moving toward her at a rapid rate of speed. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, April 1976, page 3) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4653

Event 38288 (EA5FE00F)

Date: 2/26/1976
Time: 14:50:03.0
Location: 36.9000 -115.9900
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Shallows” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_787

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.9000 -115.9900”, LatLongDMS: “36:54:00 N 115:59:24 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.20”, NukeName: “Shallows”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38289 (968B1605)

Date: 2/29/1976
Time: 06:00
Location: MOUNTAIN SOUTH / SOFIA, BULG
Description: 3+2 / weather station/depot/facility. 2 silver saucers / E. sky. Hover still near rising sun. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 265)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12120

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Bulgaria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “Mtn S/SOFIA,BULG:3+2/WEATHER Stn:2 SLVR SCRS/E.SKY:HVR STILL nr RISING SUN:NFD”, LatLong: “42.600002 23.333334”, LatLongDMS: “42:36:00 N 23:20:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sofia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38290 (499C5B26)

Date: 3/1976
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Description: Werner Walter and Hansjürgen Köhler found Centrale Erforschungsnetz Auβergewöhnlicher Phänomene [later Himmelsphänomene] in Mannheim, Germany. The first issue of its somewhat skeptical, anti-ETH, monthly CENAP-Report is published, continuing until May 2007.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Centrales Erforschungsnetz Auβergewöhnlicher Himmelsphänomene”; CENAP Report, no. 1 (May 1976)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5261

Event 38291 (606B0C43)

Date: 3/1/1976
Time: 13:00?
Location: OLDHAM, MANCHESTER
Description: Group / boys. Saucer west transparent dome in and out / clouds 1 minute(s). Dome turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & WARRINGTON, Peter (eds): UFO’s a BRITISH PERSPECTIVE; Robert Hale, London 1979. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12121

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “207”, HatchDesc: “OLDHAM,MANCHESTER:GROUP/BOYS:SCR W XPARENT DOME IN+OUT/CLOUDS 1min:DOME TURNS”, LatLong: “53.550003 -2.116667”, LatLongDMS: “53:33:00 N 02:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38292 (85A967D0)

Date: 3/1/1976
Description: On this afternoon a group of boys in Oldham, Cairo Mill, Greater Manchester, England watched a saucer with a transparent dome fly in and out of the clouds for a minute. The dome was reportedly revolving.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Delair J Bernard, Northern Network News, 1976, volume 26, number 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1218

Event 38293 (CFA9A946)

Date: 3/2/1976
Time: 20:10
Location: THEVILLE, FR
Description: Saucer going northwest. 5M silver cube / trees. 30 round holes / each side. Going northwest. / LDLN#163.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 49)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12122

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “THEVILLE,FR:SCR >NW:5M SLVR CUBE/TREES:30 RND HOLES/EACH SIDE:>NW:/LDLN#163”, LatLong: “49.644447 -1.416667”, LatLongDMS: “49:38:40 N 01:25:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Manche”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38294 (F29595F3)

Date: 3/2/1976
Location: Theville, France
Description: 8:10 p.m. A silver box, about five meters in diameter, flew low over the trees in Theville, France. Two men, Messrs. Leveziel and Mahaut witnessed the UFO, which was described as having 30 round holes on each side. It flew off toward the northwest. (Source: Francis Leblond, Phenomenes Spatiaux, September 1976, p. 12, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 163). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4654

Event 38295 (C4A57D55)

Date: 3/2/1976
Description: At 8:10 p.m. a silver box, about five meters in diameter, flew low over the trees in Theville, France. Two men, Messrs. Leveziel and Mahaut witnessed the UFO, which was described as having 30 round holes on each side. It flew off toward the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Francis Leblond, Phenomenes Spatiaux, September 1976, p. 12, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 163
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1257

Event 38296 (E22F6F3E)

Date: 3/3/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Colonel Claude Bosc makes an observation in the Poitiers region aboard a Lockheed T-33SF. (March 3, 11 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2717

Event 38297 (4572EC54)

Date: 3/3/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: NEAR TOURS, FR
Description: 2 FAF T33 pilots. Near crash with 2M green fireball. Luminous/glowing trail. / LDLN#331+/ r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: VSD Magazine, France: Special Issue. OVNIs Les Preuves Scientifiques; July 1998 (via D. Weinstein)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12123

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr TOURS,FR:2 FAF T33 PILOTS:NR CRASH W/2M GRN FBL:LUMn TRAIL:/LDLN#331+/r150”, LatLong: “47.416669 0.666667”, LatLongDMS: “47:25:00 N 00:40:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indre-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 38298 (5C6A6291)

Date: 3/3/1976
Location: Refrigerio, Brazil
Description: 4:00 p.m. A 12-year-old boy named Ojeda saw a 40-foot in diameter shiny disc in a clearing in the forest in Refrigerio, Brazil. It sat upon some type of metallic platform. Two beings in shiny suits, less than five feet tall, were seen outside making repairs. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1465, citing Gray Barker, UFO Report, June 1977, p. 37). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4655

Event 38299 (FD05979E)

Date: 3/3/1976
Location: Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Description: Night. French AF T-33, object illuminates aircraft. Testimony of French fighter pilot Colonel Claude Bosc. On night training flight in a T-33, Bosc saw a bright light approach at high speed on a collision course. His jet was then enveloped in green phosphorescent light for several seconds. Radar showed nothing, but two other pilots saw the encounter from a distance. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4656

Event 38300 (448F2E8A)

Date: 3/3/1976
Location: Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Description: Night. Claude Bosc, a student pilot flying a French Air Force T-33 on a training mission at 19,500 feet, sees a rapidly approaching bright light in the distance near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. In 1–2 seconds, the object speeds toward him and his plane is surrounded by a green phosphorescent light that illuminates the aircraft for several seconds. The green sphere, only 3–6 feet in diameter, avoids a collision at the last minute and passes over his right wing. The radar shows nothing, but two other pilots see the encounter from a distance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Comité d’Études Approfondies, Les OVNI et la Defense: A Quoi doit-on se Préparer? (UFOs and Defense: What Should We Prepare for?), July 16, 1999, pp. 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5262

Event 38301 (06E7D41E)

Date: 3/3/1976
Description: At four o’clock in the afternoon a 12-year-old boy named Ojeda saw a 40-foot in diameter shiny disc in a clearing in the forest in Refrigerio, Brazil. It sat upon some type of metallic platform. Two beings in shiny suits, less than five feet tall, were seen outside making repairs. Blinded by a flash of intense light, he was captured and taken aboard the craft. The beings communicated with the boy using telepathy, and gave him a physical exam on an exam table. He had skin burns resulting from the flash of light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1465, citing Gray Barker, UFO Report, June 1977, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1281

Event 38302 (62A48703)

Date: 3/3/1976
Description: Three hours after the abduction of the 12-year-old in Brazil, a luminous green sphere with a luminous tail nearly collided with a French Air Force T-33 jet over Tours, France. The UFO climbed vertically, levelled out, came at the aircraft, and the two-meter wide sphere passed within 30 cm when it passed over the right wing. It didn’t show up at all on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 40
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1282

Event 38303 (C6310C43)

Date: 3/5/1976
Time: 03:20
Location: 26KM EAST / GRAHAMSTOWN, RSA
Description: 3+observer(s). Fireball 10’ over house / 105min. Finally shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12124

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “105”, HatchDesc: “26km E/GRAHAMSTOWN,RSA:3+OBS:FBL 10’OVR HOUSE/105min:FINALLY SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “-33.283335 26.833335”, LatLongDMS: “33:17:00 S 26:50:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38304 (3FDE54DD)

Date: 3/5/1976
Time: 21:30
Location: REDMOND, OR
Description: 26’ saucer drops / sky. Beams lights / ground. Car radio out when near.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12125

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “913”, HatchDesc: “REDMOND,OR:26’ SCR DROPS/SKY:BEAMS LITES/GND:CAR RADIO OUT WHEN NEAR:”, LatLong: “44.250002 -121.250006”, LatLongDMS: “44:15:00 N 121:15:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38305 (2A68D24D)

Date: 3/5/1976
Time: 22:10
Location: NORTH / CARACAS, VNZL
Description: Airport/apartment Air Traffic Controllers. Unidentified blip / RADAR’s. No response radio. Away / 3000mph. / MJ#110.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12126

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “104”, HatchDesc: “N/CARACAS,VNZL:Apt.ATCs:UID BLIP/RDRs:NO RESPONSE RDO:AWAY/3000mph:/MJ#110”, LatLong: “10.583334 -66.950003”, LatLongDMS: “10:35:00 N 66:57:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38306 (0D35C302)

Date: 3/5/1976
Location: Redmond, OR
Description: 9:25 p.m. A 23-year-old woman saw an object high in the sky, which then dropped down to an altitude of only 75 feet. The radio in her car went dead when the object came near, and although the woman kept driving, the radio did not work again until two miles down the road. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 395, citing CUFOS) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4657

Event 38307 (752CAD39)

Date: 3/5/1976
Description: At dusk Mrs. T. went to her back doorstep in Cheshire, Connecticut to call in the children. When she looked up she saw an object moving slowly at treetop level “a few thousand feet away.” Her husband came out and saw it, two. It had a translucent dome on top and gold lights around its periphery. Above the dome was a deep red flashing light, and there were holes in the bottom out of which a blue light shone. Mr. T. estimated its size as 80 feet in diameter. It descended among some trees in a wetlands area near their home. They watched it for two hours, until 9:30 p.m. The man and his two sons then got in their van and drove to a point closer to the object. They noticed an unnatural silence, but could not get a good view. When they returned home Mrs. T. was missing. After searching the house, they returned to the living room when she suddenly showed up. Her speech was slow and slurred, and she claimed that she had been in the bedroom. At 11:30 p.m. the couple went to bed, but they woke up at 12:45 a.m., finding that they had somehow exchanged positions in bed. Both felt nauseous, and the back door of their house was found to be open. The next day an investigator visited them and discovered three wedge-shaped holes in the ground and broken tree branches where the UFO had evidently landed near the house. A few days later the couple vaguely remembered being taken onboard the craft during the hour before they woke up. The husband clearly recalled “being in a galley area where they were eating. An extraterrestrial was sitting there with his head on his hand looking up at me as if saying, “What are you doing here?” This being had wrinkled whitish gray skin, high cheekbones, a high forehead, and eyes that were three or four times bigger than human eyes; he was also bald. He was looking at the man with an expression of “disdain.” Under hypnosis the wife remembered much more. One kind of alien was about four feet tall, a second group, “the doers”, were about 5.5 feet tall; and a third type with huge eyes and pupils like that of a cat, was 6.6 feet tall. The couple said the beings communicated with them by telepathy, and that they believe that “their minds have been probed by extraterrestrials since the March incident.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-88 (A1805), citing James Harder, James Barrett & Dick Nycz for CUFOS
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1317

Event 38308 (D4CE2403)

Date: 3/5/1976
Description: Miss Rasmussen, a 23-year-old woman in Redmond, Oregon first saw an object high in the sky at 9:25 p.m., which then dropped down to an altitude of only 75 feet. The object was disc-shaped, about 26 feet in diameter, and had red and white lights revolving around its exterior. Two light beams were directed from the object to the ground. The radio in her car went dead when the object came near, and although the woman kept driving, the radio did not work again until two miles down the road. The object did not follow the car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, June 1976, p. 5; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 68, case 395, citing CUFOS
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1318

Event 38309 (ACB84281)

Date: 3/9/1976
Time: 14:00:00.1
Location: 37.3100 -116.3642
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Estuary” Yield: 200KT YieldMax: 500KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_788

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.3100 -116.3642”, LatLongDMS: “37:18:36 N 116:21:51 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.87”, NukeMb: “6.00”, NukeName: “Estuary”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “200”, NukeYMax: “500”

Event 38310 (218009A9)

Date: 3/10/1976
Time: 15:50
Location: INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Description: Boy / 13. 3 photographs / dark saucer with transparent dome. Circles area 360°. Good / APRO.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 928)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12127

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “INDIANAPOLIS,IN:BOY/13:3 FOTOS/DRK SCR W/XPRNT DOME:CCLS AREA 360°:GOOD/APRO”, LatLong: “39.800002 -86.116671”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:00 N 86:07:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38311 (2851608C)

Date: 3/11/1976
Location: NEAR PALMA, MAJORCA
Description: Iberia airline(s)/airliner paced / long object with bright light. Rumor only / Bal.Olmos.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12128

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr PALMA,MAJORCA:IBERIA AL PACED/LONG OBJ W/BRITE LITE:rumor only/Bal.Olmos”, LatLong: “39.583335 2.616667”, LatLongDMS: “39:35:00 N 02:37:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38312 (FB2F211A)

Date: 3/11/1976
Time: 00:50
Location: WESTERWAY TO/FROM ELLENDALE, TASMANIA
Description: Red-orange night light flies through dense forest. Rises and nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12129

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “WESTERWAY><ELLENDALE,TASMANIA:RED-ORG NLT FLIES THRU DENSE FOREST:RISES+NEARS”, LatLong: “-42.716669 146.700007”, LatLongDMS: “42:43:00 S 146:42:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38313 (2683E650)

Date: 3/11/1976
Time: 06:10
Location: GARDSJO, SWEDEN
Description: 1 observer. Double domed saucer 100’ over cowshed. Observer(s) gets severe headache.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12130

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GARDSJO,SWEDEN:1 OBS:DBL DOMED SCR 100’OVR COWSHED:OBS GETS SEVERE HEADACHE”, LatLong: “58.933336 14.333334”, LatLongDMS: “58:56:00 N 14:20:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38314 (D22458A9)

Date: 3/11/1976
Location: Palma de Majorca, Spain
Description: Object paced airliner (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4658

Event 38315 (034E92AD)

Date: 3/11/1976
Location: Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Description: An Iberian Airlines pilot flying above Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, watches an elongated object, shaped like a dirigible gondola and lighted from within through several window-like openings, pace his aircraft with occasional bursts of speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv II 122, 146
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5263

Event 38316 (925AC467)

Date: 3/12/1976
Location: Paso Fondo, Brazil
Description: Paso Fondo, Brazil (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 760312
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4659

Event 38317 (DF663D3D)

Date: 3/14/1976
Time: 21:50
Location: LIRIA, SPAIN
Description: 2 / car. Dark-glow ‘Michelin-man’ floats across road. Lights / head. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects.)
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12131

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LIRIA,SPAIN:2/CAR:DRK-GLOW ‘MICHELIN-MAN’ FLOATS ACRS ROAD:LITES/HEAD:CAR EMES”, LatLong: “39.638891 -0.600000”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:20 N 00:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Valencian”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38318 (2A6BBE33)

Date: 3/14/1976
Time: 12:30:00.2
Location: 37.3060 -116.4715
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Colby” Yield: 500KT YieldMax: 1000KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_789

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.3060 -116.4715”, LatLongDMS: “37:18:22 N 116:28:17 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “1.27”, NukeMb: “6.30”, NukeName: “Colby”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “500”, NukeYMax: “1000”

Event 38319 (A81A5B90)

Date: 3/14/1976
Description: A married couple driving between Liria and Olocau, Valencia, Spain saw a dark figure float across the road ahead of them. at 9:45 p.m. Depite being dark it was luminous and shaped like the “Michelin man.” Their car headlights died as they approached.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1978, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1495

Event 38320 (85CAD499)

Date: 3/15/1976
Time: 21:20
Location: BRUNSWICK, MD
Description: All 23 channels / CB Radio electro-magnetic effect (EME). 45M glowing-object passes. Local (as a local wave) wave. / MJ#275.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 916)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12132

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “BRUNSWICK,MD:ALL 23 CHANs/CB RADIO EME:45M GLOW-OBJ PASSES:LCL WAVE:/MJ#275”, LatLong: “39.316669 -77.627781”, LatLongDMS: “39:19:00 N 77:37:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38321 (FB1D8D90)

Date: 3/15/1976
Location: NW, MD
Description: 9:20 p.m. The sighting lasted until 1:30 a.m. on March 16. The first observer happened to have a citizens band radio and began communications with other people regarding the light that was displaying unusual movements in the clear night sky. Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, April 1976, pages 3-4) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4660

Event 38322 (09CECEA8)

Date: 3/15/1976
Locations: Simón Bolívar Airport; Caracas, Venezuela; Caribbean Sea
Description: 10:14 p.m. Two objects are tracked on radar flying over the landing strips at Simón Bolívar Airport near Caracas, Venezuela, at 3,000 mph. Tower operators ask the unidentified craft to identify themselves. Instead they take off and disappear over the Caribbean Sea.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard H. Hall, “UFOs Tracked on Radar at Venezuelan Airport,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 110 (January 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5264

Event 38323 (D9AEA55A)

Date: 3/16/1976
Time: 20:50
Location: SAINTES, FR
Description: Family / 6. Big rumble. Salad bowl saucer outside going [to] toward(s) town. Traces / grass.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12133

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SAINTES,FR:FAMILY/6:BIG RUMBLE:SALAD BOWL SCR OUTSIDE > TWRD TOWN:TRACES/GRASS”, LatLong: “45.766669 -0.616667”, LatLongDMS: “45:46:00 N 00:37:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38324 (22F37047)

Date: 3/17/1976
Time: 14:15:00.1
Location: 37.2559 -116.3119
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Pool” Yield: 200KT YieldMax: 500KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_790

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2559 -116.3119”, LatLongDMS: “37:15:21 N 116:18:43 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.88”, NukeMb: “6.10”, NukeName: “Pool”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “200”, NukeYMax: “500”

Event 38325 (EAE24A10)

Date: 3/17/1976
Time: 14:45:00.1
Location: 37.1073 -116.0525
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Strait” Yield: 200KT YieldMax: 500KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_791

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1073 -116.0525”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:26 N 116:03:09 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.78”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeName: “Strait”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “200”, NukeYMax: “500”

Event 38326 (89E7FF45)

Date: 3/17/1976
Time: 02:57:00.0
Location: 49.7556 78.0992
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1468

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7556 78.0992”, LatLongDMS: “49:45:20 N 78:05:57 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38327 (7D279E28)

Date: 3/19/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: BIG RUN, PA
Description: Disk paces 3 / car close. White beams into car! Away / junction. Separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 928)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12134

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “391”, HatchDesc: “BIG RUN,PA:DISK PACES 3/CAR CLOSE:WHT BEAMS into CAR!:away/junction:SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “40.966669 -78.877782”, LatLongDMS: “40:58:00 N 78:52:40 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38328 (41AD8283)

Date: 3/19/1976
Description: In 1976 a flying disc paced a car with three people inside very closely in Big Run, Pennsylvania. White beams of light were directed into the car from the UFO. It flew away when the car reached a highway intersection. An independent observer witnessed the incident.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, April 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1574

Event 38329 (A14040B5)

Date: Spring 1976
Description: (Translated from French) Numerous UFO sightings around USAF bases in the northern United States. (Spring)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2725

Event 38330 (8A6138C7)

Date: 3/21/1976
Location: FRANCE, Echevis
Description: (Translated from French) Traveling on the RN 518 at the place called “The House of the Devil,” Jean-Lucien Robert was around 9:10 pm dazzled by a kind of luminous cigar, about 1.20m high, 60 to 80 cm in diameter. Stopping and cutting the contact, he saw an oval object placed vertically with two kinds of dark red portholes spaced about 40 cm apart on the edge, from which very bright lights were escaping. The witness felt a fear like never before. The object being blinding, he protected his eyes with his hands. When he looked again, the object had disappeared. Before going home he entered an establishment shouting “I saw a monster! I saw a monster!” still hiding his eyes with his hands. His eyes were stinging as if someone had thrown sand at him. He made a statement to the gendarmerie and the gendarmes confirmed the state of shock of this witness.
Reference: M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 607, 608
Reference: Robert ROUSSEL: “OVNI, la fin du secret” - Belfond 1978 - p. 71, 72
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2909

Event 38331 (52C45074)

Date: 3/21/1976
Time: 21:10
Location: ECHEVIS, FR
Description: 1.2M cylinder/cylindrical object going down [to] vertical / roadside. 2 portholes. Blinding light. / r30p607.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12135

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “ECHEVIS,FR:1.2M CYL.↓ VERTICAL/ROADSIDE:2 PORTHOLES:BLINDING LITE:/r30p607”, LatLong: “45.044447 5.383334”, LatLongDMS: “45:02:40 N 05:23:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38332 (AB68800A)

Date: 3/22/1976
Location: AUSTRALIA, Neminga (New South Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) Three witnesses: a couple in a car and a driver in his truck were parked in front of the town’s hotel when they saw a small white car with its headlights on arrive. At that moment a bright green light descended on the white car, which was then enveloped in a thick white fog, and its headlights went out. After two minutes, the fog dissipated and a woman got out of the car to wipe the windshield with a yellow cloth that seemed to be covered in a white substance. A few moments later the woman was about to get back into her car when the headlights came back on by themselves. Surprised, she threw away the yellow cloth which immediately caught fire. She got back into her car and continued her journey towards Nundle, under the astonished gaze of the witnesses who saw a strange object disappear at an incredible speed into the clouds. [vog: the more spectacular, the more he likes it this author… as if all ufology wasn’t already confusing enough]
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “Les messagers du Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, p. 177
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2910

Event 38333 (F6D70775)

Date: 3/22/1976
Description: (Translated from French) A couple driving towards Murrundi (New South Wales) stops to consult the map. It is at this moment that a small white car approaches them, and they get out of their car in the hope of asking for directions. A bright yellow-green light suddenly descends from the sky, hiding the approaching car, then disappears. The vehicle veers off the wrong side of the road and is then enveloped in a white mist. The car stops, lights off. A woman gets out and wipes the windshield with a garment. Then she throws the garment to the ground, and it catches fire. She was gone before the stunned couple could react. As the car passes them, they notice it is covered in a thick white substance that was not unlike white paint. There is it everywhere except for the windshield where it had been wiped off. (March 22, 5:45)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2718

Event 38334 (DA3F545B)

Date: 3/22/1976
Time: 05:50
Location: NEMINGHA, AUS
Description: Car lit. Driver wipes window. Rag bursts / flame. / r210v25#1+/ r25p55.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 269)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12136

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “NEMINGHA,AUS:CAR LIT:DRIVER WIPES WINDOW:RAG BURSTS/FLAME:/r210v25#1+/r25p55”, LatLong: “-31.016668 151.000007”, LatLongDMS: “31:01:00 S 151:00:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38335 (BDB2E217)

Date: 3/22/1976
Location: Nemingha, New South Wales
Description: 5:42 a.m. A couple are stopped in their car outside a hotel in Nemingha, New South Wales, deciding on directions. Suddenly a bright, greenish-yellow light descends and completely envelops a nearby white car, which drifts to the wrong side of the road, wrapped in a thick ball of white haze. Its headlights go out. After 2 minutes the haze dissipates, and a woman gets out of the car and wipes a white substance off the windshield with a yellow cloth. She is about to get back in when its lights come back on by themselves. She throws the cloth on the roadside, drives a short way, and the yellow cloth bursts into flame. When the white car passes the couple, they notice it is covered in a thick white substance, except for the windshield.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Chalker, “Road Hazard Down Under?” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 5 (February 1977): 28–32; Bill Chalker, “Postscript to the Nemingha Case,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 3 (October 1977): 22, 27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5265

Event 38336 (7EB2861E)

Date: 3/24/1976
Location: GUADELOUPE, Pointe-à-Pitre
Description: (Translated from French) Around noon, the gendarmerie was informed by H.G., manager of the La Bekere restaurant in Capesterre de Marie Galante, that two bright spheres of approximately one meter in diameter had been discovered on the beach of La Feuillère. The gendarmes noted that these spheres were buried quite deeply, at the edge of the breaking wave and partially covered by the sea water, 14 meters apart from each other. A very thin metal coating covered them, with a thickness of about 0.5 mm. On one of the spheres, the coating seemed to have melted, revealing another very resistant metal that could not be scratched with the tip of a knife. The gendarmes, in order to continue the investigation, waited for instructions and kept watch until nightfall, and cleared the things the next day. It turned out to be two half-spheres that fit perfectly into each other and seemed to have been welded together with a material resembling plastic. At 10 o’clock, the mayor arrived on the beach, claimed ownership of these things for the municipality, and despite the prohibition, had them removed to be exhibited in the municipality.
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “OVNI, l’armée parle” - France Empire 1979, p. 125, 126
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2911

Event 38337 (F9AA8A6B)

Date: 3/24/1976
Location: FAIRFIELD, CT
Description: 2+2 cops and hundreds. 6 luminous spheres part. Regroup. Stop dead. Fly away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ANDREWS, George C: EXTRA-TERRESTRIALS AMONG US; FATE/Llewellyn Publs, St. Paul, MN 1992 (Index 5)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12137

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “FAIRFIELD,CT:2+2 COPS+100s:6 LUM SPHERES PART:REGROUP:STOP DEAD:FLY AWAY.”, LatLong: “41.138891 -73.266670”, LatLongDMS: “41:08:20 N 73:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38338 (7ADBBD29)

Date: 3/24/1976
Time: 18:30
Location: COVENTRY, CT
Description: L. Fawcett and 4 / car. Bright cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / power lines / 10 mn. Brilliant light / top. Maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: SOULE, Gardner: UFO’s & IFOs - A Factual Report…; Putnam’s Sons, NY. 1968? (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12138

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “162”, HatchDesc: “COVENTRY,CT:L.FAWCETT+4/CAR:BRITE CGR HVRS/PWR LINES/10mn:BRILL.LITE/TOP:MNVRs”, LatLong: “41.766669 -72.283337”, LatLongDMS: “41:46:00 N 72:17:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38339 (0B001CD6)

Date: 3/25/1976
Location: Belt, MT
Description: 11:40 p.m. UFO descended over vehicle, 50’ diameter. (UFO 77 NIDS) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4661

Event 38340 (67BC5B0D)

Date: 3/26/1976
Location: Great Falls (10 mi. S of), MT
Description: 9:15 p.m. UFO described as a light that zig-zagged in the sky. (UFO 78 NIDS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4662

Event 38341 (15746737)

Date: 3/26/1976
Description: The CIA responds to the Ground Saucer Watch FOIA request, claiming that its only involvement with UFOs was with the 1953 Robertson Panel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 113
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5266

Event 38342 (45858A1B)

Date: 3/27/1976
Location: LA REUNION, Saint Denis
Description: (Translated from French) The gendarme M.G. was stopped by a UFO which presented itself in the form of a stationary fog at the side of the road at the crossroads, before suddenly accelerating and disappearing. At the time of the event it was day, it was between 6:50 and 6:55 when the vehicle had a breakdown of ignition. The small cloud was on his left. Its appearance was like that which one sees on roads in hot weather.
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “OVNI, l’armée parle” - France-Empire 1979, p. 68 to 70
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2912

Event 38343 (36034158)

Date: 3/27/1976
Description: (Translated from French) At the intersection formed by Lacaussade Boulevard and Sainte-Marie and des Molières Streets, to the west of the Saint-Denis agglomeration (Réunion), Gendarme M. G. is parked on the right sidewalk of the boulevard when he sees a fog patch about 15 or 20 m above the grassy median at the center of the intersection, on the side of La Rivière. The small cloud rises and disappears quickly, in a South-Southwest direction (March 27, 6:50-6:55)
Reference: [Bourret, L’armée parle].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2719

Event 38344 (2D8B38C0)

Date: 3/27/1976
Time: 06:50
Location: ST. DENIS, REUNION
Description: Cop / car. Motor and lights electro-magnetic effect (EME). Small cloud / roadside going up [to] and going quickly SSW. / r153p76.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12139

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Indian Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “St.DENIS,REUNION:COP/CAR:MOTOR+LITES EME:SML CLOUD/ROADSIDE ↑ + >>SSW:/r153p76”, LatLong: “-20.900001 55.466669”, LatLongDMS: “20:54:00 S 55:28:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “REU”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38345 (5A4FBD8B)

Date: 3/27/1976
Location: St. Denis, Reunion, France
Description: 6:45 a.m. The engine and headlights of a car died in St. Denis, Reunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, while in the presence of a small cloud by the roadside. The small cloud then rose up vertically, and shot off toward the southwest. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, October 1976). (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4663

Event 38346 (81DB2760)

Date: 3/27/1976
Location: Mt. Vernon, IN
Description: 5:95 p.m. Distant cylindrical object described as a jumbo jet with no wings observed for 25 seconds moving SE to NW and climbing at a high rate of speed. No sound. (Ridge files, UFO Filter Center) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4664

Event 38347 (034778AF)

Date: 3/27/1976
Description: At 6:45 a.m. the engine and headlights of a car died in St. Denis, Reunion, a French territory in the Indian Ocean while in the presence of a small cloud by the roadside. The small cloud then rose up vertically, and shot off toward the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, October 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1698

Event 38348 (E37E10B5)

Date: 3/28/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Photographs of Billy Meier (see below) at Bachtel-Unterbachte, presented as showing “Pleiadian craft”. (9 h 38)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2720

Event 38349 (4650D123)

Date: 3/28/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Another similar observation to Bachtelhornli-Unterbachtels. (16 h 50)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2721

Event 38350 (FAD1F787)

Date: 3/28/1976
Time: 00:30
Location: SR970 EAST / CLEARFIELD, PA
Description: 200’ canoe-cylinder/cigar-shape over mobile home. Observer(s) very close. 2 photographs no good.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12140

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “345”, HatchDesc: “SR970 E/CLEARFIELD,PA:200’CANOE-CGR OVR MOBILE HOME:OBS VCLOSE:2 FOTOS NO GOOD”, LatLong: “41.027780 -78.344448”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:40 N 78:20:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38351 (901A44A2)

Date: 3/28/1976
Time: 20:00
Location: LEVEL GREEN TO/FROM ARDARA, PA
Description: 3 observer(s). Saucer hugs hillside. Square windows. Lands. Bounces.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12141

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “305”, HatchDesc: “LEVEL GREEN><ARDARA,PA:3 OBS:SCR HUGS HILLSIDE:SQR WINDOWS:LANDS:BOUNCES”, LatLong: “40.377780 -79.727782”, LatLongDMS: “40:22:40 N 79:43:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38352 (269124F2)

Date: 3/28/1976
Time: 21:20
Location: MT. PLEASANT, PA
Description: 2 / mobile home. Top-shaped saucer rotates and maneuvers / 90 minute(s). Shoots going quickly east. Telepathy.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12142

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “323”, HatchDesc: “Mt PLEASANT,PA:2/MOBILE HOME:TOP-SHAPED SCR ROTATES+MNVRS/90min:SHOOTS>>E:TLP”, LatLong: “40.150002 -79.538893”, LatLongDMS: “40:09:00 N 79:32:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38353 (7E849ED6)

Date: 3/28/1976
Location: Villa park, IL
Description: No details on this close encounter (C1) (CUFOS) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4665

Event 38354 (A999AA2B)

Date: 3/29/1976
Time: 06:10
Location: TELEAJENUL RIVER, SCAENI, ROMANIA
Description: 10 kids. Colored orbs all over. 1 lands. Traces and radiation/radioactivity?
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 107)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12143

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Romania”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “TELEAJENUL Rvr,SCAENI,ROMANIA:10 KIDS:CLRD ORBS ALL OVR:1 LANDS:TRACES+RDA?”, LatLong: “45.050002 26.000001”, LatLongDMS: “45:03:00 N 26:00:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRH”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38355 (10131479)

Date: 3/29/1976
Time: 07:00:00.2
Location: 47.8970 48.1330
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Azgir A-3-2” Yield: 10KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1469

Extra Data: LatLong: “47.8970 48.1330”, LatLongDMS: “47:53:49 N 48:07:59 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.99”, NukeMb: “4.30”, NukeName: “PNE:Azgir A-3-2”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “10”

Event 38356 (6F26D060)

Date: 3/30/1976
Description: (Translated from French) In Saint-Denis (Reunion), on the instructions of the Lieutenant Colonel commanding the Gendarmerie group, the Gendarmerie is carrying out a reconstruction of the observation of Gendarme M. on March 27 (March 30, 7:30)
Reference: [Bourret, L’armée parle].
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2722

Event 38357 (827DB5EF)

Date: 3/30/1976
Time: 08:00?
Location: ASCOLI PICENO, ITL
Description: Fishermen. Brilliant Oblong object rises / sea and flies away. Seen / seconds.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 156)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12144

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ASCOLI PICENO,ITL:FISHERMEN:BRILL.OBLONG OBJ RISES/SEA+FLIES AWAY:seen/seconds”, LatLong: “42.866669 14.000001”, LatLongDMS: “42:52:00 N 14:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ascoli Piceno”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38358 (B7E4B982)

Date: 3/30/1976
Description: Miss Roseti da Silva, a 23-year-old college student, was blinded by a beam of white light from an unseen flying object in Quixada, Brazil. The energy beam sapped her strength and she lost consciousness. She was hospitalized with burns and nervous exhaustion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, MUFON UFO Journal, August 1976, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1739

Event 38359 (8ACDE7F6)

Date: 3/31/1976
Location: Appleton, Wisconsin
Description: During a campaign stop in Appleton, Wisconsin, Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter is asked by Thomas Heiman, associate director of the UFO Education Center, whether he would make public all the UFO files if he became president. Carter answers, “Yes, I would make these kinds of data available to the public, as President, to help resolve the mystery about it.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Grant Cameron, “Jimmy Carter, the Nobel Prize, and Extraterrestrials”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5267

Event 38360 (3F065A58)

Date: 4/1976
Location: CANADA, Atwater (Montréal)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 6 pm, two young girls noticed a strange man on the Atwater line. He was about 2 meters tall and had an olive complexion. He appeared to be between 60 and 65 years old, not very hairy, with very black hair dyed with gray regrowth. His eyebrows extended to a point on his forehead with a line from the eyelid going up. His eyelids were metallic gray. He had a coarse nose, thin and dark lips. His clothes, in very good condition, were from a fashion of the 1950s. (…) He got off at the Berri de Montigny station. He walked in a very stiff way, arms close to his body, fingers joined together, his strange walk made him look like a robot, he moved in small, very stiff steps and at a rather slow pace. (…) [note from vog: maybe it was just a street “artist” who was used to doing “the automaton”? I couldn’t find a Canadian author talking about this case.] (April 1976)
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Our Masters the Extraterrestrials” - Presses de la Cité 1992, p. 101, 102
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2915

Event 38361 (782F639C)

Date: 4/1976
Locations: Skunk Works Building 82; Burbank, California
Description: DARPA names Lockheed the winner of a competition to build a stealth bomber. Immediately it begins manufacturing two flying Have Blue prototypes in Skunk Works Building 82 in Burbank, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed Have Blue”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5268

Event 38362 (F8D1A185)

Date: 4/1976
Locations: Paris, France; Marly-le-Roi, Yvelines, France
Description: Michel Monnerie and Raymond Bonnaventure begin publishing Ufologie Contact, a newsletter intending to reach all the UFO groups iaround Paris, France. It soon falls under the auspices of the Société Parisienne d’Étude des Phénomène Spatiaux et Étranges in Marly-le-Roi, Yvelines, France, and continues through at least 1981.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ufologie Contact, ser. 1, no. 2 (May 1976)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5269

Event 38363 (D2447CDD)

Date: 4/1/1976
Time: 22:20
Location: EAST / HUESCA, SPAIN
Description: 2 / N240. 9M trapezoid with lights follows road. “Odd peaceful feeling”.
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12145

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “E/HUESCA,SPAIN:2/N240:9M TRAPEZOID W/LITES FOLOS ROAD:“ODD PEACEFUL FEELING””, LatLong: “42.100002 -0.333333”, LatLongDMS: “42:06:00 N 00:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38364 (F05865F6)

Date: 4/1/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: SOUTHWEST / HUESCA, SPAIN
Description: 3 / car / N125. 30M arrowhead-delta/triangle/box-like craft hovers / 30 degree angle. Seen 3 times!
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12146

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “SW/HUESCA,SPAIN:3/CAR/N125:30M ARROWHEAD-DLT HVRS/30dgr ANGLE:SEEN 3 TIMES!”, LatLong: “42.083335 -0.450000”, LatLongDMS: “42:05:00 N 00:27:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38365 (5A4FAE51)

Date: 4/1/1976
Description: A 30-meter wide arrowhead shaped UFO hovered at a 30 degree angle in the sky southwest of the city of Heusca, Spain starting at 10:30 p.m. It was seen three times that night.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Inforespace, January 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1794

Event 38366 (BE174D2A)

Date: 4/2/1976
Location: Spain, Angües
Description: (Translated from French) Alberto Ballarín and his wife María Josefa Tarrés were driving on the N-240 towards their home in Monzón. Around 10:30 pm they arrived at the village of Angüés, where they made a short stop and filled up with gas. They then set off on a straight 3 km stretch of road. It was then that they realized something very strange was coming towards them. It was a strange light coming at a speed of about 55 km on the other side of the road. But they could clearly see that it was not a vehicle: there were no headlights or wheels and it was moving in a wave-like motion. It was pear-shaped, 3.5 m tall and 7-8 m long and was about 50 cm off the ground. The object thus passed them in the opposite direction and, turning around, they saw that it left a kind of trail of sparks, like a firework. The wife then saw the object quickly ascend into the sky. “Look, look there!” said the husband. The two of them then saw the object ascend surrounded by a brilliant light. They then already arrived at the village of San Roman, without having passed through Lascellas, and arrived home at 10:50 pm, a good quarter of an hour earlier than expected, although they knew the route and the time it took to cover it very well. But the encounter was beneficial: the couple felt better, in better health, more serene, and even the car ran better than before and braked more quickly.
Reference: Encuentros con el misterio, OVNIS EN LA CARRETERA, Article appeared in the magazine ENIGMAS, Javier García Blanco
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2913

Event 38367 (C2372A7B)

Date: 4/2/1976
Time: 01:00
Location: SOUTHEAST / HUESCA, SPAIN
Description: Engineer and lawyer. Intense glowing pear-shape hovers near RTE C1310.
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12147

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “SE/HUESCA,SPAIN:ENGINEER+LAWYER:INTENSE GLOWING PEAR-SHAPE HVRS nr Rte C1310”, LatLong: “42.000002 -0.333333”, LatLongDMS: “42:00:00 N 00:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38368 (614E0220)

Date: 4/2/1976
Time: 02:00
Location: BURY, MANCHESTER
Description: Police Sgt. White saucer / fast square turns. Hovers. Going quickly SSE. / r234p138.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12148

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “111”, HatchDesc: “BURY,MANCHESTER:POLICE Sgt:WHT SCR/FAST SQUARE TURNS:HVRS:>>SSE:/r234p138”, LatLong: “53.594447 -2.283333”, LatLongDMS: “53:35:40 N 02:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38369 (91DA8F35)

Date: 4/2/1976
Location: Chalus, Iran
Description: Mr. Bazargani from Chalus, Iran was walking through a forest near his home on this day in 1976 when he had a UFO stop directly overhead. He realized he was paralyzed and could not move when he saw four beings emerge from the craft via a ladder. (Source: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1466). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4666

Event 38370 (C31C4A32)

Date: 4/2/1976
Locations: M62 and M66 motorways near Bury, Greater Manchester, England; Knoll Hill; Heywood
Description: 1:50 a.m. Detective Sgt. Norman Collinson is driving home along the M62 and M66 motorways near Bury, Greater Manchester, England. As he turns north onto the M66 he observes a white disc of light moving very fast, crossing the path he is traveling. The object is heading toward Knoll Hill, east of Bury. The UFO makes a right- angle turn onto a south-southeast heading. Puzzled, the officer stops his vehicle and gets out to look at the light. As he does so, the light stops and hovers nearby. It then begins to perform a series of spectacular right-angle box turns, after which it moves off in the direction of Heywood, with Collinson following it in his car. The object stops a second time and again repeats the angular movements before streaking away at a tremendous speed. The incident is reported to the MOD and Manchester Airport.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles and Peter Warrington, “Police Encounter at Bury,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 2 (August 1977): 13, 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5270

Event 38371 (64EEA83F)

Date: 4/2/1976
Description: Mr. Bazargani from Chalus, Iran was walking through a forest near his home on this day in 1976 when he had a UFO stop directly overhead. He realized he was paralyzed and could not move when he saw four beings emerge from the craft via a ladder. They took him aboard and brought him into a oval-shaped room. The UFO occupants were described as having big noses and thin lips. They took a strange looking instrument that emitted light and scanned it over his body from head to foot. His abduction lasted two days.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1466
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1802

Event 38372 (F260ECDC)

Date: 4/3/1976
Time: 01:30
Location: ST.-ANDEOL-DE-FOURCHADES, FR
Description: Dark 3M UFO with beam going down / ground. Red night light above. Going quickly northeast. / r30p608.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12149

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “St-ANDEOL-de-FOURCHADES,FR:DRK 3M UFO W/BEAM ↓/GND:RED NLT ABOVE:>>NE:/r30p608”, LatLong: “44.833335 4.300000”, LatLongDMS: “44:50:00 N 04:18:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardèche”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38373 (119A3CB9)

Date: 4/3/1976
Time: 17:07:00.0
Location: -22.0000 -139.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Patrocle” Yield: 5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1897

Extra Data: LatLong: “-22.0000 -139.0000”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 S 139:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Patrocle”, NukeSource: “CEA/DAM”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “5”

Event 38374 (D87A9D70)

Date: 4/3/1976
Locations: Quixadá, Ceará, Brazil; Fortaleza
Description: 4:30 a.m. Several residents of Quixadá, Ceará, Brazil, during an outdoor physical education session, see a large disc-shaped object that glides silently a few feet from the ground emitting an intense light. At about the same time in another part of the city, Luis Barroso Fernandes is preparing to travel to a site a few kilometers away on his donkey cart. He soon hears a buzzing sound, and a flying object 10 feet in diameter positions itself above him. It slowly descends in front of his cart about 100 feet away. The device emits a beam of light that strikes the donkey and Barroso, who immediately become paralyzed. A door opens on the UFO and two small beings emerge. One holds something like a flashlight and aims a beam that strikes Barroso in the face, causing him to lose consciousness. He wakes up in a different spot, dizzy and suffering from a burning sensation on his face, and a headache. The left side of his body is reddish, and he has difficulty getting into his cart and getting it moving. He asks his wife to take him to Dr. Antônio Moreira Magalhães, who prescribes a tranquilizer. He continues to feel sick, his eyes burn continuously, and the left side of his body is red. A few days later, his hair turns gray and he suffers memory lapses. After his symptoms worsen and other doctors fail to help, his family checks him into a psychiatric hospital in Fortaleza. His condition deteriorates, and he dies in April 1993.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Elias Bruno, “Brazil: The Barroso Case,” Inexplicata, April 29, 2012; Clark III 180–182; Brazil 179–184
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5271

Event 38375 (6B80DEA9)

Date: 4/4/1976
Time: 21:20
Location: IPSWITCH AND ESSEX, MA
Description: 3 / car and more/others. Night lights and saucers. Observer(s) hypnotized? TV Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Local wave / MJ#104.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Ray: CASEBOOK of a UFO INVESTIGATOR; Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliff,NJ 1981. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12150

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “IPSWITCH+ESSEX,MA:3/CAR++:NLTS+SCRS:OBS HYPNOTIZED?:TV RFI:LOCAL WAVE/MJ#104”, LatLong: “42.683335 -70.850003”, LatLongDMS: “42:41:00 N 70:51:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38376 (193995F0)

Date: 4/4/1976
Location: Huntington, IN
Description: C1. Close Encounter listed but no details, one witness. (EGBA,673) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4667

Event 38377 (79B98873)

Date: 4/5/1976
Location: IRAN, Chalus (Caspian Sea)
Description: (Translated from French) Gholam Reza Barzagani, 19 years old, was walking in the woods near the town of Chalus. As he walked, he saw a UFO in the sky that quickly descended and stopped above him. He was then unable to move, while 4 entities emerged from the saucer and took him inside the craft. He said he spent some time being examined by these entities before losing consciousness. He regained his senses early in the morning, not in the woods but in a deserted terrain. He had to walk all morning before finding a dirt road leading to the town of Isfahan. He had been put back on land 480 km south of his walking place. Barzagani was examined by doctors from the Red Lion and Sun Society Hospital in Isfahan. He was declared physically and psychologically healthy. The SAVAK, the national police of Iraq, investigated the case, and during the investigation they learned that villagers from the surroundings of Isfahan had seen a disc-shaped object in the sky. (April 5, 1976)
Reference: Tehran Journal for April 7, 1976; Unsolved Ufo Sightings, vol.3 n° 3, Autumn '95: “UFO’s and the Persian Gulf War” by Timothy Green Beckley, page 41.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2914

Event 38378 (5FE9EEC9)

Date: 4/5/1976
Location: Great Falls, MT
Description: 7:10 p.m. Cylindrical object, aluminum colored. (UFO 80 NIDS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4668

Event 38379 (845B9176)

Date: 4/7/1976
Time: 21:20
Location: KONTICH, BELGIUM
Description: 4+2 / separate cars. Blimp-object going [to] over road / low altitude. Red and green spots / light side.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12151

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KONTICH,BELGIUM:4+2/SEP.CARS:BLIMP-OBJ>OVR ROAD/LO ALT:RED+GRN SPOTS/LITE SIDE”, LatLong: “51.111114 4.450000”, LatLongDMS: “51:06:40 N 04:27:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38380 (BF1A4BAD)

Date: 4/7/1976
Time: 23:40
Location: LAROQUE TIMBAUT, FR
Description: 3M tall pink ovoid 1M wide over ground. Jumps 200M. Night lights to 29 July.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 610)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12152

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “LAROQUE TIMBAUT,FR:3M TALL PINK OVOID 1M WIDE OVR GND:JUMPS 200M:NLTS TO 29JLY”, LatLong: “44.272224 0.761111”, LatLongDMS: “44:16:20 N 00:45:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lot-et-Garonne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38381 (E04BE770)

Date: 4/7/1976
Location: Kontich, Belgium
Description: 11:40 p.m. A couple driving their car saw a dirigible-shaped UFO cross the road at a fairly low altitude. It had red and white spotlights around its perimeter. (Sources: J. Delaire, UFO Register, Volume 7 (1976), p. 31; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11691). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4669

Event 38382 (093EA898)

Date: 4/7/1976
Description: A couple driving their car in Kontich, Belgium at 9:15 p.m. saw a dirigible-shaped UFO cross the road at a fairly low altitude. It had red and white spotlights around its perimeter. At 11:40 p.m. in Laroque Timbaut, France a three meter tall pinkish, ovoid object, 1 meter in diameter, hung just above the ground. It then jumped at distance of 200 meters almost instantaneously.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Delaire, UFO Register, Volume 7 (1976), p. 31; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11691
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1886

Event 38383 (982F1EB8)

Date: 4/9/1976
Location: Langley, VA
Description: CONFIDENTIAL CIA Message: Source (name Censored) seeks guidance from CIA UFO experts as to material in his report that should remain classified.
Type: confidential message
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p508)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_689

Event 38384 (90706DB6)

Date: 4/10/1976
Time: 05:30
Location: KING ISLAND, BASS STRAIT, AUSTR
Description: Silent cross-shape. Beams light / duck hunter’s car.
Type: sighting
Reference: STORY, Ronald (ed.) : ENCYLOPEDIA of UFO’S: Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1980 (Index 380)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12153

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KING ISL,BASS STRAIT,AUSTR:SILENT CROSS-SHAPE:BEAMS LITE/DUCK HUNTER’S CAR”, LatLong: “-39.833335 143.716674”, LatLongDMS: “39:50:00 S 143:43:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38385 (043A26C2)

Date: 4/10/1976
Time: 05:03:00.0
Location: 49.7550 78.0475
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1470

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7550 78.0475”, LatLongDMS: “49:45:18 N 78:02:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38386 (264E1B08)

Date: 4/13/1976
Location: Alliance, OH
Description: C1, no details. (EGBA,685) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, **

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ID:** NICAP_DB_4670

Event 38387 (03C0A8EB)

Date: 4/14/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: MAYDENA, TASMANIA
Description: 1 observer. 2 orange night lights southwest going northeast through broken clouds / 4 minute(s). End / 2 MO.wave.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12154

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “MAYDENA,TASMANIA:1 OBS:2 ORG NLTS SW>NE THRU BROKEN CLOUDS/4min:END/2 MO.WAVE”, LatLong: “-42.800002 146.583340”, LatLongDMS: “42:48:00 S 146:35:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 38388 (FC5B949A)

Date: 4/14/1976
Description: A heavily redacted CIA memo shows a reference to someone’s having sought “guidance from CIA UFO experts as to material in his report that should remain classified.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 143
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5272

Event 38389 (771CBC2F)

Date: 4/16/1976
Time: 20:30
Location: LA CHAUX-DE-FONDS, SWZ
Description: 4 kids. Saucer lands / college. 4 square M / burnt trace. / LDLN#157.
Type: sighting
Reference: Newspaper account: La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchatel, SWZ. 24 Heures, 28 APR 1976 and Tribune de Geneve, 28APR & 03MAY, 1976. /Bruno Mancusi.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12155

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “La CHAUX-de-FONDS,SWZ:4 KIDS:SCR LANDS/COLLEGE:4 SQR M/BURNT TRACE:/LDLN#157”, LatLong: “47.105558 6.827778”, LatLongDMS: “47:06:20 N 06:49:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaud”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38390 (D02B8934)

Date: 4/17/1976
Locations: Mawnan, Cornwall, England; St. Mawnan and St. Stephen’s Church
Description: June and Vicky Melling, on vacation in Mawnan, Cornwall, England, see a large winged creature hovering above the tower of St. Mawnan and St. Stephen’s Church. They are so frightened by the sight of a large “feathered bird-man” that their father Dan Melling cuts short the vacation. Magician and showman Tony “Doc” Shiels investigates the case, and one of the girls provides him with a drawing of the creature, which he dubs “Owlman.” Other sightings emerge over the next few years. Occult historian Gareth J. Medway suggests that the whole thing is a hoax by Shiels, who has a reputation for hoaxing. Medway notes that witnesses claiming encounters with the legendary monster “were either Doc Shiels, or friends of Doc Shiels, or relatives of Doc Shiels, or reported their sightings to Doc Shiels (and to no one else), or else wrote letters describing what they had seen to newspapers and were never interviewed by anyone.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Owlman”; Robert J. M. Rickard, “Birdmen of the Apocalypse!” Fortean Times 17 (August 1976): 14–20; Doc Shiels, “To Wit! To Woo? Some Thoughts about Owlman,” Fortean Times 27 (Autumn 1978): 44–46; Jonathan Downes, The Owlman and Others, Domra, 1997; Clark III 602
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5273

Event 38391 (8F92E201)

Date: 4/17/1976
Description: Two girls, the Melling sisters aged 12 and 9, saw a Mothman-like “bird-man” hovering in the sky over a church in Mawman, Cornwall, England. They drew a sketch of a man with wings, big pointed ears, and a large triangle in place of the nose and mouth. It so frightened the entire family that they ended their vacation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Doc Shiels, Fortean Times, June 1976, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2088

Event 38392 (5AFE7DCB)

Date: 4/18/1976
Description: On this night in 1976 Ms. Larson was abducted out of her bedroom in Fargo, North Dakota to a UFO some distance away from her house. Inside the UFO she was put on a slab and hooked up to a complex of wires. She was levitated back to her house at dawn. She saw a small metallic cube zigzag and land on her lawn on the return trip.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1467, citing Jerome Clark
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2119

Event 38393 (F9148D40)

Date: 4/21/1976
Location: NEAR EXSTEW, BC
Description: RCMP man. Object hovers / PR16. Blinding flash. No physical traces. / r120p194+FSRv22#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 917)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12156

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “232”, HatchDesc: “nr EXSTEW,BC:RCMP MAN:OBJ HVRS/PR16:BLINDING FLASH:NO TRCs:/r120p194+FSRv22#3”, LatLong: “54.400003 -129.100006”, LatLongDMS: “54:24:00 N 129:06:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38394 (AB652CF8)

Date: 4/21/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR STACY, MN
Description: 15’ night light moves over car from marshes. CB static. Goes going up [to] and radio AOK.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12157

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “277”, HatchDesc: “nr STACY,MN:15’ NLT MOVES OVR CAR fm MARSHES:CB STATIC:GOES ↑ AND RADIO AOK”, LatLong: “45.400002 -92.988893”, LatLongDMS: “45:24:00 N 92:59:20 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38395 (0C40610B)

Date: 4/21/1976
Time: 04:58:00.2
Location: 49.7730 78.1090
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1471

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7730 78.1090”, LatLongDMS: “49:46:23 N 78:06:32 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38396 (0C40610B)

Date: 4/21/1976
Time: 05:02:59.7
Location: 49.9060 78.8270
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1472

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.9060 78.8270”, LatLongDMS: “49:54:22 N 78:49:37 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.30”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38397 (57A94245)

Date: 4/21/1976
Description: In Harbor City, Los Angeles County, California while driving on the San Diego Freeway at 11:00 a.m. two witnesses reported sighting a large white metallic domed disc. It was estimated to be between 200 and 300 feet in diameter, and was flying at 3,000 feet altitude. It moved slowly at 5-10 mph, with a titled orientation of 45 degrees to its direction of flight. The craft had a window on its dome.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, September 1976, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2190

Event 38398 (91E82CA6)

Date: 4/21/1976
Description: At 10:30 p.m. a 23-year-old woman stopped her pickup truck on a bridge three miles east of Stacy, Minnesota on Highway 19 in Chisago County when she noticed a green pulsating light off the road. It passed overhead at an estimated 300-400 feet altitude. She estimated the orb was 12-15 feet in diameter. RF interference consisted of CB radio static during the close encounter. After 45 seconds of even flight it shot straight up when it departed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 68
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2191

Event 38399 (D49F013B)

Date: 4/22/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: ELMWOOD, WI
Description: Cop hit / blue-beam / 75m saucer with legs and hose. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Radiation/radioactivity sick. Dies. / MJ#103.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 916)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12158

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “262”, HatchDesc: “ELMWOOD,WI:COP HIT/BLU-BEAM/75m SCR W/LEGS+HOSE:EME:RDA SICK:DIES:/MJ#103”, LatLong: “44.800002 -92.133338”, LatLongDMS: “44:48:00 N 92:08:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38400 (7CB28781)

Date: 4/22/1976
Location: Elmwood, WI
Description: Huge orange object, figures moving inside, blue flash, witness stunned; TV interference coincided. Rodeghier, 1981, p. 68; Schuessler, 1995, p. 109 (E,R,L) police car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4671

Event 38401 (F1946C02)

Date: 4/22/1976
Locations: Canada Highway 16; Terrace, British Columbia
Description: 1:45 a.m. RCMP Constable Bill Toffan sees an apparent vehicle with its lights flashing ahead of him as he is driving on Canada Highway 16 west of Terrace, British Columbia. As he rounds a curve, he sees it is actually in the air 300 feet above the trees. Suddenly there is a blinding flash and he nearly loses control of his car. After a brief report appears in the press, the RCMP orders Toffan not to discuss the incident.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mountie ‘Ordered’ into Silence,” Vancouver (B.C.) Sun, April 26, 1976, p. 8; Good Above, pp. 194–195; Patrick Gross, “Files Obtained from the National Archives of Canada”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5274

Event 38402 (A50BE85A)

Date: 4/22/1976
Locations: Elmwood, Wisconsin; Tuttle Hill
Description: 11:00 p.m. Police officer George Wheeler, on duty at Elmwood, Wisconsin, notices a glow at the top of Tuttle Hill. He drives closer and sees an object as high as a two-story house and 250 feet across with an orange-white light at the top and six bluish-white lights on the side. It is 500 feet away and about 100 feet off the ground. He thinks he can see, though an open side panel, something moving inside it. The object has several partially extended legs and a long, black, hose-like appendage. Suddenly the object rises straight up. He sees some kind of flash and his car lights go out, the motor stops, the radio goes dead, and he becomes dazed. A second police car arrives, noticing that the car door is open, and takes the witness to a hospital, from which he is released four days later. Some people in the area have difficulty with TV reception at the same time as the encounter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sighting Reports,” CUFOS News Bulletin, June 1976, pp. 5–6; Patrick Gross, “George Wheeler’s Close Encounter, 1976”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5275

Event 38403 (D5189436)

Date: 4/22/1976
Description: At 11:10 p.m. in Elmwood, Wisconsin police officer George Wheeler encountered a huge, 250-foot wide, silvery lens-shaped UFO hovering only 100 feet above the ground and just 500 feet away from his car. It had an orange-white light on top and six blue windows, landing gear. He could see movement of figures moving around inside the craft. When the UFO flashed a blue color his car’s headlights, motor, and two-way radio failed. He was stunned by the flash and experienced a lapse of consciousness. He didn’t remember anything else until someone stopped and asked him if he need help. He was hospitalized from April 23 to April 27. Another independent witness, Frederickson, saw a UFO land that night in Elmwood. There was also TV interference reported in the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Eau Claire (WI) Leader-Telegram, May 14, 1976; Jack M. Bostrack, MUFON UFO Journal, June 1976, p. 4; APRO Bulletin, April 1976, p. 1; John F. Schuessler, UFO-Related Human Physiological Effects, p. 69; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, pp. 256, 269
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2228

Event 38404 (94020B91)

Date: 4/23/1976
Time: 02:40
Location: SOUTHWEST / BERMUDA
Description: Night light follows United States Navy (USN) destroyer / several turns. Night light not on RADAR. Going down [to] and submerges!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 941)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12159

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SW/BERMUDA:NLT FOLOS USN DESTROYER/SVRL TURNS:NLT NOT ON RDR:↓+SUBMERGES!”, LatLong: “32.133335 -64.833336”, LatLongDMS: “32:08:00 N 64:50:00 W”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38405 (DE52B742)

Date: 4/23/1976
Time: 05:00
Location: QUIXADA, BRZ
Description: Man abduction / light beam / UFO. Deteriorates-now mindless. / LDLN#326pg43+/ r5.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 153)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12160

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, Elev: “476”, HatchDesc: “QUIXADA,BRZ:MAN ABD/LITE BEAM/UFO:DETERIORATES-NOW MINDLESS:/LDLN#326pg43+/r5”, LatLong: “-4.966667 -39.016669”, LatLongDMS: “04:58:00 S 39:01:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 38406 (DE86090F)

Date: 4/23/1976
Time: 19:50
Location: PROJECT CITY / SHASTA DAM, CA
Description: TV electro-magnetic effect (EME). Cloud with sharp edges at ground level. Night lights. Traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12161

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “PROJECT CITY/SHASTA DAM,CA:TV EME:CLOUD W/SHARP EDGES @ GND LEVEL:NLTS:TRACES”, LatLong: “40.666669 -122.366673”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 122:22:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38407 (7AD5BC28)

Date: 4/23/1976
Location: Flintville, TN
Description: Humanoid report, witnessed by Robertson. (EGBA,493) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4672

Event 38408 (83F9B50E)

Date: 4/23/1976
Location: Matapozuelos, Spain
Description: 11:15 p.m. While half the town was watching a reddish oval shaped craft maneuvering overhead, 14-year-old Fidel Hernandez Rolla was playing with some friends in a field outside of town, when they saw the reddish spheres slowly descend and land on a nearby field. The craft was topped by a crystal dome and inside the dome several very tall, human-like figures could be seen moving about. He then saw three tall man-like figures appear from behind the object, not very far from his location. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, citing Iker Jimenez, Enigmas Sin Resolver). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4673

Event 38409 (1B9CFBA3)

Date: 4/23/1976
Location: Atlantic southwest of Bermuda
Description: 2:40 a.m. A 1st Lt. is on communications duty aboard a US Navy destroyer in the Atlantic southwest of Bermuda. The lookout calls his attention to a green light dead ahead through light fog three miles away at 10° above the horizon. Radar reports no target and the sonar room hears no engines. The crew watches the green light dip to 30–40 feet above the surface and approach the ship. The lieutenant orders a course change to starboard, and the green light becomes much larger, making a comparable turn to port in order to pace the ship. The ship and the object both make subsequent turns, with the light now only 50-60 feet away. Suddenly a large blip appears on the radar scope. The destroyer returns to its original heading and the light stations itself on the port beam. When the captain comes on deck, the light circles the ship twice. Then once again off to port, it becomes a brighter green, tilts at an angle, and submerges. The next day the captain tells the crew not to discuss the incident.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Donald R. Todd, “Ship’s Crew Sees UFO,” APRO Bulletin 26, no. 11 (May 1978): 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5276

Event 38410 (BB6B2C40)

Date: 4/23/1976
Description: A man was reportedly abducted for four hours by a UFO that landed in a pasture in Quixada, Ceara State, Brazil at 5:00 a.m. Soon after the abduction experience his mental and physical health quickly deteriorated, and now he is described as completely mindless by his fellow villagers.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact, p. 136; Bob Pratt, UFO Danger Zone: Terror and Death in Brazil–Where Next?, p. 153; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 270
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2258

Event 38411 (EE9EC184)

Date: 4/23/1976
Description: At 11:15 p.m., while half the town of Matapozuelos, Spain was watching a reddish oval shaped craft maneuvering overhead, 14-year-old Fidel Hernandez Rolla was playing with some friends in a field outside of town, when they saw the reddish spheres slowly descend and land on a nearby field. All of Fidel’s friends fled in panic, so he was left behind alone. With a mixture of fear and curiosity, Fidel approached the object and then crouched behind a stonewall to watch the enigmatic craft. Suddenly a row of lights became visible inside an opening in the craft. Fidel was able to see numerous multi-colored lights, monitors and other unidentified apparatus inside the craft. The craft was topped by a crystal dome and inside the dome several very tall, human-like figures could be seen moving about. He then saw three tall man-like figures appear from behind the object, not very far from his location. The humanoids were over two meters tall and wore tight-fitting white uniforms with belts and boots. They all had light blond, shoulder-length hair. Their faces were human-like but with large almond-shaped eyes. In single file the three tall beings walked to a potato field where several pounds of potatoes were stacked high in a pyramid. After looking at the potatoes for a few seconds, the beings then stared at the witness. At this point Fidel heard unintelligible words inside his head, as if the humanoids were attempting to communicate with him telepathically. A few seconds later the beings suddenly vanished in plain sight. At the same time, the object rose up from the ground emitting a steady buzzing sound. As the object disappeared into the distance, several additional towns people arrived to see the object disappear into space.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, citing Iker Jimenez, Enigmas Sin Resolver
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2259

Event 38412 (B0EDF328)

Date: 4/25/1976
Time: 02:00
Location: AIRE-SUR-L’ADOUR, FR
Description: Loud banging / garage door / 2 minute(s). Saucer takes off after. / r30p611.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12162

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “AIRE-sur-l’ADOUR,FR:LOUD BANGING/GARAGE DOOR/2min:SCR TAKES OFF AFTER:/r30p611”, LatLong: “43.700002 -0.266667”, LatLongDMS: “43:42:00 N 00:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Landes”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38413 (D04FCF82)

Date: 4/25/1976
Time: 19:50
Location: NEAR VITTORIA, ITL
Description: 2 / (seen thru) binoculars. Odd ship going up / sea. Brilliant lights / ends. Big antenna. Submerges.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12163

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr VITTORIA,ITL:2/BINOCS:ODD SHIP ↑/SEA:BRILL.LITES/ENDS:BIG ANTENNA:SUBMERGES”, LatLong: “36.833335 14.366667”, LatLongDMS: “36:50:00 N 14:22:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ragusa”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38414 (7F811960)

Date: 4/25/1976
Time: 21:20
Location: CHILLICOTHE, IL
Description: 14 calls / police. Cylinder/cigar-shape with lit ends and 4 night lights. Maneuvers and figure 8s.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12164

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “CHILLICOTHE,IL:14 CALLS/POLICE:CGR W/LIT ENDS+4 NLTS:MNVRS+FIGURE 8s:”, LatLong: “40.922224 -89.488893”, LatLongDMS: “40:55:20 N 89:29:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38415 (77AB866C)

Date: 4/25/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: TERVUREN, BELGIUM
Description: 4 / car. Silent 12M object crosses road. Stops / 5 minute(s). Beams 4 spotlights going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12165

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “TERVUREN,BELGIUM:4/CAR:SLNT 12M OBJ CROSSES ROAD:STOPS/5min:BEAMS 4 SPOTLITES↓”, LatLong: “50.800002 4.511111”, LatLongDMS: “50:48:00 N 04:30:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38416 (DFB91F8E)

Date: 4/25/1976
Description: At 10:30 p.m. a 12 meter in diameter UFO crossed the road in front of a car being driven by a Mr. Y. Vandenbroek in Tervuren, Belgium, at an altitude of 100 meters. Suddenly four searchlights were turned on inside the object, and directed at the ground. The object moved silently, tilted at an angle after five minutes, and moved away slowly. There were eight witnesses from four separate families.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Rudy de Groote, UFO Register, volume 7 (1976), p. 31, citing the Gazzette Antwerpen
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2302

Event 38417 (9678F213)

Date: 4/26/1976
Location: Fayetteville, TN
Description: C1. No details. (EGBA,493) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4674

Event 38418 (EA9FF9C1)

Date: 4/26/1976
Description: At 11:30 a.m. a disc-shaped object maneuvered for more than two minutes in the sky between Carson and Long Beach, California.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ann Druffel, Skynet, April 1976, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2345

Event 38419 (B7A7677A)

Date: 4/26/1976
Description: A CIA teletype admits “offices and personnel within the Agency” monitor UAP phenomena, but not on an official basis. The document says the efforts of independent researchers are “vital for further progress,” implying the Agency may have monitored U.S. citizens’ own investigations into UAP.

Four years later, D/NFAC wrote to DCI stating DCI working groups were analyzing unexplained events and Soviet science and technology “enigmas.” An official CIA history of involvement with UAP
downplays Agency interest in UAP in the 1970s and 80s and makes no mention of the Agency’s interest in independent researchers or DCI working groups.

• https://documents2.theblackvault.com/documents/cia/ufos/C05515622.pdf
• https://archive.org/details/CIA-RDP05S00620R000300730012-6/mode/1up
• https://www.cia.gov/static/105bd8290b90de13ee136fecc9fe863f/cia-role-study-UFOs.pdf

Note: This teletype was written one year after the Senate Church Committee and House Pike Committee began investigating domestic surveillance and domestic propaganda performed by CIA, FBI and NSA in 1975. Despite knowing it was being investigated for abuses, the CIA still wrote in 1976 that U.S. citizens’ investigations into UAP would provide value to its own intelligence collection activities, possibly indicating the Agency was considering further abuses to monitor civilian UAP groups.

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_160

Event 38420 (04473F7E)

Date: 4/30/1976
End date: 5/1/1976
Description: The Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal is launched at a specially convened conference of the American Humanist Association. Paul Kurtz, James Randi, Martin Gardner, and Ray Hyman take seats on the executive board. The committee will be funded with donations and sales of their magazine, Skeptical Inquirer.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Committee for Skeptical Inquiry”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5277

Event 38421 (82FA61A9)

Date: 4/30/1976
End date: 5/2/1976
Location: Hyatt House in Lincolnwood, Illinois
Description: The Center for UFO Studies holds its first conference on UFO research at the Hyatt House in Lincolnwood, Illinois. The proceedings are published later in the year, featuring papers on sighting waves, exosociology, and humanoid reports. Presenters include Ted Bloecher, Ann Druffel, Loren Gross, Richard H. Hall, David M. Jacobs, James McCampbell, David Saunders, R. Leo Sprinkle, David Webb, and Ray Stanford.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Charles Bowen, “The Editor Goes West,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 2 (July 1976): 26–28; Richard F. Haines, “CUFOS Holds Its First Technical Conference,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 3 (October 1976): 13–17; Proceedings of the 1976 CUFOS Conference, Center for UFO Studies, 1976
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5278

Event 38422 (5DF7A2CA)

Date: 5/1976 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: OFF STA.MARGHERITA, SARDINIA
Description: NATO man. 3 luminous bars / sudden changes in formation. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12166

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “off Sta.MARGHERITA,SARDINIA:NATO MAN:3 LUMn.BARS/SUDDEN CHANGES/FORMn:>>E”, LatLong: “38.916669 9.000000”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 09:00:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38423 (08592A7C)

Date: 5/2/1976
Location: FRANCE, Le Banel
Description: (Translated from French) Dominique Menuge, a butcher-charcutier, was driving between 9:00 PM and 9:30 PM in Le Banel between the woods of Rappes and the Fountain of the Noue des Planes, heading towards the pond. Night was falling, the sky was cloudy, the weather was warm and stormy. Suddenly he saw about fifty small beings, frog-like. They were standing, some facing him, others in profile. They did not seem to be aware of the witness’s presence. They were green, did not seem to be wearing a suit, their arms were hanging down their body and reached halfway down their legs. Their hands were webbed like frogs. Their head seemed to be wearing a mask or a diving suit with two big red eyes (diameter 10 cm) resembling road signaling lights. Their size was about 1 m 15, their build average. They were making no gesture. The witness immediately turned around and went back immediately to his brother’s and told him about his adventure. (M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 611, 612) M. D. Ménuge lives in a marshy area. It is 9:15 PM… A large number of small frog-like beings, green, with webbed feet and hands, round head and cut horizontally at the top. They had big round eyes and were totally motionless. The witness fled… (Erich ZURCHER: “Les apparitions d’humanoïdes” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 230) The witness’s attention was drawn to the red glows of the eyes, so he immediately turned around. Finally, as he was leaving, he saw on his left, about 3 or 4 meters away from him, another one of these creatures, identical to the previous ones, also totally motionless. The witness was very scared and, in panic, quickly fled the scene. (May 2, 1976)
Reference: Jean-Michel LIGERON: «Ovni en Ardennes» 1981, p 89
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2916

Event 38424 (23F06637)

Date: 5/2/1976
Time: 21:10
Location: LE BANEL, FR
Description: 50 green small humanoids (or Greys) / roadside. Hands and feet = flippers. No UFO / traces. / FSRv22#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12167

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LE BANEL,FR:50 GRN OIDS/ROADSIDE:HANDS+FEET=FLIPPERS:NO UFO/TRACES:/FSRv22#6”, LatLong: “49.616669 5.233334”, LatLongDMS: “49:37:00 N 05:14:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardennes”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38425 (8C9B3B06)

Date: 5/4/1976
Location: BRAZIL, Salto Osorio (Mato Grosso)
Description: (Translated from French) During his military service, one evening around midnight, while on guard duty at Salto Osorio, Florisval de Jesus saw a dazzling light that then dimmed, allowing him to make out a strange craft and two men wearing metallic clothing. He heard a voice telling him: "We will come to get you on May 4, 1976 at 7 o’clock in the morning, at Mata Burro (a passage connecting the two sides of a fault) of a farm. He was indeed at the Agropecuaria Planalto livestock farm on May 4. He disappeared at 7 o’clock in the morning. His entourage, who had not taken his first warning very seriously, began to search for him alone, then asked for the help of the police. (…) He was located at 6 pm by an army plane 50 km from the place where he had disappeared; he had a broken ankle and could no longer speak. (…) When he regained his speech a week later, he said he had been taken aboard a craft and that on his return he had broken his ankle by jumping from a height of 4 meters, the craft that was bringing him back not being able to descend any lower to drop him off. (…) The extraterrestrial Hitz Mitz had told him he would come back to get him a year later, on May 4, 1977 [vog: here again, story told exclusively by Jimmy Guieu] (May 4, 1976)
Reference: Jimmy GUIEU: “Our Masters the Extraterrestrials” - Presses de la Cité 1992, p. 90, 91
Reference: following this date
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2917

Event 38426 (8D06559E)

Date: 5/4/1976
Time: ~19:00
Location: ORFORDVILLE, WI
Description: 1 farmer. Globular / lights follows tractor to barn. Shoots back / 180° going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12168

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “274”, HatchDesc: “ORFORDVILLE,WI:1 FARMER:GLOB/LITES FOLOS TRACTOR TO BARN:SHOOTS BACK/180° >>E”, LatLong: “42.633335 -89.250004”, LatLongDMS: “42:38:00 N 89:15:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38427 (F6322A73)

Date: 5/4/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: BROOKINGS, OR
Description: Numerous observer(s). Red-glowing object shines 3 beams going down. Type unknown. Quiet month / UFO’s.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12169

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “BROOKINGS,OR:NMRS OBS:RED-GLO OBJ SHINES 3 BEAMS↓:type unk:quiet month/ufos”, LatLong: “42.055558 -124.283339”, LatLongDMS: “42:03:20 N 124:17:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 38428 (AB1792BD)

Date: 5/4/1976
Time: 22:50
Location: WILJRIJK, BELGIUM
Description: Widow and 2 kids. Domed saucer passes. Small lights around rim. / R.deGROOT.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12170

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WILJRIJK,BELGIUM:WIDOW+2 KIDS:DOMED SCR PASSES:SML LITES AROUND RIM:/R.deGROOT”, LatLong: “51.133336 4.383334”, LatLongDMS: “51:08:00 N 04:23:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38429 (D6876F1E)

Date: 5/4/1976
Description: Several witnesses reported seeing a narrow, bright red trail that climbed steeply into the sky from sea level south of Robben Island in Three Anchor Bay, South Africa. A loud explosion followed it. The object turned in flight. Ninety minutes later the main witness heard a second explosion. That witness was Brigadier General C. Smith.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Saga UFO Report, December 1976, p. 80
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2511

Event 38430 (FFC4E034)

Date: 5/4/1976
Description: Also in 1976, a 74-year-old grandmother and two of her grandchildren saw a domed disc slowly flying by in the sky over Wilrijk, Belgium at 10:45 p.m. local time. It had small lights around the rim of the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Bernard Delaire, UFO Register Volume 7, p 32
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2512

Event 38431 (FB8D4FF1)

Date: 5/4/1976
Description: A cattle mutilation was discovered this day on a ranch south of Glenwood Springs, in Garfield County, Colorado.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fate magazine, September 1976, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2513

Event 38432 (A68C9E4A)

Date: 5/4/1976
Description: About five hours after the Belgium UFO encounter a farmer driving through one of his fields in Orfordville, Wisconsin at dusk noticed a hovering object 150 feet above him. It had two bright headlights and two rotating red lights. An hour later his son saw the same lights; they did a U-turn in the sky and flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, Center for UFO Studies, case file dated August 24, 1976; CUFOS News Bulletin, September 1976, p. 5; John Wallace Spencer, UFO Yearbook, p. 78
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2514

Event 38433 (75C7C948)

Date: 5/8/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: SOUTH / TOPPENISH, WA
Description: Thuds and tinkles. Small circular tracks all over 2 cars next morning!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 917)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12171

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “S/TOPPENISH,WA:THUDS+TINKLES:SML CIRC.TRACKS ALL OVR 2 CARS NEXT MORNING!”, LatLong: “46.333336 -120.311117”, LatLongDMS: “46:20:00 N 120:18:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38434 (05AAD8E9)

Date: 5/9/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: BRAINE-LE-COMPTE, BELGIUM
Description: 2 observer(s). Rectangular object with funnel projection arcs going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO REGISTER. CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK. (annual sightings catalog.) (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12172

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BRAINE-le-COMPTE,BELGIUM:2 OBS:RECTANGLR OBJ W/FUNNEL PROJECTION ARCS>>N”, LatLong: “50.583336 4.150000”, LatLongDMS: “50:35:00 N 04:09:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38435 (61CC67C6)

Date: 5/9/1976
Location: Braine-le-Comte, Belgium
Description: 10:30 p.m. A 22-year-old couple saw a rectangular object in the northwestern part of the sky. In the middle portion of the object protruded something like a funnel. It flew off to the north, describing a large circle in the sky as it did so. (Source: Rudy de Groote, UFO Register (Volume 7), 1977, p. 32, citing the Gazzette Antwerpen). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4675

Event 38436 (7510469B)

Date: 5/9/1976
Description: A 22-year-old couple saw a rectangular object in the northwestern part of the sky over the town of Braine-le-Comte, Belgium at 10:30 p.m. In the middle portion of the object protruded something like a funnel. It flew off to the north, describing a large circle in the sky as it did so.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Rudy de Groote, UFO Register (Volume 8), 1977, p. 32, citing the Gazzette Antwerpen
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2691

Event 38437 (1D488F98)

Date: 5/11/1976
Time: 06:20
Location: LEIGH, ENGL
Description: 1 observer. Silver figure stands by silver sphere/orb/globe / ground. Both gone later. / FSRv22#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12173

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “LEIGH,ENGL:1 OBS:SLVR FIG STANDS BY SLVR ORB/GND:BOTH GONE LATER:/FSRv22#3”, LatLong: “53.500003 -2.516667”, LatLongDMS: “53:30:00 N 02:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38438 (69523648)

Date: 5/11/1976
Location: Manchester, UK
Description: 6:15 a.m. A silver suited figure stood next to silver sphere on the ground in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was sighted by a Mrs. Kent at 6:15 a.m. as she passed by. Both were gone 20 minutes later when she passed by the site again. (Source: J. Bernard Delair, Northern Network News, June 1976, vol. 25, p. 8; Jenny Randles, FSR, October 1976, p. 27). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4676

Event 38439 (85F4281F)

Date: 5/11/1976
Description: A silver suited figure stood next to silver sphere on the ground in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It was sighted by a Mrs. Kent at 6:15 a.m. as she passed by. Both were gone 20 minutes later when she passed by the site again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Bernard Delair, Northern Network News, June 1976, vol. 25, p. 8; Jenny Randles, FSR, October 1976, p. 27
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2744

Event 38440 (811F1ACB)

Date: 5/12/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Retrieval of 4 bodies by the United States following a crash in the Australian desert.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2723

Event 38441 (004A36C0)

Date: 5/12/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Photograph taken on May 12 near Paso Fondo (Brazil). See images/1976-05-12_1.gif.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2724

Event 38442 (F99BF8E3)

Date: 5/12/1976
Time: 13:00?
Location: SOUTHWEST / PASSO FUNDO, BRZ
Description: 2 / car photograph 7M metallic Saturn-globe with ring. Going down. Stops. Going northeast. "Genuine.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 947)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12174

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “500”, HatchDesc: "SW/PASSO FUNDO,BRZ:2/CAR FOTO 7M MTLC SATURN-GLOBE W/RING:↓:STOPS:>NE:“genuine”, LatLong: “-28.566668 -52.500003”, LatLongDMS: “28:34:00 S 52:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38443 (4512FFF9)

Date: 5/12/1976
Time: 19:50:00.2
Location: 37.2091 -116.2125
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Mighty Epic” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_792

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2091 -116.2125”, LatLongDMS: “37:12:33 N 116:12:45 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.40”, NukeMb: “4.90”, NukeName: “Mighty Epic”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38444 (6C5CF074)

Date: 5/13/1976
Location: NEAR WILLIAMS AIR FORCE BASE, AZ
Description: Several F4 pilots. 2 silver objects near KC135 tanker. / LDLN#339.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12175

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “400”, HatchDesc: “nr WILLIAMS AFB,AZ:SVRL F4 PILOTS:2 SLVR OBJs nr KC135 TANKER:/LDLN#339”, LatLong: “33.283335 -111.683339”, LatLongDMS: “33:17:00 N 111:41:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38445 (63687FBF)

Date: 5/13/1976
Description: On this day several observers in USAF F-4 Phantom jets reported seeing two silver objects pacing a KC-135 tanker flying over William AFB, Candler, California.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 40; Rufus Drake, Saga UFO Report, July 1977, p. 37
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2811

Event 38446 (38CDD6BB)

Date: 5/14/1976
Time: ~03:00
Location: BALCARCE, ARG
Description: Foggy morn. Clamshell saucer lights bridge. Truck and driver pulled inside.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12176

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “97”, HatchDesc: “BALCARCE,ARG:FOGGY MORN:CLAMSHELL SCR LITES BRIDGE:TRUCK+DRIVER PULLED INSIDE”, LatLong: “-37.833335 -58.283336”, LatLongDMS: “37:50:00 S 58:17:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38447 (5C13F748)

Date: 5/14/1976
Location: Olavarria, Argentina
Description: Mr. Urruti, age 47, was driving his truck when he encountered an unusual fog while crossing over a bridge. An oyster shaped UFO emitted a blinding light beam, and both he and his truck were somehow picked up and abducted. (Sources: FSR, October 1976, p. 31, citing La Razon, May 22, 1976; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project Report, p. 77; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 92, citing FSR; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1472, citing La Razon). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4677

Event 38448 (E04D2660)

Date: 5/14/1976
Description: Mr. Urruti, age 47, was driving his truck in Olavarria, Argentina when he encountered an unusual fog while crossing over a bridge. An oyster shaped UFO emitted a blinding light beam, and both he and his truck were somehow picked up and abducted. Inside the craft he saw a luminous horseshoe-shaped instrument panel 3-4 meters long. A cask-like device with many cables attached to it was placed on his head, and he received messages from it that he would not reveal. He had sharp pain in his neck and wrists following the experience.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, October 1976, p. 31, citing La Razon, May 22, 1976; Geoffrey Falla, BUFORA Vehicle Interference Project Report, p. 77; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 92, citing FSR; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1472, citing La Razon
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2833

Event 38449 (ED82020C)

Date: 5/15/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: MONTENILS, FR
Description: Physicist and 3. 4M saucer lands / 3 2M legs. Going up [to] silently. Marks 15cm deep.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 613)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12177

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MONTENILS,FR:PHYSICIST+3:4M SCR LANDS/3 2M LEGS:↑ SILENTLY:MARKS 15cm DEEP”, LatLong: “48.850002 3.483333”, LatLongDMS: “48:51:00 N 03:29:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine-et-Marne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38450 (F3FC819B)

Date: 5/15/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: ORANGE, FR
Description: 3 teens. Brilliant ovoid comes fast. Slows and descends overhead. Absolute(ly) silent. Going southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 162)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12178

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ORANGE,FR:3 TEENS:BRILL.OVOID COMES FAST:SLOWS+DESCENDS OVHD:ABS SLNT:>SE”, LatLong: “44.150002 4.816667”, LatLongDMS: “44:09:00 N 04:49:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaucluse”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38451 (75C0EF96)

Date: Mid 5/1976
Locations: US National Archives; College Park, Maryland
Description: The US National Archives publicly releases the redacted Project Blue Book paper files at its College Park, Maryland, branch.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5279

Event 38452 (1CC8F7C9)

Date: 5/16/1976
Time: 01:10
Location: FAGERSTA, SWD
Description: Southwest 2-way radio works great / 2M band only while large white saucer hovers!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12179

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “FAGERSTA,SWD:SW 2-WAY RADIO WORKS GREAT/2M BAND ONLY WHILE LRG WHT SCR HOVERS!”, LatLong: “59.994447 15.783334”, LatLongDMS: “59:59:40 N 15:47:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38453 (9C4F5E62)

Date: 5/16/1976
Time: 16:00
Location: PUGET-SUR-DURANCE, FR
Description: Domed saucer hovers / small isle / river. Back / orange / 17 May. / r30p613.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12180

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PUGET-sur-DURANCE,FR:DOMED SCR HVRS/SML ISLE/RIVER:BACK/ORANGE/17MAY:/r30p613”, LatLong: “43.716669 5.377778”, LatLongDMS: “43:43:00 N 05:22:40 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaucluse”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38454 (3175F958)

Date: 5/16/1976
Description: On this afternoon around 4 p.m. a 49-year-old woman waiting at a bus stop in St. Louis, Missouri saw a strange looking man. He was normally dressed, but had pallid facial features and wore goggles. He had a long sharp nose, a pointed chin, and a small mouth. She watched him for 15 minutes before taking the bus.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case (A1473)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2896

Event 38455 (C663ABCB)

Date: 5/18/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: SANT’ONOFRIO, ITL
Description: 10M ringed-sphere nears. Black shadow behind big red porthole.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12181

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SANT’ONOFRIO,ITL:10M RINGED-SPHERE NEARS:BLK SHADOW BHND BIG RED PORTHOLE”, LatLong: “42.716669 13.683334”, LatLongDMS: “42:43:00 N 13:41:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TE”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38456 (0D269BBB)

Date: 5/18/1976
Location: Sant’Onofrio, Abruzzi, Italy
Description: 10:30 p.m. A man and his family observed a large, house-sized object hovering close to a nearby hill. The object approached the witnesses’ home and from its top section a strong yellow light was directed over the area. The UFO had a large round opening from which a red light shone. From inside the porthole a dark, shadowy, man-like figure could be seen looking out at the witnesses for a brief period. (Source: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT Italian catalogue, case 85) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4678

Event 38457 (8C327F59)

Date: 5/18/1976
Description: At 10:45 a.m. in St. Job-in-‘T Goor, Antwerp province, Belgium, two young women, a 19-year-old and a 21-year-old, saw an aluminum colored UFO disappear behind some trees at 10:45 a.m. At 10:30 p.m. a man and his family observed a large, house-sized object hovering close to a nearby hill in Sant’Onofrio, Abruzzi, Italy. The object approached the witnesses’ home and from its top section a strong yellow light was directed over the area. The UFO had a large round opening from which a red light shone. From inside the porthole a dark, shadowy, man-like figure could be seen looking out at the witnesses for a brief period. It then moved away. A second object resembling a gray sphere with a ring around it was seen hovering above an abandoned house at the same time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: (1) Rudy de Groote, UFO Register, volume 7, p. 32, citing Gazette Antwerpen; (2) Maurizio Verga, ITACAT Italian catalogue, case 85
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2958

Event 38458 (09AEBD5B)

Date: 5/19/1976
Time: 00:20
Location: SOUTH ONOFRIO, CAMPLI, ITL
Description: Separate observer(s). Odd moon going down [to] and lands / wheatfield. Blue light rotates / top.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12182

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S.ONOFRIO,CAMPLI,ITL:SEP.OBS:ODD MOON ↓+LANDS/WHEATFIELD:BLU LITE ROTATES/TOP”, LatLong: “42.716669 13.666667”, LatLongDMS: “42:43:00 N 13:40:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TE”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38459 (E5813E49)

Date: 5/19/1976
Time: 02:57:00.2
Location: 49.7890 78.0190
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1473

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7890 78.0190”, LatLongDMS: “49:47:20 N 78:01:08 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.00”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38460 (6AF70557)

Date: 5/20/1976
Location: KUMAMOTO, JPN
Description: Student photographs castle. Double-dome Saturn saucer shows on print later.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 323)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12183

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KUMAMOTO,JPN:STUDENT FOTOS CASTLE:DOUBLE-DOME SATURN SCR SHOWS ON PRINT LATER”, LatLong: “32.816668 130.666673”, LatLongDMS: “32:49:00 N 130:40:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kyushu”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38461 (4EDBAEB2)

Date: 5/20/1976
Location: TOLEDO, OR
Description: Several report(s) / sheriff. Silent silver disk / high altitude. No contrail. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12184

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “TOLEDO,OR:SVRL RPTS/SHERIFF:SLNT SLVR DISK/HI ALT:NO CONTRAIL:NFD”, LatLong: “44.622224 -123.938895”, LatLongDMS: “44:37:20 N 123:56:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oregon”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38462 (239A6D92)

Date: 5/20/1976
Location: Jamestown, TN
Description: C1, one witness, no details. (EGBA,494) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4679

Event 38463 (FADB3541)

Date: 5/20/1976
Time: 17:30:03.3
Location: 37.2700 -116.3300
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Rivoli” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_793

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.2700 -116.3300”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:12 N 116:19:48 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Rivoli”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38464 (0A61318F)

Date: 5/21/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR ALAMOGORDO, NM
Description: 3 / car “lost”. Pseudo-human/entity / cone-saucer. 5 hours / missing time. Intensive exams and samples.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCHUESSLER, John F.: UFO-RELATED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 1996 J. Schuessler, POB 58485, Houston, TX 77258 (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12185

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “1355”, HatchDesc: “nr ALAMOGORDO,NM:3/CAR “LOST”:PSH/CONE-SCR:5hrs/MST:INTENSIVE EXAMS+SAMPLES”, LatLong: “32.866668 -105.950005”, LatLongDMS: “32:52:00 N 105:57:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38465 (BBDAB8BA)

Date: 5/21/1976
Location: Alamogordo, NM
Description: A luminous UFO shaped like coolie hat paced a car in the desert near Alamogordo, containing three occupants. One of the passengers, a 28-year-old woman named Bryant, experienced five hours of missing time and later related an abduction experience. She reported being taken aboard the UFO where she was given intensive medical examinations and had several body samples taken. (Sources: Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 093, citing the San Antonio (Texas) Light, March 20, 1983; John F. Schuessler, Physiological Effects from UFOs, p. 70). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4680

Event 38466 (4E992FC3)

Date: 5/21/1976
Description: A luminous UFO shaped like coolie hat paced a car in the desert near Alamogordo, New Mexico containing three occupants. One of the passengers, a 28-year-old woman named Bryant, experienced five hours of missing time and later related an abduction experience. She reported being taken aboard the UFO where she was given intensive medical examinations and had several body samples taken. Among other procedures they scraped her skin, and drew fluid from one of her eyes. The occupants were short, about four feet tall, and had large hairless heads with large dark almond-shaped eyes. They also wore uniforms that resembled police uniforms.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 093, citing the San Antonio (Texas) Light, March 20, 1983; John F. Schuessler, Physiological Effects from UFOs, p. 70
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3023

Event 38467 (89443C4C)

Date: 5/23/1976
Location: Sedona, AZ
Description: 9:00 p.m. A dog and cat reacted with panic when a bottle-shaped silver UFO flew near a mountainside in Sedona. There were separate witnesses to the nocturnal fly by. (Source: APRO Bulletin, May-June 1976, p. 5). (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4681

Event 38468 (42B5F6FF)

Date: 5/24/1976
Time: 23:40
Location: LAROQUE TIMBAUT, FR
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape and saucer-sphere/orb/globe. Both orange. (Near same farm / 7 April event). / r30p614.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12186

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “110”, HatchDesc: “LAROQUE TIMBAUT,FR:CGR+SCR-ORB:BOTH ORANGE:(nr SAME FARM/7APR EVENT):/r30p614”, LatLong: “44.277780 0.766667”, LatLongDMS: “44:16:40 N 00:46:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lot-et-Garonne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38469 (1B739C83)

Date: 5/27/1976
Time: 21:20
Location: SINNAI, ITL
Description: 1 observer. 30cm white globe going east / ground level rising a bit. Suddenly shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12187

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SINNAI,ITL:1 OBS:30cm WHT GLOBE >E/GND LVL rising a bit:SUDDENLY SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “39.316669 9.200000”, LatLongDMS: “39:19:00 N 09:12:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Cagliari”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38470 (7D57F1B0)

Date: 5/27/1976
Description: A cattle mutilation was reported to have occurred in Hocking County, Ohio on this day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 705, citing Ed Sanders
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3124

Event 38471 (110EEA80)

Date: 5/30/1976
Location: AUSTRALIA, Daw Park (south of the country)
Description: (Translated from French) In the evening, Trevor White had watched television, as usual. Going to bed he put on the radio, which he usually did to fall asleep to music. Around 2 o’clock in the morning, there were a lot of crackles in the radio, which Trevor first attributed to the poor quality of his device. Then his dog, a German shepherd, started barking. Trevor got up to see the reason for this agitation. Through the glass door in his room, he saw part of his garden, where someone of average stature (1 m 75) was in a silver suit, wearing a dark visor helmet, and a box of 30 x 30 cm attached to the chest, by straps. The box bore an inscription. The apparition had normal proportions. So Trevor went out with the dog, but the creature also advanced towards Trevor, which made him turn back quickly. Through the window he saw the creature rise, although it had no motorized device, but a little higher in the sky a cigar-shaped object was waiting for it and it entered it. The cigar was silver and a red light came out of the back, a green light was above it. The object was above the trees to the west and when the occupant had entered it, it left in the direction of the north.
Reference: Keith Baskerfield - TUFOIC
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2918

Event 38472 (3813611C)

Date: 5/31/1976
Time: 02:00
Location: DAW PARK, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: 1.7M man / silver suit / yard. Flies to cylinder/cigar-shape / sky when approached.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: ENTCAT97.DOC: Catalog of Australian Entity and related reports: October 1997
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12188

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “DAW PARK,S.AUSTRL:1.7M MAN/SLVR SUIT/YARD:FLIES to CGR/SKY when approached”, LatLong: “-34.983335 138.583340”, LatLongDMS: “34:59:00 S 138:35:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38473 (9B3E44AF)

Date: 5/31/1976
Description: A 17-year-old man named T. White saw a 5 foot, 6 inch tall humanoid in his backyard in Daw Park, South Australia at around 2:00 a.m. The being wore a silver coverall suit with white boots, a black visor helmet, and had a box strapped to its chest. It flew into a white ellipsoid UFO that made no sound as it left. The household wiring was effected. Unintelligible language was heard as well.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Keith Basterfield, UFO Research South Australia, case SA 76001; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1474, citing Horrie Aspinall & Keith Basterfield
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3188

Event 38474 (DEF06C0A)

Date: 5/31/1976
Location: Elbert County, COLORADO
Description: When the sheriff and the complaintant reached the mutilation site, the victim’s son and a hired hand were at the scene. They said the helicopter had circled over them, flying very low. It was so low and so clo_se that the witnesses could read a number on the craft: N9143F, which was apparently found to be registered to “City Car Terminal Company” of Detroit, Michigan.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 19 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_163

Event 38475 (FE49BD31)

Date: 6/1976
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) While SALIOUT 4 was still orbiting, another station was set up to be occupied during the month of July by the cosmonauts of SOYOUZ 21. Those of SOYOUZ 22 and SOYOUZ 24 would follow for short stays. Then in August 1977, this SALIOUT 5 disintegrated in the atmosphere. (June 1976)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 217
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2919

Event 38476 (F39A7722)

Date: 6/1976
Time: 19:30
Location: JINGMEN, HUBEI, CH
Description: Several observer(s) / (seen thru) telescope. Green glowing-ball zigzags and maneuvers / distance. Shape unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12189

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “JINGMEN,HUBEI,CH:SVRL OBS/TSCOPE:GRN GLO-BALL ZIGZAGS+MNVRs/DISTANCE:shape unk”, LatLong: “31.050001 112.216672”, LatLongDMS: “31:03:00 N 112:13:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38477 (C611003D)

Date: 6/1976
Alternate date: 7/1976
Location: Liberty, IN
Description: 7:20 a.m. Father driving girl student to school. Object sitting in sky somewhere beyond train that was passing. Grey-silver metallic bar bell shaped object with a few black places she thought were windows. In bar between the two balls was open space. (Worley files) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4690

Event 38478 (FEC0FF99)

Date: 6/1976
Description: Ground Saucer Watch issues its first newsletter, which is published through December 1982.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ground Saucer Watch Bulletin, no. 1 (June 1976)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5280

Event 38479 (D1143718)

Date: 6/3/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: TROY, MI
Description: Shiny saucer maneuvers all around town. Car follows. Gets radio static. Very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12190

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “222”, HatchDesc: “TROY,MI:SHINY SCR MNVRS ALL AROUND TOWN:CAR FOLOS:GETS RADIO STATIC:VFAST”, LatLong: “42.600002 -83.150004”, LatLongDMS: “42:36:00 N 83:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38480 (A4A71DD5)

Date: 6/3/1976
Location: Troy, MI
Description: 9:55 p.m. Two people saw a disc-shaped object the color of silver or chrome moving nearby in the sky. They followed it in their car for some time as it changed directions and moved erratically about. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 398, citing personal investigation). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4682

Event 38481 (3B5ECA9C)

Date: 6/3/1976
Description: Two people saw a disc-shaped object the color of silver or chrome moving nearby in the sky over Troy, Michigan at 9:55 p.m. They followed it in their car for some time as it changed directions and moved erratically about. They also heard unusual static on the car radio during the sighting. Eventually the object suddenly left very quickly and they could not keep pace with it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 398, citing personal investigation; CUFOS News Bulletin, September 1976, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3257

Event 38482 (C6F0E177)

Date: 6/4/1976
Time: ~14:00
Location: BAHIA BLANCA, ARG
Description: TV repairman. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 100’ saucer hovers and flies away. Car OK after.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12191

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “BAHIA BLANCA,ARG:TV REPAIRMAN:CAR EMEs:100’SCR HVRS+FLIES AWAY:CAR OK AFTER”, LatLong: “-38.733335 -62.283336”, LatLongDMS: “38:44:00 S 62:17:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38483 (5B65C898)

Date: 6/4/1976 (approximate)
Time: 21:50
Location: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Description: 5 observer(s). 30M wheel turns / 30M altitude overhead. Colored lights. Going quickly north. Report going [to] USAF.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: Email Interview: Bricks 1917 at aol.com. Filed here under C:\Ongoing\BRICKS1,2,3.TXT
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12192

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “359”, HatchDesc: “OKLAHOMA CITY,OK:5 OBS:30M WHEEL TURNS/30M ALT OVHD:CLRD LITES:>>N:Rpt>USAF”, LatLong: “35.466668 -97.500005”, LatLongDMS: “35:28:00 N 97:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “30”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38484 (5A36A1DC)

Date: 6/4/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: SOUTH / COLUSA, CA
Description: Cessna 172 buzzed / orange sphere. Several-X. Instruments crazy. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Static.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: PHENOMENA RESEARCH REPORT: UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, WA. Vol. 3 #1 (issue 25) 1977-8?
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12193

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “59”, HatchDesc: “S/COLUSA,CA:CESSNA 172 BUZZED/ORG.SPHERE:SVRL-X:INSTRUMENTS CRAZY:RFI:STATIC”, LatLong: “38.733335 -122.016672”, LatLongDMS: “38:44:00 N 122:01:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38485 (ED5C8DD0)

Date: 6/5/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: NEAR MERCED, CA
Description: 3 / SR140. Cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 40° angle. Glows. Windows? Erratic maneuvers. / r225p77.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 919)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12194

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “58”, HatchDesc: “nr MERCED,CA:3/SR140:CGR HVRS/40°ANGLE:GLOWS:WINDOWS?:ERRATIC MNVRS:/r225p77”, LatLong: “37.300002 -120.483339”, LatLongDMS: “37:18:00 N 120:29:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38486 (486038B1)

Date: 6/5/1976
Location: Merced, CA
Description: 11:30 p.m. A glowing cigar-shaped object hovered at a 40-degree angle over highway 140. It appeared to have windows. It then made erratic maneuvers in the sky. (Source: NICAP UFO Investigator, July 1976). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4683

Event 38487 (EF9EF8C7)

Date: 6/5/1976
Description: At 11:30 p.m. in 1976 a glowing cigar-shaped object hovered at a 40-degree angle over highway 140 in Merced, California. It appeared to have windows. It then made erratic maneuvers in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, July 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3303

Event 38488 (AFBA26E0)

Date: 6/6/1976
Time: 15:40
Location: LA SELLE-EN-HERMOY, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). 9 metallic ovoids circle town twice. Then going east against wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12195

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “La SELLE-en-HERMOY,FR:2 OBS:9 MTLC OVOIDS CCL TOWN TWICE:THEN >E AGAINST WIND”, LatLong: “48.016669 2.900000”, LatLongDMS: “48:01:00 N 02:54:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loiret”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38489 (D58B168A)

Date: 6/7/1976
Time: 21:30
Location: CHANTEREINE / CHELLES, FR
Description: Cat meows. Observer(s) photographs night lights… = 2 domed saucer shapes. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12196

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CHANTEREINE/CHELLES,FR:CAT MEOWS:OBS FOTOS NLTS…=2 DOMED SCR SHAPES:see ref.”, LatLong: “48.883336 2.633333”, LatLongDMS: “48:53:00 N 02:38:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine-et-Marne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38490 (76AC63B3)

Date: 6/7/1976
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Description: C2, one witness. (CUFOS, 9/76) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4684

Event 38491 (6BDACC51)

Date: 6/7/1976
Description: At 10:40 p.m. in Cincinnati, Ohio two men witnessed a circular object with revolving white lights while dogs howled in reaction to its presence. The men took 17 photographs. The object disappeared once, then after it reappeared it circled to the west, next to the east, and left the area after ten minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, September 1976, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3356

Event 38492 (CA25BCE0)

Date: 6/9/1976
Time: 21:30
Location: ANDREAS HILLS, CA
Description: 6+observer(s). Huge glowing-blimp hovers / wind. TV and phones and cameras electro-magnetic effect (EME). / MJ#278.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 922)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12197

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “240”, HatchDesc: “ANDREAS HILLS,CA:6+OBS:HUGE GLO-BLIMP HVRS/WIND:TV+PHONES+CAMERAS EME:/MJ#278”, LatLong: “33.783335 -116.550006”, LatLongDMS: “33:47:00 N 116:33:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38493 (54AA8E51)

Date: 6/9/1976
Time: 03:02:59.8
Location: 50.0020 79.0250
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1474

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.0020 79.0250”, LatLongDMS: “50:00:07 N 79:01:30 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.40”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38494 (04CD2530)

Date: 6/9/1976
Description: Mr. Lusignan, a patent examiner, lost while hiking in the mountains near Echo Lake, Clear Creek County, Colorado saw two rectangular objects descend from the sky and land by a creek at about 10 p.m. He watched as 15-20 people emerged from the two craft. They were “dressed in Indian or gypsy clothing” and talked in low whispers as they set up a camp for the night. They talked in an unintelligible language.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Clear Creek Courant, June 18, 1976; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1475, citing Leonard H. Stringfield and the Front Range Journal, June 17, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3393

Event 38495 (7D68CD07)

Date: 6/11/1976
Time: 01:20
Location: CHATUZANGE, FR
Description: Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 8M saucer. 2 hours / missing time. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) abduction woman. Exam. / FSRv32#3+/ MJ#107.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12198

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “150”, HatchDesc: “CHATUZANGE,FR:CAR EMES:8M SCR:2hrs/MST:2 OIDS ABD WOMAN:EXAM:/FSRv32#3+/MJ#107”, LatLong: “45.005558 5.088889”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:20 N 05:05:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38496 (B1A18616)

Date: 6/11/1976
Time: 04:30
Location: MAUBEUGE, FR
Description: 10 Mx6M hemisphere-saucer with yellow-orange halo. Going [to] back and forth then going quickly west. / r30p621.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12199

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “MAUBEUGE,FR:10Mx6M HEMISPHR-SCR W/YEL-ORG HALO:> BACK+FORTH THEN >>W:/r30p621”, LatLong: “50.283336 3.966667”, LatLongDMS: “50:17:00 N 03:58:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38497 (212B457D)

Date: 6/11/1976
Time: 04:50
Location: WALLERS, FR
Description: 3 observer(s). Dog howls. UFO low / barley field. 18M crop circle found later. / r30p622.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12200

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “WALLERS,FR:3 OBS:DOG HOWLS:UFO LO/BARLEY FLD:18M CROP CCL FOUND LATER:/r30p622”, LatLong: “50.366669 3.400000”, LatLongDMS: “50:22:00 N 03:24:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38498 (FC720C2A)

Date: 6/11/1976
Location: Hotstun, Drome, France
Description: Orange dome-shaped object hovered over bridge, memory loss, apparent abduction. See Section XIII (E,L) car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4685

Event 38499 (B676A94D)

Date: 6/11/1976
Location: Le Martinet, Drome, France
Description: Orange dome-shaped object hovered above road and over bridge, E-M effects on car; missing time, abduction (Ref. 1, Section XIII). (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4686

Event 38500 (01B4EEA5)

Date: 6/11/1976
Location: Le Martinet, Drome, France
Description: Dome-shaped object hovered above road, E-M effects on car. Missing time, abduction
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_277

Event 38501 (D5D52A36)

Date: 6/11/1976
Locations: Chatuzange-le-Goubet, Drôme, France; Pont du Martinet bridge
Description: 1:15 a.m. Hélène Guiliana is driving through Chatuzange-le-Goubet, Drôme, France, when her car engine misfires and stalls and the headlights go out. Some 80 feet away near the Pont du Martinet bridge she sees an orange light in the form of a “dome.” She experiences fear and covers her face with her hands. After what seems a few seconds, the light disappears. Driving home upset and afraid, she misses a familiar sign and drives a mile out of her way. When she arrives home, it is 4:00 a.m. Under hypnosis on July 22 (repeated on August 18), she tells of meeting two waist-high dwarves with large eyes, dressed in black overalls. They carry her toward the light, which she enters through an iron door. Inside a high, round room, they place her on a table, putting handcuffs on er hands and feet. After an examination, she is returned outside and the craft departs straight up noiselessly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “L’Etrange Rencontre d’Hélène Guiliana,” Ouranos, new ser. 18 (Jan./Mar. 1977): 5–7; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1976): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5281

Event 38502 (7A6D5F0C)

Date: 6/11/1976
Description: Pizancon, France - Driving home at 1 a.m., Helene Giuliana, age 20, found that the engine of her car had stopped and the headlights went out. Then she noticed above the Martinet bridge, 75 feet ahead of her, a bright reddish-orange dome-shaped light. She put her hands over her eyes and when she looked again it had disappeared. She was able to restart her car and drove home. When she arrived home at 4 a.m. she realized it had taken her two hours longer than it should have. Under hypnosis she recalled being taken aboard the UFO by two short beings with large eyes, wearing black coveralls. She was fastened onto an operating table, where they ran “a kind of box” over her.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jean Bastide, MUFON UFO Journal, July 1976, pg. 6.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3427

Event 38503 (7F6934DC)

Date: 6/12/1976
Location: GERMANY, Ennepetal - Schweflinghausen
Description: (Translated from French) (Case No.:: 19760612 A) At 01:45, during their night patrol, the two police officers H.W. Nösler and U. Roschlaub observed an unusual flying object in the sky above a construction site. In the report sent to the Ministry of the Interior, they wrote that the light emitted by the thing was so strong that the security lights placed around the construction site no longer seemed to give any clarity. According to their estimates, the object was at a distance of 200 m and very close to the ground.
Reference: Hans-Werner Peiniger, GEP e.V., JUFOF - Germany
Reference: JUFOF Nr. 37, 1’1985:2ff
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2920

Event 38504 (6E710769)

Date: 6/13/1976
Location: NEAR DULCE, NM
Description: Cow mutilated. Parts missing. Triangular pod marks. Saucer seen same evening.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ALIEN CONTACT, Top-Secret UFO Files Revealed; William Morrow, NY 1993. 288pp. (Index 48)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12201

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2065”, HatchDesc: “nr DULCE,NM:COW MUTLd:PARTS MISSING:TRIANGULAR POD MARKS:SCR SEEN SAME EVENING”, LatLong: “36.916668 -107.000005”, LatLongDMS: “36:55:00 N 107:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38505 (64D83D78)

Date: 6/13/1976
Description: In Dulce, New Mexico on this night in 1976, a dead cow, mutilated and with body parts missing was found in a field next to triangular pod marks. A flying disc was seen that same evening.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 11740
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3466

Event 38506 (990411A8)

Date: 6/14/1976 (approximate)
Time: 03:40
Location: SUNLAND, CA
Description: Large red star hovers still. Silent. Then drops to horizon. All dogs bark.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12202

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “458”, HatchDesc: “SUNLAND,CA:LRG RED STAR HVRS STILL:SLNT:THEN DROPS TO HORIZON:ALL DOGS BARK”, LatLong: “34.283335 -118.266672”, LatLongDMS: “34:17:00 N 118:16:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38507 (43FD87BD)

Date: 6/14/1976
Time: 19:10
Location: SAO GONCALO, BRZ
Description: Separate observer(s). Saucer beams man up. Found in Natal. Partial amnesia.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 268)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12203

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “99”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “SAO GONCALO,BRZ:SEP.OBS:SCR BEAMS MAN UP:FOUND IN NATAL:partial amnesia”, LatLong: “-22.850001 -43.066669”, LatLongDMS: “22:51:00 S 43:04:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 38508 (F23DDB9B)

Date: 6/14/1976
Time: 20:10
Location: TORCHEFELON, FR
Description: 3 observer(s) / garden. Red ovoid / 35° tilt by house. Back snooping / 19 June.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 162)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12204

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “TORCHEFELON,FR:3 OBS/GARDEN:RED OVOID/35°TILT by HOUSE:back snooping/19JUNE”, LatLong: “45.533336 5.405556”, LatLongDMS: “45:32:00 N 05:24:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38509 (4CD4D093)

Date: 6/14/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: PORTIEUX TO/FROM CHARMES AND REHAINCOURT, FR
Description: Flashing 2M object / low altitude over road. / r30p623.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12205

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “PORTIEUX><CHARMES+REHAINCOURT,FR:FLASHING 2M OBJ/LO ALT OVR ROAD:/r30p623”, LatLong: “48.366669 6.333334”, LatLongDMS: “48:22:00 N 06:20:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vosges”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38510 (2F4082C6)

Date: 6/15/1976 (approximate)
Time: ~23:00
Location: STEENVOORDE, FR
Description: 1 / diesel truck / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 30M behind windmill. 2 hours / missing time. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v38#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 305)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12206

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “STEENVOORDE,FR:1/DIESEL TRUCK/EMEs:30M BHND WINDMILL:2 hrs/MST:/FSR v38#2”, LatLong: “50.805558 2.588889”, LatLongDMS: “50:48:20 N 02:35:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38511 (7605BB45)

Date: 6/15/1976
Location: Strathmore, CA
Description: Dog alerts to huge cigar then hides (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 760615
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4687

Event 38512 (2CFE917E)

Date: 6/17/1976
Time: 01:30
Location: YUBA CITY, CA
Description: 1 observer. Formation / diamond-objects fairly low / apartments complex. Police report.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12207

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “YUBA CITY,CA:1 OBS:FORMn/DIAMOND-OBJs FAIRLY LO/APARTMENTS COMPLEX:POLICE Rpt”, LatLong: “39.138891 -121.616672”, LatLongDMS: “39:08:20 N 121:37:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38513 (27F67CA1)

Date: 6/20/1976
Time: ~01:00
Location: I70 EAST / GOODLAND, KS
Description: 2+infant abducted / car. 3+4+1 low 150’ saucer. 3 5.5’ small humanoids (or Greys). Telepathy. Marks.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12208

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1100”, HatchDesc: "I70 E/GOODLAND,KS:2+INFANT ABDd/CAR:3+4+1 LOW 150’SCR:3 5.5’OIDS:TLP:MARKS ", LatLong: “39.316669 -101.566672”, LatLongDMS: “39:19:00 N 101:34:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38514 (443D8CD8)

Date: 6/20/1976
Time: 07:00
Location: NORTH / GIROLLES, FR
Description: Several / car. Saucer 30M over trees. Invisible via polarized binoculars!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12209

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/GIROLLES,FR:SVRL/CAR:SCR 30M OVR TREES:invisible via polarized binoculars!”, LatLong: “48.066669 2.716667”, LatLongDMS: “48:04:00 N 02:43:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loiret”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38515 (52A0E938)

Date: 6/20/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: NEAR RINGSTED, DK
Description: Glider-size UFO beams light / car. Malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) out. Hovers overhead. OK after.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 113)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12210

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr RINGSTED,DK:GLIDER-SIZE UFO BEAMS LITE/CAR:EMES OUT:HVRS OVHD:OK AFTER”, LatLong: “55.416669 11.750001”, LatLongDMS: “55:25:00 N 11:45:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38516 (D2DC342E)

Date: 6/20/1976
Locations: Goodland, Kansas; Colorado
Description: After 1:00 a.m. A young married couple and their 4-month-old child are detained and examined by entities as they are traveling near Goodland, Kansas, en route to Colorado. UFO investigator Richard Sigismond meets repeatedly with them in July–October 1976 using hypnotic regression techniques to enhance their memories. The experience is traumatic for them, and they require counseling.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Abduction in Western Kansas,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1976): 12; “Abduction in Western Kansas,” IUR 2, no. 10 (Oct. 1977): 4–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5282

Event 38517 (6CE3B359)

Date: 6/20/1976
Description: The alien abduction of a 19-year-old married couple and their infant occurred at around one o’clock in the morning, from their car while driving on I-70 five miles west of Colby, Kansas. The Delduca family reported they had encountered a UFO that was a 150-foot wide saucer-shaped craft that stood 40 feet tall. They initially had several hours of missing time, but were able to recall their experience through the aid of hypnotic regression. They recalled that there were three 5.0 to 5.5 foot tall humanoids, matching the description of short Grey humanoids, wearing helmets. They were given physical exams and communicated with via telepathy. They had body marks and rashes subsequent to their encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Sigismonde, CUFOS field investigation report dated July 12, 1976; UNICAT database, case # 197, citing Richard Sigismonde; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1477; International UFO Reporter, December 1976, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3560

Event 38518 (C65A7210)

Date: Summer 1976
Description: (Translated from French) As I was walking with a friend. At the time, a member of my family was the victim of a serious accident that inflicted severe burns all over his body. He lay in a critical state between life and death, enduring terrible suffering. The father and mother of this person were at my parents’ house that evening, expressing their faith in God as to the outcome of this misfortune. This pitiful scene, of this father and this mother, confronted with this terrible accident, had truly moved me. The atmosphere becoming unbearable, I decided to take my friend home. All along the way, an inner tearing weighed on me more and more. Was reality only the result of random events, without order or purpose, where human existence would be fortuitous and without finality? Faced with this existential anguish, from the depths of my being, while looking at the starry sky, a question arose: if there is an order, a purpose, something that guides creation, making us something other than miserable beasts, give me a sign? (In short, the kind of question we all ask ourselves at least once in our lives). As incredible as it may seem, as soon as I finished my request, a luminous disc, or a globe, of a size larger than the full Moon, crossed a good portion of the sky (about 60° on an arc of 180°), in just 2 to 3 s. The disc seemed to be at about the same altitude as that taken by commercial transport airliners, about 10,000 m. These details give the object a considerable size and speed. I quickly alerted my friend so that she could look at this disc, of pale phosphorescent green color, crossing the zenith at a phenomenal speed. She had just enough time to see it disappear, leaving behind a trail of multicolored particles. This myriad of particles persisted for about a minute after the disappearance of the object, giving us the opportunity to observe attentively the trail of multicolored points slowly fading. We were both stunned, as you can imagine. The surprise was even greater for me, since the manifestation answered the expression of a sincere desire! (Summer evening)
Reference: Testimony sent to the site by a known ufologist wishing to remain anonymous, November 2004
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2729

Event 38519 (FB5D9175)

Date: 6/21/1976
Time: 00:40
Location: RINGSTED, DK
Description: Odd kite shaped UFO shines beams going [to] cop car. Malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Lights road. Gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 113)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12211

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “RINGSTED,DK:ODD KITE SHAPED UFO SHINES BEAMS>COP CAR:EMEs:LITES ROAD:GONE”, LatLong: “55.450003 11.733334”, LatLongDMS: “55:27:00 N 11:44:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38520 (1EC97A50)

Date: 6/21/1976
Time: 21:20
Location: ROMA, ITL
Description: Many observer(s). Domed saucer / treetops. Transparent bubble / bottom. Going [to] behind buildings.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12212

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ROMA,ITL:MANY OBS:DOMED SCR/TREETOPS:XPRNT BUBBLE/BOTTOM:> BHND BLDGS:”, LatLong: “41.900002 12.450001”, LatLongDMS: “41:54:00 N 12:27:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LTM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38521 (D2F15487)

Date: 6/21/1976
Time: 22:50
Location: LE CONQUET, FR
Description: Several observer(s). 2 silent 5M saucers hover. Away and back extremely fast / planes pass. LDLN#158.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOEDEC, Jean-Francois: Les OVNI EN BRETAGNE, Anatomie d’un Phenomene. 1978 Editions Fernand Lanore, Paris. (Index 79)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12213

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “Le CONQUET,FR:SVRL OBS:2 SLNT 5M SCRS HVR:AWAY+BACK XFAST/PLANES PASS:LDLN#158”, LatLong: “48.366669 -4.783334”, LatLongDMS: “48:22:00 N 04:47:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finistère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38522 (A492DB24)

Date: 6/21/1976
Location: Ringsted, Zealand, Denmark
Description: 12:40 a.m. Police officer Th. Brandt-Jensen sees a bright, blue-white light cross the road behind him in Ringsted, Zealand, Denmark. He thinks it might be an airplane in trouble. He speeds up to 90 mph toward a crossroad where he can pull off the highway. The object catches up to within 165–250 feet and its light strikes his car, the engine and lights going out immediately. He guides the coasting vehicle to the road shoulder, gets out, and catches a glimpse of the object as it disappears behind the horizon. It resembles a glider with a ray of light coming from it that swings back and forth as it passes his car. It makes a slight whistling sound and appears to be about 50 feet long.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Rapporter Danmark,” UFO-Nyt, 1976 no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 1976): 186–187; Herbert S. Taylor, “An Update on Vehicle Interference Reports, Part Two,” IUR 34, no. 1 (Sept. 2011): 20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5283

Event 38523 (8A2E663F)

Date: 6/21/1976
Description: At 12:40 a.m. a kite-shaped UFO shone a beam of light at a police car in Ringsted, Denmark causing some electrical malfunctions. It lit the road, then flew off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11750
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3583

Event 38524 (CF02985B)

Date: 6/21/1976
Description: At 9:15 a domed disc shaped UFO was seen at treetop level in Rome, Italy. It had a transparent cupola bubble on the bottom. It moved out of sight behind some buildings.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Maurizio Verga, Italian UFO Catalogue
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3584

Event 38525 (5D3A296E)

Date: 6/21/1976
Description: An hour and a half later two 5 meter wide discs were seen hovering silently in Le Conquet, France. They moved away and then came back extremely quickly.
Reference: [Johnson](https://web.ar

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Reference: Jean-F. Boedec, Les OVNI en Bretagne: Anatomie d’un Phenomene, p. 79
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3585

Event 38526 (842D0193)

Date: 6/22/1976
Location: CANARY ISLANDS, Galdar
Description: (Translated from French) At around 10:30 pm, Doctor Francisco Julio Padron was admiring the stars, comfortably seated in his car. His driver Francisco Esteves was driving. They were heading to Galdar. (…) Doctor Padron was the first to spot, at about ten meters from the road, a large, luminous globe the size of a three-story building, perfectly circular, of a gray-bluish color. It was transparent, as the two men had the impression of seeing the stars through the craft. The object was a few meters above the ground. The witnesses distinguished two human-like silhouettes in the center of the object and these beings could have been 1.8 meters tall. They were wearing brightly red clothing. Their faces had a distinctly human aspect, in the sense that their complexion and appearance resembled those of the men from here. They were wearing a kind of fabric band around their head, in the manner of a turban, which concealed their ears (…) and which was radiating a luminous halo or aureole. The most curious thing were the hands of these creatures. They were a kind of pointed stumps ending in wings that the beings were slowly moving as if they were hands. (…) The creatures were busy with feathery appendages on what could have been a dashboard. (…) While the two witnesses continued their observation, the car radio went off and at the same time they felt an intense cold sensation while the outside temperature was very mild. Meanwhile, the sphere began to rise slowly and it seemed to grow bigger as it gained altitude. (…) (Jean FERGUSON: “The Humanoids…” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, p.41, 42) About fifty serious witnesses including a doctor and three astronomers, suddenly saw, around 10 pm, an enormous transparent sphere of light blue color, through which one could see the stars, descending towards them until it remained hovering about one meter above the ground. Inside this sphere one could see two strange characters, with big bright eyes, wearing red suits and seeming to be busy in front of some kind of dashboard, as if they were trying to repair something that wasn’t working and without paying attention to all the witnesses who were looking at them with curiosity. Finally, after hovering above the ground for a few minutes, the mysterious craft took off and disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “The Messengers of the Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, p. 177, 178
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2921

Event 38527 (94D3632D)

Date: 6/22/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Saliout 5. It will re-enter the following year. (June 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2726

Event 38528 (394E35BA)

Date: 6/22/1976
Time: 06:20
Location: SOUTH / CAPE TOWN, RSA
Description: Several observer(s). Long cylinder/cigar-shape with windows north going quickly south over Cape peninsula. No plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12214

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S/CAPE TOWN,RSA:SVRL OBS:LONG CGR W/WINDOWS N>>S OVR CAPE PENINSULA:no plane”, LatLong: “-34.000002 18.466668”, LatLongDMS: “34:00:00 S 18:28:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38529 (51B49C3F)

Date: 6/22/1976
Location: Central India, India
Description: DC-10 encountered object with windows (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4688

Event 38530 (74969CDC)

Date: 6/22/1976
Location: Galdar, Canary Islands, W. Africa
Description: 10:30 p.m. Spherical object, transparent, huge, brightly luminous, no sound. Two human-like beings over 6’ tall, flesh color, large bright eyes. Pointed wing-like appendages for hands. Brilliant red suits covered body, halo around heads. Object moved in, hovered, made 90-degree turns. Diameter varied greatly. Occupants visible inside object operating instrument panel. Object departed out to sea. (Bruno Molon CEIII study) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4689

Event 38531 (C10CD4F2)

Date: 6/22/1976
Locations: Gáldar; Agaete; Gran Canaria; Canary Islands
Description: 9:27 p.m. Dr. Don Francisco-Julio Padrón León and Santiago del Pino are traveling in a taxi when they see a gigantic ball of light 200 feet ahead of them between Gáldar and Agaete, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. The taxi radio cuts out. Inside the light, which is actually like a transparent soap bubble, they see some panels and two enormous beings on a platform. The humanoids are some 9–10 feet tall, wear black diving helmets and red tight- fitting coveralls, and are moving levers about. Their hands are enclosed in black cones. The backs of their heads are disproportionately large, and their legs are short. The taxi driver switches the headlights on, and the UFO rises as a bluish gas is emitted from a tube and expands the size of the sphere to a 20-story building. The driver turns the car around and goes to a nearby house. The inhabitants say their TV set just blacked out. They continue watching through a window. When the sphere stops expanding, they hear a high-pitched whistle and the object speeds off to the northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. M. Sanchez, “Canary Islands Landing: Occupants Reported,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 3 (October 1977): 4–7; Good Above, pp. 153–154
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5284

Event 38532 (28148DAA)

Date: 6/22/1976
Location: Canary Islands
Description: 10:30 p.m. A bright red light like a rocket emerging from the sea at a distance climbs diagonally and turns into a brilliant semicircular dome over the Canary Islands. It is transparent with a bluish-white hue. The crew of the corvette Atrevida watches the object for 40 minutes, during which time a foreign tourist takes a photo. 400 miles to the south, the crew of the ship Osaka Bay also sees the luminous phenomena in the shape of a sphere. Maj. Antonio Munáiz Ferro-Sastre investigates the sightings for the Spanish Air Force and rejects the hypothesis that the light is from a naval missile launch. However, two Poseidon missiles are launched in the area around the same time by the submarine USS Von Steuben.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. M. Sanchez, “Canary Islands Landing: Occupants Reported,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 3 (October 1977): 4–7; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 91–97; Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Ricardo Campo Pérez, “Navy Missile Tests and the Canary Islands UFOs,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 3–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5285

Event 38533 (1B2D0A9E)

Date: 6/22/1976
Description: Guia de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands (Spain) - Three men in a taxi observed a gray-colored, perfect sphere at 9:30 p.m. which hovered a few meters above the ground. The taxi’s radio stopped working and the witnesses felt very cold. Inside the sphere, which was transparent, they saw two humanoids about three meters tall, wearing reddish, tight-fitting clothing. The driver switched on a spotlight and pointed it at the object, which rose up about 30 feet and emitted a bluish gas. It then grew as large as a 20-story building, though the two humanoids and their control panels remained their original size. After a few minutes, the huge object flew away, giving off a whistling sound. People in a nearby house reported that their TV had stopped working during the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 412, citing FSR, Vol. 23, No. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3605

Event 38534 (89192BCA)

Date: 6/22/1976
Description: In the town of Galdar on the island of Las Palmas also in the Canary Islands, at 10:30 p.m., an electric-blue semi-transparent sphere with two tall entities inside was seen hovering for 20 minutes. The object then changed size enormously, growing in size to the equivalent of a twenty-story building. On that same night a photograph of another UFO was taken near Maspalomas on the neighboring island of Tenerife. A close encounter with a UFO emitting beams of light also occurred earlier in Bothwell, Tasmania around 7:30 p.m. local time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, November 1976, p. 33; FSR, October 1977, p. 7; ACOS Bulletin, December 1976, p.24; ABC, June 27, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3606

Event 38535 (A468A732)

Date: 6/23/1976
Location: BRAZIL, Aricanduva
Description: (Translated from French) Around 11:30 PM, José Alves Coutinho, 18 years old, was returning home after evening classes. Suddenly he saw in the sky a very bright light coming towards him and stopping a few meters in front of him. He tried to run away but felt paralyzed in place. The light dimmed and a small being with a big head, big eyes, pig-like nostrils, a small mouth, big ears and a completely bald skull emerged from it. José instinctively moved towards this strange being, felt himself lifted off the ground higher and higher until he was floating above the electric poles and lost consciousness. When he came to his senses he was lying on a table inside an enormous unknown craft that seemed to be 200 meters long. He was surrounded by 9 humanoids, 3 of them female. On a screen they showed him his parents and his fiancée who were looking for him everywhere, believing him lost forever. The humanoids explained to him that on their planet there were no sexual relationships and that children were created in laboratories for specific functions in their society. (…) He lost consciousness again and when he came to his senses he was lying in a bed in the hospital of Tatuape, a nearby town of Aricanduva. He learned that he had been missing for 24 hours and his father had finally found him lying in the garden behind his house in a very bad state. (…) The ballpoint pens he had in his pocket had become radioactive. (…)
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “The Messengers of the Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, p. 178, 179
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2922

Event 38536 (D20E97A2)

Date: 6/23/1976
Time: 01:30
Location: POUSSAY, FR
Description: Several separate observer(s). Loud noise. 2M sphere going NNE. Possible landing. / LDLN#158.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12215

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “POUSSAY,FR:SVRL SEP.OBS:LOUD NOISE:2M SPHERE >NNE:POSS.LANDING:/LDLN#158”, LatLong: “48.316669 6.122223”, LatLongDMS: “48:19:00 N 06:07:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vosges”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38537 (6798AECF)

Date: 6/23/1976
Time: 12:00?
Location: 16 MI NNW / NORTH BAY, ONT
Description: UFO with green and white lights going quickly [to] east-northeast at MACH-1 says aircrew.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12216

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “375”, HatchDesc: “16 MI NNW/NORTH BAY,ONT:UFO W/GRN+WHT LITES >>ENE @ MACH-1 SAYS AIRCREW”, LatLong: “46.483336 -79.533337”, LatLongDMS: “46:29:00 N 79:32:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38538 (6734F297)

Date: 6/23/1976
Location: Aricanduva, São Paulo, Brazil
Description: 11:30 p.m. Paulo Coutinho, 18, is returning home from a night class in Aricanduva, São Paulo, Brazil, when he sees a light in the sky moving westward. Suddenly he feels paralyzed as the light approaches and descends about 25 feet away. A short being emerges with a big head, large eyes, pointed ears, small mouth, and an upturned nose like a pig. It is bald, has no eyebrows, and wears a tight one-piece bluish-gray suit with an emblem on its chest. Coutinho rises into the air toward a huge cigar-shaped object, in which he undergoes an abduction experience. Coutinho is still missing the next morning. A friend finds his books and notebooks scattered on the street and brings them to his parents. A police search fails to find him. In the evening of June 24, Coutinho is discovered lying on the steps of the garden door in a semiconscious state. He is cold as if he has been there some time. He is later revived at a nearby hospital. The police officer who carries him to the ambulance later feels a strong irritation in his arms. Ballpoint pens in Coutinho’s pockets are radioactive.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “O Caso dos Añoes Extraterrenos de Vila Aricanduva São Paulo, Capital,” SBEDV Boletim, no. 116/120 (July 1977/Feb. 1978): 6–18; “Caso Paulo Coutinho,” Portal Fenomenum, June 15, 2016; Brazil 185–194
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5286

Event 38539 (511832A0)

Date: 6/23/1976
Description: An abduction experience occurred this night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A bright nocturnal light approached a man causing him to become frozen in place with paralysis. It stopped some 20 to 25 feet away and the light went out. A short, bald-headed being with a big head, large eyes, and pointed ears, no eyebrows, and wearing a bluish-gray coverall bearing an emblem on the chest approached. The man was levitated aboard a cigar-shaped UFO. He reported having telepathic communication with the Ufonaut.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1507
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3629

Event 38540 (7595D72D)

Date: 6/24/1976
Location: Huerfano County, COLORADO
Description: Approx. the 24th. A rancher complained to the sheriff that, while he was on horseback, he saw a “military chopper” harassing his cattle.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 7 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_164

Event 38541 (4813D3DE)

Date: 6/25/1976 (approximate)
Location: CASTELET-LES-SAUSSES, FR
Description: 2 parallel ruts / 55M long. 4cm deep. 2nd trace = trapezoid.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 615)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12217

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “0”, HatchDesc: “CASTELET-les-SAUSSES,FR:2 PARALLEL RUTS/55M LONG:4cm DEEP:2nd TRACE=TRAPEZOID”, LatLong: “43.983335 6.761111”, LatLongDMS: “43:59:00 N 06:45:40 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes de Haute Provence”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38542 (A2693526)

Date: 6/25/1976
Time: 01:20
Location: LA GUICHE, FR
Description: Big noise and light. 12M saucer over field. Same noise 2 nights and more. / r30p624.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12218

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LA GUICHE,FR:BIG NOISE+LIGHT:12M SCR OVR FIELD:SAME NOISE 2 NITES+:/r30p624”, LatLong: “46.550002 4.450000”, LatLongDMS: “46:33:00 N 04:27:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Saône-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38543 (140C728E)

Date: 6/25/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: I680 SOUTH / PLEASANTON, CA
Description: 3 observer(s). Silent 40’ Tuna-can with vertical windows. Going quickly [to] over car and behind mountains.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12219

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “130”, HatchDesc: “I680 S/PLEASANTON,CA:3 OBS:SLNT 40’TUNA-CAN W/VERT.WINDOWS:>>OVR CAR+BHND MTNS”, LatLong: “37.616668 -121.966672”, LatLongDMS: “37:37:00 N 121:58:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38544 (137B54C1)

Date: 6/25/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: LA PALMA ISLAND, CANARIES
Description: 2 red objects spiral / zigzag. Strong blue lights and 3 red danglers.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 158)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12220

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “La PALMA Isl,CANARIES:2 RED OBJS SPIRAL/ZIGZAG:STRONG BLU LITES+3 RED DANGLERS”, LatLong: “28.783335 -17.800001”, LatLongDMS: “28:47:00 N 17:48:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CNR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38545 (47591F65)

Date: 6/25/1976
Description: A woman and two teenage girls were driving on interstate highway I-680 in Pleasanton, California when they saw an eighty-foot long, 40-foot wide ellipsoidal object. It had a revoling bottom section with red and white panels of light. It was self-luminous, and kept pace with the car, flew over, then flew away over some houses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: MUFON case investigation files; MUFON UFO Journal, March 1977, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3659

Event 38546 (7AF1B0C2)

Date: 6/26/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: PAGE FIELD AND FT. MYERS, FL
Description: NAL pilot and several separate observer(s). Orange fireball follows plane. 750m altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 922)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12221

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PAGE FIELD+Ft.MYERS,FL:NAL PILOT+SVRL SEP.OBS:ORG.FBL FOLOS PLANE:750m alt”, LatLong: “26.550001 -81.783337”, LatLongDMS: “26:33:00 N 81:47:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “750”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38547 (64C6D238)

Date: 6/26/1976
Locations: Canary Islands; Ejea de los Caballeros, Zaragoza
Description: Spanish journalist Juan J. Benitez interviews Gen. Carlos Castro Cavero, commander of the Canary Islands division, who tells him: “The nations of the world are currently working together in the investigation of the UFO phenomenon. There is an international exchange of data. Maybe when this group of nations acquires more precise and definite information, it will be possible to release the news to the world.” He says the Spanish Air Ministry investigates UFO cases, including those involving pilots. He admits that he has watched a UFO for more than an hour at his ranch. It remains stationery for that length of time, then shoots off towards Ejea de los Caballeros, Zaragoza, covering 12.5 miles in less than 2 seconds. Cavero believes UFOs are “spaceships or extraterrestrial craft.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “Important Statement by Spanish Air Force Chief,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 3 (October 1976): 2; Patrick Gross, “Documents: 50 Years of UFO Disclosure”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5287

Event 38548 (CBEDEC17)

Date: 6/27/1976
Description: (Translated from French) General Carlos Castro Cavero declares in an interview that he believes UFOs are extraterrestrial craft and that data is exchanged globally about them. (June 27)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2727

Event 38549 (1C536BAB)

Date: 6/30/1976
Time: 18:00?
Location: WARMINSTER, ENG
Description: Several observer(s). Grey disk going south. 5 lights / bottom. Banks going west / 250 Kts. Faint humming.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: PAGET, Peter: The Welsh Triangle. Panther PB, Granada Publishing London 1979.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12222

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “WARMINSTER,ENG:SVRL OBS:GRY DISK > S:5 LITES/BOTTOM:BANKS >W/250 Kts:FAINT HUM”, LatLong: “51.200002 -2.183333”, LatLongDMS: “51:12:00 N 02:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38550 (8FC91549)

Date: 7/1976
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: February 12, 1976) With cosmos 843, in July, things become complicated, as it intercepts its target, Cosmos 839, on a very elliptical orbit, between 900 and 2100 km. It is immediately recovered. For Cosmos 886, on the other hand, there was an explosion after passing near Cosmos 880. The eyes and ears of NORAD counted 56 metallic debris in its place. (July 1976)
Reference: “La Guerre des Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 153
Reference: continued May 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2924

Event 38551 (E3049D00)

Date: 7/1976
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Oakenholt (North Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) Little Gaynor Sunderland, 9 years old, came home out of breath and too excited to be able to speak right away. After calming her down and comforting her, her mother listened to her story. She had seen an object land in a field near the house. Terrified but fascinated, looking through the hole in the hedge, she saw two people in silver clothes come out of the object and start arranging various equipment on the ground. These people were small and “angular” and had big pink eyes. Gaynor thinks it was a man and a woman. The craft they had come out of was a little over 10 meters long and less than 2 meters high. Around the craft there was a band of yellow windows, and on top of the object there was a flashing light in the shape of a box. When after a big half hour the object flew away, it made a high-pitched buzzing sound. Gaynor told her mom she was cold and very scared, because she was sure the two people had seen her.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p.30 which cite the FSR and Jenny Randles
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2925

Event 38552 (9439DA28)

Date: 7/1976
Description: The New England UFO Study Group publishes its first newsletter, which lasts through September 1982.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: New England UFO Newsletter, no. 1 (July 1976)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5288

Event 38553 (ACE57ADA)

Date: 7/1/1976
Location: INDIA, Madras
Description: (Translated from French) A woman saw a humanoid creature close to 2.5 meters tall. The entity had a luminous skin under the moonlight. Then the witness saw a red-orange glowing object rise into the sky.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 334, 335
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2923

Event 38554 (EFEB1C3A)

Date: 7/1/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: KALMHOUTSE HOUK AND PUTTE, BELGIUM
Description: 2 / camp and cop. 50’ domed metal ovoid close overhead. Odd silence.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12223

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “KALMHOUTSE HOUK+PUTTE,BELG:2/CAMP+COP:50’DOMED MTL OVOID CLOSE OVHD:ODD SILENC”, LatLong: “51.422225 4.416667”, LatLongDMS: “51:25:20 N 04:25:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38555 (40CB6058)

Date: 7/3/1976
Time: 15:20
Location: CADZAND, HOLLAND
Description: 4 observer(s). Silver grey object hovers / 2500’. Drops / 10’ altitude / 3 minute(s). Shoots going up [to] and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12224

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “CADZAND,HOLLAND:4 OBS:SLVR GRY OBJ HVRS/2500’:DROPS/10’alt/3min:SHOOTS↑+GONE”, LatLong: “51.366669 3.416667”, LatLongDMS: “51:22:00 N 03:25:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38556 (7B1DC3AE)

Date: 7/3/1976
Description: Two 14-year-old girls, Ms. Chapman and Ms. Perry, in Mawman, England heard a hissing sound around 10 o’clock at night. They then saw a flying humanoid as big as a man, with glowing red eyes. It looked like “a big owl with pointed ears.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT, case A1641, citing Fortean Times, August 1976, p. 17
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3806

Event 38557 (78CC05D5)

Date: 7/4/1976
Time: 12:50
Location: BILBAO, SPAIN
Description: Huge saucer hovers / hours. Back several times / wide area. 90° turns. Going south. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12225

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “BILBAO,SPAIN:HUGE SCR HVRS/HRS:BACK SVRL TIMES/WIDE AREA:90°TURNS:>S:see ref”, LatLong: “43.250002 -2.933333”, LatLongDMS: “43:15:00 N 02:56:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VZC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38558 (E9FA513C)

Date: 7/4/1976
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Description: 12:45 p.m. A huge disc-shaped object hovered for a long time over Bilbao, Spain. It flew back over the city and surrounding area several times, then made a ninety- degree turn and flew off toward the south. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11764). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4691

Event 38559 (BF83DE04)

Date: 7/4/1976
Time: 02:56:59.9
Location: 49.9120 78.9080
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1475

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.9120 78.9080”, LatLongDMS: “49:54:43 N 78:54:29 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 38560 (05CA82F2)

Date: 7/4/1976
Description: On this morning in Mawman, England a young girl and her sister saw a man perched in a tree nearby who had legs “bent backwards like a bird.” It had red glowing eyes and a gray body. It saw them and rose straight up through the trees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of humanoid reports, case A1642
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3824

Event 38561 (4167663B)

Date: 7/4/1976
Description: At 12:45 p.m. a huge disc-shaped object hovered for a long time over Bilbao, Spain. It flew back over the city and surrounding area several times, then made a ninety-degree turn and flew off toward the south.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11764
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3825

Event 38562 (D223FA60)

Date: 7/5/1976
Location: Gitchie Manitou Park, IA
Description: 9:00 a.m. Two brothers, 8-year-old Andy and 6 year-old Joel Rygh were playing when they heard “strange noises followed by a grunting sound and then a whistle.” When they looked in the direction of the noises they saw a seven-foot tall man standing behind a bush. (Source: Pat Miller, Sioux Falls (SD) Argus-Leader, August 15, 1976). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4692

Event 38563 (596C9557)

Date: 7/5/1976
Description: At 9 o’clock in the morning two brothers, 8-year-old Andy and 6 year-old Joel Rygh were playing in Gitchie Manitou Park, Iowa when they heard “strange noises followed by a grunting sound and then a whistle.” When they looked in the direction of the noises they saw a seven-foot tall man standing behind a bush. He was wearing a shiny blue uniform. When the whistling sound became louder the boys ran to get their brothers Chris, age 11, and Tom, age 9. All four boys then saw a pulsating glowing domed object emerge from behind a large tree 50 yards away. The object was “about the size and shape of a large haystack.” It hovered with a humming sound for five seconds, and then sped away. Small oak trees that the craft hovered over were later found defoliated.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Pat Miller, Sioux Falls (SD) Argus-Leader, August 15, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3846

Event 38564 (AE445471)

Date: 7/8/1976
Time: morning
Location: Colfax County, NEW MEXICO
Description: A white helicopter was seen in the area of the Philmont Scout Ranch. A buffalo calf was found mutilated along an aircraft runway on the Scout Ranch on July 10th.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 8 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_165

Event 38565 (B7767B7E)

Date: 7/11/1976
Time: 16:00
Location: PALAGNANO, ITL
Description: Oval light nears. Stops 20M away / 18M altitude. Whistles and spins and going [to] behind building.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12226

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PALAGNANO,ITL:OVAL LITE NEARS:STOPS 20M away/18M alt:WHISTLES+SPINS+>BHND BLDG”, LatLong: “44.316669 10.650001”, LatLongDMS: “44:19:00 N 10:39:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MO”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38566 (ADC812F7)

Date: 7/11/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: VILLEGRIMONT, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent orange ovoid going northwest / 300M by D39. Vanishes in place!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12227

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “VILLEGRIMONT,FR:2 OBS:SLNT ORG OVOID >NW/300M by D39:vanishes in place!”, LatLong: “47.733336 1.244445”, LatLongDMS: “47:44:00 N 01:14:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loir-et-Cher”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38567 (33125B2D)

Date: 7/11/1976
Time: 00:30:00.5
Location: -21.8630 -138.7860
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Menelas” Yield: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1898

Extra Data: LatLong: “-21.8630 -138.7860”, LatLongDMS: “21:51:47 S 138:47:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.93”, NukeName: “Menelas”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “20”

Event 38568 (294F5849)

Date: 7/11/1976
Locations: Indian Air Force; Pakistani border
Description: Two Indian Air Force MiG 21 jets are scrambled near the Pakistani border to intercept what appears initially on radar to be a Pakistani jet. But the object is moving at 2,600 mph, and the two pilots see the target is an amber- colored disc that pulls away before they can catch up to it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 303
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5289

Event 38569 (29F1F641)

Date: 7/12/1976
Time: ~21:00
Location: SAVANNA, OK
Description: 3 boys. White saucer with beams searching woods / low altitude. Air warms. “Whoosh!”.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 925)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12228

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “222”, HatchDesc: “SAVANNA,OK:3 BOYS:WHT SCR W/BEAMS SEARCHING WOODS/LO ALT:AIR WARMS:“WHOOSH!””, LatLong: “34.833335 -95.850005”, LatLongDMS: “34:50:00 N 95:51:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38570 (54B8C262)

Date: 7/12/1976
Description: The National Archives makes available the 94 reels of 35mm microfilm with redacted Project Blue Book files.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Sparks, p. 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5290

Event 38571 (327967A0)

Date: 7/12/1976
Description: On this evening in Savanna, Oklahoma three boys watched a white disc-shaped object with beams of light search through some woods at a low altitude. The air felt warm and they heard a “Whoosh!” sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: McAlester Democrat, July 15, 1976; APRO Bulletin, January-February 1977, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4011

Event 38572 (9D5E7895)

Date: 7/14/1976
Time: 04:00
Location: VIEDMA, ARG
Description: 4 separate report(s). 2 night lights / fantastic maneuvers over airport. Gone / Dawn. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v1#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12229

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “VIEDMA,ARG:4 SEP.RPTS:2 NLTS/FANTASTIC MNVRS OVR AIRPORT:GONE/DAWN:/IUR v1#1”, LatLong: “-40.783335 -63.000003”, LatLongDMS: “40:47:00 S 63:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RNG”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38573 (8731C867)

Date: 7/14/1976
Time: 18:30
Location: TOKYO, JP
Description: 7 cops and more. Dark 10’ saucer circles imperial palace / 10 minute(s). / LDLN#159 / La Depeche.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12230

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “TOKYO,JP:7 COPS+:DARK 10’SCR CCLs IMPERIAL PALACE/10min:/LDLN#159/La Depeche”, LatLong: “35.700002 139.750007”, LatLongDMS: “35:42:00 N 139:45:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38574 (00A57BE2)

Date: 7/14/1976
Locations: Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport; Viedma, Rio Negro, Argentina
Description: Before dawn. For a period of two hours, two brightly shining UFOs perform fantastic maneuvers at the Gobernador Edgardo Castello Airport in Viedma, Rio Negro, Argentina. At dawn, the sunlight neutralizes the bright lights of the UFOs, but the observers see them leave the area at high speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5291

Event 38575 (53065E5E)

Date: 7/15/1976
Description: At around 5:30 a.m. Margarita Caginas, age 28, and Miguel Ruiz Sampeiro were on their way to work in Escalante, Santander, Spain when they saw from behind a flying or levitating humanoid being “over 3 meters tall.” It was dressed in a brightly shining, dark brown outfit, and wore a silver disc on its head. It also floated along without its feet touching the ground. It paid no attention to the witnesses until it disappeared around a bend. There were other independent witnesses, including the local mayor who saw it from his window. He described it as a tall entity wearing a dark outfit that emitted luminous flashes from the chest area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-57, citing ABC Madrid, July 18, 1976; FSR, Volume 22, Number 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4075

Event 38576 (0A918303)

Date: 7/16/1976
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Description: About 6:30 p.m. Seven staff members of the National Police Agency criminal investigation section saw an unidentified object that circled over the Imperial Palace, about 400 yards from the police building. The object circled at a low altitude for about 10 minutes, then flew out of sight. (Agence France-Presse story, Washington Post, July 18, 1976.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4693

Event 38577 (7DBAA660)

Date: 7/17/1976
Time: 00:20
Location: NEAR SAINTES, FR
Description: Ovoid hovers still / 20M altitude. Suddenly shoots quickly going up [to] and gone. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12231

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr SAINTES,FR:OVOID HVRS STILL/20M alt:SUDDENLY SHOOTS ↑↑+gone:NFD”, LatLong: “45.750002 -0.600000”, LatLongDMS: “45:45:00 N 00:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38578 (DA67057C)

Date: 7/17/1976
Time: 13:40
Location: OAKENHOLT, WALES
Description: 35’ saucer / row / windows. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) probe dirt. Telepathy images? / r76p268.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12232

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “OAKENHOLT,WALES:35’SCR/ROW/WINDOWS:2 OIDS PROBE DIRT:TLP IMAGES?:/r76p268”, LatLong: “53.250003 -3.116667”, LatLongDMS: “53:15:00 N 03:07:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38579 (A9046F6C)

Date: 7/17/1976
Time: 20:00?
Location: EAST / CALI, COLOMBIA
Description: Numerous observer(s). 3 white glowing rings maneuver over hill. No further details. / Rep.Lorraine.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12233

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Colombia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “750”, HatchDesc: “E/CALI,COLOMBIA:NMRS OBS:3 WHT GLOWING RINGS MNVR OVR HILL:NFD:/Rep.Lorraine”, LatLong: “3.433333 -76.466670”, LatLongDMS: “03:26:00 N 76:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CLI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38580 (AB392042)

Date: 7/17/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: REVIN, FR
Description: 30+observer(s). Luminous disk hovers over TV tower / 20 minute(s). 2 domes. Tilts. Turns vertical.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12234

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “REVIN,FR:30+OBS:LUMn.DISK HVRS ovr TV TOWER/20min:2 DOMES:TILTS:TURNS VERTICAL”, LatLong: “49.916669 4.616667”, LatLongDMS: “49:55:00 N 04:37:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardennes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38581 (8248D489)

Date: 7/18/1976
Time: 23:40
Location: MITCHELLSBURG, KY
Description: 75’ saucer paces 4 / truck. Loss / control or phony scenery. 18 separate observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: STRINGFIELD, Leonard: SITUATION RED - The UFO Siege. Fawcett Crest, NY 1977 (Index 242)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12235

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “302”, HatchDesc: “MITCHELLSBURG,KY:75’SCR PACES 4/TRUCK:LOSS/CONTROL or PHONY SCENERY:18 SEP.OBS”, LatLong: “37.600002 -84.950004”, LatLongDMS: “37:36:00 N 84:57:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38582 (D68A2FC0)

Date: 7/18/1976
Location: Gravel Switch, KY
Description: C2, no details. Witness: Gilpin (SRUFOS,242) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4694

Event 38583 (5B7AA7EC)

Date: 7/19/1976
Location: AIRE-SUR-L’ADOUR, FR
Description: Girl / 17. Silent 25M rounded delta/triangle/box-like craft / 15M altitude. Going down / angle. / r30p611.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12236

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AIRE-sur-l’ADOUR,FR:GIRL/17:SLNT 25M ROUNDED DLT/15M alt:↓/ANGLE:/r30p611”, LatLong: “43.716669 -0.283333”, LatLongDMS: “43:43:00 N 00:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Landes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38584 (DED9DE31)

Date: 7/19/1976
Time: 03:00
Location: CHATEAUNEV VAL / BARGIS, FR
Description: 1 / D2. Luminous green globe suddenly shoots going quickly northeast as car nears.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12237

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CHATEAUNEV VAL/BARGIS,FR:1/D2:LUMn.GRN GLOBE SUDDENLY SHOOTS >>NE as car nears”, LatLong: “47.283336 3.233333”, LatLongDMS: “47:17:00 N 03:14:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nièvre”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38585 (1570F8E7)

Date: 7/20/1976
Description: (Translated from French) The “lander” of Vicking 1 lands on Mars at Chryse Planitia. (July 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2728

Event 38586 (9B935BCB)

Date: 7/21/1976
Time: 03:00
Location: SOUTH JULIEN / CONCELLES, FR
Description: 2M upright ovoid / roadside. Lights area like day. Arms and legs.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 240)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12238

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “S.JULIEN/CONCELLES,FR:2M UPRIGHT OVOID/ROADSIDE:LITES AREA LIKE DAY:ARMS+LEGS”, LatLong: “47.250002 -1.383333”, LatLongDMS: “47:15:00 N 01:23:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loire Atlantique”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38587 (48A839F0)

Date: 7/22/1976
Location: BOMBAY TO/FROM CALCUTTA, INDIA
Description: DC10 pilot. Large object with bright windows / 35k’ altitude. / Richard Hall.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12239

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “India”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOMBAY><CALCUTTA,INDIA:DC10 PILOT:LRG OBJ W/BRITE WINDOWS/35k’alt:/Rich.Hall”, LatLong: “20.000001 80.000004”, LatLongDMS: “20:00:00 N 80:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Unknown”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38588 (87CABD0A)

Date: 7/22/1976
Location: Germantown, WI
Description: 10:50 p.m. A hexagonal object with a flat bottom hovered over the highway. No color was noted, but it had 4-5 lights in front, with a green light on one end and a red on the other. It hovered for five minutes, and had a red flame coming from the bottom the entire time. (Source: CUFOS News Bulletin, September 1976, p. 6). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4695

Event 38589 (73B15129)

Date: 7/22/1976
Description: In Germantown, Wisconsin a hexagonal object with a flat bottom hovered over the highway at 10:50 p.m. No color was noted, but it had 4-5 lights in front, with a green light on one end and a red on the other. It hovered for five minutes, and had a red flame coming from the bottom the entire time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS News Bulletin, September 1976, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4304

Event 38590 (FB3989E2)

Date: 7/23/1976
Time: 01:00
Location: ROCHEFORT-SAMSON, FR
Description: Campers. Glowing red-orange sphere with red base. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 625)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12240

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ROCHEFORT-SAMSON,FR:CAMPERS:GLOWING RED-ORG SPHERE W/RED BASE:NFD”, LatLong: “44.961113 5.150000”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:40 N 05:09:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38591 (8CD27A8B)

Date: 7/23/1976
Time: 03:30
Location: VANDOEVRE AND NANCY, FR
Description: Silent saucer / 45° tilt 300M over TV tower and cemetery and radio tower.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 132)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12241

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “VANDOEVRE+NANCY,FR:SLNT SCR/45°TILT 300M ovr TV TOWER+CEMETERY+RADIO TOWER”, LatLong: “48.666669 6.166667”, LatLongDMS: “48:40:00 N 06:10:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Meurthe-et-Moselle”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38592 (580B40F9)

Date: 7/23/1976
Time: 04:00
Location: NEAR CONDOM, FR
Description: Farmer hit / 2 35cm beams. Silent glowing-cone going quickly southeast / 90kph. Separate observer(s). / r30p62.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12242

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr CONDOM,FR:FARMER HIT/2 35cm BEAMS:SLNT GLOW-CONE >>SE/90kph:sep.obs:/r30p62”, LatLong: “43.950002 0.377778”, LatLongDMS: “43:57:00 N 00:22:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gers”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38593 (28C6AE63)

Date: 7/23/1976
Time: 02:33:00.2
Location: 49.7740 78.0460
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1476

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7740 78.0460”, LatLongDMS: “49:46:26 N 78:02:46 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38594 (03DB9FE5)

Date: 7/23/1976
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Description: J. Allen Hynek arrives on the set of Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind in Mobile, Alabama, and gives a lecture on UFOs to some of the actors who are interested (Bob Balaban, Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, and 30+ others. At some point his cameo is filmed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bob Balaban, Spielberg, Truffaut and Me: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, an Actor’s Diary, Titan, 2002
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5292

Event 38595 (881B343E)

Date: 7/26/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: NEAR PATESVILLE, KY
Description: 5+? observer(s). Bell-shape going quickly west extremely fast. Back west going quickly east. All insects quiet.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12243

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “168”, HatchDesc: “nr PATESVILLE,KY:5+? OBS:BELL-SHAPE >> W XFAST:BACK W>>E:ALL INSECTS QUIET”, LatLong: “37.783335 -86.716671”, LatLongDMS: “37:47:00 N 86:43:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38596 (F8E84518)

Date: 7/27/1976
Time: 20:30:00.1
Location: 37.0754 -116.0438
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Billet” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_794

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0754 -116.0438”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:31 N 116:02:38 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.64”, NukeMb: “5.30”, NukeName: “Billet”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 38597 (A72A9CA4)

Date: 7/28/1976
Time: 15:50
Location: CRYSTAL LAKE, CT
Description: 14 / camp. 20’ saucer whines 400’ over lake. Possible disinfo try. / r225p82.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12244

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “311”, HatchDesc: “CRYSTAL LAKE,CT:14/CAMP:20’SCR WHINES 400’OVR LAKE:POSS.DISINFO TRY:/r225p82”, LatLong: “41.922224 -73.105559”, LatLongDMS: “41:55:20 N 73:06:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “120”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38598 (6D4FE4FA)

Date: 7/28/1976
Location: Winsted (near), CT
Description: 3:45 p.m. Fourteen boys and their camp counselor Mr. Leifer, from Camp Delaware, were hiking in the afternoon on Blueberry Mountain, three miles southwest of Winsted, Connecticut. The group was astonished to see a shiny, metallic domed disc hovering over their heads. (Source: International UFO Reporter, November 1976, p. 6). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4696

Event 38599 (FC28AB6C)

Date: 7/28/1976
Locations: Beale AFB; Marysville, California
Description: Capt. Eldon W. Joersz and Maj. George T. Morgan Jr. attain a world airspeed record of 2,193 mph in a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird over Beale AFB near Marysville, California.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5293

Event 38600 (BC256B12)

Date: 7/28/1976
Locations: Camp Delaware [now Greenwood Trails]; Winsted, Connecticut
Description: 3:45 p.m. Adult counselor Ira Leifer and 13 teenage boys are resting from a hike in the woods at Camp Delaware [now Greenwood Trails] west of Winsted, Connecticut, when they hear a high-pitched whine. They see a silvery, flat-bottomed UFO 15–25 feet in diameter through a clearing in the trees. A purple haze surrounds it and on top they see a red glow. The object is hovering at a steep angle. After 15–25 seconds the whine returns, and the object takes off and is lost to sight in a second or two.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Daylight CE I Seen by 14 Witnesses in Connecticut,” IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976): 6–7; Clark III 247
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5294

Event 38601 (BB9FF1C0)

Date: 7/28/1976
Description: Fourteen boys and their camp counselor Mr. Leifer, from Camp Delaware, were hiking in the afternoon on Blueberry Mountain, three miles southwest of Winsted, Connecticut. At 3:45 p.m. the group was astonished to see a shiny, metallic domed disc hovering over their heads. It made a high-pitched whine like the feedback from a loudspeaker. They heard a second whine, accompanied by a high-speed vertical ascent, and within a few seconds the UFO had vanished by shooting straight up in the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, November 1976, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4459

Event 38602 (171284E7)

Date: 7/28/1976
Description: Two women school teachers in their forties were attending an educational conference when they looked out the window of their ninth floor hotel room at the Stouffers Waterfront Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri at 10:30 p.m. and saw a 100 foot in diameter disc-shaped craft fly right up to their window, stopping only about 50 feet away. It had a revolving rim of lights like windows around its perimeter. It shot off after a few seconds, making a rapid ascent. It made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald A. Johnson case files, report dated March 9, 1988
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4460

Event 38603 (6B831422)

Date: 7/29/1976
Time: 01:10
Location: SABREVOIS, QB
Description: Fireball outside house. Entities outside are small fireballs on legs! Odd.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12245

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “36”, HatchDesc: “SABREVOIS,QB:FBL OUTSIDE HOUSE:ENTITIES OUTSIDE ARE SMALL FBLS ON LEGS!:ODD”, LatLong: “45.222224 -73.227781”, LatLongDMS: “45:13:20 N 73:13:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38604 (A0BD60F1)

Date: 7/29/1976
Location:
Description: Delta Aquarid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_278

Event 38605 (8F251FAC)

Date: 7/29/1976
Time: 05:00:00.5
Location: 47.8700 48.1500
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Azgir A-4” Yield: 58KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1477

Extra Data: LatLong: “47.8700 48.1500”, LatLongDMS: “47:52:12 N 48:09:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “1.00”, NukeMb: “5.90”, NukeName: “PNE:Azgir A-4”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “58”

Event 38606 (419BDDD2)

Date: 7/30/1976
Location: Fort Ritchie, Cascade, Maryland
Description: NMCC Joint Staff Memo: Subject: Reports of UFOs. At approx. 0345, EDT, the ANMCC received several reports of UFOs near Fort Ritchie. At 0130, civilians reported an UFO to the NAB. At 0255, two separate patrols sighted three UFOs; oblong with a reddish tint. At 0300, the Desk Sgt. (name with held) sighted an UFO over the ammo storage area at 100–200 yds. altitude. At 0345, an Army Police Sgt. sighted an UFO in the vicinity of sight R. ANMCC was requested to have each individual write a statement on the sightings. One person said the UFO was the size of a 2.5 ton truck.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_690

Event 38607 (48DF81D2)

Date: 7/30/1976
Time: 01:30
Location: FORT RITCHIE, MD
Description: U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) General. 4 separate sightings / ammunition dump. 3 ovoids going quickly west. Truck-size.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12246

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “135”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “FORT RITCHIE,MD:USMC GENERAL:4 SEP SIGHTINGS/AMMO DUMP:3 OVOIDS>>W:TRUCK-SIZE”, LatLong: “39.388891 -77.133337”, LatLongDMS: “39:23:20 N 77:08:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38608 (F99B6F7E)

Date: 7/30/1976
Time: 14:50
Location: CHIRENS, FR
Description: Private pilot / ground. 7M metallic sphere going quickly east / 6000kph. Clear sky. No wind.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12247

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CHIRENS,FR:Pvt.PILOT/GND:7M MTLC SPHERE >>E/6000kph:clear sky:no wind”, LatLong: “45.416669 5.555556”, LatLongDMS: “45:25:00 N 05:33:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38609 (D13A887B)

Date: 7/30/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: NORTH / FARO, PORTGL
Description: 3 flight crews and RADAR’s. Big night light and 3 huge cigars. / FSRv22#4+/ LDLN#167+202.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12248

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “180”, HatchDesc: “N/FARO,PORTGL:3 FLT CREWS+RDRs:BIG NLT+3 HUGE CGRS:/FSRv22#4+/LDLN#167+202”, LatLong: “38.500002 -8.500000”, LatLongDMS: “38:30:00 N 08:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Algarve”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38610 (469C85FA)

Date: 7/30/1976
Time: 23:50
Location: MAZERES, FR
Description: Silent 100M fireball going southeast / 2 minute(s). Lights countryside. 2 minute meteor?
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12249

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MAZERES,FR:SLNT 100M FBL >SE/2min:LITES COUNTRYSIDE: 2 minute meteor?”, LatLong: “44.494447 -0.266667”, LatLongDMS: “44:29:40 N 00:16:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gironde”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38611 (66811BE6)

Date: 7/30/1976
Location: Fort Ritchie, MD
Description: 0345 EDT. NMCC in Washington, DC put out this memo at 0545 EDT: 1. At approximately 0345 EDT, the ANMCC called to indicate they had received several reports of UFO’s in the vicinity of Fort Richie. The following events summarize the reports (times are approximate) 0130 - Civilians reported a UFO sighting near Mt. Airy Md. (Actual FOIA document) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 760730
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4697

Event 38612 (330F6881)

Date: 7/30/1976
Location: In air space, Portugal
Description: Battleship-Sized Object Tracked By 3 Airlines (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 760730
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4698

Event 38613 (7FF156F5)

Date: 7/30/1976
Locations: Fort Ritchie; Cascade, Maryland
Description: 1:30–3:45 a.m. Patrols at different locations in the US Army’s Fort Ritchie [now closed], in Cascade, Maryland, see objects over the base. One crew sees three oblong objects with a reddish tint. Another watches a UFO over the ammunition storage area at an altitude of 300–600 feet. In another spot, an Army police sergeant sees an aerial object the size of a two-and-a-half-ton truck.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brig. Gen. L. J. LeBlanc Jr., “Reports of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs),” National Military Command Center, July 30, 1976
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5295

Event 38614 (9B390B63)

Date: 7/30/1976
Locations: North Atlantic; Lisbon, Portugal
Description: 9:00 p.m. A British Airways Trident 2E piloted by Capt. Dennis Wood is flying at 29,000 feet over the North Atlantic about 40 miles south of Lisbon, Portugal, when air traffic control radios a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar that is flying near them and asks for a confirmation of a radar target. Wood and his crew look up and see a stationary bright light. They announce the sighting to their passengers. After several minutes watching the light, two cigar- shaped objects appear below and to the right of the light. A Portuguese airliner in the vicinity also observes the objects. Wood confirms the sighting, saying, “There is no way this is a star or planet.” Fighters are immediately scrambled from Lisbon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Battleship-Sized Object Tracked by 3 Airlines”; Jenny Randles, “Casebook: The Portugal Sighting,” Fortean Times 199 (September 2005): 27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5296

Event 38615 (A1CDF00D)

Date: 7/30/1976
Description: On a clear evening shortly after 9:00 p.m. two very large, brown cigar or “sausage” shaped UFOs were sighted from a British Airways Trident II airliner near the Portuguese Coast, 64 kilometers south of Lisbon, Portugal. The UFOs were seen by three crew members as well as picked up on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John Wallace Spencer, World Atlas of UFOs, p. 106; Omar Fowler, FSR, November 1976, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4507

Event 38616 (C9ACD751)

Date: 7/31/1976
Time: 22:50
Location: COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
Description: Several separate observer(s). Silent ovoid over gas station/depot/facility. Windows. Much electro-magnetic effect (EME) damage.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12250

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “380”, HatchDesc: “COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA:SVRL SEP.OBS:SLNT OVOID OVR GAS STn:WINDOWS:MUCH EME DAMAGE”, LatLong: “41.250002 -95.833338”, LatLongDMS: “41:15:00 N 95:50:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38617 (2E6C9323)

Date: 7/31/1976
Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa
Description: 11:45 p.m. Debbie Focken and other witnesses see an oblong object with illuminated windows hovering about 100 feet above Eldon’s Standard Service Station in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Apparently the UFO causes extensive electrical damage to a CB radio, a burglar alarm, an adding machine, a cash register, and a vending machine. The owner and employees claim that lightning has caused the damage, and that is what they report to the insurance agency, but there is no thunderstorm that evening.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Gas Station Damaged by UFO?” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1977): 13; “Council Bluffs CE II,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5297

Event 38618 (261C31F8)

Date: 7/31/1976
Description: Debbie Focken was working at a convenience store and gas station sometime after 11:00 p.m. in Council Bluffs, Iowa when she had a close encounter with an oblong UFO that had lit windows, but no other features. Electromagnetic effects included damage of the CB radio and burglar alarm. The UFO hung in the air, 100 feet over the service station in an urban part of the city for several minutes, and illuminated the surrounding area. An adding machine, the cash register, and a vending machine were all damaged by some kind of field effect from the UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ralph C. DeGraw, International UFO Reporter, December 1976, p. 13; UNICAT, case # 226
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4537

Event 38619 (26C03956)

Date: 8/1976
Location: QUERCIANELLA, ITL
Description: Crashed transparent cylinder/cigar-shape / ground. Men / grey suits move inside! Likely hoax.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12251

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “QUERCIANELLA,ITL:CRASHED XPRNT CGR/GND:MEN/GRY SUITS MOVE INSIDE!:likely hoax”, LatLong: “43.450002 10.366667”, LatLongDMS: “43:27:00 N 10:22:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38620 (99E228CB)

Date: 8/1976
Time: 00:30
Location: ST. RAPHAEL, FR
Description: Several / 2 cars. 4-8 figure(s) move around cylinder/cigar-shape / field. Away when horn blows.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 195)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12252

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “St.RAPHAEL,FR:SVRL/2 CARS:4-8 FIGs MOVE AROUND CGR/FIELD:AWAY when HORN BLOWS”, LatLong: “43.416669 6.766667”, LatLongDMS: “43:25:00 N 06:46:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38621 (9C406D59)

Date: 8/1976
Time: 02:00
Location: GERENA TO/FROM OLIVARES, SP
Description: Moon-size ball buzzes tractor 2X. Colored lights / edge. Observer(s) hides.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12253

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “GERENA><OLIVARES,SP:MOONSIZE BALL BUZZES TRACTOR 2X:CLRD LITES/EDGE:OBS HIDES”, LatLong: “37.450002 -6.150000”, LatLongDMS: “37:27:00 N 06:09:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38622 (387A5D3F)

Date: 8/1976 (approximate)
Time: 18:30
Location: SIZIWANG, IN.MONG, CH
Description: Silver metal ovoid spins south going quickly north / 3km altitude. Gushes white mist / tailpipe.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12254

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SIZIWANG,IN.MONG,CH:SLVR MTL OVOID SPINS S>>N/3km alt:GUSHES WHT MIST/TAILPIPE”, LatLong: “41.533335 111.650005”, LatLongDMS: “41:32:00 N 111:39:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MNG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38623 (488E75B6)

Date: 8/1976 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: LONG SAULT, ON
Description: Metallic saucer hovers / trees. Hums. Chases 2 teens to car. Shoots going up. Independent report(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: CAMERON, Vicky: UFO EXPERIENCES in CANADA, Don’t tell anyone but… ; 1995 General Store Publishing ; Burnstown, Ontario ISBN 1-896182-20-8 (Index 90)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12255

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “LONG SAULT,ON:MTLC SCR HVRS/TREES:HUMS:CHASES 2 TEENS TO CAR:SHOOTS↑:indp.rpts”, LatLong: “45.016669 -74.933337”, LatLongDMS: “45:01:00 N 74:56:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “12”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38624 (96414B2E)

Date: 8/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: XIGAZE, TIBET
Description: 1 observer. Fast silver coil hisses. Goes forward / spiral trajectory / 19 minute(s). No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12256

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “XIGAZE,TIBET:1 OBS:FAST SLVR COIL HISSES:GOES FWD/SPIRAL TRAJ/19min:NFD”, LatLong: “29.350001 88.916671”, LatLongDMS: “29:21:00 N 88:55:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TBT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38625 (8777165C)

Date: 8/1976
Locations: American; Moon
Description: American SF novelist George H. Leonard publishes Somebody Else Is on the Moon, which records his observations, drawings, and NASA photos of lunar pipes, conduits, gears, gas nozzles, flares, huge rigs for sifting through dust, hovering vehicles, odd lights, and electromagnetic towers on the lunar surface—all of it indicating alien mining operations. Leonard argues that NASA secretly knows of alien activity on the Moon. It is possible that Leonard has written the book as a spoof.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: George H. Leonard, Somebody Else Is on the Moon, McKay, 1976
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5298

Event 38626 (FE623A09)

Date: 8/1976
Locations: Sweden; Lake Bolmen
Description: 10:17 a.m. A Swedish J-5 jet pursues six delta-shaped silver objects in formation until they accelerate out of sight over Lake Bolmen, Sweden.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Swedish Air Force Colonel Reports Six Delta-UFOs,” AFU Newsletter, no. 18 (Jan./Mar. 1980): 9–10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5299

Event 38627 (2E6A4189)

Date: 8/1976
Location: forested hills near Medford, Oregon
Description: Day. A man is working on his mobile home in the forested hills near Medford, Oregon, when he sees two intensely bright lights “like burning magnesium” silently move across the sky, side by side. They appear to be discs, curved on the top and flat on the bottom, and in between them is a third object, which seems to be a World War II–era bomber. The tips of each wing appear to be resting on the discs, and its propellors are not turning. The three objects pass overhead and move beyond the hill behind him.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Timmermania: A Step Too Far into the Timmerman Files?” IUR 27, no. 4 (Winter 2002–2003): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5300

Event 38628 (5858A164)

Date: 8/1976
Location: Pirogovskoye Reservoir north of Moscow, Russia
Description: A. Troitsky and six others observe a silvery disc over the Pirogovskoye Reservoir north of Moscow, Russia. It is about 8 times the apparent size of the full moon and is moving slowly at an altitude of perhaps 120 feet. The object has two revolving stripes along its side and a black hatch on its underside from which a small cylinder protrudes, its lower portion rotating.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stonehill and Mantle, Russia’s USO Secrets, Flying Disk, 2020, pp. 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5301

Event 38629 (57A55CD3)

Date: 8/1/1976
Description: At 4:30 a.m. a 20-year-old woman heard a noise and looked out her bedroom window in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to see two beings of average height. She could not see any facial details. A white light went out from these beings toward the east. She heard a loud voice talking in an unintelligible language.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-29 (A1486), citing Richard Heiden, report dated June 22, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4575

Event 38630 (D01234FF)

Date: 8/1/1976
Description: In New Haven, Connecticut around 6:00 p.m. a man told police he had been buzzed by a round silver, dish-shaped object, which froze his car as he was driving on Route 63 between Bethany and New Haven. When the UFO passed overhead the engine of his car died and the car came to a stop. When he tried to leave the vehicle, he said, the door wouldn’t budge and he began to feel “tingly”. Eventually he too became paralyzed. While this was going on, an object which he felt might have taken his picture, appeared below the low flying disk. Finally it flew off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, citing MUFON of Connecticut
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4576

Event 38631 (56E974D2)

Date: 8/2/1976
Time: 03:30
Location: ST. PIERRE-SUR-MER, FR
Description: 5M domed saucer / 6M altitude. Lights out and back on gradually. / r30p627.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12257

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “St PIERRE-sur-MER,FR:5M DOMED SCR/6M ALT:LITES OUT+BACK ON GRADUALLY:/r30p627”, LatLong: “43.183335 3.200000”, LatLongDMS: “43:11:00 N 03:12:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aude”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38632 (52A31445)

Date: 8/2/1976
Location: St.-Pierre-sur-Mer, Hérault, France
Description: 3:30 a.m. A domed UFO is seen at an altitude of 15–18 feet at St.-Pierre-sur-Mer, Hérault, France. It has orange lights that go on and off slowly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: M. Grazioli, “Enquête dans l’Hérault,” Lumières dans la Nuit, no. 166 (June/July 1977): 26–27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5302

Event 38633 (84A13913)

Date: 8/2/1976
Description: At around four o’clock in the morning Michael Wood, age 26, was driving home when, as he reached Ten Mile Hill near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia he heard a sound like loud electronic music "turned up too high.” The area in front of his car lit up like a “yellow lighted picture screen”, on which he could see projected the profile of a figure, ten feet tall, wearing a tight-fitting black jacket and a pair of light trousers, which seemed to be turning to look at him. He braked his car but the car went through the “screen.” He could find no trace of it after stopping and going back to look for it again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-60, citing TUFOIC
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4607

Event 38634 (1F5E0646)

Date: 8/2/1976
Description: At 3:30 a.m. in St. Pierre-sur-Mer, Aude department, France a five-meter in diameter domed disc was encountered hovering at six meters altitude. The lights went out immediately on the object, then came back on gradually.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4608

Event 38635 (6CF2B456)

Date: 8/3/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: NNW / MONASTIR, TUNISIA
Description: Tunis air pilot. UFO / 350M altitude north going south. RADAR traces to 0400h / r150.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12258

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Tunisia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NNW/MONASTIR,TUNISIA:TUNIS AIR PILOT:UFO/350M alt N>S:RDR TRACES to 0400h/r150”, LatLong: “36.316668 10.516667”, LatLongDMS: “36:19:00 N 10:31:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MON”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38636 (3A728597)

Date: 8/3/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: MONASTIR, TUNISIA
Description: 5 objects with red and green lights. RADAR confirm. Diplomatic query going [to] wash.DC.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12259

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Tunisia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MONASTIR,TUNISIA:5 OBJs W/RED+GRN LITES:RDR CONFIRM:DIPLOMATIC QUERY > WASH.DC”, LatLong: “35.750002 10.933334”, LatLongDMS: “35:45:00 N 10:56:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MON”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 38637 (5DBF8CDA)

Date: 8/3/1976
End date: 8/4/1976
Locations: Monastir; Tunis; Tunisia
Description: 11:25 p.m. The pilot of Tunisair Flight Tu8953, en route from Monastir to Tunis, Tunisia, sees a flying object at 3,200–3,900 feet moving north to south. At 11:27 p.m., five objects showing red and green lights are seen over Monastir and confirmed on radar. From 12:24 a.m. to 4:00 a.m., five separate radar returns are tracked and visually confirmed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 80
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5303

Event 38638 (4BD84A08)

Date: 8/4/1976
Location: DANBURY, CT
Description: 3 cops / (seen thru) binoculars and 22 others. Ovoid hovers and spins / 30 minute(s). Colored lights / edge.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 84)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12260

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “115”, HatchDesc: “DANBURY,CT:3 COPS/BINOCS+22 OTHERS:OVOID HVRS+SPINS/30min:CLRD LITES/EDGE”, LatLong: “41.400002 -73.450004”, LatLongDMS: “41:24:00 N 73:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38639 (B2462B41)

Date: 8/4/1976
Time: 23:10
Location: MAHOPAC AND CARMEL AND PEEKSKILL, NY
Description: Extra moon changes color(s). Going quickly north. Seen widely. / r225p87.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 921)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12261

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “203”, HatchDesc: “MAHOPAC+CARMEL+PEEKSKILL,NY:EXTRA MOON CHANGES CLRS:>>N:SEEN WIDELY:/r225p87”, LatLong: “41.400002 -73.700004”, LatLongDMS: “41:24:00 N 73:42:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38640 (32822F3E)

Date: 8/4/1976
Time: 23:50
Location: NNW / MONASTIR, TUNS
Description: UFO follows jet airliner / landing approach. “Complete mystery”.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 80)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12262

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Tunisia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NNW/MONASTIR,TUNS:UFO FOLOS JET AIRLINER/LANDING APPROACH:“COMPLETE MYSTERY””, LatLong: “36.000002 10.666667”, LatLongDMS: “36:00:00 N 10:40:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MON”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38641 (B34A44BE)

Date: 8/4/1976
Time: 02:57:00.0
Location: 49.8700 77.7000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1478

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8700 77.7000”, LatLongDMS: “49:52:12 N 77:42:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38642 (73B99A0F)

Date: 8/4/1976
End date: 8/5/1976
Location: Monastir, Tunisia
Description: 10:43–10:52 p.m. An Air France pilot en route to Monastir, Tunisia, is followed by an unidentified object.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 80–81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5304

Event 38643 (8FDBDE17)

Date: 8/4/1976
Description: A ten-year old boy, Lorenzo Alvarez Vazquez, in the Bilbao suburb of Bulla, Vizcaya province, Spain reported seeing two small “extraterrestrial beings", about 1.20 or 1.30 meters high, on this evening. They had green eyes and noses and wore silvery clothing. They said nothing, but shone a light on the boy as they stood next to a motorcycle. He watched them for five minutes, and then went to get other local residents who, upon returning to the spot, saw nothing although the boy said he could still see one of the entities. One of the residents pointed a gun in the direction indicated by the boy, who then announced the “spaceman” had taken refuge behind a car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-30 (A1644); Gordon Creighton, FSR, April 1977, p. 28, citing a newspaper clipping
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4660

Event 38644 (BA52B785)

Date: 8/5/1976
Description: Amidst a series of cattle mutilation incidents, at 4:00 a.m. two workers at the Sterling, Colorado feedlot saw three human-like figures glide over one of the feedlot fences. The ground had been muddy at the time but no footprints were found anywhere near the fence.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1488, citing Dorothy Aldridge, Colorado Springs Gazzette Telegraph
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4690

Event 38645 (C93ED641)

Date: 8/5/1976
Description: At 9:15 a.m. PDT the firelook at Satus Peak on the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington State again reported seeing mystery ghost lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Greg Long, Examining the Earthlight Theory: The Yakima UFO Microcosm, p. 130
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4691

Event 38646 (13BAE76B)

Date: 8/5/1976
Description: At ten o’clock in the morning the Chiasson family were driving in the Gaspesie Provincial Park in Quebec when they encountered a thick fog. The vehicle’s lights and engine failed, and the car’s interior began to feel very hot. A red light beam struck the road in front of car, and it was then that they saw a 40-foot wide, scallop-shell shaped object sitting on legs. The craft had windows, and through the windows they could see seven-foot tall entities inside that had big eyes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1634, citing Jean Ferguson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4692

Event 38647 (FEB32E91)

Date: 8/6/1976
Location: Canada, Parc de la Gaspésie
Description: (Translated from French) Freddy Chiasson recounts: “I was crossing the Parc de la Gaspésie in a thick fog. It was then that something very strange happened. A very bright red beam, coming from the sky, pierced the fog and began to sweep the road in front of the car at the same speed we were driving (…) It had well-defined contours and its point of impact on the asphalt in front of us formed a perfect circle of about fifteen centimeters. (…) The light accompanied us for a few kilometers. (…) Then suddenly, in a curve, this beam began to rise towards the sky in sections. Large sections, however. (…) But just as the light of the beam was almost completely gone, my youngest son showed us on the side of a mountain to our left, a rather intense glow. (…) This glow had something really unnatural about it: there was thick fog, and this glow was of an unbearable whiteness. (…) It stopped above the road, far enough in front of us for me to have time to brake and stop. (…) We got out of the car. My wife complained of having a very bad headache. We had aspirin in the car and I went to get it for her. (…) We decided to go to this device to see what it was. We quickly covered the distance that separated us. As soon as we were close enough, we were very surprised to see an object resting on feet. It had the shape of a scallop shell and it took up more than the width of the road. (…) about twelve meters in diameter and five meters in height. The very solid hull seemed to me to be made of dull metal. The glow seemed to come from square windows like those of a boat and arranged around the object. (…) The silence was impressive, except for a dull noise at regular intervals as if two pieces of wood had been rubbed together. (…) We approached our faces to the openings which were large enough, a little less than a meter square and the more we approached the more the light seemed to diminish. We were able to look inside. My wife gave one of those screams! It was a scream of fear. I followed her finger, because she wanted to show me something. Through the window which seemed to me to be made of soft material, I saw a massive face with large, round, fixed eyes. (…) We ran towards the car. (…) I tried to start the car, but nothing moved. I felt feverish. (…) After a few minutes, my sons and I decided to go out again, my wife tried to hold us back, but we went out anyway. I followed my sons. (…) We were still ten steps away when two beams of low intensity and similar to the one that had preceded us on the road appeared. They were distinct and perfectly oval with the same diameter from beginning to end. The two beams came from behind the device. They were of a bluish-greenish hue. (…) The two beams of light approached and Morris shouted “There are two!” I wiped my eyes because I was crying. I saw my two sons standing stiff in front of me. That’s when I “saw” them properly. They turned off their beams. They were not beautiful. They did not move, I looked at their eyes: terrible eyes, round, fixed. They wore a kind of policeman’s outfit, but more fitted. No hat and a bald head. They must have been about 2.10 m tall because they were taller than Morris who is 1.80 m. (…) We were like frozen. All this time I wanted to vomit. (…) Then Rony turned on his heels and started running towards the car. I followed him. (…) In the car I vomited again, then I felt better. I wanted to back up, but the car wouldn’t start. In front of us there was an unbearable light and all four of us had to bend down as low as possible because we felt a dying heat. My wife started to pray. The heat became unbearable. Then it gradually dissipated. I tried to start and to our great relief, the car left. I drove slowly. There was nothing on the road anymore. We felt unbearable itching that lasted about ten hours.” (August 6, 1976)
Reference: Jean FERGUSON: “Les Humanoïdes …” - ed. Leméac, Ottawa, 1977, pp. 225-230
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2926

Event 38648 (324B5E2C)

Date: 8/6/1976
Time: 00:20
Location: SOUKRA, TUNISIA
Description: 6MI east-northeast / tunis. Police report 4 lit “helos”, not helicopters. No RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12263

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, COV: Indication of coverup, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Tunisia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “85”, HatchDesc: “SOUKRA,TUNISIA:6MI ENE/TUNIS:POLICE REPORT 4 LIT “HELOS”,NOT COPTERS:NO RDR.”, LatLong: “37.000002 10.166667”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 10:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TUN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38649 (45D1BF84)

Date: 8/6/1976
Time: 10:00
Location: GASPESIE PROV PARK, QB
Description: Fog. Car paced / red spotlight and malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Huge saucer. Beings / large eyes.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 53)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12264

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “600”, HatchDesc: “GASPESIE PROV PARK,QB:FOG:CAR PACED/RED SPOTLITE+EMEs:HUGE SCR:BEINGS/LRG EYES”, LatLong: “48.916669 -65.916670”, LatLongDMS: “48:55:00 N 65:55:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38650 (1A7CD52F)

Date: 8/6/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: PRES.PRUDENTE, BRAZIL
Description: Many observer(s). Saucer going down. Explodes. Fragments = airline(s)/airliner and Ni and Sb. Foil and plastic. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12265

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “495”, HatchDesc: “PRES.PRUDENTE,BRAZIL:MANY OBS:SCR↓:EXPLODES:FRAGS=Al+Ni+Sb:FOIL+PLASTIC:/news”, LatLong: “-22.116668 -51.383336”, LatLongDMS: “22:07:00 S 51:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 38651 (37B0E3FB)

Date: 8/6/1976
Location: La Soukra, Tunisia
Description: 12:20 a.m. Police at La Soukra, Tunisia, see four lighted objects that disappear one by one until 1:45 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5305

Event 38652 (07F0D71A)

Date: 8/6/1976
Location: Gaspésie National Park, Quebec
Description: 10:00 a.m. A family is driving in Gaspésie National Park, Quebec, when a beam of red light penetrates the fog and creates a six-inch circle on the road ahead. The beam paces ahead of them for several miles, then collapses and withdraws upwards. A dazzling white light then approaches and stops ahead. Strong heat builds up in the car, so the father stops the vehicle. The headlights and radio fail, and the engine dies. All four get out and walk toward the object, which now appears as a scallop-shaped craft on landing legs, stretching across the road. The wife notices a massive “face” looking at them. Two 7-foot tall beings are apparently floating near the UFO, dressed in close-fitting, khaki-brown suits. The witnesses flee back into the car. The object moves away in a flash of light and burst of heat. The car starts again. All four suffer from itching for the next 10 hours.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jean Ferguson, Les Humanoides: Les Cerveaux qui Dirigent les Soucoupes Volantes, Leméac, 1977; NICAP, “Gaspesian Park, Quebec: Humanoids/E-M Case”; Michael D. Swords, “Messing Around with the Force,” IUR 31, no. 4 (March 2008): 29–30
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5306

Event 38653 (242B6C51)

Date: 8/6/1976
Description: At around ten o’clock in the morning Freddy Chiasson, age 52, his wife Claire, and their two sons Morris and Rony were driving across Gaspesian Park, Quebec, Canada in a thick fog, heading toward Matane. Suddenly, a beam of red light coming from the sky struck the road ahead of their car. Despite the thick fog, this beam had very sharp edges, and formed a circle 6 inches in diameter where it struck the road. It paced their car for several miles, always staying the same distance ahead, then broke up into several “sections” which shut up into one another, like a collapsible telescope, and rose back upwards in a coherent light fashion. They then saw a dazzling white light to their left, which the witness estimated to be a half mile away. This light approached them and stopped over the road some distance ahead of them. Mr. Chiasson stopped the car. They then felt a very strong sensation of heat, and the car’s headlights and radio went out. Next the car’s motor died, and it could not be re-started. They could smell a peculiar “acid” odor that irritated their nasal passages.

They got out of their car and walked through the fog toward the fuzzy, intense light ahead. When they reached it, they found that it came from an oval, scallop shell-like object that was wider than the road and resting on legs. It was about 40 feet wide, 15 feet high, and made of a dull metal with four square circumferential windows three feet wide, out of which light was pouring. They could hear a dull sound, like wood rubbing on wood at regular intervals. Mrs. Chiasson approached the windows and let out a scream when she confronted a large face in the window with big round eyes. The sight made Mr. Chiasson feel like vomiting. All four family members ran back to their car, which still could not be started. After a few minutes the two youths again walked through the thinning fog toward the object, followed by their father. When they had got to within ten paces they could see that the light inside had gone out. Two beams of blue-green light appeared, coming from behind the UFO toward the witnesses. Mr. Chiasson felt sick, his eyes watered, and he vomited. Then the light rays went out, and they saw two beings standing or floating beside the object. They were about seven feet tall, bald, and looked very ugly to the witnesses because their appearance filled them with feelings of terror. They wore brown khaki uniforms, like a police officer’s but closer fitting, and were holding tubes about a yard long. The beings were stocky with wide shoulders, which were “too high” and round bodies. Their square-chinned, straw yellow faces had big, round eyes without eyelids and thick red lips. Neither Mr. Chiasson nor his sons saw noses or ears, and they may not have had any. They stood still, but turned their heads as if examining the witnesses. After this confrontation which seemed to last for minutes, the three male witnesses fled back to the car, where Mr. Chiasson vomited again. After this there was a burst of light in front of them followed by another wave of unbearable heat that made them all crouch down in the car. This intensified for a short while, and then gradually passed. When they got up they could see that there was nothing ahead of them, and the fog had practically dissipated. The car could be started at this point. At the place where the UFO had been there was a slight luminous vapor. For about ten hours afterwards, all four of the Chiassons suffered from intense itching.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-92 (A1634), citing Jean Ferguson, Les Humanoides, p. 224
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4740

Event 38654 (C9B5CD66)

Date: 8/7/1976
Time: 23:50
Location: DJERBA ISLAND, TUNISIA
Description: 2 airline(s)/airliner pilots and RADAR’s. Saucer lands by airport. Rises and turns going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12266

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Tunisia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “24”, HatchDesc: “DJERBA ISL,TUNISIA:2 AL PILOTS+RDRS:SCR LANDS by AIRPORT:RISES+TURNS >>S”, LatLong: “33.883335 11.433334”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 N 11:26:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “JER”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38655 (CA90FD22)

Date: 8/7/1976
Location: Malone, Wisconsin
Description: 10:00 p.m. Mark Ziegelbauer, 15, of Malone, Wisconsin, and his father Orville see multicolored lights fly past their new silo and land in a distant hayfield. Mark drives over to the spot and shines his headlights into the field. He sees an object the size of a “camper-trailer” and two green men, one about 5 feet 7 inches, the other shorter. They put their hands up and “disappeared somehow.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Youth Claims Seeing 2 Green Men from UFO,” Fond du Lac (Wis.) Reporter, August 10, 1976, p. 26; Clark III 279
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5307

Event 38656 (F821BFA4)

Date: 8/7/1976
Location: Djerba-Zarzis International Airport, Tunisia
Description: 11:48 p.m. The control tower at the Djerba-Zarzis International Airport, Tunisia, tracks a UFO on radar to the northwest. The sighting is confirmed by a Tunisair pilot, who says it is a lighted object that seems to touch down near the airport then turn south after climbing up.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5308

Event 38657 (A7D0C884)

Date: 8/7/1976
Description: At ten p.m. a father and son in Malone, Wisconsin saw an object the size of a small camper, with revolving multicolored lights, land in a hayfield. The son drove to the landing site and saw in his car headlights two green men, five foot seven inches tall. The beings put their hands over their eyes, and vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Fond du Lac Reporter, August 10, 1976; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1489, citing Mary Sondergard, FSR, April 1977, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4768

Event 38658 (0707C79B)

Date: 8/8/1976
Time: 19:50
Location: BIZERTE, TUNISIA
Description: Airport/apartment RADAR tracks UFO east going west. 37 KM with airport. Turns going quickly south instantly.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 81)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12267

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Tunisia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “BIZERTE,TUNISIA:Apt.RDR TRACKS UFO E > W:37 KM W/AIRPORT:TURNS >>S INSTANTLY”, LatLong: “37.316668 9.866667”, LatLongDMS: “37:19:00 N 09:52:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BIZ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38659 (2D27984B)

Date: 8/8/1976
Locations: Sidi Ahmed Air Base; Bizerte Airport, Tunisia; US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean
Description: 7:50 p.m. Radar at Sidi Ahmed Air Base at Bizerte Airport, Tunisia, tracks a target going east to west. It turns south and disappears. Tunisian authorities contact the US State Department asking whether the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean can shed any light on the incidents.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, p. 81
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5309

Event 38660 (2586C7F1)

Date: 8/9/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Suddenly a light appears in the sky near Jaboticatubas, north of Belo Horizonte (Brazil). It stops above a group of 3 people: 2 old women, Anita and Geralda, and an illiterate farmer of 30 years old, Cicilio Higinio Pereira. Terrorized, the trio flees. One of the farmer’s sandals tears, so he kneels down to try to repair it because the stones of the path hurt his foot. Suddenly (he will later tell the ufologist Hulvio Alexio) the object is above him. It looks like a huge open umbrella. The light it emits becomes so intense that the smallest detail of the ground becomes visible. The UFO descends and the farmer has the impression that he would just have to raise his arm to touch it. Imploring God and his saints, Cicilio

[c0mmando]

rolls on the ground in the hope of escaping the luminous apparition. But it follows him and he feels momentarily lifted off the ground. A cold wind accompanied by a buzzing and a smell of sulfur envelops him. The UFO still hovers for a moment, enough time for Cicilio to glimpse inside - through a “door” that briefly opens - 2 or 3 silhouettes of a little more than 1 m tall. Then, in a few seconds, the UFO disappears. Getting up as best he can, Cicilio goes home, dazed and shaken by nausea. He spends the rest of the night vomiting. From that day on, the illness never leaves him. Unable to do anything, he mostly stays in bed, prey to extreme weakness and deep apathy. A little more than 2 months after his encounter with the UFO - which he nicknamed, for an obscure reason, “the train” - and despite a brief remission of the illness, he dies. His family immediately burns the body, as no doctor practices in the area. In the absence of an autopsy, it is therefore impossible to determine the cause of death. However, exhaustion and vomiting suggest the action of a fatal radiation for the man. (August 9th, 8 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2730

Event 38661 (BCE608F9)

Date: 8/10/1976
Time: 05:00
Location: ALBUFIERA, PORT
Description: 2 observer(s). Phony building hovers / hotel. Lights room. Pseudo-human/entity photograph observers earlier.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12268

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “ALBUFIERA,PORT:2 OBS:PHONY BLDG HVRS/HOTEL:LITES ROOM:PSH FOTO OBSs EARLIER”, LatLong: “37.083335 -8.216667”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:00 N 08:13:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FRO”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38662 (2BC5A934)

Date: 8/10/1976
Time: 12:00?
Location: PENTICTON, BC
Description: Several UFO’s with flashing green and red lights say RCMP and civilians and Air Traffic Controllers. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12269

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “344”, HatchDesc: “PENTICTON,BC:SEVERAL UFOs W/FLASHING GRN+RED LITES SAY RCMP+CIVs+ATCs:NFD”, LatLong: “49.500002 -119.583339”, LatLongDMS: “49:30:00 N 119:35:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38663 (87E403C7)

Date: 8/10/1976
Location: Vancouver, BC, CAN
Description: A number of objects were observed at Penticton Tower. The objects had steady flashing green and red lights and were seen by civilians and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (Reference: Fawcett and Greenwood, Clear Intent, page 47) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4699

Event 38664 (D27357C2)

Date: 8/10/1976
Locations: Hotel Da Balaia; Albufeira, Portugal
Description: 5:00 a.m. Teresa de Tejero wakes up suddenly in her room at the Hotel Da Balaia in Albufeira, Portugal, and sees a vivid luminous rectangle on the window curtains. She wakes up her husband Francisco, who goes to the window and sees an object with six reddish lights that appears to be on another wing of the hotel. One of its lights seems to be directed straight into their bedroom. They go back to sleep. In the morning, Francisco looks out the window and finds there is no hotel wing where he thought the UFO was. He realizes that the object must have been huge to masquerade as two floors of the hotel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ignacio Darnaude, “Spies in the Supernumerary Attic?” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 3 (October 1977): 20–21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5310

Event 38665 (F4D7164A)

Date: 8/10/1976
Description: Sr. Francisco Tejero, age 44, his wife Teresa Lacave, and their friends Jose Valles and wife Pilar Osborne Domecq were on holiday at the Hotel Da Balaia in Albufeira, Algarve, Portugal and had gone into the hotel bar for something to eat at around 5:00 p.m. They saw two men and a woman there who were engaged in a discussion, but at the same time seemed to be watching the witness’s party most intently. The two men were short in stature, “with European features but very dark.” They seemed to be between 40 and 50 years old, yet their hair was far too white in color for being middle aged. Suddenly two strange flashes of light came from the direction of this mysterious trio, like the flashbulbs of a camera, and although they observed no camera, the two Spanish couples had the strong impression that someone had just photographed them, perhaps with the aid of a minature, concealed camera. What’s more, the two couples began to feel an indescribable malaise, so they quickly finished their drinks and left the bar to go have dinner. Later that night Teresa awoke with a start, and to her great astonishment she observed that on the curtains of the hotel window (which was open on this hot night) there was a very vivid luminous rectangle, “like a TV screen.” She immediately thought of the strange “spies” in the bar, and her next thought was that maybe they had entered the bedroom and were going to rob them or do them some kind of mischief. She turned and shook her husband vigorously. Her husband jumped out of bed and went to the window. In his account he said: “It was as though I was in some sort of trance, as if I had been hypnotized by someone. Outside, all was utterly, infinitely peaceful.” He was moving around like an automaton. He looked out the window and saw a rectangular thing, with six reddish lights on it, resting on another wing of the hotel which made an angle with the main face on which their window lay. All was dark underneath the “thing”, and nothing else was to be seen. He remained there motionless for awhile, gazing at the structure or “attic” with a sense of irritation because one of the lights was directed right into their bedroom. He then turned around and went back to sleep. In the morning they were astonished to find out that there was no other wing of the hotel running out at an angle. There was no building, or structure of any kind whatsoever. There was simply no “attic.” Their rooms were on the top floor of the hotel.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ignacio Darnaude Rojas-Marcos, FSR, October 1977, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4825

Event 38666 (66FBAA72)

Date: 8/11/1976
Time: 12:10
Location: MIDDLETOWN, CT
Description: 50+cops. Vertical dark silver cylinder/cylindrical object / pointed top drifts going up. Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 85)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12270

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “MIDDLETOWN,CT:50+COPS:VERTICAL DARK SLVR CYL/POINTED TOP DRIFTS↑:balloon?”, LatLong: “41.561113 -72.650003”, LatLongDMS: “41:33:40 N 72:39:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38667 (ADB47762)

Date: 8/11/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: QUITO, ECUADOR
Description: Hundreds / observer(s). 20+luminous cones light roads etc. Going quickly west. Police lines flooded.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12271

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Ecuador”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2763”, HatchDesc: “QUITO,ECUADOR:100s/OBS:20+ LUMn.CONES LITE ROADS etc:>>W:police lines flooded”, LatLong: “-0.283333 -78.533337”, LatLongDMS: “00:17:00 S 78:32:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “QTO”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38668 (7CCED160)

Date: 8/11/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: LA LINEA, SP
Description: 2 teens. Night light / high altitude circles and enters “mothership”. Lighthouse winks out.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12272

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “La LINEA,SP:2 TEENS:NLT/HI ALT CCLS+ENTERS “MOTHERSHIP”:LIGHTHOUSE WINKS OUT”, LatLong: “36.183335 -5.383334”, LatLongDMS: “36:11:00 N 05:23:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CDZ”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38669 (C46FBACB)

Date: 8/11/1976
Locations: La Linea de Concepción, Spain; Strait of Gibraltar; Mediterranean
Description: 11:00 p.m. Two boys aged 13 and 14 are standing on the beach in La Linea de Concepción, Spain, facing the Strait of Gibraltar when they see a yellowish-white UFO approaching from over the Mediterranean. It seems to have an axis that bisects it. The object climbs rapidly, changing color to whitish and then a vivid yellow. It approaches another, larger object and enters it. While they watch it, the light of a nearby lighthouse goes out temporarily. The larger object remains in place.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Blacks Out Lighthouse,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 1 (June 1977): iii
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5311

Event 38670 (BCD288FF)

Date: 8/11/1976
Description: At 11:30 p.m. two teenagers in La Linea Beach, Cadiz, Spain saw a nocturnal light at high altitude circle and enter a “mothership”. A lighthouse then winked out.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, June 1977, p. 33
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4882

Event 38671 (CE083A07)

Date: 8/11/1976
Description: At 9:00 p.m. hundreds of observers in Quito, Ecuador witnessed more than 20 luminous cones illuminate the roads, etc; then fly off to the west. Police lines were flooded with UFO reports.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, April 1977, p. 31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4883

Event 38672 (65FD3D02)

Date: 8/12/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: CALIGNAIA, ITL
Description: 3 men / bridge. Dog barks. Colored light maneuvers under river surface.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12273

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CALIGNAIA,ITL:3 MEN/BRIDGE:DOG BARKS:CLRD LITE MNVRS UNDER RIVER SURFACE”, LatLong: “43.466669 10.350000”, LatLongDMS: “43:28:00 N 10:21:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38673 (053054D8)

Date: 8/12/1976
Description: Calignaia, Tuscany, Italy was visited by a USO (unidentified submarine object) at 10:30 p.m. Dogs barked as a colored light maneuvered under the surface of the river.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 11812, citing ITACAT
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4954

Event 38674 (CAB29357)

Date: 8/13/1976
Locations: Diepholz; Petershagen, Germany; Hannover airport
Description: 8:30 a.m. The pilot of a Piper Arrow PA-28 is flying at 3,500 feet between Diepholz and Petershagen, Germany, when he notices a strange light approaching from the northeast. After 3–5 minutes, the object comes closer and takes a fixed position off the left wing. The object is oval-shaped and very bright yellow in its center with an indistinct flame-orange boundary. Suddenly the Piper goes into two rapid 360° clockwise rolls from which the pilot must recover manually. He discovers that he has dropped about 500 feet during the roll-and- recovery maneuver. When he next checks his instrument panel, he discovers that his magnetic compass is spinning in a clockwise direction so fast that he can’t read the number in its square window. Looking outside again, he sees that the UFO is still behind him, suggesting that he has lost the same amount of altitude. The pilot climbs back to his cruise altitude and calls on the radio to flight control at Hannover airport. The air traffic controller tells him that the radar shows both his airplane and another object nearby. The controller says that an aircraft will be sent to investigate. Little more than 4 minutes later, two USAF F-4 Phantom jets arrive on either side of him travelling 400–500 mph. The jet on the right side is slightly lower, closer, and ahead of the jet on the left. The pilot is certain they are American planes. Just as the jets arrive, the UFO accelerates forward and then upward at about a 30° angle above the horizontal and turns right, passing in front of his aircraft. It quickly outdistances its pursuers and is out of sight in a matter of seconds. The compass eventually returns to normal operation after the UFO departs. The pilot is interrogated after his landing by “military men.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard F. Haines, “An Aircraft/UFO Encounter over Germany in 1976,” IUR 24, no. 4 (Winter 1999): 3–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5312

Event 38675 (C20F7F04)

Date: 8/14/1976
Time: 17:00
Location: EL FUNDO, DOM.REP
Description: Boys. Robot with wig and ordinary clothes going west. Black sphere rolls going [to] bushes.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 361)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12274

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “113”, HatchDesc: “EL FUNDO,DOM.REP:BOYS:ROBOT W/WIG+ORDINARY CLOTHES >W:BLK SPHERE ROLLS >BUSHES”, LatLong: “18.300001 -70.344448”, LatLongDMS: “18:18:00 N 70:20:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DMR”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38676 (A98EBE7B)

Date: 8/14/1976
Location: Cartmel Fell in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England
Description: 6:30 p.m. A couple out walking along a road on Cartmel Fell in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, see a bright light in the sky. Through binoculars, it looks like a silver disc reflecting light from its top surface. After 30 seconds, it becomes smaller as if it is moving away. Two other witnesses see a similar object at the same time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Report 7670,” Northern UFO News, no. 28 (September 1976): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5313

Event 38677 (B8DEF385)

Date: 8/14/1976
Description: At around five o’clock in the afternoon, two boys with a dog on a farm in El Fundo, the Dominican Republic, saw a robot-like being dressed in black pants and a red sweater. The creature had scaly skin with a yellowish-green skin tone, curly blond hair, and walked stiffly. the dog barked furiously at the being. A black sphere rolled behind some underbrush and disappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonte N. Objio, APRO Bulletin, January 1982, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5012

Event 38678 (476505BE)

Date: 8/15/1976
Time: 01:50
Location: NEW NORFOLK, TASM
Description: Domed metal saucer paces van. Car radio fades when near. / r171.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 68)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12275

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “NEW NORFOLK,TASM:DOMED MTL SCR PACES VAN:CAR RADIO FADES WHEN NEAR:/r171”, LatLong: “-42.833335 147.283340”, LatLongDMS: “42:50:00 S 147:17:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38679 (4A41DC39)

Date: 8/15/1976
Time: 03:00
Location: REAL DE LA JARA, SP
Description: 20 cars stop. Bright night light hovers. Nears as taxi flashes lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12276

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “REAL de la JARA,SP:20 CARS STOP:BRITE NLT HVRS:NEARS AS TAXI FLASHES LITES”, LatLong: “37.133335 -4.916667”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:00 N 04:55:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38680 (D2640161)

Date: 8/15/1976
Time: 13:00?
Location: SANTO DOMINGO, DOM.REP
Description: Old man. Saucer hovers / yard. Pseudo-human/entity pops out and right back. Going quickly [to] away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 361)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12277

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “SANTO DOMINGO,DOM.REP:OLD MAN:SCR HVRS/YARD:PSH POPS OUT+RIGHT BACK:>> AWAY”, LatLong: “18.466668 -69.900003”, LatLongDMS: “18:28:00 N 69:54:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “DMR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38681 (B913B806)

Date: 8/15/1976
Time: 22:50
Location: FAYETTE CO, IN
Description: White-glowing domed saucer going up / creek bed. Going northeast. Turns / lights / edge. Back 18 Aug. '76.
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 57)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12278

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “252”, HatchDesc: “FAYETTE co,IN:WHT-GLO DOMED SCR ↑/CREEK BED:>NE:TURNS/LITES/EDGE:back 18AUG76”, LatLong: “39.666669 -85.166671”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 N 85:10:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38682 (F0F193EC)

Date: 8/15/1976
Location: Connersville, IN
Description: 10:55 p.m. Object (repeat appearance three days later with artifact.), vacuum cleaner sound, 2.5 mins. Site of events was creek bed off Harrisburg road. Wife of rural family out in backyard notices wide band of white light in creek bed under trees. (Worley files) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4700

Event 38683 (017AC9A0)

Date: 8/15/1976
Locations: El Real de la Jara, Seville, Spain; Highway
Description: 3:00 a.m. A distant bright light appears above El Real de la Jara, Seville, Spain, as 20 automobiles stop on the highway to watch it. Taxi driver Pablo Garcia García blinks his lights at it, and the object appears to approach much closer. García stops signaling, but the other drivers panic and drive away rapidly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “Some Recent Spanish Reports,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 6 (April 1977): 28–29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5314

Event 38684 (B39BBF23)

Date: 8/15/1976
Description: Five witnesses, including a Mrs. Lucas, age 25, saw a domed oval-shaped UFO under some trees in a nearby creek bed in Connersville, Indiana at 10:55 p.m. It was a mostly dark object with a wide band of light. As it flew off to the northeast, and turned on green and red revolving lights around its middle.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Francis L. Ridge, Regional Encounters, p. 65
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5048

Event 38685 (B71EEB9A)

Date: 8/16/1976
Time: 18:00
Location: ESE / DIEPHOLZ, GER
Description: Ovoid buzzes private pilot. Compass spins. Loss / control. Jets chase. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard & WEINSTEIN,Dominique: Preliminary Study of 64 Pilot Sightings involving EME on Aircraft Systems NARCAP TR-3 2001 (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12279

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ESE/DIEPHOLZ,GER:OVOID BUZZES Pvt.PILOT:COMPASS SPINS:LOSS/CTRL:JETS CHASE:↑↑”, LatLong: “52.483336 8.650000”, LatLongDMS: “52:29:00 N 08:39:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LSX”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38686 (70B02029)

Date: 8/16/1976
Description: At around four o’clock in the morning Dean Anderson and Wayne Schutte were working on golf course maintenance when they both noticed an orange “craft” as it dropped down into a culvert on the golf course at Peninsula State Park in Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin. Anderson, who was riding a lawn mower, saw by its powerful headlights a figure first standing, and then running on the golf course, so he pursued him on his riding mower. He saw that the man’s helmet lit up and his belt first start glowing reddish, but then glowed green, yellow, pink, and orange, while the antenna on his helmet flashed bright red. Anderson had now closed to within ten feet of him, and could see that he was about seven feet tall and had a long nose. Suddenly, an energy beam shot down in front of the mower, causing it to stop, and the figure next turned around and looked at Anderson. Within a few seconds a small “scout ship” descended and opened a 3 foot by 3 foot door, which had flashing panels of light inside. The tall figure floated up into this doorway, and “the craft glowed bright blue, red, and orange and then took off.” The footprints of the man were measured to be 20 inches long, 8 inches wide, and five feet apart where he had been running.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Keta Steebs, Sturgeon Bay Advocate, March 31, 1977; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, Case # 1976-63 (A1490); Jay Rath, The M-Files: True Reports of Minnesota’s Unexplained Phenomena, p. 66; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, case # 0331, citing HUMCAT
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5097

Event 38687 (37886DE5)

Date: 8/16/1976
Description: On this night on Denslow Hill, Hamden, Connecticut two 14-year-old teenagers, Grey and Barnett, saw two very short humanoid beings shuffling rapidly across the road. They wore purple-colored, luminous, one-piece suits and their waists were only 20-22 inches above the ground. When the boys followed them a bright white, lemon-shaped UFO blinked on and took off into the air, only 15 feet away from the boys.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFOCAT, James P. Barrett case investigation files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5098

Event 38688 (E777CD6C)

Date: 8/17/1976
Time: 04:30
Location: NEW HAVEN, CT
Description: 2 cops. Bright night light zigzags across entire sky / 25 second(s). High and silent. Dogs bark.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 86)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12280

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “NEW HAVEN,CT:2 COPS:BRITE NLT ZIGZAGS ACRS ENTIRE SKY/25sec:HI+SLNT:dogs bark”, LatLong: “41.366669 -72.900003”, LatLongDMS: “41:22:00 N 72:54:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38689 (FF72EA5D)

Date: 8/17/1976
Time: 14:30
Location: BALI ISL.INDONESIA
Description: Man photographs Mt. Gning-Agun. Dark saucer appears in print later.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 313)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12281

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BALI Isl.INDONESIA:MAN FOTOs Mt.GNING-AGUN:DRK SCR APPEARS IN PRINT LATER.”, LatLong: “-8.000000 115.366672”, LatLongDMS: “08:00:00 S 115:22:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38690 (8AAED0EB)

Date: 8/18/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: HARTFORD, SD
Description: 2 observer(s). Silver 45’ delta/triangle/box-like craft searches house and golf course / beams / light. Mechanical arm.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12282

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “478”, HatchDesc: “HARTFORD,SD:2 OBS:SLVR 45’DLT SEARCHES HOUSE+GOLF COURSE/BEAMS/LITE:MECH.ARM”, LatLong: “43.622224 -96.944449”, LatLongDMS: “43:37:20 N 96:56:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38691 (0956E23A)

Date: 8/18/1976
Location: Central, FL
Description: 8:30 p.m. A family of four was traveling about 30 miles outside of Orlando, Florida. Suddenly they noticed a saucer-shaped craft appear at a very close altitude of approximately 1000 yards over their auto. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4701

Event 38692 (091CB471)

Date: 8/18/1976
Location: Fayette County, IN
Description: 11:15 p.m. Object, no sound, 2.5 mins., five witnesses. Lady, out shaking rug on porch and sees glow in creek bed. Family watches as object again (See Aug. 15) rises from same place near creek and take the same route into the sky and away. (Worley files) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4702

Event 38693 (7A49E79F)

Date: 8/19/1976
Time: 22:00?
Location: CHARLESTON, IL
Description: 200+observer(s) call WEIC disk-jockey. Flying-boxcar back. See Greenup, IL.
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12283

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “209”, HatchDesc: “CHARLESTON,IL:200+OBS CALL WEIC DISK-JOCKEY:FLYING-BOXCAR BACK:see Greenup,IL”, LatLong: “39.483335 -88.177782”, LatLongDMS: “39:29:00 N 88:10:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38694 (C9BD0A33)

Date: 8/20/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: PEEKSKILL, NY AND NEARBY COUNTIES
Description: Many observer(s). Night light changes color(s). Seen widely / 5 days.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12284

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “112”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “PEEKSKILL,NY+NEARBY COUNTIES:MANY OBS:NLT CHANGES CLRS:SEEN WIDELY/5 DAYS:”, LatLong: “41.283335 -73.916670”, LatLongDMS: “41:17:00 N 73:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38695 (CE8A0A17)

Date: 8/20/1976
Locations: Allagash, Maine; Eagle Lake
Description: Brothers Jim and Jack Weiner, with friends Charles Foltz and Charles Rak, claim they are abducted by aliens during a camping trip near Allagash, Maine. According to the four men, hypnotic regression allows them to recall being taken aboard a circular UFO and being “probed and tested by four-fingered beings with almond- shaped eyes and languid limbs.” In a later interview by the St. John Valley Times, Charles Rak changes his story, saying he did see strange lights during the camping trip, but the abduction part of the story is a total fabrication, and he went along with the narrative for financial gain. The other three members of the group stand by the abduction story. According to Jim Weiner, “Jack, Charlie, and I, after all these years, are still in agreement with the Eagle Lake event as we (three) remember it. We also accept the results of the hypnotic regression sessions and subsequent polygraph tests as supportive of an abduction scenario.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, The Allagash Abductions, Wild Flower, 1993; Jessica Potila, “Subject of 1976 UFO Incident Casts Doubt on ‘Allagash Abductions,’” Fort Kent (Maine) Fiddlehead Focus, September 10, 2016
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5315

Event 38696 (17315EB4)

Date: 8/21/1976
Location: FRANCE, Ernolsheim/Dossenheim (Bas-Rhin)
Description: (Translated from French) Around midnight, a young couple in a car from Ernolsheim to Dossenheim saw a luminous ball 3 to 4 m in diameter with some sort of luminous antennas. Above this ball were many luminous points that twinkled forming a half circle. The phenomenon was observed at a low altitude. Then between Ernolsheim and Monswiller they observed a white-yellow ball emitting a bluish and reddish light 2 or 3 m above their car, the same phenomenon was observed above the passenger’s house by two young people and by the parents. Around 1 o’clock, the gendarmes of Saverne, alerted, observed it as well. Adjudant Le Martret and gendarme Paichelier of the Bouxwiller brigade on patrol stopped at the intersection of the D 105 and saw in the direction of Mulhausen a triangle from which bursts of fire escaped from the base which lit up and took the shape of a ball, changes occurring every 3 to 4 seconds. Gendarme Paichelier, after 15 minutes of observation, took out a Dacora camera and took two photos (they will be completely black). (M. FIGUET/ J.L. RUCHON: “Ovni, Premier dossier complet…” ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 628, 629) Around 01:00 an object surrounded by multicolored rings approached the car of the two witnesses, 4 or 5 m from the ground and followed them when they made a U-turn. It moved silently and changed shape: from the egg to the elongated cigar becoming dazzling. (1976, night of August 21st to 22nd)
Reference: Robert ROUSSEL: “Ovni, la fin du secret” - Belfond 1978, p. 105
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2927

Event 38697 (F5ECAB8E)

Date: 8/21/1976
Time: 12:00
Location: RINGSAKER AND NORDBYGDA, HEDMARK, NORWAY
Description: Black saucer. Bright silent cylinder/cylindrical object next day / 2130hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12285

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “220”, HatchDesc: “RINGSAKER+NORDBYGDA,HEDMARK,NORWAY:BLACK SCR:BRITE SLNT CYL NEXT DAY/2130hrs”, LatLong: “60.877781 10.738889”, LatLongDMS: “60:52:40 N 10:44:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38698 (A04E96F1)

Date: 8/21/1976
Time: 17:50
Location: TONGAAT, RSA
Description: 2 / beach. Large UFO thumps offloading groups / small objects! Fades to smoke!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12286

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “TONGAAT,RSA:2/BEACH:LRG UFO THUMPS OFFLOADING GROUPS/SML OBJS!:FADES TO SMOKE!”, LatLong: “-29.533335 31.127779”, LatLongDMS: “29:32:00 S 31:07:40 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KwaZulu-Natal”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38699 (29FEA7C7)

Date: 8/21/1976
Time: 22:20
Location: MORTARA, ITL
Description: Luminous lens saucer descends to 20M altitude. Shoots behind house 1500M away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12287

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MORTARA,ITL:LUMn.LENS SCR DESCENDS to 20M alt:SHOOTS BEHIND HOUSE 1500M away”, LatLong: “45.250002 8.733334”, LatLongDMS: “45:15:00 N 08:44:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38700 (25E8D41E)

Date: 8/21/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: FORET DE MOULIERE, FR
Description: 30M cylinder/cigar-shape drops going [to] 4M altitude. Rises / 100M altitude and hums 3 minute(s). Garlic odor.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 627)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12288

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, ODR: Odors associated with UFO’s

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “FORET de MOULIERE,FR:30M CGR DROPS>4M ALT:RISES/100M ALT+HUMS 3min:GARLIC ODOR”, LatLong: “46.666669 0.566667”, LatLongDMS: “46:40:00 N 00:34:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vienne”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38701 (6C609725)

Date: 8/21/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: ST.-GEORGES-LES-BAILLARGEAUX, FR
Description: Radio and wipers and lights electro-magnetic effect (EME). 100M cylinder/cigar-shape / 30m. / LDLN#159.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 626)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12289

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “St-GEORGES-les-BAILLARGEAUX,FR:RADIO+WIPERS+LITES EME:100M CGR/30m:/LDLN#159”, LatLong: “46.683336 0.400000”, LatLongDMS: “46:41:00 N 00:24:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vienne”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38702 (BCE49FA0)

Date: 8/21/1976
Time: 23:50
Location: D219 NEAR DOSSENHEIM, FR
Description: 5 cops and 6. 4M luminous sphere/orb/globe with antennas / low altitude. Local (as a local wave) wave. / r30p628.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12290

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, HatchDesc: “D219 nr DOSSENHEIM,FR:5 COPS+6:4M LUM ORB W/ANTENNAS/LO alt:lcl wave:/r30p628”, LatLong: “48.800002 7.400000”, LatLongDMS: “48:48:00 N 07:24:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bas-Rhin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38703 (33AB9668)

Date: 8/21/1976
Locations: Forêt de Molière; Poitiers, France
Description: 10:30 p.m. A 90-foot-long cigar-shaped object descends from 4,000 feet over the Forêt de Molière to the east of Poitiers, France. Witnesses hear a humming sound and smell an odor. It ascends and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, OVNI: Le premier dossier complet des rencontres rapprochées en France, Alain Lefeuvre, 1979, p. 627
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5316

Event 38704 (2F8941C4)

Date: 8/22/1976
Time: 00:10
Location: STONY POINT, NY
Description: Cop and 2. Fireball spins over power station/depot/facility. Shoots going up [to] and going quickly east almost vertically.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12291

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “STONY POINT,NY:COP+2:FBL SPINS OVR POWER Stn:SHOOTS↑+>>E ALMOST VERTICALLY”, LatLong: “41.233335 -73.972226”, LatLongDMS: “41:14:00 N 73:58:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38705 (2CDFBFDE)

Date: 8/22/1976
Location: Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, Bas-Rhin, France
Description: Midnight–4:00 a.m. Eleven witnesses see a luminous orb, 9–21 feet in diameter, with antennae, flying over Dossenheim-sur-Zinsel, Bas-Rhin, France.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ph. Wiedenhoff, “Dans le Bas-Rhin,” Lumières de la Nuit, no. 166 (June/July 1977): 17–20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5317

Event 38706 (9E1020E8)

Date: 8/23/1976
Location: BIDDEFORD AND SACCO, ME
Description: Many separate observer(s) / 2 days. White object over City Hall. Lands / woods?
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12292

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “208”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “BIDDEFORD+SACCO,ME:MANY SEP.OBS/2days:WHT OBJ OVR CITY HALL:LANDS/WOODS?”, LatLong: “43.494447 -70.455559”, LatLongDMS: “43:29:40 N 70:27:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38707 (C92C0D2B)

Date: 8/23/1976
Time: 04:10
Location: HANEY, BC
Description: Trucker. 3 bright diamonds zigzag near cement plant. Red laser beams going down. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12293

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “185”, HatchDesc: “HANEY,BC:TRUCKER:3 BRITE DIAMONDS ZIGZAG nr CEMENT PLANT:RED LASER BEAMS↓:>>W”, LatLong: “49.200002 -122.583339”, LatLongDMS: “49:12:00 N 122:35:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38708 (33262D5C)

Date: 8/23/1976
Description: Dean Anderson was cutting grass on a golf course in Egg Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin at 4:15 a.m. when he saw a large orange craft drop down into a culvert behind the road. Anderson stopped his lawn mower. Two figures emerged from a door in the craft and floated down to the ground on a “band of light.” The craft then took off. Both figures carried flashlights 3 feet long. They came up to Mr. Anderson and one of the beings extended his hand, which the witness shook. He said, “We come in peace. I am Sunar from Jupiter. This is Treena; she comes from Saturn.” The witness shook Treena’s hand while Sunar allegedly explained that they were here on a scientific mission, gathering specimens. Treena took off her outer spacesuit, and appeared in a close fitting, light green one-piece suit; the top was of “some glistening metallic material,” but the pants were dull. She also wore slippers. Her skin was light tan, her eyes blueish gray, and she had shoulder length hair. She was 5’2” tall. Sunar did most of the talking; he had copper colored skin, and said he was over 200 years old. The witness was told that the man he had chased on a previous closer encounter was Muton, from Mars, and that Sunar had once met Baha’u”llah, the founder of the Baha’i religion. After about 20 minutes of conversation, Treena put her spacesuit back on, and gave Anderson an envelope made of yellow nylon cloth, which she asked him not to open for nine days. The craft returned, and the two UFOnauts ascended to it on a beam of light. The craft was estimated to be 30 feet wide at the bottom, and 60 feet high. As soon as daylight allowed, the witness photographed the footprints of Treena and Sunar in the dirt. Later, upon opening the envelope, the witness found a gold-colored, engraved amulet inside. There is no mention of what he did with it, or whether he still has it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-64; Keta Steebs, Sturgeon Bay Advocate, March 31, 1977; Jay Rath, The W-Files: True Reports of Wisconsin’s Unexplained Phenomena, p. 66
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5262

Event 38709 (9A01D48E)

Date: 8/23/1976
Description: At 4:10 a.m. three diamond-shaped objects zig-zagged over a cement plant in Haney, British Columbia. They emitted red laser-like beams of light, and flew off rapidly to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 11832, citing FSR
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5263

Event 38710 (7195D370)

Date: 8/24/1976
Time: ~21:00
Location: MUD BEACH / CHAMBERLAIN LK, ME
Description: Allagash 4 and more/others. Fireball hovers 200’ over trees. Shrinks and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond: The ALLAGASH ABDUCTIONS. Wild Flower Press; Tigard, OR 1993. 347pp. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12294

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “288”, HatchDesc: “MUD BEACH/CHAMBERLAIN Lk,ME:ALLAGASH 4++:FBL HVRS 200’OVR TREES:SHRINKS+GONE”, LatLong: “46.205558 -69.327781”, LatLongDMS: “46:12:20 N 69:19:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “60”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38711 (77E2F0A0)

Date: 8/25/1976
Location: TRONDHEIM AND AREA, NORWAY
Description: Cop and pilots and 200. Huge airship. Shiny sphere/orb/globe going up / ground etc. / MJ#144.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12295

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “TRONDHEIM+AREA,NORWAY:COP+PILOTS+200:HUGE AIRSHIP:SHINY ORB↑/GND etc.:/MJ#144”, LatLong: “63.416670 10.383334”, LatLongDMS: “63:25:00 N 10:23:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38712 (3B969EFF)

Date: 8/25/1976 (approximate)
Time: 12:30
Location: STOCKPORT, ENGL
Description: 1+3 kids. Pseudo-human/entity / silver suit bags dirt and rocks. Saucer rises / schoolyard going SSE.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12296

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “STOCKPORT,ENGL:1+3 KIDS:PSH/SLVR SUIT BAGS DIRT+ROCKS:SCR RISES/SCHOOLYARD>SSE”, LatLong: “53.416669 -2.133333”, LatLongDMS: “53:25:00 N 02:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38713 (7905F211)

Date: 8/25/1976
Time: 20:10
Location: SOUTH NYACK, NY
Description: Several Srp. observer(s). Silver saucer hovers / 10 minute(s) / Tappan Zee Bridge. Rises going up [to] and going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12297

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “SOUTH NYACK,NY:SVRL SRP.OBS:SLVR SCR HVRS/10min/TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE:RISES↑+>E:”, LatLong: “41.083335 -73.922226”, LatLongDMS: “41:05:00 N 73:55:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38714 (020DFC72)

Date: 8/25/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: ORANGEBURG, NY
Description: Round object with red and white lights going quickly south fast toward(s) NY city. / NICAP JAN’77.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12298

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “ORANGEBURG,NY:RND OBJ W/RED+WHT LITES >>S FAST TWRD NY CITY:/NICAP JAN’77”, LatLong: “41.044446 -73.966670”, LatLongDMS: “41:02:40 N 73:58:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38715 (FE8BCB72)

Date: 8/25/1976
Locations: North Reddish; Stockport; Manchester; England
Description: 12:30 p.m. Three children see beings in polished-silver suits and a UFO rising upward from a schoolyard in North Reddish, Stockport, Manchester, England.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Rees, “‘Floating’ Entity at Reddish,” Flying Saucer Review 25, no. 2 (July 1979): 29–31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5318

Event 38716 (A46A91E5)

Date: 8/25/1976
Description: At 2:30 a.m. a 10-year-old boy in Blissfield, Michigan got up to go to the bathroom. When he looked out the window he saw a deep orange luminous globe blinking on and off and slowly zigzagging in the sky. He watched it for 10-15 minutes, feeling a “pull” from it. Then when it blinked he suddenly found himself inside it, where two greenish beings sat with their arms over a table with little black knobs. They were busy manipulating the knobs while a third being stood in front of the boy. The third entity was about an inch taller than the boy. The beings appeared not to have any eyes, nose, mouth, or neck, and instead of fingers they had pincers like a crayfish. They had two small projections on the top of their heads. Their legs did not end in feet, and when they walked it sounded like "a wooden legged pirate.” The skin on their cheeks and arms was bumpy and rough like an alligator, and there were scales on their bodies. They did not utter words, but “hummed like Morse code.” After what seemed like about five seconds the boy found himself back in his house, and ran upstairs. Later that same night, at about five a.m., his 11-year old sister awoke and saw a blue light outside her window.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dr. Ron Westrum, CUFOS case files, report dated November 12, 1976; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-65, citing Ron Westrum
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5328

Event 38717 (1193392A)

Date: 8/25/1976
Description: At shortly after 8:00 p.m. a silver disc-shaped object hovered over the Tappan Zee Bridge in South Nyack, New York for 10 minutes. It then ascended, and flew away to the east. There were several other sightings in Westchester County.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John Wallace Spencer, UFO Yearbook, p. 91
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5329

Event 38718 (48F320C7)

Date: 8/26/1976
Time: ~21:00
Location: SMITH BROOK, ME
Description: Allagash-4 beamed going up / saucer from canoe. 4 small humanoids (or Greys). Samples. Missing time. / MJ#300.
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond: The ALLAGASH ABDUCTIONS. Wild Flower Press; Tigard, OR 1993. 347pp. (Index 23)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12299

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “284”, HatchDesc: “SMITH BROOK,ME:ALLAGASH-4 BEAMED↑/SCR frm CANOE:4 OIDS:SAMPLES:MST:/MJ#300”, LatLong: “46.327780 -69.327781”, LatLongDMS: “46:19:40 N 69:19:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38719 (AE9CB800)

Date: 8/26/1976
Time: 14:30:00.2
Location: 37.1250 -116.0820
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: Britain Name: “Banon” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1774

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1250 -116.0820”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:30 N 116:04:55 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “Britain”, NukeDepth: “0.54”, NukeMb: “5.30”, NukeName: “Banon”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCUG”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 38720 (7CF8869C)

Date: 8/26/1976
Description: Enrique Mercado Orue of Cerro De La Estrella, Mexico City, Mexico was taken onboard a UFO after being instructed to go to an isolated area. He described everything he saw onboard the craft as very quaint and simple, not at all sophisticated looking. He also saw what appeared to be a star-map on a wall. Inside the craft he met human-like occupants of different statures. Some were over two meters tall, but others were much shorter than that. The women were generally shorter than the men; they were described as beautiful and well built, wearing form-fitting outfits, which seemed metallic in texture. He traveled onboard the “spacecraft” for what seemed like a short distance, and did not go to another planet. He was shown a guest room where he was allowed to sleep comfortably. Later, he was given four crackers to eat and a small glass of a substance resembling wine. He was told that what he ate would last for four days. Among many things the humanoids told him was that they believed “in a higher being.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, 1976 Humanoid Sighting Reports database, citing Fabio Picasso
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5373

Event 38721 (26BDCCC4)

Date: 8/26/1976
Description: Four men–Weiner, Foltz, and Rak (including a set of twins)–had gone out night fishing in a canoe during a camping trip on East Lake in the Allagash Waterway, Maine when at around 9:00 p.m. one of them became aware of being watched. He turned around and saw a huge, bright, multicolored sphere of light rising from below the treeline. When one of the men shined a flashlight at the object, it began to approach their canoe slowly. A tube-shaped beam of light was emitted from the object and hit the water. The object and the beam of light began approaching the four men and all four of them began to paddle frantically toward shore, trying to get away. At this point they lost all conscious memory of what happened next. Later, under hypnosis all four remembered being levitated up from their canoe and into the hovering craft via a hollow tube-like beam of light. Inside the they encountered several short dark gray-colored humanoids with large oval-shaped heads and huge, black, almond-shaped eyes. They all wore metallic uniforms and were described as somewhat insect like. The men were made to undress and sit on a plastic like bench. The humanoids then looked into each of the men’s eyes and mouths with a pencil size rod with a light on its tip. Then each was made to lie on an exam table where each was examined with several handheld and large scanning machine like instruments. Samples of bodily fluids were taken from all four men. Later, after several hours, they were floated back down into their canoe.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, The Allagash Affair; Alan Baker, p. 17; Albert S. Rosales, 1976 Humanoid Sighting Reports database, case # 1134, citing Raymond E Fowler, MUFON UFO Journal, issue 300
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5374

Event 38722 (325079CA)

Date: 8/27/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: FORTE DEI MARMI, ITL
Description: 3 kids / beach. 35cm fireball 30M away. Jerky trajectory. Halo and trail / air.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12300

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FORTE dei MARMI,ITL:3 KIDS/BEACH:35cm FBL 30M away:JERKY TRAJ:HALO+TRAIL/AIR”, LatLong: “43.950002 10.166667”, LatLongDMS: “43:57:00 N 10:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lucques”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38723 (616B71E9)

Date: 8/27/1976
Time: early AM
Location: Cascade County, MONTANA
Description: Investigators from the Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained (SITU), looking into mutilations in Montana, see & photograph a black helicopter over their campsite. “No one at any of the airports, military installations or local agencies would claim it as theirs”.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 9 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_166

Event 38724 (7727DA07)

Date: 8/28/1976
Location: MOSJOEN, NORWAY
Description: 2 / car. Square window / UFO going down / mountainside. Crack sound! Sparkplugs broken!
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12301

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MOSJOEN,NORWAY:2/CAR:SQR WINDOW/UFO ↓/MTNSIDE:CRACK SOUND!:SPARKPLUGS BROKEN!”, LatLong: “65.850003 13.183334”, LatLongDMS: “65:51:00 N 13:11:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38725 (F30EB3D8)

Date: 8/28/1976
Time: 02:57:00.0
Location: 49.9790 78.9280
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1479

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.9790 78.9280”, LatLongDMS: “49:58:44 N 78:55:41 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 38726 (A06EBD22)

Date: 8/29/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: SONOMA, CA
Description: 12’ ovoid over house. Static electric. Observer(s)’ voice can’t be heard! Dogs bark.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12302

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “27”, HatchDesc: “SONOMA,CA:12’OVOID OVR HOUSE:STATIC ELEC:OBS’ VOICE CANT BE HEARD!:DOGS BARK”, LatLong: “38.300002 -122.466673”, LatLongDMS: “38:18:00 N 122:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38727 (A332E9CE)

Date: 8/30/1976
Time: 00:50
Location: THIELLS AND HAVERSTRAW, NY
Description: Cops and several. White object flashes colored lights over hospital etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12303

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “92”, HatchDesc: “THIELLS+HAVERSTRAW,NY:COPS+SVRL:WHT OBJ FLASHES CLRD LITES OVR HOSPITAL etc”, LatLong: “41.211113 -74.016670”, LatLongDMS: “41:12:40 N 74:01:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38728 (6974D288)

Date: 8/30/1976
Time: 18:40
Location: PASADENA, CA
Description: 8cm clear bubble floats going [to] backyards. 3 lights inside. Maneuvers. Telepathy! See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 128)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12304

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “PASADENA,CA:8cm CLR BUBBLE FLOATS>BACKYARDS:3 LITES INSIDE:MNVRS:TLP!:see ref”, LatLong: “34.166668 -118.166672”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 118:10:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 38729 (2EBE84C8)

Date: 8/30/1976
Time: 21:10
Location: TAPPAN AND PEEKSKILL, NY
Description: Several calls / cops. 3 bright flashing objects join larger object.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12305

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “150”, Elev: “24”, HatchDesc: “TAPPAN+PEEKSKILL,NY:SVRL CALLS/COPS:3 BRITE FLASHING OBJS JOIN LARGER OBJ”, LatLong: “41.022224 -73.950004”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:20 N 73:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 38730 (0F0037CD)

Date: 8/30/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: DANBURY, CT
Description: Many report(s) / 1900h. Cop time-photographs object. See reference. Blob west legs / light. / r225.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 922)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12306

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “250”, Elev: “115”, HatchDesc: “DANBURY,CT:MANY RPTs/1900h:COP TIME-FOTOS OBJ:see ref:BLOB W LEGS/LITE:/r225”, LatLong: “41.366669 -73.466670”, LatLongDMS: “41:22:00 N 73:28:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38731 (098F52B9)

Date: 8/30/1976
Time: ~23:30
Location: NEAR IRVINGTON, NY
Description: 15 observer(s). Night light swings left and right and going up and down [to] in same General place / 2 hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12307

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr IRVINGTON,NY:15 OBS:NLT SWINGS LEFT+RIGHT+↑+↓ in SAME GENERAL PLACE/2hrs”, LatLong: “41.038891 -73.866670”, LatLongDMS: “41:02:20 N 73:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38732 (92B35B04)

Date: 9/1976
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Fencehouses (Tyne and Wear)
Description: (Translated from French) Two women, one 63 years old and the other 18, were walking near their home when they saw a small oval object and felt like they were hypnotized and drawn to it. As they got closer, two entities “the size of a large doll” appeared. They had big round eyes and white hair. They seemed surprised and quickly disappeared.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 30
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2930

Event 38733 (C643CBCE)

Date: 9/1976
Location: STRANDA, NORWAY
Description: Shiny sphere/orb/globe rises / road as truck nears. Hovers by sign. Dives going [to] bushes.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12308

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “STRANDA,NORWAY:SHINY ORB RISES/ROAD AS TRUCK NEARS:HVRS BY SIGN:DIVES>BUSHES”, LatLong: “62.311114 6.933334”, LatLongDMS: “62:18:40 N 06:56:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38734 (14DF8FF5)

Date: 9/1976
Location: MISSOURI CITY, TX
Description: 2 observer(s). Engineless Pentagon hovers. Lights / corners. Going / slight whoosh.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12309

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “31”, HatchDesc: “MISSOURI CITY,TX:2 OBS:ENGINELESS PENTAGON HVRS:LITES/CORNERS:>/SLIGHT WHOOSH”, LatLong: “29.616668 -95.538893”, LatLongDMS: “29:37:00 N 95:32:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38735 (9503B1A5)

Date: 9/1976
Location: HORNINDAL AND STRYN AND OLDEN AND NORDFJORD…, NORWAY
Description: Wave / globes and night lights for weeks / this area.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12310

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “HORNINDAL+STRYN+OLDEN+NORDFJORD…,NORWAY:WAVE/GLOBES+NLTS FOR WEEKS/THIS AREA”, LatLong: “62.000003 6.500000”, LatLongDMS: “62:00:00 N 06:30:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38736 (AE19C8E7)

Date: 9/1976
Location: Cambridge, Ontario
Description: The Cambridge UFO Research Group is founded by Bonnie Wheeler in Cambridge, Ontario. She produces a bimonthly newsletter through September 1994.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Cambridge UFO Research Group Newsletter 2, no. 3 (September 1980)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5320

Event 38737 (CD6E13CD)

Date: 9/1/1976
Time: 04:00
Location: ALMUSAFES, VLNC, SPAIN
Description: 2M glowing-sphere lands. 1.9M fat figure with helmet outside.
Type: sighting
Reference: Von LUDVIGER, Illobrand ed. UFO’s-SEUGEN UND ZEICHEN. Berlin 1995 edition q-Verlags GmbH ISBN 3-86124-300-8. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12311

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “ALMUSAFES,VLNC,SPAIN:2M GLO-SPHERE LANDS:1.9M FAT FIG. W/HELMET OUTSIDE:”, LatLong: “39.300002 -0.416667”, LatLongDMS: “39:18:00 N 00:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Valencian”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38738 (AB94ECE0)

Date: 9/1/1976
Time: 10:00?
Location: AQUADA, PR
Description: Science teacher / beach. Saucer hovers. Tumbles going down [to] to waves. Stops and flies going west slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12312

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “AQUADA,PR:SCIENCE TEACHER/BEACH:SCR HVRS:TUMBLES↓ TO WAVES:STOPS+FLIES >W SLOW”, LatLong: “18.383334 -67.177781”, LatLongDMS: “18:23:00 N 67:10:40 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puerto Rico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38739 (3F00DEAD)

Date: 9/1/1976
Location: Missile M-1, MT
Description: 12:38 a.m. UFO described as two red lights on top, silver bottom. (UFO 105 NIDS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4703

Event 38740 (F4CB7BB5)

Date: 9/1/1976
Location: Larimer County Road 76H northwest of Larimer, Colorado
Description: 10:35 a.m. A witness is walking with her dog in a field off Larimer County Road 76H northwest of Larimer, Colorado. She looks up and sees a large (100 feet long), silver-colored, silent cylinder flying at about 50 mph to the south. It is only 200–250 feet in altitude and has two rings around it towards each end. She watches it for several minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “More Letters,” IUR 8, no. 2 (Mar./Apr. 1983): 16; “More Similarities Begin to Appear,” CUFOS Associate Bulletin 4, no. 6 (Dec. 1983/Jan. 1984): 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5321

Event 38741 (605272E3)

Date: 9/1/1976
Location: Aguada, Puerto Rico
Description: Day. A retired science teacher watches a circular glowing object while walking on a beach near Aguada, Puerto Rico. The object moves slowly, hovers, then falls abruptly, tumbling over and over, until it nearly enters the ocean. It then rights itself and moves slowly westward. It has a dull gray finish and appears to be quite distant.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5322

Event 38742 (2D476BC1)

Date: Early 9/1976
Locations: Rua Cajati; São Paulo, Brazil
Description: Three men watch a dense white cloud hover low above Rua Cajati in São Paulo, Brazil. It dissipates, revealing a disc-shaped object that emits light beams of various colors. When policemen arrive and draw their weapons, they become paralyzed like statues. The smoke cloud reappears and envelops the disc, which takes off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: O Dia (Rio de Janeiro), September 8, 1976; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1976): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5319

Event 38743 (3D880FE1)

Date: 9/2/1976
Description: At 5:00 a.m. a UFO with multiple lights was involved in a close encounter in Jaca, Huesca, Spain. It moved toward the car of two of the witnesses, circled around it, and then moved over it. A truck driver was an independent witness. The UFO had a solid top, but indistinct bottom; it was 7-8 meters in diameter, and made a soft whistling sound. Physiological effects were reported.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UNICAT, case # 455, citing Stendek, December 1981, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5577

Event 38744 (A749D370)

Date: 9/3/1976
Description: (Translated from French) The “lander” of Vicking 2 lands on Mars at Utopia Planitia. (3 September)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2731

Event 38745 (C6A2B0AA)

Date: 9/3/1976 (approximate)
Location: RAMAPO MOUNTAINS, NJ
Description: Pilot / engineer and more/others. 2 huge soup-bowls. 1 vertical turns horizontal.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, Jown Wallace: The UFO YEARBOOK. Phillips Publ Springfield, MA 1976. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12313

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “349”, HatchDesc: "RAMAPO Mtns,NJ:PILOT/ENGINEER++:2 HUGE SOUP-BOWLS:1 VERTICAL TURNS HZNTL ", LatLong: “41.100002 -74.227781”, LatLongDMS: “41:06:00 N 74:13:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38746 (53D24F58)

Date: 9/3/1976
Time: 01:00
Location: RAVENNA, ITL
Description: Screech! Red ovoid and white sphere / 20M away. Helmeted small humanoid (or Grey) outside!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12314

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RAVENNA,ITL:SCREECH!:RED OVOID+WHT SPHERE/20M away:HELMETED OID OUTSIDE!”, LatLong: “44.416669 12.200001”, LatLongDMS: “44:25:00 N 12:12:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EMR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38747 (9D32D360)

Date: 9/3/1976
Time: ~06:00
Location: BETHEL, AK
Description: 7cm silver disk maneuvers low. Dives into ground! No trace found. Dog disappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 326)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12315

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “5”, HatchDesc: “BETHEL,AK:7cm SLVR DISK MNVRS LO:DIVES INTO GND!:NO TRACE FOUND:DOG DISAPPEARS”, LatLong: “60.783336 -161.766674”, LatLongDMS: “60:47:00 N 161:46:00 W”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38748 (B6622B2B)

Date: 9/3/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: NEAR BRUSQUE, BRZ
Description: 3M saucer going north. Stops overhead. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) going down / beam and block road. Invisible wall. / r148.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 337)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12316

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “nr BRUSQUE,BRZ:3M SCR>N:STOPS OVHD:3 OIDS↓/BEAM+BLOCK ROAD:INVSBL WALL:/r148”, LatLong: “-27.100001 -48.933336”, LatLongDMS: “27:06:00 S 48:56:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “STC”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38749 (DAFE379B)

Date: 9/3/1976
Time: 20:00
Location: NORTH / CANTON = GUANGZHOU, CH
Description: Extremely bright silent object with 3 colored jets / rear. Flies going up [to] then horizontal.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12317

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “N/CANTON=GUANGZHOU,CH:XBRITE SLNT OBJ W/3 CLRD JETS/REAR:FLIES ↑ then HZNTL”, LatLong: “23.166668 113.250005”, LatLongDMS: “23:10:00 N 113:15:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GNG”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38750 (4663C6BC)

Date: 9/3/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: FENCEHOUSES, ENG
Description: 2 attracted / 5’ saucer. 2 small small humanoids (or Greys). 30 minute(s) / missing time. Odd effects. / MJ#113.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12318

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “FENCEHOUSES,ENG:2 ATTRACTED/5’SCR:2 SML OIDS:30min/MST:ODD EFFECTS:/MJ#113”, LatLong: “54.916669 -1.416667”, LatLongDMS: “54:55:00 N 01:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38751 (2084D967)

Date: 9/3/1976
Location: Bethel, Alaska
Description: Early morning. A witness in Bethel, Alaska, hears a high-pitched whine and looks out at the tundra where a small (2.5–3-inch diameter) white beach ball seems to be moving just above the ground. After a while it tilts so that she can see it is a disc with a rotating “platinum-shiny” area in the middle. The object arcs upward, then back down, and seems to disappear into the ground, whereupon the whine stops. She can find no ground markings.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “Unusual Experiences from the Timmerman Files,” IUR 27, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5323

Event 38752 (FB643369)

Date: 9/3/1976
Locations: Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil; Azambuja hospital in Brusque
Description: 7:00 p.m. Farm laborer João Romeu Klein, 19, returns home to Brusque, Santa Catarina, Brazil, after visiting a friend. As he approaches the house, he spots a flying object in the shape of a deep dish that rotates slowly counterclockwise. The upper part of the object is flattened, and a luminous light on top varies according to the speed of the craft’s movement and vacillates from red (high speed) to orange, from yellow to light green, and finally to white. When the craft is still, the intensity of the light diminishes. The object itself is gray in color and nearly 10 feet in diameter. The UFO moves toward Klein, passes 33 feet above his head, and then hovers in front of him about 16 feet from the ground. A bright, red light shines from the center of its base, through which three small beings about 3 feet tall slowly descend. The humanoids form a line across the entire width of the road and prevent him from passing as the UFO moves behind him some 33 feet away and 26 feet above the ground, close to some trees. The beings open their arms in an apparent blocking gesture, communicating with each other in an unfamiliar language. Klein draws his knife and tosses it toward the beings; it whizzes through the air, but at one point appears to float before falling to another spot. Each being wears a staff at its waist. The crew member in the center reacts by waving his staff toward Klein. The staff fires a beam of bluish-white light that hits Klein in the left thigh. He faints on being struck and is later found by his neighbors. His leg is paralyzed, so he goes to Azambuja hospital in Brusque, where doctors find no sign of injury. He recovers after a few days.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Os Tripulantes da Serra do Moura, Novo Trento, Brusque, Estado de Santa Catarina,” SBEDV Boletim, no. 136/145 (Sept. 1981/April 1982): 10–12; Clark III 218–220; Luis Lopez, “Quase 40 Anos Depois, Homem Relata Experiência com Extraterrestres em Brusque, SC,” Novos Insólitos, May 12, 2016; Brazil 194–198
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5324

Event 38753 (9B085968)

Date: 9/3/1976
Location: Fence Houses, Durham, England
Description: 9:00 p.m. Two women, one 63 and the other an 18-year-old relative, are returning from a family visit in Fence Houses, Durham, England, when they see a peculiar object resting on a mound of earth in a section of mining wasteland. They walk toward it, feeling a sort of attraction, and see that it is an oval object about 3 feet high and 5 feet long and standing on chrome or steel runners. The main compartment is glasslike with an orange section on top. When they reach the object, they sense the wind and traffic noise have stopped. The older woman touches the glassy side, which feels warm. At this point two strange entities are seen within the craft with long white hair parted down the middle, large eyes, and claw-like hands. They are both the size of a large doll, perhaps 1–1.5 feet tall. Frightened, the two women hurry away, noting that the street noise has returned. The object then takes off at great speed, making a humming noise.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: William D. Muir, “UFO Landing at Fencehouses, County Durham,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 6 (April 1977): 2–3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5325

Event 38754 (910E170C)

Date: 9/3/1976
Description: The witness heard a very high-pitched whine in the early morning in Bethel, Alaska, and looked out onto the tundra where a small (3 inches in diameter) white “beach ball” seemed to be moving in the air, close to the ground. After a while it tilted so that she could see that it was a disc with a rotating, shiny, platinum-colored area in the middle. The object arced upwards, then back down, and seemed to just disappear into the ground. As soon as it entered the ground, all sounds stopped. On inspection, she found no ground marks or evidence where it had disappeared. Following this incident by about a month, the same witness and a little dog were on her porch facing the area of the sighting. She went inside for a couple of minutes and the dog wandered off. She immediately began to search for her dog, following its tracks in the fresh snow, but she couldn’t find her. “It was snowing. And her little tracks went out there and she just disappeared? She weighed maybe five pounds max, so possibly some owl or something could have gotten her, but there wasn’t,any other disturbance in the snow.” Since these events the witness feels that she has had a few very unusual light-projecting experiences, which have resulted in vivid dreams or out of body experiences. The contents of her experiences are difficult to describe. She has the feeling of movement, and there are these enormously huge, very bright shining objects that are suspended in space, all around her. They are all different kinds of geometrical shapes and forms, but they are immense. She also has had the feeling like being in an invisible corridor that she is moving down.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael D Swords, “Unusual Experiences From the Timmerman Files”, International UFO Reporter, Summer 2002
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5604

Event 38755 (03453C68)

Date: 9/3/1976
Description: At around 1:00 a.m. a woman was alone at her home in Ravenna, Italy when she heard a noise outside. When she looked out she could see an red oval-shaped object on the ground between two houses. Nearby were four or five small spheres. Standing in front of the ovoid object was a tall being, dressed in what appeared to be body armor and a helmet with a protuberance in the center. She was distracted for a moment and lost sight of the being, and when she looked back she saw the object take off at high speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, case # 997, citing BUFORA Journal, Vol. 8 # 3, quoting Maurizio Verga; Maurizio Verga, ITACAT, case # 88
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5605

Event 38756 (1A5966AB)

Date: 9/3/1976
Description: An extremely bright, silent object with three colored jets at the rear was seen over North Canton, Guangdong Province, China at 8:00 p.m. It flew up vertically, then horizontally.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, p. 87
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5606

Event 38757 (0F8A4187)

Date: 9/3/1976
Description: At 9:00 p.m. a 63-year-old woman and her 18-year-old friend were walking past a waste storage area in Fencehouses, England when they saw a domed, oval-shaped object, resting on sledge runners, on a mound of earth. It had a large glass like compartment in the center, and a bright orange dome on top. It was 5 feet long and 3.5 feet high. As the witnesses approached it, they noted that the wind and the traffic on a nearby road both seemed to stop, and they later discovered that their watches had stopped. One of the witnesses ran her hand over the object; it felt very smooth and warm. Suddenly two humanoid entities “the size of dolls” appeared beside it; they had long white hair parted down the middle, large eyes, and claw-like fingers. Apparently frightened by the witnesses, they put both hands up to their faces. The witnesses were not sure what happened next, but after experiencing a period of missing time the next thing they remember is that the object took off at great speed with a humming sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jenny Randles, FSR, April 1977, p. 3; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-66 (A1493), citing John Rouse for Contact & Northern UFO Network
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5607

Event 38758 (D70A51A3)

Date: 9/3/1976
Description: At 7:00 p.m. local time, about two hours after the missing time close encounter in England, Joao Romeu Klein, age 19, was returning home after visiting his mother near Serra Do Mouro, Santa Catarina State, Brazil when he observed an approaching disc-shaped object from the south. The object had a rotating lower half and a bright light on top which seemed to change colors. The UFO flew over the witness, then came to a halt just ahead of him. It projected an intense beam of red light from its base. Inside this beam three small beings levitated slowly to the ground. The three small humanoids took up positions across the road, blocking Joao’s path. The object then glided over to a clump of trees nearby. As the witness continued to walk, the three small beings spread out their arms in an obvious attempt to block him, while at the same time speaking in an unknown language. The witness threw a knife at the beings but it seems to strike an invisible wall. The being in the middle then pointed a rod like device at the witness from which a beam of bluish white light emerged. The witness apparently blacked out and was found later on the ground by his neighbors. The beings were described as heavy set and human like, wearing tight gray coveralls, and globular fishbowl helmets that covered their heads.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Walter Buhler, FSR, August 1982, p. 5; Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 230; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-66 (A2249), citing Dr. Walter Buhler; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, case # 834, citing Dr. Walter Buhler, FSR, Vol. 28, # 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5608

Event 38759 (F4176B06)

Date: 9/5/1976
Time: 10:30
Location: CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO
Description: Physicist. Classic saucer shoots up. Stretches and vanishes in sight!
Type: sighting
Reference: RUTLEDGE, Harley D. Ph.D.: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION; Prentice-Hall, NJ 1981. (Index 200)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12319

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “104”, HatchDesc: “CAPE GIRARDEAU,MO:PHYSICIST:CLASSIC SCR SHOOTS UP:STRETCHES+VANISHES IN SIGHT!”, LatLong: “37.266668 -89.500004”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:00 N 89:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38760 (53B81603)

Date: 9/5/1976
Time: 18:50
Location: CANOGA PARK AND RESEDA, CA
Description: 2+2 observer(s). 2 silent saucers spin and orbit. Trade rays. (Violent storm.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12320

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “242”, HatchDesc: “CANOGA PARK+RESEDA,CA:2+2 OBS:2 SLNT SCRS SPIN+ORBIT:TRADE RAYS:(VIOLENT STORM”, LatLong: “34.216668 -118.566672”, LatLongDMS: “34:13:00 N 118:34:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38761 (B467BDAF)

Date: 9/5/1976
Location: Cape Girardeau, MO
Description: 10:30 a.m. A fast-moving disc with dome was observed, vertical ascent. One witness. (Rutledge, PID,200) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4704

Event 38762 (A6A662F3)

Date: 9/5/1976
Description: Three men saw a four foot tall dwarf at a former Army building in La Spezia near Mount Parodi, Italy on this day. The being wore a black coverall uniform, with part of it covering its head. It had two oblique slits for eyes. It walked in a clumsy way, “as if sliding on the ground.” It vanished leaving no footprints.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1496, citing Stampa Sera, September 6, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5657

Event 38763 (9251C3F5)

Date: 9/5/1976
Description: On this night in a shopyard in Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais province, Brazil 39-year-old Mr. Coelho de Silva was a five-meter in diameter yellow glowing dome with a blue violet band around its base, and a hole at its center. As the witness ran away he felt a blow and was knocked down. He then saw a being slide down on a hook from the hole. He wore a dark metallic uniform with an opaque helmet.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1494, citing J. Allen Hynek and Alberto F. do Carmo
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5658

Event 38764 (F55AE4E3)

Date: 9/6/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: WEST SIMI VALLEY, CA
Description: 6 observer(s). Disk spins slow. Fast turns / triangular trajectory. Smaller / plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 924)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12321

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “265”, HatchDesc: “W.SIMI VALLEY,CA:6 OBS:DISK SPINS SLOW:FAST TURNS/TRIANGLR TRAJ:SMALLER/PLANE”, LatLong: “34.300002 -118.783339”, LatLongDMS: “34:18:00 N 118:47:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38765 (A563F81A)

Date: 9/6/1976
Location: Port Austin, MI
Description: G,V, AF radar & 5 UFOs (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4705

Event 38766 (883B0CE0)

Date: 9/6/1976
Description: On this night bat-wing shaped UFOs were seen in Port Austin, Michigan; the next morning US Air Force radar tracked five UFOs for 30 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, p. 243
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5688

Event 38767 (EAA3F8F1)

Date: 9/6/1976
Description: At around eight o’clock in the evening a 60-foot wide UFO with windows landed only 100 feet from a truck in Accopampa, Peru. The truck motor stalled. Two men emerged from the UFO. They stood about 5" 8" tall (1.8 m), wore shiny spacesuits, and carried lamps. One touched one of the witnesses, who felt a hot searing sensation and suffered from temporary paralysis. He later claimed to be healed of his arthritis pain. Landing traces were found at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1495, citing La Razon, September 8, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5689

Event 38768 (08A3B9BA)

Date: 9/7/1976 (approximate)
Location: SAO PAOLO, BRZ
Description: Odd cloud going down / street. Dissipates. = saucer! 8 cops frozen. Colored beams.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12322

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “638”, HatchDesc: “SAO PAOLO,BRZ:ODD CLOUD↓/STREET:DISSIPATES:=SCR!:8 COPS FROZEN:CLRD BEAMS”, LatLong: “-23.550001 -46.616669”, LatLongDMS: “23:33:00 S 46:37:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “São Paulo”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38769 (2CD32B0C)

Date: 9/7/1976
Time: 02:10
Location: PORT AUSTIN AFS, MI
Description: 5 unidentified RADAR blips / 30 minute(s). 2 cops and see cone-saucer going quickly southeast. / r41p243.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12323

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “176”, HatchDesc: “PORT AUSTIN AFS,MI:5 UID RDR BLIPS/30min:2 COPS+SEE CONE-SCR>>SE:/r41p243”, LatLong: “44.133335 -83.000004”, LatLongDMS: “44:08:00 N 83:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38770 (72E8B59F)

Date: 9/8/1976
Time: 03:00
Location: ELEPHANT PASS, TASM
Description: 25M ovoid low / gully. Night light hovers. Observer(s) feels tingling sensation.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12324

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ELEPHANT PASS,TASM:25M OVOID LOW/GULLY:NLT HVRS:OBS FEELS TINGLING SENSATn”, LatLong: “-41.583335 148.250007”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:00 S 148:15:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38771 (F9B084DB)

Date: 9/8/1976
Time: 22:00?
Location: NEAR AYAVIRI, PERU
Description: 2 / truck. 30M saucer / roadway. 2 6’ pseudo-human/entity with flashlights examine observers.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12325

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Peru”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3918”, HatchDesc: “nr AYAVIRI,PERU:2/TRUCK:30M SCR/ROADWAY:2 6’PSH W/FLASHLITES EXAMINE OBSs”, LatLong: “-14.766667 -70.633337”, LatLongDMS: “14:46:00 S 70:38:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PNO”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38772 (576F418B)

Date: 9/8/1976
Location: India 3 and India site, MT
Description: 10:03 p.m. White, triangular object with red lights. (UFO 107 NIDS) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4706

Event 38773 (23BE86C3)

Date: 9/8/1976
Locations: Ollachea; Ayaviri, Peru
Description: Leoncio Torres and Elena Bedjara are driving a truck on the road between Ollachea and Ayaviri, Peru, when a UFO lands 90 feet in front of them. Two strange creatures about 6 feet tall approach the blocked truck with flashlights. The creatures touch the couple’s backs and they feel a burning sensation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5326

Event 38774 (7D5DCCA2)

Date: 9/8/1976
Description: At 3:00 a.m. a 25 meter ovoid object hung in the sky low over a gully in Elephant Pass, Tasmania. A nocturnal light also hovered nearby the witness, and the witness reported feeling a tingling sensation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Keith Basterfield, citing Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 12391, citing Jan Aldrich
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5774

Event 38775 (C27FB6EE)

Date: 9/8/1976
Description: At around 10:00 p.m. two men in their twenties, Torres and Bedjara, driving in a truck on the highway between Ollachea and Ayaviri, Peru encountered a 30 meter wide saucer in the roadway. Two six foot tall, human-looking UFOnauts with flashlights examined the witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, January 1977, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5775

Event 38776 (0D2BA1FF)

Date: 9/9/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Death of Mao. (9 September)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2732

Event 38777 (8757B857)

Date: 9/9/1976
Time: 02:00
Location: VARGEM GRANDE, BRZ
Description: 3M saucer drops 4 cables. Small humanoid (or Grey) going down [to] and loops hook / MANs leg. Shakes loose.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 56)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12326

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “894”, HatchDesc: “VARGEM GRANDE,BRZ:3M SCR DROPS 4 CABLES:OID↓+LOOPS HOOK/MANs LEG:shakes loose”, LatLong: “-19.500001 -44.816669”, LatLongDMS: “19:30:00 S 44:49:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38778 (22CE061D)

Date: 9/9/1976
Time: 10:00
Location: SOUTH / QIKOU, SHAN CO, CHINA
Description: Sphere/orb/globe hovers during Mao’s obituary / radio. Then goes. / r210p211.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12327

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “99”, HatchDesc: “S/QIKOU,SHAN co,CHINA:ORB HVRS during MAO’S OBITUARY/RADIO:then goes:/r210p211”, LatLong: “38.500002 117.516672”, LatLongDMS: “38:30:00 N 117:31:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Shandong”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38779 (9A830A83)

Date: 9/9/1976
Time: 18:00
Location: YICHUN, JIANXI, CH
Description: Several observer(s). Silver domed saucer spins / 2km altitude. Spews mist. East going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12328

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “YICHUN,JIANXI,CH:SVRL OBS:SLVR DOMED SCR SPINS/2km alt:SPEWS MIST:E>>NW”, LatLong: “27.633335 114.400005”, LatLongDMS: “27:38:00 N 114:24:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Jianxi”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38780 (AD83B923)

Date: 9/9/1976
Location: Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Description: About 2:00 a.m. Farmer Hermelindo da Silva is making his way home from the bar he owns in Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais, Brazil, when his dog grows agitated. A flash of light illuminates the area, followed by a strange buzzing sound. He sees a bright object about 4 feet in diameter above him. The dog begins barking nonstop until it receives some type of shock, apparently from the craft, and flees in terror. The light goes out, and da Silva runs back to the bar and flattens himself against the outside wall. The object lights up again, scaring him, so he picks up a piece of wood and throws it at the object. The light goes out again and the buzzing ceases, only to be replaced by a hiss. He feels a blow to his shoulder and falls to the ground, then he runs toward his house with the object 10 feet above him. Cables and hooks descend from the UFO, accompanied by a small creature about 3 feet tall. Da Silva hits its shoulder, causing it to jump and fall, then gets into a fight with it for 15 minutes. Finally, the creature loops a cable around da Silva’s ankle and hoists him screaming into an opening on the craft. His brother-in-law hears him and sees him ascending. Da Silva manages to get loose from the cable and falls 20 feet into a plant. He runs to the house, bruised.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 1220–1221; Brazil 198–200
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5327

Event 38781 (A5229125)

Date: 9/9/1976
End date: 9/10/1976
Location: Liangshan Cotton Mill south of Longwangmiao, Shandong, China
Description: Around 3:00 p.m. A worker at the Liangshan Cotton Mill south of Longwangmiao, Shandong, China, sees a spherical object at 45° elevation about 9,800–13,000 feet away. The upper part is bright silver, and the lower part is dark gray. It moves in the direction of the sun. It reappears on September 10, although it seems larger. It shrinks in size toward 12:00 noon and finally appears like a twinkling star in the daytime. It reverts to its former size in the afternoon, and then in front of more than 1,000 witnesses it flies away and disappears around 5:00 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wendelle Stevens and Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, UFO Photo Archives, 1983, p. 88
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5328

Event 38782 (2B8A3665)

Date: 9/9/1976
Description: A silver domed disc was seen spinning at an altitude of two kilometers over Yichun, China at 6:00 p.m. It spewed out a misty cloud, then flew off quickly to the northwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Wendelle Stevens & Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, p. 89
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5800

Event 38783 (3C991EDB)

Date: 9/9/1976
Description: A small disc-shaped object, three meters in diameter, dropped four cables toward the ground in Vargem Grande, Minas Gerais State, Brazil at around two o’clock in the morning. A humanoid looped a hook from one over a man’s leg, but he was able to escape.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, UFO Danger Zone: Terror and Death in Brazil–Where Next? p. 56
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5801

Event 38784 (895B7ADE)

Date: 9/10/1976
Description: (Translated from French) In Colusa (California), Bill Pecha observes discs at a short distance from his home. (September 10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2733

Event 38785 (35FB2002)

Date: 9/10/1976
Time: 01:10
Location: UNKNOWN MISSILE SITE, ND
Description: Alarms. Night lights hover and maneuver. Cylinder/cylindrical object hovers / 45°. Silo controls go haywire.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 950)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12329

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “585”, HatchDesc: “unk.missile site,ND:ALARMS:NLTS HVR+MNVR:CYL HVRS/45°:SILO CONTROLS GO HAYWIRE”, LatLong: “48.500002 -101.500005”, LatLongDMS: “48:30:00 N 101:30:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Dakota”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38786 (C8EFE428)

Date: 9/10/1976
Time: 12:50
Location: COLUSA, CA
Description: Power out. 150’ domed saucer / 50’ over barn. 2 night lights / power lines. / MJ#108+/ r41p39.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 926)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12330

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “COLUSA,CA:PWR OUT:150’DOMED SCR/50’OVR BARN:2 NLTS/PWR LINES:/MJ#108+/r41p39”, LatLong: “39.200002 -122.011117”, LatLongDMS: “39:12:00 N 122:00:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38787 (9C382192)

Date: 9/10/1976
Time: ~18:00
Location: OVER LITHUANIA
Description: British BEA flight 831. Extremely bright yellow object lights overcast sky. Sodium lamp?
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 236)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12331

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “Estonia, Latvia& Lithuania”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “OVR LITHUANIA:BRIT.BEA FLT 831:XBRITE YLW OBJ LITES OVERCAST SKY:sodium lamp?”, LatLong: “55.700003 23.500001”, LatLongDMS: “55:42:00 N 23:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lithuania”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38788 (F5C919DC)

Date: 9/10/1976
Location: Colusa, CA
Description: Low-hovering disc with dome, rotating rim and bright lights, power failure. Object moved away, shone beams of light down (Ref. 1, Section I). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4707

Event 38789 (EBC80C99)

Date: 9/10/1976
Location: Colusa, CA
Description: Low-hovering disc with dome, rotating rim and bright lights, power failure. Object moved away, shone beams of light down
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_279

Event 38790 (193AFA3A)

Date: 9/10/1976
Location: 3 miles southwest of Colusa, California
Description: 12:54 a.m. Bill Pecha Jr. is watching TV in his home 3 miles southwest of Colusa, California, when suddenly the picture crackles, fades, and blacks out, and the air conditioner dies. He goes outside to check on the circuit breaker and feels an electrical sensation. He looks up and sees an object 85 feet in diameter hovering above a TV antenna near

[c0mmando]

the barn about 50 feet away. The main body of the craft is a disc shape, which appears to be rotating in a clockwise direction, with a large dome that remains stationary on top. The object makes little or no sound, and is silver or gray in color, except for the very bottom, which has a “porcelain” look about it. Two hook- like cables are hanging down. Pecha approaches until he is just under one edge. The UFO moves slowly away and retracts its cables. Two hatches open on either end, revealing a “spotlight.” He goes inside and wakes up his wife Lenda, who also sees the object. Pecha can now see two other objects over high-tension power lines a mile to the west, emitting light beams at the tops of the transmission towers. The first UFO is moving closer and passes over a neighbor’s house, shining a light on it. Frightened, Pecha grabs his two children and he and his wife speed away in their pickup. They stop at a friends’ house and draw their attention to the distant light. The encounter ends at 1:03 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Paul Cerny, “UFO Hovers over California Farm,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 197 (October 1976): 3– 8; Center for UFO Studies, [case files]; “The UFO Finalist,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 6–8; Clark III 294–296; Micah Hanks, “Tentacles and Telephone Lines: The Colusa, California, UFO Incident of 1976,” Mysterious Universe, February 22, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5329

Event 38791 (72BCC42B)

Date: 9/10/1976
Locations: Moscow; London; Lithuania
Description: 6:00–7:00 p.m. British European Airways Flight 831 from Moscow to London is cruising at 33,000 feet over Lithuania when a blinding, stationary light is seen on the starboard side of the airliner, apparently 10–15 miles away and 5,000–6,000 feet below. The light resembles a yellowish sodium vapor lamp and is too intense to view directly. It lights up the top of the cloud layer below. The pilot asks the Soviet authorities to identify the source, but they come back with a negative response, saying he should not ask questions. The light is visible for 10–15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Aerial Observation of Intense Source of Light,” CIA Foreign Intelligence Information Report, November 18, 1976
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5330

Event 38792 (159ACD19)

Date: 9/10/1976
Description: Colusa, California. At 12:45 a.m. mechanic Bill Pecha and other household members noticed a complete electrical system failure in their mobile home. Next, stepping outside to check the circuit breakers, he felt static electricity and spotted a brightly lit, 150 foot domed disc-shaped object with a clockwise rotating rim hovering almost overhead, just 50-60 feet away. The object had a red light in front and other lights on either end, and the bright light that came from the bottom of the object dimmed when hovering. On the underside it had 6-8 dangling cables, and on each were two arms with hooks which retracted when Pecha stepped toward the object. The object retreated, moving slowly out over a field, with the cables still retracting. The white light underneath intensified and a cone of light was projected downward, but initially the beam was truncated before reaching the ground. The object maneuvered above a neighbor’s house illuminating the ground with beams of light. Two other similar UFOs were seen in the distance casting blue light beams down onto power lines, and an arc of light was extending upward from the power lines to the objects. When the object shot away at high speed to the west, it lit up the foothills, then it rushed back over the neighbor’s property again as the other two, more distant object sped away in different directions, and were gone in 30 seconds. The power came back on in Mr. Pecha’s mobile home; the entire elapsed time of the close encounter was 9 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Colusa (CA) Sun-Herald, September 12, 1976; Brad Sparks, CUFOS files, report dated October 3, 1976; Paul C. Cerny, International UFO Reporter, January 1977, p. 6; UNICAT, case 234; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, p. 39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5831

Event 38793 (34D605B6)

Date: 9/11/1976
Description: (Translated from French) In Maine (United States), Herbert Hopkins receives a visit from a MIB while investigating a UFO sighting in Maine. His daughter-in-law and son will also receive a visit. (September 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2734

Event 38794 (84B82E7B)

Date: 9/11/1976
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO was photographed in Morocco in the early hours of September 19. See images/1976-09-19.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2735

Event 38795 (7BAEA6AE)

Date: 9/11/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Observation of Tehran. (0 h 30 à 1 h 40)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2736

Event 38796 (FE3C4B0C)

Date: 9/11/1976
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO (the one from Tehran?) is seen flying, roughly parallel to the Atlantic coast, above Morocco (North Africa). For 1 hour, since around 1 AM local time, a bright UFO leaving sparks in its wake is slowly flying at an estimated altitude of 1000 m, flying over Morocco from south to north. Reports come from Agadir, Kalaa Sraghna, Essaouira, Casablanca, Rabat and Fez. The UFO seen from afar looked like a disc and up close like a cylinder. (4 or 5 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2737

Event 38797 (E12ED26B)

Date: 9/11/1976
Description: (Translated from French) November photograph in Indonesia. See images/1976-11.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2738

Event 38798 (AE2C69CA)

Date: 9/11/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Viking Probe on Mars.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2739

Event 38799 (3DD9F534)

Date: 9/11/1976
Time: 01:00
Location: LAREDO, SPAIN
Description: 200 / campsite. 15M saucer hovers / 5 minute(s). Shoots beams. Drops / ground. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12332

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LAREDO,SPAIN:200/CAMPSITE:15M SCR HVRS/5min:SHOOTS BEAMS:DROPS/GND:VANISHES”, LatLong: “43.400002 -3.416667”, LatLongDMS: “43:24:00 N 03:25:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38800 (A84C461A)

Date: 9/11/1976
Time: 19:00?
Location: PORT PERRY, ON
Description: 3 / car. Night light over treetops shoots away as car nears. 30’ crop circle.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12333

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “251”, HatchDesc: “PORT PERRY,ON:3/CAR:NLT OVR TREETOPS SHOOTS AWAY AS CAR NEARS:30’CROP CIRCLE”, LatLong: “44.083335 -78.983337”, LatLongDMS: “44:05:00 N 78:59:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38801 (3A894A38)

Date: 9/11/1976
Locations: Old Orchard Beach, Maine; New Jersey UFO Research Association; Oxford
Description: 8:00 p.m. Herbert Hopkins, the hypnotist investigating the 1975 Oxford abduction case, is alone in his home in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. The telephone rings, and the caller identifies himself as vice president of the nonexistent New Jersey UFO Research Association. He wants to come and discuss the Oxford case. Hopkins consents, telling him to come right over. As soon as he switches on the back light, he sees a man in dark clothing walking up the porch stairs. Hopkins unthinkingly opens the door right away. The stranger is wearing a black derby, black jacket, black tie, white shirt, gray gloves, black trousers, and black shoes. The crease in his pants is razor sharp. The man never introduces himself but sits down and removes his hat. He is completely hairless, devoid of eyebrows and eyelashes, but his lips are a vivid red. The stranger speaks in a monotone. After Hopkins discusses what he knows about the David Stephens case, the man remarks, “That’s just what I thought,” and abruptly changes the subject. “You have two coins in your left pocket,” he says. Hopkins acknowledges he has a dime and a penny. The stranger tells him to take one out and hold it in his palm. He does and is shocked to find that its color has changed to bright silver, then light blue. It grows blurry and fuzzy and finally fades away in a vapor. The stranger says that no one else “on this plane will ever see that coin again.” The stranger then asks if he knew why Barney Hill died, saying “He died because he knew too much. He died because he had no heart, just as you have no coin.” He orders Hopkins to destroy all the audiotapes of Stephens’s hypnosis sessions, as well as any other UFO literature he has sitting around, or he will suffer the same fate as Barney Hill. The stranger gets up, speaking slowly, and says his energy is running low. He gets up slowly and walks down the porch steps one foot at a time. Hopkins sees a bright light outside, rushes to the kitchen window, and sees the light and the man are gone. About 90 minutes later, Mrs. Hopkins and two of their sons arrive home from a movie. He tells them what happened, and one of the sons finds a series of marks in the narrow driveway that look like a small tractor tread. They are gone the next day. Hopkins burns all his tapes, correspondence, and literature at the urging of his family.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Berthold Eric Schwartz, “The Man-in-Black Syndrome, Part 1,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 4 (January 1978): 9–15; Berthold Eric Schwartz, “The Man-in-Black Syndrome, Part 2,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 5 (February 1978): 22–25; Berthold Eric Schwartz, “The Man-in-Black Syndrome, Part 3,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 6 (April 1978): 26–29; Clark III 863–864
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5331

Event 38802 (39E688CC)

Date: 9/11/1976
Location: Little Britain, Ontario
Description: Night. Three members of the Hood family are driving back along a country road to their home in Little Britain, Ontario. Paul Hood notices a flashing light in the treetops. When their car approaches, it darts off. Days later, Paul and Don Hood find a 30-foot-diameter circle of burned ground and grass swirled in a counterclockwise direction near a split-rail fence in a swamp less than a quarter-mile from their home. Six holes the size of grapefruits are also present.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5332

Event 38803 (673E2DBD)

Date: 9/11/1976
Description: A cat went crazy with fear and the witness’s TV experienced interference when a 30-meter wide disc-shaped object came down by some woods in St-Verand, France at 10:40 p.m. The telephone was out of operation for seven days.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 12402
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5864

Event 38804 (6E07C7DA)

Date: 9/12/1976
Time: 20:20
Location: MIRANDELA, PORTUGAL
Description: UFO seen / same hour for several nights running. Type unknown. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12334

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “MIRANDELA,PORTUGAL:UFO SEEN/SAME HOUR FOR SVRL NITES RUNNING:TYPE UNK:/NEWS”, LatLong: “41.466669 -7.166667”, LatLongDMS: “41:28:00 N 07:10:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TOM”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38805 (E219C6D5)

Date: 9/12/1976
Time: 22:40
Location: ST.-VERAND, FR
Description: Cat and TV go crazy. 30M saucer going down [to] by woods. Sonic boom. Phone out / 7 days.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 630)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12335

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “St-VERAND,FR:CAT+TV GO CRAZY:30M SCR ↓ BY WOODS:SONIC BOOM:PHONE OUT/7days”, LatLong: “45.172224 5.333334”, LatLongDMS: “45:10:20 N 05:20:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38806 (9635E98C)

Date: 9/13/1976
Location: TACUAREMBO, URUGUAY
Description: Month and more / sightings and landings. Cones. Saucers. Beams. Traces / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12336

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “53”, Elev: “141”, HatchDesc: “TACUAREMBO,URUGUAY:MONTH+/SIGHTINGS+LANDINGS:CONES:SCRS:BEAMS:TRACES/GROUND.”, LatLong: “-31.733335 -55.966669”, LatLongDMS: “31:44:00 S 55:58:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RVR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38807 (34D9E737)

Date: 9/13/1976
Location: Tacuarembo, Uruguay
Description: Ranch worker George Aguerre sees an object like an upturned funnel with windows landing for 3–4 minutes near Tacuarembo, Uruguay. It emits two brilliant beams of light from the top and is about 45 feet in diameter. Police find landing marks and a burned area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5333

Event 38808 (F7DD3726)

Date: 9/15/1976 (approximate)
Time: 03:00
Location: UPTON SCUDAMORE, WILTS
Description: A350. Man / van wakes. Locked door open. Small humanoid (or Grey) seen. Saucer flies.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12337

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “127”, HatchDesc: “UPTON SCUDAMORE,WILTs:A350:MAN/VAN WAKES:LOCKED DOOR OPEN:OID SEEN:SCR FLIES.”, LatLong: “51.216669 -2.200000”, LatLongDMS: “51:13:00 N 02:12:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38809 (145DE45B)

Date: Mid 9/1976
Locations: Amazon forest; Manaus; Belém, Brazil
Description: 4:00 p.m. A copilot of a Boeing 727 for the Brazilian Varig airline sees a disc-shaped object about 120 feet in diameter over the Amazon forest between Manaus and Belém, Brazil. The aircraft’s radar confirms the sighting. The pilot is carrying a camera and snaps a photo of the UFO, which starts jumping from one side to the other in front of the plane, causing the crew to panic. The sighting lasts about 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 198; Brazil 535–536
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5334

Event 38810 (F5F4C5D1)

Date: 9/15/1976
Description: On this night in Los Teques, Venezuela a man ran to the gate of the textile plant were he works, in a state of shock and terror. He collapsed and was sent to the local hospital. He later claimed that he had seen a disc-shaped object land, and had a confrontation with several undescribed occupants from the object. For two months there were nightsly UFO sightings in the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, November 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5993

Event 38811 (7EC19723)

Date: 9/16/1976
Time: 21:20
Location: EUREKA, CA
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Night light / treetop level rushes overhead. Stops. Trails sparks? / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V1#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12338

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “14”, HatchDesc: “EUREKA,CA:2 SEP.OBS:NLT/TREETOP LVL RUSHES OVHD:STOPS:TRAILS SPARKS?:/IUR V1#1”, LatLong: “40.750002 -124.150006”, LatLongDMS: “40:45:00 N 124:09:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “12”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38812 (72B93380)

Date: 9/16/1976
Location: Modesto, California
Description: 9:15 p.m. Six witnesses in Modesto, California, see a rolling orange ball of light heading slowly south. Possible balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 1-1-6,” IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5335

Event 38813 (63FFEE50)

Date: 9/16/1976
Location: Eureka, California
Description: 9:45 p.m. A witness in Eureka, California, sees a large orange light at treetop level that rushes overhead, then stops and hovers for 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 1-1-7,” IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5336

Event 38814 (707F0E09)

Date: 9/16/1976
Time: night
Location: Pawnee County, KANSAS
Description: A helicopter was heard flying low over a pasture after dark. One mutilated cow was found in the area on Monday and another on Tuesday. It was thought that both mutilations were done on the 26th.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 10 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_167

Event 38815 (7896DD3F)

Date: 9/17/1976
Time: 03:30
Location: WINGEN, NSW, AUSTR
Description: Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Speedo jumps. Flashlight dead and demagnetized. Watch stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12339

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “WINGEN,NSW,AUSTR:TRUCK EMES:SPEEDO JUMPS:FLASHLITE DEAD+DEMAGN:WATCH STOPS.”, LatLong: “-31.933335 150.922229”, LatLongDMS: “31:56:00 S 150:55:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38816 (24A81F9E)

Date: 9/17/1976
Description: In Wingen, New South Wales, Australia at 3:30 a.m. a round, bright object with an intense blue glow passed only 12 feet over a car. The car engine stopped and the lights went out, and the speedometer needle jumped about even though the car was stationary. The driver, a 30-year-old man named Ryan, felt an intense heat from the object, and his watch stopped working. He also reported that his flashlight wouldn’t work, even though it had new batteries. The UFO made a low humming sound. Trouble with the performance of the car persisted after the event. The close encounter lasted two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Cashman, Project 1947 EM Effects Catalog website, citing UFO Research NSW; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 69, citing Australian CUFOS
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6046

Event 38817 (67B068FF)

Date: 9/18/1976
Time: 01:30
Location: NEAR RAGUSA, ITL
Description: 2 / car. Green-glow “being” follows car / 1.5km! Flying sphere / 20M altitude by.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 88)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12340

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, CVS: Conversation/communication, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “502”, HatchDesc: “nr RAGUSA,ITL:2/CAR:GRN-GLOW “BEING” FOLOS CAR/1.5km!:FLYING SPHERE/20M alt by”, LatLong: “37.000002 14.666667”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 14:40:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “Ragusa”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38818 (FE659100)

Date: 9/18/1976
Time: 10:30
Location: NORTH / TEHRAN, IRAN
Description: Many calls and airport/apartment Air Traffic Controller / (seen thru) binoculars. Brilliant 7M cylinder/cylindrical object hovers / 1000’ altitude. Going south. / r26.
Type: sighting
Reference: BERLINER, Don & HUNEEUS, Antonio: UFO BRIEFING DOCUMENT The Best Available Evidence, Nov. 1995 CUFOS/FUFOR/MUFO. 128pp 8x11. (Index 55)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12341

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, RDR: Radar traces/blips, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Iran”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “N/TEHRAN,IRAN:MANY CALLS+Apt ATC/BINOCS:BRILL.7M CYL HVRS/1000’alt:>S:/r26”, LatLong: “36.000002 51.500002”, LatLongDMS: “36:00:00 N 51:30:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TEH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38819 (29DFA703)

Date: 9/18/1976
Time: 12:00?
Location: NEAR TABRIZ, IRAN
Description: Glittering object lands 100M from car. “Mummys” exit and abduct 2. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCHUESSLER, John F.: UFO-RELATED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 1996 J. Schuessler, POB 58485, Houston, TX 77258 (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12342

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Iran”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “nr TABRIZ,IRAN:GLITTERING OBJ LANDS 100M from CAR:“MUMMYS” EXIT+ABDUCT 2:/news”, LatLong: “38.000002 46.216669”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 46:13:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AZR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38820 (0035DDDC)

Date: 9/18/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: AUGUSTA, GA
Description: 1 / car. Large saucer going up and down. Lights / edge alternate red-blue-white-yellow-green in order.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12343

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “AUGUSTA,GA:1/CAR:LRG SCR ↑+↓:LITES/EDGE ALTERNATE RED-BLU-WHT-YLW-GRN in order”, LatLong: “33.466668 -81.966671”, LatLongDMS: “33:28:00 N 81:58:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38821 (F44853AE)

Date: 9/18/1976
End date: 9/19/1976
Locations: northeast portion of the city of Tehran, Iran; Mehrabad Airport; Shahrokhi Airbase [now Hamadan Airbase]
Description: 10:30 p.m. Residents of the northeast portion of the city of Tehran, Iran, watch a multicolored aircraft hovering a few thousand feet in the air. Some of them call the nearby Mehrabad Airport, reaching night supervisor Houssain Pirouzi, who goes outside at 11:15 p.m. to look. With his binoculars, he sees a bright object flashing colored lights and changing positions at an altitude of 6,000 feet. Around 12:30 a.m., Pirouzi alerts the Iranian Air Force command post. Deputy Gen. Nader Yousefi also sees the object and scrambles an Air Force F-4 Phantom II interceptor piloted by Capt. Aziz Khani and 1stLt. Hossein Shokri from Shahrokhi Airbase [now Hamadan Airbase] to the west at 1:30 a.m. They close in on the object, but the jet’s radio and instruments give out. Only when Khani pulls away does functionality return. Squadron Cmdr. Parviz Jafari takes off in a second jet with 1stLt. Jalal Damirian in pursuit at 1:40 a.m. Some 27 miles from the UFO, Jafari picks the object up on radar, the return indicating something the size of a Boeing 707. Visually, it is flashing like a strobe with intense red, green, orange, and blue lights (in a diamond shape) so bright that Jafari cannot see its body. He approaches within 70 miles, then the object jumps 10° to the right, then twice again the same amount. Suddenly a smaller round object comes out of the large object and heads straight toward the interceptor at a high rate of speed. Jafari tries to fire an AIM-9 heat-seeking missile at it, but his weapons control panel malfunctions, as well as his radio and instruments. Jafari turns to the left to avoid an impact with the small object, which approaches to 4 miles distance, then stops. It returns to the large object, which emits another smaller object. Jafari is ordered back to the base, but the light follows him. During final approach, another object (a thin rectangle with three lights) appears at low altitude in front of his plane. Gen. Yousefi then orders Jafari to approach the light and get a look. When he is within 4 miles, the radio and instrument panel go out again. The light disappears from view after Jafari lands. Base Commander Gen. Abdulah Azerbarzin claims the complete investigation records are turned over to the US Air Force, which insists it only has one memo from USAF Lt. Col. Olin R. Mooy, who sat in on one of the pilot interviews. A US Defense Intelligence Agency evaluation rates the case High (of major significance). The sighting is apparently tracked by a US Defense Support Program satellite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “1976 Tehran UFO incident”; NICAP, “Iranian F-4 Phantom Jet Chase, Radar/Visual/E-M/IAD Signal”; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976): 2; “The U.S. Government and the Iran Case,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): 6–7; “Review of Iranian UFO Reports,” IUR/Frontiers of Science 3, no. 2 (Jan./Feb. 1981): 14–15; “Now You See It, Now You Don’t!” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 1 (February 1982): 3; Center for UFO Studies, [case documents]; Kim Hansen, “UFO Casebook,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 85–88; Don Berliner, with Marie Galbreath and Antonio Huneeus, UFO Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence, Dell, 2000, pp. 98–104; Clark III 624–626; Kean, pp. 86–92, 149–150; Swords 340–341; Good Above, pp. 318–321, 497–500; Good Need, pp. 302–303, 315–317; A. Meessen, “Deux jets F-4 rencontrent un ovni à Téhéran,” April 30, 2007
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5337

Event 38822 (2EF49D40)

Date: 9/19/1976
Location: Tehran, Iran
Description: Tehran, Iran: Civilians reported an UFO to the AFB. The Iranian AF scrambled an American F-4 for intercept. As the F-4 was vectored towards the brilliant UFO, all communications and instrumentation were suddenly lost. As the pilot broke off pursuit, all aircraft functions returned to normal. A second F-4 that was scrambled began closing in on the UFO at greater than Mach 1 and was closing on the UFO at 150 nautical mph., but the UFO accelerated and stayed ahead of the F-4 (confirmed by Radar). Multi-colored flashing lights were visible on the UFO. The moment the F-4 pilot tried to lock an AIM-9 missile at the UFO he lost all weapons panel and communication control. The UFO launched two smaller UFOs, one of which began to follow the F-4. After evasive action by the F-4, the smaller UFO returned and united with the larger UFO. The other smaller UFO seemed to have landed on the ground so the pilot flew down to investigate it. The landed UFO appeared to be 12feet in diameter. As the pilot descended the light from the landed UFO went out and he lost sight of it. The DIA termed this sighting as “an outstanding report. This case is a classic which meets all the criteria necessary for a study of a UFO phenomenon.” And, “an inordinate amount of maneuverability was displayed by the UFOs.”
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p497, TEHRAN, B1-F p288, B1-G p72)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_691
See also: 10/2/72
See also: 9/20/76

Event 38823 (B26052C4)

Date: 9/19/1976
Location: OLDEN, SOGN, NORWAY
Description: Shiny UFO seen. Part of wave / Anton Lidstrom. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12344

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OLDEN,SOGN,NORWAY:SHINY UFO SEEN:PART OF WAVE/ANTON LIDSTROM:NFD”, LatLong: “61.844447 6.811111”, LatLongDMS: “61:50:40 N 06:48:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38824 (D56A41DD)

Date: 9/19/1976
Time: 00:30
Location: TEHRAN, IRAN
Description: Many and RADAR’s. F4 jets chase saucers. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). / APRO Sep’76+/ r41p93+/ r193#51.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 923)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12345

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Iran”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “TEHRAN,IRAN:MANY+RDRS:F4 JETS CHASE SCRS:EME:/APRO Sep’76+/r41p93+/r193#51”, LatLong: “35.750002 51.500002”, LatLongDMS: “35:45:00 N 51:30:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TEH”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38825 (8ECC711B)

Date: 9/19/1976
Time: 00:30
Location: SHEMIRAN, IRAN
Description: IAF jets and RADAR. Weapons electro-magnetic effect (EME). 2 night lights exit large object. / IURv3#1+/ r226#23.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 933)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12346

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Iran”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “SHEMIRAN,IRAN:IAF JETS+RDR:WEAPONS EME:2 NLTS EXIT LRG OBJ:/IURv3#1+/r226#23”, LatLong: “35.700002 51.400002”, LatLongDMS: “35:42:00 N 51:24:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TEH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38826 (92E65412)

Date: 9/19/1976
Time: 01:00
Location: WEST / MARRAKECH, MAROC
Description: Saucers / 1km altitude. Most southwest going northeast along coast. Sparks and fragments. / r26p86.
Type: sighting
Reference: CLARK, Jerome: High Strangeness: UFO’s from 1960 through 1979. The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA Volume 3. 1996 Omnigraphics Inc Detroit, MI ISBN 1-55888-742-3 (Index 328)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12347

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “W/MARRAKECH,MAROC:SCRS/1km alt:MOST SW>NE ALONG COAST:SPARKS+FRAGS:/r26p86”, LatLong: “31.633335 -9.500000”, LatLongDMS: “31:38:00 N 09:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ALL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38827 (EB94AC5D)

Date: 9/19/1976
Time: 01:10
Location: NEAR CASABLANCA, MOROCCO
Description: Silent silver luminous/glowing saucers going quickly northeast. Sparks. / diplomatic inquery. / r26p86.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 934)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12348

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr CASABLANCA,MOROCCO:SLNT SLVR LUMn SCRS >>NE:SPARKS:/Dipl.inqry:/r26p86”, LatLong: “33.633335 -7.633334”, LatLongDMS: “33:38:00 N 07:38:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38828 (FEC73C90)

Date: 9/19/1976
Time: 01:20
Location: KENITRA, MOROCCO
Description: US embassy man. Saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape going quickly northwest up coast. Diplomatic inquiry. / NICAP May’77.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12349

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Morocco”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “KENITRA,MOROCCO:US EMBASSY MAN:SCR-CGR >>NW up COAST:DIPL INQR:/NICAP May’77”, LatLong: “34.350002 -6.466667”, LatLongDMS: “34:21:00 N 06:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KNT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38829 (10BDD6E8)

Date: 9/19/1976
Time: 02:10
Location: LISBON, PRT
Description: 2 separate 707 liners / near collision / blue-glow saucer. Ground observer(s). East going quickly west. / r120p154.
Type: sighting
Reference: PHENOMENES SPATIAUX: Group GEPA, Gen. M. Lionel Chassin Paris. Quarterly 1964?-1977. Merged into Grp. GEPAN (Index 50)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12350

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LISBON,PRT:2 SEP.707 LINERS/NR COLLISION/BLU-GLOW SCR:GND OBS:E>>W:/r120p154”, LatLong: “38.700002 -9.083334”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:00 N 09:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LIS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38830 (B5EAA619)

Date: 9/19/1976
Time: ~08:00
Location: SSE / MEHRABAD, IRAN
Description: Beeper signal draws IAF / same spot UFO seen landing earlier.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 288)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12351

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Iran”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SSE/MEHRABAD,IRAN:BEEPER SIGNAL DRAWS IAF/SAME SPOT UFO SEEN LANDING EARLIER.”, LatLong: “35.666668 51.333336”, LatLongDMS: “35:40:00 N 51:20:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MEH”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38831 (7BC8B7DA)

Date: 9/19/1976
Time: 22:40
Location: CHABLE-BEAUMONT, FR
Description: 3 observer(s). Big cylinder/cigar-shape hovers / 200M near aluminum plant. Going [to] away in jumps!
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12352

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “CHABLE-BEAUMONT,FR:3 OBS:BIG CGR HVRS/200M nr ALUMINUM PLANT:> AWAY in JUMPS!”, LatLong: “46.100002 6.116667”, LatLongDMS: “46:06:00 N 06:07:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HSV”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38832 (6BCC6FF2)

Date: 9/19/1976
Location: Teheran, Iran
Description: Iranian F-4 Phantom Jet Chase, Radar/Visual (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 760919
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4708

Event 38833 (E9EE0BE1)

Date: 9/19/1976
Location: Teheran, Iran
Description: F-4 chase (M), R/V with E-M (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 760919
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4709

Event 38834 (ED94F424)

Date: 9/19/1976
Location: Tehran, Iran
Description: F-4 fighter aircraft attempted intercept of radar-visual UFO, E-M system failures, physiological effects
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_280

Event 38835 (31BF5903)

Date: 9/19/1976
Locations: Agadir; El Kelaa des Sraghna; Essaouira; Marrakesh; Casablanca; Rabat; Kenitra; Meknes; Fez
Description: 1:00–2:00 a.m. A silvery, luminous circular object is seen flying southwest to northwest (parallel to the coast) at an altitude of 3,200 feet in multiple locations in Morocco, including Agadir, El Kelaa des Sraghna, Essaouira, Marrakesh, Casablanca, Rabat, Kenitra, Meknes, and Fez. It gives off an intermittent trail and is completely silent. The US Embassy in Rabat forwards a summary to the US State Department, asking for more information. A reply comes in October from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who cites the Condon study and natural causes, although he rules out meteors and reflections from a polar-orbiting satellite.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 86– 88
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5338

Event 38836 (9D26E366)

Date: 9/19/1976
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Description: A TAP Air Portugal Boeing 707 nearly collides with a UFO shortly after takeoff at Lisbon, Portugal. The oval object is glowing blue with a horizontal row of red and white lights. It is also seen by an air traffic controller who says that the object does not show up on radar.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “[Aerial Emergency in Lisbon Due to a ‘Flying Disc’]” La Crónica (Buenos Aires), September 23, 1976; Good Above, p. 154
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5339

Event 38837 (B60F6046)

Date: 9/19/1976
Description: Two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom jets with AIM-9 missiles were scrambled to intercept a UFO, 40 nautical miles north of Tehran, Iran at 1:30 a.m. local time. They were vectored in by ground radar, and the UFO was described as a brightly luminous domed disc the size of a Boeing 707. A small object was shot by the larger disc toward the plane. First, the aircrafts’ inertial navigation systems fluctuated and their radio communications were lost. When the pilot of the first aircraft, Houssain Perouzi, tried to fire one of his missiles at the UFO, their jet lost control of all its instruments. The second jet just lost weapons control. The disc was changing colors and shape when first detected; it next engaged in a series of sharp maneuvers. A third object descended vertically and landed in a desert area. The entire incident lasted two hours.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, September 1976, p. 1; Richard H. Hall, International UFO Reporter, March 1992, p. 4; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 50; UNICAT, case # 372; Richard F. Haines, citing a Joint Chiefs of Staff report dated July 19, 1978; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, pp. 20, 122, 244
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6096

Event 38838 (AF497238)

Date: 9/19/1976
Description: At 1:10 a.m. four crew members on a Boeing 707 airliner, Duarte, Alexio, Graca, and Santos, flying over the Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal at 35,000 feet altitude encountered an intense bluish light, which suddenly turned off, then became many less intense lights. There were three or four on top of the object, three smaller yellow lights below that, and two at the bottom of the object that looked like portholes. The minimum distance to the object was one mile. The duration of the sighting was five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UNICAT, case # 790, citing Joaquim Fernandes, p. 163
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6097

Event 38839 (B6C3B442)

Date: 9/19/1976
Description: At 1:15 a.m. Eloi Weigert and Jose Pinto, captain and first officer of the Portuguese airline TAP, flying a Boeing 707 airliner at 4000 feet altitude and at a speed of 240 km/hour were five minutes after takeoff from Portela Airport in Lisbon, Portugal when they spotted a bluish white light in front of them. They immediately contacted the control tower because the UFO was hovering in front of them, but it then moved in another direction. The minimum distance to the object was only 200 meters. The white light (reported to be blue by the tower) accelerated fast to the north. The close encounter lasted 45 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Phenomenes Spatiaux, December 1976, p. 14; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 40; UNICAT, case # 789; Charles Bowen, FSR, April 1977, p. 31 & June 1977, p. 1; John Wallace Spencer, World Atlas of UFOs, p. 107
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6098

Event 38840 (BA249034)

Date: 9/20/1976
Location: IRAN, Lake Tabriz
Description: (Translated from French) A university researcher (in history) and his wife were abducted by two entities that emerged from a UFO that had just landed near their car. The entities resembled Egyptian mummies.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 335
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2928

Event 38841 (F0A216D9)

Date: 9/20/1976
Time: 22:00?
Location: WEST / PRINGLES, ARG
Description: UFO’s seen-type unknown. 8M unidentified traces / hard soil next day. / LDLN#169.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12353

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “251”, HatchDesc: “W/PRINGLES,ARG:UFOS SEEN-TYPE UNK:8M UID TRACES/HARD SOIL NEXT DAY:/LDLN#169”, LatLong: “-37.966668 -61.416670”, LatLongDMS: “37:58:00 S 61:25:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Buenos Aires”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38842 (739BA910)

Date: 9/20/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: DIGNE, FR
Description: 4M luminous/glowing ‘cabin’ hovers / 7 minute(s) / 100M altitude. Pseudo-human/entity move inside. Away very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 195)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12354

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “DIGNE,FR:4M LUMn ‘CABIN’ HVRS/7min/100M alt:PSH MOVE INSIDE:AWAY VFAST”, LatLong: “44.100002 6.233334”, LatLongDMS: “44:06:00 N 06:14:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes de Haute Provence”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38843 (425EFCD8)

Date: 9/20/1976
Description: A witness was on his terrace in Digne, Basses-Alpes department, France at 10:00 p.m. when he noticed a luminous “cabin” shaped object that was hovering about 200 meters away and 100 meters above the ground. The object was 12 feet square and 6 feet high, and it was the color of an incandescent lamp. No additional structure could be seen. He watched it for about seven minutes. Human-shaped shadows could be seen moving around inside. The object departed slowly at first, then shot away at great speed. It made no sound.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, April 1980; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-24, citing ADEPS, March 1977, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6142

Event 38844 (12A22AFE)

Date: 9/22/1976 (approximate)
Location: PORTUGAL, Portela Airport-Lisbon
Description: (Translated from French) Two employees of the control tower, an employee of a hotel in Acoteias (Algarve), passengers of a Boeing 707 and people in the whole region, observed the strange maneuvers of a UFO. The object consisted of a main bright blue body surrounded by 5 to 7 horizontal red and white lights. These lights detached from the object and exploded in a huge flash of light. A TAP plane en route to South Africa saw the UFO cut its route and force it to change direction. This maneuver was observed with surprise by the two control tower employees. One of them took binoculars and estimated that the object disappeared at a speed 3 times higher than that of a jet. “The National Enquirer” of November 30, 1976, published about this incident: The 707 passenger plane almost collided with a crazy UFO. There were 101 passengers on board who all believed in an imminent collision. The co-pilot Armindo Pinto made a desperate maneuver and the captain Eloy Weigert saw the UFO so close that its silhouette filled 3/4 of the window. This encounter took place very shortly after the takeoff of the plane, flight 241, in Lisbon at 02:10. Two other planes of the same company had a less frightening experience with an identical UFO. (September 22 (19?) 1976)
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listing of Victor Lourenço; “Diario de Noticias” 23.9.76; “National Enquirer” 30.9.76
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2929

Event 38845 (82E14EA0)

Date: 9/22/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: REGAL, MN
Description: Boy / 10 only. 3.5’ small humanoid (or Grey) floats by window to 6’ cube with lights. Flies away.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12355

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “406”, HatchDesc: “REGAL,MN:BOY/10 ONLY:3.5’OID FLOATS BY WINDOW TO 6’CUBE W/LITES:FLIES AWAY:”, LatLong: “45.405558 -94.844449”, LatLongDMS: “45:24:20 N 94:50:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38846 (323F4536)

Date: 9/22/1976
Location: Regal, Minnesota
Description: 10:30 p.m. A 10-year-old-boy in Regal, Minnesota, sees a 3.5-foot-tall creature with a large bald head, large red eyes, and green skin floating outside his bedroom window. A couple minutes later, the creature floats down to a cube-shaped craft, which he enters.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 1-1-27,” IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5340

Event 38847 (6597FD0F)

Date: 9/22/1976
Description: A TAP Boeing 707 reported a near collision with a luminous UFO being escorted by four smaller satellite objects near Lisbon airport, Portugal.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 40
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6232

Event 38848 (C97D7A58)

Date: 9/22/1976
Description: In Regal, Minnesota a ten-year-old boy saw a 3 to 3.5 foot tall green humanoid tapping on his bedroom window at 10:30 p.m. It had big red eyes, no nose, a slit for a mouth, and long arms. It walked to the edge of the roof and floated down to the ground. Outside was a gray rectangular UFO that made no sound. It rose up into the sky vertically.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: John Barry, CUFOS case investigations file, citing Kandiyodi County Sheriff’s Office; International UFO Reporter, November 1976, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6233

Event 38849 (744656EB)

Date: Autumn 1976
Location: Francis E. Warren AFB near Cheyenne, Wyoming
Description: 2:00 a.m. Missile Combat Crew Commander Bruce Fenstermacher is on alert duty at one of the underground launch capsules at Francis E. Warren AFB near Cheyenne, Wyoming, with another crewman, when the officer-in- charge at the launch facility asks two security guards to report anything that seems unusual. A few seconds later, one of them reports seeing a pulsating white object in the sky. He can see flashing red and blue lights between the pulsations. It is about 10 miles north of their position and close to the launch control facility itself. The UFO is hovering about 100 feet above the building and looks like a “fat cigar” about 50–60 feet long. It begins to move away but stops close to one of the missile silos. Over the next 2 hours or so, the UFO hovers near several more missile silos. The security guards are terrified and refuse to approach any missile site that has the UFO over it. Sometime around 4:30 a.m., the object zooms away and disappears in seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 340–343
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5344

Event 38850 (5F2D559C)

Date: 9/24/1976
Locations: Lake Red Rock; Otley, Iowa
Description: 2:30 a.m. A conservation officer and his wife watch a dark object fly over Lake Red Rock near Otley, Iowa. It moves noiselessly at 40 mph and about 600 feet altitude. Binoculars reveal a blinking red light flanked by pairs of amber lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 1-1-35,” IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5341

Event 38851 (313752D8)

Date: 9/24/1976
Location: Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Description: 7:30 p.m. John Hopkins, the son of hypnotist Herbert Hopkins, and his wife Maureen, meet two odd individuals, “Bill” and “Jane,” who have arranged a meeting at a fast-food restaurant near their home in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. The conversation is uncomfortable and strange but does not involve UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 864–865
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5342

Event 38852 (37E6F8EF)

Date: 9/25/1976
Location: PINDHOS OROS MOUNTAINS, GREECE
Description: Pilots / 2 F5 jets. Instruments go crazy near UFO / type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: Von LUDVIGER, Illobrand ed. UFO’s-SEUGEN UND ZEICHEN. Berlin 1995 edition q-Verlags GmbH ISBN 3-86124-300-8. (Index 145)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12356

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PINDHOS OROS Mtns,GREECE:PILOTS/2 F5 JETS:INSTRUMENTS GO CRAZY nr UFO/type unk”, LatLong: “39.800002 21.316668”, LatLongDMS: “39:48:00 N 21:19:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GRC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38853 (F3916972)

Date: 9/25/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: SMEDJEBACKEN, SWEDEN
Description: 3 observer(s). Bright blue-white observer(s) going south slow. Spews sparks. Hovers. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12357

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “240”, HatchDesc: “SMEDJEBACKEN,SWEDEN:3 OBS:BRITE BLU-WHT OBS > S SLOW:SPEWS SPARKS:HVRS:>N”, LatLong: “60.133336 15.383334”, LatLongDMS: “60:08:00 N 15:23:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38854 (41DCD857)

Date: 9/25/1976
Time: 20:30
Location: RESEDA, CA
Description: 2 / car. 50 = ’ saucer near. Bright glow. Many small lights / underside. Hovers / 2 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12358

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “225”, HatchDesc: “RESEDA,CA:2/CAR:50=’ SCR NEAR:BRITE GLOW:MANY SML LITES/UNDERSIDE:HVRS/2min”, LatLong: “34.200002 -118.550006”, LatLongDMS: “34:12:00 N 118:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38855 (055DCE33)

Date: 9/25/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: WSW / MILDURA, VCT
Description: 4 observer(s). Unidentified object with 4 lights going up / field. Hovers / 5 minute(s). 30’ crop circle. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v1#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12359

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “WSW/MILDURA,VCT:4 OBS:UID OBJ W/4 LITES ↑/FLD:HVRS/5min:30’CROP CCL:/IUR v1#2”, LatLong: “-34.250002 142.250007”, LatLongDMS: “34:15:00 S 142:15:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38856 (0D614D5E)

Date: 9/25/1976
Locations: Karawinna area; Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Description: Night. Vera White and three others traveling by car between farms in the Karawinna area to the west of Mildura, Victoria, Australia, notice a strange object on the ground in a paddock. It takes off vertically and hovers silently for about 5 minutes. They return to the site in the daytime and find a circle of flattened, discolored grass about 30 feet in diameter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Melbourne Sun, September 29, 1976; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1976): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5343

Event 38857 (0B59107F)

Date: 9/25/1976
Description: At 11:00 p.m. between Mildura and Karrawinna, Victoria, Australia four witnesses watched red lights near the ground in a field. They hovered for one minute over their initial position, 50-100 feet above the ground, then drifted to the east gaining altitude; they then hovered again, and finally vanished. A distant rumbling was heard just after their disappearance. Three days after the sighting of the low level lights, a 21.6 meter (71 foot) circle of dried grass was found in the paddock were the straw had been blown or sucked off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, December 1976, p. 10; ACOS Bulletin, December 1976, p. 24; Bill Chalker, Australasian Ufologist, April 1993, p. 24; UNICAT, case # 792
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6325

Event 38858 (E78AE60B)

Date: 9/26/1976
Time: 06:00:00.0
Location: 41.5000 88.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air, presumed. Country: China
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1810

Extra Data: LatLong: “41.5000 88.5000”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 88:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “China”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “NRDC”, NukeType: “NAPC”

Event 38859 (52BE96C4)

Date: 9/28/1976
Time: 16:20
Location: LONE ROCK, WI
Description: Repeater. Saucer with welds and portholes 3m over River Road. Gone in a flash.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 13)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12360

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “215”, HatchDesc: “LONE ROCK,WI:REPEATER:SCR W/WELDS+PORTHOLES 3m OVR RIVER ROAD:GONE IN A FLASH”, LatLong: “43.183335 -90.200004”, LatLongDMS: “43:11:00 N 90:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “3”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38860 (9474765D)

Date: 9/29/1976
Time: 02:59:57.7
Location: 73.3600 54.8710
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: 40KT YieldMax: 300KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1480

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.3600 54.8710”, LatLongDMS: “73:21:36 N 54:52:16 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.83”, NukeSource: “RICHARDS”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “40”, NukeYMax: “300”

Event 38861 (F564193C)

Date: 9/30/1976
Time: 18:40
Location: LOVINGTON, NM
Description: Brill fireball hovers near Venus. Changes color. Shrinks until gone!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 932)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12361

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “978”, HatchDesc: “LOVINGTON,NM:BRILL FBL HVRS NR VENUS:CHANGES COLOR:SHRINKS UNTIL GONE!”, LatLong: “32.944446 -103.350005”, LatLongDMS: “32:56:40 N 103:21:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38862 (343D3778)

Date: 10/1976 (approximate)
Time: 02:00
Location: MCDONOUGH, GA
Description: 2 / car drive under 100M object 15M over light poles. Absolute(ly) silent. Quickly going up [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 74)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12362

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “McDONOUGH,GA:2/CAR DRIVE UNDER 100M OBJ 15M ovr LIGHT POLES:ABS SLNT:↑↑ fast”, LatLong: “33.444446 -84.144448”, LatLongDMS: “33:26:40 N 84:08:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “25”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38863 (9F996BD3)

Date: 10/1976
Time: 20:00
Location: VIBORG, DK
Description: 4 / car / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Invisible / dark object over roadside swamp. 4 beams going down [to] retracts!
Type: sighting
Reference: SUFOI UFO NEWS. Annual. Articles translated from UFO - Nyt. Skandavinsk UFO Information; Postbox 6, DK-2820 Gentoffte, DENMARK. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12363

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “VIBORG,DK:4/CAR/EMEs:INVSBL/DRK OBJ OVR ROADSIDE SWAMP:4 BEAMS ↓ RETRACTS!”, LatLong: “56.450003 9.366667”, LatLongDMS: “56:27:00 N 09:22:00 E”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Danemark”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38864 (5F5E7B62)

Date: 10/1976 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: BARBAZAN, FR
Description: Observer(s) hit / strong light. 2 ovoids / ground by hotel. Still there hours later.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 197)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12364

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “240”, HatchDesc: “BARBAZAN,FR:OBS HIT/STRONG LITE:2 OVOIDS/GND by HOTEL:STILL THERE HRS LATER”, LatLong: “43.033335 0.633333”, LatLongDMS: “43:02:00 N 00:38:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38865 (B7E83725)

Date: 10/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: BERRA, ITL
Description: 1 / car. Pale-white hemisphere going [to] overhead toward(s) Po River. Low and slow / 20M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12365

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BERRA,ITL:1/CAR:PALE-WHT HEMISPHERE >OVHD TWRD PO RIVER:LOW+SLOW/20M alt:”, LatLong: “44.983335 11.966667”, LatLongDMS: “44:59:00 N 11:58:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BE”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38866 (53890448)

Date: 10/1976
Location: Rigdon, IN
Description: Abduction report. Two witnesses. Disc observed. Confidential report. (MUFON Indiana, Ridge files) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4710

Event 38867 (0FEC3BD5)

Date: 10/1976
Locations: Swedish National Defence Research Institute; Målilla, Kalmar County, Sweden
Description: The head of the UFO desk at the Swedish National Defence Research Institute, Sture Wickerts, travels to Målilla, Kalmar County, Sweden, to conduct a search for an unknown object thought to have crashed in the woods. He supervises diving operations into a water-filled hole possibly connected to the incident. Nothing is found but old logs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Swords 369
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5345

Event 38868 (1818A97B)

Date: 10/1976
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Description: Guillermo Carlos Roncoroni begins publishing UFO Press in Buenos Aires, Argentina, until November 1986.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFO Press, no. 1 (October 1976); Willy Smith, “UFOs in Latin America,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 99–100
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5346

Event 38869 (79A81632)

Date: 10/1976
Locations: 3 miles southeast of Winnebago, Nebraska; US Highway 73 [now US 75]; University of Nebraska
Description: George J. Myers and his wife are traveling 3 miles southeast of Winnebago, Nebraska, on US Highway 73 [now US 75] when they notice a large patch of cornfield with no corn growing. It is on sloping ground and in the shape of a perfect circle 100 feet in diameter. They learn from local farmers that it had appeared earlier in the year while the corn was still quite short, killing off growth later in the summer. A light “like lightning” was seen shortly before the damaged area was noticed. Myers takes photographs of the circle and soil samples, which are later taken to the University of Nebraska and show evidence of a chemical spill.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Large Circular Physical Trace: Is It Common?” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 3, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1982): 1; “Large Physical Trace Identified,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 4, no. 1 (Feb./March 1983): 3–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5347

Event 38870 (C52BD043)

Date: 10/2/1976
Time: 06:30
Location: NORDLI, NORWAY
Description: 2 observer(s). 20M glowing rectangle zigzags / mountains / 3 min. Length = 2X width.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12366

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “NORDLI,NORWAY:2 OBS:20M GLOWING RECTANGLE ZIGZAGS/MTNs/3 min:LENGTH=2X WIDTH”, LatLong: “64.461114 13.638890”, LatLongDMS: “64:27:40 N 13:38:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38871 (15FBB4D8)

Date: Early 10/1976
Location: Las Animas County, COLORADO
Description: Early Oct., late Sept., 1976. Four ranches reported 4 almost soundless helicopters, and one was observed as it harrassed and broke up a cattle herd (see Introduction).
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 12 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_169

Event 38872 (930AD9BE)

Date: 10/3/1976
Location: TONSBERG, NORWAY
Description: Luminous object rises only 20M in front of approaching car. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 144)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12367

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TONSBERG,NORWAY:LUM.OBJ RISES ONLY 20M IN FRONT OF APPROACHING CAR:NFD”, LatLong: “59.255558 10.433334”, LatLongDMS: “59:15:20 N 10:26:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38873 (B8DCC4C4)

Date: 10/3/1976
Time: 02:50
Location: PR480 EAST / ACADIEVILLE, NB
Description: Silent red glowing-saucer chases car to 180kph. Stops / car stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12368

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “PR480 E/ACADIEVILLE,NB:SLNT RED GLO-SCR CHASES CAR to 180kph:STOPS/CAR STOPS”, LatLong: “46.750002 -65.166670”, LatLongDMS: “46:45:00 N 65:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “New Brunswick”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38874 (0083BCE5)

Date: 10/3/1976
Description: On this night a luminous object rose up from the road only twenty meters in front of an approaching car in Tonsberg, Norway.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: U computer database, case 11905
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6531

Event 38875 (D89440C8)

Date: 10/5/1976
Time: 18:40
Location: RANKIN SPRINGS, NSW, AUS
Description: 3 / car. Saucer hovers / low. Portholes / front. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Going quickly northwest. / UFORNSW.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12369

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RANKIN SPRINGS,NSW,AUS:3/CAR:SCR HVRS/LOW:PORTHOLES/FRONT:RFI:>>NW:/UFORNSW”, LatLong: “-33.833335 146.266674”, LatLongDMS: “33:50:00 S 146:16:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38876 (E847FB7C)

Date: 10/5/1976 (approximate)
Time: 20:00
Location: LOCATION UNKNOWN, XINJIAN PROVINCE, CH
Description: Weathermen and many. Brilliant white saucers east going quickly south / 2-3 days running!
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12370

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “16”, HatchDesc: “LOC.UNK,XINJIAN Prov.,CH:WEATHERMEN+MANY:BRILL.WHT SCRS E>>S/2-3 DAYS RUNNING!”, LatLong: “44.000002 87.500004”, LatLongDMS: “44:00:00 N 87:30:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “XNJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38877 (62A924D1)

Date: 10/5/1976 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: SOUTH / MIDLAND, MI
Description: 2+3 observer(s). 60m saucer over nuclear plant construction. Large spot lights 100 / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12371

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “S/MIDLAND,MI:2+3 OBS:60m SCR ovr NUCL PLANT CONSTRUCTN:LRG SPOT LITES 100/GND”, LatLong: “43.566669 -84.250004”, LatLongDMS: “43:34:00 N 84:15:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38878 (16320069)

Date: 10/5/1976
Description: A farmer in Torrita, Victoria found two circles seven meters apart, each 5.5 meters in diameter. The grass inside the circles had been swirled and burnt. At 9:40 p.m. in Drumchapel, Scotland Mr. B. Goodwin watched a silver ball descend and then as it approached the ground it swung back-and-forth in a pendulum motion. The UFO suddenly shot straight up and disappeared into the night sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Australasian Ufologist, April 1993, p. 24; Ron Halliday, UFO Scotland: The secret history of Scotland’s UFO phenomenon, p. 59
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6583

Event 38879 (80FD2BD9)

Date: 10/6/1976
Time: 19:20
Location: RIVE-DE-GIER, FR
Description: 1+5 observer(s). Saucer over factory. Figure moves / dome. Turns extremely bright and going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12372

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “RIVE-de-GIER,FR:1+5 OBS:SCR OVR FACTORY:FIG.MOVES/DOME:TURNS XBRITE+>>E:”, LatLong: “45.433335 4.522222”, LatLongDMS: “45:26:00 N 04:31:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loire”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38880 (40C6DB9B)

Date: 10/6/1976
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Gouda” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_795

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Gouda”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38881 (8357C768)

Date: 10/6/1976
Description: At 7:20 p.m. six witnesses saw a domed disc-shaped object over a factory in Rive-de-Gier, Loire, France. A figure was seen moving about inside the dome. The object turned extremely bright and shot away rapidly to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, March 1979
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6607

Event 38882 (9BD4C87F)

Date: 10/7/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Eric Gairy speaks at the 31st session of the UN General Assembly. (October 7)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2740

Event 38883 (232D5DB4)

Date: 10/7/1976
Location: New York, NY
Description: Sir Eric Gairy, Prime Minister of Grenada, addressed the UN General Assembly urging recognition of UFOs as a serious international scientific problem.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_281

Event 38884 (BE4BA8CF)

Date: 10/8/1976
Time: 12:00?
Location: GARSON, ONT AND FALCONBRIDGE AFS
Description: Woman and cop. UFO / 1 min. Red and yellow lights flash. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: FAWCETT, Lawrence & GREENWOOD, Barry: The UFO COVERUP (Formerly Clear Intent); Prentice Hall, NJ 1984. 264pp. (Index 47)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12373

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “302”, HatchDesc: “GARSON,ONT+FALCONBRIDGE AFS:WOMAN+COP:UFO/1 min:RED+YLW LITES FLASH:type unk”, LatLong: “46.533336 -80.966671”, LatLongDMS: “46:32:00 N 80:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38885 (21C321FB)

Date: 10/8/1976
Time: 21:40
Location: NORTH / 100 MILE HOUSE, BC
Description: RCMP and 1. Dark silent object with lights hovers over store / 90 second(s). Going quickly northeast fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 926)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12374

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “920”, HatchDesc: “N/100 MILE HOUSE,BC:RCMP+1:DRK SLNT OBJ W/LITES HVRS OVR STORE/90sec:>>NE FAST”, LatLong: “51.700002 -121.300006”, LatLongDMS: “51:42:00 N 121:18:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38886 (690F79C5)

Date: 10/9/1976
Time: 20:50
Location: SYLMAR, CA
Description: 10+observer(s). 2 night lights seems to signal each other. Many planes circle area.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 113)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12375

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “40”, Elev: “383”, HatchDesc: “SYLMAR,CA:10+OBS:2 NLTS SEEMS TO SIGNAL EACH OTHER:MANY PLANES CIRCLE AREA:”, LatLong: “34.266668 -118.516672”, LatLongDMS: “34:16:00 N 118:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38887 (A6D48442)

Date: 10/10/1976
Time: 17:50
Location: AVEIRO, PORTUGAL
Description: Cylinder 4km over town / 1 minute(s). Flashes. Trails smoke. Radios out.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12376

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AVEIRO,PORTUGAL:CYLINDER 4km OVR TOWN/1min:FLASHES:TRAILS SMOKE:RADIOS OUT”, LatLong: “40.633335 -8.616667”, LatLongDMS: “40:38:00 N 08:37:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38888 (C17C1571)

Date: 10/10/1976
Time: 20:20
Location: BATEAU BAY, AUSTRALIA
Description: Boxy night light out to sea. Bald 150cm man with fly-eyes and long legs near.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: ENTCAT97.DOC: Catalog of Australian Entity and related reports: October 1997
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12377

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “BATEAU BAY,AUSTRL:BOXY NLT out to sea:BALD 150cm MAN W/FLY-EYES+LONG LEGS NEAR”, LatLong: “-33.383335 151.483341”, LatLongDMS: “33:23:00 S 151:29:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38889 (3B4EEA89)

Date: 10/10/1976
Time: 22:20
Location: PONTA DELGADA, AZORES
Description: Many observer(s). Luminous globe with legs hovers. Vanishes. 8 day wave. / r190.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 937)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12378

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “PONTA DELGADA,AZORES:MANY OBS:LUMN.GLOBE W/LEGS HVRS:VANISHES:8 DAY WAVE:/r190”, LatLong: “37.877780 -25.733335”, LatLongDMS: “37:52:40 N 25:44:00 W”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Azores”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38890 (3B6A6B6A)

Date: 10/10/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: Wadena County, MINNESOTA
Description: When a helicopter touched down on a farm, a group of children ran toward it; and it took off. There were other sightings in the area around this time. It was described at least once as being silver and blue. A classically mutilated calf was found on the same farm (on Oct. 1st) upon which the helicopter had landed.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 11 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_168

Event 38891 (488D5F2D)

Date: 10/12/1976
Location: TABLE MOUNTAIN, CA
Description: 2+several. Big roar. Red night light circles peak. Angel hair found. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V2 #8.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 284)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12379

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “195”, HatchDesc: “TABLE Mtn,CA:2+SVRL:BIG ROAR:RED NLT CIRCLES PEAK:ANGEL HAIR FOUND:/IUR V2 #8”, LatLong: “37.933335 -120.233339”, LatLongDMS: “37:56:00 N 120:14:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38892 (D41AAF50)

Date: 10/12/1976
Location: Sonora, California
Description: 7:30 p.m. Multiple independent witnesses in Sonora, California, are drawn outside by a loud noise like “six jets.” They see a large red oblong UFO hovering with a wobbling motion. After 5 minutes, the UFO shoots upward and disappears. The next day, angel hair strands are found and sent to David Miletich at the University of Chicago. They are found to be “whitish, fibrous material of uniform composition being quite fine with frequent branching.” The primary constituents are carbon and nitrogen, but it is not spider web. A sample tested at the Michael Reese Hospital Microbiology Lab shows it to be contaminated with a low level of radioactive tritium.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Angel Hair: Under Analysis,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 4, 8; “Angel-Hair Analysis Complete,” IUR 3, no. 3 (March 1978): insert; Brian Boldman, “Angel Hair Physical Analyses: A Review,” JUFOS 9 (2006): 106–107
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5348

Event 38893 (60E009BF)

Date: 10/13/1976
Time: 20:30
Location: HOLLYWOOD, FL
Description: Ex Navy pilot / (seen thru) binoculars and more. Saucer / wide counterclockwise circles / 25 minute(s). Spins. High altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 888)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12380

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “HOLLYWOOD,FL:EX NAVY PILOT/BINOCS+:SCR/WIDE CCW CIRCLES/25min:SPINS:hi alt”, LatLong: “26.016668 -80.150004”, LatLongDMS: “26:01:00 N 80:09:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38894 (562D4AFB)

Date: 10/15/1976
Location: HENRYVILLE, MS
Description: 1 / car. Ovoid on legs on road! Blue and orange body lights. No further details / local news.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12381

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “91”, HatchDesc: “HENRYVILLE,MS:1/CAR:OVOID ON LEGS ON ROAD!:BLU+ORG BODY LITES:NFD/local news”, LatLong: “33.611113 -88.905560”, LatLongDMS: “33:36:40 N 88:54:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38895 (5107D1A6)

Date: 10/15/1976
Time: 18:20
Location: AURIBEAU, FR
Description: 2+1 separate observer(s). 8M saucer going south. Circles tower / hilltop and 2 white beams going down. Going south to sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12382

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “AURIBEAU,FR:2+1 SEP.OBS:8M SCR>S:CIRCLES TOWER/HILLTOP+2 WHT BEAMS ↓:>S TO SEA”, LatLong: “43.600002 6.900000”, LatLongDMS: “43:36:00 N 06:54:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes Maritimes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38896 (286744A7)

Date: 10/15/1976
Description: Paul Bennett was playing with five friends near Westfield Grove in Wrose, Yorkshire, England at around 7:30 in the evening when he saw “a little black creature about two-foot tall” standing at the edge of the road. The short humanoid creature then ran with little short paces across the road and up Westfield Grove. Its head was “squashed” like a tomato, and it had no feet or toes; its legs extended straight to their extremities; similarly, its thin arms were lacking hands and fingers. There were no facial features visible, neither ears nor hair. None of the other boys appeared to have seen it, and most of them made fun of Paul when he told them. One of them, Michael McDermott, did assist Paul in a search for some evidence of the little creature, and they found a set of 30 small circular footprints leading from a puddle along the route taken by the being. McDermott claimed he heard a faint whistling sound and someone calling Bennett’s name.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-97 (A1867), citing Nigel Watson & Roger Hebb, MUFOB
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6867

Event 38897 (6C47521C)

Date: 10/15/1976
Description: At 6:20 p.m. in the mountains of Auribeau, Alpes-Maritimes, France three witnesses sighted an eight-meter wide disc-shaped object that flew toward the south, and then circled a tower on a hilltop. It had two white beams of light. It finally flew off towards the sea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6868

Event 38898 (2480DFB8)

Date: 10/15/1976
Description: Driving home from friend’s apartment near midnight in the suburbs of Burgoberbach, France, an 18-year-old woman had a close encounter with a disc-shaped object that made no sound. The UFO had two rows of lights: the top row was red and the bottom row was white. There was no moon nor stars visible in the sky at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Carol & Rex Salisberry, MUFON case files, case # 891006c
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6869

Event 38899 (8B63F743)

Date: 10/16/1976
Time: 20:00?
Location: SACKVILLE, NB
Description: Cop / (seen thru) binoculars and 2+2. 3 cylinder/cigar-shape-shapes with lights and long windows. Hover and join and split.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12383

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “SACKVILLE,NB:COP/BINOCS+2+2:3 CGR-SHAPES W/LITES+LONG WINDOWS:HVR+JOIN+SPLIT”, LatLong: “45.866669 -64.383336”, LatLongDMS: “45:52:00 N 64:23:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Brunswick”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38900 (F2FA39E4)

Date: 10/16/1976
Time: 21:30
Location: OXNARD, CA
Description: 2 / car. 10’ silver-glowing ovoid going quickly southwest 30’ / front / car. Police report. Military investigation.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 924)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12384

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “OXNARD,CA:2/CAR:10’SLVR-GLO OVOID>>SW 30’/FRONT/CAR:POLICE Rpt:MIL.INVESTGn”, LatLong: “34.183335 -119.166672”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:00 N 119:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “25”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38901 (69C92297)

Date: 10/17/1976
Time: 10:40
Location: SOUTH / AKITA AIR FORCE BASE, JPN
Description: 50+ground-air observer(s). 16’ saucer hovers / 5 minute(s). Glows gold / sunlight. / r41p134.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 282)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12385

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “S/AKITA AFB,JPN:50+GND-AIR OBS:16’SCR HVRS/5min:GLOWS GOLD/SUNLITE:/r41p134”, LatLong: “39.666669 140.150007”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 N 140:09:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Honshu Island”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38902 (7F8218B5)

Date: 10/17/1976
Location: Akita Airport, Japan
Description: Disc Hovers Near Japanese Airport (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 761017
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4711

Event 38903 (80082F18)

Date: 10/17/1976
Location: Akita Airport, Japan
Description: Control tower and airline pilot on runway observed glowing disc like “two plates placed together” hovering to south. Object then flew away.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_282

Event 38904 (97FFFF09)

Date: 10/17/1976
Time: 04:59:58.8
Location: 41.7080 88.3700
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, presumed. Country: China Yield: 2.6KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1811

Extra Data: LatLong: “41.7080 88.3700”, LatLongDMS: “41:42:29 N 88:22:12 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “China”, NukeMb: “4.90”, NukeSource: “GUPTA-JED”, NukeType: “NUPC”, NukeY: “2.6”

Event 38905 (8EF0B1FA)

Date: 10/17/1976
Location: Akita Airport, Japan
Description: 10:40 a.m. A brilliant golden disc hovers south of Akita Airport, Japan, for 5 minutes. Kenichi Waga, telecommunications officer in the control tower, says “It was disc-shaped, larger than a car, but smaller than an airplane.” Capt. Masara Saito, 34, Toa Airlines [now Japan Air System] pilot, is preparing to take off when he notices “a strange looking disc-shaped object 5,000 feet from the ground.” Tazawa Takumi, air traffic controller on duty, who observes the object through binoculars, says it looks like “two plates placed together, with the top one inverted.” The unidentified object finally flies away toward the sea.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Disc Hovers near Japanese Airport”; UFOEv II 134
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5349

Event 38906 (9B80C0D0)

Date: 10/17/1976
Description: At 10:40 a.m. at Akita Airport, Japan Captain Masara Saito, age 34, an airline pilot for Toa Airlines, situated in an airliner on the runway and preparing to takeoff, and the control tower observed a glowing yellow disc, like two plates rim-to-rim. It hovered to the south near the airport for five minutes, then flew away toward the sea. Over 50 people witnessed the UFO. The object was estimated to be 16 feet in diameter, at an estimated altitude of 1500 meters from the ground. “It was something I had never seen before,” said Captain Saito. Tazawa Takumi, air traffic controller on duty, who observed the object through binoculars, said it looked like “two plates placed together, with the top one inverted.”
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, October 1991, p. 22; National Enquirer, January 4, 1977; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, p. 134
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6938

Event 38907 (2D186E55)

Date: 10/18/1976
Time: 20:20
Location: LUJUA, SPAIN
Description: 2 observer(s). 3 2M luminous spheres going down. Dog hides. All vanish. Traces / ground. / Stendek.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12386

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LUJUA,SPAIN:2 OBS:3 2M LUMn.SPHERES ↓:DOG HIDES:ALL VANISH:TRACES/GND:/STENDEK”, LatLong: “43.283335 -2.916667”, LatLongDMS: “43:17:00 N 02:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VZC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38908 (78402F48)

Date: 10/19/1976
Location: PORTUGAL, Praia das Ratas (Setubal)
Description: (Translated from French) José Jorge Lavareda Pinto, 49 years old, and José Antonio da Silva Mascarenhas, 42 years old, were fishing at night, at the top of a rock, their backs turned to the Outao sanatorium. It was 02:10 and they had to go back, but suddenly they saw six clear orange lights of great intensity flying from west to east. At one point this group remained almost stationary. It was a dark brown-green oval shape, with six intense orange lights and topped with a small red light. It was approaching them at an altitude of about 45 to 50 m and at a distance of 200 m. The witnesses were taken by panic because the object made no noise. It was flying at about 10 km/h. When it reached Troia, the orange lights became red and this color spread in a halo around the object. Then it took an incredible speed and left towards Setenave.
Reference: “Insolito” #21 February 1977, p. 12-13
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2931

Event 38909 (35D05C37)

Date: 10/19/1976
Location: PASO DE LOS TOROS, URUGUAY
Description: 10-days / UFO’s. Car batteries dead. Coke bottle bursts…
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 27)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12387

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “64”, Elev: “28”, HatchDesc: “PASO DE LOS TOROS,URUGUAY:10-DAYS/UFOS:CAR BATTERIES DEAD:COKE BOTTLE BURSTS…”, LatLong: “-32.816668 -56.516669”, LatLongDMS: “32:49:00 S 56:31:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RNG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38910 (55179E2C)

Date: 10/19/1976
Time: 02:10
Location: OUTAO, PORTUGAL
Description: 2+1+1+observer(s). 10M ovoid with lights all over going [to] east-northeast toward(s) Marateca. 10km / hr.
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12388

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “OUTAO,PORTUGAL:2+1+1+OBS:10M OVOID W/LITES ALL OVER >ENE TWRD MARATECA:10km/hr”, LatLong: “38.483335 -8.961112”, LatLongDMS: “38:29:00 N 08:57:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BXA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38911 (EBE47A91)

Date: 10/19/1976
Time: 21:40
Location: MINNEAPOLIS, MN
Description: 2+12 observer(s). Cone / light with windows over lake. Vanishes and reappears several X.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12389

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “245”, HatchDesc: “MINNEAPOLIS,MN:2+12 OBS:CONE/LITE W/WINDOWS OVR LAKE:VANISHES+REAPPEARS SVRL X”, LatLong: “44.950002 -93.266671”, LatLongDMS: “44:57:00 N 93:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minnesota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38912 (7B375EDC)

Date: 10/19/1976
Time: 23:40
Location: LOCMINE, FR
Description: 4 observer(s). 6M saucer / 20M altitude. 2 beams going down. 2 portholes / dome. Going south. / r30p631.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12390

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, NUC: Nuclear facility related, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LOCMINE,FR:4 OBS:6M SCR/20M alt:2 BEAMS ↓:2 PORTHOLES/DOME:>S:/r30p631”, LatLong: “47.888891 -2.838889”, LatLongDMS: “47:53:20 N 02:50:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Morbihan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38913 (F6AB7C82)

Date: 10/19/1976
Locations: Paso de Los Toros; Durazno; Uruguay
Description: An object like a silver, luminous mercury lamp is seen over Paso de Los Toros, Durazno, Uruguay. The UFO allegedly causes the deformation of a metal refrigerator, the discharge of three car batteries, and the bursting of a refreshment bottle.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5350

Event 38914 (47CAEE45)

Date: 10/19/1976
Location: Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: 9:35 p.m. A group of people at the southwest end of Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, Minnesota, watch a yellow cone of light with a row of windows at the bottom hover below the cloud cover for 2 minutes, disappear, and reappear in a new location. This repeats 4–5 times before the object shoots up into the clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 1-2-20,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1976): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5351

Event 38915 (40BBDBD6)

Date: 10/20/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Spanish researcher Juan José Benitez receives from his government a 78-page dossier concerning the 12 best authenticated UFO cases. This documentation contains photos and a film taken by a military pilot. (October 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2741

Event 38916 (FD7D4B77)

Date: 10/20/1976
Time: 07:59:58.1
Location: 73.3980 54.8120
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: .003KT YieldMax: 60KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1481

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.3980 54.8120”, LatLongDMS: “73:23:53 N 54:48:43 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeSource: “RICHARDS”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “.003”, NukeYMax: “60”

Event 38917 (ED7DF992)

Date: 10/21/1976
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Description: 5:40 p.m. Several witnesses saw a glowing red circular object moving slowly south at an estimated 1500 meters altitude. Two rows of square windows were visible along the perimeter, and a white light beam shone upwards from the object. (Bertil Soderquist, MUFON representative in Sweden.) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4712

Event 38918 (C649E06E)

Date: 10/22/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: SOUTHEAST PALO ALTO, CA
Description: 1 / car. Tuna-can object with array / windows slowly rotates counterclockwise. Going quickly [to] fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12391

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “7”, HatchDesc: “SE PALO ALTO,CA:1/CAR:TUNA-CAN OBJ W/ARRAY/WINDOWS SLOWLY ROTATES CCW:>>FAST”, LatLong: “37.416668 -122.133339”, LatLongDMS: “37:25:00 N 122:08:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38919 (219D7A2F)

Date: 10/22/1976
Locations: Interstate 494; Woodbury, Minnesota; Marshy area; University of Kansas
Description: 1:20 a.m. Paul Thompson is driving home from his job on Interstate 494 where the highway turns to the northeast in Woodbury, Minnesota. He sees yellow and red lights about 2 miles ahead on the north side of the road. As he moves closer, he finds that the lights are actually two objects suspended in the air above a marshy area behind some woods about 300–400 feet north of the interstate. They are soft rounded triangles with red glows at the tip of the triangle and yellow pulsating lights protruding from the blunter ends. The objects are apparently metallic, about 20–25 feet in their longer dimension, and hover without making a sound. Thompson gets out of his car to watch. A truck approaches and one object rises vertically and zooms away. As the truck is abreast of his position, the second object ascends and flies directly over them. A CUFOS investigator examines the marshy area two days later and finds an oblong area, 40 feet by 20 feet, devoid of cattails and heavy grass. Inside the oblong is a smaller, irregular area where he finds exposed soil is and a few round holes the size of a quarter. He takes soil samples, which are sent to University of Kansas geologist Edward J. Zeller for thermoluminesce testing. The soil from the site center shows essentially no thermoluminescence, indicating t had been subjected to strong heat.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFOS case file
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5352

Event 38920 (25AE747E)

Date: 10/23/1976
Location: Winchester, MA
Description: About 7:15 p.m. A couple driving saw a row of very bright rotating lights rising above the trees, then stopping and hovering. They stopped the car to investigate, and saw that the lights were on a dark, elongated object. (Walter N. Webb investigation report.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4713

Event 38921 (27463468)

Date: 10/23/1976
Locations: Taola Point; Ben Boyd National Park; New South Wales
Description: 4:00 p.m. Three men—Nicholas Flaskas, Frank Zonaras, and Bill Zonaras—waiting to film a solar eclipse at Taola Point in Ben Boyd National Park, New South Wales, notice two unusual objects on the horizon close to the ocean. The UFOs alternately move toward and away from them. The men take both motion picture and still photos, showing one bell-shaped object and another discoid in shape. They turn their attention to the eclipse and when it is over, the objects are gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Reneke, “The Benboyd UFO Movie: History and Evaluation,” UFO Research Australia 1, no. 2 (March/April 1980): 19–23; Keith Basterfield, Vladimir Godic, and Pony Godic, “Australian Ufology: A Review,” JUFOS 2 (1990): 31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5354

Event 38922 (C0DB37BC)

Date: 10/24/1976
Time: 18:10
Location: FELLING, ENGL
Description: 2 teens. Silent rectangular platform east / rows / lights going north. Suddenly shoots going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12392

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “56”, HatchDesc: “FELLING,ENGL:2 TEENS:SLNT RECT.PLATFORM E/ROWS/LITES > N:SUDDENLY SHOOTS >NW”, LatLong: “54.950003 -1.566667”, LatLongDMS: “54:57:00 N 01:34:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38923 (64DB656D)

Date: 10/24/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: ST.-OMER,

[c0mmando]

FR
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Luminous yellow sphere going [to] slow / woods. Vanishes suddenly. / r30p632.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 161)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12393

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St-OMER,FR:2 SEP.OBS:LUMn.YEL SPHERE > SLOW/WOODS:VANISHES SUDDENLY:/r30p632”, LatLong: “50.750002 2.255556”, LatLongDMS: “50:45:00 N 02:15:20 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pas-de-Calais”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38924 (9C35BD1D)

Date: 10/24/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR HOBLING, FR
Description: 15M cylinder/cigar-shape / 100M altitude. 2 figure(s) / rectangular window. 3 circles / crushed weeds. / r30p632.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12394

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr HOBLING,FR:15M CGR/100M alt:2 FIGS/RECTWINDOW:3 CCLS/CRUSHED WEEDS:/r30p632”, LatLong: “49.166669 6.472223”, LatLongDMS: “49:10:00 N 06:28:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Moselle”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38925 (CB5C5A83)

Date: 10/24/1976
Location: Hobling, France
Description: 10:30 p.m. A man driving home with his young daughter encountered two globes of light hovering near the highway. When he passed, the object (apparently dumbbell-shaped) followed and confronted him. (Lumieres dans La Nuit No. 169, November 1977.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4714

Event 38926 (F1102B4E)

Date: 10/24/1976
Description: At 10:30 p.m. Romeo Lucarelli was driving home from Hestroff to Hobling, Moselle, France with his little daughter when he saw two lights ahead, which he first took to be a car parked on a hilltop. As he approached, he realized that it was a dumbbell or cigar-shaped UFO about 15 meters long, hovering in the air about 100 meters altitude. After he had passed it by it began to follow him, and the UFO passed over his car so as to be in front of him. He signalled with his headlights, and then saw in the middle of the dumbbell a rectangular “screen” or window feebly lit by an orange light, in which the silhouettes of two occupants appeared, as if looking at him. He came to the village of Hobling and drove to his house, and the UFO was now hoveriong above his garage, so he pointed it out to his wife who was home at the time. She went and brought him the binoculars, but just as soon as he was about to use them the UFO “turned out its lights.” They next heard a dull humming sound. At the spot at which he had first sighted the UFO three circular landing marks were found; each consisted of two tangential double circles of crushed grass, the outer ones about three feet larger in radius than the inner ones, and the entire area was about 50 feet wide.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1977; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-95 (A1685), citing G. Bretelle & B. Wagner
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7092

Event 38927 (23AE916A)

Date: 10/25/1976 (approximate)
Time: ~22:00
Location: YELLOWSTONE NOT PLOTTED ON MAPS, WY
Description: Man flashes Morse code / night lights area. Cylinder/cylindrical object-disk shows. Missing time. See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 963)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12395

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CNT: Contactee related, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “2360”, HatchDesc: “YELLOWSTONE NP,WY:MAN FLASHES MORSE CODE/NLTS AREA:CYL-DISK SHOWS:MST:see ref”, LatLong: “44.750002 -110.500005”, LatLongDMS: “44:45:00 N 110:30:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wyoming”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38928 (5712F56C)

Date: Late 10/1976
Locations: Algeria; Algiers; undeveloped region of Algeria south of Algiers
Description: 7:30 p.m. Four physicians and a diplomat in an undeveloped region of Algeria south of Algiers watch a bright oval light on the horizon heading toward them. The object casts a faint beam downward, sweeping the ground, as it darts around the sky silently. It is bright when in motion, but faint when it stops. After an hour it fades, leaving a glowing space in the dark sky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5353

Event 38929 (8E919C2E)

Date: 10/26/1976
Time: 21:10
Location: SIMON BUTTE, WA
Description: Satus Parkway lookouts. Big glow. Red cylinder/cigar-shape going up / butte fast. No flames.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 924)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12396

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “1215”, HatchDesc: “SIMON BUTTE,WA:SATUS PK LOOKOUTS:BIG GLOW:RED CGR ↑/BUTTE FAST:NO FLAMES”, LatLong: “46.183336 -120.950006”, LatLongDMS: “46:11:00 N 120:57:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38930 (BDCC2020)

Date: 10/26/1976 (approximate)
Time: 22:30
Location: NEAR LAKE TEXARKANA, TX
Description: 1 / car. Bright night light splits / 3. Parts going quickly [to] 3 different directions very fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12397

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “96”, HatchDesc: “nr LAKE TEXARKANA,TX:1/CAR:BRITE NLT SPLITS/3:PARTS>>3 DIFF.DIRECTIONS VFAST”, LatLong: “33.333335 -94.166671”, LatLongDMS: “33:20:00 N 94:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38931 (F675F785)

Date: 10/28/1976
Time: 10:00?
Location: GUADALAJARA, MEXICO
Description: Doctors odd patient = ET. "You need to find better energy source.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ALIEN CONTACT, Top-Secret UFO Files Revealed; William Morrow, NY 1993. 288pp. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12398

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, CVS: Conversation/communication

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1553”, HatchDesc: "GUADALAJARA,MEXICO:DOCTORS ODD PATIENT=ET:“YOU NEED TO FIND BETTER ENERGY SRC”, LatLong: “20.683334 -103.333338”, LatLongDMS: “20:41:00 N 103:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “JLS”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 38932 (C615551F)

Date: 10/28/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: EVANSVILLE, IN
Description: 6 observer(s). 10’ cylinder/cylindrical object with box / top over house. 2 small objects exit bot. and side. / r237.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12399

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “117”, HatchDesc: “EVANSVILLE,IN:6 OBS:10’CYL W/BOX/TOP OVR HOUSE:2 SML OBJS EXIT BOT.+SIDE:/r237”, LatLong: “37.983335 -87.550004”, LatLongDMS: “37:59:00 N 87:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38933 (89D622E0)

Date: 10/28/1976
Location: Evansville, IN
Description: 7:05 p.m. A close encounter case with six witnesses. Although a nocturnal sighting, the case has a high degree of strangeness, as can be deduced from the testimony of witness Lee Golden: "This is no hallucination. This thing came right over the top of the house (which was 50’ from the witness), I’d say a hundred-150’ over the top of the house. Duration: 15 minutes. Moved slowly at first, then seemed to stop, then moved quickly away and out of sig (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4715

Event 38934 (E1AD1B5E)

Date: 10/28/1976
Description: On this evening a 600 foot diameter aerial craft allegedly settled over a small mountain near Guadalajara, Mexico causing cars in the area to experience electrical failure. When the cars stopped, the drivers got out and stood watching the craft making various maneuvers. After the UFO sighting a person who claimed to be from the “spaceship” asked for a medical examination at the clinic of an eminent and respected 43-year-old doctor. The doctor did perform the exam and was shocked at his appearance. His skin was milky white, and apart from a few black strands on his head there was no other hair on his body. He insisted that humans on our planet were very low on the scale of evolutionary development, and that we had yet to discover the three more planets that exist in our solar system.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Timothy Good, Alien Contact, p. 89; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-103, citing Thomas Hyman & Charlotte Blaab
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7247

Event 38935 (B434DC3D)

Date: 10/28/1976
Description: At 7:05 p.m. on a clear night six witnesses saw a multicolored object approach them and pass silently 100 feet over a house in Evansville, Indiana. It ascended rapidly, hovering twice, before disappearing out of sight. Five or more objects were ejected from the cylinder when it was at higher a altitude.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: MUFON UFO Journal, December 1976, p. 13; Francis L. Ridge, MUFON field investigations database, case 900603; Francis L. Ridge, Regional Encounters, p.65
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7248

Event 38936 (7F1BE807)

Date: 10/28/1976
Description: From the porch of their house Richard Britt and his 12-year-old son Richie saw a luminous domed disc-shaped object flying horizontally over some woods in Lake View, near Dillon, Florence County, South Carolina at 10:30 p.m. It began hovering close to the ground. It went out of sight for a short while and Britt went indoors, but his son Richie continued to watch. The object reappeared, rotating and emitting red, green, and blue lights. Then it flew down towards Richie and stopped near the porch. Now it began to give off a white light. The craft was aluminum colored, about the size of a large automobile, and had a set of small triangular windows above, which formed one large triangular window. In this window stood a being with pale white skin, apparently unclothed,with no other facial features except two large dark eyes. It had no neck, and its hands were claw-like. Richie began to scream for his father, but when his father rushed out there was nothing left to see. Richie had to be treated for hysteria, and he could not talk about what he had seen until the next morning. In the morning Mr. Britt noticed a 15 x 20 foot area in front of the porch where there was no frost on the grass.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Florence (SC) Morning News, November 11, 1976; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-74 (A1505); George D. Fawcett, Awareness, March 1977, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7249

Event 38937 (141F1E22)

Date: 10/29/1976
Time: 22:00
Location: TORONTO, ON
Description: “Screen” appears / brick wall / park. Entities / image converse / observer!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 51)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12400

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “TORONTO,ON:“SCREEN” APPEARS/BRICK WALL/PARK:ENTITIES/IMAGE CONVERSE/OBSERVER!”, LatLong: “43.700002 -79.383337”, LatLongDMS: “43:42:00 N 79:23:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 38938 (D23E0029)

Date: 10/29/1976
Description: At 8:25 p.m. six young men were out playing near a walled playing field next to a local cemetery in Baracaldo, Spain when they heard a loud crackling sound. Two of the boys next noticed an object resembling a telephone booth and emitting a red and white light descend towards the walled in field, so they ran to the field and saw it land behind some bushes on three legs. An oval-shaped opening became visible from which a red light shone. Then two very tall human like figures emerged. The figures wore tight-fitting black diving suits and wide bright belts. The figures walked slowly towards the wall, and the two boys could now see bright shiny eyes but no other facial features. One of the humanoids banged on the wall several times, and then both walked to the center of the yard. One of them then pulled out a long thin object from a sack he was wearing on his side and pointed it at the wall, and a long thin beam of light came from the device and hit the wall several times; at one point the beam turned white. Moments later both figures walked back to their craft. At this point the teens ran to tell their families and so did not see the object depart.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, case # 637, citing J. J. Benitez, La Quinta Columna
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7280

Event 38939 (4857651F)

Date: 10/29/1976
Description: A man was walking his dog in a local park in Toronto, Ontario at around 10 p.m. when a fluorescent bluish green light descended from the sky and enveloped him. He then saw something resembling a television screen in front of him. Soon images of apparently extraterrestrial figures appeared and communicated with the witness. His dog was terrified during the encounter and the witness suffered from general malaise afterwards.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1973, citing John Musgrave, UFO Occupants and Critters
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7281

Event 38940 (CECBF438)

Date: 10/30/1976
Time: 04:57:00.2
Location: 49.8250 78.0220
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1482

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8250 78.0220”, LatLongDMS: “49:49:30 N 78:01:19 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.90”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38941 (267813C6)

Date: 10/30/1976
Time: 22:59:59.0
Location: -22.0000 -139.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Ulysse_A” Yield: 5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1899

Extra Data: LatLong: “-22.0000 -139.0000”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 S 139:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Ulysse_A”, NukeSource: “CEA/DAM”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “5”

Event 38942 (C1841AAE)

Date: 10/30/1976
Location: Madrid, Spain
Description: Spanish journalist Juan J. Benítez receives the first batch of some 300 pages of UFO reports from the Spanish Air Ministry in Madrid, Spain. The documents include photos and clips of gun-camera film taken by air force pilots.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “The Spanish Government Opens Its Files,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 3 (October 1977): 3; J. J. Benítez, OVNIs: Documentos oficiales del gobierno español, Plaza y Janés, 1977; Good Above, p. 152
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5355

Event 38943 (EB53D9D7)

Date: 10/30/1976
Description: A married couple was driving with Maggy Carof and they were just turning onto the D-50 highway in Cernoy-en-Berry, Loiret, France at noon when Ms. Carof saw a short being standing on the edge of the highway, about 200 yards away. It was about the stature of a 12-year-old child. The being was wearing a blue gray cape with a white collar, and a black cap like that of a Pierrot. This figure then disappeared “progressively,” beginning with the right side. An immediate search of the area showed nothing. The witness’s dog, which was in the car, moaned at the moment of the observation, and was sick for the rest of the day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-13 (A1648), citing Maggy Carof
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7308

Event 38944 (60145123)

Date: 10/30/1976
Description: A PTA meeting was in progress at a school in El Abrojal, Uruguay at 10 p.m. when a yellow, illuminated rectangular flying object was seen on the ground. There was an immediate failure of the electrical system at the school, which was based on 12V batteries, and a sudden blast of hot air was felt by the several witnesses, including the main witness, Isabel Cardozo de Alvez. At the same time a red sphere of light was seen by a man and a woman, Silva and Camargo, in a residential area of the city. Its close approach caused a loss of consciousness for five minutes. Afterwards, their physiological effects were: sleepiness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and eye irritation (photopthalmia).
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UNICAT, cases # 514 & 515, citing CIOVI
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7309

Event 38945 (4C823CC3)

Date: 10/31/1976
Description: At about 6:00 p.m. the witness was being driven back home by her husband on his motorcycle, and was going west on Figueroa Avenue in Los Angeles, California. As they drove in front of a hotel, she looked up and saw a metallic disc-shaped craft, shooting up from behind the buildings. The object remained at a height of 100 feet as it traveled in a straight line, occasionally dipping by 30 feet. Rounding a curve, the sun shone on the object, and it appeared to turn transparent. Inside, she was able to see three or four human like figures. Two of them were looking at her, and they were leaning over a console or platform. She commented that the men looked very handsome. She gave them the peace sign, but they did not respond, displaying no emotion just curiosity. The couple attempted to follow the object but eventually lost sight of it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, 1976 Humanoid Contact database, case # 3578, citing NUFORC
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7341

Event 38946 (36668477)

Date: 10/31/1976
Description: Woody Polston’s abduction occurred on this night from a campsite in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. He made contact with a big cylindrical kind of disc-shaped object, then a second huge craft. He watched the two craft for 2-3 minutes before he entered a semi-conscious state, followed by his alien abduction experience for the next 12 hours. After the abduction he was plaged by nightmares, and his watch was affected. The watch was 10 hours slow.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A2142, citing R. Leo Sprinkle
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7342

Event 38947 (8829D413)

Date: 11/1976
Location: ENGLAND, near Winchester
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Joyce Bowles, 42, was driving late at night in the countryside near Winchester, accompanied by her friend Ted Pratt, 58. Suddenly, she felt the car being lifted up in the air, before coming to a complete stop. The two people scanned the dark night of the deserted avenue. Then Mrs. Bowles started screaming in terror. An enormous creature with pink eyes was staring at them through the windshield. “They were horrible eyes, bright like the sun,” she remembers. “They belonged to a well-built man dressed in a silver jumpsuit. Just before we saw him, there was a sound, like a rattling of chains. After examining us, he went back to a cigar-shaped craft hovering above a field just a few meters away from us. We could see that there were three other people inside. The one who had stared at us entered the craft, which promptly disappeared.” Mr. Pratt, for his part, said “I was scared when the car started shaking, but when the creature looked at me, I felt strangely calm. Maybe it gave me the strength to take care of Mrs. Bowles, who was in a lamentable state. It was a nerve-racking experience.”
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 129
Reference: continued in February 1977 Winchester
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2932

Event 38948 (388F2170)

Date: 11/1976
Description: (Translated from French) Observation (see below) at South Herwang (Indonesia). (November, 2 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2743

Event 38949 (5D0D4ACE)

Date: 11/1976 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: GUCHENG XIAN, HUBEI, CH
Description: Many observer(s). Flying wok blows steam / 3 min. Suddenly vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12401

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “GUCHENG XIAN,HUBEI,CH:MANY OBS:FLYING WOK BLOWS STEAM/3 MIN:SUDDENLY VANISHES”, LatLong: “32.233335 111.566672”, LatLongDMS: “32:14:00 N 111:34:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38950 (BC6EDEF5)

Date: 11/1976
Description: The first issue of the International UFO Reporter (IUR) is published by the Center for UFO Studies, with J. Allen Hynek as editor-in-chief and Allan Hendry as managing editor.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: IUR 1, no. 1 (November 1976); Clark III 567–568, 627
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5356

Event 38951 (A5C2434B)

Date: 11/1976
Location: Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, Loire, France
Description: Dominique Delille founds Groupe d’Études du Phénomène OVNI in Saint-Symphorien-de-Lay, Loire, France. It publishes a quarterly newsletter, Siècle Inconnu, which continues under the names GEPO Informations and OVNI et Cie through 1983.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: INFO OVNI, no. 1 (November 1976)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5357

Event 38952 (020B37B0)

Date: 11/2/1976 (approximate)
Time: 18:00
Location: NEAR ZHANGJIAKOU, HEBEI, CH
Description: 80+observer(s). Luminous/glowing ovoid hovers and maneuvers near military briefing / 30 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12402

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “nr ZHANGJIAKOU,HEBEI,CH:80+OBS:LUMn OVOID HVRS+MNVRS nr MIL.BRIEFING/30min:”, LatLong: “41.000002 114.866672”, LatLongDMS: “41:00:00 N 114:52:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HEB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38953 (5C82C00E)

Date: 11/2/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: NORTH SIMI VALLEY, CA
Description: Several observer(s). Domed disk bright green / bottom/underside. Maneuvers / all directions. Going up [to] until gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 924)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12403

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “280”, HatchDesc: “N.SIMI VALLEY,CA:SVRL OBS:DOMED DISK BRITE GRN/BTM:MNVRS/ALL DIRS:↑ UNTIL GONE”, LatLong: “34.316668 -118.766672”, LatLongDMS: “34:19:00 N 118:46:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38954 (8F2A39C8)

Date: Early 11/1976
Location: La Salle County, ILLINOIS
Description: Sightings of a helicopter manned by a crew wearing red suits were verified by multiple independent witnesses. One classic mutilation occurred in the county in October. There were rumors of continued mutilations in November; but by then the authorities had clamped a firm lid on the matter.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Refs. 13, 14 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_170

Event 38955 (81CAA97A)

Date: 11/3/1976
Location: SANTA FE, ARG
Description: 2 observer(s). Ovoid lands. 4 x6M trace grows 4 kg mushrooms. Ants mutated.
Type: sighting
Reference: BANCHS, Rodolfo: LAS EVIDENCIAS de los OVNI; Rudolfo Alonso Editor, Argentina. 1976 (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12404

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Argentina”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “52”, HatchDesc: “SANTA FE,ARG:2 OBS:OVOID LANDS:4x6M TRACE GROWS 4 kg MUSHROOMS:ANTS MUTATED”, LatLong: “-31.583335 -60.750003”, LatLongDMS: “31:35:00 S 60:45:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “STF”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38956 (F79E1B50)

Date: 11/4/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: COOLANGATTA AND BRISBANE, AUSTR
Description: Air Traffic Controllers and pilots and RADAR. Night lights buzz planes. 1 zigzags. / MJ#176.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 824)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12405

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “COOLANGATTA+BRISBANE,AUSTR:ATCs+PILOTS+RDR:NLTS BUZZ PLANES:1 ZIGZAGS:/MJ#176”, LatLong: “-25.616668 153.244452”, LatLongDMS: “25:37:00 S 153:14:40 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38957 (035C420C)

Date: 11/4/1976
Time: 20:30
Location: MARTINSBURG, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 silent irregular shapes over road and phone lines. 3 similar nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12406

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “65”, Elev: “356”, HatchDesc: “MARTINSBURG,OH:2 OBS:2 SLNT IRREG.SHAPES OVR ROAD+PHONE LINES:3 SIMILAR NEARBY”, LatLong: “40.272224 -82.355559”, LatLongDMS: “40:16:20 N 82:21:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38958 (DF836E69)

Date: 11/4/1976
Location: Martinsburg, Ohio
Description: 8:30 p.m. A married couple in Martinsburg, Ohio, see two irregularly shaped objects, rounded on the bottom, hovering low near their car. One descends, flying over some woods, while the other is seen above the telephone wires by the road. Both have a red light on top, a whiter flashing light on the bottom, and a revolving red light. Around 9:30 p.m., three similar objects are seen by a woman 4 miles away, slowly changing formation for 5 minutes in the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 1-2-62,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1976): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5358

Event 38959 (8046B4A8)

Date: 11/5/1976
Description: (Translated from French) In Rives (Isère), a physicist observed a white luminous disc surrounded by a greenish halo, silent, moving in the sky, then stopping and moving away at great speed in another direction. 2 other people independently saw the UFO. (November 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2742

Event 38960 (43806689)

Date: 11/5/1976
Time: 19:10
Location: AULNAT, FR
Description: Civil Air Traffic Controller / military control tower. Bright flying disk. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12407

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “AULNAT,FR:CIV ATC/MIL.CONTROL TOWER:BRIGHT FLYING DISK:NFD”, LatLong: “45.794447 3.172222”, LatLongDMS: “45:47:40 N 03:10:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Puy-de-Dôme”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38961 (F1DA7186)

Date: 11/5/1976
Time: 20:10
Location: VIENNE, ISERE, FR
Description: Flattened neon sphere WNW going quickly ESE. 1 / 6 moons dia. Very fast. / r12p227.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12408

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VIENNE,ISERE,FR:FLATTENED NEON SPHERE WNW>>ESE:1/6 MOONS dia:VFAST:/r12p227”, LatLong: “45.550002 4.866667”, LatLongDMS: “45:33:00 N 04:52:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38962 (EF5EDF9C)

Date: 11/5/1976
Time: 20:10
Location: VOREPPE, FR
Description: Physicist sees saucer. Going quickly ESE / 600M altitude / 3600MPH. 15KW light power. / r5p27.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A.: The UFO ENIGMA; Warner Books, NY 1999; ISBN 0-446-52565-0 HB 404pp. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12409

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VOREPPE,FR:PHYSICIST SEES SCR:>>ESE/600M ALT/3600MPH:15KW LITE POWER:/r5p27”, LatLong: “45.283335 5.633334”, LatLongDMS: “45:17:00 N 05:38:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38963 (CA290D2F)

Date: 11/5/1976
Time: 20:10
Location: RIVES, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Intense white disk going quickly southwest. Spins. Going quickly [to] behind mountains. / LDLN#161+/ r5p28.
Type: sighting
Reference: STURROCK, Dr. Peter A.: The UFO ENIGMA; Warner Books, NY 1999; ISBN 0-446-52565-0 HB 404pp. (Index 226)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12410

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “RIVES,FR:2 OBS:INTENSE WHT DISK >>SW:SPINS:>> BHND MOUNTAINS:/LDLN#161+/r5p28”, LatLong: “45.355558 5.500000”, LatLongDMS: “45:21:20 N 05:30:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38964 (7A6794B0)

Date: 11/5/1976
Time: 04:00:00.0
Location: 61.4580 112.8600
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Oka” Yield: 15KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1483

Extra Data: LatLong: “61.4580 112.8600”, LatLongDMS: “61:27:29 N 112:51:36 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “1.52”, NukeMb: “5.30”, NukeName: “PNE:Oka”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “15”

Event 38965 (D3FB5F00)

Date: 11/5/1976
Locations: Rives, Isère, France; Voreppe; Massif du Taillefer; Mont Néron
Description: 8:08 p.m. A young woman is watching television at her home in Rives, Isère, France. She sees a bright light outside and calls her father. From their balcony they watch an intense white light speed across the sky from northwest to southeast and disappear in the mountains. The father thinks the light is spinning. At the same time a French physicist is driving 7 miles away near Voreppe. He sees a luminous disc brighter than the full moon and stops his car to watch it. The object is white in the center, bluish-white at the periphery, and is surrounded by an intense green halo. It is moving silently southeast but stops for a few seconds before moving off 30° from its previous course at a much greater speed. It passes in front of the Massif du Taillefer before it disappears behind Mont Néron. The sighting lasts 20–25 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacques Vallée, “Estimates of Power Optical Output in Six Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Defined Luminosity Characteristics,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 12, no. 3 (1998): 352–354
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5359

Event 38966 (2BFEFB37)

Date: 11/6/1976
Description: A cattle mutilation was discovered on a ranch northeast of Canby, Minnesota.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 605
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7508

Event 38967 (A115302B)

Date: 11/8/1976
Time: 20:50
Location: NORTH BELMONT, NC
Description: 2 girls / 14. 8m saucer / edge. Beeps. Red lights flash and steady white light. Going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12411

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “222”, HatchDesc: “N.BELMONT,NC:2 GIRLS/14:8m SCR/EDGE:BEEPS:RED LITES FLASH+STEADY WHT LITE:>E”, LatLong: “35.272224 -81.050004”, LatLongDMS: “35:16:20 N 81:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38968 (2F0B3E94)

Date: 11/8/1976
Locations: Belmont, North Carolina; Gastonia
Description: 8:45 p.m. Two 14-year-old girls in the northern part of Belmont, North Carolina, see a round gray object about 20–30 feet in diameter “on edge.” It hovers several hundred feet in the air for 5 minutes, then moves east over the trees. It emits a beeping noise and is covered in flashing white lights and red steady lights. More than 100 people report seeing UFOs in nearby Gastonia on November 10.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 1-2-75,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1977): 11; “106 People ‘Saw UFOs,’” Gastonia (N.C.) Gazette, November 11, 1976, p. 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5360

Event 38969 (E68EB789)

Date: 11/8/1976
Description: At 3:30 p.m. an engineer was driving with three other people in Givet, Ardennes, France when they spotted what appeared to be a landed, domed, disc-shaped object. It was hovering on three legs 30 meters away. It had a flat bottom and a transparent dome or cupola which showed the “busts” of two large heads. They stopped the car to observe the object, but were hit by a blast of heat as the object departed. The object had been hovering just above the ground, never quite touching down, although it did have rectangular footplates. The grass was crushed over an eight meter diameter area, and the sighting has lasted no more than five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-12, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 76
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7545

Event 38970 (C2E39161)

Date: 11/8/1976
Description: A close encounter occurred in North Belmont, North Carolina at 8:45 p.m. Two 14-year-old girls reported a 25 foot in diameter disc-shaped object with flashing red lights and a steady white light, making a beeping noise.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, December 1976, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7546

Event 38971 (B70612CE)

Date: 11/10/1976
Time: 04:30
Location: NORTHEAST / GUILLENA, SP
Description: 6M saucer follows truck going northeast / 6km. 3 portholes / top and 3 / bottom. / GEOS group.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12412

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “NE/GUILLENA,SP:6M SCR FOLOS TRUCK >NE/6km:3 PORTHOLES/TOP+3/BOTTOM:/GEOS group”, LatLong: “37.533335 -6.016667”, LatLongDMS: “37:32:00 N 06:01:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38972 (E3C35A51)

Date: 11/10/1976
Time: 20:20
Location: PUTNAM, CT
Description: Girl / car passes under 2 50’ metallic saucers. Colored lights blink. Windows / edges.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 14)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12413

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “88”, HatchDesc: “PUTNAM,CT:GIRL/CAR PASSES UNDER 2 50’MTLC SCRS:CLRD LITES BLINK:WINDOWS/EDGES”, LatLong: “41.916669 -71.900003”, LatLongDMS: “41:55:00 N 71:54:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Connecticut”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38973 (B0CBBA7F)

Date: 11/10/1976
Time: 23:10
Location: MAUREPAS, FR
Description: Power outage. Orange glow = perfect ovoid. Blinks slow. Vanishes / power on.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12414

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “MAUREPAS,FR:POWER OUTAGE:ORG.GLOW=PERFECT OVOID:BLINKS SLOW:VANISHES/POWER ON”, LatLong: “48.750002 1.950000”, LatLongDMS: “48:45:00 N 01:57:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Yvelines”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38974 (1C1F4D0C)

Date: 11/10/1976
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sprit” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_796

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Sprit”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 38975 (F5DE3E6A)

Date: 11/10/1976
Location: Putnam, Connecticut
Description: 8:20 p.m. A teenage girl driving alone near Putnam, Connecticut, passes underneath two dark metallic objects about 50 feet in diameter, one flying at an angle behind the other. Both objects have a red light in front, two on the sides, and a blue light in the back, all blinking. One banks slightly before it goes out of view, revealing a row of illuminated windows around the circular edge and a smaller circle like a “hatch” underneath.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 1-2- 79,” IUR 1, no. 2 (December 1977): 11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5361

Event 38976 (8A2D9B1D)

Date: 11/12/1976
Time: 01:50
Location: TALAVERA LA REAL, SP
Description: Night lights. Soldiers fire at 3M ghost. Vanishes. No shells found!
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 366)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12415

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “TALAVERA la REAL,SP:NLTS:SOLDIERS FIRE AT 3M GHOST:VANISHES:NO SHELLS FOUND!”, LatLong: “38.883335 -6.783334”, LatLongDMS: “38:53:00 N 06:47:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Badajoz”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 38977 (AD06737E)

Date: 11/12/1976
Description: Jose Maria Trejo and Juan Carrizosa Lujan were on sentry duty at Talavera La Real Air Force Base in Badajoz, Spain when at 1:45 a.m. they heard a very loud, penetrating whistle that continued for five minutes, stopped, and then started again. When it stopped the second time they saw a light in the sky in the direction of Badajoz, “like a flare,” which lit up a wide area beneath it. After about 20 seconds it vanished. A third sentry, Jose Hidalgo, joined them and accompanied by a guard dog they went to search the fuel stockpile area. They had gone about a thousand feet when they experienced a localized “whirlwind,” which alarmed them and caused them to load their rifles. Then they heard a sound like branches being broken in the direction of some nearby eucalyptus trees, so they released the guard dog. The dog charged off toward the trees, but after a few seconds came staggering back and whimpering. Four more times they ordered the dog to go to the trees, but each time he came back in the same manner. Then Trejo glimpsed a green light out of the corner of his eyes, and when he turned around he saw a luminous humanoid figure at least ten feet tall, only 50 feet away. The thick, luminous figure seemed to consist entirely of small points of light, and more intense around its periphery. The small head appeared to be covered by a helmet. The arms seemed to be crossed, and legs and feet could not be seen. Trejo tried to fire his rifle, but was unable to because he felt a sudden sensation of weakness, and collapsed to the ground. The other two men then caught sight of the entity and fired at it. Between the two of them they fired 40-50 shots. At the instant the firing began the apparition vanished. The other two men helped Trejo to his feet, and at this time all three heard the whistle again, coming from the direction of the eucalyptus trees. It lasted for 10-15 seconds and then ceased. At dawn 50 men searched the area. They found nothing. Particularly mystifying was the fact that they could not find a single spent cartridge case. Moreover, the adobe wall of the base, which was just behind where the being stood and should have been pockmarked with bullet holes, showed not a single bullet pockmark. A few days after the incident Trejo lost his vision, and then fell unconscious. He was hospitalized, but his hospital tests showed nothing abnormal. About two weeks later he again lost his vision for about 15 minutes. He was hospitalized for a month and during that time suffered from severe headaches.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Juan Jose Benitez, FSR, February 1978, p. 3; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-99 (AA1686), citing Juan Jose Benitez; Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 231; Patrick Huyghe, Field Guide to Extraterrestrials, p. 118
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7613

Event 38978 (6D3A3AA4)

Date: 11/12/1976
Description: At 6:15 p.m. James Howard, age 15, and his friend Brian Hollis, age 14, observed an object with pulsating red, green, and blue lights, which stopped in the air and descended into some nearby woods in Tarboro, near Edgecombe, North Carolina. They were alarmed and ran home. Looking back, they saw a nine foot tall milky white figure wearing a diamond shaped red helmet, who came floating out of the woods about 150 yards away from them. Under the helmet its head appeared to be blackish gray, and its short legs seemed to have no feet. It stopped and seemed to look at the boys, then floated on and disappeared behind a nearby billboard. The entire incident lasted about 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1976-76, citing MUFON
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7614

Event 38979 (FAC69757)

Date: 11/13/1976
Time: ~12:00
Location: ATHERTON, CA
Description: Saucer ducks between clouds. Very brief. / unsubstantiated note / library book.
Type: sighting
Reference: PERSONAL INTERVIEW or Experience. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12416

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “18”, HatchDesc: “ATHERTON,CA:SCR DUCKS BTWN CLOUDS:VBRIEF:/UNSUBSTANTIATED NOTE/LIBRARY BOOK”, LatLong: “37.466668 -122.183339”, LatLongDMS: “37:28:00 N 122:11:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38980 (EEF3BCB0)

Date: 11/13/1976
Description: In Chandlers Ford, England, a couple saw a silver-suited man near a supermarket, seven miles away from another CE-3 report.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leslie Harris, FSR, February 1977, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7640

Event 38981 (7346319D)

Date: 11/14/1976
Time: 16:00
Location: ALAND ISLAND, FINLAND
Description: 2 observer(s). White spoon-shaped fireball goes going northwest / 30 minute(s). Seen earlier / Turku.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12417

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “40”, HatchDesc: “ALAND Isl,FINLAND:2 OBS:WHT SPOON-SHAPED FBL GOES>NW/30min:SEEN EARLIER/TURKU”, LatLong: “60.066670 19.966668”, LatLongDMS: “60:04:00 N 19:58:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38982 (5B28DAB1)

Date: 11/14/1976
Time: 16:20
Location: KOLSVA, SWEDEN
Description: 10 observer(s). 6M silver tropical helmet saucer / treetops. 2nd object / power lines.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12418

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “KOLSVA,SWEDEN:10 OBS:6M SLVR TROPICAL HELMET SCR/TREETOPS:2nd OBJ/POWER LINES”, LatLong: “59.588892 15.850001”, LatLongDMS: “59:35:20 N 15:51:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38983 (6E363A6C)

Date: 11/14/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: EAST / WINCHESTER, HAMPS
Description: 2 / car. 15’ saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape / roadside. Pseudo-human/entity exits. Telepathy? missing time? / r87p85.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 269)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12419

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “12”, HatchDesc: “E/WINCHESTER,HAMPs:2/CAR:15’SCR-CGR/ROADSIDE:PSH EXITS:TLP? MST?:/r87p85”, LatLong: “51.066669 -1.366667”, LatLongDMS: “51:04:00 N 01:22:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 38984 (354F5415)

Date: 11/14/1976
Location: Kolsva and Aland Island, Sweden
Description: Multiple sightings in the early evening, including a silver helmet-shaped (domed disc) object emitting yellow-red light from the underside hovering low above the treetops. (Bertil Soderquist, MUFON representative in Sweden.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4716

Event 38985 (8F657A4E)

Date: 11/14/1976
Location: A272 near Winchester, England
Description: 9:00 p.m. Joyce Bowles and Ted Pratt are driving down the A272 near Winchester, England, when their car starts to jolt and shake and then veers off the road into a grass verge by the roadside. The car is subject to electrical interference as the engine roars, and the lights seem to shine brighter than usual. They spot what appears to be an orange, cigar-shaped craft, 15 feet in length, with three entities behind a window. As they watch, a bearded humanoid wearing a silver suit comes out of the object, walks to the car, and looks in on the witnesses. He then disappears and the couple are able to drive off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leslie Harris, “UFO and Silver-Suited Entity Seen near Winchester,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 5 (February 1977): 3–6; Richard Nash, “UFO and Occupants Reported near Winchester,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 5 (February 1977): 7–8; Jenny Randles, “Questions and Comments on the Nash Interview,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 5 (February 1977): 8; Frank J. Wood, “Alleged CE-III at Winchester: Vehicle Examination,” Flying Saucer Review 22, no. 5 (February 1977): 9–14; Good Above, pp. 70–71
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5362

Event 38986 (2B0E44FA)

Date: 11/14/1976
Description: In 1976, Ms. Joyce Bowles, 42, and Mr. Edwin Pratt, 58, were driving near Winchester, England to pick up the woman’s son and girlfriend from a farm at 8:50 p.m. when they notice an orange glow in the sky. They turned down a narrow lane and immediately their car began to “shudder and shake as though it were coming to pieces.” The car was pulled diagonally off the road. When the car came to rest they saw a glowing, orange, 15-foot-long cigar-shaped object about 5 yards in front of their car, hovering 12-18 inches from the ground. They were both badly frightened and the driver turned off the engine.

The UFO appeared to have jets beneath it from which a vapor was issuing. In the top left portion of the craft was a window, through which they could see the heads of three men. A 6 foot tall man with a slim build, wearing a silvery suit, emerged by passing through the side of the object. He had long blonde hair, a dark beard, and his skin was pale. Just as he approached the woman noticed a “whistling noise.” Reaching the car, the man bent over, placed one hand on the roof, and looked inside. His eyes were pink “like an albino rabbit,” and were so penetrating that when the woman looked away she could still see spots of light as an after-effect. She also felt that the man transmitted some kind of influence that caused them to remain calm. The being stood at the side of the car for 2 minutes, then moved away to the rear of the vehicle. He did not reappear, and when they again looked forward the UFO had disappeared.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leslie Harris, FSR, February 1977 (Vol. 22, No. 5), p. 3.
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7676

Event 38987 (56CE0AEE)

Date: 11/15/1976?
Location: NEAR TOMIO, FINL
Description: Fireball going east from Sweden. Beam knocks boy down. Missing time. Burns. / MJ#110+#284.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 270)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12420

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “200”, HatchDesc: “nr TOMIO,FINL:FBL >E frm SWEDEN:BEAM KNOCKS BOY DOWN:MST:BURNS:/MJ#110+#284”, LatLong: “65.850003 24.166668”, LatLongDMS: “65:51:00 N 24:10:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38988 (FB9C87A8)

Date: 11/15/1976
Time: 01:20
Location: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
Description: 4 observer(s). 6 distant domed saucers maneuver / intermittent rasping sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12421

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “219”, HatchDesc: “CEDAR RAPIDS,IA:4 OBS:6 DISTANT DOMED SCRS MNVR/INTERMITTANT RASPING SOUND:”, LatLong: “41.466669 -91.683338”, LatLongDMS: “41:28:00 N 91:41:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 38989 (34640231)

Date: 11/15/1976
Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Description: 1:15 a.m. Six distant objects with brilliant white lights are seen performing unusual patterns in the sky at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. They seem to have a metallic texture and make an intermittent sound like a “belt sander on metal.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-1-1,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5363

Event 38990 (EF3C175C)

Date: 11/16/1976
Time: 19:30
Location: JUNOSUOMO, SWEDEN
Description: Car hits 1.5M sphere on road. Car OK. Driver sick;dim vision.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12422

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “JUNOSUOMO,SWEDEN:CAR HITS 1.5M SPHERE ON ROAD:CAR OK:DRIVER SICK;DIM VISION”, LatLong: “67.411114 22.500001”, LatLongDMS: “67:24:40 N 22:30:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 38991 (468821B7)

Date: 11/16/1976
Locations: Burbank, California; Area 51 in Nevada
Description: Lockheed’s first Have Blue demonstrator stealth aircraft, HB1001, after going through numerous tests and getting a visual camouflage makeover, is flown from Burbank, California, to Area 51 in Nevada. After four taxi tests, HB1001 is ready for test flights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed Have Blue”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5364

Event 38992 (90D6C877)

Date: 11/17/1976
Time: 06:00:12.7
Location: 40.6960 89.6270
Description: Nuclear test: Air, presumed. Country: China Yield: 4000KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1812

Extra Data: LatLong: “40.6960 89.6270”, LatLongDMS: “40:41:46 N 89:37:37 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “China”, NukeMb: “4.70”, NukeSource: “GUPTA-JED”, NukeType: “NAPC”, NukeY: “4000”

Event 38993 (87F09E45)

Date: 11/18/1976
Time: 19:20
Location: LAINDON, ESSEX
Description: 2+1 observer(s). Glowing ovoid follows 2 home. Hovers / 20 minute(s). Shoots going up [to] to clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12423

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “22”, HatchDesc: “LAINDON,ESSEX:2+1 OBS:GLO OVOID FOLOS 2 HOME:HVRS/20min:SHOOTS ↑ TO CLOUDS”, LatLong: “51.566669 0.433333”, LatLongDMS: “51:34:00 N 00:26:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 38994 (6B1160C6)

Date: 11/19/1976
Location: Congressional Research Service
Description: President-Elect Jimmy Carter meets with CIA Director George H. W. Bush to discuss certain “exotic and very closely held items relating to sources and methods.” At one point, Bush and his aide Jennifer Fitzgerald take Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale aside to describe particularly sensitive CIA programs. Congressional Research Service Policy Analyst Marcia S. Smith claims that part of the debriefing is about UFOs, which Carter has asked about. But Bush explains that this “information was information that existed on a need to know basis only. Simple curiosity on the part of the President wasn’t adequate.” Carter determines to replace Bush with his Naval Academy classmate Stansfield Turner after the inauguration.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: presidentialufo.com, “President Carter, Daniel Sheehan, and Donald Menzel: The Congressional Research Service UFO Studies for President Carter”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5365

Event 38995 (A35B8BD1)

Date: 11/19/1976
Locations: Santiago de Compostela; Madrid, Spain
Description: Commandante Angel Parreno, the pilot of an Iberian Airlines Boeing 727 on a flight from Santiago de Compostela to Madrid, Spain, watches an unknown object accompany his aircraft for 20 minutes. Possible barium cloud released by a rocket.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 2; Good Above, p. 154
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5366

Event 38996 (EAC68EF8)

Date: 11/19/1976
Location: Canary Islands
Description: 7:15 p.m. Witnesses from aircraft and ships around the Canary Islands watch a point of light climbing into the sky in a spiral motion, expanding to a diameter 3–4 times that of the moon. It has a semicircular shape and gives the impression that it is resting on the horizon. Among the witnesses are Gen. Carlos Dolz de Espejo, chief of staff of the Canary Islands Air Zone, and the crew of the Spanish Navy school ship Juan Sebastian Elcano. Maj. Antonio Munáiz Ferro-Sastre again investigates, concluding that it was a “craft of unknown origin endowed with an unknown propulsion energy.” The time correlates with four Poseidon missile launches by the submarine USS Alexander Hamilton.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Ricardo Campo Pérez, “Navy Missile Tests and the Canary Islands UFOs,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 4–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5367

Event 38997 (CD62D03F)

Date: 11/19/1976
Locations: St. Peter, Minnesota; Police Station
Description: 8:00 p.m. Three women watch a large yellow-orange light slowly and silently meander 150 feet above a church in St. Peter, Minnesota. They drive to a police station, where officers also see the now distant light head from west to east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-1-16,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5368

Event 38998 (8A27F80F)

Date: 11/20/1976
Time: 19:00
Location: MARANDELLAS, ZIMBABWE
Description: Many observer(s). Orange fireball maneuvers over farms. Seen previously.
Type: sighting
Reference: HIND, Cynthia: UFO’S, AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS; Gemini Books, Salisbury, Zimbabwe 1982. 236pp (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12424

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Zimbabwe & Zambia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MARANDELLAS,ZIMBABWE:MANY OBS:ORG FBL MNVRS OVR FARMS:SEEN PREVIOUSLY”, LatLong: “-18.166668 31.600002”, LatLongDMS: “18:10:00 S 31:36:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HRR”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 38999 (5518CD06)

Date: 11/20/1976
Time: 19:30
Location: CHATSWORTH MOUNTAINS, CA
Description: 3 teens. Large glowing-dome and clouds. Photographs. Clouds and object gone / same time.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12425

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “820”, HatchDesc: “CHATSWORTH MTNs,CA:3 TEENS:LRG GLO-DOME+CLOUDS:FOTOS:CLOUDS+OBJ GONE/SAME TIME”, LatLong: “34.250002 -118.700006”, LatLongDMS: “34:15:00 N 118:42:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39000 (BAD2892D)

Date: 11/22/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: ROCKFORD, MI
Description: 20m object going down / ground briefly. Goes behind trees. Car radio Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 69)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12426

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “211”, HatchDesc: “ROCKFORD,MI:20m OBJ ↓/GND BRIEFLY:GOES BHND TREES:CAR RADIO RFI:type unk”, LatLong: “43.122224 -85.561115”, LatLongDMS: “43:07:20 N 85:33:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39001 (15EA7A4F)

Date: 11/22/1976
Description: At 11:30 p.m. a man named Czornoh driving near Rockford, Michigan briefly encountered an oblong, greenish object 60 feet long that descended toward the ground. It was surrounded by haze, with a reddish colored backside, and moved behind some trees, causing radio interference.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 69
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7805

Event 39002 (92D09AF4)

Date: 11/23/1976
Time: 03:30
Location: KENNER, LA
Description: 2 / bartenders. Large dome flashes red green and white lights. Hovers / trees. Going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12427

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “KENNER,LA:2/BARTENDERS:LRG DOME FLASHES RED GRN+WHT LITES:HVRS/TREES:>E:”, LatLong: “29.994446 -90.244449”, LatLongDMS: “29:59:40 N 90:14:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39003 (760579B3)

Date: 11/23/1976
Time: 15:15:00.2
Location: 37.1717 -116.0527
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Chevre” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_797

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1717 -116.0527”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:18 N 116:03:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.32”, NukeName: “Chevre”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39004 (AA80333A)

Date: 11/23/1976
Time: 05:02:59.8
Location: 50.0130 78.9620
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1484

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.0130 78.9620”, LatLongDMS: “50:00:47 N 78:57:43 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.90”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39005 (A94E9066)

Date: 11/23/1976
Locations: Kenner, Louisiana; Moisant Airport [now Louis Armstring New Orleans International Airport]
Description: 3:30 a.m. A lounge owner and an employee are frightened when an object 3 times the size of a helicopter flies over their car from the south in Kenner, Louisiana. It has flashing red, green, and white lights. The object hovers above some trees in the distance for 2 minutes, then heads slowly east toward Moisant Airport [now Louis Armstring New Orleans International Airport].
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-1-25,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5369

Event 39006 (5E4B5C72)

Date: 11/23/1976
Description: A lounge owner and a bartender watched a large domed object as it hovered over trees in Kenner, Louisiana on a clear night, flashing red, green, and white lights. The dome was three times the size of a helicopter, and it passed over their car at 3:30 a.m. It hovered for two minutes over the trees, then moved slowly toward Moisant Airport in the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, January 1977, p. 5; UNICAT, case # 233
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7848

Event 39007 (D37AFDB5)

Date: 11/24/1976
Time: 22:30
Location: NEW ALBANY, IN
Description: Several observer(s). Cone / light follows truck. Goes as others near. Reappears. Going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12428

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “NEW ALBANY,IN:SVRL OBS:CONE/LITE FOLOS TRUCK:GOES AS OTHERS NEAR:REAPPEARS:>E”, LatLong: “38.283335 -85.833337”, LatLongDMS: “38:17:00 N 85:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39008 (78DD61B4)

Date: 11/24/1976
Locations: Indiana; New Albany, Indiana; Kentucky border
Description: 10:30 p.m. An Indiana Gas serviceman sees a 12-foot white cone of light with sparklers at its base diminish to a blinding point source alongside his pickup truck outside New Albany, Indiana. It follows him from the Kentucky border and moves silently ahead into the eastern sky when he reaches town. Other witnesses see it as a distant point of light; when they leave, the object rushes back over the serviceman’s house and disappears into the northwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-1-27,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5370

Event 39009 (8AC3AC60)

Date: 11/24/1976
Description: A cone-shaped object with a light followed a truck on a highway in New Albany, Indiana at 10:30 p.m. It went away when other vehicles approached, but reappeared when they were gone and was seen for more than an hour. It left by departing toward the east. There were 13 witnesses to the close encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, January 1977, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7881

Event 39010 (A8E58A5D)

Date: 11/25/1976
Time: 23:30
Location: BARREME, FR
Description: 2M saucer spirals going down / 1M altitude / green mist 3M away. Cop follows. Going [to] woods. / r30p633.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12429

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “BARREME,FR:2M SCR SPIRALS ↓/1M alt/GRN MIST 3M AWAY:COP FOLOS:>WOODS:/r30p633”, LatLong: “43.950002 6.372223”, LatLongDMS: “43:57:00 N 06:22:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes de Haute Provence”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39011 (849E0785)

Date: 11/25/1976
Location: Beecher, Illinois
Description: 9:00 p.m. A couple in Beecher, Illinois, watch an oblong, glowing, orange object 45° in the western sky for 5–6 minutes. Holding stationary, the object diminishes to a point source and returns to its original shape, larger than the moon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-1-29,” IUR 2, no. 1 (January 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5371

Event 39012 (B3FAAE26)

Date: 11/26/1976
Time: 21:00
Location: WEST / XI’AN, SHAANXI, CH
Description: Many observer(s). Saucer rotates east going quickly southwest / 20 minute(s) / southwest skies. Clearly seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12430

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “W/XI’AN,SHAANXI,CH:MANY OBS:SCR ROTATES E>>SW/20min/SW SKIES:CLEARLY SEEN”, LatLong: “34.266668 108.866672”, LatLongDMS: “34:16:00 N 108:52:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39013 (FB77B393)

Date: 11/27/1976
Time: 18:40
Location: SOUTH / MILBANK, SD
Description: 3 observer(s). 3M sphere/orb/globe with long wings scouts steel silo. Small red orbs exit.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 923)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12431

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “340”, HatchDesc: “S/MILBANK,SD:3 OBS:3M ORB W/LONG WINGS SCOUTS STEEL SILO:SML RED ORBS EXIT”, LatLong: “45.183335 -96.633338”, LatLongDMS: “45:11:00 N 96:38:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39014 (E811483B)

Date: 12/1976
Location: CHINA
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of China 7 satellite, with recovery. In this case a cabin of 2400 kilos which rotated in space for two days.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 18, 19
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2935

Event 39015 (342B9600)

Date: 12/1976
Location: CHINA, Taining (Fujian)
Description: (Translated from French) Again at around 9pm, UFO sighting by hundreds of people. [note from vog: see previous “satellite”…]
Reference: Inforespace n° 55 of 1981, p. 15
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2936

Event 39016 (2FAB15E8)

Date: 12/1976
Location: Warren County, ILLINOIS
Description: A few nights before a classically mutilated cow was discovered, 3 objects identified as helicopters were seen flying low, and slowly. Two troopers were closing in when the objects rapidly gained altitude and vanished. One had a bright light on the bottom, running lengthwise “like a lighted rod”.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 17 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_173

Event 39017 (9D2498FE)

Date: 12/1/1976
Location: TUOLUMNE, CA
Description: Several observer(s). Bright egg-shape hovers over westside property. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 284)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12432

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “785”, HatchDesc: “TUOLUMNE,CA:SVRL OBS:BRIGHT EGG-SHAPE HOVERS OVER WESTSIDE PROPERTY:NFD”, LatLong: “37.961113 -120.238895”, LatLongDMS: “37:57:40 N 120:14:20 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39018 (23B33BB3)

Date: 12/1/1976
Time: 02:50
Location: I129+US77 NEAR SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE
Description: 3 observer(s). 40’ orange glow all over/all about freeway interchange. Dog scared.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12433

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “335”, HatchDesc: “I129+US77 nr S.SIOUX CITY,NE:3 OBS:40’ORG GLOW ALLO FWY INTERCHANGE:DOG SCARED”, LatLong: “42.450002 -96.450005”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:00 N 96:27:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39019 (AC776DF2)

Date: Early 12/1976
Locations: Oulu, Finland; Gulf of Bothnia
Description: Afternoon. Eero Lammi is on his way home from school in Oulu, Finland, when he sees a 15-foot ball of light move across toward him from across the Gulf of Bothnia and land in a nearby field. When he approaches it, the object shoots out a beam of light that hits him in the chest. He feels a searing pain and blacks out. His parents think it is a prank until a doctor finds slight burns on his chest and back. The case is investigated by the Swedish Military High Command.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5372

Event 39020 (D1B5373A)

Date: 12/3/1976
Time: 15:00
Location: CUERS, FR
Description: Man on path. Small humanoid (or Grey) / black suit says garble and “go back”. Observer(s) retreats quickly.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 195)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12434

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CUERS,FR:MAN on PATH:OID/BLK SUIT SAYS GARBLE+“GO BACK”:OBS RETREATS QUICKLY”, LatLong: “43.200002 6.066667”, LatLongDMS: “43:12:00 N 06:04:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39021 (EF3701B9)

Date: 12/4/1976
Time: 21:30
Location: Marshall County, ILLINOIS
Description: A helicopter with two occupants was heard and seen flying low over farmland, while a second chopper was heard but not seen.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 16 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_172

Event 39022 (6D27D153)

Date: 12/5/1976
Time: 02:30
Location: SOLLEFTEA, SWD
Description: 150’ saucer hovers and zigzags over power station/depot/facility / one hour. Diffuse lights / underside.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12435

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “SOLLEFTEA,SWD:150’SCR HVRS+ZIGZAGS OVR POWER Stn/1hr:DIFFUSE LITES/UNDERSIDE”, LatLong: “63.183336 17.083334”, LatLongDMS: “63:11:00 N 17:05:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39023 (6117789F)

Date: 12/5/1976
Location: Sollefted, Sweden
Description: 2:30 p.m. Several witnesses observed an elongated object (estimated 45 meters long) with round openings along the fuselage. A blue-green light shone from the openings, a red light at the front, and a diffuse orange glow from the underside. The object hovered above a military base built into the mountainside at an elevation of about 50 meters. (Bertil Soderquist, MUFON representative in Sweden.) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4717

Event 39024 (5893C389)

Date: 12/5/1976
Time: 23:00:00.0
Location: -22.0000 -139.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Astanax” Yield: 5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1900

Extra Data: LatLong: “-22.0000 -139.0000”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 S 139:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Astanax”, NukeSource: “CEA/DAM”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “5”

Event 39025 (08109205)

Date: 12/5/1976
Location: Sollefteå, Västernorrland, Sweden
Description: 2:30 p.m. Several witnesses at Sollefteå, Västernorrland, Sweden, observe an elongated object (an estimated 148 feet long) with round openings along the fuselage. A blue-green light is shining from the openings, a red light at the front, and a diffuse orange glow from the underside. The object hovers above a military base built into the mountainside at an elevation of about 165 feet. After a while, the object moves on and hovers above a nearby power station. Then it moves jerkily sideways, jumping rapidly between different positions. After hovering for 15 minutes, it tilts up and rapidly speeds upwards and out of sight, disappearing at 3:30 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5373

Event 39026 (EBF3BD39)

Date: 12/5/1976
Description: At 2:30 a.m. a 150-foot diameter disc zigzagged over an electrical power station for about an hour in Solleftea, Vasternorrland, Sweden. It had diffuse lights on its underside.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, April 1977, p. 2, citing Nya Norrland, December 6, 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8210

Event 39027 (444AE6E3)

Date: 12/6/1976
Description: John Brady and Ronald Pullman were driving home to Milford, Delaware at 3:30 a.m. and were at a place called Slaughter Neck when they saw two tall figures in an adjacent cornfield, about 100 yards away. The two giant humanoid figures were maybe 8 or 9 feet tall, and standing close together as though they were hugging. They appeared to be of a pine green color. No traces could be found the next day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Milford Chronicle, December 9, 1976; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1976-80 (A1512
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8237

Event 39028 (34B687C9)

Date: 12/6/1976
Description: At 5:30 a.m. a married couple were heading west on Sterling Road in Davie, Florida to drop off his two children, ages 4 and 1 ½ years, at a local daycare center. As he was passing a bicyclist he noticed a fireball in the northwest sky falling fast. After a minute the husband pulled over and shut off the car, to say a prayer because he thought he had seen an airplane crashing. He sat there for several minutes, then he and his wife observed a huge dull, grayish metallic object that was heading slowly towards them. The object was immense, made no sound, nor emit any smoke or exhaust that could be noticeable from thermal fluctuations of the air around it. The object appeared to be oblong or cigar-shaped, more than 250 feet long and more than 30 feet high. There seemed to be some sort of whitish light atop and a light at each end, front and rear but not white.

As it approached their vehicle his wife leaned her upper body out of the window to look up at it, while he watched it from behind the windshield inside. As they kept asking what it was, he noticed that the entire interior of the car had become illuminated. He then also noticed that his four-year old daughter leaning on the back window looking up. He then looked at his interior light and saw that it was not lit. He again looked out his side window and it was still pitch black outside the car. He did his best to get a fix on the structure of the craft, that was now less than 50 feet from them. The surface did not appear to be metallic at all, but it had a rough, sandy texture similar to that of shark skin. He could not locate any seams on it or anything that would suggest conventional construction methods.

The object became stationary and they sat staring at it for minutes. Then he saw a small, child-like figure fun in front of the headlights from the left. It started to climb over the metal road barrier, but hesitated and turned toward him. It wore no shoes, belt, tools, weapons, or any other accessories. His first thought was to jump out and grab the being to throw it in the car trunk, but a mental voice told him not to move or he would be harmed. He tried to lift his arm and was horrified because it looked like it was cut off where the light ended inside the car. He looked again at the small figure again and had the thought that he could easily overpower it. A voice again warned him that the stretch cloth suit the figure was wearing carried 40,000 volts of piezo-electrical current. The small being then hopped over a fence and entered a field of a horse farm. His last memory of the incident was of looking behind his car and seeing a somewhat different shaped object about one mile south of his location, moving slowly at first but then accelerating so fast that it appeared to just vaporize. He then drove off without speaking another word to his wife, and at the daycare center they realized that they had been at the site for over 40 minutes. He also lost his eyesight for almost two days after the incident. The witness also claims that, after several years of nightmares, he discovered that the occupants of the craft he had seen were from a parallel universe.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1976, citing NUFORC
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8238

Event 39029 (83BAB04F)

Date: 12/7/1976
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 170KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1485

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “170”

Event 39030 (25B5E5AA)

Date: 12/7/1976
Time: 04:56:59.9
Location: 49.9270 78.8470
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1486

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.9270 78.8470”, LatLongDMS: “49:55:37 N 78:50:49 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.90”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39031 (C16FDCC9)

Date: 12/8/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: NEAR LARCHE, FR
Description: 2 Sergeants. Dark silent saucer going quickly NNW. Dogs howl. 4 saucers do same / 9 December. / MJ#114.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12436

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “170”, HatchDesc: “nr LARCHE,FR:2 SGTs:DRK SLNT SCR>>NNW:DOGS HOWL:4 SCRS DO SAME/9 DEC:/MJ#114”, LatLong: “44.477780 6.800000”, LatLongDMS: “44:28:40 N 06:48:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes de Haute Provence”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39032 (F103FCC9)

Date: 12/8/1976
Time: 14:49:30.1
Location: 37.0793 -116.0016
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Redmud” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_798

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0793 -116.0016”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:45 N 116:00:06 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.43”, NukeMb: “4.90”, NukeName: “Redmud”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39033 (9308B53C)

Date: 12/9/1976
Time: 19:50
Location: NEAR STOKE-ON-TRENT, ENG
Description: 2 / car. 8 night lights / rigid trapezoid formation over power lines. Vanish.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12437

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “135”, HatchDesc: “nr STOKE-on-TRENT,ENG:2/CAR:8 NLTS/RIGID TRAPEZOID FORMn OVR PWR LINES:VANISH”, LatLong: “53.000003 -2.216667”, LatLongDMS: “53:00:00 N 02:13:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39034 (BFC74208)

Date: 12/10/1976
Description: In 1976 two humanoid encounters occurred in Europe. At 1:30 a.m. in Ponte de Lima, Portugal, a 2-meter tall dark figure, wearing a one-piece robe that fell to the ground in a straight, featureless line, and having no signs of arms or legs, glided over the street in front of two school teachers, a married couple in their fifties. Their dog hid behind them, then retreated. The figure was in view for five minutes, the entire time it took them to walk to the man’s sister’s house.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT case 1810, citing Joaquim Fernandes, Insolito magazine, May 1978, pp. 14-16
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8308

Event 39035 (706D11EE)

Date: 12/10/1976
Description: A complex abduction scenario occurred that evening in central France. Antonia (last name withheld), 68, was driving to her home near Limoges. She had entered a small woods that was strangely illuminated by a white light. When she turned a corner in the road that light became a lenticular mass of brilliant light about 30 feet wide and 10 feet high, resting on the road ahead. When 20 meters from it she stopped and tried to back up. Instead the car was pulled forward onto the right shoulder of the road. In the midst of the light she felt her head forcibly turned to the right. She perceived an arm appear that described an arc through the air from front to back. All at once the lights went out, and her car motor and headlights died. She heard a slight click, and a sound like a sliding door opening. Two white luminous rectangular shapes about a meter in height seemed to appear in front of the hood of her car. She then felt two electric shocks running from head to toe, and lost consciousness.

She awoke to the sound of a pistol-shot and something striking against her car. She thought she heard a voice say in French, “Oh, we have killed her!” Her outside mirror on the driver side had been broken off. She tried to get out of the car but had no sensation in her legs. The sensation in them began to return, but her feet were slewed over toward the right side of the car, where they had not been before. Looking around, she realized the car was now about 100 meters beyond the place she had lost consciousness. She turned on her headlights, and saw a metallic gray flying saucer hovering motionless 3 meters above the road, 3-4 meters ahead of her. It had two lights sunk into the lower portion, and also two darker 8" squares, and was at least 30 feet wide. Her car engine suddenly started up spontaneously. Immediately the UFO’s lights went out and it silently took off. She felt the car buffeted with a shock wave as it left. Antonia drove home, arriving 55 minutes later that she should have. Her dogs shunned her, and she could not sleep that night.

(Continued.) In the morning she discovered a tear in her skin between her vagina and anus. On washing out her genital area she found that her vagina was stuffed with an earth-like substance. A vaginal infection subsequently resulted from this. Her memory of the event, including the missing time, gradually returned. For two weeks she suffered from insomnia, and vivid images repeatedly came into her mind.

She recalled being in a circular room, dark except at the center. There was no visible source for the light. In front of her, suspended from the two ends by metal pipes from the ceiling, was a green table in the shape of a half-cylinder, convex side up, about five feet long. She was forcibly placed and twisted about into various extreme and painful positions upon this “vaulting horse” (“cheval d’arcon”). Two figures stood looking at her. Not very tall, they wore close-fitting coveralls. One had a narrow, black mustache, wore a black skullcap, and his uniform had an “officer’s collar.” They had elongated, slanted eyes. The one with the cap smiled “tenderly” at her; the other looked evil and malevolent. She could also hear others “murmuring” that she could not see. She remembered seeing a hand holding an instrument like a toy windmill, a spiral vane on a stick that had sparkling points of light. In the dark wall were visible two dimly lit, small portholes, less than 8 inches in diameter. Later, she felt herself standing, being moved about as if someone was dressing her, then being thrown down onto something hard.

When Antonia had her car’s mirror replaced, the mechanic was surprised to observe that her car was strongly magnetized. The investigator, who spent a great deal of time working with the abductee, rejects fabrication or psychopathology as explanations for her experience.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1869, citing Revue des Soucoupes Volantes #5, February 1978, pp. 5-11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8309

Event 39036 (D5856288)

Date: 12/12/1976
Location: FRANCE, Meylan (Isère)
Description: (Translated from French) Julien Hermann began his shift as a guard at the “Merlin-Gérin” factory at 6 o’clock in the morning. “A few moments later, in my office, turning my head to the left, I clearly saw through the window a human form of a size of 1.65m to 1.75m and of a fluorescent green color, surrounded by a multitude of small green twinkling lights on its profile. This form was about twenty meters away. I clearly distinguished its legs and arms which it held along its body. On the other hand, I could not see the face, nor even the head and shoulders, but it seemed to me to perceive in the night like a motorcyclist’s or astronaut’s helmet which formed an aureole towards the head. This human form remained motionless in the center of a luminous circle visible on the ground, of an orange-yellow hue, of a diameter of about two meters. I cannot say if the feet of this human form were in contact with the ground or not, as well as it seemed impossible to me to realize if it was facing me or presented its back. I felt a cold sweat and my radio which was functioning began to crackle and crack. I then rushed outside, going around the corner of the building. I saw the form again still motionless in the same place. Suddenly, it vanished on the spot.” This scene lasted from 5 to 7 minutes.
Reference: Pierre DELVAL: “Contacts of the 4th Type” - De Vecchi 1979, p. 66, 67, he dates it September 12, but it was a Sunday morning, the other authors say “December” I opt for this date
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2933

Event 39037 (3AE6B5C0)

Date: 12/12/1976
Time: 07:20
Location: MEYLAN, FR
Description: Glowing figure / very long arms. Guard paralyzed. Post radio RFIs. Circle / burnt dirt.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 633)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12438

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MEYLAN,FR:GLOWING FIG/VLONG ARMS:GUARD PRLYZD:POST RADIO RFIs:CCL/BURNT DIRT”, LatLong: “45.216669 5.783334”, LatLongDMS: “45:13:00 N 05:47:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Isère”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39038 (90D12E57)

Date: 12/12/1976
Description: On this morning around 7:20 a.m. at a factory in Meylan, France Mr. Hermann, a 38-year-old security guard, saw a 5.5’ tall luminous green human form appear about 20 meters away from him. It stood in the center of a circular orange-yellow spot. It seemed to be wearing a helmet. Mr. Hermann’s neck muscles were paralyzed, but he was able to run outside. When he returned it was gone.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Edmond Thomas, Ouranos, October 1977, p. 11; David Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1649
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8357

Event 39039 (DD7EA572)

Date: 12/13/1976
Time: 17:20
Location: KIDSGROVE BANK, ENG
Description: Dome with beam going up. Light from rectangular windows over power substation.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12439

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “KIDSGROVE BANK,ENG:DOME W/BEAM ↑:LITE FROM RECT.WINDOWS ovr POWER SUBSTATION”, LatLong: “53.088891 -2.250000”, LatLongDMS: “53:05:20 N 02:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39040 (3E5D89F8)

Date: 12/13/1976
Time: 17:20
Location: DUNKIRK, STAFFS
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Glowing ovoid in swirling mist. Flashes. Shrinks away.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12440

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “130”, HatchDesc: “DUNKIRK,STAFFS:2 SEP.OBS:GLOWING OVOID in SWIRLING MIST:FLASHES:SHRINKS AWAY”, LatLong: “53.072225 -2.283333”, LatLongDMS: “53:04:20 N 02:17:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39041 (02E3D188)

Date: 12/14/1976
Time: 01:20
Location: CAMPO DELL’ORO, CORSICA
Description: Brilliant white ball near airport. 2nd joins. Fantastic ballet. Quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12441

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “CAMPO DELL’ORO,CORSICA:BRILL.WHT BALL nr AIRPORT:2nd JOINS:FANTASTIC BALLET:↑↑”, LatLong: “41.922224 8.788889”, LatLongDMS: “41:55:20 N 08:47:20 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CDS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39042 (049B29C6)

Date: 12/14/1976
Time: 16:30
Location: SOUTHWEST NORTHRIDGE, CA
Description: 3 boys / (seen thru) binoculars. Saucer / fast turn west going northwest. Hovers. Loops! Portholes. Beams going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12442

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “222”, HatchDesc: “SW NORTHRIDGE,CA:3 BOYS/BINOCS:SCR/FAST TURN W>NW:HVRS:LOOPS!:PORTHOLES:BEAMS↓”, LatLong: “34.200002 -118.500006”, LatLongDMS: “34:12:00 N 118:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39043 (9767900D)

Date: 12/14/1976
Time: 17:20
Location: ALSAGER, CHESHIRE
Description: 1 / car. Brown colored dome with rectangular windows hovers. Vapor swirls beneath.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12443

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “132”, HatchDesc: “ALSAGER,CHESHIRE:1/CAR:BRN DOME W/RECT.WINDOWS HVRS:VAPOR SWIRLS BENEATH”, LatLong: “53.100003 -2.300000”, LatLongDMS: “53:06:00 N 02:18:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39044 (2E4E8AFA)

Date: 12/14/1976
Location: Contrexeville, France
Description: Three unknowns detected at Air Force Base #292 (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 761214
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4718

Event 39045 (319BF4B8)

Date: 12/14/1976
Location: Contrexéville, Vosges, France
Description: 2:00 a.m. Panoramic radar at an air force base at Contrexéville, Vosges, France, picks up unknown targets at 2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., and 3:30 a.m. Seven air traffic controllers are the witnesses. The radar paints the targets as 10–15 miles apart every 10 seconds, meaning their speed is estimated at 4,200–6,200 mph, a supersonic speed of Mach 5 to 8, at an altitude of 6.5 miles.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Claude Poher, “A Case of Radar Detection of UFOs in France,” IUR 29, no. 3 (Fall 2004): 13–14, 27
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5374

Event 39046 (8AF82CB8)

Date: 12/15/1976
Locations: Alberta Highway 46; Highway 63; Boyle, Alberta
Description: 7:00 a.m. Arnold Barker is driving south on Alberta Highway 46 [now Highway 63] nearly 3 miles south of Boyle, Alberta, when he sees two bright flashing lights flying west to east. As the object passes overhead, he realizes it is not an airplane. He jumps out of his truck to get a better look and sees that the lights are now red, zigzaging, and attached to each other by a faint connection. The object appears to be landing silently in a field to the east of the road, but it stops about 6–10 feet from the ground and 100–150 feet away. Barker takes a few steps toward it, but it takes off and moves north. He gets in his truck again to turn around and the object follows him, again as a white light. He speeds up to 75 mph and outdistances it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August North, pp. 185–187
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5375

Event 39047 (99677754)

Date: 12/15/1976
Location: Holland, Massachusetts
Description: 9:20 p.m. A driver in Holland, Massachusetts, sees a cigar-shaped object twice the width of the moon hovering low in the east about 500 feet away. Human-like forms are visible through a row of windows on the side. It disappears in a bright red flash.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-2-1,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5376

Event 39048 (87C3E477)

Date: 12/15/1976
Description: At 9:20 p.m. on this evening in 1976 in Holland, Massachusetts, a cigar shaped UFO hovered stationary in the sky for a few moments. The figures of three or four beings could be seen through oval-shaped windows in the craft. The object disappeared in a bright red flash after another 7-8 seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, February 1977, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8416

Event 39049 (EE2B80D7)

Date: Mid 12/1976
Location: Logan County, COLORADO
Description: A helicopter was seen flying out of the South Platte River bottoms and flying to the east, low over the river. A mutilated cow was discovered in the area on 12-17-76 and a calf turned up missing.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 18 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_174

Event 39050 (3AE87F54)

Date: 12/16/1976
Time: 12:30
Location: KALGOORLIE AIRPORT/APARTMENT, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Weatherman. Large glowing-ovoid stops. Back going west / 1445h / 24000kph!
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: PHENOMENA RESEARCH REPORT: UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, WA. Vol. 3 #1 (issue 25) 1977-8?
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12444

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “135”, HatchDesc: “KALGOORLIE Apt,S.AUSTR:WEATHERMAN:LRG GLO-OVOID STOPS:BACK >W/1445h/24000kph!”, LatLong: “-30.816668 121.466672”, LatLongDMS: “30:49:00 S 121:28:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39051 (A0B44353)

Date: 12/16/1976
Locations: Kalgoorlie Airport in Western Australia; Scotia nickel mine
Description: 12:15 p.m. Michael Winterborne, meteorological officer for the Kalgoorlie Airport in Western Australia, sees a white, football-shaped object, glowing and pulsating with fuzzy edges, rush from the northeast horizon to the northwest horizon at great speed. At 2:45 p.m., he sees it again, arching overhead toward the west. Both incidents are timed by stopwatch at 12 seconds. Dave Bower, at the Scotia nickel mine about 50 miles to the north, sees a UFO drifting slowly westward at about 1,000 feet altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5377

Event 39052 (642755F8)

Date: 12/18/1976
Time: 00:50
Location: NORTHEAST / SODA SPRINGS, ID
Description: 2 separate cops. Silent plain 30’ ovoid 60’ away. Whistles. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12445

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “1759”, HatchDesc: “NE/SODA SPRINGS,ID:2 SEP.COPS:SLNT PLAIN 30’OVOID 60’AWAY:WHISTLES:>>NW”, LatLong: “42.705558 -111.550005”, LatLongDMS: “42:42:20 N 111:33:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: "[G

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Event 39053 (76E40F92)

Date: 12/18/1976
Time: 20:30
Location: MIAMI, FL
Description: 3+observer(s). Oval glow with saucer inside. Goes going south overhead / 250’ altitude. Turns going west. Sky clear.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12446

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “MIAMI,FL:3+OBS:OVAL GLOW W/SCR INSIDE:GOES >S OVHD/250’alt:TURNS >W:SKY CLEAR.”, LatLong: “25.800001 -80.194448”, LatLongDMS: “25:48:00 N 80:11:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39054 (1B26CF24)

Date: 12/18/1976
Location: Caribou County, ID
Description: 12:55 a.m. On Soda Springs Mountain Road, three police officers had a close encounter with a 30-foot diameter oval-shaped UFO. (Sources: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies case investigations file, December 1976; International UFO Reporter, February 1977, p. 6). 77Jan-May Various Cities UK 1 Miniwave of UFO sightings, including round and triangular objects (NICAP UFOE II, Section VIII). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4719

Event 39055 (080C67FB)

Date: 12/18/1976
Location: Wood Canyon Road east of Soda Springs, Idaho
Description: 12:55 a.m. On Wood Canyon Road east of Soda Springs, Idaho, police officer Dennis Abrams has a close encounter with a 30-foot diameter, oval-shaped UFO. It lacks any seams or windows and has the bulk of three to four cars. It emits a light green light and hovers only 60 feet away. It makes no sound when hovering but makes a whistling “wind” sound when in motion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “CE-I Seen by Independent Policemen in Idaho,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 6–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5378

Event 39056 (C9EABA20)

Date: 12/18/1976
Locations: Akureyi; Reykjavik, Iceland; Mælifell volcano
Description: A Flugfélag Íslands [now Air Iceland Connect] airliner in flight from Akureyi to Reykjavik, Iceland, picks up a clear radar target at 18,000 feet over the Mælifell volcano. It tracks the object for one minute as it rushes 2 miles below the aircraft at 3,600 mph. The object is not seen visually.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5379

Event 39057 (18B51266)

Date: 12/18/1976
Location: Newfolden, Minnesota
Description: 5:20 p.m. Several children in Newfolden, Minnesota, see an object speeding across the sky then stopping. It has 6–9 orange and white lights flashing on and off around the perimeter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-2-9,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5380

Event 39058 (5A2C7529)

Date: 12/18/1976
Location: Miami, Florida
Description: 8:30 p.m. A group of witnesses see a red-orange oval light pass overhead in Miami, Florida, about 250 feet up. It turns west in a smooth, even motion.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-2-12,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5381

Event 39059 (6EFF40E7)

Date: 12/18/1976
Description: At 12:55 a.m. on Soda Springs Mountain Road in Caribou County, Idaho three police officers had a close encounter with a 30-foot diameter oval-shaped UFO. The object was devoid of seams or windows, and had the bulk of three to four cars. It emitted a light green light and hovered only 60 feet away from them. It made no sound when hovering, but made a whistling “wind” sound when in motion.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies case investigations file, December 1976; International UFO Reporter, February 1977, p. 6
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8492

Event 39060 (A560CAA4)

Date: 12/18/1976
Description: Twenty-two hours later at 10:30 p.m. six witnesses, twenty miles south of Miami, Florida watched an oval glow with a disc-shaped object inside fly to the south, passing over their heads at only 150 feet. The object turned and flew away to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies case investigations file, December 1976; International UFO Reporter, February 1977, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8493

Event 39061 (35602ADD)

Date: 12/19/1976
Time: 18:20
Location: CONCORD, CA
Description: 1 observer. Night light zigzags going north. Circles and reverses. Slow and high. Then zooms down.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12447

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “61”, HatchDesc: “CONCORD,CA:1 OBS:NLT ZIGZAGS >N:CIRCLES+REVERSES:SLOW+HIGH:THEN ZOOMS DOWN.”, LatLong: “37.950002 -122.016672”, LatLongDMS: “37:57:00 N 122:01:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39062 (40863696)

Date: 12/19/1976
Time: 22:00?
Location: SALTERS POINT, WEST AUSTR
Description: 2 observer(s). Whirring sound. 2’ disk 30’ up behind house. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12448

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SALTERS POINT,W.AUSTR:2 OBS:WHIRRING SOUND:2’DISK 30’UP BEHIND HOUSE:>>W”, LatLong: “-31.950002 115.883339”, LatLongDMS: “31:57:00 S 115:53:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39063 (E9132D39)

Date: 12/19/1976
Locations: US National Reconnaissance Office; Soviet Union; China; Sudan; Afghanistan
Description: The first KH-11 Kennen reconnaissance satellite (codenamed Key Hole) is launched by the US National Reconnaissance Office. It is the first American spy satellite to use electro-optical digital imaging that offers real- time optical observations. The capabilities of the KH-11 are highly classified, as are images they produce. The satellites are believed to have been the source of some imagery of the Soviet Union and China made public in 1997; images of Sudan and Afghanistan made public in 1998 related to the response to the 1998 US embassy bombings; and a 2019 photo, revealed by President Donald Trump, of a failed Iranian rocket launch.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “KH-11 KENNEN”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5382

Event 39064 (51AD7663)

Date: 12/19/1976
Location: Concord, California
Description: 6:20 p.m. A witness in Concord, California, sees a silent, star-like light moving northward in an erratic fashion: zigzagging, up and down, in circles, backing up, speeding up for 1 minute. Then it speeds up and moves downward in a curve, zooming out of sight in 1 second.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-2-13,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5383

Event 39065 (7CFC0F7B)

Date: 12/19/1976
Locations: Aquinas College; Salter Point; Western Australia
Description: Night. Neil Brennan and Dean Gibbs step outside when they hear a whirring noise near Aquinas College, Salter Point, Western Australia. Brennan sees a bright disc, 2 feet in diameter, hovering 30 feet in the air behind his house. It then disappears toward the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Perth News (W.A.) News, December 20, 1976; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5384

Event 39066 (FB36B6B3)

Date: 12/19/1976
Description: At two o’clock in the morning in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia. Mr. Mann, 26-years-old, suffered lasting physiological effects from a UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Australian Centre for UFO Studies, case investigation files, report dated April 7, 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8514

Event 39067 (D6842DA3)

Date: 12/19/1976
Description: On this night in Salters Point, Western Australia two men, Brennan and Gibbs, heard a whirring sound and then sighted a two-foot wide disc-shaped UFO that flew behind a house at only 30 feet altitude. It then shot away toward the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, February 1977, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8515

Event 39068 (35BCDA47)

Date: 12/19/1976
Description: At 6:20 p.m. in Concord, California a 53-year-old man sighted a nocturnal light zigzagging toward the north, then circle and reverse direction. It moved at a slow speed at first, then sped up, and finally shot away to the west.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, case investigation files, December 1976
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8516

Event 39069 (15739E30)

Date: 12/20/1976
Time: 20:10
Location: ACARIGUA, VNZL
Description: Many observer(s). Luminous object going quickly north / low altitude. Flashes. Power outage. Same / 13 Jan. '77.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12449

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “195”, HatchDesc: “ACARIGUA,VNZL:MANY OBS:LUMn.OBJ >>N/LO ALT:FLASHES:POWER OUTAGE:SAME/13JAN77”, LatLong: “9.533334 -69.200003”, LatLongDMS: “09:32:00 N 69:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LRA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39070 (9F3C533B)

Date: 12/20/1976
Description: There were thirteen UFO reports in the early morning hours from various provinces of Spain, including Granada, Malaga, Valencia, Murcia, Alicante, Melilla, and Cadiz. At 1:50 a.m. several witnesses watched a metallic appearing object radiate luminous rays of light and light up the sky with an intense luminosity in Malaga, Spain. A few minutes later yellow, red, and bluish green balls of light flew over Valencia, Alicante, and Almeria. Objects flew rapidly toward the south or southwest. At 2:00 a.m. an enormous blue violet ball of light flew over Malaga at high speed. Ten minutes later a triangular or cone-shaped UFO, pale blue in color, flew from the north to the south over Murcia. A huge ovoid object, blue violet in color, was also seen flying in the same direction over Algeciras, Spain at about the same time. On the same day the Sloop Rippe disappeared mysteriously in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida, southeast of Fort Lauderdale.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sanchez de Medina Fermin, Stendek, June 1978, pp. 2-4; George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 411, citing Richard Winer
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8538

Event 39071 (FAE77971)

Date: 12/21/1976
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sutter” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_799

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Sutter”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39072 (EAB0101C)

Date: 12/21/1976
Time: 15:09:00.2
Location: 37.1239 -116.0675
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Asiago” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_800

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1239 -116.0675”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:26 N 116:04:03 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.33”, NukeName: “Asiago”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39073 (C6882A85)

Date: 12/25/1976
Time: 02:20
Location: DEELEN, NETH
Description: Large silent night lights hover / Air Force Base. Many observer(s). Nothing / RADAR. Flashes light grounds.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12450

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “DEELEN,NETH:LRG SLNT NLTS HVR/AFB:MANY OBS:NOTHING/RDR:FLASHES LITE GNDS:”, LatLong: “51.966669 5.933334”, LatLongDMS: “51:58:00 N 05:56:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Netherlands”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39074 (D74A2BE4)

Date: 12/26/1976
Time: 19:30
Location: NORTHWEST / WHITEHORSE, YKN
Description: Ambulance paced / Brill ovoid. Electrics electro-magnetic effect (EME). Responds / lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 942)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12451

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “710”, HatchDesc: “NW/WHITEHORSE,YKN:AMBULANCE PACED/BRILL OVOID:ELECTRICS EME:RESPONDS/LITES”, LatLong: “60.783336 -135.116673”, LatLongDMS: “60:47:00 N 135:07:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “YKN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39075 (151CE70A)

Date: 12/26/1976
Description: At 7:30 p.m. an ambulance driven by two men named Banks and Schofield was paced for 22 minutes by two oval-shaped objects through the mountains 25 miles northwest of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. The UFOs would dart back-and-forth in the sky. The river used his dome light and siren to signal them. The UFOs flashed light back at them for a few seconds, then skipped off over the trees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 69
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8615

Event 39076 (9B673ED4)

Date: 12/27/1976
Time: 07:40
Location: MORENX TO/FROM ARJUZANX, FR
Description: Green ovoid descends rapidly near ground behind school.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 635)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12452

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MORENX><ARJUZANX,FR:GREEN OVOID DESCENDS RAPIDLY NEAR GND BEHIND SCHOOL.”, LatLong: “44.022224 -0.894444”, LatLongDMS: “44:01:20 N 00:53:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Landes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39077 (0C3788A7)

Date: 12/28/1976
Location: AUSTRALIA, Coomlieyna Beach (Ceduna)
Description: (Translated from French) A submerged unidentified object was observed by about twenty Aborigines fishing on the beach. The craft measured approximately 30 m and had a white turret, a black line around the center and a red line around the waterline. Given the rocky marine ground at the location, it is excluded that it could be a submarine.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 168
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2934

Event 39078 (508BC113)

Date: 12/28/1976
Time: 04:30
Location: KIRUNA, SWEDEN
Description: 1 observer. Light-bulb shape. Irregular motion. “Boxed-in light beam”.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12453

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “KIRUNA,SWEDEN:1 OBS:LIGHT-BULB SHAPE:IRREGULAR MOTION:“BOXED-IN LITE BEAM””, LatLong: “67.838892 20.250001”, LatLongDMS: “67:50:20 N 20:15:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39079 (B30DD225)

Date: 12/28/1976
Time: 19:30
Location: CHEADLE, CHESHIRE
Description: 1 observer. 6’ bullet shape splits and rejoins. Possible landing field. No physical trace(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12454

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “CHEADLE,CHESHIRE:1 OBS:6’BULLET SHAPE SPLITS+REJOINS:POSS.LANDING.FIELD:no trc”, LatLong: “53.372225 -2.166667”, LatLongDMS: “53:22:20 N 02:10:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39080 (445BB9E5)

Date: 12/28/1976
Time: 18:00:00.1
Location: 37.1005 -116.0365
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Rudder” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_801

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1005 -116.0365”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:02 N 116:02:11 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.64”, NukeMb: “5.50”, NukeName: “Rudder”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39081 (9E6A8EE7)

Date: 12/29/1976
Time: 02:20
Location: ST. PANDELON, FR
Description: 1 observer. Teardrop turns to sphere. Going up. Becomes square! Moon elsewhere.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12455

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “9”, HatchDesc: “St.PANDELON,FR:1 OBS:TEARDROP turns to SPHERE:↑:BECOMES SQUARE!:moon elsewhere”, LatLong: “43.672224 -1.050000”, LatLongDMS: “43:40:20 N 01:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Landes”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39082 (6D85AAA8)

Date: 12/29/1976
Time: 11:00
Location: FRENCH GULCH, CA
Description: Landed saucer rises. Zaps Chapins. Going west and up. 15 minute(s) / missing time. Odd metal found.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12456

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “18”, Elev: “407”, HatchDesc: “FRENCH GULCH,CA:LANDED SCR RISES:ZAPS CHAPINS:>W+UP:15min/MST:ODD METAL FOUND”, LatLong: “40.683335 -122.633339”, LatLongDMS: “40:41:00 N 122:38:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39083 (FFBCF85D)

Date: 12/29/1976
Location: Redding, California
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Chapin, who had the previous experience in October 1969, again notice that their mine site near Redding, California, is unseasonably warm. Chapin walks carefully down toward the creek as his wife remains in the car. When he shouts and tells her to bring the gun, she observes a similar object to the one they had seen seven years earlier, except more pock-mocked on the surface, some 175–200 feet away from Mr. Chapin. It moves rapidly in the air and zaps both of them, knocking them to the ground. Chapin hits his head against the canyon wall and his wife falls to the road. They remain unconscious for about 15 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “The Redding, California CE II Case,” IUR 3, no. 3 (March 1978): insert
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5385

Event 39084 (B89C0F97)

Date: 12/30/1976
Time: 14:10
Location: EAST / LOGRONO, SPAIN
Description: 1 / car. 5M ovoid near road ahead. Leaves (something behind) 10M green trail behind. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12457

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “E/LOGRONO,SPAIN:1/CAR:5M OVOID nr ROAD AHEAD:LVS 10M GRN TRAIL BHND:NFD”, LatLong: “42.450002 -2.416667”, LatLongDMS: “42:27:00 N 02:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LGR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39085 (1B891948)

Date: 12/30/1976
Time: 18:30
Location: NEAR WINCHESTER, HAMPS
Description: Repeater and 1 abducted again. Odd tests and conversation. / r199p100.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12458

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “nr WINCHESTER,HAMPs:REPEATER+1 ABDd AGAIN:ODD TESTS+CONVERSATION:/r199p100.”, LatLong: “51.083336 -1.366667”, LatLongDMS: “51:05:00 N 01:22:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39086 (EF6F64FF)

Date: 12/30/1976
Time: 03:57:00.3
Location: 49.7950 78.0300
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: .002KT YieldMax: 40KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1487

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7950 78.0300”, LatLongDMS: “49:47:42 N 78:01:48 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.20”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “.002”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 39087 (57EB9E66)

Date: 12/31/1976
Time: 02:40
Location: NORTHEAST / AUDLEY, ENGL
Description: Separate observer(s). Bang! Huge ovoid. Shadowy figure(s) move inside. Going northwest. / MJ#114.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12459

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “93”, Elev: “148”, HatchDesc: “NE/AUDLEY,ENGL:SEP.OBS:BANG!:HUGE OVOID:SHADOWY FIGs MOVE INSIDE:>NW:/MJ#114”, LatLong: “53.050003 -2.300000”, LatLongDMS: “53:03:00 N 02:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39088 (84D2A947)

Date: 12/31/1976
Time: 23:00
Location: CHOMERAC, AIR DEFENSE COMMAND, FR
Description: Luminous R / with Y sphere/orb/globe over wall on hill. Then 2nd UFO. Possible landing.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 635)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12460

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “CHOMERAC,ADC,FR:LUM R/W/Y ORB OVR WALL ON HILL:THEN 2nd UFO:POSSIBLE LANDING”, LatLong: “44.705558 4.733334”, LatLongDMS: “44:42:20 N 04:44:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardèche”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39089 (4241A2BC)

Date: 12/31/1976
Description: On this night in Bristol, Wales, UK Ken, an off-duty policeman, was driving home after his work shift and was passing the entrance gate of a research facility when he saw an 8 to 9 foot tall “spaceman” being. The being was wearing a one-piece suit and a helmet with a black visor over his eyes. Ken had no idea what he was looking at, so he drove straight home, arriving there in a state of shock. Although he told his wife, who did not believe him, he did not make an official report because he feared professional repercussions. The next day, he learned from reading the local newsapaper that two other people reported seeing a “spaceman” looking into their car in Chilcomb, near Winchester, England after their car engine failed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: http://www.colinandrews.net/UFO-PoliceSergeant-SilburyHill.html
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8671

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Year: 1977, 1266 Event(s), (Back to Top)

Event 39090 (803C6D13)

Date: 1977
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona
Description: CAUS (Citizens Against UFO Secrecy), a non-profit freedom of information activist group that advocates for the release of classified information regarding UFOs, is founded.
Type: non-profit organization
Reference: Wikipeda
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_692

Event 39091 (B1C631BB)

Date: 1977
Location: Ellsworth AFB
Description: Former USAF Sergeant, Mario Woods, claims that Richard Doty was present at the debriefing of his 1977 UFO incident over a nuclear silo at Ellsworth AFB.
Type: debriefing
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_694

Event 39092 (BDBE6CCD)

Date: 1977
Location: Soviet Union
Description: V. Alexeyev said that at some “unnamed” weapons test ranges when UFO’s appeared soldiers signaled, mostly in a physical way. The UFO’s responded by “compressing” their visual shape.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_696

Attributes: communication

Event 39093 (638F2F6A)

Date: 1977
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: James Mitchell: Air Force electrician at Wright-Patterson AFB had photo of dead alien from military skirmish with UFO crew in Arizona. Photo confiscated by officials.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_982

Event 39094 (590C95A0)

Date: 1977
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB
Description: James Mitchell - Air Force electrician at Wright-Patterson AFB had photo of dead alien from military skirmish with UFO crew in Arizona. Photo confiscated by officials.
Type: crash retrieval
Reference: Leonard Stringfield’s 1978 MUFON Symposium
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_983

Event 39095 (0E48A819)

Date: 1977
Location: Northwestern University
Description: J. Allen Hynek publishes The Hynek UFO Report as a review of and commentary on Project Blue Book records. It is largely ghostwritten by Elaine M. Hendry, Allan Hendry’s wife and a graduate student in astronomy at Northwestern University.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, The Hynek UFO Report, Dell, 1977; Clark III 620
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5386

Event 39096 (62154496)

Date: 1977
Locations: Congressional Research Service; Madison Building; Library of Congress
Description: Constitutional attorney Daniel P. Sheehan, at the request of Congressional Research Service researcher Marcia S. Smith, visits the brand-new Madison Building at the Library of Congress to look at the “classified sections of Project Blue Book.” He claims to have seen photos of a flying saucer embedded in snow and surrounded by USAF personnel wearing parkas. There are symbols on the side of the crashed craft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: presidentialufo.com, “President Carter, Daniel Sheehan, and Donald Menzel: The Congressional Research Service UFO Studies for President Carter”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5387

Event 39097 (DBEA4B9D)

Date: 1977
Location: Willowdale, Ontario
Description: Lawrence J. Fenwick, Joseph Muskat, and Harry Tokarz found the Canadian UFO Research Network in Willowdale, Ontario, to investigate reports and inform the public. It begins publishing the CUFORN Bulletin in late 1979, lasting until the summer of 1999.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: CUFORN Bulletin 1, no. 2 (January 1980)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5388

Event 39098 (77926DDF)

Date: 1977
Location: Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil
Description: José Jean Pereira de Alencar founds the Centro de Estudos Ufologicos in Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, and publishes the journal UFOnotas.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p. 56
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5389

Event 39099 (38932FDA)

Date: 1977
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Description: Fernando António Milhano Patinha founds OVNIGrupo 7 in Lisbon, Portugal. It publishes a quarterly magazine, OVNI.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p. 235
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5390

Event 39100 (92D95DD2)

Date: 1977
Location: Chaumont, Haute-Merne, France
Description: Roger Thome founds Groupe d’Étude et de Recherche sur les OVNI Haute-Marne/Meuse in Chaumont, Haute- Merne, France, which publishes five issues of Groupe 5255 in 1980–1982.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Groupe 5255, no. 1 (February 1980)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5391

Event 39101 (F48A691C)

Date: 1977
Locations: California State University, Long Beach; Anaheim (California) Memorial Hospital
Description: California State University, Long Beach, English professor Alvin H. Lawson, along with technical writer John DeHerrera and physician William C. McCall, carries out a study in Anaheim (California) Memorial Hospital to determine if the abduction stories told by “real” abductees under hypnotic regression resemble the stories told by others who are asked to imagine an abduction under hypnosis. After the experiment, carried out by student volunteers, Lawson declares that the imaginary accounts are all but identical to the real accounts. He then formulates a Birth Memories Hypothesis, which argues that abductions are nonphysical, archetypal fantasies in which the witness’s birth memories play a central role. However, Lawson’s methodology and results are later critiqued severely.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Alvin H. Lawson, “What Can We Learn from Hypnosis of Imaginary ‘Abductees’?” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 120 (November 1977): 7–9; Alvin H. Lawson, “What Can We Learn from Hypnosis of Imaginary ‘Abductees’? Part 2,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 121 (December 1977); Alvin H. Lawson, “What Can We Learn from Hypnosis of Imaginary ‘Abductees’? Part 3,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 122 (January 1978); Alvin H. Lawson, “Hypnosis of Imaginary ‘Abductees,” in Curtis G. Fuller, ed., Proceedings of the First International UFO Congress, Warner, 1980, pp. 195–213; D. Scott Rogo, “Imaginary Facts: The Case of the Imaginary Abductions,” IUR 10, no. 2 (March/April 1985): 3–5; D. Scott Rogo, “Birth Traumas from Outer Space,” IUR 10, no. 3 (May/June 1985): 4–5, 16; Clark III 944–945
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5392

Event 39102 (FAEF8635)

Date: 1977
Locations: Nullabor Plain; South Australia
Description: An Australian soldier is traveling on the Nullabor Plain in South Australia when he and a companion, an American soldier, watch the descent of a purple-green fireball. They drive to the impact site and see a crashed UFO. The Australian goes inside and sees two aliens, one dead and the other making a squealing sound. They are about 5 feet tall and pot-bellied, with long, thin arms and large, black eyes. When he comes out again, he finds that military personnel have arrived. They arrest him and his friend and keep him in custody for two weeks.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bill Chalker, “UFO Crash/Retrieval Stories: The Australian Experience,” 1998; Clark III 345
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5393

Event 39103 (58DAC63C)

Date: 1977
Locations: Japan; US
Description: Maj. Gen. Hideki Komura, an adviser to Japan’s Cabinet Research Office, admits that UFO investigations are carried out at a top level. He says that in the 1950s, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force encouraged reports from the public, but they had too many reports to analyze. Now he admits they cooperate closely with the US government’s Foreign Technology Division.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 431
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5394

Event 39104 (930F6E48)

Date: 1977
Description: USAF Sgt. M.S. of the 97th Bomber Wing claims while serving at WPAFB in 1977, he made the acquaintance of a Maj. Gen. whose last name begins with the letter “T” assigned for security work in the Logistics Command; his daughter dated M.S. M.S. claims Gen. T. Told him a UAP crashed in the Southwest in 1957, four bodies were recovered and badly burned but their silver spacesuits were not damaged and fused to the flesh, and sent to WPAFB for deep freeze; the heads were larger than the bodies but facial features were erased by the heat; a CR team got into the craft through a fissure in the shell; it was transported by rail using cover as “classified rockets” to WPAFB.

M.S. claims Gen. T showed him a TS document about a UAP landing at Nellis AFB in 1968 reading “Large UFO hovered over Nellis AFB for three days. Three small alien craft were observed separating (or being ejected) from the parent craft. One landed on the Air Base grounds. Sent to greet the landed craft was a Colonel with security detachment properly armed. There was no mention of an attempt to assault the craft. While waiting for a sign of intent, a humanoid was observed to disembark from the UFO craft, which was described as ‘short and stocky.’ Then a beam of light was directed at the Colonel. The Colonel was instantly paralyzed, according to the report. Orders then came from the officer next in command for his troops of the security detachment to fire, but their weapons were mysteriously jammed. The Colonel was recovered and hospitalized.”

Leonard Springfield claims he corroborated the existence of Gen. T. At WPAFB through the Accounting and Finance Section records. Stringfield also claims another Intelligence source corroborated the 1968 Nellis AFB incident.

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p27

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_161

Event 39105 (3C917BB2)

Date: 1977
Description: Attorney Daniel P. Sheehan at the request of Congressional Research Service researcher Marcia S. Smith claims to visits the Madison Building at the Library of Congress to look at “classified sections of Project Blue Book.” Sheehan claims to see photos of a flying disc embedded in snow surrounded by USAF personnel wearing parkas. Symbols are present on the side of the crashed disc. If true, this contradicts findings of Blue Book delivered to Congress and the American people stating a lack of physical evidence was a key reason why UAP were not worthy of future study.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20150703123417/http:/www.presidentialufo.com/old_site/marcia_smith_story.htm

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_162

Event 39106 (C6896231)

Date: 1/1977
Location: PERU, Huanaco Province
Description: (Translated from French) A young student who had fallen into a marsh was helped by 4 scaly creatures, 90 cm tall, with 3 fingers on each hand. These small creatures extended branches towards the student, so he could climb out of the marsh.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 347
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2950

Event 39107 (23A33F88)

Date: 1/1977 (approximate)
Location: COVELO, CA
Description: 7 mutilated cattle since Nov. '76. “Looks like someone wanted them found”.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: MESSENGERS of DECEPTION; Bantam PB 1979 272pp. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12461

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “0”, Elev: “426”, HatchDesc: “COVELO,CA:7 MUT’d CATTLE SINCE NOV76:“LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE WANTED THEM FOUND””, LatLong: “39.794446 -123.244450”, LatLongDMS: “39:47:40 N 123:14:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39108 (B93FD651)

Date: 1/1977
Time: 12:00?
Location: HUYTON, MERSEYSIDE
Description: Tall pseudo-human/entity / silver suit float / backyard. Disappears when cops come!
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny: ALIEN ABDUCTIONS - the Mystery Solved; Inner Light, NJ 1988. (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12462

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “244”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “HUYTON,MERSEYSIDE:TALL PSH/SLVR SUIT FLOAT/BACKYARD:DISAPPEARS WHEN COPS COME!”, LatLong: “53.400003 -2.783333”, LatLongDMS: “53:24:00 N 02:47:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 39109 (9DAC528D)

Date: 1/1977
Time: 18:30
Location: EAST LONDON
Description: 2 boys. Odd sphere/orb/globe going southwest. Back / 2 weeks when 3’ small humanoid (or Grey) glides across street!
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 290)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12463

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “E.LONDON:2 BOYS:ODD ORB >SW:BACK/2 WEEKS when 3’OID GLIDES ACRS STREET!”, LatLong: “51.500002 0.033333”, LatLongDMS: “51:30:00 N 00:02:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39110 (C07C979A)

Date: 1/1977
End date: 5/1977
Location: UK
Description: Miniwave of UFO sightings, including round and triangular objects
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_283

Event 39111 (7056329A)

Date: 1/1977
Description: The Roper Organization asks two questions about UFOs in a survey: 44% “believe in” life elsewhere in the universe and 29% in UFOs as extraterrestrial.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert J. Durant, “Evolution of Public Opinion on UFOs,” IUR 18, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1993): 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5395

Event 39112 (47A131F4)

Date: 1/1977
Location: Stanford University
Description: Peter A. Sturrock of Stanford University releases the results of his survey on UFO sightings and beliefs of professional American astronomers. He has mailed out 2,611 questionnaires, with half (1,356) completed and returned. Sixty-two respondents (nearly 5%) say they have witnessed or obtained an instrumented record of an event they could not identify and that might be related to UFOs. Some 53% prefer additional scientific study of UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Sturrock Reports His UFO-Survey Results,” Physics Today 30 (May 1977): 112; “Astronomers and UFO’s: A Survey,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 3–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5396

Event 39113 (8EF63054)

Date: 1/1977
Locations: Stanford Research Institute [now SRI International] in Menlo Park, California; White House
Description: Alfred Webre joins the Center for the Study of Social Policy at the Stanford Research Institute [now SRI International] in Menlo Park, California, as a senior policy analyst. He intends to develop an “extraterrestrial communication” project with White House backing. He plans to establish a comprehensive UFO database, hire scientific advisers to evaluate the data, and issue policy recommendations, including one to end military and intelligence secrecy. He is referred to an unnamed female staff member of the White House Domestic Policy Staff, who is supportive of his proposal. He is promised approval of his proposal, but never hears back from the White House again. The request is terminated in September.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Steven M. Greer, Disclosure: Military and Government Witnesses Reveal the Greatest Secrets in Modern History, Crossing Point, 2001, pp. 441–446; Dolan II 142
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5397

Event 39114 (4A1DED0A)

Date: 1/1/1977
Location: FRANCE, Chabeuil/Combovin
Description: (Translated from French) At around 7:45 PM, returning along the road where they had previously seen a “star” that seemed to be following their car, the Perez family stopped. On the left they observed an elliptical metallic object at 300 meters distance, about twenty meters above a sloping field. It was illuminating a foggy mist around it and towards the ground. Red and blue sparks were coming out from under its base. A dark mass like a rod was located above and to the left of the craft, which was stationary. After 8 to 10 minutes of observation, Mr. Perez decided to flash his headlights. At that moment, the craft slowly rose vertically, first without sound, then it started at an incredible speed towards the north, made a 180° loop heading south towards Châteaudouble.
Reference: M. FIGUET/J.L. RUCHON: "Ovni, Premier dossier complet… " - éd. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 636, 637
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2941

Event 39115 (F5F4B7AC)

Date: 1/1/1977
Location: PORTUGAL, Leca da Palmeira-Oporto
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO, reappearing for 4 days starting on January 1st, always around 7 PM, was filmed by a team from a Portuguese television station. However, on the same days, around 5 AM in the Oporto region, witnesses reported hearing the sound of a “large electric engine”. Each time, the sound lasted around 20 minutes and then stopped abruptly. The sound seemed to come from the sea. (1977, January 1st to 4th)
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNICAT Project; listing of Victor Lourenço; “Diario Popular” 5.1.77
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2942

Event 39116 (B464FC30)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: 01:30
Location: CREYSSEILLES, FR
Description: 5 observer(s). Pink-glow sphere hovers / sky / 6 minute(s). Going quickly east to Mezayon Valley.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 637)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12464

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “CREYSSEILLES,FR:5 OBS:PINK-GLOW SPHERE HVRS/SKY/6min:>>E to MEZAYON VALLEY”, LatLong: “44.744447 4.550000”, LatLongDMS: “44:44:40 N 04:33:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardèche”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39117 (759A3F5D)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: 01:30
Location: CHIPPERFIELD, ENGL
Description: Large silent sphere/orb/globe hovers / 50 minute(s). Bobs going northwest toward(s) Berkhampstead. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12465

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “55”, HatchDesc: “CHIPPERFIELD,ENGL:LRG SLNT ORB HVRS/50min:BOBS >NW twrd BERKHAMPSTEAD:VANISHES”, LatLong: “51.705558 -0.500000”, LatLongDMS: “51:42:20 N 00:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39118 (B6F2351B)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: 19:00
Location: ST.-DONAT, 26, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Luminous/glowing yellow-orange ovoid hovers / sky / 5 minute(s). Drifts going southwest. Gone / 2300hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 637)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12466

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “St-DONAT,26,FR:2 OBS:LUMn YLW-ORG.OVOID HVRS/SKY/5min:DRIFTS>SW:GONE/2300hrs”, LatLong: “45.122224 4.983334”, LatLongDMS: “45:07:20 N 04:59:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39119 (A50EC2E6)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: 19:50
Location: EAST / CHABEUIL, FR
Description: 30M metallic lens saucer / flaming bottom/underside. 180° turn going quickly south. Observer(s) eyes sore. / r30p636.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12467

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “E/CHABEUIL,FR:30M MTLC LENS SCR/FLAMING BTM:180°TURN>>S:OBS.EYES SORE:/r30p636”, LatLong: “44.900002 5.033334”, LatLongDMS: “44:54:00 N 05:02:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39120 (466C6895)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: 20:00?
Location: VALENCE, 26, FR
Description: 2 / car chased by 35’ ovoid. Back 40 minute(s) later. Eyes hurt. Watch stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12468

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “45”, HatchDesc: “VALENCE,26,FR:2/CAR CHASED BY 35’OVOID:BACK 40min LATER:EYES HURT:WATCH STOPS”, LatLong: “44.900002 4.883334”, LatLongDMS: “44:54:00 N 04:53:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39121 (772A635A)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: MEZILHAC, FR
Description: 4 observer(s). Fireball going [to] under cloud-ceiling. Leaves (something behind) sparkling wake. Direction unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 638)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12469

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “MEZILHAC,FR:4 OBS:FBL > UNDER CLOUD-CEILING:LVS SPARKLING WAKE:direction unk”, LatLong: “44.783335 4.333334”, LatLongDMS: “44:47:00 N 04:20:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ardèche”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39122 (E8A0870D)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: MONTMIRAIL, 26, FR
Description: Star descends like dead-leaf / 5 min. Then rises going quickly west / high speeds.
Type: sighting
Reference: FIGEUT, Michel & RUCHON, Jean-Louis: OVNI - Le Premier Dossier…; Alain LeFeuvre, Paris 1979. (Index 637)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12470

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MONTMIRAIL,26,FR:STAR DESCENDS LIKE DEAD-LEAF/5 MIN:THEN RISES>>W./HI SPEEDS”, LatLong: “45.150002 5.150000”, LatLongDMS: “45:09:00 N 05:09:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Drôme”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39123 (FF47F8C7)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: 22:00?
Location: EYRAGUES, FR
Description: 3 observer(s). 65cm hemisphere glows / trees. Broken branches. Going quickly south. / r226#18+/ r30.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12471

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “EYRAGUES,FR:3 OBS:65cm HEMISPHR GLOWS/TREES:BROKEN BRANCHES:>>S:/r226#18+/r30”, LatLong: “43.838891 4.838889”, LatLongDMS: “43:50:20 N 04:50:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39124 (0D2E4EFE)

Date: 1/1/1977
Time: ~22:00
Location: LECA DE PALMEIRA, PORT
Description: UFO / same Hr / 4 nights. Filmed / TV crew. Electric motor sound / sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12472

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “112”, HatchDesc: “LECA de PALMEIRA,PORT:UFO/SAME Hr/4 NITES:FILMED/TV CREW:ELEC.MOTOR SOUND/SEA”, LatLong: “41.200002 -8.683334”, LatLongDMS: “41:12:00 N 08:41:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39125 (BB7FE5B1)

Date: 1/1/1977
Location: Creysseilles, France
Description: 1:30 AM. A pink glowing sphere hovered in the sky for six minutes, then flew away to the east toward the Mezayon Valley. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4720

Event 39126 (2AAED7C1)

Date: 1/1/1977
Location: Chabeiul, Drome, France
Description: 7:50 PM. A lenticular metallic disc with flames coming from the bottom made a 180-degree turn and flew off toward the south. The witness’s eyes were sore from the glare of the light. (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4721

Event 39127 (ABD982FA)

Date: 1/1/1977
Location: Valence, France
Description: 8:00 PM. Mr. and Mrs. Perez had a close encounter with a ten-meter long ovoid object that chased their car. They also complained of eye pain and conjunctivitis as a result of the encounter, and a watch of theirs had stopped working. (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4722

Event 39128 (85155D9C)

Date: 1/1/1977
Location: Leca de Palmeira, Oporto Province, Portugal
Description: 9:00 PM. A TV crew filmed a UFO. It made a sound like an electric motor. (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4723

Event 39129 (71C70203)

Date: 1/1/1977
Location: Eyragues,Bouches-Rhone Department, France
Description: 10:00 PM. A luminous hemisphere-shaped object, about .65 meters in diameter, maneuvered and glowed among trees. Broken branches were found later in the area. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4724

Event 39130 (1E4B23CA)

Date: 1/1/1977
Location: Valence, Drôme, France
Description: 8:00 p.m. François Perez and his wife are chased in their car by a 33-foot long oval object in Valence, Drôme, France. They retrace their route one hour later after telling police. They see the oval object again, about 1,200 feet from them in a field. It appears to be 90–120 feet in diameter and surrounded by a halo of white light. After 10 minutes, the object begins flashing and rises up into the air at a 45° angle. They complain of eye pain and conjunctivitis for 48 hours afterward, and Perez’s watch stops working.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “French Couple Report Being Chased by ‘Big Glowing Star,’” Los Angeles Times, January 9, 1977, p. 28; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5398

Event 39131 (4846E004)

Date: 1/1/1977
Description: There were several UFO reports on this day from France and Portugal. A pink glowing sphere hovered in the sky for six minutes in Creysseilles, France at 1:30 a.m., then flew away to the east toward the Mezayon Valley. At seven p.m. a luminous yellow-orange ovoid hovered in the sky for five minutes over Saint-Donat in Drome department, France. It drifted toward the southwest and was gone by eleven p.m. At 7:50 p.m. in Chabeiul, also in Drome, France a lenticular metallic disc with flames coming from the bottom made a 180-degree turn and flew off toward the south. The witness’s eyes were sore from the glare of the light. At 8:00 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Perez had a close encounter with a ten-meter long ovoid object in nearby Valence, France that chased their car. They also complained of eye pain and conjunctivitis as a result of the encounter, and a watch of theirs had stopped working. The UFO made a reappearance 40 minutes later. At nine p.m. in Leca de Palmeira, Oporto Province, Portugal a TV crew filmed a UFO. It made a sound like an electric motor. At ten p.m. a luminous hemisphere-shaped object, about .65 meters in diameter, maneuvered and glowed among trees in Eyragues, France in Bouches-Rhone department. Broken branches were found later in the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, OVNI: Le premier dossier complet des rencontres rapprochees en France, p. 637; Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1979; International UFO Reporter, February 1977, p. 2; Lumieres dans la Nuit, September 1977; Victor Lourenco, PORTUCAT computer catalogue
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_19

Event 39132 (A9639506)

Date: 1/1/1977
Description: Late on this night in New Canaan, Connecticut a young witness remembers being floated through his house downstairs against his will. Terrified, he saw a being shorter than him that floated beside him at the same time. He tried to grab the wall and banister but could not get a firm hold. His next memory was of being in the driveway being floated down the road surrounded by several gray-colored figures. He tried to get away but his legs just cycled aimlessly in mid-air. He had vague memories of being in a dark room with a metallic floor with some “people” that were involved in a project, which calmed him down and made him feel good. This was all he could remember.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, citing Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_20

Event 39133 (0D2DBC97)

Date: 1/2/1977
Time: 17:20
Location: NEAR LOUVROIL, FR
Description: Several / cars. Classic saucer. Slows as it drops to ground. Vanishes. / r30.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 167)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12473

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr LOUVROIL,FR:SVRL/CARS:CLASSIC SCR:SLOWS AS IT DROPS to GND:VANISHES:/r30”, LatLong: “50.266669 3.950000”, LatLongDMS: “50:16:00 N 03:57:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39134 (4BD08389)

Date: 1/3/1977
Location: PORTUGAL, Carrapito-Guarda
Description: (Translated from French) At 9:30 PM, the 24-year-old witness heard a strange sound and saw near his house an object like a dark rectangular box about 2 meters high and 1 meter wide, above a tree. The 9-year-old sister, upon seeing the object, had a nervous breakdown. The next day a circular depression was found near the tree where the UFO had been, which suddenly disappeared. Later, no grass grew in the depression on the ground, while animals refused to pass through it.
Reference: collaboration of Larry Fenwick, CUFORN, Joaquim Fernandes, CNIFO, Willy Smith, UNIICAT Project; listing of Victor Lourenco
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2943

Event 39135 (5C70ACF2)

Date: 1/3/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: CARAPITO, PORTGL
Description: 2 observer(s). Box 8’ x3’ with head / outside house. Traces. Pets avoid spot.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12474

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CARAPITO,PORTGL:2 OBS:BOX 8’x3’ W/HEAD/OUTSIDE HOUSE:TRACES:PETS AVOID SPOT”, LatLong: “40.766669 -7.466667”, LatLongDMS: “40:46:00 N 07:28:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRA”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39136 (BEB34693)

Date: 1/3/1977
Time: 22:30
Location: MONTENERO, ITL
Description: Saucer stops over car. Beam going down [to] makes engine transparent! See reference!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12475

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MONTENERO,ITL:SCR STOPS OVR CAR:BEAM ↓ MAKES ENGINE TRANSPARENT!: see ref!”, LatLong: “43.550002 10.333334”, LatLongDMS: “43:33:00 N 10:20:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39137 (A3BDC436)

Date: 1/3/1977
Description: At 9:30 a.m. a 24-year-old woman and her young sister were doing the wash next to their rural home that was near Carapito Beira Alta, Portugal. They saw on top of a nearby hill a strange looking bulky figure that was dark and motionless. It resembled an eight-foot-tall box with a round head on top and legs that appeared too thin towards the bottom. A strange sound, resembling several dogs barking into a microphone, seemed to emanate from the figure. The two witnesses became afraid and locked themselves in their house. They next heard a sound like someone was dragging something outside on the sand path that encircled their house. The sound stopped at the edge of a nearby pine grove. This was too much for the 24-year-old woman, who suffered a nervous collapse. Investigators found a small radioactive spot at the foot of the hill, plus other ground traces in evidence.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 107, citing Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos & Fernandez Peri, Enciclopedia de Los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_61

Event 39138 (2E3B0957)

Date: 1/4/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: LITHGOW, AUST
Description: 2 / car. Huge circular glow overhead. Car covered / fog until object gone. / MJ#126.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12476

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “LITHGOW,AUST:2/CAR:HUGE CIRC.GLOW OVHD:CAR COVERED/FOG UNTIL OBJ GONE:/MJ#126”, LatLong: “-33.383335 149.516674”, LatLongDMS: “33:23:00 S 149:31:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39139 (0FF3DE2E)

Date: 1/4/1977
Location: Carapito Beira Alta, Portugal
Description: 12:30 a.m. A man was training his German shepherd dog in a pine grove when the animal suddenly became agitated and sat next to him. He then saw hovering 10 meters from the ground a dark metallic domed object that was emitting a beeping sound. The witness suffered from severe headaches soon after the incident, and his dog died with no obvious cause of death in August of the same year. (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions) (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4725

Event 39140 (9F4D2A18)

Date: 1/4/1977
Location: Carapito Beira Alta, Portugal
Description: 12:30 a.m. A man was training his German shepherd dog in a pine grove when the animal suddenly became agitated and sat next to him. He then saw hovering 10 meters from the ground a dark metallic domed object that was emitting a beeping sound. Near the object was a very tall, heavy set figure, human like. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4727

Event 39141 (DD02E6C7)

Date: 1/4/1977
Description: At 12:30 a.m. man was training his German shepherd dog in a pine grove in Carapito Beira Alta, Portugal when the animal suddenly became agitated and sat next to him. He then saw hovering 10 meters from the ground a dark metallic domed object that was emitting a beeping sound. Near the object was a very tall, heavy set figure, human like. The object suddenly emitted a silvery lighting flash and disappeared, and so did the bulky figure. The witness suffered from severe headaches soon after the incident, and his dog died with no obvious cause of death in August of the same year.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 106, citing Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos & Fernandez Peri, Enciclopedia De Los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_92

Event 39142 (80DBF23D)

Date: 1/5/1977?
Time: 02:30
Location: NAPANEE, ON
Description: 3 cops. Bright object hovers over Lennox hydro power station/depot/facility. Red night light swoops going down [to] and going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12477

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “NAPANEE,ON:3 COPS:BRITE OBJ HVRS OVR LENNOX HYDRO POWER STn:RED NLT SWOOPS ↓+↑”, LatLong: “44.250002 -76.950004”, LatLongDMS: “44:15:00 N 76:57:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ontario”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39143 (21AEBB6E)

Date: 1/5/1977
Time: 04:10
Location: NEAR BEDNESTI, BC
Description: 30’ domed saucer / power lines. Beam. 2 / cars moved. 20 minute(s) / missing time. / FSRv24#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 927)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12478

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “21”, Elev: “617”, HatchDesc: “nr BEDNESTI,BC:30’DOMED SCR/PWR LINES:BEAM:2/CARS MOVED:20min/MST:/FSRv24#3”, LatLong: “53.866669 -123.083339”, LatLongDMS: “53:52:00 N 123:05:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39144 (CD94B636)

Date: 1/5/1977
Time: 08:00?
Location: WREXHAM, NORTH WALES
Description: 2 teens. 4 saucers / procession. Clear photographs analyzed = genuine / Kodak Co.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & WARRINGTON, Peter (eds): UFO’s a BRITISH PERSPECTIVE; Robert Hale, London 1979. (Index 89)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12479

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “82”, HatchDesc: “WREXHAM,N.WALES:2 TEENS:4 SCRS/PROCESSION:CLR FOTOS ANALYZED=GENUINE/KODAK co”, LatLong: “53.066669 -2.983333”, LatLongDMS: “53:04:00 N 02:59:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39145 (0CCE44E2)

Date: 1/5/1977
Time: 13:20
Location: NYSATER, SWEDEN
Description: 2 separate truckers. 7M saucer on E18 / 5 legs. Observer(s) frozen 150M away.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12480

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NYSATER,SWEDEN:2 SEP.TRUCKERS:7M SCR ON E18/5 LEGS:OBS FROZEN 150M AWAY”, LatLong: “59.283336 12.783334”, LatLongDMS: “59:17:00 N 12:47:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39146 (01583A19)

Date: 1/5/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: SCERNE DI PINETO, ITL
Description: Red circular object glides going down / wheatfield. Burn trace found. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12481

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SCERNE di PINETO,ITL:RED CIRC.OBJ GLIDES ↓/WHEATFIELD:burn trace found:NFD”, LatLong: “42.633335 14.033334”, LatLongDMS: “42:38:00 N 14:02:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TE”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39147 (1CB18F90)

Date: 1/5/1977
Time: ~20:00
Location: NEAR ERISWELL, ENGL
Description: 2+dog. Silent 15M grey saucer hovers / 25M altitude / 20 minute(s) 100M away. Shoots quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: Book: PAGET, Peter: The Welsh Triangle. Panther PB, Granada Publishing London 1979.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12482

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “nr ERISWELL,ENGL:2+DOG:SLNT 15M GRY SCR HVRS/25M alt/20min 100M away:SHOOTS ↑↑”, LatLong: “52.366669 0.533333”, LatLongDMS: “52:22:00 N 00:32:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39148 (D728DA47)

Date: 1/5/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: GUARDA, PORTUGAL
Description: Several reports / radio station/depot/facility. Fast 2M gray saucer leaves (something behind) blue trail.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12483

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GUARDA,PORTUGAL:SVRL REPORTS/RADIO STn:FAST 2M GRAY SCR LVS BLUE TRAIL:”, LatLong: “40.533335 -7.300000”, LatLongDMS: “40:32:00 N 07:18:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BRA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39149 (C0005CF7)

Date: 1/5/1977
Description: Two separate truck drivers in Nysater, Varmland, Sweden had a close encounter at 1:15 a.m. with a disc-shaped object on Highway 18. The saucer was just above the roadway, with five legs extended as landing gear. Both of the observers were paralyzed and frozen in place for five minutes, 150 meters away from the craft. The UFO emitted a solid coherent light beam.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bertil Soderquist, MUFON UFO Journal, January 1978, p. 18; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II. A Thirty Year Report, p. 270
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_135

Event 39150 (67DFB9E2)

Date: 1/5/1977
Description: At 2:30 a.m. EST in Napanee, Ontario, Canada three police officers watched a bright object hovering over the Lennox Hydro Electric Power Station. A red NL nocturnal light bounced up and down for 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 11901; MUFON UFO Journal, issue # 118
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_136

Event 39151 (8FE37B8C)

Date: 1/5/1977
Description: At 4:10 a.m. a 30 foot in diameter domed disc was seen over power lines near the town of Bednesti, 20 miles west of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada on Highway 16. A beam of energy struck two witnesses in separate cars, and both experienced 20 minutes of missing time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Michael Sinclair, APRO Bulletin, March 1977, p. 1; Joseph Kovacs, report to CUFOS, January 14, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_137

Event 39152 (70155383)

Date: 1/5/1977
Description: At 8:00 a.m. two teenagers in Wrexham, Wales took photographs of four disc-shaped objects flying in a procession of objects. Their clear photos were analyzed and pronounced as genuine by the Kodak film company.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 11903; Warrington, UFOs: a British Perspective, p. 89
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_138

Event 39153 (ADB82BCE)

Date: 1/5/1977
Description: At 8:00 p.m. a gray, 15 meter disc-shaped object hovered silently at 25 meters altitude near Eriswell, Suffolk, England for 20 minutes, 100 meters away. It then shot up into the sky and flew away. There were two witnesses and a dog present.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 11906
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_139

Event 39154 (69D53574)

Date: 1/6/1977
Location: CANADA, Montreal
Description: (Translated from French) Mrs. Malboeuf, sitting in front of the window, saw at 1:15 a.m. an object in the shape of an ellipsoidal cap land on the flat roof of the third floor, 30 m away from her, on the other side of the street. A second later she saw two 2 m tall ufonauts, dressed in white and wearing helmets, arrive at the edge of the roof, examine the ground, the street, and the sky, and return to the craft which immediately took off. Traces on the snow-covered roof: an oval surface of 6 m where the melted snow had refrozen, two other oval traces, and four footprints from the center to the corner of the platform. (Inforespace No. 36 pp. 17, 18 and No. 53 p. 23) Time: 1:15 a.m. approximately. Duration: 45 seconds maximum. Place: At Montreal, on Casgrain Street, at the corner of Beaubien Street. Witnesses: Mrs. Malboeuf and three other people. The site, in the heart of Montreal and close to a major geological fault, is at the height of a three-story house, on Casgrain Street, south of Beaubien Street. Our main witness, Mrs. Malboeuf, is in her fifties and lives in an apartment on the ground floor, with her son André, aged twenty-five. It is customary for her to get up at night, unable to sleep due to bronchial coughing. That night, however, she saw a white and luminous shape slowly emerge against a sky not covered. The object was coming from the block of houses located immediately at the southeast corner of Casgrain and Beaubien Streets. The object was coming from the north at about 5 meters above the roofs. Her astonishment was immediate: she knew nothing similar to this kind of oyster with lights. The object, which seemed white at first sight, seemed to her to be made of silver metal. Its shape, oval, very flattened and bulging only on the top, had at its base a series of four or five white lights, not very strong in intensity, and which seemed to continue all around the “oyster”. She very distinctly saw the object reach the alley and reach above the house which begins, in the alley, the continuous series of dwellings, on the other side of the street. Yet, the UFO stopped as soon as it reached this point and, without any transition, descended directly, she believes, on the roof. The object was quickly hidden by the edge of the facade of the apartment, on the third floor, by the effect of perspective. It only took a second for two characters to appear, obviously coming from the object stopped at the moment.

Mrs. Malboeuf did not see them come out of this object, however. Soon, the two men reached the facade of this house and reached, one behind the other, diagonally, the corner of the roof of the adjoining apartment. At this point, for the witness, they seemed to be side by side. They seemed to her to be very tall and very thin, two meters perhaps, with long arms, without their walk seeming abnormal. She could not distinguish their face. She says that their head was covered with a tight “bathing cap”, reminding her of the frogmen. These two characters, with a lot of naturalness, looked towards the ground and towards the street, a little around them, longer towards the sky, and returned on their steps. As soon as their head was no longer in the field of vision of the witness, the object rose about 7 meters and headed towards Bellechasse Street at the same speed as on arrival. It was not until the next day around 6 p.m. that she spoke to her son about it, as he had not slept at home the previous night. André went around the block of houses, found a way to get on the roof, and went there. For this, it takes a man with a good dose of audacity and more than the strength of a child to achieve this goal. At that moment, his breath failed him, his nervous state increased, and he kept this tension for several days. André was in the presence of a large ice surface with a depression towards the center with an average diameter of 6 meters. Two other small oval ice surfaces were placed near the large one; he went down and told his mother of his discovery. Naively, he had a glaring proof that could convince everyone that a flying saucer had come… But André did not know that in the matter of UFOs nothing is more negligible than a proof for those who refuse to know the subject. Saturday, January 8, around noon, the photographer Gilles Lafrance of the Montreal newspaper came. The two men went up to photograph the large snow circle. The articles, accompanied by the photos of Gilles Lafrance, which were then published in this newspaper and also in the Sunday Express, support in a positive tone the story of Mrs. Malboeuf. These articles “A UFO in the sky of Montreal”, and “Say saucer landed on roof home”, January 9, 1977.
Reference: Investigation by Marc Leduc for UFO Quebec - Summary by Denis Boucher for Quebec Insolite
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2944

Event 39155 (5A122FC9)

Date: 1/6/1977
Time: 01:20
Location: MONTREAL, QB
Description: Saucer lands / roof / building. Tall helmeted men walk out and re-enter. Traces / ice.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12484

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “80”, HatchDesc: “MONTREAL,QB:SCR LANDS/ROOF/BLDG:TALL HELMETED MEN WALK OUT+RE-ENTER:TRACES/ICE”, LatLong: “45.516669 -73.583337”, LatLongDMS: “45:31:00 N 73:35:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 39156 (6F612DD2)

Date: 1/6/1977
Time: 19:00
Location: LAPINLAHTI, FINLAND
Description: 1 observer. Saucer hovers over road / seconds. Beams light down. Shoots going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12485

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LAPINLAHTI,FINLAND:1 OBS:SCR HVRS OVR ROAD/SECONDS:BEAMS LITE DOWN:SHOOTS ↑”, LatLong: “63.361114 27.377779”, LatLongDMS: “63:21:40 N 27:22:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39157 (0E1F35C1)

Date: 1/6/1977
Locations: Florida; 6420 Casgrain Avenue, Montreal, Quebec
Description: 1:15 a.m. Florida Malboeuf is sitting at her window at 6420 Casgrain Avenue in Montreal, Quebec, when she sees an oyster-shaped, flat-bottomed metallic object with a row of white lights around its base. It flies in from the north and lands on the rooftop of a three-story apartment building across the street from her only 60 feet away. Immediately two figures appear on the roof; they are over six feet tall and thin, with long arms. They are wearing white one-piece uniforms with their heads covered with tight “bath helmets.” They stand looking at the street, then at the sky, then they apparently return to the object. A moment later they disappear, and the UFO rises from the roof about 20 feet and flies off to the east. Her son André goes over to the rooftop in question and finds a large, elliptical-shaped crust of ice, about 18 feet in diameter, on top of the snow. He also finds four small footprints only 6.5 inches long.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Marc Leduc and Wido Hoville, “Un UFO sur une maison,” UFO-Quebec, no. 9 (1977): 6–10; Yurko Bondarchuk, UFO Sightings, Landings, and Abductions, Methuen, 1979, pp. 62–66
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5399

Event 39158 (DF63650A)

Date: 1/6/1977
Description: At 1:15 a.m. Mrs. Florida Malboeuf, about 50 years of age, was sitting at her window on the Rue Casgrain in the city of Montreal, Quebec when she saw an oyster shaped, flat bottomed metallic object with a row of white lights around its base. It came flying in from the north and landed on the rooftop of a three-storey apartment building across the street from her, only 60 feet away. Immediately two figures appeared on the roof, they were over six feet tall and thin, with long arms and they wore white one-piece uniforms with their heads covered with tight “bath helmets.” They stood looking at the street, then at the sky, then they apparently returned to the object. A moment later they disappeared, and the UFO rose from the roof about 20 feet, and then flew off to the east. Her son Andre went over to the rooftop in question and found there a large elliptical shaped crust of ice, 0.8 inches thick, and about 18 feet in diameter that was on top of the snow, evidently formed by the local melting of the snow. In relief on this plaque and going toward the façade of the building, were four small, narrow footprints only 6.5 incheslong.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-01, citing Marc Leduc & Wido Hoville, UFO Quebec
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_173

Event 39159 (097365D6)

Date: 1/7/1977
Location: MEXICO, Acapulco
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. October 22, 72) Mercado is visiting friends. Suddenly a female voice is heard and she asks him to join her in the reception room of a hotel. This woman then leads him to a small port, where Auri is (note from vog: 1979 Cergy-Pontoise affair, cf. Jimmy Guieu, same name for the extraterrestrial). Conversation about the aura that surrounds people, animals and plants during a flight in a saucer. Then back to land, on the same dock. Mercado takes a taxi to return to the home of his friends. (January 7, 1977)
Reference: Mitarbeiter, “Ufo Geheimnisse”, Berlin, January 1998
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2945

Event 39160 (93635D5F)

Date: 1/8/1977
Time: 15:30
Location: KOLMARDEN AREA, SWD
Description: 53+separate observer(s) / many towns. 3 glowing-disks and 2 domed saucers all over. Going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: AFU NEWSLETTER (English). Anders Liljegren (ed). Archives for UFO Research; PO Box 11027; S-600 11 Norrkoping, SWEDEN (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12486

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “KOLMARDEN AREA,SWD:53+SEP.OBS/MANY TOWNS:3 GLO-DISKS+2 DOMED SCRS ALL OVR:>>S”, LatLong: “58.750003 16.916667”, LatLongDMS: “58:45:00 N 16:55:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39161 (96F6603D)

Date: 1/8/1977
Time: 15:40
Location: NYKOPING, SWD
Description: 30 observer(s). 5 sphere/orb/globe-ovoids hover / water tower and hospital. Pulsing red glow.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12487

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “NYKOPING,SWD:30 OBS:5 ORB-OVOIDS HVR/WATER TOWER+HOSPITAL:PULSING RED GLOW”, LatLong: “58.727781 17.016667”, LatLongDMS: “58:43:40 N 17:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39162 (E7C42FF1)

Date: 1/8/1977
Time: 19:00
Location: SANTO TIRSO, PORTUGAL
Description: 2+observer(s). Semicircular object beams strong white light / 900M altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12488

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SANTO TIRSO,PORTUGAL:2+OBS:SEMICIRCULAR OBJ BEAMS STRONG WHT LITE/900M alt.”, LatLong: “41.350002 -8.450000”, LatLongDMS: “41:21:00 N 08:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39163 (66C44517)

Date: 1/9/1977
Time: 18:50
Location: HUNTINGTON, STAFFS, ENGL
Description: Deep-red ovoid exits and returns to odd single cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12489

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “HUNTINGTON,STAFFs,ENGL:DEEP-RED OVOID EXITS+RETURNS TO ODD SINGLE CLOUD”, LatLong: “52.700003 -2.033333”, LatLongDMS: “52:42:00 N 02:02:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39164 (46B7434A)

Date: 1/9/1977
Time: 19:00?
Location: KIDDERMINSTER, ENGL
Description: Several observer(s). Large ovoid with large lights. Red light flashes / white steady.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12490

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “74”, HatchDesc: “KIDDERMINSTER,ENGL:SVRL OBS:LRG OVOID W/LRG LITES:RED LITE FLASHES/WHT STEADY”, LatLong: “52.383336 -2.266667”, LatLongDMS: “52:23:00 N 02:16:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39165 (F12609B8)

Date: 1/10/1977
Time: 16:00
Location: BILOXI, MS
Description: Woman in car. Disk on-edge banks into trees showing moon-size face.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12491

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “8”, HatchDesc: “BILOXI,MS:WOMAN IN CAR:DISK ON-EDGE BANKS INTO TREES SHOWING MOON-SIZE FACE”, LatLong: “30.416668 -88.933338”, LatLongDMS: “30:25:00 N 88:56:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39166 (577B067A)

Date: 1/10/1977
Time: 22:20
Location: PORTO ALEGRE, BRZ
Description: Many observer(s) and photographs / glowing-ovoid maneuvers. Rays shoot going down. Wave to 28 Jan. '77.
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12492

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “55”, HatchDesc: “PORTO ALEGRE,BRZ:MANY OBS+FOTOS/GLOW-OVOID MNVRS:RAYS SHOOT ↓:WAVE TO 28JAN77”, LatLong: “-30.033335 -51.200002”, LatLongDMS: “30:02:00 S 51:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39167 (47F6C3FF)

Date: 1/10/1977
Locations: Wakefield, New Hampshire; McCarthy’s farm
Description: 12:00 noon. Horse farmer William McCarthy is looking out his window at the falling snow when he is surprised to see a hole in his pond in the town of Wakefield, New Hampshire. The pond, 105 by 75 feet, was frozen solid just the day before. He goes outside for a closer look. The hole is perfectly round and cuts smoothly through 14 inches of ice. Eight inches of slush surrounds the hole. Peering into the hole, McCarthy sees something that looks like a one-foot-square box. He races back to the house and brings family members over for a look. Then he goes to the barn to pick up a rake, hoe, and pole. Back at the pond, McCarthy sees that the box has sunk three feet into the muck at the bottom. Frustrated in his attempt to retrieve the object, he calls a friend, Bob Palmer, who arrives around 2:30 p.m. Concerned that they might be dealing with radioactive satellite or aircraft debris, Palmer notifies the police, who soon arrive in the company of a local Civil Defense representative. The Geiger counter indicates a reading alarmingly above normal (3 roentgens per hour versus normal background radiation of .001 roentgen). The McCarthys are warned to stay away from the water, and the CD man and the police leave to inform their superiors. By 4:00 p.m. the circle of slush has expanded to 10 feet. When McCarthy observes the pond in the morning, he discovers a second hole, this one about 50 feet from the original. Not long afterwards, someone from the attorney general’s office warns McCarthy not to let his animals drink from the pond; he reappears later in the day to express concern about possible water seepage. He also directs McCarthy and his family not to discuss the affair with anyone else until the official investigation is completed. The next day the pond is frozen over again. Disregarding warnings, McCarthy walks out on it and looks down through the clear ice where the hole has been and to the pool bottom. A fresh 6-inch-wide trench stretches from beneath the first hole all the way to the second. To all appearances, the object that entered via the former has left via the latter. State police escort all but the officially connected off the farm. Investigators try unsuccessfully to drain the pond, then see a 6-by-3-foot opening where the original hole had been. Distant observers think they see the searchers retrieve a black object and place it inside a van, which quickly leaves the area. By the end of the day, a statement from the governor’s office declares that more sophisticated equipment has found no abnormal radioactivity in the pond and the surrounding area. The black object, the authorities contend, is a container filled with soil and stone samples collected for analysis.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “What’s Going On? N.H. Pond Mystery Called False Report,” Boston Globe, January 14, 1977, p. 3; Allan Hendry, “The Wakefield Incident: Telling a UFO from a Hole in the Ground,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): 8; “Wakefield Wrap-Up,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): insert; Clark III 1233–1234
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5400

Event 39168 (B71FC83A)

Date: 1/10/1977
Location: Biloxi, Mississippi
Description: 4:00 p.m. A driver stopped at an intersection in Biloxi, Mississippi, watches a disc on edge descend at an 80° angle, growing larger. When it reaches treetop level, it banks in a curve into the trees. As it leaves, it presents a round face as large as the full moon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-2-48,” IUR 2, no, 2 (February 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5401

Event 39169 (6F01C317)

Date: 1/11/1977
Location: 42 miles west of Varanasi, India
Description: The crew of an Indian Air Force jet transport is flying 42 miles west of Varanasi, India, when it encounters three luminescent discs that fly past, circle once, then continue east. Apparently, thousands see the objects from the ground over a period of 45 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 303
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5402

Event 39170 (E24EB4B7)

Date: 1/12/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR BRISTOL, FL
Description: 1 observer. Saturn object. Invisible man. Telepathy = “from another galaxy”. See reference!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 211)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12493

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, CNT: Contactee related, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “51”, HatchDesc: “nr BRISTOL,FL:1 OBS:SATURN OBJ:INVIS.MAN:TLP=“FROM ANOTHER GALAXY”:see ref!”, LatLong: “30.433335 -84.977782”, LatLongDMS: “30:26:00 N 84:58:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 39171 (51B142F7)

Date: 1/13/1977
Time: 00:30
Location: PLANTATION, FL
Description: 1 / car paced by saucer. Erratic motion. 2nd saucer joins. Both going quickly east. No RADAR.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12494

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “PLANTATION,FL:1/CAR PACED BY SCR:ERRATIC MOTION:2nd SCR JOINS:BOTH>>E:NO RDR”, LatLong: “26.127779 -80.233337”, LatLongDMS: “26:07:40 N 80:14:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39172 (51B57257)

Date: 1/13/1977
Location: Plantation, Florida
Description: 12:30 a.m. A driver is paced by a UFO shaped like a flattened football with a dark equator in Plantation, Florida. The noiseless object is glowing with a steady white light underneath. It moves erratically in front of the car, and turns a corner as she pulls into her home. As she jumps out, she sees a second object join it in the northeast, and both speed toward the east in 5–6 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-2-52,” IUR 2, no. 2 (February 1977): insert.
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5403

Event 39173 (C765386A)

Date: 1/13/1977
Description: At 12:30 a.m. a 17-year-old woman driving in Plantation, Florida had her car paced by a disc-shaped object. It engaged in erratic maneuvers, and then was joined by a second disc. Both objects flew off to the east. They did not appear on radar.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, pp. 2 & 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_301

Event 39174 (A31E9D53)

Date: 1/15/1977
Location: Charleston, Oregon
Description: 8:15 p.m. An unusually bright light is seen bobbing up and down low in the southern sky of Charleston, Oregon, for 30 minutes. It gradually drops below the horizon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-3-2,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5404

Event 39175 (046E6B0D)

Date: Mid 1/1977
Locations: Briar Mountain Lodge; Norway, Michigan
Description: 3:00 a.m. Eino Maki is out grooming the ski slopes at the Briar Mountain Lodge near Norway, Michigan. He notices that a nocturnal light UFO (seen frequently in the area since November 1976) is keeping pace with him as he moves up and down the slopes, edging closer. At first it is about 2 miles away at treetop level; now he can see red lights on the object. A bit unnerved, Maki goes back to the lodge and positions himself behind it. The light moves out of sight, and Maki goes back to work about 15 minutes later. Soon the light returns and it is below him on the same ski run, shining brightly. He decides to go home in his pickup truck. One week later, around 11:00 p.m., the same thing starts happening again, but Maki decides to run home right away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Schellhase, “UFOs on the Ski Slopes of Northern Michigan,” IUR 7, no. 2 (March 1982): 10
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5405

Event 39176 (D41821B3)

Date: 1/16/1977
Location: Moscow, Russia
Description: On a clear and cloudless morning a giant flying saucer appeared over the southwestern part of Moscow, Russia. It was photographed as it hovered for more than an hour. (Source: Paul Stonehill, The Soviet UFO Files, p. 69). (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4728

Event 39177 (45C6B054)

Date: 1/16/1977
Description: On a clear and cloudless morning a giant flying saucer appeared over the southwestern part of Moscow, Russia. It was photographed as it hovered for more than an hour. It had a grayish-blue surface, but was distinctly visible against the blue sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Paul Stonehill, The Soviet UFO Files, p. 69
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_352

Event 39178 (05AA6736)

Date: 1/17/1977
Time: night
Location: Cochise County, ARIZONA
Description: Albert Thomas saw a helicopter lift up & fly around his property. Thomas discovered the carcass of one of his cows, mutilated, the next day, January 18th. Other mutilations were reported in Cochise County during early 1977.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 1 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_175

Event 39179 (CDEB4F37)

Date: 1/18/1977
Location: BELGIUM, Huy
Description: (Translated from French) A.B. in a car around 8:00 PM, noticed 50 meters in front of him and about 500 meters in altitude, a quite powerful light that seemed to move at the same speed as him (60 km/h) and flying over the road. The UFO was very bright, had a rectangular shape, surrounded by a round luminous halo, of a raw slightly yellowish white. Losing sight of the thing due to the path followed, he then found it again and the witness arrived at his home from where he continued to observe the UFO on foot. It flew over the Tihange nuclear power plant, and then stopped abruptly and turned back. During this unexpected maneuver, the witness felt for the first time worried. The object stopped above the power plant, higher and to the left of the long chimney. The witness then called his wife and children, and all of them could see for about ten minutes the strange spectacle, however only seeing the UFO as a rounded shape and the size of a tenth of the lunar diameter.
Reference: Inforespace n° 44 of 1979, p. 17, 18
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2946

Event 39180 (CA3F468D)

Date: 1/18/1977
Time: 01:00
Location: BUSSIERES-ST.-GEORGES, FR
Description: Observer(s) thrown / bush. 3 luminous globes overhead. 75 minute(s) / missing time. Headaches.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12495

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “90”, HatchDesc: “BUSSIERES-St-GEORGES,FR:OBS THROWN/BUSH:3 LUMn.GLOBES OVHD:75min/MST:HEADACHES”, LatLong: “46.405558 2.133333”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:20 N 02:08:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Creuse”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39181 (BE7AA16C)

Date: 1/18/1977
Location: Bussieres-Saint-Georges, France
Description: 1:00 AM. A UFO witness was thrown into some bushes when three glowing balls of light flew overhead at one a.m. The witness had 75 minutes of missing time, and the incident was followed by many days of persistent headaches. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 317). (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4729

Event 39182 (6E45106A)

Date: 1/18/1977
Description: A UFO witness in Bussieres-Saint-Georges, France was thrown into some bushes when three glowing balls of light flew overhead at one a.m. The witness had 75 minutes of missing time, and the incident was followed by many days of persistent headaches.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 317
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_375

Event 39183 (3E2F4C20)

Date: 1/20/1977
End date: 1/20/1981
Location: Washington DC
Description: President Jimmy Carter in office
Type: historical event
Reference: Wikipeda
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_693

Event 39184 (BBD65CEB)

Date: 1/20/1977
Time: 01:50
Location: PORT KENNY, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Farmer. Flashes. Fireball passes close. Away / high speed. / MJ#126.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12496

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PORT KENNY,S.AUSTR:FARMER:FLASHES:FBL PASSES CLOSE:AWAY/HI SPEED:/MJ#126”, LatLong: “-33.166668 134.783340”, LatLongDMS: “33:10:00 S 134:47:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39185 (199AE5EE)

Date: 1/21/1977
Time: 16:50
Location: BRIDLINGTON, ENGL
Description: 3 observer(s). Ovoid / woodyard. L-tube bent going down. Machines stop. Going west. / r199p123.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12497

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “BRIDLINGTON,ENGL:3 OBS:OVOID/WOODYARD:L-TUBE BENT ↓:MACHINES STOP:>W:/r199p123”, LatLong: “54.094447 -0.216667”, LatLongDMS: “54:05:40 N 00:13:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39186 (EA62D36F)

Date: 1/21/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: YSCLOSKEY, LA
Description: Separate observers. Silent saucer all over/all about oil refinery. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). / MJ#111+/ r41p222+/ APRO 3’77.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 926)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12498

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “YSCLOSKEY,LA:SEP.OBSs:SLNT SCR ALLO OIL REFNRY:EME:/MJ#111+/r41p222+/APRO 3’77”, LatLong: “29.888890 -89.800004”, LatLongDMS: “29:53:20 N 89:48:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39187 (ED2A9AC2)

Date: 1/21/1977
Time: 21:10
Location: OVER IBAGUE, COLOMBIA
Description: Airline(s)/airliner crew and ground RADAR’s. Night light zigzags all over/all about sky / 44000kph! / IURv2#7.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12499

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, RDR: Radar traces/blips, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Colombia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1086”, HatchDesc: “ovr IBAGUE,COLOMBIA:AL CREW+GND RDRS:NLT ZIGZAGS ALLO SKY/44000kph!:/IURv2#7”, LatLong: “4.500000 -75.250004”, LatLongDMS: “04:30:00 N 75:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AIR”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39188 (43459E21)

Date: 1/21/1977
Time: 23:30
Location: PIPERS RIVER, TASMANIA
Description: Dogs upset. Silver-red ovoid / plowed field. Humming wavers. No physical trace(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12500

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PIPERS RIVER,TASMANIA:DOGS UPSET:SLVR-RED OVOID/PLOWED FIELD:HUM WAVERS:NO TRC”, LatLong: “-41.100002 147.083340”, LatLongDMS: “41:06:00 S 147:05:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39189 (48A837FA)

Date: 1/21/1977
Location: Bogota, Columbia
Description: G,A,V, mult. radars, airliner report (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4730

Event 39190 (A11E9098)

Date: 1/21/1977
Location: Bogota, Columbia
Description: Airliner, R/V, reaction to landing lites (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4731

Event 39191 (4D33431D)

Date: 1/21/1977
Location: St. Bernard Parish, LA
Description: Boat brightly illuminated by round glowing object, abnormal silence, heat, boat held back as if by invisible force, light beam, time loss (NICAP UFOE II, Section VI). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4732

Event 39192 (35D70AA9)

Date: 1/21/1977
Location: St. Bernard Parish, LA
Description: 8:45 PM. Two hunters spotted an extremely bright light which seemed to appear from nowhere. The light moved over them and just hovered. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, February 1977, page 4) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4733

Event 39193 (CDA680B9)

Date: 1/21/1977
Location: St. Bernard Parish, LA
Description: Boat brightly illuminated by round glowing object, abnormal silence, heat, boat held back as if by invisible force, light beam, time loss
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_284

Event 39194 (C1E0D2D9)

Date: 1/21/1977
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Description: Brilliant white light zigzagging erratically at high speed, confirmed on ground and airborne radar. Responded to pilot flashing his landing lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: [The UFO Evidence

[c0mmando]

by Richard H. Hall](https://www.amazon.com/UFO-Evidence-Richard-Hall/dp/0760706271)
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_285

Event 39195 (9B0FB8BD)

Date: 1/21/1977
Location: Aspen, Colorado
Description: 3:15 p.m. An observer in Aspen, Colorado, watches a stationary object for more than an hour. Through binoculars it looks like a 3:1 rectangle with rounded corners of blue-green light. It fades from view in the same position.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-3-12,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5406

Event 39196 (533CC08E)

Date: 1/21/1977
Locations: Bridlington, Yorkshire, England; Britax PMG factory roof
Description: 4:45 p.m. Three female factory workers in Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, are walking to work on Bessingby Way when they see a hazy oval object hovering above the Britax PMG factory roof just before it begins moving to the right and stopping again. Almost immediately they spot another hazy object hovering above the adjacent K. B. Dixon woodyard. It begins moving forward at a slow pace then stops above a ventilation pipe in the Dixon factory wall. As it hovers the haze disappears, and the object’s features become more distinct. It is larger than a double-decker bus and shaped like a rugby ball. All three are able to see through a row of windows on the side that reveal a corridor inside. On one end is a tube-like structure or pole. Soon it moves over some community gardens and hovers briefly at about 6 feet altitude, lowers its “pole,” and appears to suck up a polythene bag. Both objects now move off to the west. The sighting duration is 5–10 minutes. The witnesses are terrified during the event, experiencing a cold sensation sweeping over them and a prickly irritation in their eyes. They develop sore throats and colds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert Morrell, “UFOs over Bridlington Factories,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 3 (October 1977): 8–10, 21
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5407

Event 39197 (E2859395)

Date: 1/21/1977
Location: Yscloskey, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Description: 8:45 p.m. Robert Melerine and Irwin Menesses are doing some hunting along a dike canal about one mile northeast of Yscloskey, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, one in a boat and the other walking along the shore. Melerine sees a bright red light in the sky. Suddenly the light seems right around him as the boat is engulfed in the glow, which extends to the surrounding landscape. There is no noise, and the light flies away into the woods. Menesses is already back at camp and has not seen the light. They both get into the boat and move down the dike canal, using the outboard motor. The light reappears and moves closer to them. Although the motor is running the boat is not moving, seemingly held in place. Then the light quickly leaves and the boat lurches forward with great force, causing both men to fall. The light again flies at low level into the trees and continues on until they lose it. They estimate that the light is about 15–25 feet in diameter, roughly circular, faceted, and strikingly fast when it moves toward them. Both men report nausea, stomach aches, and fever for 2 days after the incident (it is flu season).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mysterious Hovering Light Observed by Yscloskey Men,” St. Bernard (La.) News, January 26, 1977; “Mysterious Hovering Light Still a Mystery,” St. Bernard (La.) News, February 9, 1977; Ted Peters, “Warm Light Stops Everything!” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 111 (February 1977): 3–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5408

Event 39198 (0AC95283)

Date: 1/21/1977
Locations: El Dorado Airport; Bogotá, Colombia
Description: Night. Capt. Gustavo Ferreira and the crew of Avianca flight HK-1273 see an extremely bright white light in front of his plane. They are 7 minutes out of the El Dorado Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, westbound at 20,000 feet. At the same time, airport radar operator Jorge Jimenez watches a target moving at 27,340 mph in a zigzag motion. Ferreira watches the light change color in response to his turning on his landing lights and head south after 3 minutes. Jimenez sees the target cut 90° to the south at the same time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 2; UFOEv II 135
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5409

Event 39199 (72B5DD77)

Date: 1/22/1977
Location: BRAZIL, Itapua (Viamao)
Description: (Translated from French) At around 9:15 PM, Felizberto A. Martins, Acclino Disconzi, and Armindo B. Jacobsen, all from SOPAMA of Porto Alegre, saw a large, bright object at an elevation of 20°, three times the apparent size of the moon. It was oval, with its top part red and its bottom part displaying all the colors of the rainbow. After 30 seconds of immobility, the object moved west in a spiral motion and faded away after 5 minutes on the horizon. Five more minutes passed when an identical object appeared on the horizon and stopped vertically in the same place as the first phenomenon. This second (or the same) UFO was quite close to the witnesses, about a hundred meters away. It stayed still for a minute and then moved west. This UFO was observed for 7 minutes.
Reference: Inforespace n° 35, p. 32
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2947

Event 39200 (19AD3636)

Date: 1/22/1977
Time: 19:30
Location: CHALMETTE, LA
Description: 6 / car. Domed saucer with legs / low altitude. Spins. Tilts and plays / trees. / r210v25#9.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12501

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “CHALMETTE,LA:6/CAR:DOMED SCR W/LEGS/LO alt:SPINS:TILTS+PLAYS/TREES:/r210v25#9”, LatLong: “29.933335 -89.966671”, LatLongDMS: “29:56:00 N 89:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39201 (5635017F)

Date: 1/22/1977
Description: On this night six people in a car in Chalmette, Louisiana watched a domed, disc-shaped object with legs at a low altitude for 10 minutes. It reportedly was spinning; it tilted and played among the trees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, March 1977, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_419

Event 39202 (C36AF89D)

Date: 1/23/1977
Location: CHINA, a small town in the province of Hubei
Description: (Translated from French) In the night, some friends and I were driving on a winding road in the mountains. When we arrived in front of the hospital of our town, we saw people gathered in front of the entrance, shouting. (…) A woman told us to look at the sky to the north and we saw a big glowing plate with an apparent diameter of more than 40 cm. The object was 200 m away from us, it seemed to be skimming the crest of the mountain. It flew slowly in our direction (…) Emitting a yellow light, it followed a spiroidal line without any noise. It passed over us, followed by a trail of nearly 30 m long. At that moment, the whole valley was brightly lit and the hospital was bathed in a yellow glow, something nobody had ever seen. The most astonishing thing is that the flying object, having made a turn, came back and passed over the hospital again. Everyone was very scared. (…) We rushed inside the buildings and we didn’t dare come out until the valley was back in darkness.
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials”. Ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p.127, 128
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2948

Event 39203 (FE4315C7)

Date: 1/23/1977
Time: 00:30
Location: STA.ROSA, VNZL
Description: Noisy ovoid circles and lands / riverbank. Pseudo-human/entity move inside. Landing traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12502

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Venezuela”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “610”, HatchDesc: “Sta.ROSA,VNZL:NOISY OVOID CCLS+LANDS/RIVERBANK:PSH MOVE INSIDE:LANDING TRACES”, LatLong: “10.066667 -69.083337”, LatLongDMS: “10:04:00 N 69:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LRA”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39204 (ECB3D13F)

Date: 1/23/1977
Description: This humanoid encounter began at 12:30 a.m. when a penetrating sound and bright lights coming from the sky awoke the villagers of Santa Rosa, Lara State, Venezuela. A circular UFO with intense multicolored flashing lights, emitting waves of heat, circled the small community and landed on the banks of the Turbio River, causing panic. Two small human like figures, walking stiffly, could be seen moving about inside the object “slowly and in a robot like fashion” for the next five minutes. When a crowd of people armed with flashlights approached, the object took off when someone shone a flashlight on the object’s interior. It left behind a 12 foot wide burn mark, landing gear imprints, and a “greasy granular material” on the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark da Silva, FSR, June 1977, p. 13; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-03 (A1703); Jerome Clark & William R. Corliss, UFO Calendar 1999
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_452

Event 39205 (AAB94E20)

Date: 1/25/1977
Time: 07:30
Location: ISLE-SUR-SORGUE, FR
Description: 2+1 observer(s). 12M metallic domed diamond going quickly north / 150M altitude. 2 beams / front.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12503

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ISLE-sur-SORGUE,FR:2+1 OBS:12M MTLC DOMED DIAMOND >>N/150M alt:2 BEAMS/FRONT”, LatLong: “43.922224 5.050000”, LatLongDMS: “43:55:20 N 05:03:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaucluse”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39206 (DEBCF9D7)

Date: 1/26/1977
Location: RAF CREDENHILL, HEREFORD
Description: Airmen and more/others. Ovoid with 8 red lights going quickly. Jet noise. “No plane”.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12504

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “89”, HatchDesc: “RAF CREDENHILL,HEREFORD:AIRMEN++:OVOID W/8 RED LITES >>:JET NOISE:“NO PLANE””, LatLong: “52.077780 -2.816667”, LatLongDMS: “52:04:40 N 02:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39207 (41DDE3BA)

Date: 1/26/1977
Time: 22:30
Location: LOUISVILLE, KY
Description: 1+2 boys. 100’ and domed object hovers / 80’ altitude. Dogs bark. Going south. “Vanishes”.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 925)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12505

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “139”, HatchDesc: “LOUISVILLE,KY:1+2 BOYS:100’+DOMED OBJ HVRS/80’alt:DOGS BARK:>S:“VANISHES””, LatLong: “38.250002 -85.716671”, LatLongDMS: “38:15:00 N 85:43:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “24”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39208 (E6F9D75B)

Date: 1/26/1977
Location: Anchorage, KY
Description: Dogs bark while object is present (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 770126
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4734

Event 39209 (A2C3759B)

Date: 1/26/1977
Description: Three witnesses in Anchorage, Kentucky watched as a 100 foot in diameter domed disc hovered at 80 feet altitude over a snowy field at 10:30 p.m. Their dogs barked during the close encounter. The craft flew toward the south, then vanished. The incident lasted five minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, January 1977, p. 4; International UFO Reporter, April 1977, p. 7
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_531

Event 39210 (82B852F5)

Date: 1/27/1977
Location: USA, near Louisville (Kentucky)
Description: (Translated from French) Lee P., 19 years old, in a car at 01:05 was driving towards his home in Prospect. The ground was covered in snow. He suddenly saw a rectangular object of 12 m by 3 m in color red flying over a row of trees 100 m away from him, at an altitude of about 40 m. The object was dazzling. The witness observed while driving and suddenly saw the UFO quickly depart towards the N.O. He arrived at his home: it took him 45 minutes to make a journey that normally takes 7 minutes. The departure and arrival times were confirmed by his fiancée and his mother. Under hypnosis, Lee explained that he was taken aboard the UFO, in a round room of 6 m in diameter and was put in the presence of rectangular entities, resembling jerrycans, the smallest one being 2 m tall, the largest one 5 to 6 m. Kinds of arms were coming out of the rectangular “bodies” that were burning and stinging while being cold, as if covered with a rough skin. (International Ufo Reporter vol. 2 no. 4 - 1977 p. 6, 7 reported by Inforespace, Belgium) A 19 year old young man, returning from his fiancée’s and on his way home, driving in a Jeep, said he encountered at low altitude, a luminous object of red color, hovering in the sky next to the road. His next memory is of arriving at his home, with burning and stinging eyes, and calling his mother. The mother confirms that her son suffered from inflammation of the eyes and skin of both legs. There were also electromagnetic disturbances at the level of the Jeep.
Reference: investigation by Leonard H. Stringfield - The Mufon Ufo Journal, January 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2949

Event 39211 (2E281AC5)

Date: 1/27/1977
Location: CLARKSVILLE, TN
Description: Man abduction / car? Semi transparent small humanoids (or Greys). Telepathy. Observer(s) reports event going [to] wash.DC.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 110)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12506

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, NUC: Nuclear facility related, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “CLARKSVILLE,TN:MAN ABD/CAR?:SEMI XPARENT OIDS:TLP:OBS REPORTS EVENT > WASH.DC”, LatLong: “36.527780 -87.361115”, LatLongDMS: “36:31:40 N 87:21:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39212 (B7A45BAF)

Date: 1/27/1977
Time: 01:10
Location: PROSPECT, KY
Description: Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Boxy UFO. Missing time. Man abduction / jeep. Odd-shaped robots. / r200v2#3+/ r41p551.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 925)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12507

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “165”, HatchDesc: “PROSPECT,KY:EME:BOXY UFO:MST:MAN ABD/JEEP:ODD-SHAPED ROBOTS:/r200v2#3+/r41p551”, LatLong: “38.350002 -85.600004”, LatLongDMS: “38:21:00 N 85:36:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 39213 (EFBEA5B9)

Date: 1/27/1977
Location: Prospect, KY
Description: 1:05 AM. A teenager spotted a rectangular, orangish-red object coming down to near his jeep. His jeep’s radio failed 15 seconds into the sighting. The electrical system on his jeep went haywire the day after the sighting. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 406, citing CUFOS; IUR,2,4) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4735

Event 39214 (C559CCEA)

Date: 1/27/1977
Location: Prospect, KY
Description: 1:05 AM. A teenager spotted a rectangular, orangish-red object coming down to near his jeep. Later under hypnosis, however, he related being taken inside the object and examined by three strange creatures who were shaped like machines. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 406, citing CUFOS; IUR,2,4) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4736

Event 39215 (1D9FC55D)

Date: 1/27/1977
Location: Clarksville, TN
Description: Evening. Humanoid report. Concerned businessman while driving through Clarksville had a bizarre experience. (MUJ-110) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4737

Event 39216 (12A5B59C)

Date: 1/27/1977
Location: State Highway 329 southeast of Prospect, Kentucky
Description: 1:05 a.m. A 19-year-old trucker is driving on State Highway 329 southeast of Prospect, Kentucky, when he spots a rectangular, orange-red object coming down near his jeep. His radio fails 15 seconds into the sighting. He feels compelled to watch the object, which stays in the vicinity only a short time. When he arrives home, he discovers that it has taken 45 minutes to complete a 7-minute trip. Later under hypnosis, he relates being taken inside the object and examined by three strange creatures who are shaped like machines (looking like a giant one- armed tombstone, a 7-foot teletype machine, and a man-sized Coke machine). The electrical system on his jeep goes haywire the day after the abduction.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Single Witness Abduction in Kentucky,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 6–7; Carla L. Rueckert, “Kentucky Close Encounter,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 3 (October 1977): 15–16, 19
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5410

Event 39217 (8B1EA895)

Date: 1/27/1977
Description: At 1:05 a.m. a teenager in Prospect, Kentucky spotted a rectangular, orangish-red object coming down to near his jeep. His jeep’s radio failed 15 seconds into the sighting. He felt compelled to watch the object, which stayed in the vicinity only a short time. Later under hypnosis, however, he related being taken inside the object and examined by three strange creatures who were shaped like machines. The electrical system on his jeep went haywire the day after the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 406, citing CUFOS
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_545

Event 39218 (07B4BC62)

Date: 1/27/1977
Description: At two o’clock in the afternoon Donald Fender, age 49, a self-employed bee keeper from Greeneville, Tennessee was driving on Route 40 to Madison (north of Nashville). He was in his pickup truck and had his dog with him. In the vicinity of Cookeville, Tennessee his dog began to act strangely, and Fender felt “like someone wanted to talk to me.” Obeying an impulse, he turned off onto a side road. He noticed a long balloon-like thing that stretched along one side of the road for a distance of about a mile or so. It was white and silky in color and texture. He then saw another one on the other side of the road. Curious, he pulled over and stopped his car. His dog was by then acting quite agitated.

Suddenly, without any transition, he found himself inside a solid white oval-shaped room, or enclosure, approximately 50 feet long. He sensed, rather than observed, five humanoids gathered around him. They were small in size and they stared at him. One was to his immediate left. They began to question him about a number of things, most of which Fender was unable to remember. They also gave him certain information: they told him they “were emissaries of peace” and that they could enter Earth’s atmosphere only at this point—or “window”–along the road, that this spot would “become the future home of space travel.” They also told him of dire events including major catastrophes that would come about in the near future.

He was shown various scenes as though he were floating far above them, of areas of mass devastation. These included scenes of farmlands he identified as being in England, which were devoid of any life. After approximately 15 minutes he suddenly found himself back in his truck with no idea of how he got there. Along the roadside there was no longer anything unusual to be seen, and his dog was behaving normally again. He felt very strange and disturbed by the experience. Arriving at Madison an hour later than he expected, he was unable to account for the lost time. There was a good deal about the experience that he was unable to recall. He was so upset about it that within a week he drove to Washington, D.C. to report the incident officially. He went to the Department of Defense where he claimed he spoke to Defense Secretary Brown himself. His story was met with little enthusiasm. There was more to his story than he was willing to divulge to investigators, he claimed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-05, citing Leonard H. Stringfield
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_546

Event 39219 (311BF59B)

Date: 1/28/1977
Time: 21:20
Location: VIAMAO AND ITAPUA, BRZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Moon-size red round object seen briefly. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12508

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “47”, HatchDesc: “VIAMAO+ITAPUA,BRZ:2 OBS:MOONSIZE RED ROUND OBJ seen briefly:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “-30.077779 -51.011114”, LatLongDMS: “30:04:40 S 51:00:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39220 (CA67691E)

Date: 1/28/1977
Location: Platteville, Wisconsin
Description: 10:05 p.m. Students in Platteville, Wisconsin, watch an orange “fuzzy oval” object larger than a full moon descend from a low angle above the southern horizon into distant trees.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-3-22,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5411

Event 39221 (732CB0D8)

Date: 1/29/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: ITAPUA, RGS, BRZ
Description: 1 observer (same as Viamao). Bright blue ovoid seen briefly again.
Type: sighting
Reference: INFORESPACE Journal. SOBEPS Group, Belgium; bimonthly (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12509

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “12”, HatchDesc: “ITAPUA,RGS,BRZ:1 OBS (SAME AS VIAMAO):BRITE BLUE OVOID SEEN BRIEFLY AGAIN”, LatLong: “-30.266668 -51.005558”, LatLongDMS: “30:16:00 S 51:00:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RGS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39222 (7E0A9DB5)

Date: 1/29/1977
Location: East Haven, Connecticut
Description: 9:30 p.m. A patrolman and an unnamed couple in East Haven, Connecticut, see a horizontal row of 5–6 white lights, rotating left to right. The object hovers for 6 minutes, rises from 45° in the east to 80°, drops lower, executes left and right 90° turns, and fades low in the southern sky.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-3-23,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5412

Event 39223 (EE0A8421)

Date: 1/30/1977
Time: 02:00
Location: EAST / LE THORONET, FR
Description: Amateur astronomer. Glowing-ovoid follows contours / Ubac Mountains going south. 2 photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12510

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “E/Le THORONET,FR:AM.ASTRON:GLOW-OVOID FOLOS CONTOURS/UBAC Mtns >S:2 FOTOS”, LatLong: “43.450002 5.333334”, LatLongDMS: “43:27:00 N 05:20:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39224 (8F7183B5)

Date: 2/1977
Location: USSR - SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) The space station Salyout 4 is voluntarily plunged into the atmosphere.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 217
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2951

Event 39225 (F44F4B4F)

Date: 2/1977
Time: ~12:00
Location: ANGLESEY ISLAND, WALES
Description: Kids. Domed saucer / cylinder/cigar-shape. Lady sees portholes. Several drawings agree.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 24)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12511

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “209”, Elev: “75”, HatchDesc: “ANGLESEY ISL,WALES:KIDS:DOMED SCR/CGR:LADY SEES PORTHOLES:SVRL DRAWINGS AGREE”, LatLong: “53.333336 -4.433334”, LatLongDMS: “53:20:00 N 04:26:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39226 (4C300E18)

Date: 2/1977
Time: ~20:00
Location: TAYLOR MOUNTAIN, WA
Description: 4 campers. 35’ brilliant disk hovers and circles low. Avoids spotlight / away and back.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: PHENOMENA RESEARCH REPORT: UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, WA. Vol. 3 #1 (issue 25) 1977-8?
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12512

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “900”, HatchDesc: “TAYLOR Mtn,WA:4 CAMPERS:35’BRILL.DISK HVRS+CCLS LOW:AVOIDS SPOTLITE/AWAY+BACK”, LatLong: “47.416669 -121.400006”, LatLongDMS: “47:25:00 N 121:24:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Washington”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39227 (BB6CAF49)

Date: 2/1977
Time: 22:30
Location: ST.-PLANCARD, FR
Description: Yard strongly lit. 20M and ovoid going SSW overhead low and slow. Then shoots going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 342)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12513

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St.-PLANCARD,FR:YARD STRONGLY LIT:20M+OVOID > SSW OVHD LO+SLO:THEN SHOOTS >>S”, LatLong: “43.183335 0.572222”, LatLongDMS: “43:11:00 N 00:34:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute Garonne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39228 (BC75C9D1)

Date: 2/1977
Location: PINEVILLE, MO
Description: Wave / saucers all month. Most near SR90 and tristate border.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin D.: The UFO CASEBOOK; Warner Books 1989. 256pp. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12514

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “64”, Elev: “274”, HatchDesc: “PINEVILLE,MO:WAVE/SCRS ALL MONTH:MOST nr SR90 and TRISTATE BORDER”, LatLong: “36.600002 -94.400005”, LatLongDMS: “36:36:00 N 94:24:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39229 (7C8BE858)

Date: 2/1977
Locations: Naval Station Grønnedal [now Kangilinnguit]; Greenland
Description: 10:30 p.m. A Danish serviceman is walking to his quarters at Naval Station Grønnedal [now Kangilinnguit] in Greenland pauses to look at the Northern Lights. He retrieves a camera to take photos and notices an elliptical dark object below the aurora. The object appears on only one of his time-exposure photos. Possible altocumulus cloud.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kim Møller Hansen, “Elliptical Object over Greenland Naval Station,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 5, no. 3 (June/July 1984): 1
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5413

Event 39230 (D702C523)

Date: 2/1977
Description: An Italian Air Force F-104 is followed for 23 minutes by a UFO that is brighter than the moon. It remains about 2,400–2,700 feet behind the plane. The base authorizes him to intercept it, but when he climbs to 12,000 feet, the UFO paces him then disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5414

Event 39231 (765FE0C9)

Date: 2/1/1977
Time: 20:40
Location: GLENDALE, CA
Description: 2 cops. Black soup-can cylinder/cylindrical object west legs circles police helicopter / 2 minute(s). Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12515

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “155”, HatchDesc: “GLENDALE,CA:2 COPS:BLK SOUP-CAN CYL W LEGS CCLs POLICE COPTER/2min:VANISHES:”, LatLong: “34.183335 -118.233339”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:00 N 118:14:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39232 (F2F3C7AA)

Date: 2/1/1977
Time: 23:30
Location: NEAR ARLES, FR
Description: 6 girls / dorm. 70cm saucer spins / trees / low altitude. Going quickly south. Returns. Going quickly south again.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 225)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12516

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr ARLES,FR:6 GIRLS/DORM:70cm SCR SPINS/TREES/LO alt:>>S:RETURNS:>>S AGAIN”, LatLong: “43.666669 4.666667”, LatLongDMS: “43:40:00 N 04:40:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bouches-du-Rhône”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39233 (71B32428)

Date: 2/1/1977
Location: Carthage, Missouri
Description: 8:30 p.m. Two helicopter pilots flying south at 60 mph near Carthage, Missouri, watch a northbound light pass beneath them and climb to their altitude at 2,000 feet and 300–500 feet away. It appears to be a dark, vertical cylinder 10–15 feet high, 5–8 feet wide, and with struts and a light on the bottom. As the helicopter circles, the object rises higher and heads southeast, disappearing in a second or two.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-3-33,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5415

Event 39234 (6A539D60)

Date: 2/1/1977
Location: Glendale, California
Description: 9:05 p.m. A police sergeant in Glendale, California, sees a bright red light 45° in the west. He drives “within a block” of the light and sees it as bigger than the full moon, perhaps 100–150 feet in diameter, and hovering silently for 3–4 minutes. It moves at incredible speed away to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-3-35,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5416

Event 39235 (FA617B1C)

Date: 2/2/1977
Location: NEAR GOSTYNIN, POLAND
Description: Farmer finds 50cm 30 kg metal disk / field. Unidentified. Many odd elements.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12517

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Poland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “0”, HatchDesc: “nr GOSTYNIN,POLAND:FARMER FINDS 50cm 30kg MTL DISK/FIELD:UID:MANY ODD ELEMENTS”, LatLong: “52.438891 19.533334”, LatLongDMS: “52:26:20 N 19:32:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PLK”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39236 (09E13981)

Date: 2/2/1977
Location: Pineville, MO
Description: CE-II, one witness (EGBA,577) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4738

Event 39237 (621248EF)

Date: 2/2/1977
Location: Louisville, KY
Description: Close encounter (CE-II) one witness. (EGBA, 510) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4739

Event 39238 (A0A089B8)

Date: 2/2/1977
Locations: Dalabuszki village; Gostyń, Poland
Description: Farmer Zbigniew Tuszewski finds a strange disc 1.6 feet in diameter and weighing 66 pounds in his field in Dalabuszki village, north of Gostyń, Poland. Concave on one side, flat on the other, the find does not appear to be from a satellite. A spectroscopic analysis shows the presence of nickel, cobalt, niobium, molybdenum, vanadium, and tellurium; however, another analysis shows no evidence of nickel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5417

Event 39239 (1FA7313B)

Date: 2/2/1977
Description: A 21-year-old man reported to police in Concord, California that on leaving a restaurant at 4:10 a.m. he was confronted by two short, gray-skinned men with large skulls, no hair, and eyes with black pupils. The next thing he knew he was in a school playing field and facing a circular craft. The craft had landed on the ground there and had a ladder extending toward him. Next he found himself inside the object with no recollection as to how he got there. He was examined by the beings, and told telepathically that they were on “a mission to study life habits” on Earth. They also told him that their craft was from a larger ship located outside the Earth’s atmosphere. While on board he stuck his hand into a chamber, which cause “all sorts of lights to go off.” Finally, he found himself outside an apartment complex in Concord, where for 15 minutes he was paralyzed and unable to move. He called the police at 5:33 a.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case Humcat 1977-06, citing The Concord Transcript
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_670

Event 39240 (9627A07F)

Date: 2/3/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: 7 MILE BEACH, TASM
Description: Several observer(s). Dome spins. Lights flash. Figure moves / window. / APRO 4’79.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12518

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “7 MILE BEACH,TASM:SVRL OBS:DOME SPINS:LITES FLASH:FIG.MOVES/WINDOW:/APRO 4’79”, LatLong: “-42.833335 147.616674”, LatLongDMS: “42:50:00 S 147:37:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39241 (D1F3209B)

Date: 2/3/1977
Location: Tasmania, AU
Description: 9:30 PM. Several children at a youth camp at Seven-Mile Beach observed a stationary, dome-shaped object hovering near the beach. The object then moved behind some trees, partially obscuring it. The object disappeared from view behind the trees. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-68, citing Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4740

Event 39242 (110DF4A5)

Date: 2/3/1977
Description: At 9:30 p.m. several children at a youth camp in Tasmania, Australia at Seven-Mile Beach observed a stationary, dome-shaped object hovering near the beach. The object then moved behind some trees, partially obscuring it. On the dome was a row of windows through which at least two of the children reported seeing a thin humanoid figure with a round head. It seemed to be moving back and forth behind the window. One child described the object as similar to two plates placed edge to edge, with flashing yellow white lights along the edge and a red light on top of the dome. The object disappeared from view behind the trees.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-68, citing Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_680

Event 39243 (1FE0F26F)

Date: 2/4/1977
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Broad Haven
Description: (Translated from French) 14 pupils of the Broad Haven primary school saw on Friday afternoon, a silver disc land in a field 400 yards from the school. The school director, Mr. Ralph Llewhelin (called ‘Richard’ by the Daily Mirror) was interviewed by the local press the following Monday. He had gathered the 14 schoolchildren, in the same conditions as for a “written exam”, asking them to draw what they had seen. The drawings were remarkably similar: a large inverted disc with a red light at the top. When questioned separately, each boy said that the thing had landed for a minute or two. When Mr. Llewhelin wanted to go to the field to examine any traces, it was impassable due to the mud and he gave up.
Reference: personal doc. of vog
Reference: continued on February 24, 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2952

Event 39244 (5AF8F3DE)

Date: 2/4/1977
Time: 01:30
Location: BROAD HAVEN, WALES
Description: 15 kids. Descriptions match. Metallic saucer going up / bushes. Small humanoid (or Grey) / silver suit near.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12519

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “11”, HatchDesc: “BROAD HAVEN,WALES:15 KIDS:DESCRIPTS MATCH:MTLC SCR ↑/BUSHES:OID/SLVR SUIT NEAR”, LatLong: “51.783336 -5.094445”, LatLongDMS: “51:47:00 N 05:05:40 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39245 (74D3F5B3)

Date: 2/4/1977
Time: 02:20
Location: A500 / BASFORD, NOTTS
Description: Several observer(s). 2-way radios / 72-102MHz Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Orange night light hovers and going west. / r79p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12520

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “58”, HatchDesc: “A500/BASFORD,NOTTs:SVRL OBS:2-WAY RADIOS/72-102MHz RFI:ORG NLT HVRS+>W:/r79p70”, LatLong: “52.933336 -1.166667”, LatLongDMS: “52:56:00 N 01:10:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39246 (F8D77A70)

Date: 2/4/1977
Time: 06:30
Location: SENOZECE, SLOVENIA
Description: Southwest / Ljubljana. 2+observer(s). Silent orange-glowing saucer over hillside. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V2 #9.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12521

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Former Yugoslavia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “SENOZECE,SLOVENIA:SW/LJUBLJANA:2+OBS:SLNT ORG-GLO SCR OVR HILLSIDE:/IUR V2 #9”, LatLong: “45.750002 14.050001”, LatLongDMS: “45:45:00 N 14:03:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SLV”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39247 (D1A0DD9D)

Date: 2/4/1977
Location: Basford, Staffordshire, UK
Description: 2:25 AM. An automobile club patrolman sighted a luminous orange object at some distance from his car. His two-way radio had heavy static while the object was in view. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 407, citing Northern UFO Network News, 1977) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4741

Event 39248 (443B5522)

Date: 2/4/1977
Location: Senožeti, Slovenia
Description: 6:30 a.m. A woman and her daughter step outside their house in Senožeti, Slovenia, and see a glowing orange ellipse about four times the size of the moon hovering about 10° above the forest. It is silent and has 4–7 brighter spots on it. Walking along, they watch the object disappear and see a glow arising from the woods as if there is a fire in a nearby village. They run to the spot but find nothing there.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5418

Event 39249 (AC69247D)

Date: 2/4/1977
Locations: Broad Haven Primary School in Pembroke, Wales; RAF Brawdy [now Cawdor Barracks], east of St. Davids
Description: Around 12:00 noon. Fifteen children, mostly 10-year-old boys, at Broad Haven Primary School in Pembroke, Wales, are playing football when they see a silvery cigar-shaped UFO in a field behind the building, partially hidden by trees and shrubs. Two in the group say it has a silver dome with a flashing light at the top. Six of them claim to see a silver man with pointed ears next to the craft. The school’s headteacher Ralph Llewellyn asks them to draw the UFO and is amazed at how similar the drawings are. Local UFO enthusiast Randall Jones Pugh brings the story to the attention of the national media and soon sightings of UFOs and alien occupants spring up within a 20-mile radius of Broad Haven, especially near RAF Brawdy [now Cawdor Barracks], east of St. Davids.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Peter Paget, The Welsh Triangle, Granada, 1979; “Broad Haven UFO Sightings Marked 40 Years On,” BBC News, February 4, 2017; Peter Paget, The Welsh Triangle Revisited, The author, 2018; David Clarke, “Close Encounters of the Playground Kind,” Fortean Times 357 (September 2017): 16–18; UFOFiles2, pp. 94–95
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5419

Event 39250 (29AE8307)

Date: 2/4/1977
Description: Basford, Staffordshire, England - At 2:25 a.m. an automobile club patrolman sighted a luminous orange object at some distance from his car. His two-way radio had heavy static while the object was in view. There was simultaneous radio interference at the Stafford police headquarters.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 407, citing Northern UFO Network News, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_691

Event 39251 (B04775F2)

Date: 2/4/1977
Description: At 1:30 p.m. several schoolboys at Broad Haven school in Pembrokeshire, Wales saw a huge silvery object on the ground about 300 yards away from them in an adjoining field. David George, age 9, said it was making a humming sound, and looked like a saucer with a point on top. He saw a man with long pointed ears and wearing a silver suit standing next to it. Tudor Jones, age 10, Jeremy Passmore, age 9, and David Ward, age 10, also saw the being. David Ward said, “the people wore green–they had sort of cameras—and they had pointed ears.” The landed UFO was still there at 2 p.m. The object was a seen third time, again in the same place for five minutes, by a total of 14 boys and one girl. Their drawings show a domed, disc-shaped object. The site where the UFO was seen was surrounded by a muddy swamp; no traces were found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-07, citing Randall Jones Pugh, BUFORA; Randall Jones Pugh, FSR
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_692

Event 39252 (72962A67)

Date: 2/6/1977
Description: UFO researcher Larry W. Bryant writes a letter to President Jimmy Carter, suggesting that he look into the roles played by military and civilian intelligence agencies in the UFO cover-up. He receives the standard USAF brush-off letter, saying that UFOs are no longer being investigated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Larry W. Bryant, UFO Politics at the White House, Invisible College, 2001
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5420

Event 39253 (A3E66067)

Date: 2/7/1977
Location: ENGLAND, Winchester
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. November 1966) Mrs. Bowles, still accompanied by Mr. Pratt, was in the car when they heard a sharp whistle and at the same time the car had engine stalling. Mrs. Bowles remembered: "Suddenly we were both in this machine. One of the space men was the one who had examined us. Everywhere lights were blinking and flashing. The man told us that this was his domain, whatever that might mean. One of his colleagues took out a paper with all kinds of lines on it. In the center there was a circle surrounded by rings. All the men wore boots with the tip curved upwards. These boots were luminous, as were their silver suits. They wore a belt and in the middle of it a shiny stone, and the man closest to me pressed this stone or touched it. Ted thinks it had to do with exchanging messages. All this stopped quite suddenly. We found ourselves sitting in the car, which was stopped. It was near a river, we were completely lost. A large beam of light shone on the car, then diminished as it moved away into the sky. (February 7, 1977)
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDELL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 129
Reference: continued on March 7, 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2953

Event 39254 (AC06F4DF)

Date: 2/7/1977
Time: 12:30
Location: NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, ENGL
Description: Several kids. Grey flat cylinder/cigar-shape changes shape and color(s). Low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12522

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “129”, HatchDesc: “NEWCASTLE-under-LYME,ENGL:SVRL KIDS:GRY FLAT CGR CHANGES SHAPE+CLRS:LO ALT:”, LatLong: “53.033336 -2.250000”, LatLongDMS: “53:02:00 N 02:15:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39255 (EFFA9EA8)

Date: 2/7/1977
Time: 22:50
Location: WEST / WANTAGE, ENGL
Description: Ex-cop. Luminous/glowing disk follows car closely / winding B4507 going west. Near quarry.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12523

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “W/WANTAGE,ENGL:EX-COP:LUMn DISK FOLOS CAR CLOSELY/WINDING B4507 >W:near quarry”, LatLong: “51.533336 -1.466667”, LatLongDMS: “51:32:00 N 01:28:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39256 (66961299)

Date: 2/7/1977
Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, UK
Description: 12:30 PM. School students from a school saw a gray flattened cigar-shaped object moving slowly through the sky, surrounded by a vapor or mist. It changed color to orange, then to green, and flew off toward the east-southeast. The sighting lasted 10 minutes. (Sources: Northern Network files, case report dated March 1, 1977; Awareness, July 1977, p. 20). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4742

Event 39257 (9FDE1818)

Date: 2/7/1977
Description: At 12:30 p.m. school students from a school in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England saw a gray flattened cigar-shaped object moving slowly through the sky, surrounded by a vapor or mist. It changed color to orange, then to green, and flew off toward the east-southeast. The sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Northern Network files, case report dated March 1, 1977; Awareness, July 1977, p. 20
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_739

Event 39258 (C8706612)

Date: 2/8/1977
Time: 20:20
Location: VIOLET, LA
Description: 2 / car and more/others. Domed saucer jumps in spurts. Flat bottom. Antenna / top. / r210v25#9.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12524

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “VIOLET,LA:2/CAR++:DOMED SCR JUMPS IN SPURTS:FLAT BOTTOM:ANTENNA/TOP:/r210v25#9”, LatLong: “29.894446 -89.900004”, LatLongDMS: “29:53:40 N 89:54:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39259 (E1A2AFDF)

Date: 2/9/1977
Time: 05:20
Location: BONDI, NSW, AUSTR
Description: Dozens / observer(s). Night light hovers / high-altitude / several min. Then shoots going quickly east. No plane.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12525

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “BONDI,NSW,AUSTR:DOZENS/OBS:NLT HVRS/HI-ALT/SVRL MIN:THEN SHOOTS >>E:NO PLANE”, LatLong: “-33.883335 151.283341”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 S 151:17:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39260 (29BE9B33)

Date: 2/9/1977
Time: 18:40
Location: WALTHAMSTOWE, ENGL
Description: Several separate observer(s). Large ovoid going quickly [to] over. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) / TV screens. No further details. / Andy Collins.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12526

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WALTHAMSTOWE,ENGL:SVRL SEP.OBS:LRG OVOID>>OVR:RFI/TV SCREENS:NFD:/Andy Collins”, LatLong: “51.550002 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “51:33:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39261 (BB9A0DAC)

Date: 2/9/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: WEST / FLORA, MS
Description: 3 cops and 4. 10m saucer going [to] 9m over cruiser. Lit portholes. Shoots going up. / r210v25#9.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 286)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12527

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “W/FLORA,MS:3 COPS+4:10m SCR >9m OVR CRUISER:LIT PORTHOLES:SHOOTS↑:/r210v25#9”, LatLong: “32.544446 -90.372227”, LatLongDMS: “32:32:40 N 90:22:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “9”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39262 (09D97940)

Date: 2/9/1977
Location: Bondi, New South Wales, Australia
Description: 5:20 a.m. A high-altitude light is seen hovering for several minutes above Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, before shooting off to the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5421

Event 39263 (E3503655)

Date: 2/9/1977
Location: Flora, Mississippi
Description: 8:45 p.m. A deputy sheriff and constable in Flora, Mississippi, watch a UFO six times the size of their car hover 20–50 feet above them for 30 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-3-48,” IUR 2, no. 3 (March 1977): 8; “Close Encounter in Mississippi,” IUR 2, no 4 (April 1977): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5422

Event 39264 (CB44A441)

Date: 2/10/1977 (approximate)
Time: 00:40
Location: DOUCETTEVILLE, NS
Description: 1 observer. Car pulled back 250’ by 60’ UFO. Memory loss. Abduction? See reference.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12528

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “DOUCETTEVILLE,NS:1 OBS:CAR PULLED BACK 250’ by 60’UFO:MEMORY LOSS:ABD?:see ref”, LatLong: “44.438891 -65.716670”, LatLongDMS: “44:26:20 N 65:43:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nova Scotia”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39265 (81949765)

Date: 2/10/1977
Time: 19:30
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: 3+observer(s). Cylinder/cylindrical object capsule lands / school and yards. Small figure / space-suit inside.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 926)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12529

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “717”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:3+OBS:CYL.CAPSULE LANDS/SCHOOL+YARDS:SML FIG/SPACE-SUIT INSIDE”, LatLong: “32.200002 -110.950005”, LatLongDMS: “32:12:00 N 110:57:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39266 (EF9954A5)

Date: 2/10/1977
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: 7:30 PM. From a window in her house Ms. Lois Stovall saw a luminous object in the sky approach her house from the north. She and her grandmother, Mrs. Alice Buckner, went out to the yard for a better view and saw it hovering over a small tree less than 50 feet away. (Sources: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Encounters, case 1977-8, citing Coral Lorenzen, APRO; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, APRO Bulletin). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4743

Event 39267 (983E145C)

Date: 2/10/1977
Location: Southville, Nova Scotia
Description: 12:45 a.m. Tom Thibault is alone on the road to Southville, Nova Scotia, when his car is pushed back 250 feet by a 30-by-60 foot object hovering silently 10–12 feet above the road. A blue light emerges from the object that creates an electric shock and an unbearable noise. Thibault suffers a memory loss and gets headaches when he drives by the scene afterward.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Digby (N.S.) Courier, February 24, 1977; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5423

Event 39268 (07A4F568)

Date: 2/10/1977
Description: From a window in her house Ms. Lois Stovall of Tucson, Arizona saw a luminous object in the sky approach her house from the north. She and her grandmother, Mrs. Alice Buckner, went our to the yard at 7:30 p.m. for a better view and saw it hovering over a small tree less than 50 feet away. It was capsule shaped with a cylindrical vertical axis, and transparent on the side facing them with dark vertical bars. Through the transparent surface they could see a flame-like light and a human-shaped figure, gray all over gray, that looked puffed up like a balloon. It had ridges or rings running round the appendages, like the Michelin Man. She could not see any hands or feet. This figure in an inflated suit was about four feet tall and was standing crouched over in a space only barely big enough for him. The light was coming from between his feet. Mrs. Buckner walked directly beneath the object and tried to touch it but it was hovering two feet too high. She could see there was a faceplate in the being’s suit, and she could barely make out some sort of face behind it. The object began to ascend, and soon passed out of sight to the south. Ms. Stovall saw three helicopters with glowing red cabin lights flying very low over the adjacent school grounds. The investigators were unable to find any plausible source for these mystery aircraft. Mrs. Dessie Turner, a neighbor, also saw the object while it hovered, and estimated that it was 6.5 feet high and 2.5 feet in diameter. She thought she could see a shadowy figure inside. She also saw the helicopters.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Encounters, case 1977-8, citing Coral Lorenzen, APRO; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, APRO Bulletin
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_805

Event 39269 (637A9281)

Date: 2/11/1977
Time: 20:40
Location: NEAR SOSTANJ, SLOVENIA
Description: 3+3 observer(s). Silent 3M glowing-saucer lands / farm / 5 legs. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12530

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Former Yugoslavia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr SOSTANJ,SLOVENIA:3+3 OBS:SILENT 3M GLO-SCR LANDS/FARM/5 LEGS:NFD”, LatLong: “46.400002 15.050001”, LatLongDMS: “46:24:00 N 15:03:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SLV”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39270 (D80980E3)

Date: 2/11/1977
Location: Gaberke, Slovenia
Description: 8:40 p.m. Health service cook Slavka Gorsek and her two children see an intense beam of light come through a bedroom window in their home in Gaberke, Slovenia. It illuminates the room briefly then goes out. The light is coming from an egg-shaped object about 8–11 feet wide that has landed only about 50 feet away behind a chicken coop. It is bright white with a green or blue center. For 2–3 minutes they can see and hear nothing, until the object flashes again and takes off. Three days later Gorsek notices a “glimmering dust” at the landing site and the marks of five landing gear. An analysis is performed but with ambiguous results.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Milos Krmelj, “UFO Landing in Yugoslavia,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 118 (September 1977): 6–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5424

Event 39271 (057DA3CF)

Date: 2/11/1977
Description: Police officers Creel and Luke had a close encounter with a UFO in Flora, Mississippi.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, March 1977, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_833

Event 39272 (17549367)

Date: 2/13/1977?
Time: ~19:00
Location: LASPEYRE, FR
Description: Silent 5M walnut-saucer follows student / mopod/motorscooter/motorbike to farm. Beams going down / D223. Going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12531

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “LASPEYRE,FR:SLNT 5M WALNUT-SCR FOLOS STUDENT/MOTO to FARM:BEAMS↓/D223:>>NE”, LatLong: “44.372224 0.716667”, LatLongDMS: “44:22:20 N 00:43:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lot-et-Garonne”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39273 (E33A4802)

Date: 2/13/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR ALLEMANS DU DROPT, FR
Description: Several separate observer(s). 2M saucer 50cm over farm. Silent. Turns going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 251)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12532

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr ALLEMANS du DROPT,FR:SVRL.SEP.OBS:2M SCR 50cm OVR FARM:SLNT:TURNS >E”, LatLong: “44.633335 0.283333”, LatLongDMS: “44:38:00 N 00:17:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lot-et-Garonne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39274 (B4320855)

Date: 2/13/1977
Description: At around 7 p.m. a five meter long walnut-shaped UFO followed a student on a motorbike to a farm in Laspeyre, Lot-et-Garonne, France. It was emitting beams of light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, June 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_901

Event 39275 (D2A0DED9)

Date: 2/14/1977
Time: 20:00?
Location: NEAR PINEVILLE, MO
Description: Truck and CB Radio electro-magnetic effect (EME). 18’ x6’DOMED saucer hovers. Fades… . No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin D.: The UFO CASEBOOK; Warner Books 1989. 256pp. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12533

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “nr PINEVILLE,MO:TRUCK+CB RADIO EME:18’x6’DOMED SCR HVRS:FADES…:NFD”, LatLong: “36.594446 -94.388893”, LatLongDMS: “36:35:40 N 94:23:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39276 (2B3FCF1F)

Date: 2/15/1977
Time: 17:50
Location: CORBY, ENGL
Description: 2 observer(s). Saucer descends vertically. Lights turn / edge. Hovers. Gone as sun sets.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12534

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “CORBY,ENGL:2 OBS:SCR DESCENDS VERTICALLY:LITES TURN/EDGE:HVRS:GONE AS SUN SETS”, LatLong: “52.483336 -0.700000”, LatLongDMS: “52:29:00 N 00:42:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39277 (15903819)

Date: Mid 2/1977
Locations: Brian Mountain Lodge; Norway, Michigan
Description: 10:30 p.m. Another nocturnal light mimics Eino Maki’s movements as he grooms the ski slopes at Brian Mountain Lodge near Norway, Michigan. After going away once, it reappears right over him, illuminating him and a large area around him. He races his tractor at top speed (15 mph), maneuvering under struts and wires so it can’t get at him. Assistant Manager Jake Malone hears the tractor gearing up outside and sees a huge brilliantly lit object the “size of a boxcar” following Maki up the slope. When he reaches the top, the UFO hovers, silently bouncing up and down, about 500 feet from the lodge. Maki estimates the object is about 60–80 feet long. Some 10–15 people exiting the lodge begin to see the display as well.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kenneth Schellhase, “UFOs on the Ski Slopes of Northern Michigan,” IUR 7, no. 2 (March 1982): 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5425

Event 39278 (6268E22B)

Date: 2/16/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: CANTON, MS
Description: 12m wingless fuselage passes pilot / ground. 50kph. 3 observer(s) in all. Going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12535

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “CANTON,MS:12m WINGLESS FUSELAGE PASSES PILOT/GND:50kph:3 OBS IN ALL:>W”, LatLong: “32.611113 -90.038893”, LatLongDMS: “32:36:40 N 90:02:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Mississippi”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39279 (39B1DE30)

Date: 2/16/1977
Time: 17:52:59.9
Location: 37.0000 -116.0700
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USA Name: “Cove” YieldMax: 40KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_802

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0700”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:04:12 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.60”, NukeName: “Cove”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU_SALVO”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 39280 (A9B4C002)

Date: 2/16/1977
Locations: Penlee Secondary School; Plymouth, Devon, England
Description: Morning. Four boys and one adult at Penlee Secondary School in Plymouth, Devon, England, independently see a cigar-shaped object flying horizontally above the school playground before it climbs into a cloud and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “Close Encounters of the Playground Kind,” Fortean Times 357 (September 2017): 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5426

Event 39281 (5D6BB429)

Date: 2/16/1977
Locations: Rhosybol School; Anglesey; North Wales; RAF Valley
Description: Afternoon. Nine children, age 8–11, are playing netball with their teacher, Mair Williams, at Rhosybol School in Anglesey, North Wales, when they see an object flying north. It has a black dome on top and a silver, cigar-shaped base. It remains in sight for 3 minutes, goes behind the only cloud in the sky, reappears for one minute, then disappears. The teacher takes them back inside, separates them, and tells them to draw what they have seen. The sighting is reported to RAF Valley in Anglesey, which can offer no positive identification.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: David Clarke, “Close Encounters of the Playground Kind,” Fortean Times 357 (September 2017): 16
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5427

Event 39282 (26CE2617)

Date: 2/16/1977
Location: Canton, Mississippi
Description: 9:00 p.m. A commercial pilot standing outside his truck in Canton, Mississippi, watches a cylindrical object about 40 feet long pass alongside him a few hundred feet away at 30 mph. It has one steady white light in front and makes a noise like a wheezing turbine. It recedes into the west after 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-4-6,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5428

Event 39283 (8F5E1DAF)

Date: 2/16/1977
Location: Utica, Michigan
Description: 9:15 p.m. A woman in Utica, Michigan, watches for 2 minutes a vertical cylinder of white light that is pointed at the top. It is stationary, silent, shrouded in white haze, and about 10 times as long as the full moon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-4-7,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5429

Event 39284 (44DB826A)

Date: 2/17/1977
Location: Pembrokeshire, Walws
Description: During the day a teacher and two canteen workers at Broad Haven school watched a silvery yellow cigar-shaped object glide over a field emitting a loud humming sound. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 1386, citing J. A. Brooks, Ghosts and Legends of Wales). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4744

Event 39285 (0EC381AA)

Date: 2/17/1977
Description: During the day a teacher and two canteen workers at Broad Haven school in Pembrokeshire, Wales watched a silvery yellow cigar-shaped object glide over a field emitting a loud humming sound. Before it left the area, a human-like figure was seen briefly to step out of the object and then go back inside.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 1386, citing J. A. Brooks, Ghosts and Legends of Wales
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_967

Event 39286 (CB7124EF)

Date: 2/18/1977
Location: Salto, Uruguay
Description: Dog and cows reacted to low hovering disc (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 770218
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4745

Event 39287 (DB80F655)

Date: 2/18/1977
Location: Salto, Uruguay
Description: Disc hovered, illuminated barnyard, farm animals reacted, watchdog later died. Witness felt electric shock, heat, paralysis. Physiological and physical effects.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_286

Event 39288 (494BA8C5)

Date: 2/19/1977
Location: NEAR BOGOTA, COL.
Description: Airline pilot and many. Luminous/glowing white object turns red. Zigzags away. / r150p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12536

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Colombia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “2620”, HatchDesc: “nr BOGOTA,COL:AIRLINE PILOT+MANY:LUMn WHT.OBJ TURNS RED:ZIGZAGS AWAY:/r150p20”, LatLong: “4.666667 -74.083337”, LatLongDMS: “04:40:00 N 74:05:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bogota”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39289 (7D3A7E3B)

Date: 2/19/1977
Time: 23:30:00.4
Location: -21.8400 -138.8480
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Ulysse_B” Yield: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1901

Extra Data: LatLong: “-21.8400 -138.8480”, LatLongDMS: “21:50:24 S 138:50:53 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.02”, NukeName: “Ulysse_B”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “20”

Event 39290 (2C58A482)

Date: 2/20/1977
Location: MOON
Description: Astronomer Trouvelot. Fine line / light crosses crater Eudoxus going east and with 1 hour!
Type: sighting
Reference: PINDEVIC, Thierry: Le NOEUD GORDIEN ou la FANTASTIQUE HISTOIRE des OVNI. Editions France-Empire, Paris 1979. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12537

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “The Moon”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “MOON:ASTRONOMER TROUVELOT:FINE LINE/LITE CROSSES CRATER EUDOXUS >E+W /1HOUR!”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CRT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39291 (2145E5D1)

Date: 2/20/1977
Time: 22:20
Location: VICTORVILLE, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Metal domed saucer. Windows and legs and wheels and hooks! Hovers / homes. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12538

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “876”, HatchDesc: “VICTORVILLE,CA:2 OBS:MTL DOMED SCR:WINDOWS+LEGS+WHEELS+HOOKS!:HVRS/HOMES:>>NW”, LatLong: “34.533335 -117.300006”, LatLongDMS: “34:32:00 N 117:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39292 (794086D4)

Date: 2/20/1977
Location: Victorville, California
Description: 10:15 p.m. A domed disc is seen for 1–2 minutes by a man and his son in Victorville, California. It is silver in color with three windows, three legs or wheels, and two hooks at both ends. It hovers above houses 3–4 blocks away, then recedes toward the northwest after attaching itself to the top of a second object to form a sphere.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-4-15,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5430

Event 39293 (7DB057FE)

Date: 2/20/1977
Description: On this night in Gallarta, Vizcaya province, Spain a local farmer, Sr. Juan Sillero, was awakened by the sound of his dogs barking and by a loud humming sound. When he went outside he saw a hovering metallic object with numerous lights and what appeared to be three-legged landing gear dangling down. The craft had a semi-transparent dome on top and was surrounded by rectangular windows. Behind the windows several moving figures moved slowly back and forth. At one point he was approached by two tall, human-looking beings wearing dark diver suit, who explained to the witness that they had to leave the area since they had been “detected.” On another occasion the witness saw a robot-like creature exploring the area after it came out of a landed craft. There were other independent witnesses of UFOs descending over the area. The witness saw a craft land in the same area a week later. Landing traces were found at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 2337, citing Pedro Guirao, OVNIs, Proximo Contacto?
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1027

Event 39294 (C0E34520)

Date: 2/21/1977
Time: 19:30
Location: TUCSON, AZ
Description: Several observer(s). X-shaped silver double-CRG jumps and jerks going southwest. Going down [to] very low. Changes shape.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 926)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12539

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “718”, HatchDesc: “TUCSON,AZ:SVRL.OBS:X-SHAPED SLVR DBL-CRG JUMPS+JERKS >SW:↓ VLO:CHANGES SHAPE”, LatLong: “32.216668 -110.933339”, LatLongDMS: “32:13:00 N 110:56:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39295 (F2D081CD)

Date: 2/22/1977
Time: 06:40
Location: GOLBEY, FR
Description: Dark gourd shape going down [to] and stops / water tower. 2nd gourd going west joins! Belt / lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12540

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GOLBEY,FR:DARK GOURD SHAPE ↓+STOPS/WATER TOWER:2nd GOURD >W JOINS!:BELT/LITES”, LatLong: “48.200002 6.433334”, LatLongDMS: “48:12:00 N 06:26:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vosges”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39296 (86496ACE)

Date: 2/22/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: SOUTHWEST / VALENCIA, SP
Description: Saucer paces 5 / car / one hour. Car and separate radio electro-magnetic effect (EME). Saucer extends legs. Abduction try?
Type: sighting
Reference: STORY, Ronald (ed.) : ENCYLOPEDIA of UFO’S: Doubleday, Garden City, NY 1980 (Index 329)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12541

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “SW/VALENCIA,SP:SCR PACES 5/CAR/1hr:CAR+SEP RADIO EME:SCR EXTENDS LEGS:ABD TRY?”, LatLong: “39.416669 -0.500000”, LatLongDMS: “39:25:00 N 00:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Valencian”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39297 (B414DB29)

Date: 2/22/1977
Time: 22:10
Location: PAYSANDU, URUGUAY
Description: UFO over power tower. Electric blackout in entire region. Coverup.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12542

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, COV: Indication of coverup

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “35”, HatchDesc: “PAYSANDU,URUGUAY:UFO OVR POWER TOWER:ELEC.BLACKOUT IN ENTIRE REGION:COVERUP”, LatLong: “-32.322224 -58.077781”, LatLongDMS: “32:19:20 S 58:04:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PYS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39298 (F030278B)

Date: 2/22/1977
Location: Jaslovské Bohunice, Czech Republic
Description: Severe corrosion of the KS 150 reactor in Jaslovské Bohunice, Czech Republic, causes a release of radioactive material into the plant area, requiring a complete decommission.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “KS 150”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5431

Event 39299 (BA3B00F2)

Date: 2/22/1977
Locations: Llíria; Valencia province, Spain; Vilamarxant; Cheste
Description: 9:30 p.m. Antonio Serena, his wife Francesca Castellanos, and their three children are followed by a bright light for one hour and a distance of about 25 miles. The light is first spotted as they are driving northwest of Llíria in Valencia province, Spain, and follows them through the town of Vilamarxant. The car experiences some engine and light problems and des not seem to be able to accelerate. When they approach the village of Cheste, the light seems to move ahead of them, get much closer, and extend some legs in preparation for landing. One of the daughters gets sick from anxiety. The object moves away when a second auto approaches from the opposite direction. Despite the seeming drama of the incident, the light seems to have been Venus and the engine problems are due to a drained battery, as Ian Ridpath points out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, pp. 327–330; Ian Ridpath, “A Spanish Close Encounter Re-examined,” Ian Ridpath’s UFO Skeptic Pages, January 2021
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5432

Event 39300 (C7A0A4E0)

Date: 2/23/1977
Location: MILANO, ITALY
Description: RADAR and jet track red fireball. Goes going up [to] 23K’. In sight / 28 min. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12543

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “28”, Elev: “122”, HatchDesc: “MILANO,ITALY:RDR+JET TRACK RED FBL:GOES ↑ 23K’:IN SIGHT/28 MIN:NFD”, LatLong: “45.483336 9.200000”, LatLongDMS: “45:29:00 N 09:12:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lombardy”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39301 (F13E8DC3)

Date: 2/23/1977
Location: ILKLEY MOOR, YORKS
Description: 4 / royal observer(s) corps. Large grey disk hovers / ancient stone circle.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 385)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12544

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “ILKLEY MOOR,YORKS:4/ROYAL OBS.CORPS:LRG GREY DISK HVRS/ANCIENT STONE CIRCLE:”, LatLong: “53.900003 -1.833333”, LatLongDMS: “53:54:00 N 01:50:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39302 (E4036019)

Date: 2/24/1977
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Broad Haven, St Ishmael
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. February 4, 1977) Mrs. Coombs, with three of her five children in the car, was returning home around 8 pm when one of her sons noticed a light in the sky that seemed to be heading towards them at great speed. As the children began to scream in fear, Mrs. Coombs put her foot down as she feared the “thing” was intending to pass through the windscreen. But the UFO passed over the vehicle, made a U-turn and began to accompany the car, while Mrs. Coombs reached 80 mph and maintained this breakneck speed for 10 minutes. The object was no bigger than a football, glowed with a yellow light and projected a vertical white beam. Finally the car arrived near the house, but the engine stalled. Becoming hysterical, Mrs. Coombs got the children sitting in the back out and with them ran to the house. As she was telling her husband about the event, the eldest of the children saw the UFO disappear. (February 24, 1977)
Reference: following April 24, 1977
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDELL: “The World’s Greatest UFO Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p 141, 142
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2954

Event 39303 (87509CCA)

Date: 2/24/1977
Time: 02:10
Location: LANGENARGEN, GERM
Description: 2 observer(s). 2 blue-glowing cigars trade beams. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) / ground. / r41p494.
Type: sighting
Reference: Von LUDVIGER, Illobrand ed. UFO’s-SEUGEN UND ZEICHEN. Berlin 1995 edition q-Verlags GmbH ISBN 3-86124-300-8. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12545

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “50”, HatchDesc: “LANGENARGEN,GERM:2 OBS:2 BLU-GLO CGRS TRADE BEAMS:2 OIDS/GND:/r41p494”, LatLong: “47.600002 9.583334”, LatLongDMS: “47:36:00 N 09:35:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bavaria”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39304 (5F2E07F4)

Date: 2/24/1977
Time: 23:30
Location: EAST / PONCHARTRAIN, FR
Description: White-green-red cylinder/cylindrical object / 650M altitude stops. Going quickly west over AYATOLLAH’s hideout.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 140)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12546

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “E/PONCHARTRAIN,FR:WHT-GRN-RED CYL/650M alt STOPS:>>W ovr AYATOLLAH’s HIDEOUT”, LatLong: “48.794447 1.916667”, LatLongDMS: “48:47:40 N 01:55:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Yvelines”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39305 (02ABF9BD)

Date: 2/24/1977
Location: Langenargen, Lake Constance, Germany
Description: Humanoid encounter (NICAP UFOE II, Section XII). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4746

Event 39306 (1EA523B2)

Date: 2/24/1977
Location: Langenargen, Lake Constance, Germany
Description: Humanoid encounter
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_287

Event 39307 (07105185)

Date: 2/24/1977
Description: At 3:00 a.m. Lothar Schaefler saw a cigar-shaped object carrying four very bright lights land about 150 feet away in Langernargen Bodense, Germany. The object emitted an extremely high-pitched, piercing tone of constant intensity. Lothar ran along the outside wall of his kitchen and threw himself on the ground behind some small bushes in front of the backyard fence. The whole area was brilliantly lit now. Next Lothar heard a short whistling sound, and felt a slight draft of air. He saw, appearing from nowhere, two strange alie- looking beings directly behind him. The figures were no more than 1.10 to 1.30 meters tall. The beings had somewhat human-looking bodies, but their long arms reached almost below their knees. Also conspicuous were their oddly cramped-looking fingers, reminiscent of those of spastic children. They wore somekind of frill around the neck - somewhat like a harlequin - with some 6-7 light green “star like serrations,” but he could not make any other clothing. Their skin appeared to be paler than human skin. Their hairless heads were completely round, as were their clearly defined mouths. No nose or ears could be seen, and neither did they appear to have necks. The strange figures were rocking their torsos slowly back and forth. Their eyes were slanted and large like those of a cow, and they stared unflinchingly at the witness, who was now paralyzed with fear. He was so terrified that he beat upon the glass of the closed door, instead of opening it. Abruptly, the UFO and the entities then vanished “like a light being switched off.” At least six other independent witnesses saw mysterious lights and objects over the area on the same date.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-09, citing I. Von Ludwiger & I. Brand
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1087

Event 39308 (14F5D3E5)

Date: 2/25/1977
Locations: Cyprus College; California
Description: 7:45 p.m. A 16-year-old bicycling near Cyprus College in California is followed by a star-like object that appears in the west, 45° up. The light enlarges to a thin cigar-shape, 4–5 times the width of the moon, after rushing toward him in 5 seconds. He cycles away, frightened, and has to be driven home in tears by friends. His friends and family see the object as a “star” that sets in the west in 25 minutes. Possibly Jupiter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-4-19,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5433

Event 39309 (5376EF64)

Date: 2/26/1977
Time: 18:00
Location: VALLON-EN-SULLY, FR
Description: U-shaped object makes 2 triangular loops. 90° and 135° turns and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12547

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “75”, HatchDesc: “VALLON-en-SULLY,FR:U-SHAPED OBJ MAKES 2 TRIANGULAR LOOPS:90°+135°TURNS+away”, LatLong: “46.533336 2.600000”, LatLongDMS: “46:32:00 N 02:36:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Allier”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39310 (A6766936)

Date: 2/26/1977
Time: 20:00?
Location: NEAR PINEVILLE, MO
Description: (SW MO). 2 rectangular metallic objects with orange glowing.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLE, Kevin D.: The UFO CASEBOOK; Warner Books 1989. 256pp. (Index 177)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12548

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “275”, HatchDesc: “nr PINEVILLE,MO:(SW MO):2 RECTANGULAR MTLC OBJS WITH ORANGE GLOW.”, LatLong: “36.583335 -94.394449”, LatLongDMS: “36:35:00 N 94:23:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39311 (4B603E36)

Date: 2/26/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: ONTARIO, CA
Description: 1 high-Q observer(s). White triangle changes direction 2X. Drifts going quickly ESE. Balloon?
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 28)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12549

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “290”, HatchDesc: “ONTARIO,CA:1 HI-Q OBS:WHT TRIANGLE CHANGES DIRECTION 2X:DRIFTS>>ESE:BALLOON?”, LatLong: “34.050002 -117.633339”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 N 117:38:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 39312 (741AD650)

Date: 2/26/1977
Location: Ontario, California
Description: 9:00 p.m. An accident investigator in Ontario, California, sees a white triangle with rounded sides as big as the full moon. It moves silently and slowly from overhead toward the east, 45° up. It changes course twice in the next 4–5 minutes before it disappears in the distance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-4-21,” IUR 2, no. 4 (April 1977): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5434

Event 39313 (891FBEA6)

Date: 2/27/1977
Time: 02:00
Location: NEAR STAMMERSDORF, AUSTR
Description: 2 cops / car. 20M saucer-wedge object near high tension power lines lines / 2 minute(s). Zooms off.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12550

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Austria”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr STAMMERSDORF,AUSTR:2 COPS/CAR:20M SCR-WEDGE OBJ nr HIV LINES/2min:ZOOMS OFF”, LatLong: “48.300002 16.383334”, LatLongDMS: “48:18:00 N 16:23:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LWA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39314 (384AC070)

Date: 2/27/1977
Description: Nils Toms Labba, age 51, a reindeer keeper in Ovre Soppero, Norrbotten province, Sweden was out on his motor scooter in the woods. At 10:00 a.m. near a lake beachfront he observed four strange beings dressed in brown. They seemed to be just staring blankly. Nearby them was a UFO about the size of a car that appeared to be transparent. When he approached to within 500 feet they quickly entered the object, and it ascended silently into the sky. When it took off the light made his eyes irritated. He drove to the landing site on his scooter but found no traces.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, Center for UFO Studies, newspaper clipping dated March 8, 1977; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-10 (A1710), citing Noorlandska Socialdemorkraten Lulea, Sweden
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1160

Event 39315 (ACD7A45A)

Date: 3/1977
Location: PINHEIRO, BRZ
Description: Fireballs March-June. 60% / population sees. Chase and strike with a disabling beam etc. / FSRv39#3+/ r63p158.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12551

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “14”, Duration: “95”, Elev: “40”, HatchDesc: “PINHEIRO,BRZ:FBLs MAR-JUN:60%/POPULATION SEES:CHASE+ZAP ETC:/FSRv39#3+/r63p158”, LatLong: “-2.516667 -45.083335”, LatLongDMS: “02:31:00 S 45:05:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39316 (438B09C6)

Date: 3/1977
Time: 12:50
Location: SARNICO, ITL
Description: 2 observer(s). Sky-blue washtub saucer skims river. Divides. Half going [to] upstream.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12552

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SARNICO,ITL:2 OBS:SKY-BLUE WASHTUB SCR SKIMS RIVER:DIVIDES:HALF > UPSTREAM:”, LatLong: “45.666669 9.950000”, LatLongDMS: “45:40:00 N 09:57:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Brescia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39317 (2FDE9B50)

Date: 3/4/1977
Time: 20:40
Location: LYTHAN-ST. ANNES, LANCS
Description: Girl / 9. Delta/triangle/box-like craft with lit corners. 60’ altitude 120’ off. Hovers and spins and maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12553

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “LYTHAN-St.ANNES,LANCs:GIRL/9:DLT W/LIT CORNERS:60’alt 120’OFF:HVRS+SPINS+MNVRS”, LatLong: “53.750003 -3.016667”, LatLongDMS: “53:45:00 N 03:01:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “18”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39318 (69572C2A)

Date: 3/4/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: BLACKPOOL, LANCS
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape with delta/triangle/box-like craft fins up and down. Cigars and night lights seen / Derbyshire to N. YORKs.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12554

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “80”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “BLACKPOOL,LANCS:CGR W/DLT FINS UP+DOWN:CGRS+NLTS SEEN/DERBYs TO N.YORKs.”, LatLong: “53.833336 -3.033333”, LatLongDMS: “53:50:00 N 03:02:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39319 (DD6810DD)

Date: 3/4/1977
Locations: Provincial Road 201; Sundown, Manitoba
Description: 6:00 a.m. Ludwig Siegal is driving on Provincial Road 201 about 4 miles west of Sundown, Manitoba. He sees a shimmering oval object ahead of him and silently hovering about 15 feet above the highway. It is yellowish cream around the outer edge, darkening to more yellowish in the middle. He passes directly underneath the object, which does not appear to be solid. Two miles further, Siegal sees three entities, 5 feet tall and shaped like bowling pins, in the glare of his headlights. They are arranged in a row along the left side of the road and have bulbous heads, narrow necks, and flared bodies. Unable to stop in time, he crashes into the group but feels no impact. They simply disappear as they touch the car’s bumper. Looking in his rear-view mirror, he sees all three of them reappear behind his car, shrink to a small size, and vanish. Siegal calls the RCMP from a nearby friend’s house. They find skid marks, but no traces of blood or any impact marks on Siegal’s car.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Chris Rutkowski, Canada’s UFOs: Declassified, August Night, 2022, pp. 166, 221–223
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5435

Event 39320 (5C150B19)

Date: 3/4/1977
Description: Three UFO reports are recorded on this day in 1977 from Great Britain. At 8:00 p.m. an elliptical UFO changed color from white to red to green in Oxenden, England. It moved slowly and silently in the sky at an estimated altitude of 500 feet. Forty-five minutes later a cigar-shaped UFO w triangular fins on its upper and lower margins was sighted at Blackpool, England. At 10:00 p.m. in Lytham St James, a 9-year-old girl watched a 3-pointed object hover, spin, and change directions abruptly. The triangular craft had a yellow light at each corner and three red lights clustered underneath, and pulsated.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Awareness, July 1977, p. 20; Northern UFO Network News, July 1977, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1301

Event 39321 (FB4CFC5E)

Date: 3/5/1977
Location: McNatt, MO
Description: 11:00 PM. Lonnie Stites and his wife, Deborah, were driving their pickup truck around a bend in the road when “the whole area lit up like a football field light was turned on, and a very bright light was shined on our windshield.” He saw a man of normal height or slightly smaller stature standing alongside the road. He was human looking, but dressed in green coveralls with square glasses and a tight green cap over his ears. He was “waving us down.” (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-11, citing Monte Blue Skelton & Bob Pratt). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4748

Event 39322 (E5DE45B6)

Date: 3/5/1977
Description: At 11:00 p.m. Lonnie Stites and his wife, Deborah, were driving their pickup truck around a bend in the road in McNatt, Missouri when “the whole area lit up like a football field light was turned on, and a very bright light was shined on our windshield.” He saw a man of normal height or slightly smaller stature standing alongside the road. He was human looking, but dressed in green coveralls with square glasses and a tight green cap over his ears. He was “waving us down.” Up on the hill was another figure carrying what appeared to be “a ball of electricity about the size of a basketball.” The second figure was walking away from an object that looked like a water tank, about 10 feet across and 10 to 15 feet tall, with red lights going around it. The UFO was about 50-60 feet from them. Mrs Stites said that she saw two people on the hillside carrying “basketball sized lights,” and that the UFO at one point flew over the truck. They turned the truck around and drove away in great fear.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: St Louis (MO) Post-Dispatch, May 1, 1977; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-11, citing Monte Blue Skelton & Bob Pratt
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1319

Event 39323 (B9C24059)

Date: 3/6/1977
Time: 01:20
Location: SYLMAR, CA
Description: 2 Sec. guards. Tuna-can saucer with conical dome lands. No traces. / MJ#124.
Type: sighting
Reference: DRUFFEL, Ann & ROGO, D. Scott:The TUJUNGA CANYON CONTACTS Signet Books PB 1989 (Index 159)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12555

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “383”, HatchDesc: “SYLMAR,CA:2 SEC.GUARDS:TUNA-CAN SCR W/CONICAL DOME LANDS:NO TRACES:/MJ#124”, LatLong: “34.266668 -118.500006”, LatLongDMS: “34:16:00 N 118:30:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39324 (E3CFE7AD)

Date: 3/6/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: LAIHIA, FINLAND
Description: Night light from north. Fireballs come from east and west. All join / 1. Hovers / 20 minute(s). Vanish!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 114)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12556

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “21”, HatchDesc: “LAIHIA,FINLAND:NLT FROM NORTH:FBLS COME FROM E+W:ALL JOIN/1:HVRS/20min:VANISH!”, LatLong: “62.966670 22.033334”, LatLongDMS: “62:58:00 N 22:02:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39325 (357C4AF8)

Date: 3/6/1977
Location: Sylmar, CA
Description: 1:05 AM. Mr. Kiese, a security guard, age 18, witnessed an orange, domed disc- shaped UFO descend into the field near his factory’s security gate. The UFO either landed or hovered close to the ground for five minutes, but no noticeable landing traces were found at the site. (Source: Ann Druffel, MUFON UFO Journal, March 1978, p. 12). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4749

Event 39326 (2EF322F3)

Date: 3/6/1977
Location: Evansville, IN
Description: 5:55 PM. Four witnesses, 5-mins. Two objects, three minutes apart. First one big enough to hold an 18-wheeler. (Ridge files) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4750

Event 39327 (ADE85AE7)

Date: 3/6/1977
Description: At 1:05 a.m. Mr. Kiese, a security guard, age 18, witnessed an orange, domed disc-shaped UFO descend into the field near his factory’s security gate in Sylmar, California. The UFO either landed or hovered close to the ground for five minutes, but no noticeable landing traces were found at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Ann Druffel, MUFON UFO Journal, March 1978, p. 12
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1341

Event 39328 (72190F76)

Date: 3/7/1977
Location: ENGLAND, Winchester
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: February 7, 1977) Mrs. Bowles was this time in a car with a friend Ann Strickland, very skeptical about Joyce Bowles’ claims about space men. It was pitch black, they were driving on a deserted road, the car engine lost power and stopped. “We both got out, and then we saw this oval, luminous shape, making a faint humming sound.” said Mrs. Bowles. "A man came out and came towards me, hands outstretched. He looked Ann up and down: she was terrified. So was I, but I didn’t show it. The man started speaking in a foreign language, then changed to speaking a little English. I answered “yes” but I’m not sure it was the right answer, as I didn’t understand him. Then he said something to me that I understood very well, but I can’t tell anyone, I wouldn’t dare. He looked like a space man like the ones I had already seen, but he had longer hair, it fell down his shoulders like a woman’s hair. I saw like curls at the bottom of his legs, and he was wearing some kind of gaiters. His touch was warm like a human being’s. As soon as he had said what he had to say to me, he turned around and went back to the Thing. We saw it take off into the air and go off with a high-pitched humming. Ann and I were on our way to visit friends, but we went straight back to Winchester, home. Mrs. Strickland, 65, said: “I didn’t hear what the man said to Joyce and she refuses to tell me, for a promise she made him. I had like a black out: too surprised and shocked to see him there, and scared too. These are no longer things for my age.” After this encounter Joyce Bowles had health problems: respiratory infection, and her hands so swollen she couldn’t take off her ring.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDELL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 130
Reference: continued in June 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2955

Event 39329 (F0F80FBD)

Date: 3/7/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In the Chaumont region, during a night navigation and bombing exercise mission, encounter of Colonel René Giraud and his navigator. (March 7th, 8:34 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2744

Event 39330 (58FC347D)

Date: 3/7/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: SOUTHWEST / CHAUMONT, FR
Description: FAF jet buzzed 2X. Fireball / mach 1.4. RADAR invisible. Going quickly northwest. / LDLN#330+/ r245.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 155)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12557

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “SW/CHAUMONT,FR:FAF JET BUZZED 2X:FBL/mach 1.4:RDR INVSBL:>>NW:/LDLN#330+/r245”, LatLong: “47.916669 5.000000”, LatLongDMS: “47:55:00 N 05:00:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HMR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39331 (065D28E6)

Date: 3/7/1977
Location: Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France
Description: Object made passes at Mirage IV (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4751

Event 39332 (D33AF2BF)

Date: 3/7/1977
Location: Winchester, Hampshire, UK
Description: 9:00 PM. Mrs. Jane Bowles was driving with a friend, Mrs. Ann Strickland, along a country road when their car stopped and a brilliant glow “like a white sun” lit up the area around them. An oval object was observed that was luminous and making a humming sound. A man emerged from the UFO, one similar in appearance to the one involved in Mrs. Bowles earlier close encounter. The women returned to Winchester, and Mrs. Bowles observed that her hands were red and swollen. She had to remove her wedding ring and she found the skin underneath raw. (Source: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Encounters, case 1977-12, citing Lionel Beer, BUFORA). (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: [NICAP Listing by Date PDF](http://www.nicap.org/NSID/NSID_DBListingby

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Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4752

Event 39333 (7AE749AB)

Date: 3/7/1977
Location: Winchester, Hampshire, UK
Description: 9:00 PM. Mrs. Jane Bowles was driving with a friend, Mrs. Ann Strickland, along a country road when their car stopped and a brilliant glow “like a white sun” lit up the area around them. An oval object was observed that was luminous and making a humming sound. (Source: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Encounters, case 1977-12, citing Lionel Beer, BUFORA). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4753

Event 39334 (FBD0EFB4)

Date: 3/7/1977
Location: Gatchelville, PA
Description: 7:30 PM. Nine independent witnesses watched a red ball of light maneuver against the wind. Holes were found burnt in the ground at a possible landing site. (Sources: Allan Hendry, The UFO Handbook, p. 120; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11471). (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4754

Event 39335 (E5CE485E)

Date: 3/7/1977
Location: Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France
Description: Radar-visual UFO approached Mirage bomber, sped away
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_288

Event 39336 (BDEA1D74)

Date: 3/7/1977
Location: Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France
Description: 8:34 p.m. French Air Force pilot Maj. René Giraud and navigator Capt. Jean-Paul Abraham, flying a Dassault Mirage IV supersonic bomber over Chaumont, Haute-Marne, France, see a huge UFO. The light appears bigger and bigger as it approaches their aircraft from the rear right. The pilot is flying at Mach 0.98 and makes a turn to the right and then to the left to make sure the light is not a reflection of some sort in the cockpit. As he does these maneuvers, both crew members can distinguish that the light is on the front of a dark, solid object. Despite the evasive maneuver, the unidentified object manages to stay exactly behind them for a few seconds, a very dangerous situation if the unknown object is hostile. Then the object makes a turn to the northwest at an estimated speed of Mach 2, and flies away to the left of the Mirage IV.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Kean, pp. 123–124; Good Need, pp. 304–305; Patrick Gross, “Mirage IV Jet Bomber Encounters UFO, France, March 7, 1977”; “L’Observation d’OVNI du Colonel René Giraud (1977),” OVNI et Extraterrestre, November 10, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5436

Event 39337 (36F5DB52)

Date: 3/7/1977
Description: At nine p.m. Mrs. Jane Bowles was driving with a friend, Mrs. Ann Strickland, along a country road near Winchester, Hampshire, England when their car stopped and a brilliant glow “like a white sun” lit up the area around them. An oval object was observed that was luminous and making a humming sound. A man emerged from the UFO, one similar in appearance to the one involved in Mrs. Bowles earlier close encounter. He was human like with long hair, a beard, and pink eyes. He approached, holding out his hands, and touched Mrs Bowles. His hands were warm to the touch like a human’s. The man looked at Mrs. Strickland and then spoke in an unknown language. He gave something to Mrs. Bowles which she would not divulge, and then he returned to the UFO, which ascended into the sky with a hum and high-pitched noise. The women returned to Winchester, and Mrs. Bowles observed that her hands were red and swollen. She had to remove her wedding ring and she found the skin underneath raw.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Encounters, case 1977-12, citing Lionel Beer, BUFORA
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1370

Event 39338 (6AA74055)

Date: 3/8/1977
Time: 19:30
Location: GATCHELLVILLE, PA
Description: 2+2+2+2+2+observer(s). Red fireball maneuvers against wind. Landing holes. Burnt.
Type: sighting
Reference: HENDRY, Allan: The UFO HANDBOOK. Doubleday, Garden City, NJ 1979. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12558

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “218”, HatchDesc: “GATCHELLVILLE,PA:2+2+2+2+2+OBS:RED FBL MNVRS AGAINST WIND:LANDING HOLES:BURNT”, LatLong: “39.766669 -76.472226”, LatLongDMS: “39:46:00 N 76:28:20 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39339 (BDDC5022)

Date: 3/8/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: OSWALDTWISTLE, ENGL
Description: UFO changes / round to/from/between triangle. 4 observer(s) shine light going up. Object beams back going down [to]!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 385)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12559

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “262”, HatchDesc: “OSWALDTWISTLE,ENGL:UFO CHANGES/RND<>TRNGL:4 OBS SHINE LITE ↑:OBJ BEAMS BACK ↓!”, LatLong: “53.733336 -2.400000”, LatLongDMS: “53:44:00 N 02:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39340 (1106D650)

Date: 3/8/1977
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USA Name: “Dofino” YieldMax: 40KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_803

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Dofino”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU_SALVO”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 39341 (025D50AD)

Date: 3/8/1977
Location: Gatchellville, Pennsylvania
Description: 7:30 p.m. Eleven witnesses in six groups (including Thelma Lowe, Harold Wilson, Sara Green, Mrs. Everett Miller, Mrs. W. E. Runge II, and Robert Smyth) watch a red ball of fire the size of the full moon drift over their houses and alight on the ground south of Gatchellville, Pennsylvania. It leaves a large patch of burning grass (100 feet long by 30 feet wide), with a mysteriously unscathed area delineated by three holes at the vertices.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case Number 2-4-44,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): 6–7; “Close-Out on the Gatchellville, PA CE II,” IUR 3, no. 3 (March 1978): insert
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5437

Event 39342 (3F56FAF9)

Date: 3/8/1977
Description: Nine independent witnesses watched a red ball of light maneuver against the wind in Gatchelville, Pennsylvania at 7:30 p.m. Holes were found burnt in the ground at a possible landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, The UFO Handbook, p. 120; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11471
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1384

Event 39343 (E865A2CE)

Date: 3/9/1977
Time: 03:10
Location: NELSON, LANCS
Description: 30M cylinder/cigar-shape with beams going down. Surface(s) sound. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Headaches. Gravitational effects? / r209#8.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12560

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “216”, HatchDesc: “NELSON,LANCs:30M CGR W/BEAMS↓:SURF SOUND:EME:HEADACHES:GRAV.EFFECTS?:/r209#8”, LatLong: “53.833336 -2.200000”, LatLongDMS: “53:50:00 N 02:12:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39344 (E2E4353A)

Date: 3/9/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: VICTORIA, BC
Description: Shiny saucer going down. Bulge / bottom/underside. Circles 2 observer(s) / 30’. Red light flashes / top. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v2#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12561

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “VICTORIA,BC:SHINY SCR↓:BULGE/BTM:CCLs 2 OBS/30’:RED LITE FLASHES/TOP:/IUR v2#6”, LatLong: “48.466669 -123.400006”, LatLongDMS: “48:28:00 N 123:24:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39345 (61440646)

Date: 3/9/1977
Time: 22:40
Location: LONG GROVE, IL
Description: Crackling noise. Strong spotlight hits evasive rectangular object.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12562

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “223”, HatchDesc: “LONG GROVE,IL:CRACKLING NOISE:STRONG SPOTLITE HITS EVASIVE RECTANGULAR OBJ:”, LatLong: “42.177780 -88.000004”, LatLongDMS: “42:10:40 N 88:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39346 (CA3C0921)

Date: 3/9/1977
Location: Nelson, Lancashire, UK
Description: Ellipse with red-orange lights approached, hovered, tingling sensation felt, physiological effects. See Section VI (E,L) car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4755

Event 39347 (6CA26309)

Date: 3/9/1977
Location: Nelson, North Lancashire, UK
Description: Brightly lighted ellipse hovered, car engine failed, lights dimmed. Pressure, tingling sensation felt, physiological effects
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_289

Event 39348 (E77400C6)

Date: 3/9/1977
Location: Qarun Lake, Egypt
Description: 12:34 a.m. Captain Assapa, Flight Officer Berehan, and Flight Engineer Negassa of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET-701 are flying near Qarun Lake, Egypt, when they see a formation of eight lights, with two larger ones in the lead, flying southeast. They are the color of “arc welding.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5438

Event 39349 (531CF517)

Date: 3/9/1977
Location: Nelson, Lancashire, England
Description: 3:10 a.m. Brian Grimshaw and his friend Jeff are driving to a textile factory in Nelson, Lancashire, England, when they see a cigar-shaped, metallic object in the sky. They stop the car for a better look. The UFO has lights at either end that are changing color, and the entire object is surrounded by a gray mist. The witnesses hear a sound they describe as like the tide coming in and going out. As the object comes closer, the car engine stops and the headlights dim. After five minutes, the object flies off and the car restarts. Both witnesses come down with headaches shortly afterward.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Tony Grimshaw and Jenny Randles, “Frightening Car-Stop near Nelson,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 2 (August 1977): 3–5, 12; UFOEv II 223–224; Jenny Randles, “Flappy Valley, Part 4,” Fortean Times 328 (July 2015): 28–29
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5439

Event 39350 (27BF2B9B)

Date: 3/9/1977
Location: Saanich, British Columbia
Description: 7:20 p.m. Susanna and Maria Stratford watch a shiny saucer with a red light on top and a rounded bottom descend to 30 feet above the ground and hover for 20 minutes, veering left and right above the trees in Saanich, British Columbia. It disappears toward the east.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Night UFO: It Came Back to See Us,” Victoria (B.C.) Times, March 11, 1977, p. 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5440

Event 39351 (2630E229)

Date: 3/9/1977
Location: Long Grove, Illinois
Description: 10:40 p.m. Four adult witnesses in Long Grove, Illinois, are attracted outside by a loud crackling noise. Searching around with a powerful spotlight, they see an object 60° up in the northern sky about 1,000 feet up. It is a white, tapered rectangle with a black silhouette behind it about the size of the full moon. They watch it maneuver within the spotlight beam and watch it sporadically for 30 minutes until it vanishes within the beam; the noise stops immediately.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-4-46,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1975): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5441

Event 39352 (32934178)

Date: 3/9/1977
Description: A cigar-shaped, metallic object appeared in the sky over Nelson, Lancashire, England at 3:10 a.m., so the two witnesses stopped their car for a better look. The UFO had lights at either end that were changing color and the entire object was surrounded by a gray mist. The witnesses heard a sound they described as being like the tide coming in and going out. As the object came quite close, their car’s engine stopped and the headlights dimmed. After five minutes, the object flew off and the car could be restarted. Both of the witnesses came down with headaches shortly after the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, Vol. 23, No. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1398

Event 39353 (42B422F0)

Date: 3/10/1977
Time: 19:40
Location: ARJUNA OILFIELD, INDONESIA
Description: Large UFO with beams / light circles oilfield twice. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 207)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12563

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Indonesia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “9”, HatchDesc: “ARJUNA OILFIELD,INDONESIA:LRG UFO W/BEAMS/LITE CIRCLES OILFIELD TWICE:>>E.”, LatLong: “-7.750000 112.533339”, LatLongDMS: “07:45:00 S 112:32:00 E”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ARJ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39354 (C1736041)

Date: 3/10/1977
Location: Indianapolis, IN
Description: 4:00 PM. Hoax photo. (APRO Bulletin) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4756

Event 39355 (FAAF8235)

Date: 3/10/1977
Locations: Arjuna Oil Field; Java Sea, Indonesia
Description: 7:40 p.m. Ten crew members of two oil tankers anchored one mile apart at the Arjuna Oil Field in the Java Sea, Indonesia, see an object the apparent size of the full moon. It is primarily dark with a red light in the middle and emits beams of yellowish-white light in two directions. It is only about 1,000 feet above the surface of the water. Coming from the west, it circles the offshore oil field twice and then speeds off to the east after 5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 2 (February 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5442

Event 39356 (359F12A3)

Date: 3/10/1977
Description: Indianapolis, Indiana - A 13-year-old boy with the last name of Brandenburg took three photographs of a dark disc-shaped object with a transparent dome near his home shortly before four o’clock in the afternoon, while the UFO was circling the area. The photographs appeared to be genuine, according to APRO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS case files, report dated April 12, 1977; APRO Bulletin, April 1977, p. 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1411

Event 39357 (B0236A32)

Date: 3/11/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: MERVILLE-FRANCEVILLE-PLAGE, FR
Description: Separate observer(s). Luminous green disk / 90° turn to sea. Hovers / 25 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12564

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “MERVILLE-FRANCEVILLE-PLAGE,FR:SEP.OBS:LUMn.GRN DISK/90°TURN to SEA:HVRS/25min”, LatLong: “49.250002 -0.166667”, LatLongDMS: “49:15:00 N 00:10:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Calvados”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39358 (827F49BF)

Date: 3/11/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: EDMONTON, ALTA
Description: Several separate observer(s). Brill flashing night lights maneuver. No body resolved. Back / April.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12565

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “EDMONTON,ALTA:SVRL SEP.OBS:BRILL FLASHING NLTS MNVR:NO BODY RESOLVED:BACK/APRL”, LatLong: “53.533336 -113.450005”, LatLongDMS: “53:32:00 N 113:27:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39359 (7444ED05)

Date: 3/11/1977
Locations: Brayfield Station; Port Neill; South Australia
Description: Rancher B. T. Bray discovers a 14-foot diameter, circular ring in a paddock at Brayfield Station, southwest of Port Neill, South Australia. No UFO is seen. The topsoil, soft everywhere else, is surprisingly hard in the ring, with the grass in the center undisturbed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Adelaide (S.A.) Advertiser, March 12, 1977; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5443

Event 39360 (D884856A)

Date: 3/12/1977
Time: 01:00
Location: GISBORNE, NZ
Description: 3 observer(s) blue-beamed to domed saucer overhead. 2 hours missing time. Pseudo-human/entity. Telepathy. / MJ#177.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 832)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12566

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “GISBORNE,NZ:3 OBS BLUE-BEAMED to DOMED SCR OVHD:2hrs MST:PSH:TLP:/MJ#177”, LatLong: “-38.650002 178.016675”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 S 178:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 39361 (7F7A154F)

Date: 3/12/1977
Time: 01:50
Location: OUED ATHMANIA, ALGERIA
Description: 1 / car. Silent dome with “head” going quickly northwest over road. 150M altitude 200M away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12567

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OUED ATHMANIA,ALGERIA:1/CAR:SLNT DOME W/“HEAD”>>NW OVR ROAD:150M alt 200M away”, LatLong: “36.283335 6.283334”, LatLongDMS: “36:17:00 N 06:17:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Constantine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39362 (7679D057)

Date: 3/12/1977
Time: 21:10
Location: SOUTH / SYRACUSE, NY
Description: United Airlines (UAL) DC10 / autopilot veers left! 30M fireball near. 3 compasses goofy.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard & WEINSTEIN,Dominique: Preliminary Study of 64 Pilot Sightings involving EME on Aircraft Systems NARCAP TR-3 2001 (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12568

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “125”, HatchDesc: “S/SYRACUSE,NY:UAL DC10/AUTOPILOT VEERS LEFT!:30M FBL NEAR:3 COMPASSES GOOFY”, LatLong: “42.833335 -76.166670”, LatLongDMS: “42:50:00 N 76:10:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39363 (F468E496)

Date: 3/12/1977
Location: Syracuse (south of), NY
Description: 9:05 PM. The pilot and first officer of an United Airlines DC-10 observed a round bright white object. The object had strong effects on the autopilot and the three compasses. (Reference: Catalog of Military, Airline, Private Pilots Sightings from 1916 to 2000 Dominique F. Weinstein) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4757

Event 39364 (ED831F7E)

Date: 3/12/1977
Locations: Syracuse, New York; Boston’s Logan Airport in Massachusetts
Description: 9:05 p.m. United Airlines Flight 94 is flying south of Syracuse, New York, on a course toward Boston’s Logan Airport in Massachusetts. Suddenly the airplane starts a gradual, smooth (15° bank angle) turn to the left by itself. Within 5–10 seconds both captain Neil Daniels, 57, and the flight officer turn and look to their left side and see an “extremely bright white light at about their own altitude.” It is perfectly round and almost 3° arc in apparent diameter. Daniels estimates its distance to be about 3,000 feet and probably as big or bigger than a DC- 10 in size. Its intensity is like that of a flashbulb. Boston Center calls them and asks, “United 94, where are you going?” Daniels replies, “Well, let me figure this out. I’ll let you know.” Then they notice that “the three compasses were all displaying different readings. The FO’s compass was within 20° arc of the compass in front of the captain and was not rotating. It was then that the FO uncoupled the autopilot and flew the airplane manually.” Meanwhile, the UAP “followed right along with us” for about 4–5 more minutes then “it took off and picked up speed very rapidly and just disappeared, over about 15 seconds, back towards our 8:00 o’clock position and slightly upward.” Daniels asked ATC if they have any radar traffic in the area and they reply, “no.” Later, ATC tells Daniels, “So whatever it was, we don’t know. But it did cause a disruption in the magnetic field around the aircraft to the point where it did pull the aircraft off course.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard F. Haines, “Aviation Safety in America: A Previously Neglected Factor,” NARCAP, October 15, 2000, p. 80; “Air Force Pilot Neil Daniels Sighting,” Riddlept YouTube channel, October 8, 2013
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5444

Event 39365 (A7A075E4)

Date: 3/13/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: MANDURA, WEST AUSTR
Description: Globe light passes overhead. Car engine dies. Headlights OK. 2 observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12569

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MANDURA,W.AUSTR:GLOBE LITE PASSES OVRHD:CAR ENGINE DIES:HLITES OK:2 OBS”, LatLong: “-32.522224 115.711117”, LatLongDMS: “32:31:20 S 115:42:40 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39366 (A4383577)

Date: 3/13/1977
Location: Pen-Y-Cwm, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Description: 9:00 PM. Stephen Taylor, age 17, was walking home from a visit to his girlfriend’s house when he saw an orange, luminous, pear-shaped UFO in the sky. The dog behaved normally the next day. (Source: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977 -13, citing Randall Jones Pugh, BUFORA). (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4758

Event 39367 (E19AF2E6)

Date: 3/13/1977
Location: Pen-Y-Cwm, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Description: 9:00 PM. Stephen Taylor, age 17, was walking home from a visit to his girlfriend’s house when he saw an orange, luminous, pear-shaped UFO in the sky. Around its underside there was a dim glow of light. As he watched he heard footsteps, and looking around only a few yards away was a figure “like a skinny human six-foot tall.” HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977 -13, citing Randall Jones Pugh, BUFORA). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4759

Event 39368 (7D8862CB)

Date: 3/13/1977
Description: Two teenagers near Mandurah, Western Australia observed a globe of light moving in a straight line in the sky at 8:30 p.m. Their car’s engine died during the sighting, which lasted only a few seconds, but their car headlights remained on. The object was bluish-white in color and vanished in the distance, still moving at a steady speed. The car’s engine then could be restarted with no trouble.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 409, citing ACUFOS
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1456

Event 39369 (81AE2E03)

Date: 3/13/1977
Description: At 9:00 p.m. Stephen Taylor, age 17, was walking home from a visit to his girlfriend’s house in Pen-Y-Cwm, Pembrokeshire, Wales when he saw an orange, luminous, pear-shaped UFO in the sky. He walked to a friend’s house to tell him but was not believed. About half a mile further on he noticed that he could not see the lights of farmhouses to his right. Looking closer, he saw that they were obscured by a large dome-shaped object, dark in appearance, about 30 to 40 feet in diameter and 40 feet high, that was resting in the adjacent field. Around its underside there was a dim glow of light. As he watched he heard footsteps, and looking around only a few yards away was a figure “like a skinny human six-foot tall.” The being looked “like an old man” with high cheekbones, and had large round eyes resembling those of a fish. Over its mouth was a box like device with a tube leading over the shoulder. It was wearing a one-piece suit that looked semi-transparent. Taylor took a swing at the figure and ran for home. On arrival he found his dog acted strangely toward him, snarling and barking, and had to be put outdoors. The dog behaved normally the next day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977 -13, citing Randall Jones Pugh, BUFORA
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1457

Event 39370 (09F0E681)

Date: 3/15/1977
Location: West Jacksonport, WI
Description: 8:30 PM. Mrs. Joan Le Clair and four other local people saw a UFO hovering over some nearby trees. Mrs. Le Clair looked through binoculars and could see an elongated object, green on top and bottom, with a red band around the center. “There appeared to be another compartment on the bottom of this disc, and I could see windows in this lower part. There appeared to be a figure inside the object.” (Sources: Sturgeon Bay Advocate, March 17, 1977; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-14 (A1715), citing Thomas Heiman). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4760

Event 39371 (CC995620)

Date: Mid 3/1977
Locations: Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran; same distance south of Tehran
Description: Observers at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran, see 20–25 UFOs flying from the desert toward the city. The pilots and passengers of an Iranian airliner flying at more than 6 miles altitude about 87 miles from the city describe them as yellow in color. A Japanese pilot the same distance south of Tehran switches on all his lights when he sees a huge object in front of his plane. He claims 15–20 smaller objects fly out of the large one directly toward the pilot, who changes course and heads for Mehrabad.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Review of Iranian UFO Reports,” IUR/Frontiers of Science 3, no. 2 (Jan./Feb. 1981): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5445

Event 39372 (9C0AD3F8)

Date: Mid 3/1977
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Description: Around 11:00 p.m. James Ferguson and Tom Patton are in the desert about 2 miles west of Tucson, Arizona, preparing to take night photographs of saguaro cacti using flash-lighting effects. As they are getting ready to take a photo, the floor of the desert around them suddenly brightens. They see a large mass of light rise from behind a distant range of hills and hover for many minutes just above the horizon. Quickly, they turn the camera on its tripod toward the light and take a time exposure. Several minutes pass and suddenly the light moves rapidly to the north and disappears in the distance. The trail of light on the photo shows the light’s departure.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “1977 Nocturnal Light Photograph Reported,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 1, no. 1 (May 1980): 1; “Tucson 1977 Nocturnal Light Remains Unidentified,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 1, no. 4 (August 1980): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5446

Event 39373 (91B6A180)

Date: 3/15/1977
Description: At 8:30 p.m. Mrs. Joan Le Clair and four other local people saw a UFO hovering over some nearby trees in West Jacksonport, Door County, Wisconsin. Mrs. Le Clair looked through binoculars and could see an elongated object, green on top and bottom, with a red band around the center. “There appeared to be another compartment on the bottom of this disc, and I could see windows in this lower part. There appeared to be a figure inside the object.” After three minutes the UFO sped away. Other observers of the UFO failed to see the windows or the occupant.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sturgeon Bay Advocate, March 17, 1977; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-14 (A1715), citing Thomas Heiman
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1528

Event 39374 (3C1CD2E6)

Date: 3/16/1977
Time: 22:30
Location: MOONIE, QLD, AUS
Description: 2 / car. UFO hides as truck nears. All sorts / odd electrical effects.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12570

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “90”, HatchDesc: “MOONIE,QLD,AUS:2/CAR:UFO HIDES AS TRUCK NEARS:ALL SORTS/ODD ELECTRICAL EFFECTS”, LatLong: “-27.683335 150.316674”, LatLongDMS: “27:41:00 S 150:19:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39375 (CAD1C1E2)

Date: 3/17/1977
Location: NORTH / DALE, DYFED, WALES
Description: Glowing fireball follows family / car. Engine and lights die. / FSRv23#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny: FS & HOW TO SEE THEM: Sterling Publ. Co. NY 1992 (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12571

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “N/DALE,DYFED,WALES:GLOWING FBL FOLOS FAMILY/CAR:ENGINE+LITES DIE:/FSRv23#1”, LatLong: “51.733336 -5.150000”, LatLongDMS: “51:44:00 N 05:09:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39376 (24605064)

Date: 3/17/1977
Time: 14:00
Location: SIRACUSA, ITL
Description: Many observer(s). Metallic ball or can hovers offshore / 150min. Away / flashing leap.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 92)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12572

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “150”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SIRACUSA,ITL:MANY OBS:MTLC BALL or CAN HVRS OFFSHORE/150min:AWAY/FLASHING LEAP”, LatLong: “37.033335 15.283334”, LatLongDMS: “37:02:00 N 15:17:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39377 (AF863C3A)

Date: 3/17/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: BRAWDY / PENYCWM, WALES
Description: 1 observer. Domed saucer going down [to] by NATO base. 6’ figure / spacesuit. / FSRv23#1p6.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: CE-5, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS of the 5th KIND. 1999 Sourcebooks Inc. Naperville, IL ISBN 1-57071-427-4. 242 case files. (Index 345)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12573

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “28”, HatchDesc: “BRAWDY/PENYCWM,WALES:1 OBS:DOMED SCR↓BY NATO BASE:6’FIG/SSUIT:/FSRv23#1p6”, LatLong: “51.866669 -5.116667”, LatLongDMS: “51:52:00 N 05:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39378 (5B0D33C3)

Date: 3/18/1977
Description: In 1997 several men in cars from Canaan, New Hampshire chased a silent, elongated nocturnal light through three towns at 8:45 p.m. EST. At 8:30 p.m. MST a V formation of fast moving lights, most likely from a single, very large craft, were seen heading toward Prescott, Arizona.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Francis Ridge, UFO Info News; Michael Hall, UFOs: A Century of Sightings, p. 333
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1556

Event 39379 (8579FB2C)

Date: 3/19/1977
Time: 23:00:59.9
Location: -21.8870 -138.9200
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Nestor” Yield: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1902

Extra Data: LatLong: “-21.8870 -138.9200”, LatLongDMS: “21:53:13 S 138:55:12 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.92”, NukeName: “Nestor”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “150”

Event 39380 (CEC7A77E)

Date: 3/19/1977
Location: Highway 401 near Belleville, Ontario
Description: 8:00 p.m. Sylvia Laidler and her daughter Darlene are driving eastbound on Highway 401 near Belleville, Ontario, when a red streak appears in the north. The object stops abruptly over the highway in front of her car, maintaining a red, pulsating glow, then approaches them, flying on the south side of the road at tree-top level. It is triangular with turquoise lights, red flashing lights, and a golden light flashing at the bottom. It hovers silently above them briefly then moves off to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Hovered over Car,” Belleville (Ont.) Intelligencer, May 6, 1977; Marler 96–97
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5447

Event 39381 (3AE50CDA)

Date: Spring 1977
Description: (Translated from French) Numerous UFO sightings around USAF bases in the northern United States. (Spring)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2748

Event 39382 (B25B0855)

Date: 3/20/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: NUORO, SARDINIA
Description: 2 / car. Radio Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Saucer circles. Beams going down [to] and engine quits. / news.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12574

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “NUORO,SARDINIA:2/CAR:RADIO RFI:SCR CIRCLES:BEAMS ↓+ENGINE QUITS:/news”, LatLong: “40.500002 9.333334”, LatLongDMS: “40:30:00 N 09:20:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SRD”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39383 (FFD326E0)

Date: Spring 1977
Location: Lumberton, OH
Description: Alleged skirmish between U.S. military forces and a landed (or disabled) alien craft. (Case B-13 in Status Report II, Leonard Stringfield; SYMPAP, 1978,77) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4747

Event 39384 (9838BD28)

Date: 3/20/1977
Location: Pebble Beach, CA
Description: On this night a husband and wife were in a pair of sleeping bags by the seashore when they saw a bright disc-shaped object come from the ocean straight towards them. The woman had a brief recollection of seeing several tall humanoids without mouths, who communicated with her telepathically and showed her a book. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4761

Event 39385 (ABB8E637)

Date: 3/20/1977
Description: On this night a husband and wife were in a pair of sleeping bags by the seashore in Pebble Beach, California when they saw a bright disc-shaped object come from the ocean straight towards them. The woman had a brief recollection of seeing several tall humanoids without mouths, who communicated with her telepathically and showed her a book. She later recalled that the craft was flat, streamlined, and black in color. A beam of light was shone on the couple and apparently took them inside the UFO. The eyes of the aliens were reportedly black and shiny but rounded towards the nose and did not blink. The aliens were about six and a half to seven feet, thin, with delicate bodies, and very long fingers. They wore skintight one-piece diver outfits like wetsuits. Their heads were completely hairless. The inside of the craft resembled a doctor’s office: it was very bright white and warm. The wife was made to lie on a very cold table, where she was strapped down and observed many instruments, one of which made a buzzing sound. The woman had been involved in previous close encounter incidents.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, citing WBS Newsletter, special edition # 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1590

Event 39386 (098B51B6)

Date: 3/21/1977
Time: 19:20
Location: ST. LEONARD-DE-NOBLAT, FR
Description: Weird 2x5 array / square colored windows. Splits / opposite directions. Photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12575

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “50”, HatchDesc: “St.LEONARD-de-NOBLAT,FR:WIERD 2x5 ARRAY/SQR CLRD WINDOWS:SPLITS/OPP.DIRs:FOTOS”, LatLong: “45.833336 1.483333”, LatLongDMS: “45:50:00 N 01:29:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute-Vienne”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39387 (545A39A5)

Date: 3/21/1977
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: 8:50 PM. Two witnesses on a flight at 1500’, two UFOs at 1/2-mile range,15 seconds duration. (Haines printout) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4762

Event 39388 (903BCBB6)

Date: 3/22/1977
Time: 02:00
Location: EAST GOSFORD, NSW
Description: 2 / car. Neon-pink triangle stays ahead / car. Stops / Terrigal Road.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: BASTERFIELD, KEITH: AUFORN group, with Diane Harrison. http://www.fan.net.au/~tkbnetw/new
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12576

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “E.GOSFORD,NSW:2/CAR:NEON-PINK TRIANGLE STAYS AHEAD/CAR:STOPS/TERRIGAL ROAD”, LatLong: “-33.416668 151.366674”, LatLongDMS: “33:25:00 S 151:22:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39389 (85D08949)

Date: 3/22/1977
Time: 03:30
Location: MARCH AIR FORCE BASE, CA AND AREA
Description: Numerous observer(s). Fast night lights going quickly north / 900M altitude. Blue contrails. / r26p77.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 928)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12577

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “467”, HatchDesc: “MARCH AFB,CA+area:NMRS OBS:FAST NLTS >>N/900M alt:BLU CONTRAILS:/r26p77”, LatLong: “33.900002 -117.250006”, LatLongDMS: “33:54:00 N 117:15:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39390 (656F86A3)

Date: 3/22/1977
Locations: Seatoun; Wellington; New Zealand
Description: 10:20 a.m. Tom Evison and his wife watch for 15 minutes a bright stationary light an estimated 10 miles north of their location in Seatoun, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. Seen through a telescope, it appears as elongated with black vertical lines. It slowly fades away in place.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5448

Event 39391 (2EE6A1B6)

Date: 3/23/1977
Location: Farmland, IN
Description: 5:40 AM. Snowy morning. Blue lights were ahead which lady thought was a snow plough. One blinking light of unknown shape flew across in; front of her then suddenly 6 to 12 blue lights took up position 2 to 3 feet in front of her slowly traveling car. The car was illuminated with a blue light and static came on radio. (Worley files) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4763

Event 39392 (D59C03AF)

Date: 3/23/1977
Location: Farmland, IN
Description: 5:40 AM. Snowy morning. Blue lights were ahead which lady thought was a snow plough. One blinking light of unknown shape flew across in; front of her then suddenly 6 to 12 blue lights took up position 2 to 3 feet in front of her slowly traveling car. Next day at spot in road her car radio went dead. (Worley files) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4764

Event 39393 (6CA2C0B0)

Date: 3/24/1977
Locations: La Palma and Tenerife, Canary Islands; Ad Dakhla on the coast of Western Sahara; Kinpurnie Castle
Description: 8:50 p.m. Witnesses on La Palma and Tenerife, Canary Islands, see a reddish light emerge from the sea, climb very fast, move in a zigzag fashion, and leave behind a huge, bright halo that lasts 10 minutes. Several minutes later, a Scandinavian DC-8 passing over Ad Dakhla on the coast of Western Sahara observes a luminous cloud to the west. A South African Airways jumbo jet describes the same phenomenon. 310 miles to the south, Capt. M. Brackenridge and the crew of the merchant ship Kinpurnie Castle witness a luminous semicircle on the horizon, with a small bright arc inside. In only 3 minutes it has reached colossal dimensions. Seven minutes later, it has completely dispersed, after a second luminous spot appears above it. The sighting correlates with the launch of two Poseidon missiles from the USS Woodrow Wilson.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos and Ricardo Campo Pérez, “Navy Missile Tests and the Canary Islands UFOs,” IUR 29, no. 4 (July 2005): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5449

Event 39394 (51191600)

Date: 3/29/1977
Location: W. of California, Pacific Ocean
Description: Object Tracked on Radar by B-1 Bomber (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Code: R, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 770329
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4765

Event 39395 (BF5F95D2)

Date: 3/29/1977
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: .002KT YieldMax: 40KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1488

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “.002”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 39396 (8D7D8484)

Date: 3/29/1977
Time: 03:57:00.0
Location: 49.7810 78.0420
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1489

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7810 78.0420”, LatLongDMS: “49:46:52 N 78:02:31 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.40”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39397 (0283C14B)

Date: 3/29/1977
Location: West Decatur, Pennsylvania
Description: 12:30 a.m. A witness in a rural area near West Decatur, Pennsylvania, sees an “upside-down teardrop” object 100–200 feet long and 60 feet wide drift in from the east at treetop level. With the point of the teardrop pointing upward, the gray-brown object features a large panel of fluorescent green light on the bottom. Drifting west into a field, the object makes a sound like a “rope spinning in the air.” Climbing at a 45° angle to a half-mile up in 15 seconds, it levels off and accelerates to the southwest in 8 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-5-43,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5450

Event 39398 (0E77181B)

Date: 3/30/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: MASSENZATICO, ITL
Description: 2 observer(s). Fireball maneuvers and going down [to] slow. Lands / vineyard. Seen / 4-5 minute(s). Observer(s) flee.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12578

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MASSENZATICO,ITL:2 OBS:FBL MNVRS+↓ SLOW:LANDS/VINYARD:seen/4-5min:obs flee”, LatLong: “44.716669 10.716667”, LatLongDMS: “44:43:00 N 10:43:00 E”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RE”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39399 (9C2EFA29)

Date: 3/30/1977 (approximate)
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTHWEST / GERENA, SP
Description: Star grows to huge saucer. Dome and ring / lights. 2 jets chase saucer going quickly [to] WNW.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 277)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12579

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “NW/GERENA,SP:STAR GROWS to HUGE SCR:DOME+RING/LITES:2 JETS CHASE SCR >>WNW”, LatLong: “37.600002 -6.216667”, LatLongDMS: “37:36:00 N 06:13:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39400 (DAA0212E)

Date: 4/1977
Location: Spain, Seville
Description: (Translated from French) Antonio Delgado, owner of the bar “El Paseillo” on Sanchez Arjona Avenue No. 37 in Seville, aged about thirty, has just revealed that he is afflicted with an extraordinary anomaly: he has four phalanges in the middle of his hands instead of three. He claims that the four phalanges are a characteristic - for all those who show this peculiarity - of his extraterrestrial origin. Another example is Marcos Pinel from Seville who invented the magnetic energy system which earned him 320 million pesetas paid by the Swiss for the exploitation patent. He is therefore of extraterrestrial origin, but he is also human, with the peculiarity that he can always count on the help “of the others” to heal people, to predict lottery winning numbers, etc. At the age of 13, thanks to his extraterrestrial parents, he was able to make a trip to the United States where he stayed in Louisiana and where tall extraterrestrials with red hair and childlike faces taught him a lot of secrets. When he returned home a week later, he got the beating of his life from his biological father.
Reference: Article by Ignacio Darnaude Rojas-Marcos of April 14, 1982, and article in ABC - Spain “En pocas palavras” Tuesday 21.6.1982 page 31, article by Benigno Gonzalez
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2956

Event 39401 (23D836A0)

Date: 4/1977
Location: MEXICO, Topilejo
Description: (Translated from French) On the federal highway from Cuernavaca to Mexico, Victor Gastorena Guerrero and Pablo Mujica Garcia, among other witnesses, suddenly saw a huge blue object in the sky. They lost sight of it for a moment but soon stopped to follow the trajectory of the craft. They saw a dark blue cylindrical beam of light coming out of the UFO. In an instant, the beam touched the ground, enveloping the vegetation and a rest area of about twenty square meters. The brightness was so strong that it seemed that this area had disappeared. The object rose and moved away quickly towards the northwest. A few moments later, the witnesses got out of the vehicles to see what had happened to this strange phenomenon. To their great surprise, the whole part of this environment, including the vegetation, was completely frozen. The plants, leaves, flowers, and grass were covered with frost as if each element was wrapped in a flexible glass. It was so aesthetically perfect that it was a visual enchantment. Witnesses tasted this ice without detecting any difference with the ice from a freezer. The area emitted an intense cold that extended to the witnesses.
Reference: report by Fernando J. Tellez - document “OVNI” of the UEC c/o Claude Chapeau
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2960

Event 39402 (F33406F7)

Date: 4/1977
Location: RAMBERVILLERS, FR
Description: Also nearby towns. 61 sheep and 1 deer mutilated / 1 week.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: MESSENGERS of DECEPTION; Bantam PB 1979 272pp. (Index 188)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12580

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “16”, HatchDesc: “RAMBERVILLERS,FR:+NEARBY TOWNS:61 SHEEP+1 DEER MUTILATED/1 WEEK:”, LatLong: “48.350002 6.616667”, LatLongDMS: “48:21:00 N 06:37:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vosges”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39403 (A91A14FD)

Date: 4/1/1977
Time: 22:40
Location: DERUYTER, NY
Description: 1+3 kids / car. Silent 40’ saucer flies up. Hovers 30’ over trees. Others see glowing.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12581

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “390”, HatchDesc: “DeRUYTER,NY:1+3 KIDS/CAR:SLNT 40’SCR FLIES UP:HVRS 30’OVR TREES:OTHERS SEE GLO”, LatLong: “42.761113 -75.883337”, LatLongDMS: “42:45:40 N 75:53:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39404 (527FE381)

Date: 4/1/1977
Locations: DeRuyter, New York; West Side; Maple Trees
Description: 10:40 p.m. A woman is driving her three young children south on the west side of DeRuyter, New York, when she finds herself overtaking and driving underneath a 35–40-foot object hovering 30 feet above the maple trees. The UFO has three outer red and blue lights and a sequential series of red lights in two rows on the center bottom. One mile away, two other witnesses go in search of a red glow without being able to overtake it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-5-46,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5451

Event 39405 (8C606658)

Date: 4/2/1977
Time: 23:00?
Location: BURBANK, CA
Description: Amateur astronomer. Little dipper gains new star. Maneuvers around. Fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12582

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “236”, HatchDesc: “BURBANK,CA:AM.ASTRONOMER:LITTLE DIPPER GAINS NEW STAR:MNVRS AROUND:FAST”, LatLong: “34.183335 -118.300006”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:00 N 118:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39406 (87D5D6F3)

Date: 4/2/1977
Time: 23:30:00.0
Location: -22.0000 -139.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Oedipe” Yield: 5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1903

Extra Data: LatLong: “-22.0000 -139.0000”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 S 139:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Oedipe”, NukeSource: “CEA/DAM”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “5”

Event 39407 (48F86851)

Date: 4/4/1977
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: 1:30 AM. A 52-year-old woman was watching jackrabbits by moonlight on the Veterans Administration Hospital grounds when she heard a whirring noise and looked up to see a luminous white UFO coming down for a landing. Then a human like figure, well over six-foot tall with very broad shoulders, walked toward her from the UFO. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4766

Event 39408 (6D800EDE)

Date: 4/4/1977
Location: Gorham, NH
Description: 8:15 PM… Susanne Fortier was walking on the lawn behind her house with her collie dog. Whe heard a sound like a “wind or whistle” and she then observed a small object land in the vicinity of the children’s playhouse. It was about five feet in diameter, with eight “pods or legs”, windows or doors all around it, and an antenna on top. The interior was a bright red, and it contained six three-foot-tall occupants who had long slit-like eyes, ape like noses, and no hair. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977- (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4767

Event 39409 (4A32DC89)

Date: 4/4/1977
Description: Tucson, Arizona - A 52-year-old woman was watching jackrabbits by moonlight on the Veterans Administration Hospital grounds at 1:30 a.m. when she heard a whirring noise and looked up to see a luminous white UFO coming down for a landing. It was ellipsoidal in shape with fuzzy contours, and landed approximately 30 to 40 feet away. The top of the object was a soft luminous pink, and something like a horizontal periscope or boom protruded form the right side. The object was about 40 to 50 feet in diameter and about 20 feet high. The whirring ceased when it landed, but she saw no landing gear. Then a human like figure, well over six-foot tall with very broad shoulders, walked toward her from the UFO. She had not seen him emerge through a door in the craft. He wore a silvery one-piece uniform that was tight-fitting, like a frogman’s wetsuit, and he had on mitten-like gloves. He spoke to her, saying “I am Onleel, I want to talk with you, come with me.” She saw only his eyes and no other facial features. The eyes were large and dark. The voice was probably telepathic and it seemed to come from his eyes. She felt compelled to obey. The next thing she remembers she is inside the ship, with no recollection of how she got onboard.

She followed Onleel through a main central room and through a doorway to a smaller room. In the room are three or four other beings, in general similar to Onleel but smaller in size, between four to five feet tall. They wore brown one-piece suits with boots. Two were seated at a control panel, while the third stood before a screen. They paid no attention to her. She had the impression that might have been female, but there was nothing about their shape to suggest this except their smaller size. The fittings and furniture were all of “spun aluminum” and there was a bright light that illuminated the interior that came from no visible source.

Continued: In the smaller adjacent room Onleel sat the witness down and offered her an aluminum cup with liquid resembling milk. She declined the drink. Then Onleel asked her a number of questions, some of which were of a highly personal nature, indicating that he must already know a great deal about her. He asked her what she would do in various hypothetical situations, and he discussed with her aspects of reincarnation. When asked how she would react to the prospect of facing death, she responded by saying she would accept it. He told her that she was “one of the developing ones—there are many of you scattered all over the planet,” and he said they “would be coming back for her.” The witness asked when and why, and he answered, “it is not for you to know.”

His voice came out in a metallic monotone, like it was computer generated. After the quiz, which lasted perhaps 20 to 30 minutes, she found herself outside the object with no recollection of how she got there, dazed and upset. She was on the street outside the VA Hospital grounds near her own apartment. She got home at about 2:30 a.m. There were many things about her experience she is unable to remember. She had been wearing a new pair of shoes, and that morning she noticed that they were covered with what looked like desert dust and burrs. In a way this confirmed for her the reality of her experience, that it had not been a dream.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-16, citing investigator Fred Dennis
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1836

Event 39410 (AC801228)

Date: 4/4/1977
Description: Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire - Mrs. Susanne Fortier was walking on the lawn behind her house with her collie dog at 8:15 p.m. Whe heard a sound like a “wind or whistle” and she then observed a small object land in the vicinity of the children’s playhouse. It was about five feet in diameter, with eight “pods or legs”, windows or doors all around it, and an antenna on top. The interior was a bright red, and it contained six three-foot-tall occupants who had long slit-like eyes, ape like noses, and no hair. The skin of their faces seemed very wrinkled. They wore gloves. Mrs Fortier could hear “a garble of voices” talking, like a bunch of CB voices, and felt a great deal of heat come from the craft. She watched it for about 15 minutes, after which it rose straight up and flew off to the south. When she got back in the house she found her face and legs red from the heat. Her dog, which reacted noticeably to the object, would still not let her go near the area a month later. No traces were found at the landing site, which had been muddy.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-15, citing investigator Mrs. Lorraine Duchesne, MUFON
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1837

Event 39411 (8F291898)

Date: 4/5/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 11 bodies following a crash in the southwest of Ohio. (April 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2746

Event 39412 (190DCEE4)

Date: 4/5/1977
Time: 07:00
Location: WEST / MAIRIEUX, FR
Description: Silent 2M white globe circles man / bicycle for several min. Quickly going up [to] and going quickly north. Observer(s) falls.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12583

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “W/MAIRIEUX,FR:SLNT 2M WHT GLOBE CCLS MAN/BICYCLE for SVRL MIN:↑↑+>>N:OBS FALLS”, LatLong: “50.311114 4.000000”, LatLongDMS: “50:18:40 N 04:00:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39413 (1003A1B1)

Date: 4/5/1977
Time: 14:20
Location: DEERFIELD, IL
Description: Pilot / car / I94. Silent silver mushroom 3X-moon-size going quickly southeast against wind. / r237.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12584

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “206”, HatchDesc: “DEERFIELD,IL:PILOT/CAR/I94:SLNT SLVR MUSHROOM 3X-MOONSIZE>>SE AGNST WIND:/r237”, LatLong: “42.166669 -87.844449”, LatLongDMS: “42:10:00 N 87:50:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39414 (948836BC)

Date: 4/5/1977
Location: Deerfield, IL
Description: 2:17 PM. 1-1.5 mins. Pilot driving on I-94 northbound on a cold, cloudy day (overcast at 5,000’) saw object coming toward him (southbound) first in distance then directly above him later on. Described as a silver mushroom three times the apparent size of the moon, moved silently toward Chicago against the wind. (IUR,2,5) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4768

Event 39415 (4FDF6288)

Date: 4/5/1977
Time: 15:00:00.2
Location: 37.1202 -116.0623
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Marsilly” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_804

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1202 -116.0623”, LatLongDMS: “37:07:13 N 116:03:44 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.69”, NukeMb: “5.60”, NukeName: “Marsilly”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39416 (FF0C19F1)

Date: 4/5/1977
Locations: I-94 northbound near Deerfield, Illinois; Chicago
Description: 2:17 p.m. A pilot driving on I-94 northbound near Deerfield, Illinois, sees an object coming toward him (southbound) first in the distance then directly above him later on. It is a silver mushroom three times the apparent size of the moon, and it moves silently toward Chicago against the wind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-5-51,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): 5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5452

Event 39417 (BF727CE3)

Date: 4/5/1977
Location: Lincolnton, North Carolina
Description: 9:00 p.m. A young couple and others in Lincolnton, North Carolina, see 5–6 red-orange lights hovering 200 feet away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-5-52,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5453

Event 39418 (0051216A)

Date: 4/6/1977
Time: 19:00
Location: STE DOROTHEE, QB
Description: 12M saucer grazes pond. Water sizzles. Lands. Small humanoids (or Greys) outside. Footprints.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUSGRAVE, John Brent: UFO OCCUPANTS & CRITTERS; Global Communications, NY 1979. 8x11 66pp. (Index 54)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12585

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “32”, HatchDesc: “Ste DOROTHEE,QB:12M SCR GRAZES POND:WATER SIZZLES:LANDS:OIDS OUTSIDE:FTPRINTS”, LatLong: “45.533336 -73.816670”, LatLongDMS: “45:32:00 N 73:49:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39419 (C243CA3F)

Date: 4/6/1977
Location: Ste. Dorothee, Quebec, CAN
Description: 7:00 PM. The witness, a woman in her thirties living on Rue Cleroux, Ste. was in her kitchen when she saw a strong light come in her back window. When she raised the blind she saw a disc-shaped object with a dazzling, pulsating white luminosity, about 35 feet in diameter. After four or five minutes a humanoid being appeared, visible from the waist up because of the terrain. He had a helmeted head, shiny red and metallic shoulders, and was seen from the rear. He appeared in front of the object. (Sources: Marc Leduc, UFO Quebec, April 1977, issue # 10; HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-74, citing Marc Leduc). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4769

Event 39420 (384314BE)

Date: 4/6/1977
Description: The witness, a woman in her thirties living on Rue Cleroux, Ste. Dorothee, Quebec, Canada was in her kitchen at seven p.m. when she saw a strong light come in her back window. When she raised the blind she saw a disc-shaped object with a dazzling, pulsating white luminosity, about 35 feet in diameter. It was hovering several yards above a tree 35 feet tall. It bore a pulsating red luminous domed cupola on top without windows. Around its lower periphery revolved yellow, green, blue, and red blinking lights. She heard a buzzing sound like a huge swarm of bees.

After watching the UFO for perhaps 15 seconds, she ran to her bathroom and hid. Two minutes later the noise and the light ceased. She went out on the street in front of her house where she found a 13-year-old boy, Jos Madison, pointing a carbine at the sky. The now silent disc-shaped UFO was hovering 100 feet up in a tilted position. Jos did not fire his gun, but called to his friend Alair Narby, also 13 years old. Jos’s two sisters also joined them and watched the UFO, which was now moving from place to place above the houses by jumps too rapid to observe. It then stopped in place for more than five minutes, during which Mrs. Madison came out and also observed it.

Now after sunset, the UFO moved off toward the Nadon River, where it again dashed back and forth. The two boys followed it to the Nadon field by the river, in which there was a temporary pond formed by melted snow. They saw the UFO approach the river, flying very low, and it skimmed over the pond producing a loud sizzle of boiling water. It then landed behind a slight rise. It then emitted a very strident sharp sound. After four or five minutes a humanoid being appeared, visible from the waist up because of the terrain. He had a helmeted head, shiny red and metallic shoulders, and was seen from the rear. He appeared in front of the object. Above his head was a red light, apparently floating in midair. He looked to the right and left, then bent down and was not seen again. Shortly afterward the disc rose, lit up, and at an altitude of about 65 feet resumed its erratic movements. Darkness had fallen and the boys returned home, finally running because it seemed to them the UFO was following them. They temporarily suffered partial deafness, perhaps from the UFO’s noise. At least three families on the block experienced total interference with their TV reception during this time. At the landing site different tracks and what appeared to be footprints were found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Marc Leduc, UFO Quebec, April 1977, issue # 10; HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-74, citing Marc Leduc
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1870

Event 39421 (CE916AC2)

Date: 4/7/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: EDMONTON, ALTA
Description: Several kids / schoolyard. Ovoid with red lights / top and bottom. Row / blue / middle.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12586

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “660”, HatchDesc: “EDMONTON,ALTA:SVRL KIDS/SCHOOLYARD:OVOID W/RED LITES/TOP+BOTTOM:ROW/BLU/MIDDLE”, LatLong: “53.516669 -113.466672”, LatLongDMS: “53:31:00 N 113:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alberta”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39422 (F5EF7B0C)

Date: 4/7/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: NORTHEAST / POULLAOUEN, FR
Description: Separate observer(s). Silent 5M top spins / 10M altitude. Extremely bright beam going [to] car. / LDLN#166.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12587

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “NE/POULLAOUEN,FR:SEP.OBS:SLNT 5M TOP SPINS/10M alt:XBRITE BEAM>CAR:/LDLN#166”, LatLong: “48.366669 -4.616667”, LatLongDMS: “48:22:00 N 04:37:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finistère”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39423 (56DD4FD6)

Date: 4/7/1977
Location: Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Description: 5:00 AM. Mr. Cyril John, age 64, a former local political leader, was up early for an early start to London when he noticed a light shining in his bedroom window. Looking out he observed two objects. The first was a silvery-gray egg-shaped object with a bright orange-red light on top of it. It was about four feet across and was rocking gently in the air about 60 meters away. The second was a seven to eight foot tall humanoid figure, who floated in the air with arms out and legs bent back, like a “free fall parachutist.” (Source: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-17 [A1719], citing Randall Jones Pugh, British UFO Research Association). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4770

Event 39424 (2DA52E76)

Date: 4/7/1977
Description: Mr. Cyril John, age 64, a former local political leader, was up early for an early start to London at 5:00 a.m. in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales when he noticed a light shining in his bedroom window. Looking out he observed two objects. The first was a silvery-gray egg-shaped object with a bright orange-red light on top of it. It was about four feet across and was rocking gently in the air about 60 meters away. The second was a seven to eight foot tall humanoid figure, who floated in the air with arms out and legs bent back, like a “free fall parachutist.” There was only about 35 feet between the man and the observer. No features could be seen on the figure’s face, and it wore a uniformly silver-gray “boiler suit.” It remained motionless in the air for more than 25 minutes. Then both the being and the ovoid object began slowly moving off, gradually disappearing from view in the distance.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-17 [A1719], citing Randall Jones Pugh, British UFO Research Association
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1887

Event 39425 (FF976DE9)

Date: 4/8/1977
Time: 02:00
Location: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
Description: 2 observer(s) / (seen thru) binoculars. Moon-size object passes buildings. Lands / trees. 2nd object joins.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12588

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “GLASGOW,SCOTL:2 OBS/BINOCS:MOONSIZE OBJ PASSES BLDGS:LANDS/TREES:2nd OBJ JOINS”, LatLong: “55.816669 -4.266667”, LatLongDMS: “55:49:00 N 04:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39426 (206DA9A4)

Date: 4/8/1977
Time: 02:10
Location: CEDAR SPRINGS, MI
Description: Night lights. Domed saucer arcs around 2 observer(s). Hovers and flashes over trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 29)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12589

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “257”, HatchDesc: “CEDAR SPRINGS,MI:NLTS:DOMED SCR ARCS AROUND 2 OBS:HVRS+FLASHES OVR TREES:”, LatLong: “43.222224 -85.550004”, LatLongDMS: “43:13:20 N 85:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39427 (7C430450)

Date: 4/8/1977
Time: 20:10
Location: ST. LOUIS, MO
Description: 2 observer(s). Flat distinct disk 4X moon-size against clouds. Lights / edge. East going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12590

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “137”, HatchDesc: “ST LOUIS,MO:2 OBS:FLAT DISTINCT DISK 4X MOONSIZE AGAINST CLOUDS:LITES/EDGE:E>W”, LatLong: “38.650002 -90.200004”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 N 90:12:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39428 (8794F655)

Date: 4/8/1977
Time: 22:40
Location: LEXINGTON, KY
Description: 2 observer(s). Cylinder/cigar-shape crosses I64 several times. Extremely fast. Ends glow. Going [to] under overpass!
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12591

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “287”, HatchDesc: “LEXINGTON,KY:2 OBS:CGR CROSSES I64 SVRL TIMES:XFAST:ENDS GLOW:>UNDER OVERPASS!”, LatLong: “38.033335 -84.466671”, LatLongDMS: “38:02:00 N 84:28:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “2”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39429 (7D6E8C16)

Date: 4/8/1977
Location: Cedar Springs, MI
Description: 2:00 AM. A domed disc-shaped object flew around two witnesses, hovering and flashing over some nearby trees. Ring ground marks were found on the ground. (Source: CUFOS files, report dated April 10, 1977). (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4771

Event 39430 (C7F87E4F)

Date: 4/8/1977
Location: Cedar Springs, Michigan
Description: 2:00 a.m. A domed disc-shaped object flies around two witnesses in Cedar Springs, Michigan, hovering and flashing over some nearby trees. Ring ground marks are later found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-5-57,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5454

Event 39431 (634E0AB0)

Date: 4/8/1977
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Description: 8:08 p.m. A teenager and his mother in St. Louis, Missouri, watch a flat disc four times the width of the moon silhouetted against the clouds. It has three steady white lights around its edges and moves silently from a high angle in the east to a low angle in the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-5-58,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5455

Event 39432 (B1AE145A)

Date: 4/8/1977
Location: Interstate 64 in Lexington, Kentucky
Description: 10:35 p.m. A cigar-shaped object glowing red at each end darts north to south across Interstate 64 in Lexington, Kentucky, several times.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-5-80,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5456

Event 39433 (EE91D636)

Date: 4/8/1977
Description: A domed disc-shaped object flew around two witnesses in Cedar Springs, Michigan at two o’clock in the morning, hovering and flashing over some nearby trees. Ring ground marks were found on the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: CUFOS files, report dated April 10, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1904

Event 39434 (D0226C66)

Date: 4/9/1977
Time: 22:50
Location: AJACCIO, CORSICA
Description: Newsman photographs orange-violet luminous disk. Soars and turns going quickly north / high speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12592

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AJACCIO,CORSICA:NEWSMAN FOTOS ORG-VIOLET LUMn.DISK:SOARS+TURNS >>N/HIGH SPEED”, LatLong: “41.933335 8.800000”, LatLongDMS: “41:56:00 N 08:48:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CDS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39435 (BEDA2781)

Date: 4/10/1977
Time: 20:10
Location: 7 / CREW / MV DOLPHIN
Description: Night lights maneuver and vanish and reappear. 1 lands / water. Nothing / radar.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 930)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12593

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “7/CREW/MV DOLPHIN:NLTs MNVR+VANISH+REAPPEAR:1 LANDS/WATER:nothing/radar”, LatLong: “32.216668 33.516668”, LatLongDMS: “32:13:00 N 33:31:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39436 (05546FCC)

Date: 4/10/1977
Location: Flykälen, Jämtland, Sweden
Description: 2:30 a.m. Martha and Olof Eriksson watch a yellow light with a red “textile-like” appendage hanging below it at Flykälen, Jämtland, Sweden. It is 100 feet in diameter and moving from south to north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5457

Event 39437 (052E24B4)

Date: 4/11/1977
Time: 08:00
Location: NORTHWEST / LOS OLIVOS, CA
Description: 2 / plane take 8mm movies / 4 white saucers. Film tests valid. / r114p155.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12594

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “175”, HatchDesc: “NW/LOS OLIVOS,CA:2/PLANE TAKE 8mm MOVIES/4 WHT SCRS:FILM TESTS VALID:/r114p155”, LatLong: “34.750002 -120.133339”, LatLongDMS: “34:45:00 N 120:08:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39438 (AD0C21E3)

Date: 4/12/1977
Time: 10:40
Location: STIGTOMTA AND NYKOPING, SWD
Description: Earsplitting 40 hz vibrations. Brown colored saucer seen / Oxelosund.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12595

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “STIGTOMTA+NYKOPING,SWD:EARSPLITTING 40hz VIBRATIONS:BRN SCR SEEN/OXELOSUND”, LatLong: “58.766669 16.883334”, LatLongDMS: “58:46:00 N 16:53:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39439 (A7D0959A)

Date: 4/12/1977
Time: 10:40
Location: OXELOSUND, SWD
Description: Brown colored 4M saucer 100M over water tower. Whistles. Antenna with ball on top.
Type: sighting
Reference: AFU NEWSLETTER (English). Anders Liljegren (ed). Archives for UFO Research; PO Box 11027; S-600 11 Norrkoping, SWEDEN (Index 25)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12596

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OXELOSUND,SWD:BRN 4M SCR 100M OVR WATER TOWER:WHISTLES:ANTENNA W/BALL on top”, LatLong: “58.666669 17.077779”, LatLongDMS: “58:40:00 N 17:04:40 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39440 (D7A34E86)

Date: 4/12/1977
Location: Rising Sun, IN
Description: Humanoid report. No details. (EGBA,680) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4772

Event 39441 (3FF0D891)

Date: 4/12/1977
Location: Tucson, AZ
Description: 3:30 PM. Two young girls walking under a highway overpass by a canal in were following a path up a small hill when they saw a UFO hovering above some nearby brush. From out of some bushes beneath where the object had been hovering, a thin, human-like figure emerged. It had long brown hair and was wearing a blue top and dark pants, but it also wore strange looking boots. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 1810, citing Virgilio Sanchez Ocejo, Destino, Vol. 27 # 3, quoting APRO). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4773

Event 39442 (61F0842B)

Date: 4/12/1977
Description: Shortly before 11:00 a.m. a woman in the city of Oxelosund, Sweden heard a shrill whistling sound. A brown, four-meter diameter disc hovered 100m over a water tower. It had an antenna with a sphere on top. It hovered in place for four seconds. When the UFO departed a strong noise was heard causing windows to vibrate. It left toward the southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UFO Information Sweden, May 1977, p. 17; Bertil Soderquist, MUFON UFO Journal, January 1978, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1983

Event 39443 (B82EC8A4)

Date: 4/12/1977
Description: On this night in Herbrandston, Dyfed, Wales there was a red glow in the sky when an 11-year-old boy reported seeing a figure 50 meters away dressed in a silver diver suit, wearing a large helmet and with a square, featureless face. The being drifted through a closed gate on a country lane.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Hugh Turnbull, FSR, June 1977, p. 6, citing Western Telegraph, April 28, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1984

Event 39444 (6E2F1FAB)

Date: 4/12/1977
Description: At 3:30 p.m. two young girls walking under a highway overpass by a canal in Tucson, Arizona and were following a path up a small hill when they saw a UFO hovering above some nearby brush. The craft was dark gray, metallic, and shaped like a drum. It had four to six long spider like legs hanging from its bottom. The UFO rose slowly and disappeared towards the southeast following a curved path. From out of some bushes beneath where the object had been hovering, a thin, human-like figure emerged. It had long brown hair and was wearing a blue top and dark pants, but it also wore strange looking boots. Behind the thin figure five other shorter figures appeared. The group walked briskly away in single file, towards the desert and into the distance where they could no longer be seen.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 1810, citing Virgilio Sanchez Ocejo, Destino, Vol. 27 # 3, quoting APRO
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1985

Event 39445 (09676E5E)

Date: 4/12/1977
Description: at 11 p.m. in Henschen, Indiana a couple were driving to their trailer home and had to make a stop to change their baby’s diaper. As the husband looked for a diaper in the car he glanced out a window and saw a twelve foot tall hairy creature with fierce glowing red eyes. The creature uttered some guttural sounds and made an apparent aggressive move towards the car. They drove off quickly, but the creature chased their vehicle as they attempted to flee. It pounded angrily on their car and dented it, flinging its arms up and down. The following night the couple saw a similar creature perched near a tree that was overlooking their mobile home. The creature took several steps towards the house and was shot at by the husband several times, at which point it seemed to jump up and disappeared in plain sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 1710, citing Jim Barnett, UFOs and Alien Encounters # 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_1986

Event 39446 (032E5B4E)

Date: 4/14/1977
Location: Luxembourg, Germany
Description: 2:00 AM. Three witnesses on board a flight at 31,000’. Seen briefly four times. Radar and E-M. (Haines printout) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4774

Event 39447 (154C442C)

Date: 4/14/1977
Location: Maastricht, Netherlands
Description: 2:00 a.m. Captain Scherrer, Senior First Officer Schmid, and hostess Rothenhofer are on board Swissair Flight SR-798 near Maastricht, Netherlands. Schmid notices the first of four “lightning-like lights” in an otherwise clear sky. Ground radar calls the plane’s attention to a target 15 miles away at their 1 o’clock position. The crew sees two targets briefly at that position but only on radar. Then all three of them see another flash. Maastricht radar watches the target fall back east of the plane and rush at high speed back to a 1 or 2 o’clock position only 3 miles away. There is still no visual contact. A few minutes later, a third silent lightning-like flash is seen just in front of the airliner. Maastricht radar watches the target playing with the plane behind its tail and right wing, where the fourth flash is seen. A military radar places the speed of the target when moving fast at Mach 4 or 5.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5458

Event 39448 (6A24E587)

Date: 4/15/1977
Time: 19:00
Location: ALSAGER, CHESHIRE
Description: Ex-RAF Test Pilot and 1 / (seen thru) binoculars. Do-nut saucer splits / 3. Rise away.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12597

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “132”, HatchDesc: “ALSAGER,CHESHIRE:EX-RAF TEST PILOT+1/BINOCS:DO-NUT SCR SPLITS/3:RISE AWAY”, LatLong: “53.083336 -2.300000”, LatLongDMS: “53:05:00 N 02:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39449 (A4DC736F)

Date: 4/15/1977
Time: 21:20
Location: BELOEIL, QB
Description: Several lights in delta/triangle/box-like craft formation. At 2200hrs same seen / London Ontario / pilot and more/others.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12598

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “BELOEIL,QB:SVRL LITES IN DLT FORMn:@2200hrs SAME SEEN/LONDON ONTARIO/PILOT++”, LatLong: “45.566669 -73.200003”, LatLongDMS: “45:34:00 N 73:12:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Quebec”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39450 (089CDDAB)

Date: 4/16/1977
Description: An object consisting of two spherical lights that flickered back and forth between orange and deep red appeared to hover over Bushey, Watford, England. It approached and then suddenly vanished.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: D. N. Mansell, Awareness, October 1977, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2059

Event 39451 (85380558)

Date: 4/17/1977
Time: 16:00
Location: LA LOUVIERE, BELGIUM
Description: 1 observer. Dark solid flat cylinder/cylindrical object with faceted sides oscillates southwest going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12599

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “La LOUVIERE,BELGIUM:1 OBS:DRK SOLID FLAT CYL W/FACETED SIDES OSCILLATES SW>>NE”, LatLong: “50.450002 4.200000”, LatLongDMS: “50:27:00 N 04:12:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39452 (E3068F89)

Date: 4/17/1977
Time: 22:40
Location: CINARCA, AJACCIO, CORSICA
Description: Several / car. Luminous greenish disk east going quickly west fast. / news / location approximate.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 166)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12600

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CINARCA,AJACCIO,CORSICA:SVRL/CAR:LUMn.GREENISH DISK E>>W FAST:/news/loc aprx”, LatLong: “42.000002 8.833334”, LatLongDMS: “42:00:00 N 08:50:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CDS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39453 (80B7CE0E)

Date: 4/17/1977
Location: La Louvière, Hainaut, Belgium
Description: 4:00 p.m. A woman in La Louvière, Hainaut, Belgium, watches a flat cylinder with faceted sides move from the southwest to northeast. The object is dark, seems solid, and emits no smoke or trail. It moves in a straight line with an oscillation in the same direction as the wind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5459

Event 39454 (A6137498)

Date: 4/17/1977
End date: 4/23/1977
Locations: Acapulco, Mexico; Mexico City; United Nations
Description: An International Congress on the UFO Phenomenon is held in Acapulco, Mexico, organized by Mexico City businessman Guillermo Bravo. Speakers include J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallée, John A. Keel, William Spaulding, Walt Andrus, and Dennis Hauck. Prime Minister Eric Gairy makes a strong plea for a United Nations program to investigate UFOs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: J. Allen Hynek, “‘First’ International Congress on the UFO Phenomenon,” IUR 2, no. 5 (May 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5460

Event 39455 (572E4CD1)

Date: 4/17/1977
Description: On a clear night at 4:30 a.m. a rectangular craft with windows was sighted by a 36-year-old man in North Haven, Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It made no sound as it flew. It speed was under 100 mph as it traveled to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Kel Blackman, ACOS Bulletin, December 1977, p. 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2089

Event 39456 (CC29C3DC)

Date: 4/17/1977
Description: At around 4:00 p.m. a 67-year-old woman in La Louviere, Belgium sighted a solid, dark, flat cylinder-shaped object with faceted sides. It oscillated as it flew from southwest to northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, August 1977, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2090

Event 39457 (BA6D1609)

Date: 4/18/1977
Time: 00:10
Location: VANCOUVER, BC
Description: 2 weathermen. Orange and blue cylinder/cigar-shape with black portholes flashes south going quickly north. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V2 #8.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12601

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “VANCOUVER,BC:2 WEATHERMEN:ORG+BLU CGR W/BLK PORTHOLES FLASHES S>>N:/IUR V2 #8”, LatLong: “49.250002 -123.066673”, LatLongDMS: “49:15:00 N 123:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39458 (40E4DB0A)

Date: 4/18/1977
Time: 04:30
Location: PORT MACQUARIE, AUSTR
Description: 16M saucer rises / beach. Going [to] to sea / low altitude. Then shoots going up. / MJ#126.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12602

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PORT MACQUARIE,AUSTR:16M SCR RISES/BEACH:> TO SEA/LO ALT:THEN SHOOTS↑:/MJ#126”, LatLong: “-31.416668 152.750007”, LatLongDMS: “31:25:00 S 152:45:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39459 (DE0771D2)

Date: 4/18/1977
Locations: Vancouver International Airport; British Columbia; Richmond
Description: About 12:05 a.m. George Thrupp and Margaret Mancour of the weather office at Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia have just gotten off their shift when they see a “blue flash” over the airport. It appears in the south sky above Richmond. The light is coming from a cigar-shaped object larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet that is orange on the top half and blue on the bottom half with dark portholes along the side.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Pair Sight UFO at City Airport,” Vancouver (B.C.) Sun, April 19, 1977, p. 35
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5461

Event 39460 (1E316FB1)

Date: 4/18/1977
Locations: Washington; White House
Description: White House Press Secretary Jody Powell states in the “Washington Whispers” column of US News and World Report that “before the year is out” there will be “unsettling disclosures” about UFOs, “based on information from the CIA.” Later, the White House claims the story is a “misunderstanding” by Powell.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert Scheaffer, “‘UFO Disclosure’ Happening Again This Year,” Skeptical Inquirer 40, no. 5 (Sept./Oct. 2016): 16– 17
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5462

Event 39461 (340DACC3)

Date: 4/18/1977
Description: At 1:20 a.m. a Mr. O’Connor reported seeing occupants inside a UFO from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tucson, Arizona. Mr. Thrupp and Mr. Mancor, two weathermen in Vancouver, British Columbia watched an orange and blue cigar-shaped UFO with black portholes pass over the city in the predawn sky. It flashed as it went from south to north.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Center for UFO Studies case files, June 1977, International UFO Reporter, August 1977, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2120

Event 39462 (85FEE019)

Date: 4/19/1977
Time: ~04:00
Location: LITTLE HAVEN, WALES
Description: Saucer lands. Figure(s) / white plastic suits exit. Inspect bomb shelter!
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12603

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “15”, HatchDesc: “LITTLE HAVEN,WALES:SCR LANDS:FIGs/WHT PLASTIC SUITS EXIT:INSPECT BOMB SHELTER!”, LatLong: “51.750002 -5.100000”, LatLongDMS: “51:45:00 N 05:06:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39463 (A89B5CBA)

Date: 4/19/1977
Time: 05:00?
Location: ROCHA, URUGUAY
Description: Small object lights dairy farm. Observer(s) faints. Hair burnt. No wounds. Missing time?
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12604

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “28”, HatchDesc: “ROCHA,URUGUAY:SML OBJ LITES DAIRY FARM:OBS FAINTS:HAIR BURNT:NO WOUNDS:MST?”, LatLong: “-34.483335 -54.333336”, LatLongDMS: “34:29:00 S 54:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RCH”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39464 (CC6F5150)

Date: 4/19/1977
Location: Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Description: 2:00 AM. The radio of hotel owner Rosa Gremville suddenly went dead. Moments later she heard a loud humming noise outside and looking out she was dazzled by a “huge moon lighting up the area, moving about like a seesaw.” It descended and landed in a field 100 yards behind the hotel. "It was round, with flames coming from the top of a dome. (Sources: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-18; Randall Jones Pugh, FSR, August 1977, p. 6 for BUFORA). (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4775

Event 39465 (51F1ECB5)

Date: 4/19/1977
Location: Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Description: 2:00 AM. The radio of hotel owner Rosa Gremville suddenly went dead. Moments later she heard a loud humming noise outside and looking out she was dazzled by a “huge moon lighting up the area, moving about like a seesaw.” It descended and landed in a field 100 yards behind the hotel. Burn marks were found on the ground at the site the next day. (Sources: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-18; Randall Jones Pugh, FSR, August 1977, p. 6 for BUFORA). (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4776

Event 39466 (17915E94)

Date: 4/19/1977
Location: Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Description: 2:00 AM. The radio of hotel owner Rosa Gremville suddenly went dead. Moments later she heard a loud humming noise outside and looking out she was dazzled by a “huge moon lighting up the area, moving about like a seesaw.” It descended and landed in a field 100 yards behind the hotel. Two creatures 8 or 9-feet tall emerged from the dome through the flames. (Sources: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-18; Randall Jones Pugh, FSR, August 1977, p. 6 for BUFORA). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4777

Event 39467 (2466991F)

Date: 4/19/1977
Location: Rocha, Uruguay
Description: Santiago Laco Ozano, 32, is milking cows in Rocha, Uruguay, when he hears a strange noise as the area around him is illuminated. Looking up, he sees a small object giving off a powerful beam of light. He faints, and on recovering about 5 minutes later, notices his hair is slightly burned. He is admitted to a nearby hospital, whose personnel verify the singeing and that his scalp has no lesions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5463

Event 39468 (2C308FA4)

Date: 4/19/1977
Location: Little Haven, Pembroke, Wales
Description: Early morning. Rosa Granville, proprietor of the Haven Fort Hotel in Little Haven, Pembroke, Wales, is disturbed by a strange humming noise. She looks out a window and sees an oval-shaped object “like the moon falling down” land behind her home. Two tall humanoids appear in front of the UFO, which is about the size of a minibus. They have blank faces and pointed heads and are wearing white outfits like boiler suits. They appear to “take measurements or gather things” and climb a grassy bank in a field. When she returns to the window after calling other family members, the object and the figures have vanished.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, p. 96
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5464

Event 39469 (73C3C304)

Date: 4/19/1977
Description: Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales. At two o’clock in the morning the radio of hotel owner Rosa Gremville suddenly went dead. Moments later she heard a loud humming noise outside and looking out she was dazzled by a “huge moon lighting up the area, moving about like a seesaw.” It descended and landed in a field 100 yards behind the hotel. “It was round, with flames coming from the top of a dome. There was a light on it, like a pulsating star.” Two creatures 8 or 9-feet tall emerged from the dome through the flames. They wore cream or silvery colored jumpsuits. She could see no facial features nor any hair on these creatures, eventhough see tried to discern what they looked like through a pair of binoculars. They looked as though they had hands, but she saw no fingers. “I though their feet were webbed.” The figures walked around near the object for about 15 minutes. Mrs. Gremville wanted to scream, but she had lost her voice. She went in search of another witness and when they returned the UFO and humanoid figures had gone. Burn marks were found on the ground at the site the next day.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-18; Randall Jones Pugh, FSR, August 1977, p. 6 for BUFORA
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2138

Event 39470 (82F117E1)

Date: 4/19/1977
Description: At 5:00 a.m. in Rocha, Uruguay a small UFO landed on a dairy farm. The witness to the event fainted and his hair was singed by a close encounter with the UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, January 1978, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2139

Event 39471 (357A4F17)

Date: 4/20/1977
Location: Herbrandston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Description: Mark Marston, age 11, was looking for bird’s nests in a hedge when “a red glow appeared in the sky 50 yards away.” A few moments later a figure appeared and drifted through a closed gate at the other end of the field. It was dressed in a silver suit, like a diver, with a large helmet and a square, featureless face. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4778

Event 39472 (5D81E167)

Date: 4/20/1977
Description: Mark Marston, age 11, was looking for bird’s nests in a hedge in Herbrandston, Pembrokeshire, Wales when “a red glow appeared in the sky 50 yards away.” A few moments later a figure appeared and drifted through a closed gate at the other end of the field. It was dressed in a silver suit, like a diver, with a large helmet and a square, featureless face. It approached Mark rapidly, who turned and fled for home, screaming.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977, citing Randall Jones Pugh for BUFORA
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2162

Event 39473 (DF40B8DB)

Date: 4/21/1977
Time: 19:20
Location: TOWSON, MD
Description: 2 observer(s). Plain grey ‘capsule’ with 2 beams going west over car. Much bigger / moon. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12605

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “140”, HatchDesc: “TOWSON,MD:2 OBS:PLAIN GRY ‘CAPSULE’ W/2 BEAMS >W OVR CAR:MUCH BIGGER/MOON:NFD”, LatLong: “39.400002 -76.600004”, LatLongDMS: “39:24:00 N 76:36:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39474 (9957FE83)

Date: 4/21/1977
Time: ~21:00
Location: DOVER, MASS
Description: Several separate observer(s). Pink small humanoid (or Grey) seen all over / next 24 hours. No UFO seen.
Type: sighting
Reference: HUNT, Gerry: BIZARRE AMERICA; Berkley Books, NY. PB 1988. [ inexpensive ] (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12606

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “46”, HatchDesc: “DOVER,MASS:SVRL SEP.OBS:PINK OID SEEN ALL OVR/NEXT 24 HRS:NO UFO SEEN”, LatLong: “42.233335 -71.294448”, LatLongDMS: “42:14:00 N 71:17:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “8”

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Event 39475 (55AB8655)

Date: 4/21/1977
Location: Towson, Maryland
Description: 7:15 p.m. A couple in Towson, Maryland, sees a gray capsule with short, stubby wings, two yellow headlights, and no windows. Several times the full moon, the object flies silently from low in the east to above their car in 4 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-6-5,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5465

Event 39476 (D01A0506)

Date: 4/21/1977
Description: Bill Bartlett, age 17, was driving on Farm Street in Dover, Massachusetts with two friends at 11:30 at night when he saw a creature on the top of a stone wall, about 20 feet away. It was between 3.5 and 4 feet tall and had a small, slender body with a very large melon-shaped head, showing no features except two large round orange glowing eyes. Its skin was gray, “like the color of a shark,” and it had large hands and feet with digits that appeared to wrap around whatever supported them. It turned its head slowly to stare at them. Bill drove away quickly, but his companions had not seen it. An artist, he made a drawing later for investigators, now widely reproduced in many sources.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-20, citing Loren Coleman, Joseph Nyman, & Walter Webb
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2192

Event 39477 (37F94149)

Date: 4/22/1977
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Broad Haven (Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: April 19, 1977) Pauline Coombes was in her bed trying to sleep when she saw a strange light that stopped above her. She then felt irresistibly drawn by a force and lost consciousness. When she came to, a few hours later, Pauline remembered being taken in a flying saucer and finding herself in a strange room with a dome-shaped ceiling, with two strange beings leaning over her. The rest of her memories are confused. [note from vog: in the Coombs story, Chatelain is the only one to mention this incident…]
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “Les messagers du cosmos” - Laffont 1980, p. 185, 186
Reference: continued on April 24, 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2957

Event 39478 (177BE71E)

Date: 4/22/1977
Time: 03:10
Location: WASHBURN, WI
Description: 2 / car chased / fuzzy disk through curves to 145kph. 10m overhead. Climbs going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12607

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “213”, HatchDesc: “WASHBURN,WI:2/CAR CHASED/FUZZY DISK THRU CURVES TO 145kph:10m OVHD:CLIMBS>>SW”, LatLong: “46.672224 -90.894449”, LatLongDMS: “46:40:20 N 90:53:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “10”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39479 (7A149308)

Date: 4/22/1977
Time: 23:50
Location: YATALA VALE, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Bright night light low / sky passes over car. Lights and radio die. Engine AOK.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 70)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12608

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “YATALA VALE,S.AUSTR:BRITE NLT LO/SKY PASSES OVR CAR:LITES+RADIO DIE:ENGINE AOK”, LatLong: “-34.716668 139.133340”, LatLongDMS: “34:43:00 S 139:08:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39480 (A79CB97F)

Date: 4/22/1977
Location: Washburn, Wisconsin
Description: 3:10 a.m. Three witnesses in Washburn, Wisconsin, see a flat, round object with five white lights on its rim and two red lights on its bottom. It pursues their car for three-quarters of a mile, even around curves and driving at 90 mph. The object overshoots them, slows down, and moves only 30 feet in front of them. After 4 minutes it accelerates in a steep climb toward the southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 4-22-77,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5466

Event 39481 (749FDD14)

Date: 4/22/1977
Description: At 12:30 a.m. John Baxter, age 15, was walking home from his girlfriend’s house along a road off Farm Street, 1.2 miles from the previous night’s humanoid sighting, when he saw a short, ape-like creature with a very large “figure-8” shaped head on Miller Road in Dover, Massachusetts. Its eyes looked like two lighter circles in the center of its head. A sketch of the creature matched the one made the night before by a 17-year-old man who saw the creature on top of a stone fence next to Farm Street. There was a third sighting of the creature the following night by two teenage girls driving down a road in Dover.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, cases A1722-A1724, citing Loren Coleman; Jerome Clark, Fate, March 1978, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2229

Event 39482 (C1D8C04C)

Date: 4/22/1977
Description: Four hours after the humanoid encounter in Massachusetts, at 3:10 a.m. CDT in Washburn, Wisconsin three witnesses chased a fuzzy appearing disc in their car at speeds of up to 90 mph around curves. The object maintained a distance 30 feet overhead of them, in front of theiur car. After a few minutes it climbed, and shot off to the southwest. The sighting lasted a total of 5 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 3; UNICAT, case # 210
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2230

Event 39483 (B4C55DF1)

Date: 4/22/1977
Description: Five hours later, in Yatala Vale, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia a solid-looking UFO with light beams caused a 19-year-old woman’s motor vehicle’s engine to stall at 11:45 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Keith Basterfield case investigation files, case S050
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2231

Event 39484 (94F1190E)

Date: 4/23/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: NEAR ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, AK
Description: Air Traffic Controller and more/others. 4 RADAR blips / 3600mph going quickly east. Airliner sees 1 night light 300mi / southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: HENDRY, Allan: The UFO HANDBOOK. Doubleday, Garden City, NJ 1979. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12609

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “65”, HatchDesc: “nr ELMENDORF AFB,AK:ATC++:4 RDR BLIPS/3600mph>>E:AIRLINER SEES 1 NLT 300mi/SE”, LatLong: “61.216670 -149.333340”, LatLongDMS: “61:13:00 N 149:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alaska”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39485 (790A2E72)

Date: 4/23/1977
Locations: Seattle, Washington; Anchorage, Alaska; Middleton Island, Alaska; Anchorage International Airport
Description: 9:30 p.m. Pilot William Sorum and copilot Richard Drzal are flying a DC-10, Northwest Orient Flight 27, from Seattle, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska. About 50 miles east of Middleton Island, Alaska, they see a bright white star moving smoothly from the southern horizon across their field of view to the northern horizon for about 40 seconds. It passes in front of them at a 45° above them at their altitude of 39,000 feet. Radar Approach Controller Terry Siegrist and others at Anchorage International Airport see a linear flight of four separate unidentifiable blips suddenly appear on radar screens at 30 miles distance from the city, covering 10 miles in 6–12 seconds (3,600 mph). Correlation between the two observations is not established.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Radar/Visual in Alaska,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5467

Event 39486 (8C276CFE)

Date: 4/23/1977
Description: At around 1:00 a.m. Mrs. Pauline Coombs, age 31, and her husband Billy, age 36, were watching television at their Ripperston farm near Little Haven, Dyfed, Wales when they saw a silver-suited figure outside their window. Pauline had seen it first, but she said nothing about it to her husband until he himself saw it. “It must have been over seven-foot tall, because we could not see its face.” It was described as three feet wide, surrounded by a luminous glow. Its box shaped helmet framed a dark square area in which no face was visible. They called the BUFORA investigator Randall Jones Pugh, and the police immediately, but the figure had gone before they arrived. Mrs Coombs and her family had been involved in two other UFO incidents prior to this encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Hugh Turnbull, FSR, June 1977, p. 6, citing Western Telegraph, April 28, 1977; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-23, citing Randall Jones Pugh, for BUFORA
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2260

Event 39487 (F4F6A80B)

Date: 4/23/1977
Description: In Dover, Massachusetts shortly before midnight Will Taintor, age 18, was driving Miss Abby Brabham, age 15, home. At a point 1.2 miles east-northeast of the Baxter sighting the previous night, they saw a small figure crouching on all fours, facing their car, in the lefthand lane of the road. It looked like a hairless, beige-colored small ape, but with a very large, oblong-shaped head. It had two large round eyes in the center of its head, which glowed green in the car’s headlights. No nose, ears, or tail could be seen. They drove past within eight feet of the creature, which Abby observed closely for about five seconds. Her companion, occupied with driving the car, only glimpsed it briefly. Neither of them knew of the other earlier sightings at the time.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-22 (A1724), citing Loren Coleman, Joseph Nyman & Walter Webb; Jerome Clark, Fate, March 1978, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2261

Event 39488 (61DD5272)

Date: 4/24/1977
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Milford (or Broad) Haven (Wales)
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. February 24, 1977) Pauline Coombs and her husband Billy were watching television. Around midnight (around one in the morning) as they were about to turn off the TV, Billy saw through the window (Pauline Coombs suddenly looked towards the window) that the courtyard lamp was not working and that the neighboring farm was plunged into darkness, which was unusual. (these facts are not mentioned in the English report) At a hundred meters (in the frame of the window stood a monstrous being more than 2 meters tall) from the house appeared a strange bright shape: it was impossible to discern what it could be, and the young woman was frightened. The couple then clearly saw a large figure in a silver suit approaching the bay window as if he wanted to observe what was happening in the house. He wore a helmet with edges that fell over his shoulders. (He wore some kind of helmet with a luminous visor, a tube coming out of his mouth and going towards the back of his head) His hands were gloved, his feet shod in heavy boots, his face hidden behind an opaque window. He did not insist, turned around and disappeared into the night. (When the creature, with slightly luminous clothing, touched the window, it began to vibrate loudly) The giant had a very slow gait. The dog, during all this time, was crouching in the farthest corner of the house growling softly. (from this visit the Coombs couple kept two tangible memories: the rosebush near the house completely trampled, and a television completely burned. Six months later they had to euthanize their dog who had never recovered from his fear. They called the police right away.) (Jacques DEGAS - Nostra - 28.4.1982) (for the underlined precisions: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDELL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p 140, 141) They saw outside a giant being who must have been nearly 3 meters tall, because his head, which could not be seen, was hidden by the top of the window which was still 2.50m from the ground. This stranger was knocking on the window and the two spouses were terrified, as was their dog Blackie who had gone to hide in a corner. Billy called the police, but when two policemen arrived the giant had disappeared. The next day they discovered giant footprints 60 cm long that led them to a place where the grass was flattened and half burned, forming an almost perfect circle. [note from vog: Chatelain embroidering freely on the story…]
Reference: Maurice CHATELAIN: “The Messengers of the Cosmos” - Laffont 1980, p. 185 - he gives the date of April 21, but in reality it was April 24
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2958

Event 39489 (137C5453)

Date: 4/24/1977
Time: 01:00
Location: DALE, WALES
Description: 7’ figure / aqualung. Burnt bush. TV fried. Large dog crazed-dies. / r98#28p38.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 165)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12610

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NFO: No craft seen, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “DALE,WALES:7’FIG/AQUALUNG:BURNT BUSH:TV FRIED:LRG DOG crazed-dies:/r98#28p38”, LatLong: “51.705558 -5.172222”, LatLongDMS: “51:42:20 N 05:10:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39490 (EE0A1774)

Date: 4/24/1977
Description: At around one o’clock in the morning Mrs. Pauline Coombs, age 31, and her husband Billy, age 36, were watching television at their Ripperston farm near Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales when they saw a silver suited figure at their window. Pauline saw it first, but said nothing to her husband until he saw it himself. “It must have been over seven feet tall,” because it was too tall to see its face." It was quite wide–about three feet–and surrounded by a luminous glow. It was wearing a box-shaped helmet that framed a dark squarish area in which no face was visible. They called Randall Jones Pugh, the BUFORA investigator, and the police immediately, but the figure had gone before either arrived. Mrs. Coombs and her family had been involved in several other close encounter incidents prior and after this encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-23, citing Randall Jones Pugh, BUFORA
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2283

Event 39491 (C50387AF)

Date: 4/25/1977
Location: CHILE, Putre-Arica, Pampa Luscoma.
Description: (Translated from French) A patrol of 6 men and a corporal were doing routine work when at 04:00 an intense light appeared at a short distance, attracting the attention of a sentinel. Corporal Armando Valdès then moved away in the direction of the light, when another (or the same) suddenly appeared much closer. Taking a few steps forward, Valdès gradually disappeared for a few minutes before the UFO also disappeared. A quarter of an hour later Valdès reappeared gradually and exclaimed “Muchachos” before collapsing unconscious. In this quarter of an hour his beard had grown as it would have done in several days, his watch had advanced fifteen minutes and indicated April 30!
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “La science face aux E.T.” - France Empire 1977, pp. 228 and following and "OVNI, l’armée parle, France Empire 1979, pp. 53 to 60
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2959

Event 39492 (99998265)

Date: 4/25/1977
Description: (Translated from French) At Pampa Lluscuma (Peru-Chile border), 5 km from Putre inside Arica, a military patrol of 8 soldiers observe a strange light. Corporal Armando Valdes Garrido states: The light stayed there all night. Nobody knew what it was. Until it started to descend… But finally, when it descended from the mountain, slowly, it appeared to us as 2 lights. One after the other. Very close… The corporal approaches the light asking it to identify itself. He advances and gradually disappears entering a kind of mist. 15 minutes later he reappears asking for help. When he is found, his beard has grown several mm and his watch shows the date of April 30th. (April 25th, 4am)
Reference: VSD 2007 H, Interview of the corporal on television
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2747

Event 39493 (3397B0D0)

Date: 4/25/1977
Time: 03:50
Location: PUTRE, CHL
Description: Night lights. Guard gone 15 min. Back / 5-day beard. Watch says 30 April! / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v2#7.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12611

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Chile”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “3393”, HatchDesc: “PUTRE,CHL:NLTS:GUARD GONE 15 min:BACK/5-DAY BEARD:WATCH SAYS 30APR!:/IUR v2#7”, LatLong: “-18.200001 -69.583337”, LatLongDMS: “18:12:00 S 69:35:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRP”, Strangeness: “13”

Event 39494 (5205B063)

Date: 4/25/1977
Time: ~22:00
Location: CRAB ISLAND, BRAZIL
Description: 4 / boat. 5+hours / missing time. 1 dead. 2 badly burnt. Zero recall with hypnosis.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 160)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12612

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “CRAB ISL,BRZL:4/BOAT:5+hrs/MST:1 DEAD:2 BADLY BURNT:ZERO RECALL WITH HYPNOSIS”, LatLong: “-2.750000 -44.333335”, LatLongDMS: “02:45:00 S 44:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39495 (301E1FBC)

Date: 4/25/1977
Location: Pampa Lluscuma, Chile
Description: 3:50 AM. Eight soldiers on a military patrol suddenly saw a bright light nearby. The soldiers’ dog and horses remained still while the lights hovered nearby. The leader of the group, Corporal Armando Valdes, ordered the other soldiers to put out their campfire. The two large lights were about 800 meters away, and hovering close to the ground. Cpl. Valdes suddenly reappeared. He had a strange look on his face and he emitted a sinister laugh, asking several times where his mother was. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 3062, citing Diego Contreras & Raul Nunez). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4779

Event 39496 (DD3392DC)

Date: 4/25/1977
Time: 04:07:00.2
Location: 49.8110 78.1070
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1490

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8110 78.1070”, LatLongDMS: “49:48:40 N 78:06:25 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39497 (FCD5A430)

Date: 4/25/1977
Locations: Putre, Arica y Parinacota, Chile; Northern Chile
Description: 3:45 a.m. Eight soldiers camped on a military patrol 3 miles from Putre, Arica y Parinacota, Chile, suddenly see two bright violet lights nearby. The soldiers’ dog and horses remain still while the lights hover nearby. The leader of the group, Corporal Armando Valdés Garrido, orders the other soldiers to put out their campfire. The two large lights are about a half-mile away and hovering close to the ground. Valdés approaches the lights, ordering them to identify themselves. At this point a bright light envelops Valdés and he apparently vanishes in a mist in plain view of the others. The soldiers frantically begin searching for him but are unable to find him. At around 4:15 a.m., Valdés suddenly reappears. He has a strange look on his face and he gives out a sinister laugh, asking several times where his mother is. Then he says, again in a very sinister sounding voice, “You will never know who we are and where we come from.” The others notice that he appears to have a week’s growth of beard, whereas he had been clean-shaven just an hour ago, and his digital watch indicates the impossible date of April 30. He is almost in hysterics and one of the soldiers has to slap him, at which point Valdés faints. One of the other soldiers, Raúl Salinas, who has been standing a few feet in back of the others, notices a strange humanoid creature behind some nearby rocks. He describes it as half animal and half human; no facial features are visible, but it seems to be wearing a helmet and is carrying a red light. Salinas is stunned to see the creature appear at several places simultaneously. He thinks that there might be several humanoids. He does not mention this to the others at the time, since they are already scared, but the others do not see the humanoid or humanoids. When Valdés wakes up he cannot remember where he has been. In 2013, Valdés, now an evangelical pastor, admits that no one on the patrol saw aliens—only that they saw something that frightened them. He claims he only left the group to go urinate. Many ufologists now feel that the Chilean government encouraged the abduction scenario to mask the presence of troops and horses in northern Chile in the event of a war with Argentina or a regional conflict.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Caso Cabo Valdés”; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 2; “The Chilean Abduction,” APRO Bulletin 26, no. 1 (July 1977): 1, 3; “Cabo Valdés se confiesa: ‘Nunca me abdujeron,’” La Cuarta, February 18, 2018
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5468

Event 39498 (AEB1694D)

Date: 4/25/1977
Description: At 3:50 a.m. eight soldiers on a military patrol on the Pampa Lluscuma, Chile suddenly saw a bright light nearby. The soldiers’ dog and horses remained still while the lights hovered nearby. The leader of the group, Corporal Armando Valdes, ordered the other soldiers to put out their campfire. The two large lights were about 800 meters away, and hovering close to the ground. Cpl. Valdes approached the lights, ordering them to identify themselves. At this point a bright light enveloped Valdes and he vanished in plain view of the others. The others began frantically searching for him but they were unable to find him. At around 4:15 a.m. Valdes suddenly reappeared. He had a strange look on his face and he emitted a sinister laugh, asking several times where his mother was. Then he said, again in a very sinister sounding voice, “you will never know who we are and where we come from.”

The others noticed that he appeared to have a week’s growth of beard, whereas he had been clean-shaven just an hour ago, and his digital watch indicated the impossible date of April 30. He was almost in hysterics and one of the soldiers had to slap him, at which point he fainted. One of the other soldiers, Raul Salinas, who had been standing a few meters back of the others, noticed a strange humanoid creature behind some nearby rocks. He described it as half animal and half human; no facial features were visible, but it seemed to be wearing a helmet and was carrying a red light. Salinas was stunned to see the creature appear at several places simultaneously, he thought that maybe it could have been several humanoids. He did not mention this to the others at the time, since they were already scared, but the others did not see the humanoid or humanoids. When Valdes woke up he could not remember where he had been. It is assumed the Chilean military conducted various medical tests on Valdes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 3062, citing Diego Contreras & Raul Nunez
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2303

Event 39499 (E5E2854F)

Date: 4/26/1977
Location: MILFORD HAVEN, WALES
Description: 1+kids. Large silver figure peers / window. Sphere/orb/globe chases car. / r98#28p38.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12613

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “MILFORD HAVEN,WALES:1+KIDS:LRG.SLVR FIG.PEERS/WINDOW:ORB CHASES CAR:/r98#28p38”, LatLong: “51.738891 -5.033334”, LatLongDMS: “51:44:20 N 05:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39500 (359FB3CC)

Date: 4/26/1977
Location: Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Description: Pauline Coombes reports seeing a luminous silver figure 7–8 feet tall looking into her window at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, for an hour. She doesn’t say anything until her son notices it too. Humanoid in form, the figure’s face is black and featureless; it vanishes when a neighbor drives up. Two weeks earlier, a yellow sphere had chased her car; she accelerated to 80 mph to escape it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5469

Event 39501 (28A060D2)

Date: 4/26/1977
Description: Two witnesses, including a 31-year-old woman named Coombes, reported that a 7-8-foot tall luminous silver figure, three feet wide, looked in a window for an hour in Milford Haven, England on this night. The humanoid form, whose face was black with no features, vanished when a neighbor drove up. An orb chased the car.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, August 1977, p. 2, citing a newspaper clipping
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2346

Event 39502 (626E325D)

Date: 4/27/1977
Time: 15:00:00.1
Location: 37.0948 -116.0279
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bulkhead” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_805

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0948 -116.0279”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:41 N 116:01:40 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.59”, NukeMb: “5.40”, NukeName: “Bulkhead”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39503 (180705FB)

Date: 4/29/1977
Time: 09:20
Location: TABIO, COLOMBIA
Description: Cessna instruments electro-magnetic effect (EME). 60’ saucer controls plane. Pilot can’t see. / r25p36.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12614

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Colombia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “22”, Elev: “2505”, HatchDesc: "TABIO,COLOMBIA:CESSNA INSTRs EME:60’SCR CONTROLS PLANE:PILOT CANT SEE:/r25p36 ", LatLong: “4.916667 -74.100004”, LatLongDMS: “04:55:00 N 74:06:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GND”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39504 (B528BE5C)

Date: 4/29/1977
Time: 23:40
Location: OXFORD, OH
Description: 2 / car paced by white night light-saucer. Descriptions vary. Phony moon? near Nike Base.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12615

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “296”, HatchDesc: “OXFORD,OH:2/CAR PACED BY WHT NLT-SCR:DESCRIPTs VARY:PHONY MOON? nr Nike Base”, LatLong: “39.505557 -84.744448”, LatLongDMS: “39:30:20 N 84:44:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39505 (66EB36B5)

Date: 4/29/1977
Location: Oxford, OH
Description: A car being driven by a 47-year-old woman and accompained by another female passenger was paced by a white glowing object for three minutes. The description of the shape differed, but one of the women described it as a disc-shaped object. The incident occurred near a Nike missile base. (Source: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 3). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4780

Event 39506 (3B6BC858)

Date: 4/29/1977
Locations: Bogotá, Colombia; El Dorado International Airport
Description: Manuel Lopez, the pilot of a single-engine plane, is allegedly blinded in flight by a UFO near Bogotá, Colombia. Circling in the air for 2 hours, Lopez’s calls for help are recorded and played on a local radio station: “I’ve lost my sight; I don’t know what to do!” Four aircraft surround him and talk him down to a safe landing at El Dorado International Airport by radio. He is rushed to a military hospital suffering from shock.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Colombian Pilot Says UFO Blinded Him,” Philadelphia Inquirer, May 7, 1977, p. 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5470

Event 39507 (A1F3E3F8)

Date: 4/29/1977
Location: Oxford, Ohio
Description: 11:45 p.m. A woman and her daughter are driving north of Oxford, Ohio, when a white light begins pacing their car on the left about 180 feet away. They speed up and pass it after 3 minutes. The mother only sees a light, but the daughter perceives a “saucer with a vertical cone.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-6-34,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5471

Event 39508 (8897B2B5)

Date: 4/29/1977
Description: A car being driven by a 47-year-old woman and accompained by another female passenger was paced by a white glowing objectin Oxford, Ohio for three minutes. The description of the shape differed, but one of the women described it as a disc-shaped object. The incident occurred near a Nike missile base.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2411

Event 39509 (69AB54D3)

Date: 4/30/1977
Location: USA, Healdsburg (Northern California)
Description: (Translated from French) (…) in all there were 9 witnesses spread over an area of about 15 km. (…) As she was returning, around 8:30 pm, from the match (or where her 19-year-old son had played) accompanied by this boy and the other children (18, 10 and 3 years old) the mother saw large circular lights above the coastal hills towards the southwest. As they pulsed and blinked, they rose one after the other and then seemed to approach the ground between the observers and the horizon. (the 10-year-old boy drew the configuration: a large cream-colored object surrounded by 6 smaller objects in green, red and blue).(…) When they reached the intersection with a road called Old Redwood Highway, one of the objects seemed to detach from the group and suddenly dive towards the pavement and approach within 12 meters. (…) the road was flooded with light, the intensity was painful. The mother drew the object which she estimated the diameter to be 15 meters. It had several portholes and two beams of light emanated from it.(…) The eldest daughter had also drawn an oval object with its red glow. She added an important detail: a face observing them through the windows. The silhouette resembled a frog head. (…) The mother, the 18-year-old daughter and the 10-year-old boy were taken with nausea and the boy vomited. The 19-year-old son and the 3-year-old girl had no physiological disturbances. (…) (April 30, 1977)
Reference: Jacques VALLEE: “Confrontations” - Laffont 1991, pp. 91-101
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2961

Event 39510 (A45074E2)

Date: 4/30/1977 (approximate)
Time: 03:30
Location: NORTH / EL MOLAR, SP
Description: 1 / car. Huge delta/triangle/box-like craft crosses highway / 100M altitude. Very close. Slow and absolute(ly) silent.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 193)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12616

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “N/El MOLAR,SP:1/CAR:HUGE DLT CROSSES HWY/100M alt:VERY CLOSE:SLOW+ABS SLNT”, LatLong: “40.800002 -3.583334”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 03:35:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MDR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39511 (8C21ACC3)

Date: 5/1977
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: July 1976) Cosmos 909, launched in May 1977, is a new target, which will, like Cosmos 248, 373, and 803, have two pursuers. Four days later, the first, Cosmos 910, makes a quick interception before returning to earth; the same program is executed after a three week pause by Cosmos 918. In both cases the target is reached in less than one orbit and the recovery of the chaser is immediately achieved, without explosion. Two other missions, in October and December, will complete this second test period. (May 1977)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 153
Reference: continued October 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2962

Event 39512 (CC291145)

Date: 5/1977 (approximate)
Time: ~18:00
Location: NEAR ROCIANA DEL CONDADO, SP
Description: 1 / mopod/motorscooter/motorbike. Big saucer with portholes overhead. Mopod/motorscooter/motorbike lights burnt out.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12617

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr ROCIANA del CONDADO,SP:1/MOTO:BIG SCR W/PORTS OVHD:MOTO LITES BURNT OUT”, LatLong: “37.333335 -6.583334”, LatLongDMS: “37:20:00 N 06:35:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HLV”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39513 (EE3B7912)

Date: 5/1977
Time: 22:00?
Location: NEAR BALDIM, BRAZIL
Description: Ovoid going [to] over / 3M altitude. Lands. 3 small humanoids (or Greys) exit. Missing time. Man and horse injured and sick.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12618

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “630”, HatchDesc: “nr BALDIM,BRZL:OVOID >OVR/3M alt:LANDS:3 OIDS EXIT:MST:MAN+HORSE INJURED+SICK”, LatLong: “-19.283334 -43.916669”, LatLongDMS: “19:17:00 S 43:55:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Minas Gerais”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39514 (E0D77980)

Date: 5/1977
Location: France
Description: Groupe d’Etude des Phenomenes Aerospatiaux Non-Identifies (GEPAN) organized under the auspices of the French national space agency for the study of UFOs.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_290

Event 39515 (6721D910)

Date: 5/1977
Location: eastern US
Description: Leonard H. Stringfield’s Situation Red: The UFO Siege! is published, supporting the thesis that the US military has acquired extraterrestrial hardware and possibly bodies. The book immediately prompts dozens of alleged first- hand witnesses of crashed UFOs or alien bodies to contact Stringfield with their stories. One of his informants is a medical doctor (“Doctor X”) who says he has conducted medical tests on alien cadavers at a major medical facility in the eastern US. Stringfield is later able to visit Doctor X and a colleague of his, Doctor Y, who has examined an alien tissue sample under a microscope. The aliens are said to be 3.5–4.5 feet tall, weighing 40 pounds, with large heads. They have slender torsos and long, thin arms. Their skin is tan or gray, elastic, and reminiscent of reptilian skin. A colorless liquid is present in the bodies; there are no red cells. The eyes are slanted without pupils, and they have heavy brow ridges, apertures in place of ears, small noses, and slitlike mouths. They have no teeth. Doctor X avoids Stringfield’s later questions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, Situation Red: The UFO Siege! Doubleday, 1977; UFOEv II 593
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5472

Event 39516 (1CEAB5B5)

Date: 5/1977
Location: Gloggnitz, Austria
Description: A young radio technician is lying in bed during a power blackout in Gloggnitz, Austria. Suddenly a hollow globe about 1.6 feet in diameter and made up of separate red bars of light appears over the bedroom floor. It begins moving slowly and silently toward a glass door. The witness jumps out of bed, bumping into the ball of light with his leg. He feels nothing and there are no aftereffects. The bars of light begin to shrink in diameter, causing the ball to dim and disappear. No traces are left behind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Michael D. Swords, “A Trick of the Light,” IUR 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5473

Event 39517 (2F44C90F)

Date: 5/1/1977
Time: 02:00
Location: MUDENG, PHL
Description: Amateur astronomer / clergy. Red-brown colored ovoid 10x moon-size going quickly northwest 100M away.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12619

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Philippines”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MUDENG,PHL:AM.ASTRON/CLERGY:RED-BRN OVOID 10x MOONSIZE >>NW 100M away”, LatLong: “17.633334 120.616672”, LatLongDMS: “17:38:00 N 120:37:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LZN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39518 (7BBEF376)

Date: 5/1/1977
Location: Mudeng, Philippines
Description: 2:00 a.m. Amateur astronomer Lev Boethin sees a red-brown oval object 10 times the size of the moon near Mudeng, Philippines. It moves silently from the southeast to the northwest parallel to the ground 20° above the horizon. He estimates it is only 300 feet away and moving faster than an aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5474

Event 39519 (1B810230)

Date: 5/1/1977
Locations: France; Gendarmerie
Description: The Groupe d’Etude des Phénomènes Aérospatiaux Non Identifiés (GEPAN) is founded as a section of France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales on the initiative of CNES Director Yves Sillard. Its purpose is to quiet public fears about a flurry of UFO sightings, as well as to coordinate reports of the Gendarmerie, civil aviation, the Air Force, and the meteorological service. Its first director is aeronautical engineer Claude Poher. GEPAN sets up a Scientific Council of astronomers and other scientists and professionals to put in place data- collection systems for UFO reports from official agencies and investigate cases already reported.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jean-Pierre Petit, “The Truth about G.E.P.A.N.,” Flying Saucer Review 35, no. 4 (December 1990): 22–24; Mark Rodeghier, ed., “The 1999 French Report on UFOs and Defense,” IUR 25, no. 2 (Summer 2000): 20–21; Gildas Bourdais, “From GEPAN to SEPRA: Official UFO Studies in France,” IUR 25, no. 4 (Winter 2000–2001): 11–13; Gildas Bourdais, “The Death and Rebirth of Official French UFO Studies,” IUR 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 12–13: Swords 440–442; Good Above, pp. 135–136; Clark III 546
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5475

Event 39520 (FAF1FA05)

Date: 5/2/1977
Time: 20:00?
Location: CALIFORNIA LAL, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Weird 2M trapezoid stands by Murray River. Vanishes! / MJ#126.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12620

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CAL LAL,S.AUSTR:WEIRD 2M TRAPEZOID STANDS by MURRAY RVR:VANISHES!:/MJ#126”, LatLong: “-34.050002 140.900007”, LatLongDMS: “34:03:00 S 140:54:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39521 (D4A41FC7)

Date: 5/3/1977
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Hainault Forest (Essex)
Description: (Translated from French) In the Hainault forest witnesses, including two police officers, make observations at different times. One of the sketches made shows a helicopter cabin without blades with a pointed top, with pink-red crossbars. (Flying Saucer Review vol. 23 n° 2 p. 8-10) Two police officers go to the Hainault forest early in the morning, after a call, and they saw an object shaped like a tent, with red glows, between the trees. They watched it “pulse” for three minutes, then the thing dissolved into the darkness.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDELL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p.123
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2963

Event 39522 (45E49155)

Date: 5/3/1977
Time: 03:50
Location: HAINAULT, ESSEX
Description: Cops and 1. Tentlike cone glows orange / trees. Quickly going up [to] and streaks overhead. / r199p129.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 278)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12621

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HAINAULT,ESSEX:COPS+1:TENTLIKE CONE GLOWS ORG/TREES:↑↑+STREAKS OVHD:/r199p129”, LatLong: “51.600002 0.127778”, LatLongDMS: “51:36:00 N 00:07:40 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39523 (C3776BF5)

Date: 5/3/1977
Time: 21:20
Location: WILCOX, PA
Description: 1 observer. Silver sphere. Many lights / middle. Not turning. Spotlight going down. Shoots going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12622

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “469”, HatchDesc: “WILCOX,PA:1 OBS:SLVR SPHERE:MANY LITES/MIDDLE:NOT TURNING:SPOTLITE↓:SHOOTS↑”, LatLong: “41.577780 -78.688893”, LatLongDMS: “41:34:40 N 78:41:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39524 (01347C26)

Date: 5/3/1977
Locations: Hainault, northeast London; Hainault Forest Country Park
Description: 3:55 a.m. A caller tells police in Hainault, northeast London, that a strange object is above the small lake in Hainault Forest Country Park. Two policemen are dispatched, and they see a “large bright red light” on the eastern shore. They exit their vehicle and notice an object like a “bell tent” about 900 feet away that continuously pulsates from dull to very bright red for the next 2–3 minutes. The UFO seems to be hovering silently. Then the object appears to “dissolve on the spot.” The officers decide somewhat reluctantly to go across the lake and investigate. Then one of them looks up and briefly sees a thin, large, white crescent hanging in the sky. This also dissolves on the spot. Reaching the location of ground zero, they find nothing except a strong burning smell. They make a report to the local UFO group, the Essex Hotline, and investigator Barry M. King interviews one of the officers that night. The next day, one large bush is found damaged: flattened in the center and slightly burned. A gorse bush appears to have borne a heavy weight, because almost all the limbs are snapped off the central branch and displaced in an outward-radiating splay. No radiation or magnetic anomalies are found.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Barry M. King, “Landing at Hainault Seen by Police,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 2 (August 1977): 8–11; Andrew Collins, “Follow-Up at Hainault,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 2 (August 1977): 11–12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5476

Event 39525 (799CDC67)

Date: 5/3/1977
Locations: Jakarta, Indonesia; Eastern part of Jakarta, Indonesia
Description: 6:35 p.m. Several people in the eastern part of Jakarta, Indonesia, are watching the sky with binoculars when they see a round UFO that traverses the sky in one minute. It carries flashing red, green, white, and blue lights located in circles around the rim.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 2 (February 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5477

Event 39526 (ABB85C23)

Date: 5/3/1977
Location: Wilcox, Pennsylvania
Description: 9:20 p.m. A woman in Wilcox, Pennsylvania, sees a large silver sphere with many blue lights around its equator. The object hovers close to the west side of her house, casting a spotlight on the ground. It begins moving and disappears straight up in one second. Her two dogs refuse to go near the spot afterward and are fussy about eating.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-6-53,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5478

Event 39527 (C26102DD)

Date: 5/3/1977
Description: At 3:55 a.m. police in Hainault Forest, England took an emergency telephone call. The caller said that some strange UFO was over the forest near the small lake. Two policemen were directed to the scene. Arriving, they proceeded along the lake road and noticed a “large bright red light” across on the eastern shore. They stopped, exited their vehicle, and then observed a “bell tent” shaped thing, about 300 yards distant. This object pulsated continuously from dull to very bright red for the next 2 to 3 minutes. The UFO seemed to be hovering silently. Then, as they watched apprehensively, the object appeared to “dissolve on the spot”. Because the thing was no longer visible, the officers somewhat reluctantly decided to go across the lake and investigate the spot. As they were doing this, one of them looked up and briefly saw a thin, large, white crescent shape hanging in the sky. This “apparition” also dissolved on the spot. Reaching the location of ground zero, as best they could tell, they found nothing at all, except a strong smell of burning. No cause could be determined. A report was immediately made to the local UFO investigator [The Essex Hotline], and field investigator Barry King came out and interviewed the officer that very night. In daylight, one large bush was found to have damage: it was flattened in the center and slightly burned. The gorse bush appeared to have had a very heavy weight set on top of it, and the result was to break almost all of the limbs, including snapping off the central branch. The pattern of breakage was to displace the branches into an outward radiating splay. No radiation nor magnetic anomalies were found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Barry M. King, FSR, August 1977, p. 8; Gary Heseltine, UFO Magazine (UK), July 2003, p. 7; Mke Swords, www.nicap.org/waves/1975fullreport.htm
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2480

Event 39528 (D2C4DAA8)

Date: 5/3/1977
Description: At 9:20 p.m. on a clear night a 29-year-old woman in Wilcox, Elk County, Pennsylvania sighted a large silver sphere near a power plant that had many lights in the middle and was not revolving. It directed a spotlight down, and after 10 minutes shot straight up. There was some kind of animal reaction.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2481

Event 39529 (4299E852)

Date: 5/4/1977
Description: A 23-year-old man, Sr. Ferreira, disappeared in front of his fellow factory employees in Atuba, Para state, Brazil fulfilling a prediction made on May 4, 1976 that UFOnauts would come back for him. He turned up the next day, 40 miles away, and said he had been in the company of extraterrestrials, but feared revealing the details of his encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1729, citing O Estado Parana, May 5, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2515

Event 39530 (16664BD1)

Date: 5/5/1977
Time: 23:50
Location: NEAR RAGUSA, ITL
Description: Dark grey 14M ovoid rises / ground. Buzzes car. Figure / window waves arm!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12623

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “505”, HatchDesc: “nr RAGUSA,ITL:DRK GRY 14M OVOID RISES/GND:BUZZES CAR:FIG/WINDOW WAVES ARM!”, LatLong: “37.000002 14.700001”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 14:42:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ragusa”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39531 (97C19D7A)

Date: 5/5/1977
Location: Ragusa (near), Italy
Description: Midnight. The witness, a truck driver, had made a rest stop at a truck stop on the major highway near Ragusa, Italy when he saw a yellow light illuminate the cab. The light originated from a gray metallic, oval-shaped object that was hovering near the truck and close to the ground. A figure wearing a dark gray coverall and a helmet could be seen inside one of the openings. It seemed to be controlling and directing the yellow beam of light. (Sources: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT: Italian UFO catalogue, case 93; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 1522, citing ITACAT). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4781

Event 39532 (4946037E)

Date: 5/5/1977
Location: Tabio, Cundinamarca province, Colombia
Description: 9:15 AM. A 22-year-old Cessna 150 pilot trainee, Sr. Lopez Ojeda, had a close encounter with a white object that looked like an inverted plate while flying over Tabio, Cundinamarca province, Colombia. (Sources: Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 291; MUFON UFO Journal, June 1977; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 50; CUFOS files, citing newspaper clipping dated May 6, 1977). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4782

Event 39533 (B7916F63)

Date: 5/5/1977
Description: At 9:15 a.m. a 22-year-old Cessna 150 pilot trainee, Sr. Lopez Ojeda, had a close encounter with a white object that looked like an inverted plate while flying over Tabio, Cundinamarca province, Colombia. There was a brilliant flash of light that temporarily impaired his vision, and the airplane’s control would not respond for a short while during which his surroundings seemed strangely altered.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 291; MUFON UFO Journal, June 1977; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 50; CUFOS files, citing newspaper clipping dated May 6, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2549

Event 39534 (5ECC031F)

Date: 5/5/1977
Description: At midnight the witness, a truck driver, had made a rest stop at a truck stop on the major highway near Ragusa, Italy when he saw a yellow light illuminate the cab. The light originated from a gray metallic, oval-shaped object that was hovering near the truck and close to the ground. It had a rotating ring around its middle and two circular openings, one on the top and one on the bottom. A figure wearing a dark gray coverall and a helmet could be seen inside one of the openings. It seemed to be controlling and directing the yellow beam of light. It made some hand gestures towards him as if greeting him. A flattened area was found in the grassy field.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT: Italian UFO catalogue, case 93; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 1522, citing ITACAT
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2550

Event 39535 (DEC88ED5)

Date: 5/6/1977 (approximate)
Location: UNDERSAKER, SWEDEN
Description: 2 observer(s). Delta/triangle/box-like craft beams light going down / woods. Huge UFO with windows rises in beam.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12624

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “UNDERSAKER,SWEDEN:2 OBS:DLT BEAMS LITE↓/WOODS:HUGE UFO W/WINDOWS RISES IN BEAM”, LatLong: “63.322225 13.250001”, LatLongDMS: “63:19:20 N 13:15:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39536 (437CF2AD)

Date: 5/6/1977 (approximate)
Time: 02:30
Location: CHALLANS, FR
Description: 2M sphere with blue halo by railroad/railway bridge. Follows man walking home.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12625

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “CHALLANS,FR:2M SPHERE W/BLU HALO by RR BRIDGE:FOLOS MAN WALKING HOME”, LatLong: “46.850002 -1.866667”, LatLongDMS: “46:51:00 N 01:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vendée”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39537 (F1D91B2B)

Date: 5/6/1977
Time: 08:30
Location: ENCINITAS, CA
Description: 15 kids and teacher. Large domed saucer going down / canyon. Back / 0930h. “Figure(s) inside”.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: PHENOMENA RESEARCH REPORT: UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, WA. Vol. 3 #1 (issue 25) 1977-8?
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12626

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “61”, Elev: “28”, HatchDesc: “ENCINITAS,CA:15 KIDS+TEACHER:LRG DOMED SCR ↓/CANYON:BACK/0930h:“FIGs INSIDE””, LatLong: “33.033335 -117.288894”, LatLongDMS: “33:02:00 N 117:17:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39538 (C9CC46BC)

Date: 5/6/1977
Location: Encinitas, CA
Description: A large domed disc-shaped object descended into canyon. A school teacher and fifteen students witnessed the descent, and said that they could see figures inside the craft. It was seen again one hour later. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 12693). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4783

Event 39539 (DD6D2DDA)

Date: 5/6/1977
Description: At 2:30 a.m. a man in Challans, Vendee department, France had a close encounter by a railway bridge with a two-meter sphere surrounded by a blue halo. It followed the witness as he walked home.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2593

Event 39540 (BEC6B47B)

Date: 5/6/1977
Description: In Encinitas, California a large domed disc-shaped object descended into canyon. A school teacher and fifteen students witnessed the descent, and said that they could see figures inside the craft. It was seen again one hour later.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 12693
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2594

Event 39541 (1B958B7D)

Date: 5/7/1977
Location: Undersaker, Jamtland, Sweden
Description: A powerful spotlight from a silent, delta-shaped object lit the forest in Undersaker on this night. A very large second object, also triangle shaped and with three large windows rose in the beam of light. Both objects hovered over the trees, then changed shape from triangular to rectangular. (Sources: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, November 1977, p. 8; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 191; UNICAT database, case 195, citing Allan Hendry). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4784

Event 39542 (278EEC53)

Date: 5/7/1977
Location: Undersåker, Jamtland, Sweden
Description: Night. Jenny Nordin and a companion in Undersåker, Jamtland, Sweden, watch a triangular object with its apex pointing downward shining and gleaming above a woods. A string of lights appears around its base and the object changes to a rectangle with a pointed top. The display continues for 2 hours until a spotlight shines down from the right side, illuminating the trees. An enormous object with three large windows rises up in the light; both objects hover and gradually extinguish.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5479

Event 39543 (B613DCD1)

Date: 5/7/1977
Description: A powerful spotlight from a silent, delta-shaped object lit the forest in Undersaker, Jamtland, Sweden on this night. A very large second object, also triangle shaped and with three large windows rose in the beam of light. Both objects hovered over the trees, then changed shape from triangular to rectangular.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, November 1977, p. 8; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 191; UNICAT, case 195, citing Allan Hendry
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2626

Event 39544 (ECB9E3A7)

Date: 5/8/1977
Time: 14:00
Location: I80 NORTH / MORRIS, IL
Description: 2+2 / separate cars. Straw-hat or Saturn saucer swoops over cars. / r161p114.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12627

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “I80 N/MORRIS,IL:2+2/SEP CARS:STRAW-HAT or SATURN SCR SWOOPS OVR CARS:/r161p114”, LatLong: “41.383335 -88.416671”, LatLongDMS: “41:23:00 N 88:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39545 (0A4B88AF)

Date: 5/8/1977
Location: Joliet, IL
Description: 2:00 PM. Adult couple driving westbound watched as a silver “straw hat” the size of the moon rush eastbound over I-80 (and their car) making no noise. Object, which was in view 30-seconds, was flying against the wind. (IUR,2,6) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4785

Event 39546 (51F4756C)

Date: 5/8/1977
Location: Joliet, IL
Description: 2:30 PM. Adult couple experienced object like a silver sphere with “saturn ring” or halo around it, heading eastbound. 30-secs. (IUR,2,6) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4786

Event 39547 (9ECDDB5B)

Date: 5/8/1977
Location: Interstate 80 in Joliet, Illinois
Description: 2:00 p.m. A couple driving west on Interstate 80 in Joliet, Illinois, watch an object like a silver straw hat move silently eastbound over their car. At 2:30 p.m., see a silver sphere with a Saturn ring or halo around it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-6-64” and “Case 2-6-65,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5480

Event 39548 (B9501128)

Date: 5/8/1977
Description: Two men, were parked in a marshy, densely wooded area of the Hainault Forest, a park in London, England near Cabin Hill. They had been walking their dog in a light rain at around 7 p.m. when they heard a rustling sound in the bushes. They then observed a huge figure, about eight feet tall and four feet wide, that crossed their path about 25 feet away and disappeared into the woods. It was dark blue in color and brighter than its surroundings. It had no distinct arms or legs that could be discerned. A UFO landing had been reported in the area a few days earlier—the reason for the investigator being at the site at the time when he encountered the startled witnesses.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-25, citing Barry King, FSR, Vol. 23, # 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2660

Event 39549 (9630D96F)

Date: 5/8/1977
Description: Shortly after 2:00 p.m. two couples driving in separate cars, westbound on Interstate 80 near Joliet, Illinois saw a silver object, described as a sphere with Saturn rings or looking like a “straw hat” as big as the moon, swooped silently over their cars, moving rapidly. It headed off to the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2661

Event 39550 (3E4263C7)

Date: 5/9/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Photo taken in New Mexico. See images/1977-05.jpg. (May 9th)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2745

Event 39551 (F7E665F1)

Date: 5/9/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: MORRISTOWN AND MORE/OTHERS, NJ
Description: Separate observer(s). “Harvest moon” hovers. Suddenly going quickly northeast! Faster than a jet.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 931)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12628

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: “MORRISTOWN++,NJ:SEP.OBS:“HARVEST MOON” HVRS:SUDDENLY >>NE!:faster than a jet”, LatLong: “40.783335 -74.483337”, LatLongDMS: “40:47:00 N 74:29:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39552 (F692CA56)

Date: 5/9/1977
Location: Harding Township, NJ
Description: 9:30 PM. Mrs.Nancy Allocco and her two children, Lee, age twelve and Nell, age fourteen, observed a large glowing object in the sky. ( Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, July 1977, page 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4787

Event 39553 (F82C81B7)

Date: 5/9/1977
Location: Harding Township, NJ
Description: 9:30 PM. Leslie Hendricks while walking out of the Livingston Shopping Mall observed a large glowing sphere high up in the southwestern sky. The sphere was about the size and color of a harvest moon. ( Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, July 1977, page 1) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4788

Event 39554 (12C9CD86)

Date: 5/9/1977
Location: Morristown, NJ
Description: 9:30 PM. Leslie Hendricks while walking out of the Livingston Shopping Mall observed a large glowing sphere high up in the southwestern sky. The sphere was about the size and color of a harvest moon. It appeared to be hovering at an altitude higher than that of an ordinary commercial aircraft. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, July 1977, page 1) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4789

Event 39555 (F1EA1B57)

Date: 5/10/1977
Time: 01:30
Location: MAUBEUGE, FR
Description: 1 observer. Glowing pear-shape going down / 45° angle. Stops / base / water tower. Going up / 45°.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12629

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “MAUBEUGE,FR:1 OBS:GLOW.PEAR-SHAPE ↓/45° ANGLE:STOPS/BASE/WATER TOWER:↑/45°”, LatLong: “50.283336 3.977778”, LatLongDMS: “50:17:00 N 03:58:40 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39556 (09134C5F)

Date: 5/10/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: HAMILTON, SCOTLAND
Description: 1 observer. Ovoid hovers. Narrow bottom. 8cm / arms length. Vanishes in place.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12630

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “HAMILTON,SCOTL:1 OBS:OVOID HVRS:NARROW BOTTOM:8cm/ARMS LNGTH:VANISHES IN PLACE”, LatLong: “55.716669 -4.050000”, LatLongDMS: “55:43:00 N 04:03:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39557 (A4DA6D4D)

Date: 5/10/1977
Location: Rome, Georgia
Description: 5:10 a.m. Phylis Barlow watches a triangular UFO circling slowly in the sky above Rome, Georgia. It is flying at a tilt, and on the bottom is a circle of foggy light surrounding a triangle of intense bright light. She watches it with a friend for 10 minutes as it makes a second pass over the area. It descends silently to 1,000 feet and they can see it has a grayish-silver color and three creamy yellow, honeycombed lights. It moves off to the southeast at great speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Rome (Ga.) News-Tribune, May 10, 1977; Marler 97–98
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5481

Event 39558 (2BCF4A4E)

Date: 5/10/1977
Description: A three and a half year old girl, Maria do Socorro, had accompanied her grandmother while she did laundry in Serra Branca, Paraiba state, Brazil and then vanished suddenly at around 11:00 a.m. She was missing for 22 hours. She mysteriously turned up at the doorsteps of her family’s garden. She said she had seen a beautiful woman with a white scarf on her head and was irresistibly attracted to a strong beam of light which the lady ran behind. The lady spoke to the child but she “did not open her mouth to talk.” Friends and neighbors spent an entire day searching the area where she had last been seen, without finding a trace. It was assumed by all involved that the phenomenon had an apparently extraterrestrial cause, but no UFO was seen.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-26, citing Noticias Populares, a Brazilian newspaper
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2720

Event 39559 (56C547A9)

Date: 5/11/1977
Time: 03:00
Location: CLEARFIELD, PA
Description: 2 observer(s). Green-glow sphere with dark equator. Hovers near home. Shoots going up / 1 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12631

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “340”, HatchDesc: “CLEARFIELD,PA:2 OBS:GREEN-GLOW SPHERE W/DARK EQUATOR:HVRS NR HOME:SHOOTS↑/1sec”, LatLong: “41.027780 -78.438893”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:40 N 78:26:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39560 (D4B7019E)

Date: 5/11/1977
Time: 21:50
Location: BONNER SPRINGS, KS
Description: 2 observer(s). Silent saucer with white windows / edge hovers / 75 second(s). Goes slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 30)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12632

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “259”, HatchDesc: “BONNER SPRINGS,KS:2 OBS:SLNT SCR W/WHT WINDOWS/EDGE HVRS/75sec:GOES SLOWLY”, LatLong: “39.061113 -94.883338”, LatLongDMS: “39:03:40 N 94:53:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kansas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39561 (02474E48)

Date: 5/11/1977
Location: Clearfield, PA
Description: 3:00 AM. A housewife reported sighting a green glowing ball with a dark equator hovering near her home. It shot straight up into the sky and was gone in less than a second. (Source: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 8). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4790

Event 39562 (E041B60B)

Date: 5/11/1977
Location: Bonner Springs, KS
Description: 9:45 PM. A silent disc-shaped object with white windows hovered for 75 seconds, then flew away slowly. (Source: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 36). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4791

Event 39563 (1B86128D)

Date: 5/11/1977
Location: Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Description: 3:00 a.m. A woman and her son are awakened in their home in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, by a loud humming sound. They see a green, glowing sphere with a dark equator hovering for 30 minutes near the house. It shoots straight up and away and the hum stops. The 11-year-old boy stays home from school for several days because he is scared.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-6-77,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5482

Event 39564 (FD3E449B)

Date: 5/11/1977
Location: Fresno, California
Description: 4:45 a.m. Three witnesses in Fresno, California, see a bright yellow light rise erratically from the northern horizon to a fixed position overhead in one minute. A second light, flashing white 3 times a second, rises from the west to a 50° position above the western horizon. Both are stationary for 3 minutes. The yellow object sways back and forth. The white light disappears and the yellow light fades into the overcast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-6-79,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5483

Event 39565 (91D59887)

Date: 5/11/1977
Location: Bonner Springs, Kansas
Description: 9:45 p.m. An adult couple near Bonner Springs, Kansas, see a silent disc-shaped object with white windows hovering for 70–80 seconds, then fly away slowly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-6-84,” IUR 2, no. 6 (June 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5484

Event 39566 (D70A7B8B)

Date: 5/11/1977
Description: A housewife reported sighting a green glowing ball with a dark equator hovering near her home in Clearfield, Pennsylvania at three o’clock in the morning. It shot straight up into the sky and was gone in less than a second.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2745

Event 39567 (C9FB6E66)

Date: 5/11/1977
Description: At 9:45 p.m. in Bonner Springs, Kansas a silent disc-shaped object with white windows hovered for 75 seconds, then flew away slowly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1977, p. 36
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2746

Event 39568 (BF1928F2)

Date: 5/12/1977
Time: 12:00
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: Many separate observer(s). Needle-clouds like phony contrails maneuver all over/all about sky. Photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 930)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12633

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “315”, HatchDesc: “PHOENIX,AZ:MANY SEP.OBS:NEEDLE-CLOUDS LIKE PHONY CONTRAILS MNVR ALLO SKY:FOTOS”, LatLong: “33.416668 -112.066672”, LatLongDMS: “33:25:00 N 112:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39569 (4F99686E)

Date: 5/15/1977
Time: 04:30
Location: CLARKSVILLE, TN
Description: 1 / car. Distinct round object straight and level going quickly south. Flashes blue. Drops red flares.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12634

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, NUC: Nuclear facility related, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “CLARKSVILLE,TN:1/CAR:DISTINCT ROUND OBJ S/L >>S:FLASHES BLUE:DROPS RED FLARES”, LatLong: “36.516668 -87.350004”, LatLongDMS: “36:31:00 N 87:21:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39570 (8C30DA81)

Date: 5/15/1977
Location: Clarksville, Tennessee
Description: 4:30 a.m. A driver in Clarksville, Tennessee, sees a round object with 7–8 blue-green lights flashing in its center. It appears to drop 7–8 red flares as it is flying southbound in a straight path.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-7-1,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5485

Event 39571 (4EF8B9DA)

Date: 5/15/1977
Description: Two twin sisters had gone into Middle Cliff field, at St. Brides, Pembrokeshire, Wales not farm from their home at Ripperston Farm, to play games. It was just after three o’clock when they saw a silver-suited figure walking away from them, about 60 to 70 feet away. The being went up to a hedge and seemed to walk through the barbed-wire fence adjacent to it. It then disappeared. On the other side of the field a silvery-white disc-shaped object with a red light landed. A a ramp-like stairway came out and a red “box” was ejected down the stairway to the ground. The stairs were then retracted, and the door in the object closed and the UFO took off. The girls ran home for their mother, but when they returned to the field there was no sign of the object or the being. The UFO was seen again that day, flying seaward, and large footprints were found in the grass at the landing site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, July 1978, p. 1; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-27, citing Randall Jones Pugh for BUFORA
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2865

Event 39572 (87FA5052)

Date: 5/16/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
Description: 3 observer(s). Bright silent disk going quickly east / high altitude. Suddenly turns going quickly north. / A. Kane.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12635

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “GLASGOW,SCOTL:3 OBS:BRITE SLNT DISK >> E/HI ALT:SUDDENLY TURNS >>N:/A.KANE”, LatLong: “55.816669 -4.250000”, LatLongDMS: “55:49:00 N 04:15:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39573 (F5D10493)

Date: 5/16/1977
End date: 5/17/1977
Locations: Old Allen Road and Frayser-Raleigh Road in Memphis, Tennessee; Norris Road exit of Interstate 240; Collierville
Description: 11:00 p.m. Officers M. L. Davidson and F. E. Bartlett of the Memphis Police Tactical Squad spot a triangular UFO near Old Allen Road and Frayser-Raleigh Road in Memphis, Tennessee. At 3:45 a.m., officers T. L. Todd and J. W. Jeter watch a similar object, 300 feet long, near the Norris Road exit of Interstate 240. It is hovering about 200 feet above the ground near some power line towers and is in the shape of a perfect triangle standing on edge. Later, Jeter watches it through his rifle scope flying horizontally then taking off at great speed. A Tennessee State Highway patrolman has also seen a triangular object in Collierville.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Triangular Red, Green, Flying Object Sighted,” Brownsville (Tex.) Herald, May 17, 1977, p. 1; Marler 94–96
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5486

Event 39574 (987B037A)

Date: 5/17/1977
Time: 03:30
Location: MEMPHIS, TN
Description: 5 cops. 300’ “flying Christmas tree” soars over city. Silent. Fantastic speed/velocity.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12636

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “17”, Elev: “77”, HatchDesc: “MEMPHIS,TN:5 COPS:300’ “FLYING XMAS TREE” SOARS OVR CITY:SILENT:FANTASTIC SPD”, LatLong: “35.133335 -90.050004”, LatLongDMS: “35:08:00 N 90:03:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Tennessee”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39575 (1A32B1B2)

Date: 5/17/1977
Time: 20:40
Location: TORQUAY AND PAIGNTON AND BRIXTON, DEVON
Description: Several observer(s). 5 bright yellow-orange night lights going northeast / circular formation.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12637

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: "TORQUAY+PAIGNTON+BRIXTON,DEVON:SVRL OBS:5 BRITE YLW-ORG NLTS >NE/CIRC.FORMn: ", LatLong: “50.466669 -3.533334”, LatLongDMS: “50:28:00 N 03:32:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39576 (18F3711F)

Date: 5/17/1977
Time: 21:10
Location: JOPPA TO/FROM/BETWEEN HADDINGTON, SCOTLAND
Description: Many separate observer(s). Domed saucer and more/others seen / 8 towns. Generally going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 291)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12638

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “JOPPA<>HADDINGTON,SCOTL:MANY SEP.OBS:DOMED SCR++ SEEN/8 TOWNS:GENERALLY >E”, LatLong: “55.916669 -2.833333”, LatLongDMS: “55:55:00 N 02:50:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39577 (69AE6B1C)

Date: 5/17/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: ICOARACI, PARA, BRZ
Description: Thunder. 2 fireballs south going north and north going south collide / terrific flash. No traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12639

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “ICOARACI,PARA,BRZ:THUNDER:2 FBLS S>N+N>S COLLIDE/TERRIFIC FLASH:NO TRACES”, LatLong: “-1.300000 -48.466669”, LatLongDMS: “01:18:00 S 48:28:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRA”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39578 (3E9880CA)

Date: 5/17/1977
Location: Lothian, Scotland
Description: 9:00 PM In Tranent and seven surrounding towns in Lothian, a domed disc-shaped object and other objects were seen in the skies on a clear evening. (Source: FSR, November 1978, pp. 30-31). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4792

Event 39579 (47155B5B)

Date: 5/17/1977
Location: Belem do Para, Para State (near), Brazil
Description: 9:30 PM. In the village of Icoaraci, two fiery balls of light were seen in the sky. One was green, and the other was red, and they came from opposite directions and collided causing a tremendous flash and a sound like thunder. (Source: Otto Raymundo, MUFON UFO Journal, July 1977, p. 8). (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4793

Event 39580 (EE92DFC2)

Date: 5/17/1977
Description: The Joint Chiefs of Staff re-release JANAP 146 (E), specifying “unidentified flying objects” as something that must be reported by military personnel. It distinguishes UFOs from other types of known aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Joint Chiefs of Staff, “Change No. 2 to JANAP 146 (E),” May 17, 1977
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5487

Event 39581 (80DCC838)

Date: 5/17/1977
Description: In Tranent and seven surrounding towns in Lothian, Scotland, shortly after nine p.m., a domed disc-shaped object and other objects were seen in the skies on a clear evening. One of the witnesses was a 13-year-old boy named McKenzie. The UFOs generally flew off to the east. The sightings lasted at least 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, November 1978, pp. 30-31
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2935

Event 39582 (7A056253)

Date: 5/17/1977
Description: In the village of Icoaraci, near Belem do Para, Para State, Brazil two fiery balls of light were seen in the sky at 9:30 p.m. One was green, and the other was red, and they came from opposite directions and collided causing a tremendous flash and a sound like thunder. The sky filled with a pink smoke, which slowly dissipated after 20 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Otto Raymundo, MUFON UFO Journal, July 1977, p. 8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2936

Event 39583 (A6F2A16C)

Date: 5/17/1977
Description: A SWAT team witnessed a “flying Xmas tree” soar over the city of Memphis, Tennessee at 3:30 a.m. It was silent, and seen just 35 feet over twin electrical power towers. It was the length of a football field, and 50-75 yards wide.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, MUFON UFO Journal, issue 289; UNICAT, case # 549
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2937

Event 39584 (3E8D915F)

Date: 5/18/1977
Location: USA, Pebble County SE of Eaton (Ohio)
Description: (Translated from French) Two 13-year-old boys, whose parents wish to remain anonymous. Investigators: Ron Schaffner and Betty Parks. “We were walking the dog, and she got excited about something. She ran off and I followed her. When I caught up to her, we smelled this putrid smell, like rotten eggs. As my friend circled around, we suddenly saw this creature, 9 feet tall and weighing at least 500 pounds. It had brown, dirty hair and eyes that seemed to be white. Its arms were so long, they almost touched the ground. The creature chased us from under the bridge, across the soybean field, all the way near our house. It was standing behind us and taking very big strides. When we got to the main road, we no longer saw it.” When they got home, having told their parents about the event, the police were immediately called. The police officers accompanied the boys to the sighting location, but the young witnesses did not want to get out of the car. For an entire week, one of the boys also refused to open the window of his bedroom. (May 18, 1977)
Reference: Patricia Mason, 1996, NACOMM
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2964

Event 39585 (C65CEC4B)

Date: 5/18/1977
Time: 18:30
Location: NEW ELGIN, SCOT
Description: 2 girls. Humming. 30’ domed saucer going down. Silver suit figure(s) exit. Traces. / MJ#289.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12640

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “NEW ELGIN,SCOT:2 GIRLS:HUM:30’DOMED SCR ↓:SLVR SUIT FIGs EXIT:TRACES:/MJ#289”, LatLong: “57.666669 -3.333333”, LatLongDMS: “57:40:00 N 03:20:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39586 (B9ECCCE7)

Date: 5/18/1977
Location: Pacific, MD
Description: Humanoid report. No details. (EGBA, 576) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4794

Event 39587 (CE361285)

Date: 5/18/1977
Description: At 6:30 p.m. two 10-year-old girls, named McLennan and Morrison, heard a strange whirring sound while playing in a field near their house in New Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland. It appeared to come from a nearby woods. When they approached and saw a domed cylindrical object near the ground about 300 meters away. It had a steady red light on top of the small dome. The object was metallic in color and about 30 feet long, and it had a red band encircling the lower section. The girls believed the object was hovering two feet above the ground—the same height as a fence situated between them and the object. They could not see any landing gear. To the right of the object was a very tall, thin “man,” partially hidden by some bushes. He stood at least six-foot tall, and his arms were disproportionately short. He wore a silver coverall uniform. When he started to move toward them, the girls became frightened and fled. When they reached a safer distance, they turned around and saw that the man had disappeared. The object then began to ascend, moving off in three jerky “stepped up” maneuvers, and finally ascending vertically at a terrific speed. They hurried home and told their parents, who said they had heard the humming sound. The police were notified, and a circular area of scorch marks was found at the site, with minor damage over an area of about 100 yards including singed trees and underbrush.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jenny Randles, FSR, January 1978, p. 7; Ron Halliday, UFO Scotland: The Secret History of Scotland’s UFO phenomenon, p. 120; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-28 (A1733)
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_2959

Event 39588 (B3064888)

Date: 5/19/1977
Location: Clayton, New Jersey
Description: 10:45 p.m. A travel agent driving in Clayton, New Jersey, watches a blindingly bright round object composed of many small white lights packed together and three main lights in front. It hovers for nearly a minute over telephone wires, then the lights begin flashing and the object ascends in a steep climb.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-7-15,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5488

Event 39589 (19AB6E8E)

Date: 5/20/1977
Time: 21:50
Location: VIENNA, VA
Description: Large circular object hovers / 35M altitude. Orange-glow top and twirling lights. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 932)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12641

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “131”, HatchDesc: “VIENNA,VA:LRG CIRC.OBJ HVRS/35M alt:ORG-GLOW TOP+TWIRLING LITES:shoots away”, LatLong: “38.916669 -77.266670”, LatLongDMS: “38:55:00 N 77:16:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “35”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39590 (88FAE278)

Date: 5/20/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: WEST PITTSBURG, CA
Description: 3 teens. Saucer with windows going down. 3 misty robotic figure(s) fade away. / r60#106.
Type: sighting
Reference: HENDRY, Allan: The UFO HANDBOOK. Doubleday, Garden City, NJ 1979. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12642

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “9”, HatchDesc: “W.PITTSBURG,CA:3 TEENS:SCR W/WINDOWS ↓:3 MISTY ROBOTIC FIGs FADE AWAY:/r60#106”, LatLong: “38.027780 -121.938895”, LatLongDMS: “38:01:40 N 121:56:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39591 (2978F65C)

Date: 5/20/1977
Location: Vienna, VA
Description: 9:45 PM. Doris Cuningham and her nine year old son were proceeding toward their apartment building when the child suddenly motioned for his mother to look over the pool. Hovering no more than twelve stories above the ground was a large circular shaped object. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, May 1977, page 4) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4795

Event 39592 (525BB7BF)

Date: 5/20/1977
Locations: Bayview Avenue and Willow Pass Road, West Pittsburg [now Bay Point], California; Suisun Bay
Description: 11:00 p.m. Three 14-year-old boys are in a field near Bayview Avenue and Willow Pass Road, West Pittsburg [now Bay Point], California, about a half mile from Suisun Bay. They see a saucer-shaped object surrounded by a row of white, rectangular windows that flash on and off. A blue light zigzags near the object. It is hovering near the ground between railroad tracks and the bay, then it shoots across the water in a matter of seconds and returns equally fast, moving silently toward them and stopping about 150–300 feet away. One minute later, they see three figures advancing toward them from near the lights. They are dark human forms, about 5-foot-6 to 6 feet tall, surrounded by mist and moving with a stiff, limping walk. The boys run across the street and look back in time to see the figures fade from view.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO with ‘Dark Figures’ in California,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5489

Event 39593 (0194E22A)

Date: 5/21/1977
Time: 00:20
Location: LEICESTER, LEICS
Description: 2 / cab. Rugby-ball shape hovers. Absolute(ly) silent. Moves away and gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12643

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “LEICESTER,LEICs:2/CAB:RUGBY-BALL SHAPE HVRS:ABS.SLNT:MOVES AWAY+GONE”, LatLong: “52.583336 -1.133333”, LatLongDMS: “52:35:00 N 01:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39594 (F3B8CE6C)

Date: 5/21/1977
Time: ~22:50
Location: NEAR POOLE, DORSET
Description: Large silver saucer hovers / field. Green cone / light extends. Going quickly west. / r34p29.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12644

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr POOLE,DORSET:LRG SLVR SCR HOVERS/FIELD:GRN CONE/LITE EXTENDS:>>W:/r34p29”, LatLong: “50.716669 -2.000000”, LatLongDMS: “50:43:00 N 02:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39595 (2376DB1F)

Date: 5/21/1977
Time: 23:10
Location: LONGHAM, DORSET
Description: 2 / car. Solid beam cuts through terrain. Definite end. Disk drops / ground.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12645

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “LONGHAM,DORSET:2/CAR:SOLID BEAM CUTS THRU TERRAIN:DEFINITE END:DISK DROPS/GND:”, LatLong: “50.750002 -2.016667”, LatLongDMS: “50:45:00 N 02:01:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39596 (C69F0BC4)

Date: 5/21/1977
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
Description: 9:30 p.m. A family in St. Louis, Missouri, sees a “comet” with a long tail moving in the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-7- 25,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5490

Event 39597 (4C25311E)

Date: 5/21/1977
Locations: RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, England; RAF Patrington [now closed]
Description: 10:20 p.m. Three airmen stationed at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire, England, observe a triangular-shaped light moving erratically in the sky. Within minutes the light is tracked on radar at RAF Patrington [now closed], moving in a zigzag pattern. The target registers on radarscopes for 4 minutes until the screens are “partially obliterated by high-powered interference” that returns to normal once the target disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 305
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5491

Event 39598 (EC24AC8C)

Date: 5/21/1977
Description: At 12:24 a.m. a taxi driver and his passenger saw a white football-shaped object in the sky in Leicester, England. At one point it looked like five balls joined together in a circle. It or they hovered silently, then moved off and disappeared from sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: D. N. Mansell, Awareness, October 1977, p. 19
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3024

Event 39599 (3C5CAA8F)

Date: 5/21/1977
Description: Two close encounters involving UFOs with coherent light beams occurred on this night in Dorset county, England. At 10:55 p.m. Mr. Morse, age 26, witnessed a large silver disc-shaped object that hovered over a field in Canford Heath, Poole, England. A green cone of light extended from the object as a coherent beam of light. It flew off to the west. Fifteen minutes later a car with two 30-year-old women was followed by another disc between Longham and Wimborne in the Dorset countryside. It had a solid beam that cut through the terrain. The energy beam had a definite, abrupt end to it. The disc dropped to the ground, but the women did not stay around to investigate. There were six other sightings reported that night in the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leslie Harris, FSR, January 1978, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3025

Event 39600 (43519A8C)

Date: 5/23/1977
Time: 06:00
Location: SANTIAGO, CHILE
Description: Fiery silent torus hovers and tilts. Beam extends going down [to] and swings left and right. Fireball at end.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12646

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Chile”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “521”, HatchDesc: “SANTIAGO,CHILE:FIERY SLNT TORUS HVRS+TILTS:BEAM EXTENDS↓+SWINGS <+>:FBL AT END”, LatLong: “-33.433335 -70.633337”, LatLongDMS: “33:26:00 S 70:38:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39601 (BB130014)

Date: 5/23/1977
Location: Santiago, Chile
Description: 6:00 AM. 8A fiery looking torus-shaped object hovered and tilted over Santiago. A beam extended from the object, and swung back and forth like a pendulum. At ball of light was at the end of the beam. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1978). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4796

Event 39602 (65924CD2)

Date: 5/23/1977
Description: A fiery looking torus-shaped object hovered and tilted over Santiago, Chile at six o’clock in the morning. A beam extended from the object, and swung back and forth like a pendulum. At ball of light was at the end of the beam.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3052

Event 39603 (9F5E3771)

Date: 5/25/1977
Time: 17:00:00.1
Location: 37.0943 -116.0449
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Crewline” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_806

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0943 -116.0449”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:39 N 116:02:42 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.56”, NukeMb: “5.30”, NukeName: “Crewline”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39604 (36028FB2)

Date: 5/26/1977
Time: 16:10
Location: DOWAGIAC, MI
Description: 2 observer(s) / ground. Silent ovoid follows airliner / 30 second(s). Larger than plane. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 31)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12647

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “228”, HatchDesc: “DOWAGIAC,MI:2 OBS/GND:SLNT OVOID FOLOS AIRLINER/30sec:LARGER THAN PLANE:>>E”, LatLong: “41.966669 -86.100004”, LatLongDMS: “41:58:00 N 86:06:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39605 (AE86B37D)

Date: 5/26/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: DIDCOT, OXFORDS
Description: 2 hunters. Cylinder/cigar-shape and tadpole shape going quickly southeast. Absolute(ly) silent. Silver color. 1 glows yellow.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12648

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “DIDCOT,OXFORDs:2 HUNTERS:CGR+TADPOLE SHAPE >>SE:ABS SLNT:SLVR CLR:1 GLOWS YLW”, LatLong: “51.600002 -1.233333”, LatLongDMS: “51:36:00 N 01:14:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39606 (B4CDE6B4)

Date: 5/26/1977
Time: 23:50
Location: ORANGE, AUSTR
Description: Orange sphere/orb/globe with windows / farm. 4 patches found / dirt. Vegetation gone. / FSRv24#5.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 940)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12649

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ORANGE,AUSTR:ORG.ORB W/WINDOWS/FARM:4 PATCHES FOUND/DIRT:VEG.GONE:/FSRv24#5”, LatLong: “-33.250002 149.133340”, LatLongDMS: “33:15:00 S 149:08:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39607 (36947460)

Date: 5/26/1977
Location: Dowagiac, MI
Description: 4:10 PM. An ovoid object followed an airliner for 30 seconds according to one of the passengers aboard. The witness, a radio announcer, reported that the object was larger than the airliner and flew away toward the east. (Source: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, July 1977, p. 3). (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4797

Event 39608 (0B5C5F56)

Date: 5/26/1977
Location: Orange, Australia
Description: Dog and Horse raise alert to bright object near ground (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 770526
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4798

Event 39609 (FA13B80E)

Date: 5/26/1977
Locations: Bay of Biscay; France
Description: 1:15 a.m. The crew of an RAF Avro Vulcan B.2 bomber piloted by Flight Lt. David Edwards is flying at 28,000 feet over the Bay of Biscay off the coast of France at a speed of Mach 0.86 when they observe bright lights coming from the west. The lights resemble aircraft landing lights, but they soon blink out leaving a large orange glow with a bright-green fluorescent spot. An object emerges from the glow, moving to the west, climbing at an angle of 45°, and leaving a thin contrail. The radar operator reports jamming-type interference. Camera film from the aircraft’s radar records a “strong response” from the direction of the sighting, consisting of three separate radar returns at varying distances, the third made up of three targets all 600 feet wide. On the film the UFO appears as an “elongated shadow.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, pp. 305–307; UFOFiles2, pp. 92–94
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5492

Event 39610 (28CBCE3B)

Date: 5/26/1977
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Description: 8:45 a.m. Two witnesses in Detroit, Michigan, see three blue teardrop-shaped objects moving in a V- formation. They move from a high angle in the north to a low angle in the northwest, hovering “like helicopters” for one minute. They pull out of formation, swoop low, regroup, and climb again in formation at a 40° angle, fading from view.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-7-35,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5493

Event 39611 (E6C50D16)

Date: 5/26/1977
Location: Dowagiac, Michigan
Description: 4:10 p.m. A 39-year-old radio announcer and his wife are watching an eastbound jet overhead at Dowagiac, Michigan. Suddenly a brown, cigar-shaped object, distinctly outlined, rushes from the rear left side of the plane to a position “one plane length” behind it. The object is 1.5 times as long as the jet. It follows for about 30 seconds and then rushes ahead of it and is gone in 3 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-7-36,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): 3–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5494

Event 39612 (F02676CE)

Date: 5/26/1977
Description: An ovoid object followed an airliner for 30 seconds over Dowagiac, Michigan at 4:10 p.m. according to one of the passengers aboard. The witness, a radio announcer, reported that the object was larger than the airliner and flew away toward the east.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, July 1977, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3106

Event 39613 (C785B76F)

Date: 5/27/1977
Time: ~15:00
Location: SALISBURY, SOUTH AUSTR
Description: Beam hits bicycles. Boy thrown down when touches. Saucer quickly going up / tree.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12650

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SALISBURY,S.AUSTR:BEAM HITS BICYCLES:BOY THROWN DOWN WHEN TOUCHES:SCR ↑↑/TREE”, LatLong: “-34.633335 138.466673”, LatLongDMS: “34:38:00 S 138:28:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39614 (F2FA14DF)

Date: 5/28/1977
Time: 03:10
Location: ST. ROCH, FR
Description: Whoosh! Large dark box shoots up / ground near power pole. Lights up. Traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12651

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “St.ROCH,FR:WHOOSH!:LRG DARK BOX SHOOTS UP/GND nr POWER POLE:LITES UP:TRACES”, LatLong: “47.450002 0.583333”, LatLongDMS: “47:27:00 N 00:35:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indre-et-Loire”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39615 (1AE3C394)

Date: 5/28/1977
Description: At 3:10 a.m. a large dark box-shaped object shot up from the ground near a utility pole in St. Roch, France lighting up the area. Traces were found at the site.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, October 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3140

Event 39616 (4B128D03)

Date: 5/29/1977
Time: 02:57:00.0
Location: 49.9320 78.7740
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1491

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.9320 78.7740”, LatLongDMS: "49:55:55

[c0mmando]

N 78:46:26 E", LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39617 (790263CB)

Date: 5/30/1977
Time: 22:30
Location: OPOSSUM BAY, TASM
Description: 1 observer. Silent silver ball / 10M altitude 400M away. Going northwest over river. / MJ#126.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12652

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “OPOSSUM BAY,TASM:1 OBS:SLNT SLVR BALL/10M alt 400M AWAY:>NW OVR RIVER:/MJ#126”, LatLong: “-42.911113 147.394451”, LatLongDMS: “42:54:40 S 147:23:40 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39618 (E7AF262D)

Date: 6/1977
Location: ENGLAND, Westminster
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 7 March 1977) In broad daylight, the car of Joyce Bowles and her passenger Ted Pratt, was taken by an unknown force and deposited on a road far from the Petersfield Road, where it was driving. Two men emerged from a hovering machine less than 25 meters away and headed towards them. They were different from the men previously encountered by Ted Pratt. “They had sandy-colored hair, and they were wearing solid and metallic suits” he said. "They said they were there to help humanity, something about war. They were scared of our mania to destroy ourselves and pollute the atmosphere. They stretched out their hands and took ours. I was very scared. They were making signs with their hands, but I didn’t understand. They said goodbye and returned to their craft. It took off and disappeared into the sky. We were there completely shocked. I suppose we had met them for ten minutes. Mrs. Bowles adds: “They pressed a small silver disc into my right hand. Later I had a special white mark there. They said they would come back, but I don’t want that anymore. I feel like a marked person. It’s not good to talk about it with people, nobody believes me”.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDELL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 130
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2965

Event 39619 (2757B0F2)

Date: 6/1977
Time: 18:30
Location: ZHIJIANG CO, HUBEI, CHINA
Description: 100 observer(s). Fast satellite in circular trajectory! Lost in clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12653

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “ZHIJIANG co,HUBEI,CHINA:100 OBS:FAST SATELLITE IN CIRCULAR TRAJ!:LOST/CLOUDS”, LatLong: “30.433335 111.750005”, LatLongDMS: “30:26:00 N 111:45:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HUB”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39620 (D7420589)

Date: 6/2/1977
Location: 37.0000 -116.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Forefoot” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_807

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0000 -116.0000”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:00 N 116:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Forefoot”, NukeSource: “NV209”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39621 (668B6B1B)

Date: 6/3/1977
Time: ~20:00
Location: NEAR HANOVER, CAPE.RSA
Description: 2 / car. Radio static. 3M night light paces car. Blinding white. Shape unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: HIND, Cynthia: UFO’S, AFRICAN ENCOUNTERS; Gemini Books, Salisbury, Zimbabwe 1982. 236pp (Index 157)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12654

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “nr HANOVER,CAPE.RSA:2/CAR:RDO STATIC:3M NLT PACES CAR:BLINDING WHT:SHAPE UNK”, LatLong: “-31.050001 24.400001”, LatLongDMS: “31:03:00 S 24:24:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39622 (C06CE2A2)

Date: 6/3/1977
Description: At eight o’clock in the evening two people driving in a car in Hanover, Northern Cape province, South Africa experienced radio static on their car radio as a three meter wide nocturnal light paced their car. The color of the object was blinding white, but they were unable to determine its shape. Their close encounter lasted 20 minutes in total.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Cynthia Hind, UFOs–African Encounters, p. 157
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3258

Event 39623 (D5B525B3)

Date: 6/5/1977
Time: 17:30
Location: NAMUR, BELGIUM
Description: Man photos UFO from his car. Studies indicate 1 mile altitude. 36’ size.
Type: sighting
Reference: SPENCER, John: The UFO ENCYCLOPEDIA; BUFORA/Acon Books, NY. 1991. 340pp. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12655

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “NAMUR,BELGIUM:MAN PHOTOS UFO FROM HIS CAR:STUDIES INDICATE 1 MILE ALT:36’ SIZE”, LatLong: “50.466669 4.883334”, LatLongDMS: “50:28:00 N 04:53:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BEL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39624 (9D507D0F)

Date: 6/6/1977
Location: FRANCE, Dolcourt (Meurthe et Moselle)
Description: (Translated from French) A peasant was resting at the foot of a tree when he heard the bellowing of a herd of cows. Wanting to get up, he was pinned to the ground by the powerful breath of a craft that landed in the lucerne. An entirely naked couple emerged from the device to get back in it immediately. The witness went to the gendarmerie (South West of 4.7.77; France-Soir of 5.7.77) IN REALITY: A helicopter from the National Geographic Institute landed in a field where a young girl was sunbathing. The father of the latter, who was working on his tractor not far away, was scared and rushed towards the intruder. He filed a complaint with the gendarmerie for the simple fact that the aircraft had landed on his land.
Reference: Erich ZURCHER: “The Appearances of Humanoids” - ed. Alain Lefeuvre 1979, p. 187, 188
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2966

Event 39625 (7837D251)

Date: 6/6/1977
Location: WHANGARA, NZ
Description: Several observer(s). Red and orange and green disk hovers / 30 min. White band / middle. Vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 362)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12656

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “WHANGARA,NZ:SVRL OBS:RED+ORG+GRN DISK HVRS/30 min:WHT BAND/MIDDLE:VANISHES”, LatLong: “-38.566669 178.216675”, LatLongDMS: “38:34:00 S 178:13:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39626 (86BD8B8E)

Date: 6/6/1977
Time: 23:10
Location: BARNARD CASTLE, ENG
Description: Car and motorcycle electro-magnetic effect (EME). Pulled 25’ / large grey saucer. Observer(s) gets rash. / r79p70.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12657

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “BARNARD CASTLE,ENG:CAR+MCYCL EME:PULLED 25’/LRG GRY SCR:OBS GETS RASH:/r79p70”, LatLong: “54.550003 -1.916667”, LatLongDMS: “54:33:00 N 01:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39627 (3BEAA85A)

Date: 6/6/1977
Time: 23:40
Location: WALTHAM ABBEY, ESSEX
Description: 1 observer. TV fuse blows. 30cm sphere spins / garden. Rises and going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 279)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12658

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “WALTHAM ABBEY,ESSEX:1 OBS:TV FUSE BLOWS:30cm SPHERE SPINS/GARDEN:RISES+>N:”, LatLong: “51.700002 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “51:42:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39628 (555EC3F2)

Date: 6/6/1977
Location: Yorkshire, UK
Description: Oval object over two vehicles; heat felt, mass displacement. Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 23, No. 5; see Rodeghier, 1981, p. 70 (E) cars (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4799

Event 39629 (1CB09B09)

Date: 6/6/1977
Location: Lartington, Teesdale, England
Description: 11:30 p.m. Mark Henshall is riding his motorbike home at Lartington, Teesdale, England, in the pouring rain when he sees two purple lights to his side. He notices he is losing power as he rides up a small hill. A car is just starting to pass him, and it too is slowing down. Suddenly, both bike and car are enveloped in a nearly blinding, fuzzy, ultraviolet light. Henshall feels his bike being pulled up the incline and notices steam pouring off his back and legs, which are getting unbearably hot. The motorcycle and car stop just as the misty violet glow overhead vanishes. The car driver tells Henshall that he lost all engine power for 30 seconds and yet was pulled forward. The metal side of the motorbike is far hotter than normal and impossible to touch without risking serious burns. The brakes are found to be so badly worn that they need a complete resetting. When Henshall returns home, his mother notices that his face is sunburned and hot to the touch. He also experiences nausea for a few days.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Brian Straight, “Vehicle Stop near Barnard Castle,” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 5 (February 1978): 6–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5497

Event 39630 (2E53909E)

Date: 6/6/1977
Description: A disc with red, orange, and green colored lights hovered for 20 minutes over the Wangara Valley, New Zealand. It had a white band across the middle, and vanished after several seconds.
Reference: Johnson
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3332

Event 39631 (39D4ACDE)

Date: 6/6/1977
Description: Later than same night near Barnard Castle in England both a car and a motorcycle lost power in the presence of at least two purplish ovoid UFOs. A 16-year-old motorcyclist saw two purple objects for 30 seconds along the side of the road. A pinkish-purple object, shaped like an oval meat dish, suddenly appeared over his cycle and an approaching car. The engines of both vehicles began to lose power. Both vehicles were dragged twenty-five feet along the highway not under their own power. The motorcyclist also felt increased heat and the motorcycle’s metal body became hot to the touch. The object then suddenly disappeared. The next day, the brakes on the cycle were found to be abnormally worn.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, February 1978, p. 6; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 411, citing FSR
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3333

Event 39632 (FFD7A3FE)

Date: 6/9/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: MT. CARMEL, IL
Description: 2 / car. Night lights going down. Split. Many separate observer(s). Silver saucer takes off / 2215hrs.
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12659

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “137”, HatchDesc: “Mt.CARMEL,IL:2/CAR:NLTS↓:SPLIT:MANY SEP.OBS:SLVR SCR TAKES OFF/2215hrs”, LatLong: “38.416668 -87.766671”, LatLongDMS: “38:25:00 N 87:46:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39633 (FF7C3428)

Date: 6/9/1977
Time: 23:30
Location: EL GARROBO, SP
Description: 1 / car. Yellow “TV screen” hovers just over road. Turns blue and flies away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12660

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “El GARROBO,SP:1/CAR:YLW “TV SCREEN” HVRS JUST OVR ROAD:TURNS BLU+flies away”, LatLong: “37.683335 -6.250000”, LatLongDMS: “37:41:00 N 06:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39634 (72C0B9B6)

Date: 6/9/1977
Description: A yellow “TV screen” hovered just over the roadway in El Garrobo, Sevilla, Spain at 11:30 p.m. It turned blue and flew away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, June 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3394

Event 39635 (E1258F43)

Date: 6/10/1977
Location: Deerfield, Illinois
Description: A woman in Deerfield, Illinois, watches a gray-white light projecting “dots of color” that are drawn back to the source. It remains stationary in the low southwestern sky for 15 minutes, then shoots off in a slight climb in a matter of seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-7-87,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5498

Event 39636 (C5230B88)

Date: 6/12/1977
Location: CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL
Description: 3 4’ small humanoids (or Greys) emerge / alley and retrieve fourth who looks disabled!
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: UNINVITED GUESTS; Aurora Press, Santa Fe, NM 1988. 381pp. (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12661

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “285”, HatchDesc: “CRYSTAL LAKE,ILL:3 4’ OIDS EMERGE/ALLEY+RETRIEVE 4RTH who looks disabled!”, LatLong: “42.250002 -88.333338”, LatLongDMS: “42:15:00 N 88:20:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 39637 (8EC9AD29)

Date: 6/12/1977
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
Description: Time not given nor any details except this was reported as a CE-III. (SYMPAP, 1978,14) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4800

Event 39638 (DC89737F)

Date: 6/12/1977
Description: In Bardney, England this afternoon a group of boarding school boys, concealed on the opposite side of a hedge, saw a black “stick man” with a round, featureless head, “jolting” along about 150 meters away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1736
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3443

Event 39639 (0AA860D1)

Date: 6/12/1977
Description: A man would had just been laid off work was attending a meeting of his colleagues in Crystal Lake, Illinois to discuss the matter. During the course of the meeting he’d had half a dozen beers. About 11 p.m. he left the hotel for some fresh air. Outside he immediately saw approaching him three small figures emerging from an alley adjacent to the hotel. His first thought was that they were coming for him, but he noticed a fourth being lying directly in front of him on the ground, only a few yards away. It was doubled up, with its back toward him, as if injured. He also noticed a strange absence of sound, in that he was unable to hear any traffic sounds coming from the street. The beings were about 4 feet 10 inches tall, with small, slender bodies and large baldheads. They were wearing glass fish bowl-type helmets, with a metallic band attached from the helmets to their uniforms. The uniforms were tight one-piece suits of a dark green color, with a metallic luster. The only facial feature he could see through the helmet were two large, round, luminous eyes. They lifted the prone colleague and carried him off toward the alley. Throughout the encounter he felt no fear–he had the feeling, in fact, that they had somehow informed him they would not harm him. He made a report to the police, and he told his friends but was laughed at.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Center for UFO Studies files, report by Douwe Goaga dated February 8, 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3444

Event 39640 (925C8B90)

Date: 6/14/1977
Location: White House
Description: President Jimmy Carter is allegedly given a UFO briefing at the White House and bound to secrecy. According to former USAF Capt. Robert M. Collins, an MJ-12 officer meets with Carter. A reconstruction of the conversation is known as “Executive Briefing: Project Aquarius” and later leaked to UFO researcher William Moore. However, there is no hard evidence that such a briefing has taken place.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Robert M. Collins, ed., “Executive Briefing: Project Aquarius”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5499

Event 39641 (30CD5306)

Date: 6/14/1977
Locations: Grenada; Acapulco, Mexico; United Nations
Description: Prime Minister Eric Gairy of Grenada opens the Organization of American States General Assembly with a call for a n international investigation of UFOs. He says he was asked by participants at the UFO conference in Acapulco, Mexico, to continue his efforts. He asks OAS members to support the issue when it comes up at the United Nations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Caribbean Government Calls for UFO Probe,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5500

Event 39642 (70B70602)

Date: 6/15/1977 (approximate)
Location: BELEM, BRZ
Description: Wave starts near Cape Garupi. moves east and west along north coast of Brazil. Longitude & latitude coords. April.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12662

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “0”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “BELEM,BRZ:WAVE STARTS NR CAPE GARUPI. MOVES E+W ALONG N COAST OF BRAZIL:LL APR”, LatLong: “-1.200000 -48.266669”, LatLongDMS: “01:12:00 S 48:16:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39643 (09FEC4A9)

Date: 6/16/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Death of Werhner von Braun. (June 16)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2749

Event 39644 (A227486D)

Date: 6/16/1977
Location: Middelburg, S. Africa
Description: Glowing object, van enveloped in light, buzzing sound, engine restarted by itself. Die Vaterland, June 23, 1977 (E,L) van (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4801

Event 39645 (97A32176)

Date: 6/16/1977
Description: Middelburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa - At 5:15 a.m. a glowing object engulfed a van being driven by a single witness, a Mr. Gouws, in a brilliant light. The man experienced amnesia when exposed to the intense light source and may have possibly been abducted, as he has an hour of time unaccounted for. There was a buzzing sound accompanying the light and the van’s engine and lights died. Later the engine restarted spontaneously by itself. Mr. Gouws was so fearful after the incident that he was shaking like a leaf.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, citing MUFON UFO Journal, September 1977; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 256
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3517

Event 39646 (1555A0B4)

Date: 6/17/1977 (approximate)
Time: 05:20
Location: NEAR MIDDLEBURG, RSA
Description: Bright UFO / quarry. Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) and restarts. Missing time. Possible abduction. / r79p71.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 118)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12663

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “nr MIDDLEBURG,RSA:BRITE UFO/QUARRY:TRUCK EMEs+RESTARTS:MST:POSS.ABD:/r79p71”, LatLong: “-25.916668 29.500001”, LatLongDMS: “25:55:00 S 29:30:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TRV”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39647 (21C36033)

Date: 6/17/1977
Time: 12:00
Location: CASTELO DE BODE DAM / TANCOS, PRT
Description: Dornier 27 buzzed / 45’ saucer. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Near crash. / r175.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 154)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12664

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “CASTELO de BODE DAM/TANCOS,PRT:DORNIER 27 BUZZED/45’SCR:EME:NEAR CRASH:/r175”, LatLong: “38.461113 -8.388889”, LatLongDMS: “38:27:40 N 08:23:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Algarve”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39648 (129B0553)

Date: 6/17/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: COTILE LAKE, LA
Description: Low humming. 75’ bubble-dome saucer. Floodlight and thin blue beams hit 3 observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 230)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12665

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “56”, HatchDesc: “COTILE LAKE,LA:LO HUM:75’BUBBLE-DOME SCR:FLOODLITE+THIN BLU BEAMS HIT 3 OBS”, LatLong: “31.366668 -92.750004”, LatLongDMS: “31:22:00 N 92:45:00 W”, Locale: “Wetlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Louisiana”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39649 (B8E15615)

Date: 6/17/1977
Location: Austin, TX
Description: 2:00 AM. A 29-year-old man returned home in Austin and saw a light in the distance he thought was an airplane but heard no engine sound. The object, a yellow-orange disc, flew along the shoreline of the lake, passing in front of the witness at his lake front home, and flew from view into the distance. (Source: MUFON Investigation files, case #890709). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4802

Event 39650 (43EFAC09)

Date: 6/17/1977
Locations: Castelo de Bode dam; central Portugal
Description: 12:00 noon. José Francisco Rodrigues is flying a Portuguese Air Force Dornier Do 27 light plane over the Castelo de Bode dam in central Portugal. When he emerges from the clouds, he sees a dark object against a backdrop of white stratocumulus clouds, slightly to the right of his plane. Thinking that the object is a cargo plane, he banks to the left and immediately radios to ask if there is any traffic in the vicinity. Air controller Sgt. Jose Vicente Saldanha replies in the negative. As Rodrigues completes a turn to port, the object suddenly appears at his 11 o’clock position no more than 20 feet away. It is definitely not a cargo plane. The upper section, partially concealed by cloud, is black, and on the lower section there are four or five panels. The object is about 42–50 feet in diameter. Suddenly it accelerates and vanishes from what the pilot believes is an initial stationary position. The Dornier begins to vibrate violently and goes into an uncontrolled dive. Struggling to regain control, Rodrigues pushes the control column forward. Air speed increases to 160 mph then 207 mph as the ground comes nearer. He regains control when almost “touching the tree tops” and the plane lands in one piece with a badly shaken pilot. During the encounter the directional electric gyroscope (connected to a magnetic compass) rotates wildly, and by the time the plane lands it has deviated by 180° relative to the magnetic compass.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Willy Smith, “Unknown Intruder over Portugal,” IUR 10, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1985): 6–8; Good Above, pp. 154–156
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5501

Event 39651 (4FECBC77)

Date: 6/17/1977
Location: Cotile Lake Recreation Area, Louisiana
Description: Dusk. Five individuals—Dale Schexnaider and his wife, their two daughters, Jena, 14, and Krissy, 11, and a close family friend—are breaking camp and preparing to go home from the Cotile Lake Recreation Area, Louisiana. Just before they reach the clearing that leads to the road, the male friend begins feeling a “low frequency vibration” in his bones. Looking upward, he sees the outline of a huge, disc-shaped UFO hovering completely still, surrounded with points of light. The friend estimates it is about 75 feet across and 50 feet tall. The two daughters have been talking, but they too notice the humming noise and see the UFO. The object then floats almost directly above them, and the middle of the craft starts to glow. Several rays or beams of blue light shoot from the UFO, striking them in the solar plexus. It is an intense, electric, silver-blue, thin beam. They hear crackling sounds in the air and they can’t move. Slowly they force their heads down to see their arms glowing with electric blue light. Movement is difficult—as in a dream, slow and heavy. After about 10 seconds, all the lights vanished instantly, along with the force field. The craft begins to glide away over the treetops. The children are frantic, and the male friend is inwardly terrified. The parents are back at the camp and see none of this. The case is reported to J. Allen Hynek by a friend, and he later visits the witnesses and speaks to all three.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A CE-II As a Picnic Guest,” CUFOS Bulletin, Summer 1980, pp. 1, 3; “An Electric-Blue Close Encounter,” CUFOS Bulletin, Spring 1981, pp. 4–5, 10, 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5502

Event 39652 (BFF05500)

Date: 6/17/1977
Description: In 1977 a 29-year-old man returned home in Austin, Texas at about 2:00 a.m. He saw a light in the distance he thought was an airplane but heard no engine sound. The object, a yellow-orange disc, flew along the shoreline of the lake, passing in front of the witness at his lake front home, and flew from view into the distance.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: MUFON Investigation files, case #890709). That same day in Portugal near the Castelo de Bode dam, a Portuguese Air Force Dornier 27 aircraft encountered a dark daylight object about 13-15 meters in diameter as it flew out of some clouds. The magnetic compass onboard the plane malfunctioned during this close encounter. (Source: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3529

Event 39653 (5FB19688)

Date: 6/20/1977
Time: 10:00
Location: BUCKHORN, CA
Description: SR88 northeast / pioneer. Large Oblong silver object hangs silently in air. 1 observer.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 284)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12666

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “183”, HatchDesc: “BUCKHORN,CA:SR88 NE/PIONEER:LRG OBLONG SLVR OBJ HANGS SILENTLY IN AIR:1 OBS”, LatLong: “38.483335 -120.477784”, LatLongDMS: “38:29:00 N 120:28:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39654 (A6337355)

Date: 6/20/1977
Time: 23:50
Location: COEUR D / ALENE, ID
Description: Woman abduction / home. Pseudo-human/entity operate. Scar. Telepathy. UFO unseen. / r41p552.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 923)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12667

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “667”, HatchDesc: “COEUR D/ALENE,ID:WOMAN ABD/home:PSH OPERATE:SCAR:TLP:UFO unseen:/r41p552”, LatLong: “47.677780 -116.777783”, LatLongDMS: “47:40:40 N 116:46:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Idaho”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39655 (F4026BC7)

Date: 6/20/1977
Description: A committee of advanced workshop participants from the Institut des Hautes Études de Défense Nationale has been tackling the UFO situation for the French government since at least 1976. It produces a report titled Rapport sur les “Phénomènes Aeriens Non Identifiés, which is translated into English by Bonita Samuelson and published by the Center for UFO Studies in 1980 under the title Report on Unidentified Aerial Objects. The committee members are divided about the existence of true UFOs, but they agree that the UFO theme can be used in psychological warfare.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Claude Maugé, “GEPAN and COMETA,” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 26
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5503

Event 39656 (000E9C8F)

Date: 6/20/1977
Description: A year later another abduction occurred, this time from a bedroom in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Gayle Bever recalled under hypnosis that during a two hour period of missing time she had been taken from her bedroom shortly before midnight by human-looking beings wearing coveralls. She was also given a physical exam. She has a small circular scar, 1 cm in diameter, on her shoulder in the shape of a wheel with spokes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, November 1977, p. 1; R. Leo Sprinkle, MUFON Conference Proceedings: 1980, p. 57; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 142, citing APRO Bulletin
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3561

Event 39657 (2CC3676E)

Date: 6/21/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Near Centeno (Argentina), an object was photographed (see below) by an anonymous source. A similar object was observed 2 years earlier in Ontario (Canada). See images/1977-06-21_1.gif, images/1977-06-21_2.gif, images/1977-06-21_3.gif, images/1977-06-21_3.gif. (June 21)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2750

Event 39658 (9D42D1B3)

Date: 6/21/1977
Time: 10:00?
Location: NEAR BURY, ENGL
Description: 10M silver cylinder/cigar-shape follows 2 / motorcycle. Mimics all maneuvers. Absolute(ly) silent. Going [to] behind house.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 290)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12668

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “110”, HatchDesc: “nr BURY,ENGL:10M SLVR CGR FOLOS 2/MCYCLE:mimics all mnvrs:ABS SLNT:>BHND HOUSE”, LatLong: “53.616669 -2.283333”, LatLongDMS: “53:37:00 N 02:17:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39659 (E02DD1D6)

Date: 6/21/1977
Location: Salford and Bury btn., UK
Description: On this day a 10 meter long silver cigar shaped object followed two people riding on a motorcycle between Salford and Bury. It replicated all of their turns and was completely silent. It finally flew off behind a house. (Source: FSR, August 1978, p 10). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4803

Event 39660 (F82D842A)

Date: 6/21/1977
Location: Centeno, Arg
Description: Centeno, Argentina (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 770621
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4804

Event 39661 (2EB409EB)

Date: Summer 1977
Locations: Loring AFB; Loring International Airport; Limestone, Maine
Description: Around 2:00 a.m. Senior Airman James M. Dunn is on K-9 security patrol at the Weapons Storage Area at Loring AFB [now Loring International Airport] near Limestone, Maine, when he gets a call from a sergeant at Entry Control about a bright light above his truck. He sees an intense light, which is directed onto the truck at a 45° angle. The interior of the truck cab seems to glow with a greenish hue. About 5 seconds later the light goes out. Dunn talks to the sergeant, who seems a bit stunned. A few minutes later, two F-106 interceptors shoot above the WSA, apparently looking for a radar target.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nukes 373–375
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5495

Event 39662 (3E81D6E0)

Date: Summer 1977
Description: Physicist Bruce Maccabee uses FOIA requests to obtain some 400 pages of UFO-related documents, mostly from 1947–1955, from the FBI by the end of the year.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Bruce S. Maccabee, “UFO Related Information from the FBI File, Part 1,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 119 (October 1977): 13–15, reprinted in UFO Investigator, November 1977, pp. 1–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5496

Event 39663 (1D6D95A2)

Date: 6/21/1977
Description: On this day a 10 meter long silver cigar shaped object followed two people riding on a motorcycle between Salford and Bury, England. It replicated all of their turns and was completely silent. It finally flew off behind a house.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, August 1978, p 10
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3586

Event 39664 (20DEA041)

Date: 6/22/1977
Location: AUSTRALIA, Bulloo River, Queensland
Description: (Translated from French) A prospector reportedly saw at 11pm, three slender cylinders descend from the sky, from which emerged several entities. The beings, of both sexes, were playing with luminous balls. They materialized and dematerialized alternately during the two days of their stay on Earth. They reportedly explained to the prospector that they were from “Begua” (note from vog: Vega, perhaps?) They had a completely human appearance, but their skin was slightly bluish.
Reference: “Psychic Australian” 3/2/4. - Keith Baskerfield
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2967

Event 39665 (D6ADD9BD)

Date: 6/22/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Recovery of 5 bodies following a crash in the Northwest of Arizona. (June 22)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2751

Event 39666 (354FCF63)

Date: 6/22/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: BULLOO RIVER, QLD
Description: Prospector. 3 50M UFO land / 5 legs each. Blue pseudo-human/entity exit. / r96#161.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 130)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12669

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, CVS: Conversation/communication, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BULLOO RIVER,QLD:PROSPECTOR:3 50M UFO LAND/5 LEGS EACH:BLU PSH EXIT:/r96#161”, LatLong: “-27.333335 143.083340”, LatLongDMS: “27:20:00 S 143:05:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 39667 (16F49B81)

Date: 6/23/1977
Location: Noupoort and Middelburg (btn), S.Africa
Description: A driver of a newspaper delivery van saw a dull glow at a quarry beside the road. A glowing phosporescent UFO then came out of the quarry and hovered in front of the delivery van, causing the van’s engine and headlights to fail. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4805

Event 39668 (309DD90E)

Date: 6/23/1977
Description: A driver of a newspaper delivery van driving between Noupoort and Middelburg, South Africa saw a dull glow at a quarry beside the road at 5:15 a.m. A glowing phosporescent UFO then came out of the quarry and hovered in front of the delivery van, causing the van’s engine and headlights to fail. After a few moments the UFO departed, making a buzzing sound when it left. The engine of the van started by itself, then stopped, then started again when the driver pressed the pedal.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 71, case 413, citing MUFON UFO Journal, September 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3630

Event 39669 (25257075)

Date: 6/24/1977
Time: 01:00
Location: OFF LA CALETA, DOM.REP
Description: Night light drops tube to sea. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). 2 figure(s) / windows. Observer(s) numb.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 361)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12670

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Caribbean area”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “off La CALETA,Dom.Rep:NLT DROPS TUBE TO SEA:CAR EMEs:2 FIGs/WINDOWS:obs numb”, LatLong: “18.416668 -69.683337”, LatLongDMS: “18:25:00 N 69:41:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “DMR”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39670 (A5198FEF)

Date: 6/24/1977
Time: 05:00
Location: LUBBOCK, TX
Description: Dog edgy. Crickets go quiet. Vibration. Big cylinder/cigar-shape over house. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 290)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12671

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “959”, HatchDesc: “LUBBOCK,TX:DOG EDGY:CRICKETS GO QUIET:VIBRATION:BIG CGR OVR HOUSE:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “33.566668 -101.866672”, LatLongDMS: “33:34:00 N 101:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39671 (EFDC37C3)

Date: 6/24/1977
Location: La Caleta, Dominican Republic
Description: 1:00 AM. A UFO was sighted hovering over the sea from the coastal town of La Caleta. Sr. Cruz watched as the object extended a tube from its bottom, and then sucked up water. Two occupants could be seen inside the object, viewed through windows in the craft. Sr. Cruz’s car engine failed, and he felt a numbing sensation in his arms and legs. (Sources: Leonte Objio, APRO Bulletin, January 1982, p. 6; Stendek, September 1978, p. 5). (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4806

Event 39672 (DF276C39)

Date: 6/24/1977
End date: 6/26/1977
Locations: Pick-Congress Hotel; Congress Plaza Hotel; Grant Park; Chicago, Illinois
Description: Fate magazine holds an International UFO Congress at the Pick-Congress Hotel [now the Congress Plaza Hotel] across from Grant Park in downtown Chicago, Illinois, in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Kenneth Arnold sighting. Some 1,500 people attend to hear speakers Ted Bloecher, Jerome Clark, Jacques Vallée, Stanton T. Friedman, Kenneth Arnold, Jim and Coral Lorenzen, David M. Jacobs, Frank Salisbury, J. Allen Hynek, Ted Phillips, Dennis Hauck, Betty Hill, and R. Leo Sprinkle. Fate editor Curtis G. Fuller publishes the presentations in paperback format in May 1980.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Chicago UFO Conference,” IUR 2, no. 7 (July 1977): wrap; Curtis G. Fuller, ed., Proceedings of the First International UFO Congress, Warner, 1980
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5504

Event 39673 (67CB743C)

Date: 6/24/1977
Description: At one o’clock in the morning a UFO was sighted hovering over the sea from the coastal town of La Caleta, in the Dominican Republic. Sr. Cruz watched as the object extended a tube from its bottom, and then sucked up water. Two occupants could be seen inside the object, viewed through windows in the craft. Sr. Cruz’s car engine failed, and he felt a numbing sensation in his arms and legs.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonte Objio, APRO Bulletin, January 1982, p. 6; Stendek, September 1978, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3644

Event 39674 (6D535CD7)

Date: 6/25/1977
Time: 03:00
Location: CASINO, NSW, AUSTR
Description: 6-8 flashing lights pace 2 / car. No visible structure. / MJ#126.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12672

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CASINO,NSW,AUSTR:6-8 FLASHING LITES PACE 2/CAR:NO VISIBLE STRUCT:/MJ#126”, LatLong: “-28.800001 153.033341”, LatLongDMS: “28:48:00 S 153:02:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39675 (78706DF3)

Date: 6/25/1977
Time: 17:30
Location: B651 NEAR WHEATHAMPSTEAD, HERTFS
Description: 2 / car. 4 photographs / fuzzy domed saucer. Background sharp.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & WARRINGTON, Peter (eds): UFO’s a BRITISH PERSPECTIVE; Robert Hale, London 1979. (Index 91)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12673

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “B651 nr WHEATHAMPSTEAD,HERTFs:2/CAR:4 FOTOS/FUZZY DOMED SCR:background sharp.”, LatLong: “51.811114 -0.294444”, LatLongDMS: “51:48:40 N 00:17:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39676 (77C203E3)

Date: 6/25/1977
Location: Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Description: A man is driving on the A303 with his partially sighted fiancée near Warminster, Wiltshire, England, when they see a triangle of white lights ahead of them. When the lights get near to the car, they break away, one to the side of the road, and the two others on either side of the witnesses. They dance in the air for a while, then an orange globe emerges from the center of each. All the lights move to the rear of the car and disappear behind it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, p. 90
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5505

Event 39677 (CCBCB5CD)

Date: 6/25/1977
End date: 6/26/1977
Location: Toscolano-Moderno, Brescia, Italy
Description: The Centro Ufologico Nazionale holds its Second National Conference in Toscolano-Moderno, Brescia, Italy, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Kenneth Arnold’s sighting. Speakers include Roberto Pinotti, Antonio Ribera, Ion Hobana, Florin Gheorghiţă, W. Raymond Drake, Ernest Ameglio, Roberto Farabone, Roberto Villamil, Gianni Settimo, Sergio Conti, Francesco Izzo, Renzo Cabassi, Stelio Asso, and Mario Pagni.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “2o Congresso Nazionale di Ufologia,” Notiziario UFO, no. 75/76 (July/Dec. 1977): 1–32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5506

Event 39678 (F33DD1AA)

Date: 6/26/1977
Time: 18:50
Location: VAN NUYS, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Night light near moon. Several telescopic photographs. Also night light / Greece, NY / 0245h / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA.)
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12674

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “216”, HatchDesc: “VAN NUYS,CA:2 OBS:NLT nr MOON:SVRL TELESCOPIC FOTOS::+NLT/GREECE, NY/0245h/IUR”, LatLong: “34.166668 -118.450006”, LatLongDMS: “34:10:00 N 118:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39679 (FC843AF0)

Date: 6/26/1977
Locations: Greece; New York
Description: 2:45 a.m. Two witnesses see a flashing light source pass swiftly across the sky twice in about 10 minutes in Greece, New York.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-8-26,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5507

Event 39680 (748262B1)

Date: 6/26/1977
Description: A 16-year-old in Tehran, Iran took three photographs of three lights moving in a triangular formation at 4:00 a.m. Another neighborhood family also witnessed the flying lights. A missing time experience occurred to a 13-year-old boy in Treinta y Tres, Uruguay on this night, or close to this date.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, January 1981, p. 15; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery. Volume 2: Catalogue of Cases, case 46
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3679

Event 39681 (B22DCBC0)

Date: 6/27/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: GENESEE, WI
Description: Woman and 3 kids drive under Star Trek craft over road! Goes going southeast slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12675

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “273”, HatchDesc: “GENESEE,WI:WOMAN+3 KIDS DRIVE UNDER STARTREK CRAFT OVR ROAD!:GOES>SE SLOWLY”, LatLong: “42.955558 -88.361115”, LatLongDMS: “42:57:20 N 88:21:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Wisconsin”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39682 (115BFC26)

Date: 6/27/1977
Location: Genesee, Wisconsin
Description: 11:00 p.m. A woman and three children in Genesee, Wisconsin, drive toward a structure composed of three parallel cylinders until they are underneath it. The hovering object looks as big as the full moon, with two steady white lights in front and a red light on top. When she stops her car, the object moves off to the southeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-8-36,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5508

Event 39683 (D8BB781E)

Date: 6/28/1977
Location: GRAND HARBOR, MALTA
Description: 2 / boat photograph 2 white glowing-objects. Fast zigzag streaks on film.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: MALTA UFO RESEARCH: J.J.Mercieca. www.mufor.org email: mufor at maltanet.net
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12676

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “GRAND HARBOR,MALTA:2/BOAT FOTO 2 WHT GLO-OBJs:FAST ZIGZAG STREAKS on FILM”, LatLong: “35.900002 14.516667”, LatLongDMS: “35:54:00 N 14:31:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLT”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39684 (E3277CD9)

Date: 6/28/1977
Location: Abadan and Ahvaz btn., Iran
Description: On this night a man with a flat tire was stopped on the highway between Abadan and Ahvaz, Iran when he suddenly felt heat from a “huge, bright object” that was very close to him. (Source: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, January 1981, p. 15). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4807

Event 39685 (65D1FC33)

Date: 6/28/1977
Locations: Abadan; Ahvaz; Khuzestan; Iran
Description: Night. A man with a flat tire is stopped on the highway between Abadan and Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran, when he suddenly feels heat from a nearby “huge, bright object” that changes from red to green to purple to blue. Its lights go off, and as the witness sits in the car to sleep, the light returns, even closer. When he turns off his car headlights, the UFO extinguishes its lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Review of Iranian UFO Reports,” IUR/Frontiers of Science 3, no. 2 (Jan./Feb. 1981): 15
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5509

Event 39686 (4B55EA92)

Date: 6/28/1977
Description: On this night a man with a flat tire was stopped on the highway between Abadan and Ahvaz, Iran when he suddenly felt heat from a “huge, bright object” that was very close to him. Mr. Shojacei reported that the UFO changed color from red to green to purple, then its lights went off. For 45 minutes the lights stayed nearby, surrounded by fog. When he turned off his car headlights, the UFO would extinguish its lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, January 1981, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3719

Event 39687 (56E031D6)

Date: 6/29/1977
Time: 22:40
Location: BOMPORTO, ITL
Description: Several observer(s). Flaming 12M sphere going down [to] by cemetery. Going [to] toward(s) river. Quickly going up [to] extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12677

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BOMPORTO,ITL:SVRL OBS:FLAMING 12M SPHERE ↓ by CEMETERY:> TWRD RIVER:↑↑ XFAST”, LatLong: “44.733335 11.033334”, LatLongDMS: “44:44:00 N 11:02:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MO”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39688 (107402F6)

Date: 6/29/1977
Time: 03:07:00.4
Location: 50.0330 78.8610
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1492

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.0330 78.8610”, LatLongDMS: “50:01:59 N 78:51:40 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.30”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39689 (29E92C4B)

Date: 6/30/1977
Time: 21:50
Location: MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICS
Description: 2 / car. Silver cylinder/cigar-shape hovers near prison. Vanishes / thin air!
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12678

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MARKET HARBOROUGH,LEICs:2/CAR:SLVR CGR HVRS nr PRISON:VANISHES/THIN AIR!”, LatLong: “52.483336 0.916667”, LatLongDMS: “52:29:00 N 00:55:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39690 (DC19DF4A)

Date: 7/1977
Location: CHINA, Caoyu (Nanxian)
Description: (Translated from French) …having finished our work, my colleagues and I were on our way to the restaurant where we were going to have dinner, when, having looked up and contemplated the sky, I saw two luminous saucers stuck together in the dark sky. Looking at them more closely, I found that they looked very much like two pancakes with a point of contact in common. They floated like two dead leaves above the valley. They went up, down, forward and stopped, all the while turning clockwise. Finally they began to go up following a spiral line and disappeared into the darkness of the night. (July 1977)
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials”. Ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p.129
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2969

Event 39691 (4A87F3C3)

Date: 7/1977
Location: CHINA, Caoyu (Nanxian)
Description: (Translated from French) As soon as we arrived on the second floor landing of the building housing our offices, we saw through the window overlooking the lock, a shining object above the one kilometer wide river. This object was as big as the largest existing bowls. It was turning slowly, silently, and it was surrounded by a grayish ring similar to Saturn’s. The object was 40° above the water’s surface and followed the course of the river. (…) When it arrived under the building overlooking the river, near the boats, we could clearly distinguish it. It was an elongated sphere and its ring was composed of ten small, equally sized, luminous balls. To be more precise, these balls were only thin, luminous saucers. (…) Shortly after, the formation began to turn faster and higher in the sky, and suddenly everything disappeared. (July 1977)
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials”. Ed. Mercure de France, 1983, p. 129, 130
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2970

Event 39692 (7282415C)

Date: 7/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In Gonesse (Val d’Oise), observation of an upside-down saucer for 20 minutes. (20 h)
Reference: Gazette du Val d’Oise, 16 July 1997
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2752

Event 39693 (84C2B63C)

Date: 7/1977
Location: SOCORRO, COLOMBIA
Description: General panic / news. Several UFO’s fire red and white beams all over/all about. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 168)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12679

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Colombia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “231”, Elev: “2505”, HatchDesc: “SOCORRO,COLOMBIA:GENERAL PANIC/NEWS:SVRL UFOS FIRE RED+WHT BEAMS ALLO:NFD”, LatLong: “6.466667 -73.266670”, LatLongDMS: “06:28:00 N 73:16:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SNT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39694 (B405AC53)

Date: 7/1977 (approximate)
Location: BELEM, BRZ
Description: Wave until Oct. '77. UFO’s north going quickly south. Every night. Some emerge / sea. Military all over/all about area.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 198)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12680

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “BELEM,BRZ:WAVE UNTIL OCT77:UFOS N>>S:EVERY NITE:SOME EMERGE/SEA:MIL ALLO AREA”, LatLong: “-1.450000 -48.483336”, LatLongDMS: “01:27:00 S 48:29:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRA”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39695 (A3DED8BA)

Date: 7/1977
Location: VISEU, BRZ
Description: Local panic / weeks. Cylinder/cylindrical object with vampire beam all over/all about Gurupi River area. "Rises / sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12681

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: "VISEU,BRZ:LOCAL PANIC/WEEKS:CYL W/VAMPIRE BEAM ALLO GURUPI Rvr AREA:“RISES/SEA”, LatLong: “-1.200000 -46.116669”, LatLongDMS: “01:12:00 S 46:07:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRH”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39696 (36E2F7C9)

Date: 7/1977
Time: 16:50
Location: NEAR HULBERT, MI
Description: 1 / car. Pseudo-human/entity / roadside. Car lifted to log-pile. Missing time. Watch stops. Tracks.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 231)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12682

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “nr HULBERT,MI:1/CAR:PSH/ROADSIDE:CAR LIFTED TO LOG-PILE:MST:WATCH STOPS:TRACKS”, LatLong: “43.350002 -85.150004”, LatLongDMS: “43:21:00 N 85:09:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39697 (4C436564)

Date: 7/1977
Time: 19:00?
Location: CONNERSVILLE, IN
Description: 2 boys. 90m delta/triangle/box-like craft passes overhead. 45m altitude / 55kph. Going quickly west. Seen / 5 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 321)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12683

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “263”, HatchDesc: “CONNERSVILLE,IN:2 BOYS:90m DLT PASSES OVHD:45m alt/55kph:>>W:SEEN/5min”, LatLong: “39.583335 -85.150004”, LatLongDMS: “39:35:00 N 85:09:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39698 (AD19D553)

Date: 7/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: CARDEIROS, CEARA, BRZ
Description: Net-like beam tries / abduction man. Partial paralysis. Burnt and sick.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 26)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12684

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “25”, HatchDesc: “CARDEIROS,CEARA,BRZ:NET-LIKE BEAM TRIES/ABD MAN:PARTIAL PARALYSIS:BURNT+SICK”, LatLong: “-3.516667 -38.977780”, LatLongDMS: “03:31:00 S 38:58:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39699 (DE4294A3)

Date: 7/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: NEAR XINXIANG, HENAN, CH
Description: Night light spirals going down [to] over railroad/railway station/depot/facility. Fires green band / light. Shoots going quickly [to] mountains.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12685

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr XINXIANG,HENAN,CH:NLT SPIRALS↓ ovr RR STN:FIRES GRN BAND/LITE:SHOOTS>>Mtns”, LatLong: “35.250002 113.783339”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:00 N 113:47:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HEN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39700 (61CD877D)

Date: 7/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: SHIZUISHAN, NINXIA, CH
Description: 10 observer(s). Helmet saucer spins northeast going quickly southwest. Portholes and flames / rim.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12686

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SHIZUISHAN,NINXIA,CH:10 OBS:HELMET SCR SPINS NE>>SW:PORTHOLES+FLAMES/RIM:”, LatLong: “39.033335 106.383338”, LatLongDMS: “39:02:00 N 106:23:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NNG”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39701 (FC793FD5)

Date: 7/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: ANDERSON, IN
Description: Repeated. Large tilted disk going [to] over motel / 300M altitude. Lights / rim. Rotates.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 391)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12687

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “277”, HatchDesc: “ANDERSON,IN:REPEATED:LRG TILTED DISK > OVR MOTEL/300M alt:LITES/RIM:ROTATES”, LatLong: “40.116669 -85.683337”, LatLongDMS: “40:07:00 N 85:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “300”, State/Prov: “Indiana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39702 (3177ED59)

Date: 7/1977
Time: 22:00?
Location: SHIFANG CO, SICHUAN, CHINA
Description: 1 observer. Orange saucer north going quickly southwest slowly. Rotates counterclockwise. Light ray / rear.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12688

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “SHIFANG CO,SICHUAN,CHINA:1 OBS:ORG SCR N>>SW SLOWLY:ROTATES CCW:LITE RAY/REAR”, LatLong: “30.550001 104.083338”, LatLongDMS: “30:33:00 N 104:05:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39703 (949D2D7D)

Date: 7/1977
Time: ~23:00
Location: ROSETO DEGLI ABRUZZI, ITL
Description: Night swimmer. 50cm sphere emerges / sea! Hovers. Quickly going up [to] extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12689

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ROSETO degli ABRUZZI,ITL:NITE SWIMMER:50cm SPHERE EMERGES/SEA!: HVRS: ↑↑ XFAST”, LatLong: “42.683335 14.033334”, LatLongDMS: “42:41:00 N 14:02:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TE”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39704 (E121A4F4)

Date: 7/1977
Location: Connersville, IN
Description: Evening. Three young boys, Todd being 12-years old, were playing on the- playground north of Maplewood School. But as the lights approached, not changing position, they couldn’t see any stars between them. The other two boys fled, but Todd was entranced as this now massive triangle-shaped thing came in over the trees in the east and moved overhead at, what he thought, was about 150’. There was a low-toned hum as it moved at about 25-30 mph. (Worley files) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4808

Event 39705 (D143B8AB)

Date: 7/1977
End date: 12/1977
Locations: Colares, Pará, Brazil; Brazilian National Archives
Description: Numerous UFOs are reported in Colares, Pará, Brazil. Residents claim that scars on their bodies are caused by lights in the sky that they call “Chupa Chupa” (literally “sucker-sucker”). Believing it will keep the lights away, residents of Colares organize night vigils, light fires, and ignite fireworks. Mayor José Ildone Favacho Soeiro officially requests help from the Brazilian Air Force. The operation, a historic military operation in the Amazon basin, is commanded by Capt. Uyrangê Bolivar Soares Nogueira de Hollanda Lima. In late 1977, several photos of the lights are recorded, but the military remains skeptical. After approximately four months, the operation is closed after the Air Force can identify no unusual phenomena. The official documents can be seen in the Brazilian National Archives. According to ufologist Jacques Vallée, a number of individuals are reportedly killed as a result of the “lightning” fired at them by the UFOs, and injuries are consistent with radiation effects from microwaves. Other ufologists claim that the lights from UFOs have sucked blood from 400 people. In 1997, two decades after the operation, Capt. Hollanda gives an interview to ufologists Ademar José Gevaerd and Marco Antônio Petit where he recounts his experiences living alongside his men. Three months after the interview, he is found dead in his home “after he seemingly hung himself using the belt of his bathrobe,” attracting the interest of conspiracy theorists.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Operação Prato”; Jacques Vallée, Confrontations, Ballantine, 1990, pp. 136– 139, 220–226; Good Need, pp. 367–368; Timothy Good, Unearthly Disclosure, Century, 2000, pp. 187–200; “Caso Chupa-Chupa e Operação Prato: Entrevista com o Coronel Hollanda,” Portal Fenomenum, June 15, 2016; Brazil 442–493; Clark III 838–857; Patrick Gross, “Colares 1977”; Skinwalkers 117–118
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5510

Event 39706 (29619461)

Date: 7/1977
Location: Laval, Quebec
Description: Howard Gontovnick begins monthly publication of UFO Canada in Laval, Quebec. It continues until April 1979.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFO Canada 1, no. 1 (July 1977)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5511

Event 39707 (0D77D5AC)

Date: 7/1977
Locations: RAF Boulmer near Alnwick, Northumberland, England; RRH Staxton Wold
Description: Flight Lieutenant A. M. Wood sees two luminous, round objects, 4–5 times the size of the full moon, hovering 5,000 feet in the air over the sea off RAF Boulmer near Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Two other base personnel, a Cpl. Torrington and a Sgt. Graham, watch the objects with Wood for almost 2 hours. They are tracked on base radar and at RRH Staxton Wold. The objects separate, one moving west of the other and “as it maneuvered it changed shape to become body-shaped with projections like arms and legs.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “RAF Boulmer: Reports of UFO Sightings Were Hushed Up,” Northumberland Today, January 28, 2005
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5512

Event 39708 (7799272E)

Date: 7/1/1977
Location: ITALY, NATO base at Aviano (Ponderone)
Description: (Translated from French) The NATO base at Aviano was closed for a parade in preparation. At 3 o’clock in the morning the USAF guard observed a strange flying object above the area known as ‘Victor Alert’, where, in a large hangar, there were two still secret jet fighters. The object appeared as a spinning top 45 m in diameter and very low above the hangar. The upper dome part had green and white lights illuminating the surface of the object. The guard sounded the alarm and a military team arrived on the scene. They encircled the area and launched a radar call, to see if the object could be targeted. But however, for some mysterious reason, there was no more electricity on the base and the radars could not come into action. As the incident was later reported to NATO headquarters in Brussels, UFO researchers were dismissed and told that it was actually a mistake in the observation of the Moon shining above the low clouds!
Reference: CISU
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2968

Event 39709 (AF46E9B2)

Date: 7/1/1977
Time: 03:00
Location: AVIANO, ITL
Description: 40M disk / low altitude. Hums. Colored lights. Power outage. Going north. / r120p144+/ MJ#334.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 362)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12690

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “AVIANO,ITL:40M DISK/LO alt:HUMS:CLRd LITES:PWR OUTAGE:>N:/r120p144+/MJ#334”, LatLong: “46.066669 12.583334”, LatLongDMS: “46:04:00 N 12:35:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FVG”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39710 (84C361D0)

Date: 7/1/1977
Location: Timaru, South Canterbury, NZ
Description: 2:10 PM. A Piper Cherokee pilot observed a black cigar-shaped object enveloped in a “heat of haze” flying at 1,800 to 2,000 feet. (Reference: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA EIGHTY YEARS OF PILOT SIGHTINGS Catalog of Military, Airline, Private Pilots Sightings from 1916 to 2000 Dominique F. Weinstein) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4809

Event 39711 (7124C986)

Date: 7/1/1977
Location: Aviano, Italy
Description: Luminous round object with dome hovered above a NATO base security zone, spinning; changed color, emitted sound like swarm of bees (NICAP UFOE II, NICAP UFOE II, Section II). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 770701
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4810

Event 39712 (566C7ED8)

Date: 7/1/1977
Location: Aviano, Italy
Description: Luminous round object with dome hovered above a NATO base security zone, spinning. Changed color, emitted sound like swarm of bees
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_291

Event 39713 (79334FC7)

Date: 7/1/1977
Locations: NATO’s Aviano Air Base; Pordenone, Italy
Description: 3:00 a.m. Electronic alarms suddenly sound at NATO’s Aviano Air Base north of Pordenone, Italy. Something has set off the magnetic and motion detectors in the high hurricane-type fence protecting the compound. Simultaneously a power outage occurs at the Victor Alert facility that houses fighter aircraft, and though a back- up system immediately kicks in, minor power fluxes go on for the next 15 to 20 minutes. An American soldier named James Blake sees a large bright light hovering at a low altitude above a soybean field about 600 feet beyond the fence line of the compound. Many soldiers see the object, which appears to be domed, spinning, and changing colors. It is 150 feet in diameter and making a noise like a “swarm of bees.” USAF security and a unit from the Italian National Police are dispatched, but the object moves away before the units arrive.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Antonio Chiumiento, “UFO Alert at a NATO Base in Italy,” Flying Saucer Review 30, no. 2 (December 1984): 2–5; Good Above, pp. 144–145; Jerry Rowles, “The Mystery of Aviano,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 334 (February 1996): 3–6; John S. Derr, “Quake Light?” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 336 (April 1996): 19–20; Gerald E. Rowles, “Update on Aviano,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 367 (November 1998): 19; 1Pinotti 199–204; Patrick Gross, “Aviano AFB, Italy, July 1st, 1977”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5513

Event 39714 (576A16B4)

Date: 7/2/1977
Time: 12:50
Location: BENTON HARBOR, MI
Description: 1 / car. Saucer hovers near school building with edge tilted down. No other observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12691

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “181”, HatchDesc: “BENTON HARBOR,MI:1/CAR:SCR HVRS nr SCHOOL BLDG W/EDGE TILTED DOWN:NO OTHER OBS”, LatLong: “42.116669 -86.433337”, LatLongDMS: “42:07:00 N 86:26:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39715 (A0BAE448)

Date: 7/2/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: SANDFLY, TASMANIA
Description: Night light follows 2 / car / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). AOK after but malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) again later.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12692

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “SANDFLY,TASMANIA:NLT FOLOS 2/CAR/EMES:AOK AFTER but EMEs AGAIN LATER:”, LatLong: “-42.983335 147.183340”, LatLongDMS: “42:59:00 S 147:11:00 E”, Locale: “Islands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39716 (D04B150D)

Date: 7/2/1977
Location: Benton Harbor, Michigan
Description: 12:45 p.m. A woman driving her car in Benton Harbor, Michigan, sees a silent silver disc, edge on, with the apparent diameter of the full moon. It is hovering motionless with its left side tilted down. Trees obscure her vision for about one minute; when they clear, the object is gone.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-8-51,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5514

Event 39717 (35D19C88)

Date: 7/3/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: CLARKSBURG, WV
Description: 1+observer(s). Silent silver brick shape 1.5X moon-size going quickly north. “No plane” / observer(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12693

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “308”, HatchDesc: “CLARKSBURG,WV:1+OBS:SLNT SLVR BRICK SHAPE 1.5X MOONSIZE >>N:“NO PLANE”/OBS”, LatLong: “39.283335 -80.344448”, LatLongDMS: “39:17:00 N 80:20:40 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Virginia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39718 (6A9D6929)

Date: 7/3/1977
Locations: Pennsylvania; Delaware River; Callicoon, New York
Description: 7:30 p.m. Jennifer F. Canfield and her husband are sitting on their front porch in Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from Callicoon, New York, when they notice a brilliant light coming slowly and silently up the river from the southeast at 1,000–1,500 feet. Through binoculars, it appears to be a domed elliptical object with two headlights and apparent windows. The object suddenly blinks out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “1977 Sketch/Sighting and 1981 Sketch Similarity: Another One,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 4, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1983): 1, 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5515

Event 39719 (D01805FB)

Date: 7/3/1977
Location: Clarksburg, West Virginia
Description: 9:30 p.m. A man in Clarksburg, West Virginia, briefly watches a silver rectangular object fly under a low cloud cover toward the north. It climbs at a 30° angle and is lost in the clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-8-54,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5516

Event 39720 (8A90DFEC)

Date: 7/4/1977
Location: Arlington, VA
Description: Prior to a fireworks display, a retired USAF Colonel, his wife and another couple observed two starlike objects for thirty minutes. Both objects moved at random speeds. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, December 1977, page 4) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4811

Event 39721 (9F9428AC)

Date: 7/4/1977
Location: Toppenish, WA
Description: 7:45 P.M. PST Four witnesses observed a disk-shaped object approximately 20-22 feet in diameter hovering overhead for around five minutes. Description: I saw people in a disk shaped object approximately 20- 22 feet around hovering over me for around 5 minutes with 6-7 people on board. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4812

Event 39722 (A2331B3C)

Date: 7/4/1977
Location: Rapid City, South Dakota
Description: 9:30 p.m. Ten witnesses in different parts of Rapid City, South Dakota, observe three dark objects moving silently toward the west. Each has a row of closely spaced red lights randomly flashing. Two of them seem to merge in the distance, and the remaining pair disappears into a cloud bank.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-8-55,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5517

Event 39723 (D9E9A83D)

Date: 7/5/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: IRLAM, ENGL
Description: 2 boys. Long cylinder/cylindrical object going SSE with truncated beam 45° going down. Beam straight going down [to] at stops.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12694

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “IRLAM,ENGL:2 BOYS:LONG CYL >SSE W/TRUNCATED BEAM 45°↓:BEAM STRAIGHT↓ AT STOPS”, LatLong: “53.466669 -2.416667”, LatLongDMS: “53:28:00 N 02:25:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39724 (376B285E)

Date: 7/6/1977
Time: 17:50
Location: NEAR STEYNSBURG, RSA
Description: Farmer. Round night light hovers. Makes big move. Hovers again. Shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12695

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Republic of South Africa”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr STEYNSBURG,RSA:FARMER:ROUND NLT HVRS:MAKES BIG MOVE:HVRS AGAIN:SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “-31.316668 25.616668”, LatLongDMS: “31:19:00 S 25:37:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CAP”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39725 (52760FF4)

Date: 7/6/1977
Location: Steynsburg, South Africa
Description: 5:50 PM. A spherical light–larger than the apparent size of Venus–moved, hovered for two minutes, and then shot away. (Source: Awareness, April 1979, p. 4). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4814

Event 39726 (46661D28)

Date: 7/6/1977
Time: 23:00:00.0
Location: -21.7830 -138.9600
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Ajax” Yield: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1904

Extra Data: LatLong: “-21.7830 -138.9600”, LatLongDMS: “21:46:59 S 138:57:36 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.81”, NukeName: “Ajax”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “20”

Event 39727 (BFF57B87)

Date: 7/6/1977
Location: Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia
Description: 6:30 p.m. At Bondowoso, East Java, Indonesia, a ham radio operator reports a UFO that moves from west to east in about seven minutes. The object is flat, but positioned directly overhead it appears round in shape and yellowish-green in color. It hovers for about 5 seconds, then resumes its movement and disappears in the distance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 2 (February 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5518

Event 39728 (2DD73CD9)

Date: 7/6/1977
Description: Steynsburg, South Africa - At 5:50 p.m. a spherical light–larger than the apparent size of Venus–moved, hovered for two minutes, and then shot away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Awareness, April 1979, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3887

Event 39729 (8F67106C)

Date: 7/7/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In Zhang Po (Fujian, China), 3000 people are gathered to attend an outdoor screening of the Romanian film, Alert on the Danube Delta. 2 immense orange UFOs suddenly descend from the sky and hover above the heads of the spectators, buzzing and so close that they can feel the heat. A few seconds later, they rise and disappear into the night. (July 7th, 8:30 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2753

Event 39730 (2F1D1B08)

Date: 7/7/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Beginning of a wave of attacks around the village of Corales (50 km north of Belem) which will end in November 1978. Bob Pratt will be able to collect, in July 1993, the testimony of Doctor Wellaide Cecim Carvalho who witnessed the injuries inflicted by mysterious UFO attacks.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2754

Event 39731 (5B3AAD43)

Date: 7/7/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: ZHANGPO CO, CH
Description: 3K observer(s). 2 saucers buzz outdoor movie. Heat felt. / r120p211+/ r208p11+93.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 218)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12696

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ZHANGPO co,CH:3K OBS:2 SCRS BUZZ OUTDOOR MOVIE:HEAT FELT:/r120p211+/r208p11+93”, LatLong: “24.100001 117.616672”, LatLongDMS: “24:06:00 N 117:37:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FJN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39732 (9A038809)

Date: 7/7/1977
Location: Zhang Po, China
Description: Three thousand residents of Zhang Po saw two huge, orange-colored UFOs descend from the sky during the showing of an outdoor movie. Eyewitnesses heard a humming sound and felt heat emanating from the objects, which maneuvered just above the crowd. (Anthony Lee, FSR, March 1983, pg. 24). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4815

Event 39733 (6B919FC6)

Date: 7/7/1977
Location: Zhangpu County, Fujian, China
Description: 8:30 p.m. As some 3,000 people are attending an outdoor screening of a Romanian film in Zhangpu County, Fujian, China, two objects appear in the sky, flying low. They emit an intense orange glow and are only a few feet apart, traveling in complete silence for a few seconds before speeding out of sight. A panic ensues, and allegedly 300 people are injured and two children killed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Anthony Lee, “UFO Reports from China (2),” Flying Saucer Review 28, no. 4 (March 1983): 24–25
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5519

Event 39734 (C39595B7)

Date: 7/7/1977
Locations: Strait of Tartary; east coast of Russia
Description: 11:00 p.m. The Russian motor ship Nikolay Ostrovsky is going north through the Strait of Tartary, off the east coast of Russia, when the crew sees a cloud-like formation in the shape of a rectangle, moving at the same speed as the ship, about 980–1,300 feet to the east. Radio operator O. Dereza has an eerie feeling of being watched. It disappears at 11:32 p.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stonehill and Mantle, Russia’s USO Secrets, Flying Disk, 2020, p. 115
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5520

Event 39735 (3784A5D5)

Date: 7/7/1977
Description: Zhang Po, China - Three thousand residents of Zhang Po, China saw two huge, orange-colored UFOs descend from the sky during the showing of an outdoor movie. Eyewitnesses heard a humming sound and felt heat emanating from the objects, which maneuvered just above the crowd. The UFOs generated a panic and stampede in which two children were trampled to death and dozens of other bystanders were injured.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Anthony Lee, FSR, March 1983, p. 24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3907

Event 39736 (C84C64FF)

Date: 7/8/1977
Time: 18:50
Location: JESSUP, MD
Description: Domed saucer / green portholes all over/all about farm / 25 minute(s). Tractor engine dies. / r79p71.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 941)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12697

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “25”, Elev: “60”, HatchDesc: “JESSUP,MD:DOMED SCR/GRN PORTS ALLO FARM/25min:TRACTOR ENGINE DIES:/r79p71”, LatLong: “39.150002 -76.777781”, LatLongDMS: “39:09:00 N 76:46:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39737 (CAF55E62)

Date: 7/8/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: GINOWAN, OKINAWA, JPN
Description: 1+2 kids. Luminous saucer turns 5X slow over house. Beets uprooted!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 133)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12698

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Japan”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GINOWAN,OKINAWA,JPN:1+2 KIDS:LUMn.SCR TURNS 5X SLOW OVR HOUSE:BEETS UPROOTED!”, LatLong: “26.272223 127.761117”, LatLongDMS: “26:16:20 N 127:45:40 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OKN”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39738 (6EA6318E)

Date: 7/8/1977
Location: Jessup, MD
Description: Silver disc with dome, green windows, moved erratically around farm for 20-25 minutes, flew away slowly. CUFOS report; see Rodeghier, p. 71 (E) tractor (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4816

Event 39739 (48C6C737)

Date: 7/9/1977
Time: 02:30
Location: FLAT ROCK, MI
Description: 1 observer. Silver saucer shines beams light / ground / 2 minute(s). 150’ away. 200’ up. Going quickly southwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 32)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12699

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “192”, HatchDesc: “FLAT ROCK,MI:1 OBS:SLVR SCR SHINES BEAMS LITE/GND/2min:150’AWAY:200’UP:>>SW”, LatLong: “42.100002 -83.294448”, LatLongDMS: “42:06:00 N 83:17:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39740 (D060AD5E)

Date: 7/9/1977
Location: Flat Rock, MI
Description: 2:30 AM. A dull silver saucer-shaped UFO hovered off to the left side of a road. It was only about 200 feet above and the ground and 150 feet from the road. (Source: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies case files). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4817

Event 39741 (534D917D)

Date: 7/9/1977
Locations: Flat Rock, Michigan; Telegraph Road
Description: 2:30 a.m. A 38-year-old singer sees a dull-silver, saucer-shaped UFO hovering on the left side of Telegraph Road in Flat Rock, Michigan. It is only about 200 feet above the ground and 150 feet from the road. It has many red and green lights around its rim, and a beam of light illuminates the ground for 2 minutes. The object floats away over the treetops, moving toward the southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-8-72,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5521

Event 39742 (6CBD66C8)

Date: 7/9/1977
Description: A dull silver saucer-shaped UFO hovered off to the left side of a road in Flat Rock, Michigan at 2:30 a.m. It was only about 200 feet above and the ground and 150 feet from the road. It had many red and green lights around its rim, and a beam of light illuminated the ground for two minutes. The object floated away over the treetops moving toward the southwest.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies case files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3964

Event 39743 (59838F34)

Date: 7/10/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: SOUTH CRISTOFORO, CESENA, ITL
Description: 2 kids. Red 25cm ball hovers / field / 5M altitude. Shoots away!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 93)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12700

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S.CRISTOFORO,CESENA,ITL:2 KIDS:RED 25cm BALL HVRS/FLD/5M alt:SHOOTS AWAY!”, LatLong: “44.144447 12.250001”, LatLongDMS: “44:08:40 N 12:15:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FO”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39744 (53A70B76)

Date: 7/10/1977
Location: Pinheiro, Brazil
Description: 1:00 AM. A chicken farmer was walking to town to catch a bus. A bright greenish blue light appeared and swooped down from the sky to chase him. It circled back and came to hover above some nearby woods, and he could now make out a V- shaped craft. At one point he awoke briefly to see several men staring at him. They examined him in silence. (Source: Bob Pratt, UFO Danger Zone: Terror and Death in Brazil–Where Next? and in Timothy Good (ed.), The UFO Report 1991). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4818

Event 39745 (9E046C46)

Date: 7/10/1977
Description: At one o’clock in the morning a chicken farmer in Pinheiro, Brazil was walking to town to catch a bus. A bright greenish blue light appeared and swooped down from the sky to chase him. It circled back and came to hover above some nearby woods, and he could now make out a V-shaped craft. He shone his flashlight at it and was suddenly struck by a light beam from the craft that knocked him down, creating a tingling sensation before he lost consciousness. At one point he awoke briefly to see several men staring at him. They examined him in silence. He finally woke up several hours later, and felt terrible pains throughout his body that prevented him from working for two months.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, UFO Danger Zone: Terror and Death in Brazil–Where Next? and in Timothy Good (ed.), The UFO Report 1991
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_3988

Event 39746 (CD3216C3)

Date: 7/11/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In Floradad (Uruguay), a reporter on assignment from one of the largest Uruguayan cities photographs (see below) a strange object as it circles around him multiple times. See images/1977-07-11_Floradad_Uruguay.jpg. (11 July)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2755

Event 39747 (664FC61E)

Date: 7/12/1977
Location: PORTO RICO, Quebradillas
Description: (Translated from French) A small entity wearing a helmet, dressed in green, with a tail. On its back it carried a box with red and blue lights. The box lifted and the entity flew away. The witnesses observed the lights of the box above the trees. There, they were joined by other identical lights, as if another entity was waiting for it. (Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 348) A father and his daughter were at home when they saw a small entity passing under the fence, approaching the house. The father thought it was a child and asked the daughter to turn on the outside lights. This alerted the entity, which turned around. It was about one to one and a half meters tall, dressed in green, including feet, and a helmet with a transparent part in front of the face. An antenna was fixed on it, on the back a box attached to its belt, and the entity had a tail. The stranger passed under the fence again, pressed something on the belt, and flew away like Superman, towards flashing lights further away. (July 12, 1977)
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDELL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 39
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2971

Event 39748 (DCA4FD0A)

Date: 7/12/1977
Time: 01:50
Location: ROSETO DEGLI ABRUZZI, ITL
Description: Kids with 2-way radios. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Domed saucer passes toward(s) hill.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12701

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “ROSETO degli ABRUZZI,ITL:KIDS W/2-WAY RADIOS:RFI:DOMED SCR PASSES twrd HILL:”, LatLong: “42.666669 14.033334”, LatLongDMS: “42:40:00 N 14:02:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TE”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39749 (34FA493C)

Date: 7/12/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: QUEBRADILLAS, PR
Description: Small humanoid (or Grey) going [to] house. Observer(s) hits lights. Small humanoid (or Grey) hits button and flies away. / FSRv23#6.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 124)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12702

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “346”, HatchDesc: “QUEBRADILLAS,PR:OID >HOUSE:OBS HITS LITES:OID HITS BUTTON+FLIES AWAY:/FSRv23#6”, LatLong: “18.477779 -66.938892”, LatLongDMS: “18:28:40 N 66:56:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Puerto Rico”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 39750 (29F879AF)

Date: 7/12/1977
Time: 22:00?
Location: HINSBECK, GERMANY
Description: Bright red UFO. 2 more. Separate and regroup. Blue glow / (seen thru) binoculars hurts eyes.
Type: sighting
Reference: NATIONAL ENQUIRER UFO REPORT; Pocket Books, NY 1985. (Index 60)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12703

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Germany”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “HINSBECK,GERMANY:BRITE RED UFO:2 MORE:SEP+REGROUP:BLUE GLOW/BINOCS HURTS EYES”, LatLong: “51.316669 6.283334”, LatLongDMS: “51:19:00 N 06:17:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NRW”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39751 (0C90B429)

Date: 7/12/1977
Location: Roseto Degli Abruzzi, Italy
Description: 1:50 AM. A domed disc passed over a hill in Roseto Degli Abruzzi. Two kids playing with walkie-talkies experienced RFI radio interference. (Source: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT: Italian UFO Catalogue). (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4819

Event 39752 (293EE4C5)

Date: 7/12/1977
Location: Mt. Vernon, IL
Description: 2:10 AM. Our local police dispatcher reported to the UFO Filter Center at Mt. Vernon, INDIANA, that multiple witnesses were reporting unusual lights to police at Mt. Vernon, ILLINOIS, which is 60 miles to the NW. (UFOFC, Ridge files) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4820

Event 39753 (C2D67A7F)

Date: 7/12/1977
Location: Mayfield, KY
Description: 2:10 AM. Police radios were reporting unusual lights being observed at Mayfield, KENTUCKY, which is 85 miles SW of the UFOFC at Mt. Vernon, INDIANA. (UFO Filter Center, Ridge files) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4821

Event 39754 (8F2C74AC)

Date: 7/12/1977
Location: Quebradillas, Puerto Rico
Description: Night. A man and his daughter in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, see a small humanoid in a green inflated suit with a pointed helmet that has a light on top. When the daughter switches on an outside light, it seems to be scared and activates a backpack that lets it climb upward over a neighboring farm and trees. The cows react by making a racket. Another person in the area reports an illuminated UFO.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles, “Superman vs. Airbus,” Fortean Times 323 (February 2015): 31
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5522

Event 39755 (0E0039EF)

Date: 7/12/1977
Description: A domed disc passed over a hill in Roseto Degli Abruzzi, Italy at 1:50 a.m. Two kids playing with walkie-talkies experienced RFI radio interference.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT: Italian UFO Catalogue
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4012

Event 39756 (215373A7)

Date: 7/12/1977
Description: At 8:30 p.m. Adrian De Olmos Ordones, age 42, was resting on the balcony of his house in Quebradillas, Puerto Rico when he saw a very small figure across the road. It was about 40 feet away, and it slipped under a farm’s barbed wire fence and walked toward a lamp post only 20 feet away. The little man was only three and a half feet tall and wore a green garment that seemed to be inflated with air. He also wore a large metallic helmet with a glass face plate encasing the head that came to a slight point on top. The helmet was surmounted by a short extension with a luminous point on top. On the being’s back was a box like a knapsack. Sr. De Olmos also observed that he had only four fingers, that his feet were webbed like a duck’s, and that he had a short tail, not long enough to reach the ground. In his right hand he carried a small shiny object. The witness told his daughter bring him a pencil and paper so he could make a sketch, but by mistake she turned on the balcony light. When she did the being ran back to the fence, passed under it, and then stopped and put his hand on his belt. Two red and two blue lights appeared on the backpack with two downward jets of sparks came out, accompanied by a sound like an electric drill. The being ascended 10 feet into the air and flew horizontally to a grove of trees 150 yards away. Mr. Olmos, his family, and neighbors watched the lights of the figure as he moved about the trees for 10 minutes, in company with another light. During this period the cattle on the adjacent farm “went crazy,” running about and bellowing. The next day humanoid tracks were found and photographed at the site. A neighbor woman had seen a luminous object descend into the woods two days before.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sebastian Robiou Lamarche, MUFON UFO Journal, March 1978, p. 3; FSR, April 1978, p. 9; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-36 (A1741), citing Sebastian Robiou Lamarche; Jorge Martin; Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 232
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4013

Event 39757 (54A33FD3)

Date: 7/13/1977
Time: 01:40
Location: ARTHENAC, FR
Description: Huge saucer stops overhead. Lights 200M like day. Tractor electrics fried.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 216)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12704

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affe

[c0mmando]

cted: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ARTHENAC,FR:HUGE SCR STOPS OVHD:LITES 200M LIKE DAY:TRACTOR ELECTRICS FRIED”, LatLong: “45.516669 -0.316667”, LatLongDMS: “45:31:00 N 00:19:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39758 (F562E590)

Date: 7/13/1977
Location: Emden, MO
Description: Dog started barking at 3:30 AM. This barking was unusual, described as a “scared” bark (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP: 770713
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4822

Event 39759 (48EED150)

Date: 7/13/1977
Location: Dinwiddie, Virginia
Description: 12:30 a.m. A couple in Dinwiddie, Virginia, see a large silvery star stationary in the sky as rolling storm clouds pass overhead. It “skips” in position slightly once and increases in brightness when lightning flashes. It disappears when another lightning strike occurs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-8-84,” IUR 2, no. 8 (August 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5523

Event 39760 (58EF86D0)

Date: 7/14/1977
Time: 03:00
Location: SAO BENTO, BRZ
Description: Bird-shaped fireball zaps man / horseback. Faints. Others burned / area.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12705

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “231”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “SAO BENTO,BRZ:BIRD-SHAPED FBL ZAPS MAN/HORSEBACK:FAINTS:OTHERS BURNED/AREA”, LatLong: “-2.700000 -44.833335”, LatLongDMS: “02:42:00 S 44:50:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39761 (A4D1C3F4)

Date: 7/14/1977
Description: A daylight disc was observed flying over West Springfield, Massachusetts by a woman at around 11:00 o’clock in the morning.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Center for UFO Studies files
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4056

Event 39762 (77708CB8)

Date: 7/15/1977
Time: 09:00?
Location: BLACK MESA, OK
Description: R. Selfried abduction / greys while hiking. 1st time / 1947 also hiking.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 283)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12706

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “1516”, HatchDesc: “BLACK MESA,OK:R.SELFRIED ABD/GREYS WHILE HIKING:1st TIME/1947 ALSO HIKING”, LatLong: “36.933335 -102.933338”, LatLongDMS: “36:56:00 N 102:56:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39763 (7242D110)

Date: 7/15/1977
Time: 22:50
Location: BELLEVUE, KY
Description: 30’ saucer retracts green light-beam as if solid! Rises and going [to] woods. / r237p62.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12707

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “160”, HatchDesc: “BELLEVUE,KY:30’SCR RETRACTS GRN LITE-BEAM AS IF SOLID!:RISES+> WOODS:/r237p62”, LatLong: “39.083335 -84.477782”, LatLongDMS: “39:05:00 N 84:28:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39764 (4D9BCA7B)

Date: 7/15/1977
Time: 23:50
Location: BLYTHE, CA
Description: 5 / boat. Ovoid 3-4x moon-size. Darts / all directions. 2 hours. Reflected / river water.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12708

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “120”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “BLYTHE,CA:5/BOAT:OVOID 3-4x MOONSIZE:DARTS/ALL DIRs:2hrs:REFLECTED/RIVER WATER”, LatLong: “33.616668 -114.594450”, LatLongDMS: “33:37:00 N 114:35:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39765 (57257333)

Date: 7/15/1977
Location: Bellevue, KY
Description: 10:45 PM. Mrs. Fern Frey (name changed) was lying in bed with her 11-year-old daughter who was asleep. She cautiously peeked through the curtain and watched in bewilderment as the green light retreated, “just like a liquid being drawn up through a straw.” In a matter of seconds the light was “siphoned” up into a low hovering object that was shaped like an inverted saucer a couple of hundred feet away. She guessed it was about 30’ in diameter and was metallic. (MUJ-122,9) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4823

Event 39766 (FE551A40)

Date: 7/15/1977
Locations: Colorado River; Blythe, California
Description: 11:45 p.m. Adult witnesses on a boat on the Colorado River near Blythe, California, watch an oval light, 3–4 times the size of the moon, darting silently above them in all directions and on both sides of the river. It stops abruptly, comes close to the boat, then curves around the river.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-2,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5524

Event 39767 (CF740E58)

Date: 7/15/1977
Description: Mrs. Fern Frey had a close encounter with a disc-shaped UFO in Bellevue, Kentucky at 10:45 p.m. She watched as a green beam retracted into the 30-foot wide craft like “liquid being sucked up through a straw”. The UFO then lifted off and disappeared into a wooded area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, MUFON UFO Journal, January 1978, p. 9
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4076

Event 39768 (4C9A8250)

Date: 7/15/1977
Description: At 11:45 p.m. PDT five people in a boat on a lake in Blythe, Riverside County, California watched an ovoid object, three to four times the size of the Moon, as it darted about in all directions for the next two hours. Its illuminated surface reflected on the surface of the water.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, September 1977, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4077

Event 39769 (B28443DF)

Date: 7/16/1977
Time: 03:10
Location: WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE
Description: 2 observer(s). Orange-glowing saucer hums and spins. Crosses sky fast. / r232v6#4p20.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12709

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “WARRINGTON,CHESHIRE:2 OBS:ORG-GLO SCR HUMS+SPINS:CROSSES SKY FAST:/r232v6#4p20”, LatLong: “53.383336 -2.600000”, LatLongDMS: “53:23:00 N 02:36:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39770 (43829C03)

Date: 7/16/1977
Location: Wakefield, MA
Description: Multiple UFO abductee Betty Andreasson had her sixth close encounter experience on this night in Wakefield, Massachusetts. (Source: Raymond E. Fowler, Casebook of a UFO Investigator, p. 137). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4824

Event 39771 (8AF67E83)

Date: 7/16/1977
Locations: Dum Dum Airport [now Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]; Kolkata, India
Description: 11:15 p.m. As Air India Flight 9, piloted by Capt. Dingra, makes its final approach to Dum Dum Airport [now Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport] in Kolkata, India, air traffic controllers notice a second object closing in on the Boeing 747. Witnesses on the ground report a saucer-shaped object rushing toward the airliner. When it gets dangerously close, the passengers and crew can see it. It departs 2 miles from the aircraft’s final touch-down.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Need, p. 304
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5525

Event 39772 (51999896)

Date: 7/16/1977
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Description: Before 12:00 midnight. A bright light in the west above Baton Rouge, Louisiana, moves 10°–15° from its original position and back again. The object remains in the same position, even though the stars have shifted by the time it is last seen at 1:15 a.m.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-4,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5526

Event 39773 (EDAD3F80)

Date: 7/16/1977
Description: Multiple UFO abductee Betty Andreasson had her sixth close encounter experience on this night in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Raymond E. Fowler, Casebook of a UFO Investigator, p. 137
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4102

Event 39774 (95C0B94C)

Date: 7/17/1977
Time: ~05:00
Location: BARRA DO CORDA, BRAZIL
Description: Rancher. Straw-hat saucer lands. Hairy small humanoid (or Grey) exits. Carries "tools.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12710

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “100”, HatchDesc: "BARRA do CORDA,BRZL:RANCHER:STRAW-HAT SCR LANDS:HAIRY OID EXITS:CARRIES “TOOLS”, LatLong: “-5.500000 -45.183335”, LatLongDMS: “05:30:00 S 45:11:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39775 (F7A85D5D)

Date: 7/17/1977
Time: ~23:00
Location: HAPPY CAMP, CA
Description: Lady. Sphere / light hovers near bed! All doors found open / next day…
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12711

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “324”, HatchDesc: “HAPPY CAMP,CA:LADY:SPHERE/LITE HVRS NEAR BED!:ALL DOORS FOUND OPEN/NEXT DAY…”, LatLong: “41.800002 -123.366673”, LatLongDMS: “41:48:00 N 123:22:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39776 (4274B74B)

Date: 7/17/1977
Location: Barra do Corda (near), Brazil
Description: A domed disc-shaped UFO, resembling a straw hat, landed on a ranch near Barra do Corda, Brazil. The ranch owner saw a short, hairy humanoid get out of the object, carrying “tools.” (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 12248). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4825

Event 39777 (E3157F47)

Date: 7/17/1977
Description: Romanian ufologists Călin Turcu, Valeriu Niculescu, Adrian Pătruţ, and Augustin Moraru establish an informal group called “Romanian UFO Researchers” (RUFOR). It publishes 27 issues of a RUFOR newsletter between 1979 and 1986 and 21 issues of a RUFOR magazine in 1994–1996.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Romania 38–39
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5527

Event 39778 (9B02380B)

Date: 7/17/1977
Description: At five o’clock in the morning a glowing sphere landed on the Nova Melia Ranch near Barra do Corda, Maranhao State, Brazil only 200 meters from the ranch owner. After the brightness abated, the ranch owner, Joao Batista Souza, could see that the object was a domed disc-shaped craft, resembling a straw hat. The man hid behind a mound and watched as a door in the craft opened, and a short being about one meter in height got out. The hairy humanoid was carrying some sort of torch emitting a red light in his left hand, and some other type of “tool” in his right hand. The being’s face could not be seen because it was wearing a full helmet with “antennae,” but the rest of its body was completely covered in hair. At this point the rancher apparently lost consciousness, because members of his family later found him lying where he had hid and carried him into the ranch house, where he remained in bed for several days, too weak to get up.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 2510, citing Daniel Rebisso Geise, FSR, Volume 39, Number 3; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 12248; citing FSR
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4141

Event 39779 (318E4CA6)

Date: 7/17/1977
Description: On this day a police dog handler saw a white cigar-shaped UFO above the village of Arkesden, Essex, England. A woman also reported seeing the same object at the same time, from 20 miles away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gary Heseltine, Catalogue of Police Reports of UFOs, case 63, citing The Daily Mail, July 18, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4142

Event 39780 (A1066921)

Date: 7/17/1977
Time: early AM
Location: Johnson County, TEXAS
Description: Mrs. C.D. Kirkham heard a helicopter go over. A mutilated cow was found on the property at 7:00 AM, Sunday. A fixed-wing aircraft was seen flying low over the same pasture the previous evening.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 2 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_176

Event 39781 (509EBA25)

Date: 7/18/1977
Time: 02:10
Location: NEAR PALOMARES DEL RIO, SP
Description: 16 observer(s). Red round object / olive trees. Beam going down / ground. Size unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12712

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “nr PALOMARES del RIO,SP:16 OBS:RED ROUND OBJ/OLIVE TREES:BEAM ↓/GND:size unk”, LatLong: “37.333335 -6.066667”, LatLongDMS: “37:20:00 N 06:04:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39782 (E4C10A75)

Date: 7/18/1977
Location: Palomares, Spain
Description: A red, round object hovered over some olive trees in Palomares, Spain at 2:10 a.m. It directed a beam of light to the ground. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1978). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4826

Event 39783 (290E7A32)

Date: 7/18/1977
Locations: Fairview, Pennsylvania; creek near Fairview, Pennsylvania
Description: 12:05 a.m. An intense blue-white glow hovers 200–300 feet above a creek near Fairview, Pennsylvania. After 4 seconds, it jumps to the north with a hum “like a hair dryer” and is lost to sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-8,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5528

Event 39784 (CC63D2F6)

Date: 7/18/1977
Description: A red, round object hovered over some olive trees in Palomares, Spain at 2:10 a.m. It directed a beam of light to the ground.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4175

Event 39785 (8B3EEA78)

Date: 7/19/1977
Description: An abduction by aliens including a physical exam occurred around midnight on this night in the United States (location withheld). When the abductee awoke she found three pasty white short humanoids in her living room. They were 4.5 feet tall, hairless, and had watery, liquid appearing eyes. They took her onboard a UFO by levitating her with a light beam and conducted some type of physical exam after making her lie on a metallic, exam table. For the following ten days after her return the abductee felt ill and experienced vertigo.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, Volume I: Comparative Study of Abductions, case 111
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4208

Event 39786 (138DC321)

Date: 7/21/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Frank Press, scientific advisor to President Carter, sends a letter to Robert Frosch, administrator of NASA, recommending that a small investigative committee (…) be set up to see if any new significant evidence has been found since the Condon report. (July 21)
Reference: Sturrock 2001
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2756

Event 39787 (AFDE79C2)

Date: 7/21/1977
Time: 04:20
Location: PORTER, TX
Description: Blazing object responds / police spotlight. Portholes? Power dims and Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Back 2X.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 934)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12713

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “37”, HatchDesc: “PORTER,TX:BLAZING OBJ RESPONDS/POLICE SPOTLITE:PORTS?:PWR DIMS+RFI:back 2X”, LatLong: “30.161113 -95.222227”, LatLongDMS: “30:09:40 N 95:13:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39788 (D8F22C09)

Date: 7/21/1977
Location: Porter, TX
Description: 4:15 AM. Officer John W. Bruner, a deputy sheriff, was on duty and was the first person to observe the phenomenon. Officer Bruner and his partner Officer Coogler were parked west of the object which appeared to be approximately 1/2 to 1 mile away. Bruner and Coogler got out of their vehicle and tried to observe the object better by shinning their light on it. The object moved toward the men and the officers turned off the light because they became nervous at seeing the object’s response to their light. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, October 1977, page 4) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4827

Event 39789 (35D0CDFA)

Date: 7/21/1977
Locations: White House; NASA
Description: Frank Press, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, writes to Robert A. Frosch, NASA administrator, and explains that the White House is receiving numerous inquiries about UFOs and wonders if NASA could form a small panel to follow up on the Condon report to see if there are any new findings. Press also suggests that NASA become the focal point for further UFO inquiries.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, p. 242; Clark III 787; Good Above, pp. 368–369
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5529

Event 39790 (2A111F26)

Date: 7/21/1977
Location: Glenview, Illinois
Description: 10:05 p.m. Witnesses in Glenview, Illinois, watch a light move from the north to the southeast in about 3 seconds. It stops for 1 second, hooks backward, and stops again. When the witnesses look back, it has disappeared.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-19,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5530

Event 39791 (3D3B8DBB)

Date: 7/21/1977
Description: At 4:15 a.m. Police Officer John W. Bruner, a deputy sheriff, was on duty In Porter, Texas and was the first person to observe the UFO. Officer Bruner and his partner Officer Coogler were parked west of the object, which appeared to be approximately hald a mile to a mile away. Bruner and Coogler got out of their vehicle and tried to observe the object better by shinning their light on it. The object moved toward the men and the officers turned off the light because they became nervous at seeing the object’s response to their light. The object then moved back to its original location. They agreed that the object appeared to have six portholes surrounding a type of framework. The two officers observed the UFO for approximately 45 minutes. During that time period, the UFO appeared to stand still in mid air, pulsate, travel at incredible speeds, and fly erratically. The officers described the UFO’s apparent size to be about that of a grapefruit at arm’s length. Officer Bruner was convinced that the object he saw was neither a balloon nor a helicopter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, October 1977, page 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4279

Event 39792 (80AD259B)

Date: 7/22/1977
Time: 22:30
Location: STE.CROIX-EN-PLAINE, FR
Description: 18M bowl saucer 50M over house. Rays converge going down [to] on roof!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 190)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12714

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “Ste.CROIX-en-PLAINE,FR:18M BOWL SCR 50M OVR HOUSE:RAYS CONVERGE ↓ ON ROOF!”, LatLong: “48.016669 7.383334”, LatLongDMS: “48:01:00 N 07:23:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haut-Rhin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39793 (A704D05B)

Date: 7/22/1977
Location: Croix-en-Plaine, France
Description: An 18 meter in diameter domed, bowl-shaped disc hovered 50 meters over a house in Croix-en-Plaine, France at 10:30 p.m. Rays from the UFO converged on the roof of the house. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1979). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4828

Event 39794 (43D44C03)

Date: 7/22/1977
Description: An 18 meter in diameter domed, bowl-shaped disc hovered 50 meters over a house in Croix-en-Plaine, France at 10:30 p.m. Rays from the UFO converged on the roof of the house.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1979
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4305

Event 39795 (4AAC5578)

Date: 7/23/1977
Time: 01:00
Location: LINDLEY, NY
Description: Night lights. Small humanoids (or Greys) near house. Move tombstone? Back days and months later. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V2#9.
Type: sighting
Reference: HENDRY, Allan: The UFO HANDBOOK. Doubleday, Garden City, NJ 1979. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12715

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “300”, HatchDesc: “LINDLEY,NY:NLTS:OIDS nr HOUSE:MOVE TOMBSTONE?:BACK DAYS+MONTHS LATER:/IUR V2#9”, LatLong: “42.027780 -77.138893”, LatLongDMS: “42:01:40 N 77:08:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39796 (B1439797)

Date: 7/23/1977
Location: Lindley, NY
Description: 12:45 AM. A 26-year old woman and her 13-year-old niece looked out their bedroom window before retiring and saw 11 or 12 white lights in a “dipper” shaped formation that were moving about in the sky. One bright light appeared on a hill 300 yards away. They then saw a figure on a distant hill shining a light on a tombstone there, and the stone seemed to rise up into the air and move back and forth. A figure taller than the others, who were less than four feet tall, stood near the light on the hill and called out with an “ooh, ooh” signal. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4829

Event 39797 (2760C029)

Date: 7/23/1977
Locations: Lindley, New York; Morgan Creek
Description: 12:45 a.m. A 26-year old woman and her 13-year-old niece look out their bedroom window in Lindley, New York, before retiring and see 11 or 12 white lights in a dipper-shaped formation that are moving about in the sky. One bright light appears on a hill 900 feet away. They hear a whooshing sound, then two lights rise into the air. They next hear footsteps from Morgan Creek about 300 feet away and see two small figures floating up and down in front of a tree. Then they see several more figures at various spots carrying what seem to be flashlights. They wear tight-fitting, “skin diver” suits with glowing green belts. One of the witnesses sees a luminous red rectangular object that approaches the creek and then backs away. At this point both witnesses develop severe headaches. Then a figure on a distant hill on a neighbor’s farm shines a light on a tombstone there, and the stone seems to rise up into the air and move back and forth. A figure taller than the others, who are less than four feet tall, stands near the light on the hill and calls out an “ooh, ooh” signal. The others all approach him and, 5 minutes later, deploy back into adjacent fields. One of them approaches the house. He comes under the second-story window and drops to the ground, as if to conceal himself, then approaches the door and rattles the handle. By this time, 3:45 a.m., the older witness has called her mother, who notifies the state police. All of the lights and figures disappear just prior to the arrival of the police, the lights in the sky indistinguishable from stars. Both witnesses believe only an hour has passed but in fact more than three hours has elapsed. They complain of burning eyes and headaches that last for two days. The witnesses find three footprints in the powdery dust of their driveway. Further incidents occur on July 25 and August 1.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Allan Hendry, “The Lindley Episodes: CE III’s in New York State,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 5–7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5531

Event 39798 (2BDABA30)

Date: 7/23/1977
Description: At 12:45 a.m. a 26-year old woman and her 13-year-old niece looked out their bedroom window in Lindley, New York before retiring and saw 11 or 12 white lights in a “dipper” shaped formation that were moving about in the sky. One bright light appeared on a hill 300 yards away. They could hear a whooshing sound, then two lights rose in the air. Then next heard footsteps from the creek, about 100 yards away, and saw two small figures floating up and down in front of a tree by the creek. After this they saw several more figures, at various spots, carrying what seemed to be flashlights. They wore tight-fitting, “skin diver” suits with glowing green belts.

A luminous red rectangular object was seen by one of the witnesses. It approached the creek, and then backed away. At this point both witnesses developed severe headaches. They then saw a figure on a distant hill shining a light on a tombstone there, and the stone seemed to rise up into the air and move back and forth. A figure taller than the others, who were less than four feet tall, stood near the light on the hill and called out with an “ooh, ooh” signal. The others all approached him and, five minutes later, deployed back into adjacent fields. One of them approached the house. He came under the second story window and dropped to the ground, as if to conceal himself, he then approached the door and rattled the handle. By this time, 3:45 a.m., the older witness had called her mother, who notified the state police. All of the lights and figures disappeared just prior to the arrival of the police, the lights in the sky being indistinguishable from stars. Both witnesses believed only an hour had passed but actually over three hours had elapsed. They complained of burning eyes and headaches that lasted for two days. Footprints were found in the area.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, August 1977, p. 36; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-37 (A1742), citing Ted Phillips, Douglas Dains, & Dr Gary Truce for CUFOS
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4329

Event 39799 (FFA1D339)

Date: 7/24/1977
Time: 22:30
Location: EAST / CRUIS, FR
Description: 2 / car. Luminous white 7M hemisphere / ground. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) in front. Observer(s) 40M away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 195)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12716

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “E/CRUIS,FR:2/CAR:LUMn.WHT 7M HEMISPHERE/GND:2 OIDS IN FRONT:OBS 40M away”, LatLong: “44.066669 5.866667”, LatLongDMS: “44:04:00 N 05:52:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alpes de Haute Provence”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39800 (B1ADEAFE)

Date: 7/24/1977
Location: Cruis (east of), France
Description: 10:30 PM. On Route 951 east of Cruis, a couple, Mr. & Mrs. Gaizand, reported seeing a white luminous form shaped like a hemisphere sitting on the ground by the side of the road. Next to the craft stood two human-like figures. The figures were about 1.65 meters in height and wore gray uniforms and helmets. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1980, issue # 195). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4830

Event 39801 (E568E6AF)

Date: 7/24/1977
Location: Henderson, KY
Description: 8:40 PM. Report not phoned in to UFO Filter Center but came over police scanner (KNI Net) at UFOFC. Report of an “aircraft going down” prompted law enforcement officials to look for a crash. None found. (UFOFC, Ridge files) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4831

Event 39802 (6716E5DF)

Date: 7/24/1977
Description: At 10:30 p.m. on Route 951 east of Cruis, France a couple, Mr. & Mrs. Gaizand, reported seeing a white luminous form shaped like a hemisphere sitting on the ground by the side of the road. The object was about 7-8 meters in diameter and about 2.50 meters in height, and was about 40 meters away from the road. It had three bright bluish-white lights. Next to the craft stood two human-like figures. The figures were about 1.65 meters in height and wore gray uniforms and helmets. Mrs. Gaizand was seized by a panic and begged her husband to drive away. Both suffered from conjunctivitis and insomnia after the encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1980, issue # 195
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4358

Event 39803 (F2BA6578)

Date: 7/25/1977
Location: USA, Lindley (New York)
Description: (Translated from French) Around 11 PM, Donald heard a noise coming from the door and as he headed towards it, he saw a humanoid about 1.2 meters tall about 1.5 meters away. It was dressed in light on top and dark on the bottom. Donald took a flashlight and a revolver and went outside to shine the light on the creature. Near a tree, not far away, his flashlight illuminated a UFO which quickly sent a beam of light towards Donald and his wife, who quickly returned to their home. He had a terrible headache, his ears were buzzing and he felt numb. This witness said he saw 6 or 7 UFOs and a lot of humanoids: he could even hear them walking on the roof of his house, and even an air vent was lifted. Between them, these beings were jabbering in a strange language. All this activity lasted nearly six hours and didn’t end until 5 AM.
Reference: International Ufo Reporter vol. 2 n° 9 - 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2972

Event 39804 (EB8DFA7F)

Date: Late 7/1977
Location: ITALY, Venice
Description: (Translated from French) To early August. Children aged 8 to 10 playing at the Lido saw a huge fireball pass 30 meters above the ground, preceded by a fog. In a few seconds it disappeared, pouring onto the ground incandescent fragments resembling embers. (1977, late July)
Reference: CISU, Notizie Ufo n° 48
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2973

Event 39805 (FEECE93C)

Date: 7/25/1977
Time: 03:10
Location: SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Description: 2 observer(s). Cone going down / angel island. Going / Marin. Going west under golden gate bridge!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12717

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “SAN FRANCISCO,CA:2 OBS:CONE↓/ANGEL ISL:>/MARIN:>W UNDER GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE!”, LatLong: “37.833335 -122.466673”, LatLongDMS: “37:50:00 N 122:28:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39806 (400FC477)

Date: 7/25/1977 (approximate)
Time: 21:30
Location: LYNE SANDS, ENGL
Description: 1 / beach. Domed saucer with square portholes. Going down [to] 30M away. Possible landing / power station/depot/facility.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 290)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12718

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “LYNE SANDS,ENGL:1/BEACH:DOMED SCR W/SQR PORTS:↓ 30M AWAY:POSS.LANDING/PWR STn”, LatLong: “55.094447 -1.422222”, LatLongDMS: “55:05:40 N 01:25:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39807 (E6D1B591)

Date: 7/26/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Photo taken in Maldonada (Uruguay). See images/1977-07-26.gif. (July 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2757

Event 39808 (69A8BD8A)

Date: 7/26/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: MIANYANG AND SHUANGLIU COS, SICHUAN, CH
Description: Luminous spirals and concentric rings over factories.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 94)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12719

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “MIANYANG+SHUANGLIU cos,SICHUAN,CH:LUMNs SPIRALS+CONCENTRIC RINGS ovr FACTORIES”, LatLong: “31.450001 104.716672”, LatLongDMS: “31:27:00 N 104:43:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39809 (327DBE33)

Date: 7/26/1977
Time: 21:50
Location: CHENGDU, SICHUAN, CH
Description: 1000+observer(s). UFO going quickly [to] over outdoor theater. Luminous trail. / r208p94-102.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 212)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12720

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “CHENGDU,SICHUAN,CH:1000+OBS:UFO >>ovr OUTDOOR THEATER:LUMn.TRAIL:/r208p94-102”, LatLong: “30.666668 104.066672”, LatLongDMS: “30:40:00 N 104:04:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SCH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39810 (D19D6F7F)

Date: 7/26/1977
Location: Maldonada, Uraguay
Description: Maldonada, Uraguay (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 770726
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4832

Event 39811 (A96275CE)

Date: 7/26/1977
Time: 17:00:00.2
Location: 69.5750 90.3750
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Meteorite-2” Yield: 15KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1493

Extra Data: LatLong: “69.5750 90.3750”, LatLongDMS: “69:34:30 N 90:22:30 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.85”, NukeMb: “5.00”, NukeName: “PNE:Meteorite-2”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “15”

Event 39812 (5E33A77C)

Date: 7/26/1977
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Description: 10:10 p.m. Astronomer Zhang Zhousheng and others watch a strange spiral object in the air above a northern suburb of Chengdu, Sichuan, China. At its center is a yellowish light, with the arms of the spiral blue and greenish. The object is 60° in the air and moving in a straight line at a constant speed. It is visible for about 5 minutes before it is covered up by clouds. The object is visible to other witnesses in localities along a 110-mile, north-to-south line, for as long as 10 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wendelle Stevens and Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, UFO Photo Archives, 1983, pp. 99–102
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5532

Event 39813 (108C04E7)

Date: 7/28/1977
Time: 14:07:00.4
Location: 37.1100 -116.0800
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Carnelian” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_808

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1100 -116.0800”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:36 N 116:04:48 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Carnelian”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39814 (3B182C9E)

Date: 7/29/1977
Location:
Description: Delta Aquarid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_292

Event 39815 (EEB9AB46)

Date: 7/30/1977
Time: 02:20
Location: TRAFARIA, PORTUGAL
Description: 4 observer(s). Large sphere offloads 1-2-3 smaller ones!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 210)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12721

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “TRAFARIA,PORTUGAL:4 OBS:LRG SPHERE OFFLOADS 1-2-3 SMALLER ONES!”, LatLong: “38.666669 -9.233334”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 N 09:14:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LSB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39816 (0C387C5B)

Date: 7/30/1977
Time: 15:40
Location: NEAR BIRDWOOD, SOUTH AUS
Description: 50M silent phony airliner lands by power lines. Going up / 600kph. / MJ#120.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12722

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “nr BIRDWOOD,S.AUS:50M SLNT PHONY AIRLINER LANDS by PWR LINES:↑/600kph:/MJ#120”, LatLong: “-34.633335 139.166673”, LatLongDMS: “34:38:00 S 139:10:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39817 (29A034C6)

Date: 7/30/1977
Time: 01:57:00.1
Location: 49.7540 78.0570
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: .002KT YieldMax: 40KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1494

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7540 78.0570”, LatLongDMS: “49:45:14 N 78:03:25 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.30”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “.002”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 39818 (C3CF6B71)

Date: 7/30/1977
Locations: RAF Boulmer in Alnwick, Northumberland, England; North Sea; RAF Patrington in Yorkshire
Description: Early morning. Airmen on the night shift at RAF Boulmer in Alnwick, Northumberland, England, are alerted by a call from a civilian who is watching two bright objects hovering above the North Sea. Duty controller Flight Lt. A. M. Wood and others on the base can also see them, hovering close to the shore at about 4,000–5,000 feet. They move apart slowly as they climb into the sky. The object on the west side is conical with its apex at the top. It seems to be rotating and changes its shape to an arrowhead. It is apparently 4–5 times the size of a Whirlwind helicopter. After the objects move away out to sea, radar at RAF Boulmer picks up two targets 20–30 miles out, corroborated by radar at RAF Patrington in Yorkshire.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, p. 92
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5533

Event 39819 (57413AB8)

Date: 7/31/1977
Time: 18:30
Location: NORMAL, IL
Description: Art professor and 2. Silent plain cylinder/cigar-shape 3X moon-size southwest going quickly northeast steadily. / r237p62.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12723

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “244”, HatchDesc: “NORMAL,IL:ART PROFESSOR+2:SLNT PLAIN CGR 3X MOONSIZE SW>>NE STEADILY:/r237p62”, LatLong: “40.516669 -88.988893”, LatLongDMS: “40:31:00 N 88:59:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39820 (91055942)

Date: 7/31/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: MOTTA SAN GIOVANNI, ITL
Description: 2 / car and others. 3M glowing-disk maneuvers. Power outage until gone.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12724

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MOTTA San GIOVANNI,ITL:2/CAR+OTHERS:3M GLO-DISK MNVRS:POWER OUTAGE until gone”, LatLong: “38.000002 15.700001”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 15:42:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39821 (F2265113)

Date: 7/31/1977
Time: 23:10
Location: SOUTH / ESTORIL, PORTUGAL
Description: 2 / beach. 7 silent saucers hover / group. Then maneuver like bees. Going quickly [to] extremely fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12725

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “S/ESTORIL,PORTUGAL:2/BEACH:7 SLNT SCRS HVR/GROUP:then MNVR LIKE BEES:>> XFAST”, LatLong: “38.716669 -9.333334”, LatLongDMS: “38:43:00 N 09:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “LSB”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39822 (FC43DFDF)

Date: 7/31/1977
Location: Normal, IL
Description: 6:30 PM. University professor called wife and secretary to see a silver “stretched cigar” three times (apparent) diameter in length. Object flew in slow straight path from 30-degrees in SW to 30-degrees in NE and was lost in the trees. (IUR,2,9) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4833

Event 39823 (84EBD526)

Date: 7/31/1977
Location: Normal, Illinois
Description: 6:30 p.m. A university art professor in Normal, Illinois, calls his wife and secretary to see a silver “stretched cigar” three times its apparent diameter in length. The object flies in a slow, straight path from southwest to northeast and is lost in the trees.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-68,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5534

Event 39824 (A35EA5F8)

Date: 7/31/1977
Description: At 9:00 p.m. a three-meter in diameter luminous disc-shaped object maneuvered over the city of Motta San Giovanni, Sicilia, Italy. The city experienced a power outage for five minutes, until it went away.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4538

Event 39825 (5E674CE4)

Date: 8/1977
Location: USSR- SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) The spacestation Salyout 5 in turn voluntarily plunged into the atmosphere for disintegration.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 217
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2974

Event 39826 (92DF53DB)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 03:10
Location: WIGAN, LANCS
Description: Droning 85’ saucer rises / trees. Beams light / miner. 45 minute(s) / missing time. / contact UK.
Type: sighting
Reference: ALDRICH, Jan J.: Private research papers. A huge mass of hard-won information. (Index 0)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12726

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “50”, Elev: “66”, HatchDesc: “WIGAN,LANCs:DRONING 85’SCR RISES/TREES:BEAMS LITE/MINER:45min/MST:/CONTACT UK”, LatLong: “53.533336 -2.633333”, LatLongDMS: “53:32:00 N 02:38:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39827 (FCAE93CA)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 04:30
Location: ORTONA, ITL
Description: Hot wind. Silent luminous/glowing metallic disk hovers. Shoots beams at building.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12727

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ORTONA,ITL:HOT WIND:SLNT LUMn MTLC DISK HVRS:SHOOTS BEAMS at BLDG:”, LatLong: “42.350002 14.400001”, LatLongDMS: “42:21:00 N 14:24:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39828 (B54AAB90)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: ZHENGZHOU, HENAN, CH
Description: Thousands / open theater. Silent 40cm fireball spins circles and maneuvers / 8 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 109)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12728

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “13”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “ZHENGZHOU,HENAN,CH:1000s/OPEN THEATER:SLNT 40cm FBL SPINS CCLs+MNVRS/8min:”, LatLong: “34.750002 113.700005”, LatLongDMS: “34:45:00 N 113:42:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HEN”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39829 (667BD999)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: HAMRUN, MALTA
Description: Several observer(s). Blurry object with hundreds / lights hovers. Zigzags away / 90° turns.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: MALTA UFO RESEARCH: J.J.Mercieca. www.mufor.org email: mufor at maltanet.net
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12729

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Greece and Island nations”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “HAMRUN,MALTA:SVRL OBS:BLURRY OBJ W/100s/LITES HVRs:ZIGZAGS AWAY/90°TURNS”, LatLong: “35.888891 14.483334”, LatLongDMS: “35:53:20 N 14:29:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MLT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39830 (A74A0A7E)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: NEAR BAOJI, SHAANXI, CH
Description: Several observer(s). Small saucer blows smoke mist and flame. Spins going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 106)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12730

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr BAOJI,SHAANXI,CH:SVRL OBS:SML SCR BLOWS SMOKE MIST+FLAME:SPINS >>S”, LatLong: “32.433335 107.166672”, LatLongDMS: “32:26:00 N 107:10:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39831 (C0A3A5B2)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: JINGTAI CO, GANSU, CH
Description: Many observer(s). Silent Gulf Breeze saucer beams rings / light going down. See reference dwg.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 108)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12731

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “JINGTAI co,GANSU,CH:MANY OBS:SLNT GULF BREEZE SCR BEAMS RINGS/LITE↓:see rf dwg”, LatLong: “37.166668 104.083338”, LatLongDMS: “37:10:00 N 104:05:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GNS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39832 (4B108DF4)

Date: 8/1977
Time: ~21:00
Location: VIANA DO CASTELO, PRT
Description: Dozens. Strange craft / night sky / Sr Brit diplomat. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12732

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “VIANA DO CASTELO,PRT:DOZENS:STRANGE CRAFT/NIGHT SKY/Sr BRIT DIPLOMAT:type unk”, LatLong: “41.683335 -8.750000”, LatLongDMS: “41:41:00 N 08:45:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MIN”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39833 (008A94A2)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 22:00?
Location: GUARDA, BEIRA ALTA, PRT
Description: 12 firemen. Strange shiny object circles fire in progress.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 20)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12733

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GUARDA,BEIRA ALTA,PRT:12 FIREMEN:STRANGE SHINY OBJ CIRCLES FIRE IN PROGRESS.”, LatLong: “40.533335 -7.283334”, LatLongDMS: “40:32:00 N 07:17:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BEI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39834 (B68A4211)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 22:00?
Location: BAOJI, SHAANXI, CH
Description: 3+several observer(s). Huge silent saucer north going quickly south. NFAST. Beams going down. Spins 2 second(s) / rev.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 113)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12734

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BAOJI,SHAANXI,CH:3+SVRL OBS:HUGE SLNT SCR N>>S:nfast:BEAMS ↓:SPINS 2sec/rev”, LatLong: “34.433335 107.183338”, LatLongDMS: “34:26:00 N 107:11:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39835 (E9A20D6E)

Date: 8/1977
Time: 23:30
Location: BERLIN HEIGHTS, OH
Description: 2 observer(s). Night light responds flashlight. Comes and goes and searches with lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12735

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “237”, HatchDesc: “BERLIN HEIGHTS,OH:2 OBS:NLT RESPONDS FLASHLITE:COMES+GOES+SEARCHES W/LITES”, LatLong: “41.333335 -82.494448”, LatLongDMS: “41:20:00 N 82:29:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39836 (A1C84607)

Date: 8/1977
Location: Berlin Heights, OH
Description: CE-2. No details other than 1-witness last name Elmer. (EGBA,688) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4834

Event 39837 (1B89DDD7)

Date: 8/1977
Location: Raeford, North Carolina
Description: 9:30 p.m. Graham Niven sees two green objects in the southern sky at Raeford, North Carolina. They are moving swiftly to the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “One Reporting Witness: Two Reported Sightings,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 2, no. 10 (October 1981): 1–2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5535

Event 39838 (F1F6E082)

Date: 8/1/1977
Location: COLARES ISLAND, BRZ
Description: By now island 90% evacuated. Photographs of saucer emerging / Marajo Bay.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 199)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12736

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “0”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “COLARES Isl,BRZ:BY NOW ISLAND 90% EVACUATED:FOTOS OF SCR EMERGING/MARAJO BAY”, LatLong: “-0.933333 -48.283336”, LatLongDMS: “00:56:00 S 48:17:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRA”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39839 (B50FFD35)

Date: 8/1/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: NEAR ST.-BEAULIZE, FR
Description: 3M luminous sphere going down / 3M altitude 12M away! Shoots beam going down. Going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 259)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12737

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “nr St-BEAULIZE,FR:3M LUMn.SPHERE ↓/3M alt 12M away!:SHOOTS BEAM ↓:↑+away”, LatLong: “43.900002 3.100000”, LatLongDMS: “43:54:00 N 03:06:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aveyron”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39840 (5C8F4A89)

Date: 8/1/1977
Location: Springfield, Ohio
Description: 9:30 a.m. An 11-year-old boy playing baseball in Springfield, Ohio, sees a white cigar-shaped object flying southbound from low in the western sky for 15 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-70,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5536

Event 39841 (C7E4B0B6)

Date: 8/1/1977
Description: At around two o’clock in the morning, a man and a woman in Steuben, New York who had been involved in a previous UFO encounter a week earlier had another encounter with aliens. They watched six or seven humanoid beings with glowing green belts, similar to those they had seen the week before. Two of them had glowing gray belts, and one of the witnesses saw two normal sized human figures that glowed a silvery white instead of green. After observing them for an hour they woke a third witness, who saw only blue-green lights. When they shone a flashlight beam on one of the figures it disappeared, but re-appeared when the light beam was removed. It gradually became very foggy, so at 4:30 a.m. they went to bed, but the first two witnesses thought they could hear the sound of a woman screaming three times, and then a door slamming. They experienced headaches and ringing in their ears. The third witness, who heard a noise like someone chiseling rock and a high-pitched chirping sound, did not suffer from a headache. They saw no UFOs that night, but there were other reported sightings in the area on subsequent nights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, September 1977, p. 7; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-42 (A1747), citing field investigator Douglas Dains for CUFOS
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4577

Event 39842 (92EF78DC)

Date: 8/2/1977
Location: Chester, Illinois
Description: Marauding UFOs destroy the town of Chester, Illinois, according to a hoax concocted by Official UFO magazine editor Myron Fass.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Allan Hendry, “Sleep Well, Chester, Illinois: It’s Ufology That’s Hurting,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): wrap; Clark III 599
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5537

Event 39843 (A6F2AE22)

Date: 8/3/1977
Time: 03:30
Location: THAXTED, ESSEX
Description: 1 / car buzzed / night lights. Near loss / control. Car tests magnetic. / r41p277.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 280)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12738

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “THAXTED,ESSEX:1/CAR BUZZED/NLTS:NEAR LOSS/CONTROL:CAR TESTS MAGNETIC:/r41p277”, LatLong: “51.972225 0.338889”, LatLongDMS: “51:58:20 N 00:20:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39844 (6425CF11)

Date: 8/3/1977
Time: 19:50
Location: ALMONASTER LA REAL, SP
Description: Girl / 20. Flash. 2 pseudo-humans/entities appear. One hour / missing time. Id card gone / purse.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12739

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “65”, HatchDesc: “ALMONASTER la REAL,SP:GIRL/20:FLASH:2 PSHs APPEAR:1hr/MST:ID CARD GONE/PURSE”, LatLong: “37.883335 -3.772222”, LatLongDMS: “37:53:00 N 03:46:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “HLV”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39845 (01567E34)

Date: 8/3/1977
Location: Thaxted, North Essex, UK
Description: Orange-red objects hovered nearby, car lost power (NICAP UFOE II, Section VII). (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4835

Event 39846 (33CA3C6E)

Date: 8/3/1977
Location: Campos, Brazil
Description: On this day a gray disc-shaped object was seen on the ground and three tall, thin, baldheaded figures were seen moving around the object performing various tasks. They wore gray coveralls with green belts. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, citing Antonio Faleiro). (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4836

Event 39847 (B0CC7479)

Date: 8/3/1977
Location: Thaxted, North Essex, UK
Description: Orange-red objects hovered nearby, car lost power
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_293

Event 39848 (D91B653C)

Date: 8/3/1977
Description: Afternoon. NASA astrophysicist Richard C. Henry is one of several persons asked to attend a meeting to discuss what to do about Frank Press’s recommendation. The group decides to turn the issue over to Space Science Director Noel W. Hinners. At the end of the meeting, Henry lets Hinners know that he has some relevant expertise on UFOs (as a consultant to APRO).
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Richard C. Henry, “UFOs and NASA,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 2, no. 2 (1988): 93–142; Clark 787–788
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5538

Event 39849 (E4E229FA)

Date: 8/3/1977
End date: 8/18/1977
Locations: Monte Verrugoli; La Spezia, Italy
Description: Italian researchers Giovanni and Piero Mantero of the Centro Internazionale Richerche e Studi sugli UFO in Genoa hold a 15-day skywatch on Monte Verrugoli west of La Spezia, Italy. The mountain is known for reports of strange phenomena. During the skywatch a total of 108 nocturnal lights are observed, 82 appearing as points of light, 7 oblong in shape, 7 spherical, one like a tilted plate, 3 discoid, one like a half-moon, and 7 other miscellaneous forms. Most are yellow, but some are reddish or blue. Occasionally the unidentified lights seem to increase in luminosity in response to signals made with a flashlight. During their presence, dogs in the neighborhood bark almost constantly. The objects disappear when conventional aircraft appear in the sky. Sounds of breaking tree branches are heard, unidentified voices are registered on a tape recorder, wristwatches malfunction, and areas of flattened grass are found. On one of the last nights of the project, Giovanni Mantero claims to have seen a strange aerial entity with a transparent face.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, pp. 232–233
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5539

Event 39850 (730F209B)

Date: 8/3/1977
Description: In Thaxted, Essex, England a 24-year old man named Stevens was driving at around 3:30 a.m. when his car lost power from 50 mph to 35 mph despite applying full throttle. Two orange-red oval lights were seen hovering nearby at the time, at a distance of 300-400 yards.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Andrew Collins, FSR, January 1978, p. 25; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, pp. 21, 275
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4634

Event 39851 (180770AD)

Date: 8/3/1977
Description: On this day in Campos, Brazil a gray disc-shaped object was seen on the ground and three tall, thin, baldheaded figures were seen moving around the object performing various tasks. They wore gray coveralls with green belts.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, citing Antonio Faleiro
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4635

Event 39852 (759C9154)

Date: 8/3/1977
Description: Caferina Vargas Martin, age 20, of Escalada, Huelva, Spain left her home at 7:30 p.m. to walk to her grandmother’s house in La Corte, about three kilometers distant. The pathway between the two villages winds along a creek at the foot of a mountain, with lush vegetation along the way. While walking along the footpath, at around 7:55 p.m., she was momentarily blinded by a bright reflection of light. About 20 meters further on, another flash of light again shone in her face. She believed it was a bicycle headlight, but she quickly felt her strength ebb away as the light source was replaced by two strange humanoid figures: a woman two meters tall and a slightly shorter man. The woman had long platinum hair that hung to the middle of her back, but the man’s hair was shorter and slightly disheveled. Their facial features were “repulsive” to the witness because the woman had very large eyes, and only two holes where her nose should be, with a slit-like mouth that moved without opening. Both figures were dressed in tunics; the woman’s was a dark green color, but shiny as if made up of many tiny points of light, with wide long sleeves that went to her hands. The tunic extended to the ground so her feet were unseen. The man’s tunic was a light chestnut color, and also with brightly reflecting points of light. It came to his knees, below which was a narrow, darker tunic that extended to the ground. Their skin was citron yellow in color. While the woman gesticulated with her arms, both beings remained indifferent to the witness’s presence. Feeling faint, Caferina sat down on a rock and then passed out. When she came to there was no one there and it was then dark. Frightened and upset, she ran back home. It was 8:50 p.m. when she got home, nearly an hour after her encounter began. She suffered from psychological shock and had nightmares for the next several nights, and was treated by doctors. Some personal belongings of hers also turned up missing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-60 (A1751), citing Ignacio Darnaude, Joaquin Mateos, Manuel Filpo Jose Ignacio Alonso & Antonio Moya; Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4636

Event 39853 (13429DFC)

Date: 8/4/1977
Time: 21:10
Location: TEDDINGTON, LONDON
Description: 1 observer / (seen thru) binoculars. Silent cylinder/cigar-shape. 5 portholes glow. Avoids plane / Heathrow.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 42)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12740

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TEDDINGTON,LONDON:1 OBS/BINOCS:SLNT CGR:5 PORTHOLES GLOW:AVOIDS PLANE/HEATHROW”, LatLong: “51.433336 -0.333333”, LatLongDMS: “51:26:00 N 00:20:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39854 (D094A91B)

Date: 8/4/1977
Time: 16:40:00.1
Location: 37.0866 -116.0069
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Strake” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_809

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0866 -116.0069”, LatLongDMS: “37:05:12 N 116:00:25 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.52”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeName: “Strake”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39855 (EB41C196)

Date: 8/4/1977
Description: The offices of the Energy Research and Development Administration and the Federal Energy Administration are dissolved and become the cabinet-level US Department of Energy, with the oversight of policies on energy and safety in handling nuclear material. Its responsibilities include the nation’s nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the US Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production. It also directs research in genomics; the Human Genome Project originated in a DOE initiative.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “United States Department of Energy”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5540

Event 39856 (37EB62DD)

Date: 8/4/1977
Locations: Teddington, southwest London, England; Heathrow Airport
Description: 9:10 p.m. A man in Teddington, southwest London, England, is outside watching the sky when he sees a small light traveling fast to the right of a well known Heathrow Airport flight path. Watching it through binoculars, it looks like a metallic submarine shape with five portholes. It hovers for 20 seconds almost on the flight path. It moves away quickly when an aircraft approaches.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 6 (June 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5541

Event 39857 (6558FA54)

Date: 8/5/1977
Location: REGUENGO DO FETAL, PORTUGAL
Description: 30M red saucer hovers / 30M altitude. Takes off fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 182)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12741

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “REGUENGO do FETAL,PORTUGAL:30M RED SCR HVRS/30M ALT:TAKES OFF FAST:NFD”, LatLong: “39.633335 -8.777778”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:00 N 08:46:40 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Beira littoral”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39858 (C8D77DEB)

Date: 8/5/1977
Time: 08:30
Location: MOSCOW, RS
Description: Fiery 1M sphere/orb/globe appears over Kremlin. Splits / 3 parts. 1 going quickly [to] church and hits altar.
Type: sighting
Reference: AFU NEWSLETTER (English). Anders Liljegren (ed). Archives for UFO Research; PO Box 11027; S-600 11 Norrkoping, SWEDEN (Index 18)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12742

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, GSA: Covert Security Agency, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “MOSCOW,RS:FIERY 1M ORB APPEARS OVR KREMLIN:SPLITS/3 PARTS:1>>CHURCH+HITS ALTAR”, LatLong: “55.750003 37.616668”, LatLongDMS: “55:45:00 N 37:37:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MSC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39859 (D5F824ED)

Date: 8/5/1977
Description: A red disc-shaped object hovered at 30 meters altitude for about a minute on this night in Reguengo do Fetal, Leiria, Portugal, and then it took off fast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: PORTUCAT, case 182; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 12279
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4693

Event 39860 (06A4C067)

Date: 8/6/1977
Time: 10:30
Location: PELHAM, GA
Description: Saucer going down / farm. Cows and farmer frozen. 5 pseudo-human/entity exit and examine observer(s) and reboard. Going quickly [to] going [to] away.
Type: sighting
Reference: HITT, Michael D: GEORGIA’S AERIAL PHENOMENON 1947-1987 Self published 1999. ref. Jan Aldrich. (Index 75)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12743

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “111”, HatchDesc: “PELHAM,GA:SCR ↓/FARM:COWS+FARMER FROZEN:5 PSH EXIT+EXAMINE OBS+REBOARD:>>>away”, LatLong: “31.127779 -84.150004”, LatLongDMS: “31:07:40 N 84:09:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39861 (D36B5A9B)

Date: 8/6/1977
Location: Pelham, GA
Description: 10:30 AM. Tom Dawson, 63, a retired car salesman, was taking a walk down to his favorite fishing pond, when suddenly a disc-shaped craft silently came into view, hovering just a few feet off the ground between nearby trees. Simultaneously, Dawson found himself unable to move, and noted that his two dogs and some twenty head of cattle seemed to suffer from the same affliction. (Source: The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters, edited by Ronald D. Story. New American Library, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10014. 2001. Feature submitted by researcher Billy J. Rachels. (mysterious-america.net) (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4837

Event 39862 (85249842)

Date: 8/6/1977
Location: Pelham, GA
Description: 10:30 AM. Tom Dawson, 63, a retired car salesman, was taking a walk down to his favorite fishing pond, when suddenly a disc-shaped craft silently came into view, hovering just a few feet off the ground between nearby trees. Dawson described the object as being about 50 feet in diameter and 15 feet high, encircled by what appeared to be portholes, with a dome on top. As he watched helpless, a ramp was extended down to the ground and seven hairless, snow-white entities appeared. (Source: The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters, edited by Ronald D. Story. New American Library, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10014. 2001. Feature submitted by researcher Billy J. Rachels. (mysterious-america.net) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4838

Event 39863 (9B2BEB1E)

Date: 8/6/1977
Locations: Port Columbus Airport; John Glenn Columbus International Airport; Columbus, Ohio
Description: 8:55 p.m. A young woman close to Port Columbus Airport [now John Glenn Columbus International Airport] in Columbus, Ohio, stops her car to watch two cylindrical objects with bulbous ends approach her from the southwest. They are dark gray or green and have bright white lights on opposite ends. They appear to bank and twist for 10–15 seconds. One ascends, stops, and vanishes; the other does the same maneuver one second later, all “too fast for airplanes.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-81,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5542

Event 39864 (C989247F)

Date: 8/7/1977
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Description: 3:43 AM. Two witnesses on a flight, one UFO. (Haines printout) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4839

Event 39865 (523893FB)

Date: 8/7/1977
Locations: Mississippi River near Galena, Illinois; Chesterton, Indiana
Description: A nearly perfect circular ring, 12 feet in diameter and 8 inches wide is discovered in someone’s backyard on an island in the Mississippi River near Galena, Illinois. The ring is caused by a substance composed of tiny beads that discolors the grass and leaves on the ground. A similar ring is found near Chesterton, Indiana, on August 12. Analysis by the University of Chicago shows that the rings are caused by slime mold.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Allan Hendry, “A Physical Trace Doth Not a CE II Make,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5543

Event 39866 (B953772F)

Date: 8/9/1977
Time: 22:30
Location: OFF IMPERIA, ITL
Description: 12 astronomers and more. Saucer going west / 20 minute(s). Going down / sea. Submerges. Up and away again!
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 95)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12744

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “22”, HatchDesc: “off IMPERIA,ITL:12 ASTRONOMERS+:SCR >W/20min:↓/SEA:SUBMERGES:UP+AWAY AGAIN!”, LatLong: “43.666669 8.166667”, LatLongDMS: “43:40:00 N 08:10:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “IM”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39867 (2106DDDD)

Date: 8/9/1977
Location: Wheaton, Illinois
Description: 2:00 p.m. A witness in Wheaton, Illinois, sees 8–16 pinpoints of light “like magnesium burning” silently maneuvering in and out of the overcast clouds. They appear to be approaching very fast from 60° in the north. Looping and swooping, they move apart after about 15 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-85,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5544

Event 39868 (D9856FBE)

Date: 8/9/1977
Description: At around 1:30 a.m. Police Constable David Swift was investigating an unusual fog in a nearby fog located in East Hull, Yorkshire, England. As he crossed the field, he saw three figures who seemed to be dancing around a non-existent Maypole. Each had an arm raised. “One figure was a man in a sleveless jerkin and tight-fitting trousers…the other two were women in bonnets, shawls, and white colored dresses.” Thinking they were drunks, he approached them. At about 50 feet away the entire scene vanished. “No one was there.” He drove about the area in his car, but found nothing more. He then reported the incident to his sergeant.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, 1977 Humanoid Reports; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1977-44, citing Robert J. Richard, Fortean Times, issue # 23
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4802

Event 39869 (9FBC972B)

Date: 8/10/1977
Time: 01:00
Location: SOUTH / PINHEIRO, BRZ
Description: Bogea chased / delta/triangle/box-like craft. Abduction. Shown strange city / hours. Translocated. / r123.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12745

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “S/PINHEIRO,BRZ:BOGEA CHASED/DLT:ABD:SHOWN STRANGE CITY/hrs:TRANSLOCATED:/r123”, LatLong: “-2.600000 -45.083335”, LatLongDMS: “02:36:00 S 45:05:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 39870 (0B0B2083)

Date: 8/10/1977
Location: Pinheiro, Maranhao State, Brazil
Description: Early morning hours. A man named Bogea was chased by a delta-shaped flying object through the forest. He reported being abducted and shown a strange city for hours. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4840

Event 39871 (6050CBAF)

Date: 8/10/1977
Location: Madison County, IN
Description: Humanoid report. No details. (EGBA,676) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4841

Event 39872 (9E3230D4)

Date: 8/10/1977
Time: 22:00:00.1
Location: 50.9550 110.9830
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Meterorite-5” Yield: 8.5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1495

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.9550 110.9830”, LatLongDMS: “50:57:18 N 110:58:59 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.49”, NukeMb: “5.00”, NukeName: “PNE:Meterorite-5”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “8.5”

Event 39873 (CA4FA21E)

Date: 8/10/1977
Location: Bridgewater Township, New Jersey
Description: 8:50 p.m. Two adult couples in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, watch a bright, blue-green star silently loping from low in the west toward the northeast for 30–45 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-9-87,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5545

Event 39874 (C7D4E9DB)

Date: 8/10/1977
Description: A man named Bogea was chased by a delta-shaped flying object through the forest in Pinheiro, Maranhao State, Brazil in the early morning hours. He reported being abducted and shown a strange city for hours. When he was returned in was located far from his original location.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 12283, citing Bob Pratt, UFO Danger Zone: Terror and Death in Brazil–Where Next? p. 100
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4826

Event 39875 (5B80DC6B)

Date: 8/11/1977
Time: 04:00
Location: CASCO TOWNSHIP, MI
Description: 3 cops. Large silent silver saucer / 25mph overhead. 2 white spotlights going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12746

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “195”, HatchDesc: “CASCO TOWNSHIP,MI:3 COPS:LRG SILENT SLVR SCR/25mph OVHD:2 WHT SPOTLITES ↓”, LatLong: “42.733335 -82.683337”, LatLongDMS: “42:44:00 N 82:41:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39876 (8CDFC37B)

Date: 8/11/1977
Time: 20:10
Location: SOUTH BRUNSWICK, NJ
Description: Cop and 4. Silent saucer rises / horizon. “Radar-mast” turns. Rises going [to] clouds going quickly NNE.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 33)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12747

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “S.BRUNSWICK,NJ:COP+4:SLNT SCR RISES/HRZN:“RADAR-MAST” TURNS:RISES>CLOUDS>>NNE”, LatLong: “40.350002 -74.500004”, LatLongDMS: “40:21:00 N 74:30:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39877 (E212A236)

Date: 8/11/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: HAYDEN, AL
Description: 6+observer(s). Fast 65’ saucer stops. Legs extend. 2nd saucer stops over 1st. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V2#10.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 117)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12748

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “174”, HatchDesc: “HAYDEN,AL:6+OBS:FAST 65’SCR STOPS:LEGS EXTEND:2nd SCR STOPS OVR 1st:/IUR V2#10”, LatLong: “33.883335 -86.700004”, LatLongDMS: “33:53:00 N 86:42:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Alabama”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39878 (83E7D97D)

Date: 8/11/1977
Location: South Brunswick, NJ
Description: A silent disc-shaped object came over the horizon and was seen by five witnesses, including police. There was something that looked like a “radar mast” on the object that was rotating. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4842

Event 39879 (11317BA0)

Date: 8/11/1977
Location: South Brunswick, New Jersey
Description: 8:05 p.m. A 37-year-old police detective in South Brunswick, New Jersey, watches a silent disc-shaped object come over the horizon. Four other witnesses also see it. There is something that looks like a rotating “radar mast” on the object. It rises into the clouds and shoots off toward the north-northeast after 3.5 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2- 9-88,” IUR 2, no. 9 (September 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5546

Event 39880 (02B9DCAF)

Date: 8/11/1977
Locations: Hayden, Alabama; Nocero Umbra, Perugia, Italy
Description: 8:45 p.m. A couple are driving near Hayden, Alabama, when they see an object hovering silently about 150 feet in the air. A blue-gray light in its center turns on and they can see its disc-like shape and size, which is about 65 feet in diameter. The object shoots north like a bullet, then stops a short distance away. Keeping it in view, they drive home and call the police. The woman sees the UFO circle around them three times and land. A second object comes out of the hills to the northeast and stops directly above the first object at about 400 feet. The lower object rises up to join the other briefly, and they can see a blinking red light on top. The objects accelerate to the south and vanish from sight. Total duration is 5 minutes. (“Case 2-9-89,” IUR 2, no. 10 (October 1977): wrap) August 13 (approximately) — Night. At Nocero Umbra, Perugia, Italy, several witnesses, including Bruno Vitali, see a cone-shaped object “more than a meter high.” Vitali tries unsuccessfully to hit the object with his car because as he speeds forward, the object maintains the same distance. Students who investigate the site later find a stone that is intensely hot 2 days after the encounter.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 12 (November 1977): 2; Mark Rodeghier, “UFO/Vehicle Very Close Encounters,” IUR 27, no. 1 (Spring 2002): 32
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5547

Event 39881 (CB22DDB2)

Date: 8/11/1977
Description: In Nocera-Umbra, Umbria, Italy at 12:10 a.m. Sr. Bruno Vitali was driving home after work when his headlights picked up a shining triangular figure in front of him on the road. It was about five feet tall and not more than 30 inches wide, and was hopping in front of the car as if trying to fly away from being observed. Another man, Oscar Tega, stated he heard a very loud whistling noise at the same time just prior to the motorist’s encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1977-45 (A1752), citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 170
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4884

Event 39882 (FF6118FD)

Date: 8/11/1977
Description: At 4:00 a.m. three police in Casco Township, Michigan witnessed a large silent silver saucer fly overhead at 25 mph. It had two white spotlights directed down from the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 12284, citing MUFON UFO Journal, issue 232
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4885

Event 39883 (AB18DE74)

Date: 8/11/1977
Description: In South Brunswick, New Jersey at 10:45 p.m. EDT a silent disc-shaped object came over the horizon and was seen by five witnesses, including police. There was something that looked like a “radar mast” on the object that was rotating. It rose up into the clouds and shot off toward the north-northeast after four minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, September 1977, p. 36; UNICAT, case # 199
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4886

Event 39884 (19412A68)

Date: 8/11/1977
Description: A 24-year-old construction worker named White and his wife were driving on a mountain road in Hayden, Alabama at 10:45 p.m. CDT when a 65-foot diameter domed disc stopped in the air close by and extended its landing gear. A second disc approached and stopped in the air directly over the first one. The witnesses had an episode of missing time and could not recall everything that happened next. They do recall seeing a domed disc accelerate and speed quickly out of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, September 1977, p. 36; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 410; UNICAT, case # 189
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4887

Event 39885 (AA34DC36)

Date: 8/12/1977
Location: USA, Mojave Desert, California
Description: (Translated from French) The first model (of the space shuttle), named “Enterprise”, was released from the factory in September 1976. To test its aeronautical capabilities, a test program foresaw a series of gliding flights over the Mojave Desert. The first one took place on August 12, 1977. (…) Two hundred thousand people converged to the site. (…) The show began simply with the takeoff of a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet, carrying on its back a very strange cargo, which at first glance resembled a stubby DC 9 aircraft with a delta wing. The cargo was simply the space shuttle. (…) Having reached a height of 8,000 meters, the carrier aircraft began a wide turn, descended to 6,700 meters and dropped its 68-ton cargo. This was the beginning of a five and a half minute gliding flight towards runway No. 15 of the Edwards base. (…) The shuttle stopped in less than 3 km. (August 12, 1977)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 168
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2975

Event 39886 (7A85244F)

Date: 8/12/1977
Description: (Translated from French) First atmospheric flight of the American shuttle Enterprise from a Boeing 747. (August 12)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2758

Event 39887 (F9F084DA)

Date: 8/12/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Recording the “WOW” signal. See images/WOW_450.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2759

Event 39888 (E7659727)

Date: 8/12/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: SEA SOUTHWEST / NAPLES, ITL
Description: 3 crewmen. Cylinder/cigar-shape follows ship / 12 minute(s). Suddenly shoots away.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12749

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “12”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SEA SW/NAPLES,ITL:3 CREWMEN:CGR FOLOS SHIP/12min:SUDDENLY SHOOTS AWAY”, LatLong: “40.666669 14.000001”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:00 N 14:00:00 E”, Locale: “High Seas”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SEA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39889 (5BC58D4E)

Date: 8/12/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: JINGTAI CO, GANSU, CH
Description: 2 observer(s). Flattened-cone saucer north going quickly south overhead. Portholes / rim. Spins counterclockwise.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12750

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “JINGTAI co,GANSU,CH:2 OBS:FLATTENED-CONE SCR N>>S OVHD:PORTHOLES/RIM:SPINS CCW”, LatLong: “37.133335 104.066672”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:00 N 104:04:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GNS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39890 (D4A1B316)

Date: 8/12/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: NORTHRIDGE, CA
Description: “Perseid meteor” stops. Hovers / 90 second(s). Moves and stops again. Generally going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12751

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “247”, HatchDesc: “NORTHRIDGE,CA:“PERSEID METEOR” STOPS:HVRS/90sec:MOVES+STOPS AGAIN:GENERALLY>>E”, LatLong: “34.233335 -118.483339”, LatLongDMS: “34:14:00 N 118:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39891 (8EFA2BA3)

Date: 8/12/1977
Time: ~21:10
Location: HOLLYWOOD, CA
Description: “Perseid meteor” stops. Zigzags tightly. Sparkles like diamond. Going quickly east.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12752

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “107”, HatchDesc: “HOLLYWOOD,CA:“PERSEID METEOR” STOPS:ZIGZAGS TIGHTLY:SPARKLES LIKE DIAMOND:>>E”, LatLong: “34.116668 -118.300006”, LatLongDMS: “34:07:00 N 118:18:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39892 (8F735BA4)

Date: 8/13/1977
Time: 00:30
Location: AIOLA, ITL
Description: Several observer(s). Flash! Luminous 5M ovoid hovers / 2M altitude / field. = “condensed cloud”.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12753

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “AIOLA,ITL:SVRL OBS:FLASH!:LUMn.5M OVOID HVRS/2M alt/FLD:=“CONDENSED CLOUD””, LatLong: “43.433335 11.350001”, LatLongDMS: “43:26:00 N 11:21:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RE”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39893 (B34902F3)

Date: 8/13/1977
Time: 01:00
Location: HOUETTEVILLE, FR
Description: Separate observer(s). 2.2M ovoid / field. Traces found later. Big investigation. See r.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 174)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12754

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “HOUETTEVILLE,FR:SEP.OBS:2.2M OVOID/FIELD:TRACES FOUND LATER:big investgn:see r”, LatLong: “49.127780 1.100000”, LatLongDMS: “49:07:40 N 01:06:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EUR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39894 (42D2B0EE)

Date: 8/13/1977
Time: 17:30
Location: SASSO MARCONI, ITL
Description: All silent! 45M metallic disk / 20M altitude / mountains. Bolted sections. Going quickly [to] going south.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12755

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SASSO MARCONI,ITL:ALL SLNT!:45M MTLC DISK/20M alt/MTNs:BOLTED SECTIONS:>>>S”, LatLong: “44.400002 11.233334”, LatLongDMS: “44:24:00 N 11:14:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bologna”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39895 (9FB1234E)

Date: 8/13/1977 (approximate)
Time: 20:00?
Location: PERUGIA, ITALY
Description: Several observer(s). 2-legged cone hops up road as man chases with car. See reference!
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12756

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “PERUGIA,ITALY:SVRL OBS:2-LEGGED CONE HOPS UP ROAD as MAN CHASES W/CAR:see ref!”, LatLong: “43.133335 12.400001”, LatLongDMS: “43:08:00 N 12:24:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “UMB”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39896 (8B3D12F1)

Date: 8/13/1977
Time: 21:00?
Location: VICENZA, ITL
Description: Blazing 1.5M disk-light / X-low altitude. Observer(s) feels extreme serenity…
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12757

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “VICENZA,ITL:BLAZING 1.5M DISK-LITE/X-LOW alt:OBS feels extreme serenity…”, LatLong: “45.550002 11.550001”, LatLongDMS: “45:33:00 N 11:33:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VNT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39897 (F9BC891D)

Date: 8/13/1977
Time: 22:20
Location: SOUTHWEST / ANNABA, ALGERIA
Description: 2 / car. 6 luminous balls. 1 pulses brightly and going quickly west. 4 maneuver. 1 vanishes.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12758

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “SW/ANNABA,ALGERIA:2/CAR:6 LUMn.BALLS:1 PULSES BRIGHTLY+>>W:4 MNVR:1 VANISHES”, LatLong: “36.933335 7.633334”, LatLongDMS: “36:56:00 N 07:38:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Annaba”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39898 (8DA81A1B)

Date: 8/13/1977
Time: 23:30
Location: BERRAHAL, ALG
Description: Same 2 / car. Dark ovoid with 8 lit portholes and headlight. Going west and going down [to] in curved steps.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12759

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Algeria”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “BERRAHAL,ALG:SAME 2/CAR:DRK OVOID W/8 LIT PORTS+HEADLITE:>W+↓ IN CURVED STEPS”, LatLong: “36.866668 7.383334”, LatLongDMS: “36:52:00 N 07:23:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Annaba”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39899 (A7C212EA)

Date: 8/13/1977
Description: A 2.2 meter ovoid object landed in a field in Houetteville, Eure department, France at one o’clock in the morning. Ground traces werefound later during a large scale investigation.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_4978

Event 39900 (5A05FE07)

Date: Mid 8/1977
Locations: Edmonton, Alberta; Chris Jensen farm 27 miles north of Edmonton, Alberta
Description: Between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. Canute Jensen, 13, and Kevin Rurka, 12, are in a treehouse on the Chris Jensen farm 27 miles north of Edmonton, Alberta. They are taking photos when they see a large, dark, block- shaped object moving through the sky. Canute snaps three photos before the object disappears upward in the clouds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “UFO Photographed from a Tree-House in Canada,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 7, no. 8 (August 1981): 1, 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5548

Event 39901 (A74AC5FB)

Date: 8/15/1977
Location: Delaware, Ohio
Description: The Big Ear Radio Telescope in Delaware, Ohio, in searching for signals from extraterrestrial civilizations, detects a strong, intermittent signal lasting for 72 seconds that stands out distinctly from the background noise. The team quickly rules out a terrestrial origin or a broadcast from a satellite. Nevertheless, the signal is so powerful and unusual that Jerry Ehman, the astronomer who analyzes the data print out, annotates the signal with the word “Wow!” The Big Ear team continued to observe the same part of the sky, as have others, but the Wow! signal never returns. In 2020, using the Gaia 3D star database developed by the European Space Agency, amateur astronomer Alberto Caballero identifies a Sun-like star in the region of the sky where the Wow! signal originated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Wow! Signal”; Daniela Breitman, “Wow! Signal Explained after 40 Years?” EarthSky, June 7, 2017; “Sun-Like Star Identified As the Potential Source of the Wow! Signal,” Physics ArXiv Blog, November 19, 2020
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5549

Event 39902 (A053E99E)

Date: 8/16/1977
Time: 00:30
Location: NEAR FAGE, LOT, FR
Description: 1M upright metallic egg follows teen / velocity / winding road. Electro-magnetic effect (EME). Going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12760

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr FAGE,LOT,FR:1M UPRIGHT MTLC EGG FOLOS TEEN/VELO/WINDING ROAD:EME:>>SE”, LatLong: “44.583335 1.538889”, LatLongDMS: “44:35:00 N 01:32:20 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Lot”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39903 (F36F4BD1)

Date: 8/16/1977
Time: 06:30
Location: NEAR SAULNIERES, FR
Description: Several observer(s). Luminous ball / low altitude. Cows panic. Yellow dust / reservoir = sulfur!
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 202)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12761

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCI: Scientist involvement, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., TRC: Physical traces, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr SAULNIERES,FR:SVRL OBS:LUMn.BALL/LO alt:COWS PANIC:YLW DUST/RSVR=SULFUR!”, LatLong: “47.916669 -1.583333”, LatLongDMS: “47:55:00 N 01:35:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ille-et-Vilaine”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39904 (0221DDEE)

Date: 8/16/1977
Time: 14:41:00.6
Location: 37.1500 -116.0600
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Flotost” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_810

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1500 -116.0600”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:00 N 116:03:36 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Flotost”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39905 (78A8C07D)

Date: 8/16/1977
Time: 15:49:00.3
Location: 37.1500 -116.0600
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USA Name: “Gruyere” YieldMax: 40KT
Type: at

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Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_811

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1500 -116.0600”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:00 N 116:03:36 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Gruyere”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU_SALVO”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 39906 (CBDE5F59)

Date: 8/16/1977
Description: At 12:30 a.m. in Fage, Lot department, France a one-meter tall, upright metallic ovoid object closely pursued a teenage driver at a very low altitude as he drove along a winding mountain road. The UFO caused EM effects on the car’s engine and lights. It flew away toward to southeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1980
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5099

Event 39907 (4F28AF7C)

Date: 8/17/1977
Time: 04:27:00.0
Location: 49.8170 78.1280
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1496

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8170 78.1280”, LatLongDMS: “49:49:01 N 78:07:41 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.10”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39908 (C9638CF9)

Date: 8/17/1977
Locations: Interstate 70 westbound; Nebraska–Colorado state border
Description: 2:00 p.m. James R. Leming is driving on Interstate 70 westbound about 15 miles west of the Nebraska– Colorado state border. He sees a strange object moving swiftly in the sky and pulls over to watch. It moves to the north, then veers back to the highway and runs a parallel course along the interstate. Directly over the road it remains stationary for 3 minutes, and Leming is able to take three photographs, only one of which is not blurry because the object began speeding away. He estimates it was 600 feet away, its altitude at about 500 feet above the road, positioned at a 40° angle above the horizon, and 40–45 feet from tip to tip with a downward curve at each end. Ground Saucer Watch explains the photo as a chip in the glass of Leming’s windshield, but Leming contests that.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “1977 Photograph/Sighting and 1982 Sketch Similarity,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 4, no. 4 (Aug./Sept. 1983): 1; Fred Adrian, “Letter,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 4, no. 5 (Oct./Nov. 1983): 2–3; James R. Leming, “Letter,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 4, no. 6 (Dec. 1983/Jan. 1984): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5550

Event 39909 (8BA68EC5)

Date: 8/18/1977 (approximate)
Time: 20:30
Location: OZONE PARK / QUEENS, NY
Description: 1+observer(s). 3 25’ saucers go 250’ overhead. Slow and silent. Vanish in sight!
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 222)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12762

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “45”, Elev: “42”, HatchDesc: “OZONE PARK/QUEENS,NY:1+OBS:3 25’SCRS GO 250’OVHD:SLOW+SILENT:VANISH IN SIGHT!”, LatLong: “40.677780 -73.844448”, LatLongDMS: “40:40:40 N 73:50:40 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “75”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39910 (D69A6CD0)

Date: 8/19/1977
Time: 23:00?
Location: CHEKHOV, RUSSIA
Description: Scientists camping. Voices. Lightbulb rises / woods. Traces = 2000 tons.
Type: sighting
Reference: NATIONAL ENQUIRER UFO REPORT; Pocket Books, NY 1985. (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12763

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CVS: Conversation/communication, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “CHEKHOV,RUS:SCIENTISTS CAMPING:VOICES:LIGHTBULB RISES/WOODS:TRACES=2000 tons”, LatLong: “55.283336 37.616668”, LatLongDMS: “55:17:00 N 37:37:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MOS”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39911 (A4550E9F)

Date: 8/19/1977
Time: 17:31:59.8
Location: 37.0100 -115.9600
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Scupper” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_812

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0100 -115.9600”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:36 N 115:57:36 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Scupper”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39912 (D7B5F60D)

Date: 8/19/1977
Time: 17:55:00.1
Location: 37.1100 -116.0545
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Scantling” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_813

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1100 -116.0545”, LatLongDMS: “37:06:36 N 116:03:16 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.70”, NukeMb: “5.60”, NukeName: “Scantling”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 39913 (8C889AF1)

Date: 8/20/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the American probe Voyager 2, heading to the 4 giant planets. (August 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2760

Event 39914 (0B54D0DD)

Date: 8/20/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: BERDSK, NOVOSIBIRSK
Description: 2 saucers going quickly south in succession. Jet speeds. 1 splits off going quickly [to] WSW.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: JUSA-CISAAF TRANSLATIONs (from Russian). (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12764

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “BERDSK,NOVOSIBIRSK:2 SCRS >> S IN SUCCESSION:JET SPEEDS:1 SPLITS OFF >>WSW”, LatLong: “55.000003 83.000004”, LatLongDMS: “55:00:00 N 83:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NVS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39915 (921ECF8E)

Date: 8/20/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: VAN NUYS, CA
Description: Amateur astronomer. Vibrant bright night light northwest going quickly northeast. Abruptly turns going quickly south. Seen / 17 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12765

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “17”, Elev: “216”, HatchDesc: “VAN NUYS,CA:AM.ASTRONOMER:VBRITE NLT NW >> NE:ABRUPTLY TURNS >>S:SEEN/17min”, LatLong: “34.183335 -118.466672”, LatLongDMS: “34:11:00 N 118:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39916 (D4CD590F)

Date: 8/20/1977
Time: 22:00:00.8
Location: 64.1080 99.5580
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Meteorite-3” Yield: 8.5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1497

Extra Data: LatLong: “64.1080 99.5580”, LatLongDMS: “64:06:29 N 99:33:29 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.60”, NukeMb: “5.00”, NukeName: “PNE:Meteorite-3”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “8.5”

Event 39917 (F30B671A)

Date: 8/22/1977
Time: 22:20
Location: PADOVA, ITL
Description: 1 / bicycle. Headlight dies. Rounded 8M Pentagon going down / 1M altitude. Grey gel and traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12766

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PADOVA,ITL:1/BICYCLE:HEADLITE DIES:ROUNDED 8M PENTAGON ↓/1M alt:GRY GEL+TRACES”, LatLong: “45.416669 11.883334”, LatLongDMS: “45:25:00 N 11:53:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VNT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39918 (63AFFF8E)

Date: 8/24/1977
Time: 02:30
Location: CARRARA, ITL
Description: Sculptor. 20M and plate-saucer hovers very low over street. Glows dark yellow.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 97)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12767

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CARRARA,ITL:SCULPTOR:20M+ PLATE-SCR HVRS VLO OVR STREET:GLOWS DARK YELLOW”, LatLong: “44.083335 10.100000”, LatLongDMS: “44:05:00 N 10:06:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSC”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39919 (014FFE19)

Date: 8/24/1977
Time: 17:50
Location: KOPING AIRPORT, SWEDEN
Description: Silent 12M cylinder/cigar-shape passes / 300mph. Going down / low altitude and follows contours.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 125)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12768

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “KOPING AIRPORT,SWEDEN:SILENT 12M CGR PASSES/300mph:↓/LO ALT+FOLLOWS CONTOURS”, LatLong: “59.483336 16.000001”, LatLongDMS: “59:29:00 N 16:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Sweden”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39920 (0C08E868)

Date: 8/24/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: RIMINI, ITL
Description: 2 UFO-types signal going up / sky. Globe / light lands 30M away. Quickly going up [to] when neared.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12769

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “RIMINI,ITL:2 UFO-TYPES SIGNAL ↑/SKY:GLOBE/LITE LANDS 30M away:↑↑ when neared”, LatLong: “44.066669 12.583334”, LatLongDMS: “44:04:00 N 12:35:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FO”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39921 (35B392FE)

Date: 8/25/1977
Time: 02:00
Location: MOTTA SOUTH GIOVANNI, ITL
Description: Big umbrella-saucer knocks out street lights. Same again / 0400h.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 96)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12770

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “MOTTA S.GIOVANNI,ITL:BIG UMBRELLA-SCR KNOCKS OUT STREETLITES:SAME AGAIN/0400h”, LatLong: “37.983335 15.700001”, LatLongDMS: “37:59:00 N 15:42:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RC”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39922 (7383D4C1)

Date: 8/25/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: MONTJOLY, FR. GUYN
Description: Several observer(s). Night light rises / sea. 2nd going up / 2302hrs. Zigzags going west. Also odd silent object.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12771

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Guyanas (all 3 of them)”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “MONTJOLY,Fr.GUYN:SVRL OBS:NLT RISES/SEA:2nd ↑/2302hrs:ZIGZAGS >W:+ODD SLNT OBJ”, LatLong: “4.916667 -52.266669”, LatLongDMS: “04:55:00 N 52:16:00 W”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “-2”, State/Prov: “FGY”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39923 (32E83CA7)

Date: 8/25/1977
Description: At 10:30 a.m. a driver described as a very reliable man was driving along a highway in Lluchmayor Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, Spain when he saw a very small (35 cm) object in the road directly ahead of him. It was too late to stop the car, and he knocked the “bowling pin shaped” thing down and ran it over, “feeling an intense sensation that he had killed a living being.” Investigation at the site disclosed a circular wet stain. About two weeks earlier, there had been a UFO sighting at Palma de Mallorca. No UFO was associated with this incident.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1977-46, citing Ignacio Darnaude & Antonio Moya Cerpa
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5330

Event 39924 (26A9EB2B)

Date: 8/25/1977
Description: Many witnesses in Montjoly, Finistere, France watched a noctural light rise from the sea at 9:30 p.m. It was seen a second time at 11:02 p.m. It zigzagged to the west, and was completely silent.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 340
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5331

Event 39925 (FF35354E)

Date: 8/26/1977
Time: 04:20
Location: FONTANIGORDA, ITL
Description: Fireball going down. Small humanoids (or Greys) exits and tried to open window. Observer(s) shouts. Small humanoid (or Grey) leaves.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12772

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FONTANIGORDA,ITL:FBL ↓:OIDS EXITS+TRIED TO OPEN WINDOW:OBS SHOUTS:OID LEAVES”, LatLong: “44.533335 9.300000”, LatLongDMS: “44:32:00 N 09:18:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GE”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39926 (BBEABFDE)

Date: 8/26/1977
Description: The witness in Fontanigorda, Liguria, Italy was having difficulty sleeping and got up at 4:15 a.m. when he noticed through some partially opened blinds a very bright white light approach and stop a few meters away. Moments later two figures with gold-colored faces appeared in front of the light. The light then moved to the right side near the curtains, which were the only things separating the witness from the phenomenon. Next, one of the humanoid figure started to enter his bedroom through the curtains; it had an oval-shaped head with an upside-down, triangle-shaped light on the top part of its face. The witness yelled out, causing the figure to leave, leaving a faintly luminous handprint on the curtains. Soon after this, two more figures were heard walking by. Finally, the lights and the figures vanished. Investigators reportedly found ground traces.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact database, case # 1530, citing Maurizio Verga, ITACAT, case # 99; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 12310
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5375

Event 39927 (15AAC63A)

Date: 8/27/1977
Time: 04:50
Location: NEAR BOLOGNA, ITL
Description: 1 observer. 5M ‘UFO’ follows railroad/railway train / 10cm altitude for 10 minutes. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 98)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12773

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr BOLOGNA,ITL:1 OBS:5M ‘UFO’ FOLOS RR TRAIN/10cm alt for 10 MINUTES:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “44.483335 11.300001”, LatLongDMS: “44:29:00 N 11:18:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EMR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39928 (E33A7B57)

Date: 8/27/1977
Location: Aurora, MO
Description: Humanoid report. No details. (EGBA, 560) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4843

Event 39929 (C23ED5B1)

Date: 8/28/1977
Time: 00:40
Location: HAYWARD, CA
Description: 2 / car. Large silent rounded delta/triangle/box-like craft with lights hovers over street. Follows car.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12774

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: "HAYWARD,CA:2/CAR:LRG SLNT ROUNDED DLT W/LITES HVRS OVR STREET:FOLOS CAR ", LatLong: “37.633335 -122.100006”, LatLongDMS: “37:38:00 N 122:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “20”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39930 (61F990FD)

Date: 8/28/1977
Time: 01:00
Location: MEAUX, S&M, FR
Description: 1 observer. 6M saucer just outside window. Observer(s) paralyzed / one hour. Rises going quickly southeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12775

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MST: Missing time or time anomaly, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “MEAUX,S&M,FR:1 OBS:6M SCR JUST OUTSIDE WINDOW:OBS PARALYZED/1hr:RISES>>SE”, LatLong: “48.966669 2.900000”, LatLongDMS: “48:58:00 N 02:54:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine-et-Marne”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39931 (97402001)

Date: 8/28/1977
Location: Windermere, Cumbria, UK
Description: 12:10 AM An on duty police officer PC IAN MACKENZIE observed two very bright horizontal lights in the vicinity of Langdale Pike that moved towards him and grew brighter. He ruled out any type of aircraft. At the same time PS JOHN McMULLEN also spotted the UFO from his location whilst walking through Keswick with three other officers. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4844

Event 39932 (FC51E469)

Date: 8/28/1977
Location: Windermere, Cumbria, England
Description: 12:10 a.m. For more than 20 minutes, police (including PC Ian MacKenzie, PS James Trohear, PC Alexander Inglis, and PC David Wild) and citizens in Windermere, Cumbria, England, watch a large lighted object in the shape of a “stingray fish” (triangular). It flies slowly at 1,500 feet altitude, hovering occasionally. All witnesses describe it as silent, except for one, who hears a “quiet hum.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Nick Redfern, A Covert Agenda: UFO Secrecy Exposed, Simon & Schuster, 1997, pp. 131–133
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5551

Event 39933 (2DB41643)

Date: 8/28/1977
Location: Hayward, California
Description: 12:38 a.m. Two witnesses on a deserted rural boulevard near Hayward, California, see an odd triangular object with red, blue, and white lights. They drive toward it, overtake it, and pass underneath, and they see that it is much larger than the full moon. Then it turns abruptly and follows them, but they accelerate to 65 mph and evade it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-10-35,” IUR 2, no. 10 (October 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5552

Event 39934 (5447306A)

Date: 8/28/1977
Location: Hayden, Alabama
Description: 8:40 p.m. The same couple in Hayden, Alabama, who saw a UFO on August 11 see a similar bright object 2 miles away from the previous site. It has several beige lights, and it darts toward their car in seconds when they stop to look. All the lights go out and come back on at the same time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-10-37,” IUR 2, no. 10 (October 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5553

Event 39935 (1F3A534D)

Date: 8/28/1977
Description: A major UFO incident involving 17 police occurred in the Windermere area of the Cumbria Lake District, England at 12:10 a.m. A diamond or “kite”-shaped UFO was seen for 20 minutes; it had two extremely bright lights, and made a faint “purring” sound. There were multiple independent witnesses. The UFO eventually flew out to sea.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Gary Heseltine, UFO Magazine (UK), July 2003, p. 8; Nick Redfern, A Covert Agenda, p. 131
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5430

Event 39936 (52084F5B)

Date: 8/28/1977
Description: At 2:00 a.m. a close encounter occurred in Cogolludo, Guadalajara, Spain when the main witness, Jaine de Frias Redondo, age 17, and several of his friends saw a “flattened walnut” UFO. The inital sighting lasted just a short time, but then the UFO moved away and hovered over Mount Otero for the next two hours, turning its lights on and off, with a pulsating white halo. Traces were found: a two-meter wide circle, and several holes in the ground 8 cm diameter, and 5 cm deep.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UNICAT, case 444, citing Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Investigacion OVNI, p. 76
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5431

Event 39937 (AAB6D932)

Date: 8/28/1977
Description: Francis Lloyd, age 24, was driving a large truck from Haverfordwest, Wales; with him was John Dwyer, age 16. Two miles outside of Carmarthern, on the A48 Highway, they had descended the Nanticaws Hill grade at 2:30 a.m. and were about to begin to climb the next hill when, at the bottom of the dip, they saw two tall humanoid figures standing on the right hand verge near the highway. The figures were at least seven feet tall, and were reddish orange in color, as if wearing celluloid suits; they had huge heads that reminded the witnesses of Guardsmen’s Busbies. The figures stood motionless, facing each other slightly, and appeared to be holding some sort of object between them. They had chrome or silver-colored antennae that appeared to come out of their chests and stood as high as the tops of their heads. The two men drove right on past without stopping, and although the figures were in view for no more than six of seven seconds, they were fully lit by the eight headlights of their large rig. No craft was seen by either man. Three months later, there was a fatal car accident at the same site, killing four men.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case #1977-61 (A1812), citing F. W. Holiday, FSR, Vol. 24, # 1
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5432

Event 39938 (EF626DA9)

Date: 8/28/1977
Description: A large, silent delta-shaped object with rounded points was seen at 12:38 a.m. hovering over a street in Hayward, California. It abruptly turned and followed the witness’s car. The two women witnesses were able to evade the object by accelerating to 65 mph.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, October 1977, p. 3; UNICAT, case # 196
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5433

Event 39939 (88C46691)

Date: 8/28/1977
Description: At 10:00 p.m. a family of three was driving home to Portoferraio from an outing in Marciano, Livorno, Italy in rainy weather when their headlights illuminated a strange figure walking by the side of the road. It looked robot like, had broad shoulders, and was wearing a golden, glittering, close-fitting coverall outfit and had a broad brimmed hat, with two antennas on its head. The face looked like paper mache. They notified the carabinieri, but the figure had gone before they arrived at the scene.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case #1977-47 (A1755), citing Francisco Izzo
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5434

Event 39940 (48091ABB)

Date: 8/30/1977
Location: ITALY, between Sturgo and Frigento
Description: (Translated from French) Rocco Cirullo and Michele Giovanniello, both students and 24 years old, were driving towards 00:30 on the road connecting Sturgo to Frigento. In the bushes they saw red and green lights and, intrigued, they stopped and got out of the car. A modulated and continuous sound was perceptible. They then saw a silhouette with silver-white reflections, articulated like a humanoid, first motionless, take two steps in their direction. Frightened, the witnesses got back in the car and drove towards the village. They informed other people and returned to the site around 01:00. The glows, the strange sound and the silhouette were still there. The impression was so strong that the frightened witnesses hid back in the car. Curiosity got the better of them and they returned to the site. The humanoid took two steps and they fled again. As soon as the witnesses ran away, the being retreated. This back and forth happened two or three times in 15 minutes. The 5 witnesses returned to the village to get an electric torch. They were back on site between 01:30 and 01:40 where everything was still the same. A. Capobianco then slowly headed towards the bushes up to about twenty meters from the creature and shone a beam of light from the torch. The being seemed disoriented and two orange lights (in place of eyes) started to blink. This reaction scared the witnesses again who rushed back in the car to alert the carabinieri. On the way, fearing ridicule since they had no proof of their adventure, they decided one last time to return to the site. At the top of a hill they saw like a luminous cylinder divided into vertical stripes, the top resembling a dome. At 02:00 they were back on site: nothing had changed. Again a beam of flashlight was directed at the creature, whose eyes started to blink. It seemed to invite the witnesses to come closer and indicated with one hand the sky. Immediately after, an intense beam of white light came out of the top of its head, illuminating the surroundings and blinding the witnesses. This being about 2m tall never turned its back to the witnesses and did not bend its knees. Around 03:15 the witnesses returned to the village to look for other witnesses, but in vain. They returned to the site at 03:30 but there was nothing to see, darkness reigned on the hill.
Reference: Inforespace n° 48 of 1979, p. 16 to 19
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2976

Event 39941 (2C844EF6)

Date: 8/30/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: HEALDSBURG, CA
Description: 3 50’ saucers with windows. silhouette like frogs head seen in one…
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12776

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, MON: Monster: Life form fits no category, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “HEALDSBURG,CA:3 50’ SCRS W/WINDOWS. SILHOUETTE LIKE FROGS HEAD SEEN IN ONE…”, LatLong: “38.616669 -122.866673”, LatLongDMS: “38:37:00 N 122:52:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 39942 (2E66E8AE)

Date: 8/30/1977
Description: At midnight two college students, Rocco Cerullo and Michael Giovanelli, were walking from Sturno, Avelino, Italy to Frigento when they saw three red lights symmetrically arranged in the midst of some shrubbery overhanging the road. They also heard an intermittent “beep-beep” sound. Continuing on foot to a nearby quarry, they saw a figure over two meters tall, wearing a silvery tight fitting coverall and a helmet. Where the eyes should have been there were two blinking orange lights. The young men fled back to Sturno, where they found three other friends, and all of them drove back to the area in a car. When they got there, all five saw the strange being advancing and withdrawing, with mechanical movements, on a steep slope. Oddly, it seemed to stand at a slant, perpendicular to the slope. Frightened, they decided not to drive the car any further into the abandoned quarry, which appeared lit up as if by a halo. Instead, they sped back to Sturno, returning again with two more witnesses. The humanoid was still there, coming and going with emissions of intermittent light from its helmet. When one of the parties flashed a light on the figure, it emitted sounds like “radio signals.” It then approached the car and the sounds ceased. It came to about 15 feet away and beckoned, as though indicating for the witnesses to follow. Finally, at about 3:30 a.m., it emitted a blinding light from its helmet and disappeared. The outline of an object with portholes had been seen further down the slope. After the flash, the men fled back to the village. When they again returned both the humanoid and the object were gone. That next morning trampled bushes were foundin the quarry, along with three holes in the ground that were arranged in an isosceles triangle.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1977-48, citing Francesco Izzo
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5499

Event 39943 (4614BCF1)

Date: 8/30/1977
Description: At 8:30 p.m a number of independent witnesses in Healdsburg, California watched a huge lighted object with multicolored lights maneuvering over the area. One of the lights appeared to detach itself from the larger craft, and then descended close to the witnesses’ vehicle. The smaller object was described as having several lighted windows and two beams of light. One of the witnesses claimed to be able to see a humanoid figure with a frog-like head looking out from one of the windows.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database, case # 916, citing Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact, p. 71
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5500

Event 39944 (FCD25FF6)

Date: 8/31/1977
Time: 00:30
Location: NEAR STURNO, ITL
Description: 7 observer(s). 2M man / spacesuit and large saucer-cylinder/cylindrical object over quarry. Rocks roll. / LDLN#201.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 99)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12777

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “180”, HatchDesc: “nr STURNO,ITL:7 OBS:2M MAN/SSUIT+LRG SCR-CYL OVR QUARRY:ROCKS ROLL:/LDLN#201”, LatLong: “41.016669 15.100001”, LatLongDMS: “41:01:00 N 15:06:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “AV”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39945 (D9302EFB)

Date: 8/31/1977
Location: Mediania Alta Loiza, PR
Description: Two witnesses suddenly noticed a disc-shaped craft flying above a nearby palm grove. The craft stopped to hover. It had a large white light on the bottom and a green and a blue flashing light, plus several brightly lit windows could be seen on its side. The object then shut off its lights and vanished. Later that night a woman had gone out in his yard to empty some cooking waste when she saw four little men wearing silvery outfits standing by a water faucet. (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4845

Event 39946 (2FC8BDAC)

Date: 8/31/1977
Locations: Sturno; Frigento; Avellino, Italy
Description: 12:30–3:15 a.m. A total of seven witnesses see a lighted cylindrical object at the top of a disused quarry on the road between Sturno and Frigento, Avellino, Italy. Near the object is an entity about 7 feet 10 inches tall. It has two red-orange lights in a spot where its eyes might be and is wearing metallic-looking coveralls, a possible helmet, a metallic belt, and a black box on its arm. At one point the entity shines a bright beam of light at them. The duration of the sighting is due to the original two witnesses going back and forth to a nearby village to collect additional observers. A triangle of depressions is found that indicates something as heavy as 40 tons has landed there. Some of the witnesses are regressed hypnotically and recall the same narrative.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Maurizio Verga, “Seven Scared Witnesses and a Humanoid,” Flying Saucer Review 25, no. 1 (May 1979): 17–19, 22; 1Pinotti 205–210
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5554

Event 39947 (A9C0A6E3)

Date: 8/31/1977
Description: At shortly after midnight two college students, Rocco Cerullo, and Michael Giovanelli, were walking from Sturno, Italy to Frigento when they saw three red lights symmetrically arranged in the midst of some bushes overlooking the road, They also heard an intermittent “beep-beep” sound. Continuing on, near a quarry a mile from Sturno, they saw a figure over two meters tall that was wearing a silver, tight-fitting suit and helmet. Where the man’s eyes should be there were two blinking orange lights. The witnesses fled back to Sturno where they found three friends, and all five returned by car. The group saw the strange being advancing and retreating with mechanical movements on a steep slope. He appeared to stand at an angle perpendicular to the slope. Some rocks were disturbed and rolled down the slope. The abandoned quarry appeared to be illuminated as if by a halo, and they became frightened and went back to Sturno, returning this time with two more witnesses. The tall humanoid was still there with emissions of intermittent light from its helmet. When one of them flashed a light at the figure, it emitted radio-like sounds. When it approached the car and the sounds ceased. It came as close as 15 feet, and beckoned, as though wanting the witnesses to follow. Finally, at about 12:30 a.m. it emitted a blinding light from its helmet and disappeared. The outline of an object with portholes had been seen further down the slope. After the flash the group fled back to the village. They returned again later that morning, and everything was gone. Trampled bushes were in evidence, and what looked like landing gear imprints were found in the quarry with three holes arranged in an isosceles triangle.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-48 (A1756), citing Francesco Izzo; Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 201; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 12315, citing ITACAT; Fred Merritt, Leg-Mark Catalog
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5530

Event 39948 (9C2F0325)

Date: 8/31/1977
Description: In Mediania Alta Loiza, Puerto Rico at 8 p.m. two witnesses were sitting and chatting at the steps of their home when they suddenly noticed a disc-shaped craft flying above a nearby palm grove. The craft stopped to hover. It had a large white light on the bottom and a green and a blue flashing light, plus several brightly lit windows could be seen on its side. The object then shut off its lights and vanished. Later that night a woman had gone out in his yard to empty some cooking waste when she saw four little men wearing silvery outfits standing by a water faucet. They seemed to have short antennae like protrusions from their heads, large pointy ears, and were bald headed. They had small mouths and their necks were long and thin. They all had their arms crossed in front of their chest. The woman screamed and ran back inside her house to alert the others, but the little men had already gone when they came out.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 267, citing Robiou Lamarche, Manifesto OVNI en Puerto Rico Santo Domingo Y Cuba
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5531

Event 39949 (0D37D9F0)

Date: 9/1977
Location: Fort Benning, Georgia
Description: From the book’s Amazon page: “In September 1977, during the Joint Attack Weapons Systems Test (JAWS) at Fort Benning Georgia (now Fort Moore), the entire base witnessed a UFO invasion. As many as 1,300 troops were involved in the event. Most were left with severe psychological trauma and “missing time” gaps. John Vasquez was courageous enough to undergo counseling, regression therapy, and hypnosis. After 15 years of personal research, John and co-author, Bruce Stephen Holms present the story along with plenty of government documentation. Readers are asked to enter this experience with an open mind. After reviewing the official documents and scrutinizing the appendix make up your own mind regarding the Incident At Fort Benning.” A description of a podcast about the event: “Cmd. Sgt. Maj. James Norton steps forward as a witness to corroborate John Vasquez’s claims of a 1977 UFO incident at Ft. Benning in which the U.S. Army engaged UFOs in a firefight. He says he was there, was injured in the firefight, and says he has a piece of a downed UFO.”
Type: mass abduction
Reference: Amazon
Reference: Amazon book review
Reference: Fort Benning UFO Incident - Kevin Smith Show
Reference: AbeBooks
Reference: YouTube
Reference: YouTube
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_1021

Event 39950 (3F29DD53)

Date: 9/1977
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) The Salyut 6 station took over in September 1977 and was still running when Salyut 7 was put in place almost five years later. Regularly occupied until May 1981, it received no less than 32 space ships, inhabited and uninhabited, including 18 Soyuz ships with crews, two inhabited Soyuz and 12 Progress cargo ships for resupply. The Progress cargo ships usually stayed at the Salyut for three weeks, after which they detached to return and burn in the atmosphere, thus freeing the docking port for another ship. It was during the fourth occupation that Leonid Popov and Valeri Ryumin set a new record for a space flight, with 185 days from April to October 1980.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p 218, 219
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2977

Event 39951 (12EF6D2F)

Date: 9/1977
Location: POOLE, DORSET
Description: 2 small humanoids (or Greys) in dome / saucer watch lady in garden. Blue light burns her hand.
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny: ALIEN CONTACTS & ABDUCTIONS; Sterling Publ., NY 1993. (Index 142)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12778

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “POOLE,DORSET:2 OIDS IN DOME/SCR WATCH LADY IN GARDEN:BLU LITE BURNS HER HAND”, LatLong: “50.733336 -2.000000”, LatLongDMS: “50:44:00 N 02:00:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 39952 (914AE182)

Date: 9/1977
Time: 06:00
Location: LA SILA, ITL
Description: Several saucer landings / days. Each going down / clearing and takes off suddenly.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12779

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, HatchDesc: “La SILA,ITL:SVRL SCR LANDINGS/DAYS:EACH ↓/CLEARING+TAKES OFF SUDDENLY”, LatLong: “39.250002 16.500001”, LatLongDMS: “39:15:00 N 16:30:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “DC”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39953 (743E42EE)

Date: 9/1977
Time: ~15:00
Location: ROCHEFORT-SUR-MER, FR
Description: 1 boy. Silver 27M ovoid going NNE. Stops 30M over park. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 239)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12780

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “ROCHEFORT-sur-MER,FR:1 BOY:SLVR 27M OVOID >NNE:STOPS 30M OVR PARK:away fast”, LatLong: “45.933336 0.983333”, LatLongDMS: “45:56:00 N 00:59:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39954 (13B12CC3)

Date: 9/1977
Time: 20:00?
Location: ALVOR, PRTGL
Description: Humming. Object hovers over house. Flashing R / G / white lights. Type unknown. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: BLUNDELL, Nigel & BOAR, Roger: The WORLDS GREATEST UFO MYSTERIES; Octopus, London 1989 & PB/Berkley Books, NY 1990 (Index 21)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12781

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ALVOR,PRTGL:HUM:OBJ HOVERS OVR HOUSE:FLASHING R/G/WHT LITES:TYPE UNK:NFD”, LatLong: “37.138891 -8.633334”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:20 N 08:38:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Algarve”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39955 (31597B30)

Date: 9/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: CASERTA, ITL
Description: Science grad. Several small humanoids (or Greys) follow tall metallic ‘robot’ / road. Saucer quickly going up [to] nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12782

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CASERTA,ITL:SCIENCE GRAD:SVRL OIDS FOLO TALL MTLC ‘ROBOT’/road:SCR ↑↑ nearby”, LatLong: “41.066669 14.333334”, LatLongDMS: “41:04:00 N 14:20:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Campania”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 39956 (6C2D9377)

Date: 9/1977
Description: Lt. Gen. Akira Hirano, chief of Japan’s Air Self-Defense Forces, admits that UFOs are seen frequently in Japan and that they are quietly investigated. However, the following day his staff denies that he intended to comment on official investigations.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 430
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5556

Event 39957 (57A60FEC)

Date: 9/1/1977
Location: Washington DC
Description: Air Force Letter from Col. Charles H. Senn, Wash., D.C., to Gen. Duward L. Crow (Ret.), NASA, Wash., D.C. stating: Enclosed are the UFO Fact Sheet and standard response to UFO public inquiries you requested. I sincerely hope you are successful in preventing a reopening of UFO investigations.
Type: letter
Reference: Pea Research (“Above Top Secret” by Timothy Good p581)
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_697

Event 39958 (759F9FF8)

Date: 9/1/1977
Time: 02:59:58.0
Location: 73.3390 54.6190
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 210KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1498

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.3390 54.6190”, LatLongDMS: “73:20:20 N 54:37:08 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.71”, NukeSource: “RICHARDS”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “210”

Event 39959 (0C01F665)

Date: Early Autumn 1977
Location: Lewes, East Sussex, England
Description: 5:20 p.m. A woman police constable is waiting at a bus stop near Lewes, East Sussex, England, when she notices a large, silent object at about 300 feet altitude. On impulse, she waves at the object, which then comes closer. It seems to be made of a light greenish-gray metal with a moderately reflective surface. A blue-green light is coming out of its dome, and underneath the object is a dense, black, circular section. At closest approach, the UFO is no more than 50 feet away. She experiences a sense of timelessness, and she later cannot account for about 20 minutes of time. When the bus arrives, she feels a numbness as she fumbles for change. When she gets to the top deck, the object is gone. She develops an acute headache that lasts into the following day. Her eyes burn and water for a week afterward, and she suffers recurring gastric discomfort.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 115–116, 457
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5577

Event 39960 (5DCF06E0)

Date: 9/3/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTHRIDGE, CA
Description: 1 observer. Night light hovers / 5 hours. 2nd object exits and hovers nearby. Seen / 5 hours.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12783

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “44”, Elev: “247”, HatchDesc: “NORTHRIDGE,CA:1 OBS:NLT HVRS/5hrs:2nd OBJ EXITS+HVRS NEARBY:SEEN/5 HRS”, LatLong: “34.233335 -118.466672”, LatLongDMS: “34:14:00 N 118:28:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39961 (BFBC516C)

Date: 9/4/1977
Time: 15:30
Location: NEAR COROZAL, PR
Description: Farmer. Flash. Small humanoid (or Grey) appears. Medical exam and short conversation (any communication between us and them). Vanishes. No missing time.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 290)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12784

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “198”, HatchDesc: “nr COROZAL,PR:FARMER:FLASH:OID APPEARS:MEDICAL EXAM+SHORT CVS:VANISHES:no MST”, LatLong: “18.344445 -66.316670”, LatLongDMS: “18:20:40 N 66:19:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “Puerto Rico”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 39962 (DEB0C4E0)

Date: 9/4/1977
Location: Billings, MT
Description: Airlines pilot encountered object (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4847

Event 39963 (756972AC)

Date: 9/4/1977
Location: Corozal, Puerto Rico
Description: 3:30 p.m. Farmer Luis Sandoval, 74, is resting in a hammock near Corozal, Puerto Rico, when he decides to get up and move to another spot. He hears some popping noises and sees an object like an elongated, bright blue candle. It moves toward him, making an increasingly loud roaring-engine noise, then drops down beside him. The object abruptly turns into a 3-foot-high dwarf, dressed in jacket and tie, with an ugly face. He speaks encouragingly, says he is an extraterrestrial, and gives Sandoval a complete physical examination. The dwarf steps away to admire the scenery and says, “How nice Puerto Rico is.” He then turns into a flaming blue candle and vanishes upward in a flash. Other dwarf sightings take place in the area.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gordon Creighton, “A New Medicare?” Flying Saucer Review 24, no. 2 (August 1978): 9
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5557

Event 39964 (5FFD882E)

Date: 9/5/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Voyager 1. It will fly over Jupiter and Saturn then plunge into interplanetary space. (September 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2761

Event 39965 (FAF63ACF)

Date: 9/5/1977
Time: 03:02:59.9
Location: 50.0480 78.9230
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 170KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1499

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.0480 78.9230”, LatLongDMS: “50:02:53 N 78:55:23 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.90”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “170”

Event 39966 (86994D0E)

Date: 9/6/1977
Location: HAPPY CAMP, CA
Description: 2 women. Disk “was lit all the way around”… No further details [in].
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12785

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “324”, HatchDesc: “HAPPY CAMP,CA:2 WOMEN:DISK “WAS LIT ALL THE WAY AROUND”…:nfd”, LatLong: “41.788891 -123.361117”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:20 N 123:21:40 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39967 (4803EB88)

Date: 9/6/1977
Description: NASA administrator Robert Frosch responds to Frank Press, saying that he is “inclined to agree” with his recommendation on a new UFO panel; however, NASA wants to be assured that an inquiry is “justified,” and that if funding is provided, it could hire a project officer to review reports from the past 10 years.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 787
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5558

Event 39968 (1A4FF022)

Date: 9/7/1977
Location: NEAR BILLINGS, MT
Description: Frontier airline(s)/airliner pilot. Glowing ovoid pulses white-green-red / Richard Hall.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12786

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “952”, HatchDesc: “nr BILLINGS,MT:FRONTIER AL PILOT:GLOWING OVOID PULSES WHT-GRN-RED/Richard Hall”, LatLong: “45.783336 -108.500005”, LatLongDMS: “45:47:00 N 108:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Montana”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39969 (A76221E1)

Date: 9/7/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: N’DJAMENA, CHAD
Description: Cloudy luminous object north going south. Low and slow. 12 blasts heard / Krim-Krim / 2100h.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12787

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Sahara”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “N’DJAMENA,CHAD:CLOUDY LUMn.OBJ N>S:LOW+SLOW::12 BLASTS HEARD/KRIM-KRIM/2100h”, LatLong: “12.116667 15.050001”, LatLongDMS: “12:07:00 N 15:03:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CHD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39970 (BB34CF4C)

Date: 9/7/1977
Time: 21:40
Location: HAVELOCK NORTH, NZ
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape-fuselage shape glows blue. Follows road. Absolute(ly) silent. No electro-magnetic effect (EME.)
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 124)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12788

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “HAVELOCK NORTH,NZ:CGR-FUSELAGE SHAPE GLOWS BLUE:FOLOS ROAD:ABS SILENT:NO EME”, LatLong: “-39.666669 176.900008”, LatLongDMS: “39:40:00 S 176:54:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39971 (2691E02B)

Date: 9/7/1977
Time: 22:20
Location: TOOELE, UT
Description: 4+observer(s). Vague night light makes several passes. 90° turn going west. Back going east. Leaves going quickly northeast.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12789

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1469”, HatchDesc: “TOOELE,UT:4+OBS:VAGUE NLT MAKES SVRL PASSES:90°TURN> W:BACK> E:LEAVES >>NE”, LatLong: “40.533335 -112.300005”, LatLongDMS: “40:32:00 N 112:18:00 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Utah”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39972 (F3D809A6)

Date: 9/7/1977
Location: Havelock North (south of), NZ
Description: Five members of a family, traveling in a car south of the city of Havelock North, sighted a cigar-shaped, solid-appearing object moving parallel to the road (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4848

Event 39973 (8B8C37D7)

Date: 9/7/1977
Location: Tooele, Utah
Description: 10:24 p.m. A white glow is seen rushing silently three times over a 15-minute period in Tooele, Utah. It first travels to the south but executes a 90° turn toward the west. Five minutes later it returns, moving east. Ten minutes later it reappears, slower and lower, moving to the northeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-10-58,” IUR 2, no. 10 (October 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5559

Event 39974 (D259C500)

Date: 9/7/1977
Description: Five members of a family, traveling in a car south of the city of Havelock North, New Zealand at 9:40 p.m., sighted a cigar-shaped, solid-appearing object moving parallel to the road. It gave off a brilliant, hot, bluish light from its leading edge, which seemed to reflect off the rest of the body of the craft.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: MUFON UFO Journal, March 1978, p. 18
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5732

Event 39975 (30EDC6F1)

Date: 9/7/1977
Description: In N’Djamena, Chad at eight o’clock in the evening a luminous cloudy object flew over from the north to the south. Twelve blasts or explosions were heard. At nine p.m. a loud “krim-krim” sound was heard.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, November 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5733

Event 39976 (1483A58C)

Date: 9/7/1977
Description: At 10:24 p.m. a nocturnal light with a vague outline made several passes at a car in Tooele, Utah. The UFO made a 90-degree turn to the west, then another back to the east, and left going toward the northeast.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, October 1977, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5734

Event 39977 (B63DD059)

Date: 9/8/1977
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Description: 12:30 a.m. An ex-pilot sees a dark, bullet-shaped object while walking his dog in New Orleans, Louisiana. It rushes silently to the east and changes course slightly to the southeast.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-10-60,” IUR 2, no. 10 (October 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5560

Event 39978 (6CF77102)

Date: 9/9/1977
Locations: Grenada; White House
Description: Grenada Prime Minister Eric Gairy meets with President Jimmy Carter in the White House for 45 minutes. Carter gives Gairy a copy of the Condon report.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dolan II 143
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5561

Event 39979 (12FE36B1)

Date: 9/10/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In Colusa (California), Bill Pecha observes discs at a short distance from his home. (September 10)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2762

Event 39980 (3A9235D8)

Date: 9/10/1977
Location: EAST / VANDENBURG AIR FORCE BASE, CA
Description: 4 separate airliners. UFO type unknown. Tracked on Fremont FAA radar.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12790

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “9”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “E/VANDENBURG AFB,CA:4 SEP AIRLINERS:UFO type unk:TRACKED ON FREMONT FAA RADAR”, LatLong: “34.750002 -120.150006”, LatLongDMS: “34:45:00 N 120:09:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39981 (9D570A3D)

Date: 9/10/1977
Time: 15:00
Location: NEAR GOONDIWINDI, QLD, AUS
Description: Many observer(s). Night lights pace liner. Circle airport. Resume pacing.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12791

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “99”, HatchDesc: “nr GOONDIWINDI,QLD,AUS:MANY OBS:NLTS PACE LINER:CIRCLE AIRPORT:RESUME PACING”, LatLong: “-28.500001 150.266674”, LatLongDMS: “28:30:00 S 150:16:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Queensland”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39982 (8D38292C)

Date: 9/10/1977
Time: 16:00:00.2
Location: 57.2510 106.5510
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Meteorite-4” Yield: 7.6KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1500

Extra Data: LatLong: “57.2510 106.5510”, LatLongDMS: “57:15:04 N 106:33:04 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.55”, NukeMb: “4.80”, NukeName: “PNE:Meteorite-4”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “7.6”

Event 39983 (25538AD2)

Date: 9/10/1977
Description: A beam of red light penetrated the roof of 32-year-old Beatriz Almada da Costa’s house in the village of Santo Antonio do Ubintuba, Para State, Brazil at 7:30 p.m. As the beam struck her body, paralysis spread throughout her body accompanied by chills and shaking.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, p. 11
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5832

Event 39984 (AF7349D9)

Date: 9/11/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In Maine (United States), Herbert Hopkins receives a visit from a MIB while investigating a UFO sighting in Maine. His daughter-in-law and son will also receive a visit. (September 11)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2763

Event 39985 (0A83D36B)

Date: 9/14/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: CASSEL, FR
Description: Big glowing-sphere quickly going down. Reverses course and follows 2 / car. Windows pock-marked.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 196)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12792

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “CASSEL,FR:BIG GLOW-SPHERE ↓↓:REVERSES COURSE+FOLOS 2/CAR:windows pock-marked”, LatLong: “50.800002 2.483333”, LatLongDMS: “50:48:00 N 02:29:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39986 (190D868F)

Date: 9/14/1977
Description: Press again asks Frosch for help with Carter’s UFO mail problem and repeats his suggestion for a scientific UFO panel to investigate reports.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: presidentialufo.com, “President Jimmy Carter”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5562

Event 39987 (CD40F6EE)

Date: 9/14/1977
Description: At around 11:00 p.m. in Cassel, Nord department, France a glowing sphere first descends, then reverses course and follows a car for three minutes. The car windows were pock-marked as a result of the close encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, May 1980
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5961

Event 39988 (C7B89CE6)

Date: 9/15/1977
Location: BRAZIL, Paciença
Description: (Translated from French) At 2:00 AM Antonio Bogato La Rubia got up to go to work (he is a bus driver). On the way he saw in a field an oblong object, bigger than a bus and suddenly a blue light illuminated the place. Three silhouettes emerged and seized him, dragging him inside the ovoid object, into a circular room: they showed him images in which he was the main character, and they took some of his blood. Without transition La Rubia found himself in a deserted street of the city, saw the metallic cigar rise in the sky. He looked at his watch: it had stopped at 2:20. He asked a passerby what time it was: in reality it was 2:55. He had pain everywhere and blurred vision but he went to work. Two days later he fell ill with a high fever and a burning sensation all over his body. He was swollen, vomiting, and had a skin rash. (Bertrand MEHEUST: In Flying Saucers - Imago 1992, p. 33, 34) The beings, of small size, were as if covered with metallic scales, their arms were without hands and ended with a kind of finger. The body ended with a kind of single leg, and Antonio had the impression that they were sitting on a kind of stool. The end of this single leg was a foot that looked like a lid. They moved by sliding. (…) all around him were several beings, all rigorously identical, aligned in two rows on each side. In the room there was no ornament, nothing, no furniture, no machines. After a while he tried to free himself and began to shout “Who are you? What do you want?” At that precise moment the beings fell against each other like lead soldiers, without making any noise. A blue light lit up the ceiling and the beings were immediately standing up, but Antonio could no longer shout. Pressing one key after another on a “piano” the beings showed him images, in the following order: Antonio naked lying in an invisible bed for a medical examination, naked standing, standing dressed carrying a bag and nervously beating an arm, a horse pulling a cart and a ragged barefoot cart driver, an orange ball the size of a balloon next to him, a dog barking furiously trying to catch one of the beings who points a syringe at the dog which turns blue and is reduced to a pulp, a flying saucer factory with thousands of busy beings, a small train without windows in a tunnel, a wide avenue that looks like a known avenue to Antonio. After this last image he was expelled from the disk, falling in the middle of this street 4 km from his home, and found himself standing next to the railway not really knowing what he was doing there.
Reference: Pierre DELVAL: “Contacts of the 4th Type” - De Vecchi 1979, p. 117 to 124
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2978

Event 39989 (40B62478)

Date: 9/15/1977
Time: 02:20
Location: PACIENCIA, BRZ
Description: 3 robot(s)/android(s) abduction man. Zapped / blue-beam. Blood sample. Images shown. / r86p44.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 922)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12793

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “55”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “PACIENCIA,BRZ:3 RBTS ABD MAN:ZAPPED/BLU-BEAM:BLOOD SMPL:IMAGES SHOWN:/r86p44”, LatLong: “-22.905557 -43.638891”, LatLongDMS: “22:54:20 S 43:38:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RDJ”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 39990 (5BCB7DF3)

Date: 9/15/1977
Time: 14:36:30.1
Location: 37.0328 -116.0431
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Ebbtide” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_814

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0328 -116.0431”, LatLongDMS: “37:01:58 N 116:02:35 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.38”, NukeMb: “4.50”, NukeName: “Ebbtide”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 39991 (58F0023F)

Date: 9/15/1977
Location: Paciência, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Description: 2:15 a.m. A 33-year-old bus driver named Antonio Bogado La Rúbia leaves his home in Paciência, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to catch a bus. As he is walking by a deserted field, he sees a UFO “like an enormous hat.” He takes two steps back and is grabbed by two men. Suddenly he is floating inside the UFO, surrounded by two rows of a dozen men each, about 5 feet 5 inches tall. They are wearing football-shaped helmets with a wide band running across the broad portion and are cut into mirror-like sections from which blue flashes are emitted. They seem like robots, but La Rúbia can hear them breathing. A typical abduction scenario follows.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Brazilian CE4 Case,” APRO Bulletin 26, no. 4 (October 1977): 1–4; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): 2, 8; “Ufonautas Unipedais (Robôs) Seqüestram Motorista de Ônibus no Rio de Janeiro,” SBEDV Boletim, no. 121/125 (March/Dec. 1978): 20–44; Brazil 211–224
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5563

Event 39992 (C67D4CB9)

Date: 9/15/1977
Description: Paciencia, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. At 2:20 a.m. Antonio La Rubia, age 33, a bus driver, was en route to work when he saw a flying saucer in a field that looked like an enormous hat. Frightened, he started to run when a blue light beam lit up the area, and he found that he could not move. At the same time, three very odd figures materialized nearby him. The figures were about four feet tall, with football-shaped heads or helmets and a tall antenna on top. The only features he could make out of the heads were a row of shiny, small, mirror-like sections around the center of the head, from which blue flashes were being emitted. The beings had stocky bodies and long, elephant trunk-like arms ending in a single digit. Their robot-like bodies were covered by a rough metallic surface he believed could have been the body surface, or skin. Their bodies were rounded at the bottom and surmounted a single leg, like a pedestal, with a rounded base.

The three creatures surrounded La Rubia, and he was captured inside an invisible glass or “bell jar.” The robots floated above the ground and one pointed a syringe like device at him and he began to move toward the object. The next thing he knew he was inside the craft with no recollection of how he entered it. He was in a white “aluminum” corridor, with one transparent wall, through which he could see the field from which he had just come. Two figures went one way, the third another. He could see through the transparent wall that the object was airborne. A bright blue light came on, and he found himself in a large circular hall. There were a dozen similar entities on either side of the hall; they reminded him of children sitting in a schoolroom on single legged chairs. Up until now he had been unable to speak, but suddenly he found his voice and began screaming, “Who are you? What do you want from me?” The figures fell back at the sound and tumbled all over the floor. They lifted their single digits to the antennae on their heads and held them. These tips rotated so rapidly that only when they held them could he see them clearly.

He noticed a small box-like device standing on two poles that raised it to about the height of his chest. An antennae jutted up from each end of the box, and a receptacle stood atop it. The robot-like entities removed small devices from the belts around their waists, and placed them in this container, pushing a key on the box. When this happened, a scene would appear on the wall in moving color. The first showed Antonio, lying naked, on an unseen table, while he was being examined by a being with a small bluish light, while another being examined his head. Another “slide” was projected and showed Antonio, still naked, standing alone. Other images included a view of him dressed and carrying a shopping bag, with his teeth chattering; another showed a horse and cart on a dirt road, with a barefoot peasant wearing a straw hat. Another picture of him showed him next to an orange ball, and then next to a blue ball beside which stood another entity. The next slide showed an image of a big dog attacking one of the entities, and the being began melting from top to bottom, until it was nothing but a porridge like substance. Then in the “film” one of the entities moved toward the dog and pointed a syringe like device at the animal and it too began melting, after turning blue. A UFO “factory” was displayed in another image; then a train entering a tunnel; and a view of a busy Rio thoroughfare. One scene showed La Rubia vomiting and defecating into his clothes.

During this display, an entity approached and pointed a syringe at him; his arm was raised against his will and the syringe was stuck into his middle finger, taking a blood sample, but leaving no mark. The entity then pointed it at a wall and drew three red circles intersected with an “L”. The next thing he remembered was being thrown overboard, where he found himself once again in the street, with all his belongings, as well as one of the beings. His watch had stopped at 2:20 a.m. The being then vanished, and the object ascended out of view. His head was spinning and he was burning. The time was 3:55 a.m. Anotonio was eventually taken to a hospital, where he suffered from sporadically high fevers and insatiable thirst.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1977-75, citing Irene Granchi for APRO
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_5994

Event 39993 (05FE687E)

Date: 9/16/1977
Location: USSR, Tiouratam
Description: (Translated from French) The USSR launches a new satellite of the Cosmos series, the 952nd of its name. It weighs a little more than 2 tons and is placed on an orbit at around 260 km of altitude under an inclination of 65°. It is a spy satellite, the fifteenth of this type since December 1967. (…) As usual, a rocket engine is fired a few weeks later, in order to send the satellite on an orbit evolving between 900 and 1000 km of altitude, its main mission is finished. It must be known that the radars are very greedy of energy, so much so that for the electric supply of this type of satellites, the Soviets have installed on board a mini nuclear power plant, powered by uranium 235. (…) The expedition on a higher altitude orbit is decided so that they do not fall back to Earth after a few months with their dangerous radioactive load. These satellites are launched in pairs, at a few days interval.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 99, 100
Reference: continued September 18, 1977, but especially see January 24, 1978
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2979

Event 39994 (152B2B45)

Date: 9/16/1977
Time: 14:50
Location: TOMSK AREA, RUSSIA
Description: Many misidentify rocket launch. UFO’s also seen widely. Night lights domes.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: JUSA-CISAAF TRANSLATIONs (from Russian). (Index 310)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12794

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “TOMSK AREA,RUS:MANY MISIDENTIFY ROCKET LAUNCH:UFOS ALSO SEEN WIDELY:NLTS DOMES”, LatLong: “56.483336 84.950004”, LatLongDMS: “56:29:00 N 84:57:00 E”, Locale: “Tundra”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NVS”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 39995 (1B46A8FA)

Date: 9/16/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: VERHOVIYA, NVSB, RUSSIA
Description: Silent moonlike sphere/orb/globe west going quickly east. Slow level flight. 1-2km away.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: JUSA-CISAAF TRANSLATIONs (from Russian). (Index 412)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12795

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “VERHOVIYA,NVSB,RUSS:SILENT MOONLIKE ORB W>>E:SLOW LEVEL FLITE:1-2km AWAY”, LatLong: “60.300003 85.000004”, LatLongDMS: “60:18:00 N 85:00:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NVS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39996 (A0981F59)

Date: 9/16/1977
Time: 23:50
Location: PREDTECHENSK, TOMSK, RUSSIA
Description: 1M gaseous blue form glows / night sky. White night light at center.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: JUSA-CISAAF TRANSLATIONs (from Russian). (Index 412)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12796

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “PREDTECHENSK,TOMSK,RUSS:1M GASEOUS BLUE FORM GLOWS/NITE SKY:WHT NLT AT CENTER”, LatLong: “56.500003 85.300004”, LatLongDMS: “56:30:00 N 85:18:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TMS”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 39997 (E4E5B5A8)

Date: 9/17/1977
Time: 07:50
Location: MOUTH / MANAWATU RIVER, NZL
Description: Red object hovers / 7 minute(s). 2200hrs. Biker sees same upstream.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 124)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12797

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “7”, HatchDesc: “MOUTH/MANAWATU RIVER,NZL:RED OBJ HOVERS/7min::2200hrs:BIKER SEES SAME UPSTREAM”, LatLong: “-40.483335 175.300008”, LatLongDMS: “40:29:00 S 175:18:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 39998 (E5B2B0D1)

Date: 9/17/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: NEWMILL, CORNWALL
Description: Silent solid cloud very close. Maneuvers over old stone buildings. Back 17 separate.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12798

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “NEWMILL,CORNWALL:SLNT SOLID CLOUD VCLOSE:MNVRS OVR OLD STONE BLDGS:BACK 17SEP”, LatLong: “50.150002 -5.366667”, LatLongDMS: “50:09:00 N 05:22:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 39999 (5087E686)

Date: 9/17/1977
Time: 07:00:00.0
Location: 41.5000 88.5000
Description: Nuclear test: Air. Country: China
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1813

Extra Data: LatLong: “41.5000 88.5000”, LatLongDMS: “41:30:00 N 88:30:00 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “China”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “NRDC”, NukeType: “A”

Event 40000 (51DF777A)

Date: 9/17/1977
Locations: Kargowa, Poland; Wolsztyn
Description: 2:00 a.m. A couple driving near Kargowa, Poland, notice two unusual lights in the sky. They drive a half mile further, then the lights approach them at incredible speed and hover above the car. The driver stops to look at them and notices that one light is bigger and whiter than the smaller yellowish light. When he drives away, the lights continue to pace them for 6 miles, keeping 10–30 feet away from the car until they reach Wolsztyn, where they rise up and speed away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Poland 32–33
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5565

Event 40001 (03D04C66)

Date: 9/18/1977
Location: USSR, PLESETSK
Description: (Translated from French) Western specialists can observe that the procedure is respected, since on September 18, Cosmos 954, twin brother of Cosmos 952, takes off from the Plesetsk base to reach an orbit at 257 km. Meanwhile, a Cosmos 953, a reconnaissance photographic spy satellite, was launched from the Plesetsk base. On December 1, 1977, Cosmos 954 will be transferred to the high orbit that will ensure it a life span of five to six centuries, which is necessary for the 49 kilos of uranium on board to have its radioactivity fall below one millionth of its initial value. An atmospheric entry can then take place without any danger.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 101
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2980

Event 40002 (8BEF8F93)

Date: 9/18/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In Tehran (Iran), alerted by several calls from civilians reporting a large, very bright star, and two airport controllers detecting an unidentified object, the US army dispatched an F-4 Phantom to meet it. The pilot confirmed the existence of the UFO, round in shape. When he approached, it accelerated several times the speed of sound, then, making a sudden turn, it began to pursue his fighter for a few minutes. When the pilot wanted to fire, the controls did not respond: all instruments, including the radio, refused to work within a radius of 5 km around the object. He had to return to base. A second F-4 was sent on reconnaissance. Upon arriving in view of the target, an object resembling a missile dived on the plane. The pilot had to dive to escape the fire. The object stopped abruptly and immediately returned to “merge” into the UFO. (September 18/19)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2764

Event 40003 (89B87B9B)

Date: 9/18/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Photography of the Petrozavodsk observation on September 20. See images/1977-09-20_250.jpg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2765

Event 40004 (C5F442D2)

Date: 9/18/1977
Time: 00:20
Location: RONGOTEA, NZ
Description: Double-delta/triangle/box-like craft follows 1 / car / 2 minute(s). Edges glow orange. See odd shape / drawing.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 124)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12799

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “RONGOTEA,NZ:DOUBLE-DLT FOLOS 1/CAR/2min:EDGES GLOW ORG:SEE ODD SHAPE/DRAWING”, LatLong: “-40.294446 175.422231”, LatLongDMS: “40:17:40 S 175:25:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40005 (5116F290)

Date: 9/18/1977
Time: 15:50
Location: SOUTHWEST / VERRIERES, FR
Description: 3+observer(s). Balloon-cylinder/cylindrical object going quickly southeast. 2M circular trace found. Radiation/radioactivity 50% over normal.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12800

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SW/VERRIERES,FR:3+OBS:BALLOON-CYL >>SE:2M CIRC.TRACE FOUND:RDA 50% ovr NORMAL”, LatLong: “45.566669 -0.288889”, LatLongDMS: “45:34:00 N 00:17:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40006 (1E577F0B)

Date: 9/19/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: QUILLAN, FR
Description: Nurse and 2 separate observer(s). Blazing disk lights valley like day. Going quickly southwest. / Gendarmes.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 170)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12801

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “QUILLAN,FR:NURSE+2 SEP.OBS:BLAZING DISK LITES VALLEY LIKE DAY:>>SW:/Gendarmes”, LatLong: “42.883335 2.183333”, LatLongDMS: “42:53:00 N 02:11:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Aude”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40007 (B57CE6AB)

Date: 9/19/1977
Time: 23:20
Location: MARRUBIU, ITL
Description: 2 / parked car. Bright orange 2M saucer stops / 100M altitude 1km away. Going down. Going up [to] and away.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 100)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12802

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “MARRUBIU,ITL:2/PARKED CAR:BRITE ORG.2M SCR STOPS/100M alt 1km away:↓:↑+away”, LatLong: “39.750002 8.633334”, LatLongDMS: “39:45:00 N 08:38:00 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “OR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40008 (81D790A6)

Date: 9/20/1977
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of Cosmos 955 satellite.
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2981

Event 40009 (E8141D07)

Date: 9/20/1977
Location: USSR, Petrozavodsk
Description: (Translated from French) Around 4 o’clock in the morning, a huge star began to shine, sending beams towards the earth. Spread out like a jellyfish above Petrozavodsk, it stopped, covering the city with a multitude of light beams that looked like rain. Shortly after, the luminosity disappeared, the jellyfish transformed into a bright crescent and left in the direction of Lake Onega. In the grey cloud cover, a semi-circular hole formed, with a light red center and blue edges. Total duration: 10 to 12 minutes. (Boris CHOURINOV: “The Two Faces of Ufology in Russia” - May 1994, p. 16) At 4 o’clock, a gigantic disc-shaped object appeared, as big as a football field. The UFO would have directed 5 beams at the city, illuminating the city for 12 minutes. Paving stones and windows would have burst and been charred. Yuri Gromov also reported that a smaller object had detached itself from the first and that both had then moved away through the clouds. (September 20, 1977)
Reference: Johannes von BUTLAR: “UFO, We Are Not Alone” - Presses de la Cité 1979, p. 187-188
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2982

Event 40010 (AD85D160)

Date: 9/20/1977
Time: 04:00
Location: PETROZAVODSK, RS
Description: White saucer hovers. Bent light going down. Night lights probe walls. / r117p212. / APRO 9’77.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO - Rivista di informazione Ufologica; 2 issues/year CISU. Giovanni Settimo ed.; C.P.82, 10100 Torino, ITALY. (Index 7)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12803

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, MID: Likely mis-identification, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “PETROZAVODSK,RS:WHT SCR HVRs:BENT LITE↓:NLTS PROBE WALLS:/r117p212:/APRO 9’77”, LatLong: “61.766670 34.433335”, LatLongDMS: “61:46:00 N 34:26:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “KAR”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 40011 (D51F44D1)

Date: 9/20/1977
Locations: White Sea; Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Description: 3:00 a.m. The watch officer of an Alfa-class nuclear submarine in the White Sea off Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, notices an object moving swiftly to the southwest. It seems to stretch out, turning into a long, glowing ribbon. As it flies over him, it looks like a cylinder with one of the ends becoming asymmetrical. The cylinder ejects small objects that fly off in different directions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Stonehill and Mantle, Russia’s USO Secrets, Flying Disk, 2020, pp. 13–14
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5566

Event 40012 (6A54473C)

Date: 9/20/1977
Locations: Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia; Copenhagen, Denmark; Helsinki, Finland; Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Description: 4:00 a.m. A large “star” sending out beams of light appears moving slowly over Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia. It is last seen as a semicircular glow, bright red in the middle and white on the sides. The total duration is 10–12 minutes. Scientist Mikhail Dimitryev describes it as a “giant jellyfish.” The phenomenon is seen over a vast territory, from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Helsinki, Finland, in the west to Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia, in the east. Government officials from northern European countries send letters to Anatoly Alexandrov, president of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, expressing concern about whether the observed phenomenon is caused by Soviet weapons testing and whether it constitutes a threat to the region’s environment. Col. Boris Sokolov reveals that the phenomenon is observed from 12:00 midnight by military men along the Finnish border; when they try to report it, all their communications fail. All communications are restored after the phenomenon ceases. Since 1977, the phenomenon has often (though not universally) been attributed to the launch of the Soviet satellite Kosmos-955. In the same year, a preliminary report for the Academy of Sciences of the USSR contains an immense body of visual observations, radiolocation reports, physical measurements, and accompanying meteorological data. It concludes that “based on the available data, it is unfeasible to satisfactorily understand the observed phenomenon.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Petrozavodsk phenomenon”; “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 10 (October 1977): 2; Gordon Creighton, “A Russian ‘Jellyfish,’” Flying Saucer Review 23, no. 4 (January 1978): 19–20; Good Need, pp. 351; Enrique Vicente, “UFOs in the Soviet Union,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 118–119
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5567

Event 40013 (4059E496)

Date: 9/20/1977
Description: A huge jellyfish-shaped light beamed rays to the ground in Petrozavodsk, Russia, causing damage to windows at around four o’clock in the morning. It also melted holes in some flagstones.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: V. I. Sanarov, Awareness, October 1978, p. 4; Gordon Creighton, FSR, January 1978, p. 19; Richard H. Hall, UFO Reports from the Files of the CIA, p. T-8
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6143

Event 40014 (DF73E16B)

Date: 9/21/1977
Time: 20:40
Location: PHOENIX, AZ
Description: 2 observer(s). Flashes. 8 silent bloated triangles abreast. 3 cross moons face.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 932)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12804

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “325”, HatchDesc: “PHOENIX,AZ:2 OBS:FLASHES:8 SLNT BLOATED TRIANGLES ABREAST:3 CROSS MOONS FACE:”, LatLong: “33.450002 -112.100005”, LatLongDMS: “33:27:00 N 112:06:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40015 (A92BC770)

Date: 9/21/1977
Description: Ground Saucer Watch files a complaint, spearheaded by lawyers Peter Gersten and Henry Rothblatt, with the CIA for failure to produce materials on the 1952 Ralph Mayher incident and the Durant report on the 1953 Robertson Panel.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “CIA Sued over UFO ‘Cover-Up,’” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): wrap; “CAUS Picking Up Where GSW and NICAP Left Off,” Just Cause 1, no. 1 (April 1978): 1–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5568

Event 40016 (66A0BE8F)

Date: 9/21/1977
Locations: Phoenix, Arizona; Northern Sky
Description: 8:47 p.m. A student notices a flashing light in the northern sky in Phoenix, Arizona. Suddenly, a formation of 8 triangles with rounded edges appears, 7 of them in a straight line, equally spaced. The eighth is slightly forward. They shoot noiselessly overhead and are lost in the glare of the southern sky. One crosses the face of the Moon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-11-9,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5569

Event 40017 (95B64EE7)

Date: 9/22/1977
Time: 05:30
Location: EAST / EL PASO, TX
Description: Airline(s)/airliner DC10 crew. 350’ cylinder/cigar-shape with windows. 5Kmph. 90° turn going up. RADAR invisible. / MJ#233.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 933)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12805

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1400”, HatchDesc: “E/EL PASO,TX:AL DC10 CREW:350’CGR W/WINDOWS:5Kmph:90°TURN↑:RDR INVSBL:/MJ#233”, LatLong: “31.750002 -105.833338”, LatLongDMS: “31:45:00 N 105:50:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40018 (603B426D)

Date: 9/22/1977
Time: 15:00
Location: OMAHA, NE
Description: 4 Air Traffic Controllers. 3 unidentified-blips 17Kmph over city. Huge and distant. Not Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). / MJ#181.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 376)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12806

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “330”, HatchDesc: “OMAHA,NE:4 ATCs:3 UID-BLIPS 17Kmph OVR CITY:HUGE+DISTANT:NOT RFI:/MJ#181”, LatLong: “41.266669 -95.966671”, LatLongDMS: “41:16:00 N 95:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nebraska”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 40019 (3959700B)

Date: 9/22/1977
Location: El Paso, TX
Description: Object w/row of lights overtook DC-10 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4849

Event 40020 (7731A3AE)

Date: 9/22/1977
Location: Omaha, NE
Description: G, FAA radar & 3 UFOs (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4850

Event 40021 (212132FE)

Date: 9/22/1977
Location: El Paso, TX
Description: Object with row of “windows” overtook airliner, accelerated, made 90-degree turn, soared upward out of sight
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_294

Event 40022 (4DE2F2FD)

Date: 9/22/1977
Location: Omaha, NE
Description: Three objects like aircraft tracked on FAA radar in V-formation at almost 17,000 mph
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_295

Event 40023 (F94B2495)

Date: 9/22/1977
Location: El Paso, Texas
Description: 5:25 a.m. Capt. George Didlake, piloting Continental Airlines Flight 954, is climbing to 33,000 feet out of El Paso, Texas, when he sees an elongated object rapidly overtaking his DC-10. It has a row of brightly illuminated windows running front to rear and is blow the aircraft at roughly 12,000 feet. First Officer Jack Forsythe and Second Officer Russ Goodenough see the object as well. It passes the aircraft at a speed “beyond comprehension,” makes a 90° turn, and shoots up out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dave Kenney, “Airline Crew Spots UFO,” APRO Bulletin 26, no. 3 (September 1977): 1, 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5570

Event 40024 (414797BC)

Date: 9/22/1977
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Description: Four FAA radar controllers in Omaha, Nebraska, track a large formation of unidentified objects. They are gone from the scope in less than a minute at an estimated speed of 17,000 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: MUFON UFO Journal, March 1983, p. 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5571

Event 40025 (35D7A6B5)

Date: 9/22/1977
Location: Ardmore, Oklahoma
Description: 10:25 p.m. A police detective in Ardmore, Oklahoma, watches a pulsating star rush about erratically.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-11-12,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5572

Event 40026 (5D94C07F)

Date: 9/22/1977
Description: An elongated object with brightly lit windows passed Continental Airlines flight 954 near El Paso, Texas on a cloudy morning at 5:25 a.m. There were three witnesses onboard the DC-10.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: APRO Bulletin, October 1977, p. 1; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 40; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, pp. 21 & 123
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6234

Event 40027 (8B3A7688)

Date: Fall 1977
Location: Lewes, Sussex (near), UK
Description: 5:20 PM. The policewoman noticed a curious, silent object, estimated to be as large as a four-inch plate held at arm’s length, at no more than 300 feet altitude. (Good, Above Top Secret, 115 457) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP: 77Fall
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4846

Event 40028 (BDD89D63)

Date: Fall 1977
Location: Isfield, Sussex, England
Description: 5:20 p.m. A female police constable in Isfield, Sussex, England, sees a silent object flying at 300 feet altitude while waiting for a bus. On an impulse, she waves at the object, which then approaches her. It seems to be made of light greenish-gray metal with a moderately reflective surface. On top of its dome is a blue-green light, and underneath the object is a dense, black, circular section. At its closest approach, it is no further than 50 feet away. Her memory is unclear after this, but when the bus arrives, she feels numb and uncoordinated and seems to have lost 20 minutes of time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 115, 457
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5555

Event 40029 (8446CD86)

Date: 9/25/1977 (approximate)
Time: 23:00
Location: PARKSTONE, UK
Description: 6M saucer. Blue beam going down. 2 silver-suit pseudo-human/entity / dome. Skin burns. / MJ#293+/ r41p462.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 290)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12807

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “PARKSTONE,UK:6M SCR:BLU BEAM↓:2 SLVR-SUIT PSH/DOME:SKIN BURNS:/MJ#293+/r41p462”, LatLong: “50.722225 -1.922222”, LatLongDMS: “50:43:20 N 01:55:20 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40030 (3437A503)

Date: Late 9/1977
Locations: Paralela 45 Motel; Highway 1; Ploieşti, Romania
Description: 1:00 a.m. A witness working as a receptionist at the Paralela 45 Motel on Highway 1 north of Ploieşti, Romania, sees a large object 3–4 times as large as the Moon, which is visible in another part of the sky. It has an orange-red core with a yellowish-red halo at the edges. It stands motionless for 3–4 minutes, then descends slowly toward the southwest before shooting away at an nicredible speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Romania 42–43
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5564

Event 40031 (481AADB5)

Date: Late 9/1977
Location: Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, England
Description: 11:00 p.m. Ethel May Field is in her backyard in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, England, when she hears a humming nose and looks up. A circular object with a dome on top is approaching from the south-southwest. Its surfaces are gray, and a brilliant blue-yellow light is streaming from the underside. It is about 20 feet in diameter, and Field can see two humanoid figures visible almost to the waist inside the dome. The object hovers above her garden, its light so brilliant that she puts her hands up to shield her eyes. She can feel the heat on her hands and a vibration in the ground for a second or two. The occupants have silver suits and headgear. The figure on the right appears to be operating controls, while the one on the left is looking directly at her, making a gesture as if pointing downward. Alarmed, she runs back to the house and the object speeds away to the northwest. In the following week, she develops a skin irritation on the palms of her hands.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leslie Harris, “Parkstone UFO and Occupants,” Flying Saucer Review 24, no. 2 (August 1978): 6–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5573

Event 40032 (A3D644B0)

Date: 9/25/1977
Description: At midnight a man who had had a close encounter with a bright multicolored object the previous night, was again driving on the same highway on his way to San Juan, Puerto Rico when he began hearing voices in his head. He stopped his car and flagged down a passing police officer, and he was taken to the local police station in Pedro Avila. When he felt better he left and again headed off towards San Juan, but after a few minutes he once again began to hear voices, so he stopped the car and suddenly a bright light appeared. There was a brilliant flash, and a three-foot tall figure encased in light appeared. The witness felt dizzy and got out of his vehicle. He felt a strange attraction to the little man and could not stop himself from approaching. The humanoid carried two loops in his right hand, and something resembling a flashlight that emitted a brilliant golden yellow light. The figure also radiated a blue aura that at times would briefly turn golden. The little man pointed to a nearby hovering light, and then entered it, which vanished abruptly. The man suffered from severe neck pain after his encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database, cse # 267, citing Robiou Lamarche, Manifesto OVNI en Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo y Cuba
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6326

Event 40033 (1F34ED03)

Date: 9/26/1977
Time: 20:10
Location: GRISELLES, FR
Description: Several observer(s). 5 silent saucers south going north / high tension power lines lines. 1 shoots away. Electric oven kaput.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 238)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12808

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “GRISELLES,FR:SVRL OBS:5 SLNT SCRS S>N/HIV LINES:1 SHOOTS AWAY:ELEC.OVEN KAPUT”, LatLong: “48.083336 2.833333”, LatLongDMS: “48:05:00 N 02:50:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loiret”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40034 (0CDFF3A6)

Date: 9/26/1977
Location: Griselles, France
Description: Five silent disc-shaped object flew along some power lines. One of the UFOs shot away very quickly. An electric oven stopped working when the UFOs approached. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4851

Event 40035 (3CF5D777)

Date: 9/26/1977
Description: At 7:36 a.m. a woman named Cater was driving by a pasture in Minehead, England near Kilve on highway A39 in Somerset with she noticed fog and a floating gray, egg-shaped mass above a hedge. The cows in the nearby field were acting very disturbed. Her skin prickled as if she had entered an electrostatically charged energy field and she heard a humming sound. When she checked the time 12 minutes had passed but it seemed it should have been a much briefer experience.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jenny Randles, Time Storms: Amazing Evidence for Time Warps, Space Rifts, and Time Travel, p. 5, citing BUFORA Journal, July 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6356

Event 40036 (82939943)

Date: 9/26/1977
Description: At 8:10 p.m. five silent disc-shaped object flew along some power lines in Griselles, France. One of the UFOs shot away very quickly. An electric oven stopped working when the UFOs approached.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 12346, citing Jean-Claude Bourret, La Nouveau Defi des OVNI, p. 238
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6357

Event 40037 (127C8AE8)

Date: 9/27/1977
Time: 04:40
Location: 6MI WITH KIRKSVILLE, MO
Description: 1 observer. Silent domed saucer with flashing lights chases car / 120mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12809

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “303”, HatchDesc: “6mi W/KIRKSVILLE,MO:1 OBS:SLNT DOMED SCR W/FLASHING LITES CHASES CAR/120mph”, LatLong: “40.200002 -92.683338”, LatLongDMS: “40:12:00 N 92:41:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40038 (7C8A036D)

Date: 9/27/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: NEAR HOUSTON, TX
Description: 2 / car stopped / figure / silver suit and led to UFO. Missing time and panic. Possible abduction.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCHUESSLER, John F.: UFO-RELATED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 1996 J. Schuessler, POB 58485, Houston, TX 77258 (Index 76)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12810

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, **

[c0mmando]

MST:** Missing time or time anomaly, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “nr HOUSTON,TX:2/CAR STOPPED/FIG/SLVR SUIT+LED TO UFO:MST+PANIC:poss.abduction”, LatLong: “29.783335 -95.400005”, LatLongDMS: “29:47:00 N 95:24:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40039 (5FF916A2)

Date: 9/27/1977
Location: Bellbrook, OH
Description: CE-3. (EGBA,687) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4852

Event 40040 (BD54C098)

Date: 9/27/1977
Time: 14:00:00.2
Location: 37.1512 -116.0676
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Coulommiers” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_815

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1512 -116.0676”, LatLongDMS: “37:09:04 N 116:04:03 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.53”, NukeMb: “4.80”, NukeName: “Coulommiers”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 40041 (A8C0E012)

Date: 9/27/1977
Location: Kirksville, Missouri
Description: 4:36 a.m. A witness is driving toward Kirksville, Missouri, about 6 miles west of town when he notices a light behind him to the left. It is a yellow-orange object with flashing red lights, as big as the Moon, and is following him about 500 feet away at treetop level. He increases his speed to 120 mph, but the UFO keeps the same pace. As he reaches town the object climbs slightly and shoots off out of sight in 2 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-11- 22,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5574

Event 40042 (65984697)

Date: 9/27/1977
Location: Wowoni Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Description: 12:15 p.m. A dredge master and four crew members see a UFO that remains visible for one minute off the northwest coast of Wowoni Island, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Consisting of a cone of translucent material with dark spots, the object emits violet, white, and red light from its top. It has a forward, undulating motion against the wind and is spinning on its axis at about 9,000 feet altitude.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 2 (February 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5575

Event 40043 (5A69EF92)

Date: 9/28/1977
Time: 14:50
Location: BURLINGTON, IA
Description: 1 observer. 2 daytime stars make 6 figure-6’ south / sky. Going quickly west into clouds.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12811

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), NUC: Nuclear facility related

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “213”, HatchDesc: “BURLINGTON,IA:1 OBS:2 DAYTIME STARS MAKE 6 FIGURE-6’s/SKY:>>W INTO CLOUDS”, LatLong: “40.800002 -91.116671”, LatLongDMS: “40:48:00 N 91:07:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40044 (ED0CE8EA)

Date: 9/28/1977
Location: Burlington, Iowa
Description: 2:45 p.m. A grocery store clerk watches a distant bright light moving west over Burlington, Iowa. A second point of light appears, catches up to the first one, and both weave a figure 8 at least 6 times as they pass nearly overhead to the west.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-11-24,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5576

Event 40045 (A7DC4503)

Date: 9/30/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In the Yonne, gendarmes observe the ballet of several luminous devices. Their report describes: We observe from our observation point that luminous sets are evolving in the terrestrial atmosphere at vertiginous speeds… The investigators count 7 of them. These unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are, for some, in the shape of diamonds whose angles are lit by several lights emitting a whitish incandescent light. Some of them have a strong orange-red light in the middle, clearly visible, sending out flashes. Others, circular, give the impression of being adorned on their periphery with a concentric ramp with a good number of lights: these are white or yellowish. They get lost in the infinite. None of them change shape or color. These UFOs move making very disordered movements, ascending or descending, rotary or spiroid, at lightning speeds. They stabilize, restart abruptly… They disappear or reappear suddenly during their evolutions. During the entire observation made by the military of the gendarmerie, no sound of engine or reactor is heard from these UFOs and we do not notice any trace of their passage. These UFOs do not come from any particular direction, in the same way that they disappear towards any point. (9 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2766

Event 40046 (19556DF5)

Date: 9/30/1977
Description: (Translated from French) A UFO approaches the observers: A large glowing reddish ball appears. It stops, then moves again at a reduced speed and horizontally over a distance of about 600 m. At this moment, its altitude is estimated at 60 m. A witness observes it with binoculars. He only notices an orange-red sphere, surrounded by a bright and narrow halo, without noticing any activity on or around it. The mysterious craft stops at the horn of a poplar grove and fades into the darkness… Its slow maneuver lasted a few minutes. (9:30 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2767

Event 40047 (0557126F)

Date: 9/30/1977
Description: (Translated from French) UFO activity gradually subsides and the last one is seen at 21 h 45, after which the sky regained its tranquility. (21 h 45)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2768

Event 40048 (C5E3D5C6)

Date: 9/30/1977
Description: (Translated from French) During his campaign for the presidential elections, Jimmy Carter promised to make public all documents concerning UFOs held by the American administration.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2769

Event 40049 (4E104754)

Date: 9/30/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Under hypnosis, Betty Andreasson remembers the event she experienced on January 25th 1967.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2770

Event 40050 (434E6216)

Date: 9/30/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Viking Probe on Mars.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2771

Event 40051 (445EAA5A)

Date: 9/30/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Bruce Maccabee obtains a copy of the FBI’s memo from March 22nd 1950 under the FOIA.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2772

Event 40052 (8F28CB91)

Date: 9/30/1977
Time: 20:20
Location: CHAMPLOST TO/FROM CHATTON, FR
Description: Cops and many. Big red sphere maneuvers / 75 minute(s) / 60M altitude. No effects.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 267)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12812

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “80”, HatchDesc: “CHAMPLOST><CHATTON,FR:COPS+MANY:BIG RED SPHERE MNVRS/75min/60M alt:no effects”, LatLong: “48.033336 3.666667”, LatLongDMS: “48:02:00 N 03:40:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “YNN”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40053 (03E9948F)

Date: 9/30/1977
Time: 23:50
Location: BEDEQUE, PEI
Description: 2 / car. Lampshade glowing-saucer going [to] over car / heavy rain. Boom and scratch sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 111)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12813

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “3”, HatchDesc: “BEDEQUE,PEI:2/CAR:LAMPSHADE GLOW-SCR > OVR CAR/HEAVY RAIN:BOOM+SCRATCH SOUND”, LatLong: “46.366669 -63.883336”, LatLongDMS: “46:22:00 N 63:53:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Prince Edward Island”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40054 (09B29302)

Date: 9/30/1977
Time: 06:59:58.4
Location: 47.8970 48.1610
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Azgir A-5” Yield: 10KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1501

Extra Data: LatLong: “47.8970 48.1610”, LatLongDMS: “47:53:49 N 48:09:40 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “1.50”, NukeMb: “5.00”, NukeName: “PNE:Azgir A-5”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “10”

Event 40055 (3B4E2649)

Date: 10/1977
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: May 1977) In October, with Cosmos 959 as target and Cosmos 961 as hunter, there was another quick interception followed by recovery.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 153, 154
Reference: continued December 1977
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2983

Event 40056 (BF2EA346)

Date: 10/1977 (approximate)
Time: 17:20
Location: ISFIELD, ENGL
Description: Lady cop. Large saucer. 20 minute(s) / missing time. Possible telepathy. Observer(s) sick. / r120p115+/ r148p121.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 302)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12814

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “ISFIELD,ENGL:LADY COP:LRG SCR:20min/MST:POSS.TLP:OBS SICK:/r120p115+/r148p121”, LatLong: “50.933336 0.066667”, LatLongDMS: “50:56:00 N 00:04:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40057 (82D300AB)

Date: 10/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: COLDSTREAM, SCOTLAND
Description: 2 boys. 5M classic domed saucer hovers 15cm over street. Buzzes and jumps.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12815

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “26”, HatchDesc: “COLDSTREAM,SCOTL:2 BOYS:5M CLASSIC DOMED SCR HVRS 15cm OVR STREET:BUZZES+JUMPS”, LatLong: “55.650003 -2.255556”, LatLongDMS: “55:39:00 N 02:15:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40058 (690EBE95)

Date: 10/1977
Location: Fostoria, OH
Description: Evening. CE-1 from train. looked like 90’ diameter “birthday cake”. (MORA) (NICAP: 08 - Photographic Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 771000
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4853

Event 40059 (92A3F623)

Date: 10/1977
Location: Lima, OH
Description: Evening. CE-1, three witnesses, saucer hovered, paced car. (CIQ,24) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4854

Event 40060 (1ED502EA)

Date: 10/1977
Location: Petrozavodsk, Russia
Description: The Petrozavodsk phenomenon in Russia contributes to the creation of the Setka program—Soviet research into anomalous atmospheric phenomena, proposed by scientist Anatoly Alexandrov. Two research commissions are set up: the Setka-MO, under the orders of the Ministry of Defense and composed mainly of military personnel, and the Setka-AN, under the orders of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and composed of scientists. The first group has the task of studying the military aspects of the problem, such as the possible influences of the UFOs on the malfunctioning of military devices and installations; the ministry names special officers in all military units who are tasked with the responsibility of watching out for unusual phenomena. The second group studies physical effects related to UFOs and tries to understand the causes. The coordination of the first commission is entrusted to Col. Boris Sokolov, that of the second commission to Prof. Vladimir Migulin, supported by Dr. Yulii Platov as deputy coordinator. According to one of his aides, Igor Sinitsin, it is KGB Chairman Yuri Andropov who initiates these programs.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Programma Setka”; Good Above, p. 237; Good Need, pp. 351–352; Nick Paton Walsh, “KGB Chief Ordered 4m Soldiers to Keep Watching the Skies for UFOs,” The Guardian, March 23, 2003
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5578

Event 40061 (A285A4E3)

Date: 10/1/1977
Time: 18:20
Location: 150MI WITH SANTA BARBARA, CA
Description: 80’ disk paces small plane / several min. 1000’ away. Away fast.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: PHENOMENA RESEARCH REPORT: UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, WA. Vol. 3 #1 (issue 25) 1977-8?
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12816

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “150mi W/SANTA BARBARA,CA:80’DISK PACES SML PLANE/SVRL min:1000’away:AWAY FAST”, LatLong: “34.416668 -122.500006”, LatLongDMS: “34:25:00 N 122:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40062 (2168ED74)

Date: 10/1/1977
Time: 19:00
Location: WEST / LIBAU, MB
Description: Hunters / stone quarry. Odd 80’ blob with knob-arms hums / 500’ altitude. Going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12817

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “235”, HatchDesc: “W/LIBAU,MB:HUNTERS/STONE QUARRY:ODD 80’BLOB WITH KNOB-ARMS HUMS/500’alt:>W”, LatLong: “50.266669 -96.783338”, LatLongDMS: “50:16:00 N 96:47:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “150”, State/Prov: “Manitoba”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40063 (440BE3CE)

Date: 10/1/1977
Location: 3 miles west of Libau, Manitoba
Description: 7:00 p.m. Leo and John Girardeau are hunting 3 miles west of Libau, Manitoba, when they see an object approaching from the west at an altitude of 500 feet. As it approaches, the witnesses go into their truck and turn on the lights. The object, about 75–100 feet wide and 25–30 feet high, reverses direction and moves westward. One of the men fires a shotgun to lure it back; when this fails, they pursue it in their truck. Running out of road a few miles later, they stop and watch it move out of sight.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5579

Event 40064 (46655F8F)

Date: 10/1/1977
Description: At 7:00 p.m. two brothers were hunting in an uninhabited area near a quarry west of Libau, Manitoba, Canada when they saw a UFO that looked like an inverted bowl with two long extensions. It was 75-100 feet wide, 25 feet high, and 1/2 a mile away at 500 feet altitude. It made a humming noise, and moved away slowly.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, December 1977, p. 2; UNICAT, case # 188
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6475

Event 40065 (D893F681)

Date: 10/2/1977
Time: 19:00
Location: CONDE-SUR-L’ESCAUT, FR
Description: Several observer(s). Luminous sphere going quickly [to] by. Lands / field. Nobody goes closer.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 232)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12818

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, HatchDesc: “CONDE-sur-l’ESCAUT,FR:SVRL OBS:LUMn.SPHERE >>BY:LANDS/FIELD:nobody goes closer”, LatLong: “50.433336 3.600000”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:00 N 03:36:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nord”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40066 (DC4F1310)

Date: 10/2/1977
Time: 21:50
Location: D33 / VOLNAY, FR
Description: Several separate observer(s). Red-orange sphere 2X moon-size. Going quickly northeast. Real moon = crescent.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 195)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12819

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “D33/VOLNAY,FR:SVRL SEP.OBS:RED-ORG SPHERE 2X MOONSIZE:>>NE:real moon=crescent”, LatLong: “47.927780 0.461111”, LatLongDMS: “47:55:40 N 00:27:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SRT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40067 (44546055)

Date: 10/2/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: AUCHEY, FR
Description: Amateur astronomer / (seen thru) telescope. 4M classic domed saucer going southwest 4M overhead! Coal district.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 309)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12820

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “AUCHEY,FR:AM.ASTRONOMER/TSCOPE:4M CLASSIC DOMED SCR >SW 4M OVHD!:coal district”, LatLong: “50.511114 2.472222”, LatLongDMS: “50:30:40 N 02:28:20 E”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pas-de-Calais”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40068 (4C3C5399)

Date: 10/2/1977
Description: At 11:00 p.m. a four-meter in diameter domed disc buzzed an amateur astronomer outside with a telescope in Auchey, Pas-de-Calais, France passing only four meters overhead.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 309
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6503

Event 40069 (9B0EF9FF)

Date: 10/3/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: OSPEDALETTO, ITL
Description: 4 / car / toll booth. 3M dome saucer spins counterclockwise / 6M altitude. Going up [to] and going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12821

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “OSPEDALETTO,ITL:4/CAR/TOLL BOOTH:3M DOME SCR SPINS CCW/6M alt:↑+>>N”, LatLong: “45.600002 11.616667”, LatLongDMS: “45:36:00 N 11:37:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40070 (943B9124)

Date: 10/3/1977
Location: Flemingsburg, KY
Description: Dayt. Daylight disc, one witness. (EGBA,506) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4855

Event 40071 (4AFFB097)

Date: 10/4/1977
Locations: Upton Primary Junior School; Macclesfield; Cheshire; England; Manchester Airport
Description: 2:45 p.m. A group of 10 children see a strange object hovering between two trees while they are playing at Upton Primary Junior School in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Their teacher, Mrs. Hindmarsh, immediately separates them and asks them to draw what they have seen. Their drawings are consistent, so she passes them on to the Cheshire police, who take the report seriously and check with the Manchester Airport, which reports that nothing unusual was detected on radar.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, p. 97
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5580

Event 40072 (B9D5C5EC)

Date: 10/5/1977
Time: 10:40
Location: GUATEMALA CITY
Description: Ad-men videotape UFO / 51 second(s). Shape “like a trailer”. 100mph.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 35)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12822

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Guatemala”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1500”, HatchDesc: “GUATEMALA CITY:AD-MEN VIDEOTAPE UFO/51sec:SHAPE “LIKE A TRAILER”:100mph”, LatLong: “14.633334 -90.516671”, LatLongDMS: “14:38:00 N 90:31:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GUA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40073 (E91BB04B)

Date: 10/5/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: CAYENNE, FR. GUYANA
Description: Several observer(s). Strange slatted rectangle hovers. Flies behind hill.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 340)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12823

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Guyanas (all 3 of them)”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “90”, Elev: “2”, HatchDesc: “CAYENNE,Fr.GUYANA:SVRL OBS:STRANGE SLATTED RECTANGLE HVRS:FLIES BHND HILL:”, LatLong: “4.933334 -52.333336”, LatLongDMS: “04:56:00 N 52:20:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “FGY”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40074 (E7F55FE7)

Date: 10/5/1977
Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala
Description: 10:40 a.m. TV cameramen Manuel Juarez and Oscar Tobar are videotaping a car commercial in Guatemala City, Guatemala, when a UFO comes into view. Instead, they videotape the UFO, which is in view for 51 seconds moving at about 100 mph.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): 8; “First Photos of Guatemala Videotape,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): 7–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5581

Event 40075 (CFEAF80C)

Date: 10/6/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: FIESOLE, ITL
Description: 3 observer(s). Glowing-disk going down. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) walk around edge.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 101)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12824

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “45”, HatchDesc: “FIESOLE,ITL:3 OBS:GLOW-DISK ↓:2 OIDS WALK AROUND EDGE:”, LatLong: “43.800002 11.283334”, LatLongDMS: “43:48:00 N 11:17:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Firenze”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40076 (ED5F1847)

Date: 10/6/1977
Description: A housewife in Fiesole, Italy had gone to visit the pediatric ward of the local hospital, and was looking out the window at 10 p.m. when she noticed a pulsating red light on the ground beside a nearby hill. It was the apparent size of a full moon. Moments later two similar pulsating lights descended at a 45 degree angle and came down near the witness. The woman opened the window and was able to see one of the lights dim, then stop and hover, as if preparing to land. At this point she was joined by other witnesses. The light turned silvery white in color and landed. It then began changing colors, first to red and then to silvery white. When the color was silvery white two human like figures could be seen moving slowly inside the length of the illuminated object. The other witnesses became tired of watching after awhile, and left to got to bed. Later, the original witness saw another light appear again in the same location.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database, case # 1532, citing Maurizio Verga, ITACAT
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6608

Event 40077 (CEC303C0)

Date: 10/7/1977
Time: ~20:00
Location: CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO
Description: Physicist and 2. Fireball dims and turns when near airliner. F4 jet chases!
Type: sighting
Reference: RUTLEDGE, Harley D. Ph.D.: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION; Prentice-Hall, NJ 1981. (Index 203)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12825

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “104”, HatchDesc: “CAPE GIRARDEAU,MO:PHYSICIST+2:FBL DIMS+TURNS WHEN nr AIRLINER:F4 JET CHASES!”, LatLong: “37.266668 -89.533338”, LatLongDMS: “37:16:00 N 89:32:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40078 (0A48183C)

Date: 10/7/1977
Location: Soviet Navy submarine tender, At Sea
Description: Nine disc-shaped UFOs circled a Soviet Navy submarine tender on this day. The radio, electronics, and on-board communications were all disrupted. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4856

Event 40079 (97E826F5)

Date: 10/7/1977
Locations: Grenada; UN General Assembly
Description: Prime Minister of Grenada Eric Gairy addresses the UN General Assembly urging the recognition of UFOs as a serious international scientific problem. He says that he has seen a UFO and was “totally overwhelmed” by the experience.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv II 20
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5582

Event 40080 (73FEB81A)

Date: 10/7/1977
Location: Barents Sea
Description: The Soviet submarine repair ship Volga is in the Barents Sea when its radar picks up an unknown target approaching at a distance of 60 miles. Captain Tarankin goes to the bridge and sees 9 bright discs moving in from the northeast. They arrive and circle around the ship’s masts for 18 minutes. During this time, all of the ship’s communications links no longer work. Captain Tarankin tells his men to remember the incident, so that no one will be able to say their captain is drunk or crazy. After the discs depart, communications is restored. The incident raises some concern in the Soviet Navy, and Fleet Admiral Nikolai Ivanovich Smirnov issues a directive on mandatory reporting of UFO sightings by Soviet hydrographic, scientific research, and reconnaissance ships. The directive is written by naval officer and ufologist Vladimir G. Azhazha and signed by Naval Deputy Chief of Staff Petr Nikolayevich Navoytsev.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacques Vallée, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A Cosmic Samizdat, Ballantine, 1992, pp. 29–30; Stonehill and Mantle, Russia’s USO Secrets, Flying Disk, 2020, pp. 11–13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5583

Event 40081 (E504C8BA)

Date: 10/7/1977
Description: Nine disc-shaped UFOs circled a Soviet Navy submarine tender on this day. The radio, electronics, and on-board communications were all disrupted.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A cosmic Samizdat, p. 29
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6635

Event 40082 (303AE772)

Date: 10/9/1977
Time: ~20:00
Location: WALCOTT, IA
Description: Lighted saucer over farm. All goes silent. From and 2 way radios and street light electro-magnetic effect (EME.)
Type: sighting
Reference: HENDRY, Allan: The UFO HANDBOOK. Doubleday, Garden City, NJ 1979. (Index 119)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12826

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “434”, HatchDesc: “WALCOTT,IA:LIGHTED SCR OVR FARM:ALL GOES SILENT:FM+2WAY RADIOS+STREETLITE EME”, LatLong: “41.583335 -90.772227”, LatLongDMS: “41:35:00 N 90:46:20 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Iowa”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40083 (113F2E2F)

Date: 10/9/1977
Time: 20:30
Location: WEST / GERENA, SP
Description: 3 kids. Luminous/glowing silent green 5M rectangle hovers / Spring. 5 small portholes. Low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12827

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “W/GERENA,SP:3 KIDS:LUMN SLNT GRN 5M RECTANGLE HVRS/SPRING:5 SML PORTS:LO ALT”, LatLong: “37.533335 -6.200000”, LatLongDMS: “37:32:00 N 06:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SVL”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40084 (98A0D771)

Date: 10/9/1977
Time: 10:59:58.1
Location: 73.4090 54.9270
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1502

Extra Data: LatLong: “73.4090 54.9270”, LatLongDMS: “73:24:32 N 54:55:37 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.60”, NukeSource: “RICHARDS”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 40085 (110A0994)

Date: 10/9/1977
Location: French-Hecht plant east of Walcott, Iowa
Description: 8:30 p.m. Holly Prunchak is working as a security guard at the French-Hecht plant east of Walcott, Iowa, when she sees flashing lights rising straight up from distant trees in the northwest. They level off and move toward her. They are blinding in intensity and flash on and off like a beacon, apparently surrounded by a dark oval shape. Her FM radio goes silent, and her walkie-talkie fails. All animal sounds go quiet when the object is in view. The object looms about 300 feet away, passing near a streetlight that extinguishes for at least one minute. The object drops down onto trees of an adjacent farm. At this point she hysterically calls for help on a telephone intercom system, but no one takes her seriously.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “CE II in Iowa,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): 4, 8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5584

Event 40086 (77599F54)

Date: 10/10/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: SOUTH / SOCORRO, NM
Description: Continental airline(s)/airliner pilot. UFO type unknown. Separate pilot near Denver, CO also.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 22)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12828

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1400”, HatchDesc: “S/SOCORRO,NM:CONTINENTAL AL PILOT:UFO TYPE UNK:SEP.PILOT nr DENVER.CO ALSO”, LatLong: “33.000002 -106.666672”, LatLongDMS: “33:00:00 N 106:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “4”

Event 40087 (FD9E76CF)

Date: 10/11/1977
Location: NYON, VAUD, SWZ
Description: Classic saucer lands by autoroute! CE-3. No further details [in] yet… / Grepi.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Chez HEIDI site: Alain Stauffer. GREPI / Switzerland http://home.worldcom.ch/~dbenaroy/heidi.html
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12829

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Switzerland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “9”, HatchDesc: “NYON,VAUD,SWZ:CLASSIC SCR LANDS by AUTOROUTE!:CE-3:NFD yet… :/GREPI”, LatLong: “46.383336 6.250000”, LatLongDMS: “46:23:00 N 06:15:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Vaud”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40088 (5F93CAC9)

Date: 10/11/1977
Time: 18:00
Location: RYAZAN, RUSSIA
Description: 3 test pilots. Blinding luminous pulsing object paces jets. VHF radios out.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12830

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “24”, HatchDesc: “RYAZAN,RUSS:3 TEST PILOTS:BLINDING LUMn.PULSING OBJ PACES JETS:VHF RADIOS OUT”, LatLong: “54.616669 39.716669”, LatLongDMS: “54:37:00 N 39:43:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RYZ”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40089 (97CA0342)

Date: 10/11/1977
Location: Fairfield, Vermont
Description: 7:55 p.m. A farmer in Fairfield, Vermont, hears an odd noise and looks out his window. He and his family watch a bright light source (a bright red light flashing next to a dimmer white light) hovering above a swamp. The object shines a light beam down into the swamp as if searching for something. A second red light approaches from over a nearby house and comes within several hundred feet of the first object; both continue to hover and circle. One vanishes at 11;30 p.m., while the other persists until 1:30 a.m. when the sky becomes cloudy.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-11-53,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5585

Event 40090 (C75E92FA)

Date: 10/11/1977
Description: Starting at around six o’clock in the evening a bright pulsating light flew alonside a Soviet airliner for 24 minutes as it flew over Ryazan, Russia.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6783

Event 40091 (E1528DD9)

Date: 10/13/1977
Location: Champaign, IL
Description: 3:55 PM. Retired ploice officer, ex-pilot, watched, along with other young men, a “star” in clear daylight rush from SSE to NNE, passing E of overhead in straight path w/o sound or trail. (IUR NF, 10/31/77) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4857

Event 40092 (F53DC442)

Date: 10/13/1977
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Description: 3:55 p.m. A retired police officer and ex-pilot in Toledo, Ohio, watches, along with other young men, a “star” in clear daylight rush from south-southeast to north-northeast, passing east of overhead in a straight path without sound or trail. The estimated speed is Mach 1, but it slows down and stops for the last 10–15 seconds before vanishing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-11-60,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5586

Event 40093 (56DC9370)

Date: 10/13/1977
Locations: Chanute AFB [now closed]; Rantoul, Illinois
Description: 10:15 p.m. S/Sgt Steven N. Haidinger is in his backyard at Chanute AFB [now closed] near Rantoul, Illinois, where he is looking at the moon through his telescope. He hears what sounds like wind passing around a building and looks straight up. About 500 feet in the air is an object slowly moving from the west-northwest. He trains his telescope on it and tries to follow it. The object looks rectangular, about 150 feet long, and 10 feet across. It has small, square indentations in patterns along its sides and it rotates as it moves, about once every 2 seconds. It moves out of sight in about 12 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Correspondence,” CUFOS Associate Newsletter 2, no. 1 (January 1981): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5587

Event 40094 (86EEBFAC)

Date: 10/14/1977
Location: Toledo, OH
Description: Dayt. daylight disc. (EGBA,721) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4858

Event 40095 (3AB62715)

Date: 10/14/1977
Time: 06:59:59.1
Location: 47.9090 47.9120
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Azgir A-2-3” Yield: .1KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1503

Extra Data: LatLong: “47.9090 47.9120”, LatLongDMS: “47:54:32 N 47:54:43 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.60”, NukeName: “PNE:Azgir A-2-3”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.1”

Event 40096 (F6498E6B)

Date: 10/14/1977
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Description: 7:00 p.m. A physician in Toledo, Ohio, watches a red-orange object moving silently east, passing overhead, and disappearing in the distance. Possible balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-11-63,” IUR 2, no. 11 (November 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5588

Event 40097 (E7A98C1D)

Date: 10/15/1977
Time: 17:30
Location: SOUTH / MIDLAND, MI
Description: 2 / car. 170cm pseudo-human/entity jumps road / 2 large leaps. Knees don’t flex. Nuclear facility.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12831

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “S/MIDLAND,MI:2/CAR:170cm PSH JUMPS ROAD/2 LRG LEAPS:KNEES DONT FLEX:NUCL FCLTY”, LatLong: “43.550002 -84.250004”, LatLongDMS: “43:33:00 N 84:15:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40098 (E8C969D3)

Date: 10/15/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: ZUGLIANO, ITL
Description: 4 / car. Big luminous disk going down / field / several min. Metallic noise. Sudden takeoff.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12832

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “ZUGLIANO,ITL:4/CAR:BIG LUMn.DISK ↓/FLD/SVRL MIN:MTLC NOISE:SUDDEN TAKEOFF”, LatLong: “90.000004 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “90:00:00 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “VI”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40099 (3FD14B7E)

Date: 10/15/1977
Location: Rolvenden, Kent, England
Description: 6:45 p.m. British diplomat Alan K. Rothnie is driving near Rolvenden, Kent, England, when he sees a glowing bluish object in the sky traveling fast from south to north and shaped “somewhat like a flattened avocado pear.” The blunt leading end seems to be rimmed with a shining metal, and the back end is trailing sparks. The object moves away in 90 seconds.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOFiles2, pp. 87–88
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5589

Event 40100 (65F6C323)

Date: 10/15/1977
Description: In Colares, Para State, Brazil Raimundo Galvao Trindade, age 36, saw an orange light outside in the sky at 4:00 a.m. He next felt as if he had been pricked by a needle in the leg from a beam of energy. His subsequent symptoms included weakness, a headache, dizziness, and a red area on his thigh.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, p. 14
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6870

Event 40101 (290CCBA0)

Date: 10/15/1977
Description: At 8:00 p.m in Zugliano, Veneto, Italy a huge luminous disc-shaped object descended into a field, and then stayed on the ground for several minutes. A metallic noise was heard, and the object suddenly took off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6871

Event 40102 (525E58D8)

Date: 10/16/1977?
Location: MEEKATHARRA, WEST A.
Description: 12+observer(s). Domed saucer rises / Cliff. Vapor going down / rocks. Figure(s) / mist. / MJ#126.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 952)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12833

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “MEEKATHARRA,W.A.:12+OBS:DOMED SCR RISES/CLIFF:VAPOR ↓/ROCKS:FIGs/MIST:/MJ#126”, LatLong: “-26.500001 118.650006”, LatLongDMS: “26:30:00 S 118:39:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40103 (52261FE1)

Date: 10/17/1977
Time: 20:00?
Location: UCCLES, BELGIUM
Description: Several observer(s). Blinding silent red night light hovers / one hour. Going west. Turns going north. 2 night lights circle.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12834

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Belgium, Netherlandsand Luxembourg”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “95”, HatchDesc: “UCCLES,BELGIUM:SVRL OBS:BLINDING SLNT RED NLT HVRS/1hr:> W:TURNS >N:2 NLTS CCL”, LatLong: “50.766669 4.366667”, LatLongDMS: “50:46:00 N 04:22:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Belgium”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 40104 (F5FE2C43)

Date: 10/17/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: MT. MAGNET, WEST AUST
Description: 2 / car paced / night light. Night lights land. Figure(s) move outside. / MJ#126+/ r96#161.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12835

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “Mt MAGNET,W.AUST:2/CAR PACED/NLT:NLTS LAND:FIGs MOVE OUTSIDE:/MJ#126+/r96#161”, LatLong: “-28.000001 118.000006”, LatLongDMS: “28:00:00 S 118:00:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Western Australia”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40105 (4BF03AF1)

Date: 10/17/1977
Location: Uccle, Belgium
Description: A woman and her children watch a blindingly bright red light from their first-floor porch in Uccle, Belgium. It is stationary and silent for one hour in the southwest at an estimated 1,000 feet altitude. Finally, the object moves toward the west, then north, and disappears in the distance. An independent group of witnesses several streets away also watch the light. A half-hour later, the daughter of the original family sees another pair of similar objects in the south about 400–500 feet off the ground. These circle for 30 minutes and then disappear to the south. One hour later, the family watches another bright light maneuvering in the southwest before disappearing.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 3 (March 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5590

Event 40106 (76414C94)

Date: 10/17/1977
Description: Uccle, Belgium. On this evening a blinding red nocturnal light hovered silently for an hour. Then it went to the west, turned to the north, and had two more nocturnal lights circling it.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, March 1978, p. 2; Richard F. Haines, Project Delta, p. 191, UNICAT, case # 176
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_6939

Event 40107 (F872D7A1)

Date: 10/18/1977
Location: SWEDEN, northeast of Angermanland.
Description: (Translated from French) Kurt Nilsson, 35 years old, on the spot to get better radio connections, declared: "As I was parking behind the TV pylon, the connection with my colleague became so bad that we cut the contact. It was 8:00 PM. Suddenly I saw an object of pale blue color against a mound in a hollow: it was an object with a dome, about 2 m in diameter. In front of the object there were three figures in space suits: they were standing to my left, at 100 m. They were about 1 m tall and grayish, very visible in the light emitted by the object. I was so surprised that I turned on the headlights to see them better, but then everything became dark, I saw nothing. For a minute nothing happened, then the place lit up as before and I could see as before. I was so scared that I started the car to leave. After 50 m the car stopped and I saw on the road the 3 characters, or 3 others that looked like them. The one in the middle had something in his hand that looked like a shovel, when he turned this instrument towards me the headlights went off and the engine stopped. This character was holding the shovel with both hands, arms crossed and hands on the handle in a “T”. Again it was complete darkness and I thought “this is the end”. However I started the engine again, I backed up, waited 2 minutes and turned on the headlights: nothing. Nine years before, on March 12, 1969 (see that date), a similar adventure had been experienced by Kjell Näslund, director of the station, almost in the same place.
Reference: Skandinavsk UFO information n° 1/1978
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2984

Event 40108 (AF619450)

Date: 10/18/1977
Time: ~01:30
Location: COLUSA, CA
Description: 3.5’ small humanoid (or Grey) visits Indian farmer"comes often. with night lights walks / air".
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 136)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12836

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “19”, HatchDesc: “COLUSA,CA:3.5’ OID VISITS INDIAN FARMER"COMES OFTEN. W/NLTS. WALKS/AIR”", LatLong: “39.200002 -122.016672”, LatLongDMS: “39:12:00 N 122:01:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40109 (60A70B91)

Date: 10/18/1977
Time: 18:50
Location: VIGIA, BRZ
Description: Power outage. 6 night lights shoot by. Power resumes. Panic / Umbatuba nearby.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12837

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “VIGIA,BRZ:POWER OUTAGE:6 NLTS SHOOT BY:POWER RESUMES:panic/Umbatuba nearby”, LatLong: “-0.800000 -48.116669”, LatLongDMS: “00:48:00 S 48:07:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRA”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 40110 (40DEEEF3)

Date: 10/18/1977
Time: 19:20
Location: LISBON AND OPORTO, PORTUGAL
Description: Several observer(s). Silent saucer goes by. (NATO war games in progress.)
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 189)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12838

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “LISBON+OPORTO,PORTUGAL:SVRL OBS:SLNT SCR GOES BY:(NATO WAR GAMES IN PROGRESS)”, LatLong: “38.700002 -9.066667”, LatLongDMS: “38:42:00 N 09:04:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40111 (B9B1001E)

Date: 10/18/1977
Time: 19:20
Location: CORUCHE AND SANTAREM, PORTUGAL
Description: Green-glowing saucer leaves (something behind) red trail north going quickly south. Seen widely.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 192)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12839

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “CORUCHE+SANTAREM,PORTUGAL:GREEN-GLOWING SCR LVS RED TRAIL N>>S:SEEN WIDELY”, LatLong: “38.966669 -8.550000”, LatLongDMS: “38:58:00 N 08:33:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RBT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40112 (7952CC0B)

Date: 10/19/1977
Time: 22:00?
Location: COLARES, BRZ
Description: Cylinder/cylindrical object-Chupa seen. Woman zapped / beam / 01 November. Dies / 12 hours. / Flying Saucer Review (FSR) v41#2.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12840

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “COLARES,BRZ:CYL-CHUPA SEEN:WOMAN ZAPPED/BEAM/01NOV:DIES/12hrs:/FSR v41#2”, LatLong: “-0.916667 -48.283336”, LatLongDMS: “00:55:00 S 48:17:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MRN”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 40113 (DB1E97B9)

Date: 10/20/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Spanish researcher Juan José Benitez receives from his government a 78-page dossier concerning the 12 best authenticated UFO cases. This documentation contains photos and a film taken by a military pilot. (October 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2773

Event 40114 (FC2588F3)

Date: 10/20/1977 (approximate)
Location: PICO BLANCO, COSTA RICA
Description: Series / night lights fireballs saucers make news. Orange sphere/orb/globe going up [to] vertically.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12841

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Costa Rica”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “174”, Elev: “2134”, HatchDesc: “PICO BLANCO,COSTA RICA:SERIES/NLTS FBLS SCRS MAKE NEWS:ORG ORB ↑ VERTICALLY”, LatLong: “9.850000 -84.150004”, LatLongDMS: “09:51:00 N 84:09:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SJS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40115 (351EA11B)

Date: 10/20/1977
Time: ~00:00
Location: SOUTH ASHBURNHAM, MASS
Description: B Andreason warned 2 days ahead / death of 2 sons / auto wreck! .
Type: sighting
Reference: FOWLER, Raymond E.: The WATCHERS; Bantam PB, NY 1990 (Index 139)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12842

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “3”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “274”, HatchDesc: “S.ASHBURNHAM,MASS:B ANDREASON WARNED2 DAYS AHEAD/DEATH OF 2 SONS/AUTO WRECK!.”, LatLong: “42.616669 -71.916670”, LatLongDMS: “42:37:00 N 71:55:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “15”

Event 40116 (8DEAA015)

Date: 10/20/1977
Time: 20:20
Location: BROMLEY, KENT / LONDON
Description: Small orange delta/triangle/box-like craft over house grows / 2X / size. Vanishes and reappears.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12843

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “BROMLEY,KENT/LONDON:SML ORG DLT OVR HOUSE GROWS/2X/SIZE:VANISHES+REAPPEARS”, LatLong: “51.366669 0.100000”, LatLongDMS: “51:22:00 N 00:06:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40117 (3A6A17E2)

Date: 10/20/1977
Locations: San José, Costa Rica; Pico Blanco
Description: Several witnesses in San José, Costa Rica, see lighted objects around Pico Blanco, a mountain to the south of town. One physician sees a “squat, orange object” for 20 minutes until it ascends at great speed and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no 12 (December 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5591

Event 40118 (C4305D57)

Date: 10/20/1977
Location: Bromley, Kent, England
Description: 8:15 p.m. Keith Kilford and Philip Staff watch a small orange triangle over a house in Bromley, Kent, England, that grows to twice its size, shrinks again, and moves rapidly away until it disappears. It reappears about 10 minutes later and disappears again.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 2, no 12 (December 1977): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5592

Event 40119 (BFC0B7C5)

Date: 10/21/1977 (approximate)
Time: 03:20
Location: FOSTORIA, OH
Description: Railroad/railway men. 90’ thick disk arcs going down [to] levels off. Nears train / 15’ altitude. Turns / 9 RPM.
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12844

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “238”, HatchDesc: “FOSTORIA,OH:RR MEN:90’THICK DISK ARCS↓ LVLS OFF:NEARS TRAIN/15’alt:TURNS/9 RPM”, LatLong: “41.166669 -83.416671”, LatLongDMS: “41:10:00 N 83:25:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “5”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40120 (EB529E34)

Date: 10/21/1977?
Time: ~19:00
Location: GAOLING AREA, SHAANXI, CH
Description: Many observer(s). Luminous/glowing plate rotates. Northwest going southeast slowly.
Type: sighting
Reference: DONG, Paul: UFO’s Over MODERN CHINA. 1983 UFO Photo Archives; P. O. Box 17206; Tucson, AZ 85710. (Index 115)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12845

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “China”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GAOLING AREA,SHAANXI,CH:MANY OBS:LUMn PLATE ROTATES:NW>SE SLOWLY:”, LatLong: “34.250002 109.050005”, LatLongDMS: “34:15:00 N 109:03:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40121 (C4F302BC)

Date: 10/22/1977
Time: 02:40
Location: IRONDEQUOIT, NY
Description: Housewife. TV on and off repeatedly. Glowing saucer-cloud drops chunks going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12846

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “117”, HatchDesc: “IRONDEQUOIT,NY:HOUSEWIFE:TV ON+OFF REPEATEDLY:GLOWING SCR-CLOUD DROPS CHUNKS ↓”, LatLong: “43.200002 -77.583337”, LatLongDMS: “43:12:00 N 77:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New York”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40122 (5A94FD5C)

Date: 10/22/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: FRONTIGNY, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Long domed saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape hovers between railroad/railway line and power lines. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 178)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12847

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “FRONTIGNY,FR:2 OBS:LONG DOMED SCR-CGR HVRS BTWN RR LINE+POWER LINES:>>NW”, LatLong: “49.066669 6.255556”, LatLongDMS: “49:04:00 N 06:15:20 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Moselle”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40123 (BBE2C204)

Date: 10/22/1977
Location: Irondequoit, New York
Description: 2:40 a.m. A half-moon-shaped orange cloud, 3 times the size of the Moon, is seen hovering and descending at Irondequoit, New York. Chunks “like teardrops” are seen falling off.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-12-16,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5593

Event 40124 (6549A8A2)

Date: 10/22/1977
Description: At 7:30 p.m., in the second sighting by Dr. Wellaide Carvalho in Colares, Para State, Brazil a bright metallic object, thimble shaped, was seen spinning over a beach at 100 meters altitude and a distance of 1500 meters. It moved in a wavy rocking motion, making quick stops.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, p. 15
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7029

Event 40125 (66ABDC87)

Date: 10/23/1977
Location: CHINA (unspecified location)
Description: (Translated from French) … at dusk, the sun had just set and the sky to the west was still red. At 6:30, the fighters of our unit (…) sitting on the ground, were waiting for the start of a movie screening. Suddenly a comrade raised his arm towards the west and shouted “What is that?” At his cry everyone looked up into the sky and saw a shining object flying. It was huge, as big as a basketball. Its movement was that of an Archimedes screw. The object moved slowly, at a uniform speed, while turning in the opposite direction to that of the hands of a clock. (…) oval, topped with a dome or something similar. Its yellow color was somewhat reddish, its white, milky tail was composed of small sparks. At first, the tail wrapped around the shining object was quite wide, but as the object turned, it became thinner and thinner. What surprised us the most is that the object and its tail disappeared all at once, at the same time.
Reference: SHI BO: “China and the Extraterrestrials”, ed. Mercure de France 1983, p. 132
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2985

Event 40126 (39CB1083)

Date: 10/23/1977
Location: Rochester, New York
Description: 3:30 a.m. A glowing triangular white cloud is seen in Rochester, New York, receding to the southwest.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-12-17,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5594

Event 40127 (8688E125)

Date: 10/24/1977
Location: ROCHA, URUGUAY
Description: Cops and many. 2 small saucers emit colored lights. Maneuvers. Going / horizon. Local wave.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 171)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12848

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “70”, Elev: “28”, HatchDesc: “ROCHA,URUGUAY:COPS+MANY:2 SML SCRS EMIT CLRD LITES:MNVRS:>/HRZN:local wave”, LatLong: “-34.466668 -54.333336”, LatLongDMS: “34:28:00 S 54:20:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “RCH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40128 (EDE93F7E)

Date: 10/24/1977
Time: 02:00
Location: CERILLOS, NM
Description: 1 observer. Distinct saucer maneuvers / low altitude. Going quickly northwest. Near moon. Blocks star etc.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12849

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1795”, HatchDesc: “CERILLOS,NM:1 OBS:DISTINCT SCR MNVRS/LO alt:>>NW:NEAR MOON:BLOCKS STAR etc”, LatLong: “35.438891 -106.127783”, LatLongDMS: “35:26:20 N 106:07:40 W”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Mexico”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40129 (6934370F)

Date: 10/24/1977
Time: 19:30
Location: WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGL
Description: 4 walking. Silent cone-shape with lights crosses sky fast. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12850

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “152”, HatchDesc: “WOLVERHAMPTON,ENGL:4 WALKING:SLNT CONE-SHAPE W/LITES CROSSES SKY FAST:NFD”, LatLong: “52.600003 -2.133333”, LatLongDMS: “52:36:00 N 02:08:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “3”

Event 40130 (CCA051CC)

Date: 10/24/1977
Location: Cerrillos, New Mexico
Description: 2:00 a.m. A musician watches a saucer-shaped object at Cerrillos, New Mexico, approaching at a low angle from the south. It moves across his view for 15–30 seconds, stops for 15–20 seconds in the southwest, and zooms away.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-12-25,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5595

Event 40131 (DEA17716)

Date: 10/25/1977 (approximate)
Time: 02:00
Location: US90 WITH MADISON, FL
Description: 1 / car. Blue-glow triangle changes color(s) every 10 second(s). Rainy night.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12851

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “57”, HatchDesc: “US90 W/MADISON,FL:1/CAR:BLUE-GLOW TRIANGLE CHANGES CLRS EVERY 10sec:rainy nite”, LatLong: “30.466668 -83.500004”, LatLongDMS: “30:28:00 N 83:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40132 (1D79F3E4)

Date: 10/25/1977
Location: Asbygda Ringerike, Norway
Description: 5:30 PM. Three witnesses, including two deaf 14 year olds, Johny Myhr and Frank Sverre Mandt, sighted a disc-shaped object some ten meters in diameter that hovered and then descended behind some bushes. Tracks were later found in the newly plowed field. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4859

Event 40133 (FDED30F2)

Date: 10/25/1977
Locations: Åsbygda, Ringerinke, Norway; Alm school
Description: 5:30 p.m. Three witnesses, including two deaf 14-year-olds, Johny Myhr and Frank Sverre Mandt, view a disc-shaped object some 33 feet in diameter that hovers and then descends behind some bushes at Åsbygda, Ringerinke, Norway. After about 10 seconds it rises into the air again. The boys run to the nearby Alm school. They notice the object ascending at a 40° angle and see several windows in the craft. What appears to be a human-looking person is behind one of the windows. Tracks are later found in the newly plowed field. Each track is rectangular with rounded corners, and measures 5.5 inches by 1.2 feet with a depth of 4 inches. The tracks are arranged in a triangular shape.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Strange Aircraft Spotted in Åsbygda,” Nordic UFO Newsletter 1, no. 1 (1981): 16–18
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5596

Event 40134 (02750DBB)

Date: 10/25/1977
Description: In Asbygda Ringerike, Norway at 5:30 p.m. three witnesses, including two deaf 14 year olds, Johny Myhr and Frank Sverre Mandt, sighted a disc-shaped object some ten meters in diameter that hovered and then descended behind some bushes. After about 10 seconds it rose into the air again. The boys ran to the nearby Alm school. They noticed the object ascend at a 40-degree angle, and saw several windows in the craft. There was what appeared to be a human-looking person behind one of the windows. Tracks were later found in the newly plowed field. Each track was rectangular shaped with rounded corners, and measured 14 cm by 36 cm with a depth of 10 cm. The tracks were arranged in a triangular shape.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: GICOFF Sweden, September 1977, p. 5 citing a newspaper clipping; UFO Information Sweden, January 1978, p. 22 citing an on-site investigation; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, citing Ole Jonny Braene
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7129

Event 40135 (5575E6FF)

Date: 10/26/1977
Time: 18:40
Location: EAST / ABILENE, TX
Description: 2 / light plane and 2 / USAF T38. Red sphere/orb/globe hovers. Quickly going up [to] to space. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) and electro-magnetic effect (EME). / MJ#181.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard & WEINSTEIN,Dominique: Preliminary Study of 64 Pilot Sightings involving EME on Aircraft Systems NARCAP TR-3 2001 (Index 34)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12852

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “515”, HatchDesc: “E/ABILENE,TX:2/LITE PLANE+2/USAF T38:RED ORB HVRS:↑↑ to SPACE:RFI+EME:/MJ#181”, LatLong: “32.616668 -98.266671”, LatLongDMS: “32:37:00 N 98:16:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40136 (FBE90921)

Date: 10/26/1977
Time: 18:50
Location: OIL CITY, PA
Description: Many observer(s) with CB radios etc. Circular lighted objects seen / hours. / book in works.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 300)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12853

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “200”, Elev: “366”, HatchDesc: “OIL CITY,PA:MANY OBS W/CB RADIOS etc:CIRC.LITED OBJs SEEN/HOURS:/BOOK in WORKS”, LatLong: “41.433335 -79.705559”, LatLongDMS: “41:26:00 N 79:42:20 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40137 (52379B77)

Date: 10/26/1977
Location: In Air Space, Japan
Description: 5:20 PM. Flight with two witnesses observed 4-5 UFOs. Very brief. (Haines printout) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4861

Event 40138 (BC84D5D6)

Date: 10/26/1977
Location: Dallas, TX
Description: Private pilot & T-38 pilot enc object, E-M (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4862

Event 40139 (99DD73AB)

Date: 10/26/1977
Location: Between Abilene and Dallas, TX
Description: Red sphere ahead of airplane, navigation instruments and radio E-M effects. UFO changed color to white, climbed vertically at high speed
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_296

Event 40140 (DE2618C4)

Date: 10/26/1977
Time: 14:15:00.1
Location: 37.0076 -116.0167
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Bobstay” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_816

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0076 -116.0167”, LatLongDMS: “37:00:27 N 116:01:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.38”, NukeMb: “4.40”, NukeName: “Bobstay”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 40141 (55E7827A)

Date: 10/26/1977
Locations: Dyess AFB near Abilene, Texas; Dallas; Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center
Description: 12:45 p.m. En route from Dyess AFB near Abilene, Texas, to Dallas, cruising at 15,000 feet in a T-38 jet trainer, 1st Lt Seth Bryant (instructor pilot) and 1st Lt Choate (student pilot) overhear transmissions from Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center to another pilot who has seen a red object he cannot identify. Choate then sees the red object and informs the pilot of its position. The object is flying at 10,000–12,000 feet and seems stationary. The distance is estimated to be about 23 miles away. Initially, the light is brilliant and appears to be closing rapidly. An evasive maneuver is considered but deemed unnecessary. The pilot contacts Fort Worth Center, giving the position of the object and asks if he is tracking anything on radar, but he isn’t. The size of the red light decreases, similar to a very slowly rotating beacon, and is lost to sight. The total duration is less than a minute. Choate recalls static over his headset at the time.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Near Collision with T-33 / Radio Static”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5597

Event 40142 (1F5D3283)

Date: 10/26/1977
Description: During an evening of intense UFO activity in the skies above Colares, Para State, Brazil a young woman, 25-year-old Nueza Pereira Aragao, was in her kitchen with her sister reading a book. At 10:15 p.m. a light beam came through the roof, badly frightening her. She was immediately attended to by military doctors, who were part of a team in the area investigating the UFO activity.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, p. 22
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7155

Event 40143 (5C6D5CCC)

Date: 10/26/1977
Description: A 14-year-old girl was walking home in Via Lagaccio, Genova, Italy at 9:00 p.m. when she spotted a strange humanoid figure standing by a nearby tree. The figure began walking very slowly and seemed to stagger like if intoxicated. The figure was short and very pale and had only two digits on each hand. It was dressed in black and wore some sort of helmet. The witness became frightened and ran home.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 998, citing Massimo Varrichio, BUFORA Journal, Vol. 7 # 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7156

Event 40144 (EBC4195A)

Date: 10/26/1977
Description: Three hours later a bright red sphere hovered in front of a USAF T-38 aircraft flying from Abilene to Dallas, Texas. It departed in a rapid vertical climb and changed color to white after effecting the navigation instruments and producing a large amount of static on the radio. There were several other witnesses to the UFO.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Cashman, Project 1947 EM Effects Catalog website, citing MUFON UFO Journal, March 1983; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 50; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, pp. 21 & 123
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7157

Event 40145 (28D9350A)

Date: 10/27/1977
Time: 17:40
Location: ELMAS AIR FORCE BASE / CAGLIARI, ITL
Description: Many observer(s). Glowing-saucer follows 3 helicopters. Jets chase. / IURv3#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12854

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “11”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “ELMAS AFB/CAGLIARI,ITL:MANY OBS:GLO-SCR FOLOS 3 COPTERS:JETS CHASE:/IURv3#4”, LatLong: “39.366669 9.133334”, LatLongDMS: “39:22:00 N 09:08:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SRD”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40146 (B7AE119B)

Date: 10/27/1977
Location: In Air Space, Sardinia
Description: 5:35 PM. Flight with 5 witnesses observed UFO, unknown altitude, range, 1,000’, 5-mins. (Haines printout) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4863

Event 40147 (85F56861)

Date: 10/27/1977
Locations: Cagliari Elmas Airport on Sardinia, Italy; Decimomannu, Sardinia
Description: 5:35 p.m. At Cagliari Elmas Airport on Sardinia, Italy, three helicopters of the Italian Army’s Aviazione Leggera dell’Esercito are followed for more than 5 minutes by an orange disc. It is seen and tracked by both military and civilian witnesses and from the airport control tower. Air Force Col. Giomaria orders a jet interceptor to take off but it fails to catch up to the intruder. Maj. Francesco Zoppi and copilot Lt. Riccardelli manage to approach to within 1,000 feet. The sighting causes a feverish exchange of messages between airport personnel, the NATO base at Decimomannu, Sardinia, the USS Saratoga, and several military planes in flight. Col. Mario d’Angelo, commander of the airport’s Air Force base, sends a detailed report to Attilio Ruffini, the Italian Minister of Defense, who orders an investigation.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 4 (April 1978): 2; “Italian Government Report,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 146 (April 1980): 15; Good Above, pp. 145–146; 1Pinotti 211– 213
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5598

Event 40148 (4C63BE38)

Date: 10/28/1977
Time: 23:40
Location: NORTHWEST / WARMINSTER, WILTS
Description: 1 / car. Blue saucer lands / field-ditch. Search beam / top. Bad photographs.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12855

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “120”, HatchDesc: “NW/WARMINSTER,WILTs:1/CAR:BLU SCR LANDS/FIELD-DITCH:SEARCH BEAM/TOP:BAD FOTOS”, LatLong: “51.233336 -2.200000”, LatLongDMS: “51:14:00 N 02:12:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40149 (FE5C542C)

Date: 10/29/1977
Time: 16:00
Location: HAGERSTOWN, MD
Description: 4 observer(s). Silent white globe twice circles cloud counterclockwise. Going quickly northwest. Observer(s) convinced.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12856

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “168”, HatchDesc: “HAGERSTOWN,MD:4 OBS:SLNT WHT GLOBE TWICE CIRCLES CLOUD CCW:>>NW:OBS CONVINCED”, LatLong: “39.644446 -77.722226”, LatLongDMS: “39:38:40 N 77:43:20 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maryland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40150 (7CC03078)

Date: 10/29/1977
Time: 18:00
Location: MOSQUIERO ISLAND, BRZ
Description: Chupa beams burn people / house and dog. Figure(s) and pseudo-human/entity visit! / r105p189.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 494)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12857

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, MIL: Observer(s) military, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “244”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “MOSQUIERO Isl,BRZ:CHUPA BEAMS BURN PEOPLE/HOUSE+DOG:FIGS+PSH VISIT!:/r105p189”, LatLong: “-1.116667 -48.400002”, LatLongDMS: “01:07:00 S 48:24:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRA”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40151 (A0108EF9)

Date: 10/29/1977
Time: 03:07:00.0
Location: 49.8270 78.0910
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: .002KT YieldMax: 40KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1504

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8270 78.0910”, LatLongDMS: “49:49:37 N 78:05:28 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.60”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “.002”, NukeYMax: “40”

Event 40152 (92329FAF)

Date: 10/29/1977
Time: 03:07:04.9
Location: 50.0680 78.9770
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1505

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.0680 78.9770”, LatLongDMS: “50:04:05 N 78:58:37 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.60”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 40153 (FAEDB7A8)

Date: 10/29/1977
Location: North East, Pennsylvania
Description: 7:30 a.m. A patrolman in North East, Pennsylvania, spots a brown, cigar-shaped object moving towards him. He can see a tail fin. It changes direction to the southwest and disappears,
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-12-37,” IUR 2, no 12 (December 1977): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5599

Event 40154 (E5664186)

Date: 10/29/1977
Location: downtown Hagerstown, Maryland
Description: 4:00 p.m. Four men at a gas station in downtown Hagerstown, Maryland, watch a round white object half the size of the Moon. It silently orbits counterclockwise around a cloud, emerging from behind, crossing in front, then disappearing behind.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-12-38,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): 3–wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5600

Event 40155 (3A2705AB)

Date: 10/29/1977
Location: North East, Pennsylvania
Description: 7:45 p.m. Two young teenagers in North East, Pennsylvania, notice a light flashing different colors in the west. They think they see a dark “pancake” body twice the Moon’s diameter attached to the light. They go into their house where they are babysitting, and the object shines a spotlight down to the spot where they were originally standing. It hovers about 10 feet above some grapevines, then swoops toward the house and moves into trees to the north. They call police, but every time one visits the house, all they can see is a distant light.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2- 12-39,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5601

Event 40156 (E1C2F3F0)

Date: 10/29/1977
End date: 11/3/1977
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania
Description: Police and citizens in the area of Erie, Pennsylvania, report multiple sightings of star-like lights, some flashing. Some are likely aircraft.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Mini-’Flap’ in Northwestern Pennsylvania: But of IFOs?” IUR 2, no 12 (December 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5602

Event 40157 (0BF6BFF0)

Date: 10/29/1977
Description: On this evening on Mosqueiro Island, near Colares, Para State, Brazil Benedito Campos and his 17-year-old wife Silvia Mara were at home when they spotted an oval-shaped, silvery object emitting a greenish beam, like a searchlight, towards the room where they were lying in bed. Curious, they approached a small window and as they did, the beam shot in through the window and made straight for Silvia, throwing her into some sort of benumbed, trance-like state. Silvia, who was pregnant at the time, then fainted. Two humanoid entities then entered the house, carrying something resembling a gold flashlight; again the beam struck Silvia, this time hitting her in the left arm at wrist level. Benedito ran to a neighbor’s house and was also briefly paralyzed by a light beam. Both husband and wife were later taken to a local hospital, were they both recovered. However, Benedito suffered from depression after the incident.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard F. Haines, CE-5: Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind, p. 138; Albert S. Rosales, 1977 Humanoid Contact Database, case # 3779, citing Daniel Rebisso Geise
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7282

Event 40158 (844C1E85)

Date: 10/30/1977
Time: 15:00
Location: DALE, WALES
Description: 6 observer(s). Saucer going down. 2 pseudo-human/entity glide over coast. Door appears / Cliff. / r98#28p119.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 187)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12858

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “6”, HatchDesc: “DALE,WALES:6 OBS:SCR↓:2 PSH GLIDE OVR COAST:DOOR APPEARS/CLIFF:/r98#28p119”, LatLong: “51.733336 -5.183334”, LatLongDMS: “51:44:00 N 05:11:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “WLS”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 40159 (CF48FAEA)

Date: 10/30/1977
Time: 19:00
Location: NEAR SONORA, CA
Description: 2 / car. Sudden blue fog. Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Watches stop. Abduction and exam regressed.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCHUESSLER, John F.: UFO-RELATED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 1996 J. Schuessler, POB 58485, Houston, TX 77258 (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12859

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “560”, HatchDesc: “nr SONORA,CA:2/CAR:SUDDEN BLUE FOG:CAR EMEs:WATCHES STOP:ABD+EXAM REGRESSED”, LatLong: “38.000002 -120.416672”, LatLongDMS: “38:00:00 N 120:25:00 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40160 (4CC33E21)

Date: 10/30/1977
Location: Sonora (near), CA
Description: A woman was driving with her husband near Sonora when suddenly a cloud of blue smoke engulfed their car. The car stopped and its lights went out. She lost consciousness and then woke up with several humanoids carrying her to a landed oval-shaped craft standing on legs. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4864

Event 40161 (C3B49159)

Date: 10/30/1977
Location: Sonora (near), CA
Description: A woman was driving with her husband near Sonora when suddenly a cloud of blue smoke engulfed their car. The car stopped and its lights went out. She lost consciousness and then woke up with several humanoids carrying her to a landed oval-shaped craft standing on legs. 77OctLate Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire UK 2 A uniformed officer observed a UFO at an altitude of only 500-700 feet above the Plain. He described it as being oblong with a rounded top and a flat bottom. The object was seen to travel at a very slow speed across the landscape. Source BUFORA Vol 6 No 6 March/April (Reference: THE 5TH ANNUAL PRUFOS POLICE REPORT 2006 by Detective Constable 1877 HESELTINE British Transport Police (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4865

Event 40162 (E4D70298)

Date: 10/30/1977
Time: 06:59:59.1
Location: 47.9090 47.9120
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Name: “PNE:Azgir A-2-4” Yield: .01KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1506

Extra Data: LatLong: “47.9090 47.9120”, LatLongDMS: “47:54:32 N 47:54:43 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.60”, NukeName: “PNE:Azgir A-2-4”, NukeSource: “SULTANOV”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.01”

Event 40163 (037E53CA)

Date: 10/30/1977
Description: Mrs. Pauline Coombs, her mother, and her four children were driving back to their Ripperston Farm home near Dyfed, Pembrokeshire, Wales at around three o’clock in the afternoon when her mother called their attention to a white disc-like object over their car. It flew in from the direction of the sea. Curious, the women drove in the direction of the shoreline and then crossed two fields to get to the ocean’s edge. Several hundred yards offshore is a rock outcrop called Stack Rocks, rising up 80 to 100 feet from the water. They could not see the UFO but they did see two humanoid figures walking about on the rocks. They were dressed in silvery outfits, similar to a frogman’s wetsuit. Their heads or helmets were extremely large and rectangular in shape, rounded at the corners, and with no observable features. They appeared to be looking for something. A “door” appeared on the right hand face of the rocks, sliding alternately open and shut like the door of a dumbwaiter. One of the figures entered this doorway and appeared to descend a stairway, disappearing in the darkened interior, and then reappearing once again. The stairway was not visible to the viewers. On his final descent the door closed and disappeared from view. To the left side of the rocks the second figure appeared to “walk” out over the water’s surface, finally disappearing behind the left side of the rocks. The display had lasted for 15 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-54, citing Randall Jones Pugh, BUFORA
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7310

Event 40164 (7E381F0D)

Date: 10/30/1977
Description: At around 7:00 p.m. Martha Throne was driving with her husband to Sonora, California when suddenly a cloud of blue smoke engulfed their car. The car stopped and its lights went out. She lost consciousness and then woke up with several humanoids carrying her to a landed oval-shaped craft standing on legs. The Grey humanoids had flat noses, and were wearing coverall type suits. A blanket was put over her head but she was reassured by means of mental telepathy that she would be all right. She was then placed on a table in a shiny room, where she was examined by two humanoids while others nearby attended to other duties. Her watch as well as her husband’s stopped just after 7 p.m. and never ran again.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Sonora Daily Union Democrat, November 22, 1982; John F. Schuessler, UFO Related Human Physiological Effects, p. 77; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 484, citing Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of the Mystery
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7311

Event 40165 (ACCC8A6C)

Date: 10/31/1977
Time: 21:40
Location: PLACENTIA, CA
Description: 2 teens. Clear silent moon-size saucer-cylinder/cigar-shape with 4 portholes / top-section. Going quickly north.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 36)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12860

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “PLACENTIA,CA:2 TEENS:CLEAR SLNT MOONSIZE SCR-CGR WITH 4 PORTS/TOP-SECTION:>>N”, LatLong: “33.872224 -117.872228”, LatLongDMS: “33:52:20 N 117:52:20 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40166 (E85CA581)

Date: 10/31/1977
Location: Northern Tier
Description: The National Enquirer sends a series of questions to Secretary of the Air Force John C. Stetson about the 1975 Northern Tier UFO incidents. The Air Force admits they do not know what the objects were.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 23–24
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5603

Event 40167 (1B2D9E5B)

Date: 10/31/1977
Locations: NASA; Robert A. Frosch
Description: David Williamson Jr., a NASA assistant administrator for special projects, drafts a memorandum of a proposed letter to be signed by Noel W. Hinners and sent to Robert A. Frosch. The letter mentions a revival of interest in UFOs and paranormal phenomena, as well as new sightings. It mentions a lack of tangible evidence to analyze and a lack of protocols for investigating UFOs as hindrances to NASA setting up an investigatory panel: “All in all, undertaking a formal study at this time appears to be fraught with peril.” Williamson sees two choices: refuse the project, or have NASA review the best cases from civilian UFO organizations and new cases. He foresees problems with workload, peer pressure, and prejudgment—an enormous expenditure of resources. However, he recommends examining the best cases from the civilian groups. The inquiry will be handled by Hinners, Williamson, and NASA administrator Kenneth D. Chapman.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 788
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5604

Event 40168 (7F5471EC)

Date: 10/31/1977
Location: Placentia, California
Description: 9:35 p.m. Several students in Placentia, California, watch a disc with four lighted portholes hovering and eclipsing the moon for a few seconds. It shoots away toward the north.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 2-12-46,” IUR 2, no. 12 (December 1977): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5605

Event 40169 (7C500955)

Date: 11/1977 (approximate)
Time: 00:10
Location: LA FLOTTE EN RE, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Big brilliant silent disk going up / sea. Hovers / 5M altitude. Beam searches going down.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 217)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12861

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “La FLOTTE en RE,FR:2 OBS:BIG BRILL.SLNT.DISK ↑/SEA:HVRS/5M alt:BEAM SEARCHES ↓”, LatLong: “46.183336 -1.316667”, LatLongDMS: “46:11:00 N 01:19:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “-1”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40170 (40053D0F)

Date: 11/1977
Time: 14:00
Location: AVONMOUTH, AVON
Description: 2 / M5. Large silver fuselage going west. Hovers / power station/depot/facility. 5-6 portholes / side. Going quickly northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: Periodical: QUEST (newsletter): UFO INTERNATIONAL. Allan Parsons ed.: Kingswood, Bristol, UK: 8 issues only, Jan '79 to Jan '81.
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12862

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “38”, HatchDesc: “AVONMOUTH,AVON:2/M5:LRG SLVR FSLG >W:HVRS/POWER STN:5-6 PORTHOLES/SIDE:>>NW”, LatLong: “51.483336 -2.783333”, LatLongDMS: “51:29:00 N 02:47:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40171 (9A668520)

Date: 11/1977 (approximate)
Time: 22:30
Location: NORTHEAST / CRATO, BRAZIL
Description: 4 observer(s). Blue-glow disk follows railroad/railway train. Diesel engine slows. Beams.
Type: sighting
Reference: PRATT, Bob: UFO DANGER ZONE - Terror and Death in Brazil. Horus House Press, Madison, WI 1996 (Index 227)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12863

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “822”, HatchDesc: “NE/CRATO,BRZL:4 OBS:BLU-GLOW DISK FOLOS RR TRAIN:DIESEL ENGINE SLOWS:BEAMS”, LatLong: “-7.166667 -39.333335”, LatLongDMS: “07:10:00 S 39:20:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CEA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40172 (F1DAF068)

Date: 11/1977
Description: USAF Security Alert Team member Mario A. Woods Jr., stationed at Ellsworth AFB, SD, states he flashed a spotlight at a possible UAP to attempt to communicate and it responded. Hours later, Woods and his team partner responded to an penetration alarm on the outer zone of the site, witnessed the UAP at a distance and again directly over the site. It was a red-orange sphere “constantly swirling and churning.”

Woods next states they looked at the object, he felt like he couldn’t breath and looked at his colleague who had a blank stare on his face; he too could not breath. Woods flashed a flashlight at the object and the pressure went away. He next states he sees “something like shadows” outside the vehicle and hears voices in his head “Do not fear” repeatedly. He next sees five or six “small figures” walking toward the vehicle before passing out.

Woods regains consciousness at dawn, after four hours have passed, and he, his team partner and their truck are near Newell Lake, miles from the site. They are found and recovered by Ellsworth personnel and debriefed by AFOSI. Woods was ordered to take a urinalysis and skin samples. Woods states he has two small puncture marks on his skin under his left armpit and above his ankle, and he often has “strange dreams of that night…every time, as something was about to happen or show itself, a great dread came over me. I would awake in a pool of sweat and afraid.” It is unclear if Congress has been made aware of possible abductions of USG personnel and certain the American people have not been made aware of this possibility.

• https://www.ufohastings.com/index.php/articles/former-usaf-missile-security-policeman-tells-of-apparent-ufo-abduction-at-icbm-site

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_163

Event 40173 (BE839D15)

Date: 11/1/1977
Time: ~16:00
Location: PRESTFOSS, NORW
Description: 2+1 observer(s). Saucer lands / field. Small humanoid (or Grey) inside. Traces. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V3#1+/ MJ#160.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 936)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12864

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PRESTFOSS,NORW:2+1 OBS:SCR LANDS/FIELD:OID INSIDE:TRACES:/IUR V3#1+/MJ#160”, LatLong: “60.055558 9.650000”, LatLongDMS: “60:03:20 N 09:39:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Norway”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 40174 (B10360BA)

Date: 11/1/1977
Time: 18:06:00.1
Location: 37.1878 -116.2130
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Hybla Gold” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_817

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1878 -116.2130”, LatLongDMS: “37:11:16 N 116:12:47 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.39”, NukeMb: “4.70”, NukeName: “Hybla Gold”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 40175 (694031AD)

Date: 11/1/1977
Location: Nybygda, Ringerike, Norway
Description: Afternoon. Students Johnny Myrh and Frank Sverre see a flying object approaching from the north as they are walking home from a school bus station in Nybygda, Ringerike, Norway. The light-green object lands about 300 feet away in a newly ploughed field. They see a human-like figure inside the object behind one of its windows. After 10 seconds, the object lifts off, leaving three equally spaced marks in the ground, 1.2 feet long and 3–7 inches wide. Each imprint is made by something with a curved bottom. The sighting is partially corroborated by one of the attendants at the school who sees a shining object at the same time and place but at a much greater distance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5606

Event 40176 (CED5B7DB)

Date: 11/1/1977
Description: At 12:30 a.m. Orlando Fontenelle Trindade, a 40-year-old fisherman, saw a light flying north at medium speed while fishing in the river in Colares, Para State, Brazil. The light then moved toward his boat. A reddish-yellow light was next seen at 20 meters above the water, when near the first light it stopped. It was visible toward the sea until 5:30 a.m. On another boat a blue light was seen over the ship’s mast at 1:00 a.m. After spinning 15 revolutions it turned toward sea and slowly went away. It also was visible until 5:30 a.m., and its calculated distance at closest approach was 300 meters.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, www.theblackvault.com, pp. 23-24
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7389

Event 40177 (F0DA6AF2)

Date: 11/1/1977
Description: At 7:00 p.m. a very bright reddish light, semi-circular in form, with the upper half red emitting very bright blue flashes of light, was observed over Colares, Para State, Brazil. When it changed its flight direction, it was no longer emitting rays of light. At 7:15 p.m. Antonio Acacio de Oliveira sighted a reddish-yellow light that was blinking blue that momentarily disappeared. When an FAB helicopter took off, the light returned and followed helicopter over the Bay. It then climbed away at a high rate of speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, www.theblackvault.com, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7390

Event 40178 (15154D7C)

Date: 11/2/1977
Time: ~22:00
Location: JOAQUIM MURTINHO, BRZ
Description: Saturn probe pulls TV-plug. 3 pseudo-human/entity examine house. Abduction / saucer.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 366)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12865

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ABD: Human or animal abduction, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “1219”, HatchDesc: “JOAQUIM MURTINHO,BRZ:SATURN PROBE PULLS TV-PLUG:3 PSH EXAMINE HOUSE:ABD/SCR”, LatLong: “-24.400001 -49.866669”, LatLongDMS: “24:24:00 S 49:52:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRN”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40179 (CE2DCC16)

Date: 11/2/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: SOUTH / DIONS, GARD
Description: 2 / car 4M dark silent top-saucer blocks highway D225! Rises and going northeast. Turns going east.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 175)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12866

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “S/DIONS,GARD:2/CAR 4M DRK SLNT TOP-SCR BLOCKS Hwy D225!:RISES+>NE:TURNS >E”, LatLong: “43.905558 4.283334”, LatLongDMS: “43:54:20 N 04:17:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gard”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40180 (BC4B05AD)

Date: 11/2/1977
Location: Cagliari Elmas Airport on Sardinia, Italy
Description: Italian Air Force pilots and pilots of two German Air Force F-101G Starfighters, as well as the tower personnel at Cagliari Elmas Airport on Sardinia, Italy, see a circular or elliptical ball of fire flying at tremendous speed.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, p. 146
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5607

Event 40181 (F438D803)

Date: 11/3/1977
Description: Ivan De Oliviera, age 36, was on the river in Colares, Brazil at 1:30 a.m., when he witnessed a very bright blue flying light at great distance, which stopped two meters above the water in the navigation channel.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, p. 26
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7438

Event 40182 (6CEC3FAE)

Date: 11/4/1977
Time: 16:10
Location: CENTRAL GREENLAND
Description: 3 / airliner. Row / 7 bright ovoids. Going up / steep angle and gone. / LDLN#339.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880, Los Altos, CA 94023 USA (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12867

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “?”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “2000”, HatchDesc: “CENTRAL GREENLAND:3/AIRLINER:ROW/7 BRITE OVOIDS:↑/STEEP ANGLE+GONE:/LDLN#339”, LatLong: “69.000003 -40.000002”, LatLongDMS: “69:00:00 N 40:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CTR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40183 (398910BF)

Date: 11/5/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In Rives (Isère), a physicist observed a white luminous disc surrounded by a greenish halo, silent, moving in the sky, then stopping and moving away at high speed in another direction. 2 other people have seen the UFO independently. (November 5)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr

[c0mmando]

0, ID: rr0_2774

Event 40184 (A0771676)

Date: 11/6/1977
Time: 05:30
Location: GRAPPENHALL, CHESHIRE
Description: 1 observer. 3 silent spheres / single file. Back again / opposite direction.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12868

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “GRAPPENHALL,CHESHIRE:1 OBS:3 SLNT SPHERES/SINGLE FILE:BACK AGAIN/OPPOSITE DIR.”, LatLong: “53.383336 -2.550000”, LatLongDMS: “53:23:00 N 02:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40185 (37A31F47)

Date: 11/9/1977
Time: 22:00:00.1
Location: 37.0721 -116.0500
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Sandreef” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_818

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0721 -116.0500”, LatLongDMS: “37:04:20 N 116:03:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.70”, NukeMb: “5.80”, NukeName: “Sandreef”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 40186 (AF980112)

Date: 11/10/1977
Time: 16:30
Location: AUSTIN, TX
Description: 1 observer. Grey metallic “fat Coke bottle” shape hovers / southwest sky. Bottom wobbles.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 87)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12869

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “AUSTIN,TX:1 OBS:GRY MTLC “FAT COKE BOTTLE” SHAPE HVRS/SW SKY:BOTTOM WOBBLES”, LatLong: “30.283335 -97.733338”, LatLongDMS: “30:17:00 N 97:44:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40187 (96698755)

Date: 11/10/1977
Location: Austin, Texas
Description: 4:31 p.m. UFO researcher Ray Stanford sees a stationary metallic gray object in the southwestern sky as he is walking his dog in Austin, Texas. Its smaller end is at the top and there is a slight variance around the larger, lower end of the object, which seems to be vibrating. After several seconds, it seems to elongate and rotate. After another 10 seconds, it appears in the shape of a Coke bottle, then disappears quickly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ray Stanford, “Letter,” IUR 7, no. 3 (May/June 1982): 3–4
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5608

Event 40188 (E582681D)

Date: 11/11/1977
Location: NEAR VILA DO COLARES, BRZ
Description: Triangle with row / lights on long snout. 5 lights / rear. See dwg.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 471)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12870

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Brazil”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “1”, HatchDesc: “nr VILA do COLARES,BRZ:TRIANGLE W/ROW/LITES ON LONG SNOUT:5 LITES/REAR:see dwg”, LatLong: “-1.133333 -48.283336”, LatLongDMS: “01:08:00 S 48:17:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “PRA”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40189 (29D17F11)

Date: 11/11/1977
Location: BAROSSA VALLEY NEAR NURIOOTPA, SOUTH AUS
Description: Band / light with 2 square orange lights low / field. / MJ#176.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 824)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12871

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “BAROSSA VLY nr NURIOOTPA,S.AUS:BAND/LITE W/2 SQR ORG LITES LO/FIELD:/MJ#176”, LatLong: “-34.494446 139.172229”, LatLongDMS: “34:29:40 S 139:10:20 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40190 (0999123E)

Date: 11/12/1977
Time: 18:50
Location: CHARLESTON, SC
Description: 1 observer. Large silver disk peels away from Cessna plane / low altitude. Quickly going up. Photos.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 943)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12872

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “36”, HatchDesc: “CHARLESTON,SC:1 OBS:LRG SLVR DISK PEELS AWAY fm CESSNA PLANE/LO ALT:↑↑:photos”, LatLong: “32.766668 -79.966670”, LatLongDMS: “32:46:00 N 79:58:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Carolina”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40191 (63D427DD)

Date: 11/12/1977
Time: 05:11:00.0
Location: 50.0522 78.8644
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1507

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.0522 78.8644”, LatLongDMS: “50:03:08 N 78:51:52 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 40192 (AC4F49D8)

Date: 11/12/1977
Time: 01:30:00.0
Location: -22.0000 -139.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Oreste” Yield: 5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1905

Extra Data: LatLong: “-22.0000 -139.0000”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 S 139:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Oreste”, NukeSource: “CEA/DAM”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “5”

Event 40193 (FB2EFFF9)

Date: 11/12/1977
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Description: Evening. William J. Hermann sees a disc-shaped object chasing a Cessna aircraft over Charleston, South Carolina.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 570
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5609

Event 40194 (BE9C48DF)

Date: 11/13/1977
Time: 23:30
Location: NEAR FOX-AMPHOUX, FR
Description: 2 / car. Night light-saucer. Unstable 2d image / pseudo-human/entity fades and drifts. / r160#130.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 195)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12873

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “nr FOX-AMPHOUX,FR:2/CAR:NLT-SCR:UNSTABLE 2d IMAGE/PSH FADES+DRIFTS:/r160#130”, LatLong: “43.583335 6.100000”, LatLongDMS: “43:35:00 N 06:06:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Var”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 40195 (F748A48E)

Date: 11/13/1977
Location: Columbia, KY
Description: Daylight disc. (EGBA,504) (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4867

Event 40196 (78589EC7)

Date: 11/13/1977
Description: At eleven o’clock at night in Fox-Amphoux, Var department, France a young couple in their twenties, driving on highway D 561, observed a disc-shaped light in the sky over the hills between Fox-Amphoux and Aups. After driving several kilometers the couple again saw it, now larger and blinking, at the crossroads of Logis d’Amphoux; it seemed to be above the nearby town of Fox. They pulled their car to the side of the road and watched it for 15 minutes. Next they saw, about 200 meters behind them along the road, a small point of light near the ground, as though someone were carrying a flashlight. They turned around and drove back toward the light and observed, about 30 to 50 meters away, an unstable, two-dimensional image of a human-like entity of a phosphorescent white color, with no visible arms or legs and no features on its head. It was about five-foot eight inches tall, “advancing and retreating,” and fading in and out. They compared the form to a TV image. The couple associated the lights seen earlier with the figure, became frightened, and drove off.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, April 1980; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1977-56, citing Alain Prigent
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7641

Event 40197 (3B341FC8)

Date: 11/13/1977
Description: At 11:35 p.m. two Air Force security police officers at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota were checking out a report of trespassers at a restricted nuclear weapons storage site, when they noticed a bright light hovering above a nearby hill. One of the men remained in the patrol vehicle as the second investigated the source of the light. As the officer approached the area he observed a human like figure wearing a shiny green metallic uniform and a helmet with visor. The witness ordered the figure to stop, but it continued walking towards the source of the light. As the officer pointed his M-16 at the figure the being suddenly turned around and pointed an object at the officer. This was followed by a bright flash of light from the object, and then the M-16 carbine exploded causing burns to the hands of the officer. As the injured officer hid, the other officer arrived and he observed two similarly clad figures; he challenged both but they refused to stop, so he then fired his weapon, striking both. They were seen to fall, but 15 seconds later both stood up and fired several flashes of light at the officer, who was able to take cover and was unhurt. He then followed the two intruders and saw them enter a landed disc-shaped craft. The object then emitted a brilliant flash of green light, and disappeared into the sky. Later investigation revealed that several components to one of the nuclear warheads were missing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, 1977 Humanoid Contact database, case # 1208, citing Enigma, issue # 43, also Leonard Stringfield). On this evening in Silverton, England, in 1978,a large pulsating light buzzed four men in a car, forcing the driver to stop the car. In Espanola, New Mexico, a mutilated cow was discovered. The rectum and udder had been removed with surgical incisions. (Sources: UFO Newsclipping Service, January 1979, p. 11; Richard Hall, Zetetic Scholar, Volume 50, p. 48
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7642

Event 40198 (5821190A)

Date: 11/14/1977
Time: 17:50
Location: IRLAM, ENGL
Description: 4 observer(s). Odd huge cylinder/cigar-shape with blunt end like face / house near shell refinery. Going north.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 292)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12874

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, Elev: “34”, HatchDesc: “IRLAM,ENGL:4 OBS:ODD HUGE CGR W/BLUNT END LIKE FACE/HOUSE nr SHELL REFINERY:>N”, LatLong: “53.466669 -2.400000”, LatLongDMS: “53:28:00 N 02:24:00 W”, Locale: “Oil & Coal”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40199 (A3A2FB76)

Date: 11/15/1977
Time: 06:50
Location: SOUTHEAST / CORNY, FR
Description: 2 separate observer(s). Cycle malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Cylinder/cigar-shape / 50M altitude. Silent orange ball exits going northwest. / r153p128.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 194)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12875

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “SE/CORNY,FR:2 SEP.OBS:CYCLE EMEs:CGR/50M alt:SLNT ORG.BALL EXITS >NW:/r153p128”, LatLong: “49.283336 1.466667”, LatLongDMS: “49:17:00 N 01:28:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EUR”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40200 (1A72C638)

Date: 11/16/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Have Blue (#1001), the prototype of the stealth fighter F-117A, arrives at Groom Lake for test flights. (November 16)
Reference: Peebles 1995
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2775

Event 40201 (94D5EBB2)

Date: 11/16/1977
Time: 21:00
Location: MSITE L-9, SD
Description: Foia. 2 figure(s) melt rifle. Board 20’ saucer and fly. Nuclear part / warhead missing.
Type: sighting
Reference: Database/website: Lurid account on file here as L9DAKOTA.TXT taken from http://cbr.nc.us.mensa.org/homepages/andypage/alsworth.htm
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12876

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, NUC: Nuclear facility related, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “60”, Elev: “980”, HatchDesc: “MSITE L-9,SD:FOIA:2 FIGs MELT RIFLE:BOARD 20’SCR+FLY:NUCL.PART/WARHEAD MISSING”, LatLong: “44.550002 -103.666672”, LatLongDMS: “44:33:00 N 103:40:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Dakota”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40202 (9E21BF0C)

Date: 11/16/1977
Location: Ellsworth AFB, SD
Description: Ellsworth AFB Hoax (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases) (NICAP: 10 - Nuclear Connection)
Reference: NICAP: 771116
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4868

Event 40203 (4DBFF936)

Date: 11/16/1977
Locations: Ellsworth AFB L-09 missile site; Nisland, South Dakota
Description: 10:59 p.m. An alarm sounds at the Ellsworth AFB L-09 missile site 7 miles southwest of Nisland, South Dakota. Two security men, Airmen 1st Class Kenneth Jenkins and Wayne E. Raeke, are dispatched to the scene from Ellsworth. As Raeke is inspecting the rear fence line, he (allegedly) sees a helmeted figure in a glowing green metallic suit. It points a weapon at Raeke’s rifle and causes it to disintegrate, burning his hands and arms. Jenkins helps him back to their security vehicle. When Jenkins goes back to the rear fence line, he sees two of these beings. They ignore his command to halt, so he opens fire on them. His bullets strike one on the shoulder and the other in the helmet. The figures run over a hill and Jenkins pursues them. He sees them entering a 20-foot- diameter saucer-shaped object that shoots away over the horizon. As Raeke is air-evacuated from the scene, investigators discover that the missile’s nuclear components have been stolen. A follow-up investigation by Bob Pratt of the National Enquirer determines that Jenkins and Raeke are real and on active duty, but everything else about the incident is bogus. Raeke has suffered no injuries and does not even know Jenkins.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Incident/Complaint Report,” November 16, 1977; Clark III 358–359
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5610

Event 40204 (92141066)

Date: 11/17/1977
Time: 23:00
Location: WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE
Description: Lampshade saucer dims in sections. Portholes / middle? Enters cloud.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12877

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “30”, HatchDesc: “WARRINGTON,CHESHIRE:LAMPSHADE SCR DIMS IN SECTIONS:PORTS/MIDDLE?:ENTERS CLOUD”, LatLong: “53.400003 -2.583333”, LatLongDMS: “53:24:00 N 02:35:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40205 (D6425EAB)

Date: 11/17/1977
Time: 19:30:00.1
Location: 37.0206 -116.0251
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Seamount” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_819

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.0206 -116.0251”, LatLongDMS: “37:01:14 N 116:01:30 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.37”, NukeMb: “4.70”, NukeName: “Seamount”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 40206 (77C6E57E)

Date: 11/17/1977
Location: New York City
Description: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, directed by Steven Spielberg, premieres in New York City. The plot involves benevolent aliens who make their presence known to selected individuals and world governments through escalating UFO waves. The film culminates in a spectacular landing and contact hidden from the public by an ingenious cover-up.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jennifer Henderson and George M. Eberhart, “30 Years of Close Encounters,” IUR 31, no. 3 (October 2007): 16–18, 28; Clark III 259; Internet Movie Database, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5611

Event 40207 (B9E8125B)

Date: 11/18/1977
Time: 04:00
Location: SALTO, URG
Description: Generator ruined. Saucer / ground. Shocks and heat and radiation/radioactivity. Dog cooked. / MJ#125+/ r41p222.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 365)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12878

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, RDA: Radiation/high energy fields detected, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TRC: Physical traces, TCH: New technical details/clues, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “Uruguay”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “52”, HatchDesc: “SALTO,URG:GENERATOR RUINED:SCR/GND:SHOCKS+HEAT+RDA:DOG COOKED:/MJ#125+/r41p222”, LatLong: “-31.400001 -57.950003”, LatLongDMS: “31:24:00 S 57:57:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAL”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40208 (1DFDA353)

Date: 11/18/1977
Time: 05:30
Location: NEAR RICHMOND, VA
Description: Hunter. Ovoid rises / woods. Lights / top and bottom flash. Accelerates going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12879

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “35”, Elev: “59”, HatchDesc: “nr RICHMOND,VA:HUNTER:OVOID RISES/WOODS:LITES/TOP+BOTTOM FLASH:ACCELERATES ↑”, LatLong: “37.500002 -77.550004”, LatLongDMS: “37:30:00 N 77:33:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Virginia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40209 (A659F930)

Date: 11/18/1977
Time: 21:20
Location: TROY TO/FROM VICHY, MO
Description: White night light paces light plane / 3 minute(s). Transponder malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). OK when night light goes.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12880

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, MID: Likely mis-identification, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “260”, HatchDesc: “TROY><VICHY,MO:WHT NLT PACES LITE PLANE/3min:TRANSPONDER EMEs:OK WHEN NLT GOES”, LatLong: “38.550002 -91.366671”, LatLongDMS: “38:33:00 N 91:22:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Missouri”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40210 (D1F3A012)

Date: 11/18/1977
Location: Troy, MO
Description: Light a/c paced for three minutes, E-M (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4871

Event 40211 (7612A438)

Date: 11/18/1977
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Description: 5:30 a.m. A hunter sees an object 4–5 times the size of the full moon ascending about 900 feet away in a wooded area near Richmond, Virginia. It is smoky-gray and egg-shaped with one white light at the top and two flashing lights on the bottom. Possible balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-1-12,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5612

Event 40212 (B545DD6E)

Date: 11/18/1977
Locations: Vichy; Troy, Missouri
Description: 9:17 p.m. A bright white light moving at a high rate of speed comes alongside a small aircraft flying at 13,000 feet between Vichy and Troy, Missouri, and paces the airplane for 3 minutes. The light then moves away at high speed. The pilot reports that while the light is abreast of his aircraft, one of his transponders stops working. After the UFO pulls away, the transponder resumes its normal operation. The object paces the aircraft for 3–4 miles at a distance of 17 miles and is fairly high above the aircraft. The pilot turns on his other transponder and nothing happens, then the object takes off on a 120°–130° heading and shoots out of sight. The second transponder recovers, but the pilot can never get the first one to work again. He has no trouble with the other instruments.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “UFO KO’s Transponder”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5613

Event 40213 (349306AF)

Date: 11/19/1977
Time: 00:40
Location: BANTZENHEIM, FR
Description: 10 separate observer(s). 15M ball / high tension power lines lines. Splits. Shoots rays. Turns to triangle.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 180)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12881

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “25”, HatchDesc: “BANTZENHEIM,FR:10 SEP.OBS:15M BALL/HIV LINES:SPLITS:SHOOTS RAYS:TURNS to TRNGL”, LatLong: “47.827780 7.527778”, LatLongDMS: “47:49:40 N 07:31:40 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haut-Rhin”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40214 (2D64344E)

Date: 11/19/1977
Time: 08:10
Location: NEAR MARENNES AND ST. DENIS, FR
Description: Separate observer(s). Big cylinder/cigar-shape / horizon. Shoots going quickly SSE. / LDLN#201+#216.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 244)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12882

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), MID: Likely mis-identification, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “nr MARENNES+St.DENIS,FR:SEP.OBS:BIG CGR/HRZN:SHOOTS >>SSE:/LDLN#201+#216”, LatLong: “45.833336 -1.083333”, LatLongDMS: “45:50:00 N 01:05:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 40215 (7768794B)

Date: 11/20/1977 (approximate)
Location: ATLANTIC OFF NAMIBIA
Description: UFO hovers over 300 ton trawler. Electrics electro-magnetic effect (EME). Brilliant light.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 120)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12883

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “ATLANTIC off NAMIBIA:UFO HVRS OVR 300 TON TRAWLER:ELECTRICS EME:BRILL.LITE”, LatLong: “-23.000001 12.250001”, LatLongDMS: “23:00:00 S 12:15:00 E”, Locale: “Offshore”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SAT”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40216 (92C69292)

Date: 11/20/1977
Time: 18:30
Location: BEXLEY, ENGL
Description: UFO inv. and 1. Night light buzzes car 4X. Fast 90° turn. Thin blue beam to 2nd object.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12884

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “BEXLEY,ENGL:UFO INV.+1:NLT BUZZES CAR 4X:FAST 90°TURN:THIN BLU BEAM TO 2nd OBJ”, LatLong: “51.450002 0.133333”, LatLongDMS: “51:27:00 N 00:08:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40217 (0E72C226)

Date: 11/20/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: PARIS, FR
Description: 2 observer(s). Fuzzy object = going [to] sharp clear ellipse near moon. Odd noise / 10 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 228)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12885

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “PARIS,FR:2 OBS:FUZZY OBJ => SHARP CLEAR ELLIPSE nr MOON:ODD NOISE/10min”, LatLong: “48.833336 2.316667”, LatLongDMS: “48:50:00 N 02:19:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “ORS”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40218 (AC977D01)

Date: 11/22/1977
Description: Between 1:00 a.m. and 5:18 a.m. there were repeated sightings of reddish yellow lights flying over Belem, Para State, Brazil at low altitudes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, pp. 33-34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7806

Event 40219 (95EFFF78)

Date: 11/22/1977
Description: Newspaper reporters and police sighted a UFO in La Aurora, Uruguay at 11:00 p.m. The UFO came from the southeast, passed low over a house in a zigzag motion, and disappeared into the northwestern sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Van Der Velde, APRO Bulletin, May 1982, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7807

Event 40220 (B1B637F5)

Date: 11/23/1977
Description: At 8:30 p.m. in the village of Colares, Para State, Brazil 35-year-old Anotnio Ferreira witnessed an “airship,” red on the bottom, gray metallic on the top, and oval-cylindrical in shape. It was estimated to be 1500 meters distant, and it moved in small wavy pulsing actions, spinning as it went. At the same time 34-year-old pilot Ivaldo Viegas Pantoja was flying from Colarfes and spotted the dull metallic “airship” when his plane was at 60 meters altitude, and the UFO was at only 30 meters, 3000 meters away. It was small, perhaps only 1.5 meters in size, and going from southeast to east at 100 km/h. He reported being frightened by his encounter with the object.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacion Prato, p. 34
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7849

Event 40221 (F1841706)

Date: 11/24/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: SMYRNA, GA
Description: High-Q observer(s) and 1. White Saturn saucer seen near moon. Tilts hovers shoots going up [to] and maneuvers.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 37)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12886

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “324”, HatchDesc: “SMYRNA,GA:HI-Q OBS+1:WHT SATURN SCR SEEN nr MOON:TILTS HVRS SHOOTS↑+MNVRS”, LatLong: “33.866668 -84.516671”, LatLongDMS: “33:52:00 N 84:31:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Georgia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40222 (FFE06E2D)

Date: 11/24/1977
Time: 16:59:59.9
Location: -21.8840 -138.8860
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Enee” Yield: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1906

Extra Data: LatLong: “-21.8840 -138.8860”, LatLongDMS: “21:53:02 S 138:53:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “5.86”, NukeName: “Enee”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “150”

Event 40223 (C685A93E)

Date: 11/24/1977
Location: Smyrna, Georgia
Description: 10:00 p.m. A polygraph examiner with experience as a pilot and sailor is sitting on her porch in Smyrna, Georgia, when she notices an object the size of a distant aircraft fly out ion front of the moon. The object is white, intensely luminous, and shaped like a hemisphere. It hovers for a few seconds, shoots straight up, hovers again, and then tilts back (showing its bottom portion with two Saturn-like rings of light) and flies back in front of the moon and disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-1-20,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5614

Event 40224 (B02666E2)

Date: 11/24/1977
Description: At 10:10 p.m. a UFO came out of the southwest, flying over a ranch following some high tension power lines in the town of La Aurora, Uruguay. It changed colors and caused radio interference. There was a 10 minute power failure in the city of Salto.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Van Der Velde, APRO Bulletin, May 1982, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_7882

Event 40225 (AE1A48FB)

Date: 11/27/1977
Time: 03:57:00.0
Location: 49.7544 78.0503
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1508

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.7544 78.0503”, LatLongDMS: “49:45:16 N 78:03:01 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “KRR”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 40226 (0522DCC0)

Date: 11/27/1977
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Description: William J. Hermann chases another disc-shaped UFO in Charleston, South Carolina, in his car and takes four photographs. He has other sightings on December 2 and 4 and on January 22, 1978, when he snaps eight photos.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 570
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5615

Event 40227 (26E6C756)

Date: 11/28/1977
Location: GISBORNE, NZ
Description: Mirror-like disk hovers / airport. Sheep scared nearby. Sharp contours.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 362)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12887

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “GISBORNE,NZ:MIRROR-LIKE DISK HVRS/AIRPORT:SHEEP SCARED NEARBY:sharp contours”, LatLong: “-38.666669 178.016675”, LatLongDMS: “38:40:00 S 178:01:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40228 (C39CDF2B)

Date: 11/28/1977
Locations: United Nations; Grenada; United States
Description: Wellington Friday, UN ambassador at large for Grenada, addresses the United Nations on the seriousness of the UFO phenomenon and the need for global cooperation in investigating them. He is aided in his statement by ufologist Leonard Stringfield. Friday appeals to UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim to convene UFO hearings. The next two days are focused on preparation of a draft resolution to be presented to the General Assembly on November 30. The United States says that it can “sympathize” with Grenada’s efforts but cannot support the draft resolution. On November 30, the US delegates, Coast Guard Cmdr. John Feigle and John Krindler, meet with Grenada Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a closed-door session to make the resolution more moderate.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, “Inside Look at Grenada’s UFO Mission at the United Nations,” IUR 3, no. 2 (February 1978): 6–7; MUFON UFO Journal, October 1978; Antonio Huneeus, “Rare Footage of Famous 1978 UN UFO Hearing Found,” Open Minds, May 13, 2011
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5616

Event 40229 (20DE9170)

Date: 11/28/1977
Description: Miguel da Silva Moreira, age 31, in Vila Mosqueiro, Para state, Brazil witnessed red-yellow lights in the sky emitting blue rays in all directions at 7:30 p.m. From a bigger object came two small lights moving in opposite directions. Three minutes later five more came, and flew off to the northeast. There were several other independent reports of the same phenomenon that night from Belem and Colares.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacao Prato, pp. 37-39
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8001

Event 40230 (C9A61DA2)

Date: 11/29/1977
Time: ~10:00
Location: WAIMATA VALLEY, NZ
Description: Derby-hat beams going [to] dead tree. Trunk glows color(s). / r25p293+/ r41p224.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 164)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12888

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “WAIMATA VLY,NZ:DERBY-HAT BEAMS>DEAD TREE:TRUNK GLOWS CLRS:/r25p293+/r41p224”, LatLong: “-38.616669 178.133342”, LatLongDMS: “38:37:00 S 178:08:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 40231 (5CD39EAE)

Date: 11/29/1977
Location: Waimata Valley, Gisborne, NZ
Description: Hovering dome-shaped object sped toward witness, stopped, beamed blue light onto dead tree, which fluoresced in bright colors. Sheep fled (NICAP UFOE II, Section VI). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4866

Event 40232 (C0323241)

Date: 11/29/1977
Location: Waimata Valley, Gisborne, NZ
Description: Hovering dome-shaped object sped toward witness, stopped, beamed blue light onto dead tree, which fluoresced in bright colors. Sheep fled (NICAP UFOE II, Section VI). (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4872

Event 40233 (0B033B44)

Date: 11/29/1977
Location: Waimata Valley, Gisborne, New Zealand
Description: Hovering dome-shaped object sped toward witness, stopped, beamed blue light onto dead tree, which fluoresced in bright colors. Sheep fled
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_297

Event 40234 (92DE8D7A)

Date: 11/29/1977
Description: Mr. McLean, a UFO investigator, got an anonymous phone call reporting a UFO landing. He drove to the location at 10:20 a.m., located 16 miles from the city of Gisborne in the Waimata Valley, New Zealand. He noticed a large domed UFO that suddenly approached to within 200 feet of him, and it emitted a blue beam of light that hit a dead tree, causing the sheep in the area to panick and scatter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Xenolog, March 1978, p. 10; Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 164; Richard H. Hall, Uninvited Guests, p. 293; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, p. 204
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8040

Event 40235 (C2A6B8AE)

Date: 11/29/1977
Description: Late in the evening a woman was driving her daughter along a lonely stretch of road near Coldstream, England when suddenly a seven-foot tall, dark, hooded figure leaped out of some bushes along the side of the road. The figure jumped directly in front of the car. The witness slammed on the brakes but the figure suddenly vanished in plain sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, January 1979, p. 25; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, case # 759, citing Northern UFO News, issue # 50
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8041

Event 40236 (3546BDBA)

Date: 11/29/1977
Description: On this night three Soviet scientists on a camping trip near Serpokhov, a city south of Moscow, Russia woke up when they heard peculiar voices speaking in a language they did not recognize. The voices continued talking for the next half hour, at the end of which an 80-foot, lightbulb-shaped UFO suddenly shot up from the ground and disappeared into the clouds.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1977, citing Jerome Clark
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8042

Event 40237 (3FCBED2C)

Date: 11/30/1977
Time: 04:06:59.9
Location: 49.9660 78.8900
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 170KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1509

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.9660 78.8900”, LatLongDMS: “49:57:58 N 78:53:24 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “6.00”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “170”

Event 40238 (5017DD61)

Date: 11/30/1977
Description: In Costilla County, Colorado a 3-year-old cow was found dead and mutilated near the San Pablo Wilbert Maestas Ranch. A helicopter had been seen in the vicinity with bright revolving lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Christopher O’Brien case files, citing Sheriff report and Valley Courier, December 6, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8082

Event 40239 (09E9F24D)

Date: 11/30/1977
Time: 04:00
Location: Costilla County, COLORADO
Description: Three witnesses heard a helicopter flying over an area where 3 mutilations were reported during the week. One witness saw “bright, revolving lights”.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 3 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_177

Event 40240 (A06F93B4)

Date: 12/1977
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) (cf. October 1977) In December we return to Cosmos 970 with a slower interception of the target bearing the number 967, with, again, the explosion of the fighter in 47 pieces. (December 1977)
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 154
Reference: cf. May 19, 1978
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2986

Event 40241 (431BFA74)

Date: 12/1977 (approximate)
Time: 02:50
Location: ACERNO, ITL
Description: 2 hunting. Blunted cylinder/cigar-shape flashes. Stops / trees. Goes away / lower altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 102)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12889

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “ACERNO,ITL:2 HUNTING:BLUNTED CGR FLASHES:STOPS/TREES:goes away/lower alt”, LatLong: “40.733335 15.050001”, LatLongDMS: “40:44:00 N 15:03:00 E”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SA”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40242 (DC951677)

Date: 12/1977
Time: 18:30
Location: ST. MARTIN-AUX-BRUNEAUX, FR
Description: Big red ball-saucer. Jumps all over/all about. Lit inside. Curves going north / sea.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12890

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “St.MARTIN-aux-BRUNEAUX,FR:BIG RED BALL-SCR:JUMPS ALLO:LIT INSIDE:CURVES >N/SEA”, LatLong: “49.816669 0.544444”, LatLongDMS: “49:49:00 N 00:32:40 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Seine Maritime”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40243 (C24E80D2)

Date: 12/1977
Time: 21:00?
Location: UXMAL, YUCATAN
Description: US tourists and more/others. Sharply outlined disk going [to] over. Glows. “Quite common”.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 936)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12891

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “12”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “50”, HatchDesc: “UXMAL,YUCATAN:US TOURISTS++:SHARPLY OUTLINED DISK > OVR:GLOWS:“quite common””, LatLong: “20.366668 -89.733338”, LatLongDMS: “20:22:00 N 89:44:00 W”, Locale: “Rainforest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “YCT”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40244 (E7600C4B)

Date: 12/1977
Location: Fort Mitchell, KY
Description: 1:10 AM. CE-1 (50-100’ distant) with egg-shaped object, two witnesses. (MUJ122,9) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4873

Event 40245 (1A85693D)

Date: 12/1977
Location: Danville, KY
Description: CE-2, landing, two women reluctant to talk. (MUJ-122) (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4874

Event 40246 (EDD194C2)

Date: 12/1977
Location: Novy Georgy Island (near), Russia
Description: The crew of the fishing trawler Vasily Kiselev also observed something quite extraordinary. Rising vertically from under the water was a doughnut-shaped object. Its diameter was between 300 and 500 meters. It hovered at the altitude of four to five kilometers. The trawler’s radar station was immediately rendered inoperative. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4875

Event 40247 (63F8DA74)

Date: 12/1977
Description: GEPAN’s Scientific Council holds its first meeting. The group is given a two-volume report of 290 pages, including three general presentations, three detailed investigations, an analysis of two UFO photos, and five statistical analyses of samples and cases. The council reaches conclusions and recommendations for further study.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Gildas Bourdais, “From GEPAN to SEPRA: Official UFO Studies in France,” IUR 25, no. 4 (Winter 2000– 2001): 12
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5617

Event 40248 (4813F6F2)

Date: 12/1977
Description: Jim and Coral Lorenzen publish Abducted!, a collection of 20 years of UFO abduction cases. Most of the aliens they describe are small with large heads and eyes, no hair, and communicate by telepathy. They suggest that abductions are the latest logical step in an alien information-gathering process. Each abductee, they believe, has specific information of value to the aliens.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Coral and Jim Lorenzen, Abducted! Confrontations with Beings from Outer Space, Berkley, 1977
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5618

Event 40249 (B3659F2B)

Date: 12/1/1977
Description: (Translated from French) First flight of the F-117A Have Blue prototype at Groom Lake. (December 1st)
Reference: Peter Merlin, Dreamland - the Air Force’s Remote Test Site, article for Aerotech News and Review April 1st, 1994
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2776

Event 40250 (BB11D9EF)

Date: 12/1/1977
Locations: Area 52; Tonopah Test Range
Description: The Have Blue HB1001 stealth aircraft is tested for the first time at Area 52 in the Tonopah Test Range by pilot Bill Park.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Lockheed Have Blue”
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5620

Event 40251 (8DBC414A)

Date: 12/1/1977
Location: Elm City, North Carolina
Description: 8:28 p.m. An electrician is driving east out of Elm City, North Carolina, when a large object drifts into view from the north. It has one intense headlight in front, 4–6 blue lights around the edges, and many red and white lights forming portholes along the sides. It is shaped like a torpedo with four swept-back fins at the back with a round band connecting them, and it is making a humming sound.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-1-30,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): 3, wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5621

Event 40252 (AFD7D68C)

Date: 12/2/1977
Location: NEW ZEALAND, Wiamata Valley (near Gisborne)
Description: (Translated from French) A farmer saw a UFO land in his yard at night. It was a bright glowing blue and inside the craft the light was intense red. Two entities were busy kidnapping the farmer’s dogs, who fired upon these creatures. They dropped the dogs and fled.
Reference: Janet and Colin BORD: “Modern Mysteries of the World” - Guild Publishing London 1989, p. 345
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2987

Event 40253 (3DF0D9FE)

Date: 12/2/1977
Time: 00:20
Location: ROSEVILLE, MI
Description: 1 / truck. 5 silent 14m saucers hover. 3 more join. 2 figure(s) / each dome. All going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR: NICAP: Kensington, MD & Washington, DC [defunct]. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (Index 946)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12892

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “186”, HatchDesc: “ROSEVILLE,MI:1/TRUCK:5 SLNT 14m SCRS HVR:3 MORE JOIN:2 FIGs/EACH DOME:ALL >NW”, LatLong: “42.466669 -82.955560”, LatLongDMS: “42:28:00 N 82:57:20 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Michigan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40254 (6FE85167)

Date: 12/2/1977
Time: 03:00
Location: WAIMATA, NZ
Description: Saucer going down. 2 small humanoids (or Greys) grab dog. Farmer shoots 1. Footprints. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) v3#6+/ MJ#130.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 952)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12893

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, ABD: Human or animal abduction, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “WAIMATA,NZ:SCR ↓:2 OIDS GRAB DOG:FARMER SHOOTS 1:FTPRINTS:/IUR v3#6+/MJ#130”, LatLong: “-38.583335 178.116675”, LatLongDMS: “38:35:00 S 178:07:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 40255 (7690F2CD)

Date: Early 12/1977
Locations: Falck; Brettnach, Moselle, France
Description: 5:15 p.m. A witness is driving from Falck to Brettnach, Moselle, France, when he notices three lights on a triangular object hovering silently. It disappears abruptly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Marler 98
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5619

Event 40256 (3CE06A97)

Date: 12/2/1977
Location: Waimata Valley of New Zealand
Description: Night. A farmer in the Waimata Velley of New Zealand wakes up when his dogs bark loudly in their kennels. He goes to the back door and sees a landed saucer-shaped craft in a paddock about 100 feet away. It is about 50 feet in diameter and bright red with two open doors in the side. By the kennels he sees two humanoid beings about 4 feet 8 inches in height with slim builds. They are carrying one of the dogs, which appears comatose. The farmer shoots and hits one of the creatures, apparently startling them into dropping the animal. The being that is hit runs off into the bushes, and the other runs into the UFO, which then ascends vertically. The dog remains dazed for a few minutes and then becomes agitated.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 6 (June 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5622

Event 40257 (78C97309)

Date: 12/2/1977
Description: A Waimata Valley, New Zealand farmer had awakened at three a.m. when he heard his dogs barking in the kennels. When he went outside he saw a 50-foot in diameter saucer-shaped object on the ground, about 100 feet away from his house. It was red in color and he could see it had two open doors or ports. Near his dog kennel were two silver-suited humanoid figures of slight build, about 4 feet 8 inches tall; they were carrying off one of his dogs, which appeared to be unconscious. He got his gun and opened fire on the creatures, hitting one. They dropped the animal and the figure that was hit staggered off into the bushes while the second one entered the object, which then took off. The dog was comatose for a few minutes, but later recovered. Friends visiting the farmer later found him in a state of shock, fearful that they would return for retribution. Footprints were found at the site. The incident also occurred during a rash of UFO sightings in the area. The next evening there were reports of hovering objects in Invercargill and Gore Matura, New Zealand at 10:20 p.m. and shortly after 11:00 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1978, p. 2; Xenolog, March 1978, pp. 6-13; UNICAT, case # 166; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1977-69 (A1772), citing David Conway, Gisborne Aerial Phenomenon Research Group
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8135

Event 40258 (2A933690)

Date: 12/2/1977
Description: Five 45-foot in diameter domed discs hovered over Roseville, Michigan at 12:20 a.m. Three more discs joined them. Two figures were seen inside each dome. All flew away to the northwest after a couple of minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: NICAP UFO Investigator, October 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8136

Event 40259 (28F07115)

Date: 12/2/1977
Description: A close encounter occurred in North Charleston, South Carolina at 9:30 a.m. with a disc-shaped UFO that caused gravity effects.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: North Charleston (SC) Banner, December 7, 1977; APRO Bulletin, July 1978, p. 2
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8137

Event 40260 (37A07C29)

Date: 12/2/1977
Description: A Ms. Crowl had a close encounter with a UFO in Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Shamokin ¶ News-Item, December 3, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8138

Event 40261 (CDA66F72)

Date: 12/2/1977
Description: On this day there were also a series of unexplained booms or skyquakes heard all along the eartern seaboard of the United States from South Carolina to New Jersey. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory recorded reports from Asbury Park, Belmar, Farmingdale, Haledon, Hammonton, Hazlet, Howell, Long Branch, Mount Holly, Ocean County, Old Bridge, Oyster Creek, Point Pleasant, Red Bank, Toms River, and Wall Township, New Jersey as well as Charleston and other parts of South Carolina. The earliest report in the day appears to have come from Charleston, South Carolina at 9:30 a.m. and the last report may have been at 3:45 p.m. in New Jersey. The Oyster Creek, New Jersey skyquake was heard near a nuclear power plant, which caused some concern.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Dallas (TX) Times-Herald, December 17, 1977; New York Times, December 20, 1977; George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 800-821, citing U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8139

Event 40262 (83B542CB)

Date: 12/3/1977
Time: 21:30
Location: AANEKOSKI, FINL
Description: Several observer(s). Animals scared. Silent 1M circle / light hovers 10M away / 6 hours!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 939)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12894

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Scandanavian and Finland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “104”, HatchDesc: “AANEKOSKI,FINL:SVRL OBS:ANIMALS SCARED:SLNT 1M CCL/LITE HVRS 10M AWAY/6hrs!”, LatLong: “62.600003 25.866668”, LatLongDMS: “62:36:00 N 25:52:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Finland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40263 (81C688D5)

Date: 12/4/1977
Time: 00:30
Location: ASSE-LE-BOISNE, FR
Description: Several separate observer(s). 2M bright silent orange glowing-saucer hovers. Lands? / LDLN#188.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12895

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “ASSE-le-BOISNE,FR:SVRL SEP.OBS:2M BRITE SLNT ORG GLO-SCR HVRS:LANDS?:/LDLN#188”, LatLong: “48.327780 -0.000000”, LatLongDMS: “48:19:40 N 00:00:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “SRT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40264 (0CF8F2C7)

Date: 12/5/1977
Time: ~12:00
Location: ISLE OF DOGS, LONDON
Description: 8cm white probe maneuvers / grocery warehouse. Cat chases. Vanishes!
Type: sighting
Reference: RANDLES, Jenny & Warrington, P.: SCIENCE and the UFO’S; Basil Blackwell, NY 1985 (Index 11)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12896

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, BLD: Building/man-made structure/roads/power lines, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “8”, HatchDesc: “ISLE of DOGS,LONDON:8cm WHT PROBE MNVRS/GROCERY WAREHSE:CAT CHASES:VANISHES!”, LatLong: “51.516669 -0.166667”, LatLongDMS: “51:31:00 N 00:10:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40265 (EDF3F78F)

Date: 12/6/1977
Time: 18:20
Location: PONTECCHIO MARCONI, ITL
Description: 1 / home. 20M top saucer passes / 100M away. 1M altitude. Traces.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12897

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, TRC: Physical traces

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PONTECCHIO MARCONI,ITL:1/HOME:20M TOP SCR PASSES/100M away:1M alt:TRACES”, LatLong: “44.400002 11.250001”, LatLongDMS: “44:24:00 N 11:15:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bologna”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40266 (3D2D04BD)

Date: 12/6/1977
Locations: Tatapouri Point, New Zealand; Waimata Valley
Description: 7:30 p.m. Three people in a car near Tatapouri Point, New Zealand, see a red disc coming from the direction of the ocean. It seems to follow their car for about one mile until the driver stops. At that instant, the object veers off into the hills northwest toward the Waimata Valley. They note their car lights are much dimmer than usual, and on arriving at their destination discover that the car battery has no water in it.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Foreign Forum,” IUR 3, no. 6 (June 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5623

Event 40267 (79FAA619)

Date: 12/6/1977
Location: Big Sandy, Tennessee
Description: 9:05 p.m. A man in Big Sandy, Tennessee, sees an unusual configuration of lights outside his bedroom window in the east-northeast. They are oriented like a telephone pole with a red light on top and many white and blue lights down both sides. He and his wife watch the object for 10 minutes as it hovers, drops down, and glides to another hovering position. Eventually it moves out of sight behind trees.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-1-40,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): wrap
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5624

Event 40268 (F3B6D0B8)

Date: 12/6/1977
Description: Along the coast of Tatapouri, New Zealand a red disc-shaped object came in over the land from the direction of the sea and followed a car with three female passengers along Highway 35 for a mile until they stopped the car, causing the car headlights to dim during its pursuit. The car’s new battery had no water remaining in it after the close encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, June 1978, p. 2, citing Spaceview April 1978; Xenolog, March 1978, p. 16; UNICAT database, case 167, citing IUR
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8239

Event 40269 (66AE8B69)

Date: 12/7/1977
Time: 19:30
Location: TATAPOURI, NZ
Description: 3 / car. Red saucer comes in / sea. Follows car. Lights dim. Battery dry.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 71)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12898

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: "TATAPOURI,NZ:3/CAR:RED SCR COMES IN/SEA:FOLOS CAR:LITES DIM:BATTERY DRY ", LatLong: “-38.561113 178.088897”, LatLongDMS: “38:33:40 S 178:05:20 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40270 (FFE8BFF6)

Date: 12/7/1977
Location: Tatapouri, NZ
Description: A red, disc-shaped object came over land from the direction of the sea. It followed a car with three people inside. The headlights on the car dimmed but did not go out during the sighting, which ended when the UFO veered off into the sky. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4877

Event 40271 (593277A8)

Date: 12/7/1977
Location: United Nations
Description: The United Nations draft resolution on UFO investigations is shelved until next year’s General Assembly.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “United Nations Shelves UFO Involvement,” IUR 3, no. 1 (January 1978): wrap; Leonard H. Stringfield, “Inside Look at Grenada’s UFO Mission at the United Nations,” IUR 3, no. 2 (February 1978): 7
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5625

Event 40272 (37B60F3C)

Date: 12/7/1977
Description: In Tatapouri, New Zealand a red, disc-shaped object came over land from the direction of the sea at 7:30 p.m. It followed a car with three people inside. The headlights on the car dimmed but did not go out during the sighting, which ended when the UFO veered off into the sky. When the witnesses arrived home, they found the car’s battery had no water in it, even though it had been serviced only two days prior to the sighting.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 416, citing Spaceview, first quarter, 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8261

Event 40273 (EA93F948)

Date: 12/8/1977
Location: WAIMATA VALLEY, NZ
Description: 1 observer. 145cm figure / roadside. Silver suit. Waves / passing cars! / MJ#177.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 952)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12899

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “WAIMATA VLY,NZ:1 OBS:145cm FIG/ROADSIDE:SLVR SUIT:WAVES/PASSING CARS!:/MJ#177”, LatLong: “-38.133335 178.116675”, LatLongDMS: “38:08:00 S 178:07:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40274 (AE3161F4)

Date: 12/8/1977
Time: 20:00
Location: OXNARD, CA
Description: 2 Air Traffic Controllers. 4 unidentified blips near Laguna peak. Move 5mi / 1 RADAR sweep. / r41p135.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 181)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12900

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “180”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “OXNARD,CA:2 ATCs:4 UID BLIPS nr LAGUNA PEAK:MOVE 5mi/1 RDR SWEEP:/r41p135”, LatLong: “34.200002 -119.183339”, LatLongDMS: “34:12:00 N 119:11:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40275 (F8B03286)

Date: 12/8/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: OXNARD TO/FROM LA AIRPORT, CA
Description: 2 bright circular lights pace and buzz commuter plane. / MJ#181.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 376)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12901

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “OXNARD><LA AIRPORT,CA:2 BRITE CIRC.LITES PACE+BUZZ COMMUTER PLANE:/MJ#181”, LatLong: “34.083335 -118.800006”, LatLongDMS: “34:05:00 N 118:48:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40276 (AED478AB)

Date: 12/8/1977 (approximate)
Time: 21:00
Location: TITTENSOR, STAFFS
Description: Silent grey metallic 40’ domed saucer crosses field toward(s) car. / r169p14.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 291)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12902

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “TITTENSOR,STAFFs:SILENT GRY MTLC 40’DOMED SCR CROSSES FLD TWRD CAR:/r169p14”, LatLong: “52.972225 -2.183333”, LatLongDMS: “52:58:20 N 02:11:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40277 (14B20E99)

Date: 12/8/1977
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: R/V involving airline crew (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4879

Event 40278 (A28D8B42)

Date: 12/8/1977
Location: Oxnard to Los Angeles, CA
Description: G,V, FAA radar (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4880

Event 40279 (653725B3)

Date: 12/8/1977
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Four UFOs tracked on radar; bright, circular objects maneuvered around airliner
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_298

Event 40280 (8881FF53)

Date: 12/8/1977
Locations: Oxnard, California; Laguna Peak
Description: 8:00 p.m. Air traffic controllers at Oxnard, California, track 4 UFOs about 3–5 miles north of Laguna Peak. They watch the targets for nearly 3 hours. Around 9:00 p.m., a Golden West commuter aircraft reports two large bright lights maneuvering around it for 15 minutes. The pilot says the object approaches so close that it “scared the hell out of me.”
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: MUFON UFO Journal, March 1983
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5626

Event 40281 (7B1444E6)

Date: 12/9/1977
Time: 17:30
Location: 85KM SSE / LEGUNE, NT, AUS
Description: 2 / light plane. 9 x3x1M UFO passes. HF and VHF radios out / 30 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 147)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12903

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “85km SSE/LEGUNE,NT,AUS:2/LITE PLANE:9x3x1M UFO PASSES:HF+VHF RADIOS OUT/30min”, LatLong: “-15.816667 129.850006”, LatLongDMS: “15:49:00 S 129:51:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Northern Territory”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40282 (E0154EED)

Date: 12/9/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: MACHECOUL AND MORE/OTHERS, FR
Description: 3+separate observer(s). Cylinder/cylindrical object with portholes and lights going west. Turns going northeast then going quickly northwest over town.
Type: sighting
Reference: BOURRET, Jean-Claude: OVNI … l’ARMEE PARLE. Editions France Empire, Paris. 1979 (softcover) (Index 113)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12904

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “MACHECOUL++,FR:3+SEP.OBS:CYL W/PORTS+LITES> W:TURNS> NE THEN >>NW ovr TOWN”, LatLong: “46.966669 -1.816667”, LatLongDMS: “46:58:00 N 01:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loire Atlantique”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40283 (A2CBCB2F)

Date: 12/9/1977
Location: Kunanurra, N. Territory, AU
Description: Oval passed Cessna 206 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4881

Event 40284 (2B23117A)

Date: 12/10/1977
Time: 00:30
Location: PONTECCHIO MARCONI, ITL
Description: Dome going [to] slow / ground level 80M away. Odd lights / top.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12905

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “PONTECCHIO MARCONI,ITL:DOME >SLOW/GND LVL 80M away:ODD LITES/TOP:”, LatLong: “44.416669 11.250001”, LatLongDMS: “44:25:00 N 11:15:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bologna”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40285 (FE35E853)

Date: 12/10/1977
Time: 08:00
Location: LEGNANO, ITL
Description: 1 / car. Bright red ovoid hovers upright 20M away / 50cm altitude. Paces car…
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 103)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12906

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “LEGNANO,ITL:1/CAR:BRITE RED OVOID HVRS UPRIGHT 20M away/50cm alt:PACES CAR…”, LatLong: “45.600002 8.900000”, LatLongDMS: “45:36:00 N 08:54:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Milano”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40286 (030353F6)

Date: 12/10/1977
Time: 18:30
Location: NEAR LIMOGES, FR
Description: 1 / car / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Missing time. Complex abduction and exam / small humanoids (or Greys). Wakens car / restarts itself!
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12907

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, INJ: Injuries, illness/death, mutilations

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “nr LIMOGES,FR:1/CAR/EMEs:MST:COMPLEX ABD+EXAM/OIDS:WAKENS CAR/RESTARTS ITSELF!”, LatLong: “45.816669 1.250000”, LatLongDMS: “45:49:00 N 01:15:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Haute-Vienne”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40287 (B759B949)

Date: 12/10/1977
Description: At 12:30 a.m. in Pontecchio Marconi, Italy a dome-shaped UFO flew slowly at ground level 80 meters away. It had odd looking lights on its top. At 8:00 a.m. in Legnano, Italy a single witness in a car reported that a bright red ovoid object hovered in a upright orientation just half a meter above the ground, only 20 meters away. It then paced the car for two minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8310

Event 40288 (8BCC88F7)

Date: 12/10/1977
Description: A complex abduction case with one hour of missing time happened near Limoges, France at 6:30 p.m. The percipient was driving in a car when it experienced EM ignition interference effects. This was followed by an episode of lost time; what was recalled was an abduction with a physical exam by several humanoids. The witness recovered consciousness in the car, and the car restarted itself.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 317
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8311

Event 40289 (D5E93866)

Date: 12/10/1977
Description: A 22-year-old man was out walking his dog in Shotton, Clwyd, Wales at around midnight when his dog drew his attention to a tall white figure standing behind a fence. The figure was about eight feet tall and wearing a padded “space suit” that was self-luminous; it also wore a visor. The being walked stiffly with one arm raised. The man ran home as quickly as he could, followed by his dog.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, 1977 Humanoid Sighting Reports database, case # 395, citing Janet & Colin Bord, Modern Mysteries of Britain
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8312

Event 40290 (4817B781)

Date: 12/12/1977
Time: 16:30
Location: CLIFTON CAMPVILLE, ENG
Description: 4 kids. 3M saucer hums and circles overhead. 4 / legs. Lands / woods then quickly going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 316)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12908

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “76”, HatchDesc: “CLIFTON CAMPVILLE,ENG:4 KIDS:3M SCR HUMS+CCLs OVHD:4/LEGS:LANDS/WOODS THEN ↑↑”, LatLong: “52.694447 -1.627778”, LatLongDMS: “52:41:40 N 01:37:40 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40291 (B0D2C163)

Date: 12/12/1977
Location: In Air Space, TN
Description: 2:25 PM. Two witnesses on flight at 37,000’, range unknown, three UFOs, 4-mins 45 sec. (Haines printout) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4882

Event 40292 (6AF57FDF)

Date: 12/13/1977
Time: 06:00
Location: BARREIRO, PORTUGAL
Description: Several calls and airport weathermen. UFO zigzags and flashes. Type unknown.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 194)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12909

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “188”, HatchDesc: “BARREIRO,PORTUGAL:SVRL CALLS+AIRPORT WEATHERMEN:UFO ZIGZAGS+FLASHES:TYPE UNK”, LatLong: “38.650002 -9.083334”, LatLongDMS: “38:39:00 N 09:05:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “EST”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40293 (835F411E)

Date: 12/13/1977
Time: ~22:00
Location: NORTH / PYRAMID HILL, VC, AUS
Description: 12 observer(s). Large UFO offloads 3 objects. Night lights / all directions converge.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 190)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12910

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “240”, HatchDesc: “N/PYRAMID HILL,VC,AUS:12 OBS:LRG UFO OFFLOADS 3 OBJS:NLTS/ALL DIRS CONVERGE”, LatLong: “-36.016668 144.211118”, LatLongDMS: “36:01:00 S 144:12:40 E”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40294 (3E3D4BA0)

Date: 12/13/1977
Time: 23:00?
Location: LEITCHVILLE, VCT, AUS
Description: Large and 2 small UFO’s signal back and forth. “Spectacular”. / r249p507.
Type: sighting
Reference: CHALKER,Bill: The OZ FILES. Australian Sightings. 1996 Duffy & Snellgrove. NSW,Australia. ISBN 1-875989-04-8 (Index 163)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12911

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “LEITCHVILLE,VCT,AUS:LRG+2 SML UFOS SIGNAL BACK+FORTH:“SPECTACULAR”:/r249p507”, LatLong: “-35.900002 144.283340”, LatLongDMS: “35:54:00 S 144:17:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Victoria”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40295 (C127394F)

Date: 12/13/1977
Location: Leitchville, Victoria, AU
Description: An orange-red, disc-shaped object descended over a paddock. It then emitted three smaller objects that operated independently. One of these zigzagged, abruptly shot up to higher elevation, then descended again. The UFOs appeared to signal back and forth. Soil and grass samples collected from a circle of burnt grass found on the ground reveal the burn marks were caused by an electrical discharge. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 06 - Trace Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4883

Event 40296 (6003B075)

Date: 12/13/1977
Location:
Description: Geminid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_299

Event 40297 (5F6B53A4)

Date: 12/13/1977
Location: UN General Assembly
Description: The UN General Assembly adopts Decision 32/424, which acknowledges Eric Gairy’s resolution, forwards it to member states, and shelves the matter until the next general assembly one year later.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Leonard H. Stringfield, “My Advisory Role for Grenada’s UFO Mission at the United Nations,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 120 (November 1977): 10–11
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5627

Event 40298 (B9437127)

Date: 12/13/1977
Locations: Northern Tier; Nuclear Bases
Description: The National Enquirer publishes Bob Pratt’s well-researched article, “UFOs Spotted at Nuclear Bases and Missile Sites” about the Northern Tier cases. He lists names and dates that can be used for a FOIA request, which UFO researcher Barry Greenwood promptly files.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 5–6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5628

Event 40299 (79E40ED1)

Date: 12/13/1977
Description: At 11:00 p.m. an orange-red, disc-shaped object descended over a paddock in Leitchville, Victoria, Australia. It then emitted three smaller objects that operated independently. One of these zigzagged, abruptly shot up to higher elevation, then descended again. The UFOs appeared to signal back and forth. Soil and grass samples collected from a circle of burnt grass found on the ground reveal the burn marks were caused by an electrical discharge. No electrical power lines are located near the paddock where the ground traces were discovered. The sighting lasted 30 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: MUFON UFO Journal, March 1978, p. 6; Adelaide News, December 15, 1977; Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 163; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, p. 415
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8378

Event 40300 (E0CEE11D)

Date: 12/13/1977
Description: An unexplained animal mutilation was discovered this day in Blue Springs, Missouri. A calf had been killed and mutilated with surgical incisions. The right ear and tail had been removed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Richard Hall, Zetetic Scholar, 1980, p. 50, citing Blue Springs Examiner, December 21, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8379

Event 40301 (FB92F8C9)

Date: 12/13/1977
Description: NASA Chief of Ground Operations Safety writes the NASA Administrator about UAP stating “what could be a piece of a UFO” was examined for over two months at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

• https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/ufodocsnasa.pdf (p73)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_164

Event 40302 (07EAA10E)

Date: 12/14/1977
Time: 15:00:02.6
Location: 36.9600 -116.0400
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Rib” YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_820

Extra Data: LatLong: “36.9600 -116.0400”, LatLongDMS: “36:57:36 N 116:02:24 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Rib”, NukeSource: “ISC”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 40303 (C5734756)

Date: 12/14/1977
Time: 15:30:00.2
Location: 37.1359 -116.0860
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USA Name: “Farallones” Yield: 20KT YieldMax: 150KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_821

Extra Data: LatLong: “37.1359 -116.0860”, LatLongDMS: “37:08:09 N 116:05:10 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USA”, NukeDepth: “0.67”, NukeMb: “5.70”, NukeName: “Farallones”, NukeSource: “ERDA”, NukeType: “NUCU”, NukeY: “20”, NukeYMax: “150”

Event 40304 (B8E89B34)

Date: 12/15/1977
Time: 20:50
Location: ST. CIERS DU TAILLON
Description: 1+4 / cars. Domed saucer lights area like day. Away and back / 20 minute(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12912

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc.

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “St.CIERS du TAILLON:1+4/CARS:DOMED SCR LITES AREA like DAY:AWAY+BACK/20min”, LatLong: “45.416669 -0.650000”, LatLongDMS: “45:25:00 N 00:39:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Charente-Maritime”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40305 (AFF1D382)

Date: 12/15/1977
Time: 21:20
Location: HOLLAND, MASS
Description: Cylinder/cigar-shape-UFO 400’ / roadway. 4 human-like forms in windows. 1 observer / 8 second(s).
Type: sighting
Reference: HENDRY, Allan: The UFO HANDBOOK. Doubleday, Garden City, NJ 1979. (Index 121)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12913

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “226”, HatchDesc: “HOLLAND,MASS:CGR-UFO 400’/ROADWAY:4 HUMAN-LIKE FORMS IN WINDOWS:1 OBS/8sec”, LatLong: “42.066669 -72.150003”, LatLongDMS: “42:04:00 N 72:09:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “120”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40306 (3E3DE897)

Date: 12/15/1977
Location: Saint Ciers du Taillon, France
Description: A domed disc illuminated the area of Saint Ciers du Taillon like day, then flew away. It came back again the same site 20 minutes later. That same night a blindingly bright light came up close to a French Navy Nord-262 transport plane with three crew members aboard and followed it, circling it for five minutes. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4885

Event 40307 (195C5218)

Date: 12/15/1977
Description: At 8:45 p.m. a domed disc illuminated the area of Saint Ciers du Taillon, France like day, then flew away. It came back again the same site 20 minutes later. That same night a blindingly bright light came up close to a French Navy Nord-262 transport plane with three crew members aboard and followed it, circling it for five minutes. The UFO did not appear on ground radar at the naval base in Lorien, in Morbihan department, France. Also that night mysterious booms were reported up and down the eastern Atlantic shoreline of the United States at around 10:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1981; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 41 citing J. Troadec; Washington Post, December 17, 1977
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8417

Event 40308 (445FA137)

Date: 12/16/1977
Time: 22:00
Location: NORTH / UZES, FR
Description: 2 / motorbikes. Both electro-magnetic effect (EME). White 4M Saturn globe with red ring crosses D979 going east and going west.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 179)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12914

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/UZES,FR:2/MBIKES:BOTH EME:WHT 4M SATURN GLOBE W/RED RING CROSSES D979 >E+>W”, LatLong: “44.033335 4.405556”, LatLongDMS: “44:02:00 N 04:24:20 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Gard”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40309 (E3C69051)

Date: 12/16/1977
Location: Uzes (just north of), France
Description: On a highway just north of Uzes witnesses on two separate motorbikes both had their bikes stall in the presence of a Saturn-shaped UFO with a red ring around it. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4887

Event 40310 (80C2FC95)

Date: 12/16/1977
Location: La Aurora, Uruguay
Description: There was a great flash in the northeastern sky, followed by a UFO gyrating downward as if out of control. Huge sparks fell to the ground, and the UFO descended as if going to land, but then suddenly rose up into the sky at tremendous speed. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4889

Event 40311 (498FC101)

Date: 12/16/1977
Description: On a highway just north of Uzes, France at 10:00 p.m. witnesses on two separate motorbikes both had their bikes stall in the presence of a Saturn-shaped UFO with a red ring around it. The UFO crossed over highway D979 going east, then flew away to the west. At 11:25 p.m. in La Aurora, Uruguay there was a great flash in the northeastern sky, followed by a UFO gyrating downward as if out of control. Huge sparks fell to the ground, and the UFO descended as if going to land, but then suddenly rose up into the sky at tremendous speed.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, October 1978; Bob Van Der Velde, APRO Bulletin, May 1982, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8445

Event 40312 (55643A2A)

Date: 12/17/1977
Time: 01:30
Location: NEAR VANCOUVER, BC
Description: Large slow ovoid pulses / r60#293. Big RADAR blips / USA / 0345hrs / r210.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 376)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12915

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “72”, HatchDesc: “nr VANCOUVER,BC:LRG SLOW OVOID PULSES/r60#293::BIG RDR BLIPS/USA/0345hrs/r210”, LatLong: “49.233336 -123.000006”, LatLongDMS: “49:14:00 N 123:00:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “British Columbia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40313 (159AB026)

Date: 12/17/1977
Time: 16:00
Location: KENYON, RI
Description: 2+1 observer(s) stop and watch saucer / low altitude. Both cars electro-magnetic effect (EME) / same time as object going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 943)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12916

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “KENYON,RI:2+1 OBS STOP+WATCH SCR/LO ALT:BOTH CARS EME/SAME TIME AS OBJ >>W”, LatLong: “41.444446 -71.616670”, LatLongDMS: “41:26:40 N 71:37:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Rhode Island”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40314 (7E99D034)

Date: 12/17/1977
Time: 23:30
Location: ST. NAZAIRE, FR
Description: Separate observer(s). Flaming saucer going south to sea. Same / similar hovers offshore.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 172)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12917

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “St.NAZAIRE,FR:SEP.OBS:FLAMING SCR >S TO SEA::SAME/SIMILAR HVRS OFFSHORE”, LatLong: “47.316669 -2.216667”, LatLongDMS: “47:19:00 N 02:13:00 W”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Loire Atlantique”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40315 (023F5043)

Date: 12/17/1977
Location: St-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantic department, France
Description: A flaming disc-shaped UFO flew to the south and out to sea. The same or a similar object continued to hover offshore. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4890

Event 40316 (93E2E605)

Date: 12/17/1977
Location: Colorado & So. Dakota, Various
Description: G,V, strong returns (NICAP: 09 - RADAR Cases, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4891

Event 40317 (6AA30197)

Date: 12/17/1977
Location: Kenyon, RI
Description: Blue-white glowing oval, windows; one witness reported eye irritation. APRO Bulletin, July 1978; see Rodeghier, 1981, p. 72 (E) pickup truck & car (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4892

Event 40318 (9A024D24)

Date: 12/17/1977
Location: Colorado and South Dakota
Description: Two UFOs tracked on radar giving “strong” returns, at speeds in excess of 1,000 mph. One made head-on pass at an aircraft, observed on radar
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_300

Event 40319 (C39D83DF)

Date: 12/17/1977
Time: 22:00:00.0
Location: -22.0000 -139.0000
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: France Name: “Laocoon” Yield: 5KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1907

Extra Data: LatLong: “-22.0000 -139.0000”, LatLongDMS: “22:00:00 S 139:00:00 W”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “France”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeName: “Laocoon”, NukeSource: “CEA/DAM”, NukeType: “NUCF”, NukeY: “5”

Event 40320 (C045CDEA)

Date: 12/17/1977
Locations: Colorado; South Dakota
Description: 3:34 a.m. Radar facilities in Colorado and South Dakota track two UFOs that give strong returns, moving at more than 1,000 mph. They are tracked for the next 30 minutes, during which time one of the objects makes a close head-on pass at an aircraft. A third radar station is unable to function while the unknowns are in the area. One of the other facilities is put out of operation when the main shaft holding the radar antenna is severely bent by an unknown force.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: MUFON UFO Journal, March 1983
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5629

Event 40321 (ACFFDEF5)

Date: 12/17/1977
Locations: State Highway 2; Kenyon, Rhode Island
Description: 4:00 p.m. Marguerite Camp is in her pickup truck on State Highway 2 near Kenyon, Rhode Island, when she spots an “ovoid, plate-like” object that is tilted slightly to the west. She stops and gets out to watch the UFO, which is 3–4 times the size of a B-29 in diameter and glowing blue-white. She sees 4–5 dark windows and its bottom half is blurry. Another woman, driving an AMC Gremlin, pulls up behind her. While they are watching the object, the engines of both vehicles stall. The object turns up on its edge and climbs vertically, and hovers for 10 more minutes. The second woman gets back in her car, starts it up, and drives away. The object speeds off to the west, takes on a pinkish glow, and fades in the distance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Dan Todd, “Large Objects Stalls Autos,” APRO Bulletin 27, no. 1 (July 1978): 4–5
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5630

Event 40322 (FA192304)

Date: 12/17/1977
Locations: Council Bluffs, Iowa; Northern city limits
Description: 7:45 p.m. A red, luminous object is seen by Kenny and Carol Drake of Council Bluffs, Iowa, falling to earth near the northern city limits. At the scene, they find an area covered by molten metal that is glowing orange- red, igniting the grass. Police and firemen who arrive 15 minutes later all see the fallen mass, estimated at 35–55 pounds. An investigation concludes that it is not space debris, a meteorite, or a hoax. Two of the 11 witnesses to the fall describe a round object hovering in the sky, edged by blinking red lights. The retrieved material is composed of solid metal and slag with white ash inclusions.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jacques Vallée, “Physical Analyses in Ten Cases of Unexplained Aerial Objects with Material Samples,” Journal of Scientific Exploration 12, no. 3 (1998): 367–372; Keith Basterfield, “Vallée–Nolan, et al., Peer Reviewed Analysis of Unusual Materials Paper Published,” Unidentified Aerial Phenomena—Scientific Research, December 11, 2021; Garry P. Nolan, Jacques F. Vallée, Sizun Jiang, and Larry G, Lemke, “Improved Instrumental Techniques, Including Isotopic Analysis, Applicable to the Characterization of Unusual Materials with Potential Relevance to Aerospace Forensics,” Progress in Aerospace Sciences 128 (January 2022)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5631

Event 40323 (462720C4)

Date: 12/17/1977
Description: Shortly after four o’clock in the afternoon in Kenyon, Rhode Island a huge domed disc dropped silently toward the ground over a meadow and stopped, an estimated 400 feet above the ground. It had a small dome on the top of the object and three square windows. When the disc turned to a vertical position both cars in the vicinity stalled. The UFO gave off a bluish-white glow, and the witnessed experienced skin burns and rashes as a result of the intense light, and eye irritations after the encounter.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Donald R. Todd, APRO Bulletin, July-August 1978, p. 4; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 72
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8470

Event 40324 (F8CA7189)

Date: 12/17/1977
Description: On that same night at 11:30 p.m. in St-Nazaire, Loire-Atlantic department, France a flaming disc-shaped UFO flew to the south and out to sea. The same or a similar object continued to hover offshore.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Lumieres dans la Nuit, March 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8471

Event 40325 (D1F73317)

Date: 12/18/1977
Location: GUADALAJARA, SPAIN
Description: Truck / malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Man / diving suit leads driver to hat-saucer. Exam and telepathy.
Type: sighting
Reference: SCHUESSLER, John F.: UFO-RELATED HUMAN PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. 1996 J. Schuessler, POB 58485, Houston, TX 77258 (Index 77)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12918

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, CVS: Conversation/communication, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “180”, HatchDesc: “GUADALAJARA,SPAIN:TRUCK/EMEs:MAN/DIVING SUIT LEADS DRIVER TO HAT-SCR:EXAM+TLP”, LatLong: “40.616669 -3.166667”, LatLongDMS: “40:37:00 N 03:10:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “GDL”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40326 (CFD577F9)

Date: 12/18/1977
Location: Guadalajara, Spain
Description: A 34-year-old man, Mr. Herrero Sierra was driving his pickup truck down a road at a few minutes past midnight when the vehicles lights and radio suddenly died. A man dressed in a divers suit approached and told him through telepathy to come aboard a hat-shaped UFO. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4893

Event 40327 (7642ABB6)

Date: 12/18/1977
Description: In Guadalajara, Spain a 34-year-old man, Mr. Miguel Herrero Sierra was driving his pickup truck down a road at a few minutes past midnight when the vehicle’s lights, engine, and radio suddenly died. He pulled to the side of the road but couldn’t find anything wrong with the car. He decided to wait in the truck for help. A man dressed in a diver’s suit approached and told him through telepathy to come aboard a hat-shaped UFO, under which there was a cylindrical chamber that extended to the ground. Inside the object was a 14-meter wide circular room with smooth walls. Mr. Herrero stayed inside for approximately three hours, communicating telepathically with the occupants of the craft. He was released later, and discovered that he had a small puncture wound on his arm, as if they had taken a blood sample from him although he did not recall them doing so.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jane Thomas, UFO Newsclipping Service, April 1978, p. 15, citing Cronica, January 26, 1978; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # 1977-57
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8494

Event 40328 (33E0926E)

Date: 12/18/1977
Description: On the same night, at four o’clock in the morning Central Standard Time, three 16-year-old girls saw a frightening monster while driving 15 miles north of Zoto del Marina, Mexico.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: letter from one of the witnesses to the J. Allen Hynek, Center for UFO Studies, dated August 9, 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8495

Event 40329 (8CCD3025)

Date: 12/21/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In his response to Frank Press’s letter of July 21, Robert Frosch, administrator of NASA, refuses to mount a research effort or convene a symposium, considering the absence of physical evidence that can be analyzed in the laboratory. However, he adds, if, in the future, some material evidence is brought to our attention, it would be fully justified for the NASA laboratory to study any unexplained organic or inorganic sample and publish the results; we are ready to bona fide examine physical evidence from credible sources. We leave the door wide open to such a possibility. (December 21)
Reference: Sturrock 2001
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2777

Event 40330 (67111891)

Date: 12/21/1977
Description: (Translated from French) In The High Frontier, American physicist Gerard O’Neill explores the concept of orbital cities.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2778

Event 40331 (B545C816)

Date: 12/21/1977
Description: (Translated from French) Release of the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind by Steven Spielberg.
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2779

Event 40332 (15640A52)

Date: 12/21/1977 (approximate)
Time: 01:10
Location: FT. MITCHELL, KY
Description: Green glow. 12’ ovoid 75’ away / low altitude. Rises going up [to] slow and away fast going [to] woods.
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 63)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12919

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “170”, HatchDesc: “Ft.MITCHELL,KY:GRN GLOW:12’OVOID 75’AWAY/LO ALT:RISES↑ SLOW+AWAY FAST > WOODS”, LatLong: “39.061113 -84.550004”, LatLongDMS: “39:03:40 N 84:33:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40333 (AB729396)

Date: 12/21/1977
Time: 04:00
Location: SAN MAURO TORINESE, ITL
Description: Area lit. 1M light-disk stops / 25M altitude. Going [to] toward(s) town and back.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12920

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “SAN MAURO TORINESE,ITL:AREA LIT:1M LITE-DISK STOPS/25M alt:> TWRD TOWN+BACK”, LatLong: “45.100002 7.766667”, LatLongDMS: “45:06:00 N 07:46:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Torino”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40334 (5AAF881F)

Date: 12/21/1977
Location: Fort Mitchell, KY
Description: A green glow was first seen by a married couple. This was followed by the sighting of a 12-foot-long ovoid UFO moving at a low altitude, at an estimated distance of only 75 feet. The UFO ascended slowly, then show away fast into the nearby woods. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4895

Event 40335 (379509E2)

Date: 12/21/1977
Location: NASA
Description: NASA administrator Robert A. Frosch sends a response to Frank Press at OSTP, saying that NASA would be willing to continue to answer public inquiries and examine any bona fide new physical evidence that comes in, but declines to set up a panel to investigate cases.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, pp. 242–243; Clark III 788–789; ClearIntent, p. 193; presidentialufo.com, “President Jimmy Carter”; “NASA Letter Declines UFO ‘Research Activity,’” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 120 (November 1977): 6
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5632

Event 40336 (5AAAFCF9)

Date: 12/21/1977
Description: A green glow was first seen by a married couple in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky at shortly after one o’clock at night. This was followed by the sighting of a 12-foot-long ovoid UFO moving at a low altitude, at an estimated distance of only 75 feet. The UFO ascended slowly, then show away fast into the nearby woods. That same night there were several reports of mystery booms being heard in Burlington, Atlantic, and Bergen Counties in New Jersey.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Leonard Stringfield, MUFON UFO Journal, January 1978, p. 9; Francis Ridge, Regional Encounters, p. 63; George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, pp. 808, 811, and 820, citing the US Naval Research Laboratory
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8553

Event 40337 (594FA2CE)

Date: 12/22/1977
Time: 02:00
Location: SEA 600MI NORTHEAST / BOSTON
Description: TWA crew. White saucer paces 747. 2 green smoke rings going down [to] and sink. 1 going northwest.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 940)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12921

Attributes: SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, SUB: Submersible: Rises from or submerges into water, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affecte

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d: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “Atlantic Ocean + islands”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “0”, HatchDesc: “SEA 600mi NE/BOSTON:TWA CREW:WHT SCR PACES 747:2 GRN SMOKE RINGS ↓+SINK:1 >NW”, LatLong: “45.000002 -60.000003”, LatLongDMS: “45:00:00 N 60:00:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NAT”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40338 (9EBE6F88)

Date: 12/22/1977
Time: 04:00
Location: NEAR BAY CITY, TX
Description: Pilot. Circular blue-white light paces light plane. Makes 45° turn.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12922

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “10”, HatchDesc: “nr BAY CITY,TX:PILOT:CIRCULAR BLU-WHT LIGHT PACES LITE PLANE:MAKES 45°TURN”, LatLong: “29.000001 -95.916671”, LatLongDMS: “29:00:00 N 95:55:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Texas”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40339 (B91B9C01)

Date: 12/22/1977
Location: N. Atlantic, At Sea
Description: Circular object paced TWA for 20 minutess (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4896

Event 40340 (4294EFF0)

Date: 12/22/1977
Location: North Atlantic
Description: White disc, red blinking lights top and bottom, paced airliner for 20 minutes. Emitted green “smoke” from underside, sped out of sight
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_301

Event 40341 (FA27067F)

Date: 12/23/1977
Time: 03:00
Location: PUSHINO-NA-OKE, RUSSIA
Description: Silver sphere/orb/globe hovers. Spins. Changes shape and color going [to] blue until invisible.
Type: sighting
Reference: HAINES, Richard Ph.D: JUSA-CISAAF TRANSLATIONs (from Russian). (Index 414)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12923

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Russia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “PUSHINO-na-OKE,RUSS:SLVR ORB HVRS:SPINS:CHANGES SHAPE+CLR>BLUE UNTIL INVISIBLE”, LatLong: “54.900003 37.600002”, LatLongDMS: “54:54:00 N 37:36:00 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MSC”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 40342 (406879AC)

Date: 12/26/1977
Location: 50.4375 77.814167
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed, salvo. Country: USSR Yield: .003KT YieldMax: 60KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1510

Extra Data: LatLong: “50.4375 77.814167”, LatLongDMS: “50:26:15 N 77:48:51 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeSource: “RFAE”, NukeType: “NUCS_SALVO”, NukeY: “.003”, NukeYMax: “60”

Event 40343 (1C632687)

Date: 12/26/1977
Time: 04:03:00.2
Location: 49.8430 78.0700
Description: Nuclear test: Underground, confirmed. Country: USSR Yield: .001KT YieldMax: 20KT
Type: atomic
Reference: “columbia.edu: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Reference: “archive.org: Worldwide Nuclear Explosions”, by Yang, North, Romney, and Richards
Source: NukeExplosions, ID: NukeExplosions_1511

Extra Data: LatLong: “49.8430 78.0700”, LatLongDMS: “49:50:35 N 78:04:12 E”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, NukeCountry: “USSR”, NukeDepth: “0.00”, NukeMb: “4.90”, NukeSource: “AWE-JED”, NukeType: “NUCS”, NukeY: “.001”, NukeYMax: “20”

Event 40344 (39E1F7AA)

Date: 12/27/1977
Time: 22:50
Location: CHARLOTTE, NC
Description: 2+ground RADAR. 2 white cones outmaneuvers police helicopter. Fast turns. / MJ#121.
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 938)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12924

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “6”, Elev: “255”, HatchDesc: “CHARLOTTE,NC:2+GND RDR:2 WHT CONES OUTMNVR POLICE COPTER:FAST TURNS:/MJ#121”, LatLong: “35.261113 -80.844448”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:40 N 80:50:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “North Carolina”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40345 (3D29C07E)

Date: 12/27/1977
Location: In Air Space, NC
Description: 10:54 PM. Two witnesses, two UFOs on flight at 2,000’. E-M effects. 6-10 min. duration of sighting. (Haines printout) (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4897

Event 40346 (A9DF1B17)

Date: 12/27/1977
Description: A White House press release states that it accepts NASA’s evaluation of the UFO situation and will not pursue its initiative any further.
Reference: Eberhart
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5633

Event 40347 (4C2FE306)

Date: 12/27/1977
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Description: 10:54 p.m. Police officers Ron Arey and Howard Dellinger are flying in a Bell Jetranger police helicopter at 1,100 feet in Charlotte, North Carolina, when they see two lights approaching from the northwest. They pass the chopper to the right at an estimated 200 feet. Charlotte FAA air traffic controller Ray Bader confirms two unknown targets on radar. Later on, the object circles the helicopter at an estimated distance of 200 feet. The UFO looks like a globular white light reflecting upward into a silver, parachute-like object with ribs connecting the light to it. Possibly a prank balloon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Object over N.C. on Dec. 27, 1977,” APRO Bulletin 26, no. 8 (February 1978): 1, 5; “A Radar-Visual in Charlotte: UFO or Prank Balloon?” IUR 3, no. 3 (March 1978): 7–8
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5634

Event 40348 (F29CF91C)

Date: 12/27/1977
Description: Two very bright cones of bright light moved rapidly through the sky over Charlotte, North Carolina at 10:45 p.m., tracked by a Charlotte Police helicopter and appearing on radar. Allan Hendry, the investigator at the time for the Center for UFO Studies, suggested a prank balloon might be the explanation, but the UFO was too bright and emitted an energetic ball of light.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Charlotte Observer, December 31, 1977; APRO Bulletin, February 1978, p. 1; Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, March 1978, p. 8; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 41
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8624

Event 40349 (B22EFE3F)

Date: 12/28/1977
Time: ~05:00
Location: NORMAN, OK
Description: Several observer(s). Silent oval saucer going north and south over grass fire. 3 lights blink / sequence.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12925

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “360”, HatchDesc: “NORMAN,OK:SVRL.OBS:SLNT OVAL SCR >N+S OVR GRASS FIRE:3 LITES BLINK/SEQUENCE”, LatLong: “35.250002 -97.450005”, LatLongDMS: “35:15:00 N 97:27:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Oklahoma”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40350 (38016BB4)

Date: 12/28/1977
Location: Norman, OK
Description: Morning. A lenticular object flew over Reaves Park at a low altitude. It was silent and had three lights that blinked in sequence. It was estimated to be flying at only 100 meters altitude. If moved away to the south, away from a grassfire. (Source: Norman (Oklahoma) Transcript, March 1, 1978). (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4898

Event 40351 (B3B307DE)

Date: 12/30/1977
Time: 01:30
Location: KEITH, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Description: 27’ saucer paces car. Slight electro-magnetic effect (EME). Passes overhead and flies away.
Type: sighting
Reference: RODEGHIER, Mark/CUFOS: UFO REPORTS INVOLVING VEHICLE INTERFERENCE; CUFOS 1979. Available as CUFOS UFO Archive #1 CD-ROM. http://www.cufos.org/Pubform.pdf (Index 72)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12926

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “KEITH,S.AUSTRL:27’ SCR PACES CAR:SLIGHT EME:PASSES OVERHEAD+FLIES AWAY”, LatLong: “-36.100002 140.366673”, LatLongDMS: “36:06:00 S 140:22:00 E”, Locale: “Desert”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “South Australia”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40352 (623A3FEE)

Date: 12/30/1977
Location: Keith (near), S.AU
Description: A white, oval light about 27 feet in diameter paced a car 30 meters away. The two witnesses, a brother and sister, reported that as they slowed their car to 8-15 kph, the engine began misfiring. (NICAP: 03 - EME Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4899

Event 40353 (2D0328F2)

Date: 12/30/1977
Locations: Stanford; Frosch
Description: Stanford astrophysicist Peter A. Sturrock writes to Frosch, offering to make available physical evidence “such as films, material samples, etc.” obtained by his Study Group on Anomalous Phenomena.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 789
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5635

Event 40354 (D186A8D2)

Date: 12/30/1977
Location: Keith, South Australia
Description: A white, oval light about 27 feet in diameter paces a car 90 feet away near Keith, South Australia. The two witnesses, a brother and sister, report that as they slowed their car to 5–10 kph, the engine begins misfiring. They stop, and the light continues on its course. After it is gone, the car can be started again and driven with no difficulties.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, CUFOS, 1981, p. 72
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5636

Event 40355 (BC2CD2AC)

Date: 12/30/1977
Description: near Keith, South Australia - A white, oval light about 27 feet in diameter paced a car 30 meters away. The two witnesses, a brother and sister, reported that as they slowed their car to 8-15 km/h, the engine began misfiring. They then stopped and the light continued on its course. After it was gone, the car could be started again and driven with no difficulties.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, case 418, citing UFO Research (South Australia) Newsletter, July-August, 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_8656

Event 40356 (686E562C)

Date: Late 1970’s
Location: Norilsk, Soviet Union
Description: In an interview, Colonel-General Gennady Reshetnikov, chief of the Top Command Academy of the Air Defence Forces reported several incidents where aircraft were scrambled to chase UFO’s. He also investigated sightings of a cigar shaped object with portholes in the late 70’s over Arctic region of Norilsk, alarming local military units.
Type: ufo sightings
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_695

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Event 40357 (2676AD66)

Date: 1978
Location: USA
Description: (Translated from French) The US Navy also needed communication satellites. For this purpose, the “FLTSATCOM” series of satellites were designed, built and launched starting in 1978. By 1982, the network included 5 satellites - one in reserve -
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 93
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2988

Event 40358 (5BFE218D)

Date: 1978
Location: USSR
Description: (Translated from French) Veterinarian V.G. Paltsev, on his tour 500 miles from Moscow, found himself face to face with a ground vehicle. Three small humanoids with egg-shaped heads, with long fingers on their hands, were standing near the vehicle. As the veterinarian tried to approach it, he was knocked out by a strange force. When he woke up, he noticed that his watch had stopped. Above him the shape of a disc of fire was disappearing. Dr. Paltsev returned home, continued to work as if nothing had happened. But at night, very often, he dreamed that he had been taken aboard the vehicle while he was unconscious.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 36
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_3030

Event 40359 (6AA61A62)

Date: 1978
Location: USSR, Southern Russia
Description: (Translated from French) Dr. A.I. Nicolaev, a respected professor of history, had to be hospitalized for three months to recover from his close encounter. With three of his colleagues he was on vacation, camping in southern Russia, when they discovered an object shaped like a disk, metallic, partially hidden in the tall grass. One of the four people threw some stones at the object: the pebbles seemed to disappear into the machine. All four then felt under the influence of a strange force. Nicolaev lost consciousness, the others, although they were staggering and weak, carried him as best they could. While two colleagues stayed with the unconscious man, the third went in search of help. The two friends left on guard fell asleep, as if by enchantment. When they woke up there were two small figures, less than a meter tall, in astronaut suits and helmets. Seeing that the earthlings were waking up, the two extraterrestrials hurried to their craft. The object shone like fire as it disappeared into the sky.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest UFO Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 37
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_3031

Event 40360 (726CEEA8)

Date: 1978
Description: A Gallup survey this year shows that 57% of Americans think UFOs are real, 9% have reported a sighting, and 51% think there is intelligent life on other planets. A Roper Organization survey finds that 7% have seen a UFO.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “A New Gallup Poll on UFOs,” IUR 3, no. 6 (June 1978): insert; Robert J. Durant, “Evolution of Public Opinion on UFOs,” IUR 18, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1993): 13
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5637

Event 40361 (2C3D17D1)

Date: 1978
Location: Willowdale, Ontario
Description: Gene Duplantier publishes one issue of Ufolk in Willowdale, Ontario, a compendium of photos of many ufologists active in the mid-1970s.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ufolk, no. 1 (1978)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5638

Event 40362 (B9C3CD55)

Date: 1978
Location: Italy
Description: After many years of informal contacts with the Italian military, Centro Ufologico Nazionale succeeds in obtaining from the staff of the Italian Department of Defense the first official dossier of UFO sightings reported by Italian military personnel during 1977.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Story, p. 67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5639

Event 40363 (ABEDC156)

Date: 1978
Locations: Brazil; Rio de Janeiro
Description: Brazilian ufologist Irene Granchi begins publishing a quarterly magazine titled OVNI Documento in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Margaret Sachs, The UFO Encyclopedia, Putnam, 1980, p. 235
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5640

Event 40364 (3EB936DF)

Date: 1978
Location: New York City
Description: Timothy Green Beckley begins publishing a somewhat sensational UFO Review in New York City. It runs at least until 1994.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFO Review, no. 1 (1978)
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5641

Event 40365 (9D0C6C22)

Date: 1978
Description: Journalist/ufologist John Keel states the CIA had a covert investigation of UAP contactees in the 1960s named Project Windfall; he claimed it was enmeshed in bureaucratic confusion.

• https://www.scribd.com/document/230363655/General-Douglas-MacArthur-Ufologist-by-John-A-Keel

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_165

Event 40366 (04E53046)

Date: 1978
Description: A USAF technician tells Randall Clement that he worked at an underground facility in Colorado Springs, CO and saw the remains of a dismembered and charred alien humanoid.

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p85

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_166

Event 40367 (FC5DE9F5)

Date: 1978
Description: USAF officer in Detroit allegedly tells a college student he heard a coded message to another base in Ohio about a crash near the Ohio-Michigan border with two dead bodies and one still alive, retrieved.

• Retrievals of the Third Kind presented at MUFON 1978, Leon Stringfield, p86

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_167

Event 40368 (F1AC6738)

Date: 1/1978
Location: CHINA
Description: (Translated from French) China 8 placed itself on a low inclination orbit. It is a photographic reconnaissance satellite, but it was not recovered. Likely it transmitted televised views, like China 3 and China 5.
Reference: “The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 19
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2989

Event 40369 (4342FD20)

Date: 1/1978
Location: USA, unspecified location
Description: (Translated from French) (cf: 1961, September 19) Betty Hill narrowly escaped a fatal accident, thanks to the presence of a UFO in the sky. She was about to cross a railway line when she was frightened by a black flying shape, where a ruby red light pulsed. This thing flew quickly towards her, it stopped, reversed, and a few seconds later an express train passed on the tracks where she had ventured.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest UFO Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p 61
Reference: continued August 1980
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2990

Event 40370 (0DB41F77)

Date: 1/1978
Time: ~18:00
Location: RONCOBILACCIO, ITL
Description: Red luminous 25cm ball follows car / tollway. Projects "cone of shade.
Type: sighting
Reference: ITACAT, Catalogo Italiano degli Incontri Ravvicinati. Maurizio Verga, 1989 CISU/Torino, Italy. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12927

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, TCH: New technical details/clues, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Italy”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: "RONCOBILACCIO,ITL:RED LUMn.25cm BALL FOLOS CAR/TOLLWAY:PROJECTS “CONE of SHADE”, LatLong: “44.116669 11.216667”, LatLongDMS: “44:07:00 N 11:13:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “MO”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40371 (8A1EE5C7)

Date: 1/1978
Time: 22:00?
Location: WARKWORTH, NZ
Description: Silver glowing-saucer lands. 7’ figure waves from door. / MJ#177+/ r210 v28#3.
Type: sighting
Reference: UFO RESEARCH AUSTRALIA NEWSLETTER. (Details missing) (Index 832)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12928

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, SIG: Signals/responses to/from/between UFO’s/occupants/observers, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “New Zealand”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “WARKWORTH,NZ:SLVR GLO-SCR LANDS:7’FIG WAVES FROM DOOR:/MJ#177+/r210 v28#3”, LatLong: “-36.400002 174.655564”, LatLongDMS: “36:24:00 S 174:39:20 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NI”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40372 (A3D65693)

Date: 1/1978
Description: Playboy publishes a “panel discussion” on UFOs that features essays by J. Allen Hynek, R. Leo Sprinkle, James A. Harder, Frank Salisbury, Jacques Vallée, Philip J. Klass, and Ernest H. Taves.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Playboy Panel: UFOs,” Playboy, January 1978, pp. 67–98, 128, 249–250
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5642

Event 40373 (CC2BB4AD)

Date: 1/1978
Locations: Sternberg State Astronomical Institute in Moscow; USSR
Description: The Russian Academy of Sciences releases a report, translated by Richard F. Haines and published by the Center for UFO Studies as Observations of Anomalous Atmospheric Phenomena in the USSR: A Statistical Analysis, written by Lev M. Gindilis of the Sternberg State Astronomical Institute in Moscow. Data processing and bookkeeping is performed by I. G. Petrovskaya and most of the text is written by engineer-physicist D. A. Menkov. Significantly, the report is approved for official publication by Academician Nikolai Kardashev, one of the USSR’s top experts in SETI. Its reports and data come from a sample of 256 Russian cases compiled by Felix Ziegel. According to space historian James Oberg, many of the sightings in the report correspond to Soviet tests and reentries of the Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, a nuclear weapons delivery system developed in the 1960s.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Petrozavodsk phenomenon”; L. M. Gindilis, D. A. Men’kov, and I. G. Petrovskaya, Observations of Anomalous Atmospheric Phenomena in the USSR: A Statistical Analysis, CUFOS, June 1980; “Russian Report on UFOs,” IUR/Frontiers of Science 2, no. 5 (July/Aug. 1980): 16–17; James E. Oberg, “The Great Soviet UFO Cover-Up,” MUFON UFO Journal, October 1982; Swords 458–460
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5643

Event 40374 (33971367)

Date: 1/1978
Locations: Medvezhye gas field; Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
Description: During the flight of a Yakolev Yak-40 airliner between the Medvezhye gas field and Nadym, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the crew notices a bright round object that approaches rapidly and sometime later appears in front of the aircraft, apparently much larger. A crash appears imminent, but the object soars up in front of the nose of the airliner.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Paul Stonehill, “Pilot and Cosmonaut Pavel Popovich and UFOs,” Open Minds, June 12, 2014
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5644

Event 40375 (29850C5F)

Date: 1/1978
Location: Cononley, North Yorkshire, England
Description: Night. Police Sgt. Tony Dodd and Constable Alan Dale are driving near Cononley, North Yorkshire, England, when the road in front of them lights up. They stop the patrol car, look up, and see an object about 100 feet away and moving silently at 40 mph. It has three large spheres below it, portholes around the perimeter, and a dome on top. The object passes overhead and seems to land in a wood on a distant hillside.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Good Above, pp. 116–117
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5645

Event 40376 (CFAFFDAC)

Date: 1/1/1978
Time: 12:50
Location: NORTHWEST / SANTA MONICA, CA
Description: Private pilot. Domed saucer with 18 18x24" lit windows. Going quickly northwest. / International UFO Reporter (CUFOS Group, USA) V3#4.
Type: sighting
Reference: HALL, Richard: The UFO Evidence II: HB: Scarecrow Press Lanham, MD. http://www.scarecrowpress.com ISBN 0-8108-3881-8 (Index 137)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12929

Attributes: CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “20”, HatchDesc: “NW/SANTA MONICA,CA:PVT PILOT:DOMED SCR W/18 18x24” LIT WINDOWS:>>NW:/IUR V3#4", LatLong: “34.033335 -118.483339”, LatLongDMS: “34:02:00 N 118:29:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40377 (FF981A30)

Date: 1/1/1978
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Description: Cessna Encounters Disc With Dome & Windows (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases, Code: A, Rating: 5)
Reference: NICAP: 780101
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4900

Event 40378 (ADD1621A)

Date: 1/1/1978
Location: Santa Monica, CA
Description: Veteran pilot observed domed disc with portholes
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_302

Event 40379 (1815C932)

Date: 1/1/1978
Location: Santa Monica, California
Description: 12:45–1:00 p.m. Pilots Floyd P. Hallstrom (in a Cessna 170A) and Jim Victor (in a Mustang II 4954) are flying over Santa Monica, California, at 7,500 feet when they see an object approaching at high speed. As the UFO passes about 6,000 feet to his left, Hallstrom is looking down on it an angle of about 30°–45° and its true form suddenly becomes clear to him. He is able to make out the complete form of a saucer and can see the dome, also very vividly clear, including all the windows, about 16–20 evenly spaced around the circumference of the dome, located just above the base. The dome appears to be a perfect hemisphere about 20 feet in diameter resting on the base, which is about 30 feet in diameter. The UFO continues on a course opposite to the pilot’s with no sign of rotation, oscillation, pitch, roll, or yaw. Neither is there any sign of a propulsion system. The sun reflects off the dome as a bright spot when the UFO passes. After about a minute, the object disappears from view behind the Cessna.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: NICAP, “Cessna Encounters Disc with Dome and Windows”: “An Air-Visual Sighting of a Daylight Disc in California,” IUR 3, no. 4 (April 1978): insert; UFOEv II 136–138
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5646

Event 40380 (4E9CF8DF)

Date: 1/1/1978
Description: Mr. Hallstrom witnessed a metallic domed disc with a clear dome and several windows over Santa Monica, California at 1:07 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, case investigation files, report dated January 18, 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_21

Event 40381 (0803AA2B)

Date: 1/2/1978
Time: ~23:00
Location: GOMEZ PALACIO, MX
Description: Tall blond man appears / room. Glows. Floats through 2 doors and going up / sky!
Type: sighting
Reference: The APRO BULLETIN: Monthly. Jim & Coral Lorenzen: Tucson,AZ (USA. defunct) By volume and number. (Index 945)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12930

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Mexico”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “1138”, HatchDesc: “GOMEZ PALACIO,MX:TALL BLOND MAN APPEARS/ROOM:GLOWS:FLOATS thru 2 DOORS+↑/SKY!”, LatLong: “25.600001 -103.483338”, LatLongDMS: “25:36:00 N 103:29:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “DRG”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 40382 (F8A0C453)

Date: 1/2/1978
Time: 23:20
Location: WEST / RAINFORD, ENG
Description: 4 / car. 200cm figure / space-suit stands / road. No face. Box / chest blinks.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 281)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12931

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NFO: No craft seen, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, GNT: Giant: Large/tall alien

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “64”, HatchDesc: “W/RAINFORD,ENG:4/CAR:200cm FIG/SPACE-SUIT STANDS/ROAD:NO FACE:BOX/CHEST BLINKS”, LatLong: “53.500003 -2.783333”, LatLongDMS: “53:30:00 N 02:47:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40383 (48E1B312)

Date: 1/2/1978
Time: 23:20
Location: PR101 / MT. UNIACKE, NS
Description: 2 cars going [to] under 3 cigars connected / short struts. Low altitude.
Type: sighting
Reference: LEDGER, Don: MARITIME UFO FILES: 1998 Nimbus Publ. Ltd. Halifax, NS. ISBN 1-55109-269-7 162pp. trade paper. (Index 112)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12932

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Canada”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “148”, HatchDesc: “PR101/Mt.UNIACKE,NS:2 CARS > UNDER 3 CGRS CONNECTED/SHORT STRUTS:LO ALT”, LatLong: “44.900002 -63.833336”, LatLongDMS: “44:54:00 N 63:50:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Nova Scotia”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40384 (14E52515)

Date: 1/2/1978
Locations: Simonswood Moss; Rainsford; Kirkby, West Lancashire, England
Description: 11:00 p.m. Four young men are driving through an isolated area known as Simonswood Moss, between Rainsford and Kirkby, West Lancashire, England, when they realize they have taken a wrong turn onto a narrow dirt road bordering a ditch. They suddenly see a 7-foot tall figure with red eyes appear in the glare of the headlights 26 feet ahead. The being is wearing a white fluorescent one-piece suit with boots, it has no discernible facial features, and it has short arms ending in claws. On its chest is a box with two flashing red lights. The figure takes two steps towards the witnesses and suddenly stops. The witnesses panic and leave the area, driving to a nearby farm where they notify the police. A later investigation suggests that they have seen a cow wandering down the lane, the car’s headlights reflecting in its eyes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Peter Hough, “UFO Occupants,” UFOs 1947–1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 129–130; Patrick Gross, URECAT, September 11, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5647

Event 40385 (A19BD116)

Date: 1/2/1978
Description: Four young men were driving home on an isolated road in a flat boggy area called Simonswood Moss in Rainford, England when they realized they had taken a wrong turn onto a narrow dirt road bordering a ditch. Suddenly a seven foot tall figure appeared in the glare of the headlights, eight meters ahead. The being was wearing a white fluorescent one-piece suit with boots. It had no discernible facial features and it had very short arms ending in claws. It also had a box with two flashing red lights on its chest. The figure took two steps towards the witnesses and stopped. The witnesses panicked, left the area and drove to a nearby farm where they notified the authorities.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, case #377, citing Peter Hough, UFOs 1947-1987: The 40-Year Search for an Explanation
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_34

Event 40386 (A6E3C91D)

Date: 1/2/1978
Description: A man was sitting in his front room in Gomez Palacio, Mexico reading late at night when he suddenly looked up to see a tall blond, blue-eyed man in his room. The witness asked, “Who are you?” When he received no reply he asked, “What are you doing here?” At this point the stranger, whose body was surrounded by a strange glow, turned around without touching the floor. The visitor floated through the doorways of two other rooms and onto the patio at the rear of the house, followed by the witness. The glow around the man’s body increased and he flew up into the air and out of sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, citing Paul R. Hill, APRO Bulletin, September 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_35

Event 40387 (B70005E7)

Date: Early 1/1978
Location: Perkins County, NEBRASKA
Description: Two helicopters flew low over a ranch where a bull was found mutilated the next day.
Type: mystery helicopter/mutilation related
Reference: Ref. 1 The Choppers - and the Choppers, Mystery Helicopters and Animal Mutilations, Thomas R. Adams, 1991
Source: MysteryHelicoptersAdams, ID: MysteryHelicoptersAdams_178

Event 40388 (D0DA9544)

Date: 1/3/1978
Time: ~17:00
Location: EAST / FORDINGBRIDGE, HAMPS
Description: 3 / car. Silent turreted saucer hovers 300’ over Heath. Lights / top.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12933

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “E/FORDINGBRIDGE,HAMPs:3/CAR:SLNT TURRETED SCR HVRS 300’OVR HEATH:LITES/TOP:”, LatLong: “50.933336 -1.750000”, LatLongDMS: “50:56:00 N 01:45:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40389 (A81A4E91)

Date: 1/3/1978
Location:
Description: Quadrantid meteor shower (mean date).
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_303

Event 40390 (A0968F0C)

Date: 1/3/1978
Description: The Stovold family was driving between Cadnam and Fordingbridge, in Hampshire, England in the late afternoon when they spotted a turreted disc-shaped object hovering just 300 feet over the heath a short distance away. It had lights on the top of its dome.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: D. N. Mansell, Awareness, July 1978, p. 4
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_62

Event 40391 (8275EEC3)

Date: 1/4/1978
Description: (Translated from French) At Kawaga, Miki-Cho (Japan), Hirobumi Matsushita takes pictures with a (4 January (February ?), 3 PM)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2780

Event 40392 (EF5073E9)

Date: 1/4/1978
Description: (Translated from French) Friends notice a shiny golden and colored object flying high above them in the blue sky. There are no clouds and a light breeze is blowing, but not enough to carry debris so high in the air. The object seems to be moving on its own, apparently under intelligent control. Matsushita adjusts his device and takes some photos of the strange object before it disappears. See images/1978-01-04.jpg, images/1978-02-04.gif, images/1978-02-04_1.gif
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2781

Event 40393 (9FD5D8E7)

Date: 1/4/1978
Description: The witness was lying in his bed in Wrose, England on this night when a short silvery transparent figure suddenly appeared hovering above the bed. It seemed human like and was wearing a monk like robe. It also appeared to have some short wing like protrusions and a bright halo type light around its head. It vanished in plain sight.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, case 1790, citing Nigel Watson, Portraits of Alien Encounters
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_93

Event 40394 (A8C83234)

Date: 1/5/1978
Location: Klamath Falls, OR
Description: V-formation of 10 lights passed plane (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4901

Event 40395 (2E5C09E0)

Date: 1/5/1978
Description: A McDonnell-Douglas engineer tells Jacques Vallée in private he is compiling a new close encounter database; Douglas has an ongoing secret project, well funded, with the blessing and official monitoring of the CIA and they’re discretely connected with major UAP groups. Robert M. Wood headed a project at Douglas at the time.

• https://ufos-scientificresearch.blogspot.com/2010/01/aerospace-companies-and-ufos-2.html

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_168

Event 40396 (AD6D8E2D)

Date: 1/6/1978
Location: Santo Antonio de Caparica, Estremadura, Portugal
Description: Two men leaving a beachfront cafe saw a bright bluish light flying low over the ocean descend at a steep angle at high speed. The light then stopped, and descended more slowly into a wooded area next to a nearby campground. Both men ran into the woods, which were now illuminated by a bluish glow. Upon entering a clearing, they saw a 2.1 meter tall human-like figure, standing eight meters away from them. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4902

Event 40397 (CF5C1CB2)

Date: 1/6/1978
Description: Two men leaving a beachfront cafe in Santo Antonio de Caparica, Estremadura, Portugal at 10:30 p.m. saw a bright bluish light flying low over the ocean descend at a steep angle at high speed. The light then stopped, and descended more slowly into a wooded area next to a nearby campground. Both men ran into the woods, which were now illuminated by a bluish glow. Upon entering a clearing, they saw a 2.1 meter tall human-like figure, standing eight meters away from them. It wore a loose fitting silvery outfit that was shiny in appearance. The being also wore a large white helmet with a narrow black visor across the eyes. The figure seemed surprised by their presence, turned around and with a heavy, slow motion walked back towards a metallic blue, saucer-shaped craft with a dome on top, that was hovering very close to the ground. Both men became frightened and fled in panic from the clearing. During the encounter one of the men felt a buzzing sound inside his head, and later suffered from insomnia. The next day an eight meter in diameter circle was found in the ground in the clearing.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: UNICAT database, case 609, citing Galaxia 2000; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, case # 108, citing Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos & Fernandez Peri, Enciclopedia de los Encuentros Cercanos con Ovnis
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_174

Event 40398 (0C0424FE)

Date: 1/7/1978
Location: FRANCE, Guebling (Moselle)
Description: (Translated from French) A 30-year-old worker was riding a moped on the road connecting Vergaville to Guebling at 04:30. He saw at an unspecified distance three bright balls lower than the ground, bigger than car headlights. One of the balls detached from the group and approached the witness like a shooting star, illuminating like an enormous projector with a uniform white light so strong that he could barely distinguish the road from the roadside. He was scared and did not look in which direction the ball went. He cannot say if the craft made any noise, as he was wearing a helmet.
Reference: J.C. BOURRET: “OVNI, l’armée parle” - France Empire 1979 - pp. 219 to 219
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2991

Event 40399 (C38B8648)

Date: 1/7/1978
Time: 04:50
Location: SOUTH / GUEBLING, FR
Description: 3 big luminous balls / field. 1 follows man / cycle going north into town. / r153p247.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 176)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12934

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, MIL: Military investigation

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “5”, HatchDesc: “S/GUEBLING,FR:3 BIG LUMn.BALLS/FIELD:1 FOLOS MAN/CYCLE >N INTO TOWN:/r153p247”, LatLong: “48.866669 6.750000”, LatLongDMS: “48:52:00 N 06:45:00 E”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Moselle”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40400 (2AF2AB82)

Date: 1/7/1978
Time: 20:00
Location: NORTH / GRAND CANYON, AZ
Description: Airline(s)/airliner pilot. Spherical OVJ in center / large glow. Paced airliner. No further details.
Type: sighting
Reference: WEINSTEIN, Dominique; UAP: 80 Years of Pilot Sightings Privately published. 7 avenue Bartholome. 75015 Paris, FRANCE. (Index 52)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12935

Attributes: AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “2500”, HatchDesc: “N/GRAND CANYON,AZ:AL PILOT:SPHERICA OVJ in CTR/LRG GLOW:PACED AIRLINER:NFD”, LatLong: “36.666668 -112.500005”, LatLongDMS: “36:40:00 N 112:30:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Arizona”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40401 (47929B0C)

Date: 1/9/1978
Time: 19:30
Location: SOUTH MIDDLETON, MA
Description: Night lights. Small humanoids (or Greys) all over house / 3 nights. 50’ saucer / ground. / r218p158+/ FSRv27#1.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 143)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12936

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, RBT: Possible robot or “Grey”, mechanical motions, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., VEG: Plants affected or sampled/crop circles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TRC: Physical traces, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “128”, Elev: “21”, HatchDesc: “S.MIDDLETON,MA:NLTS:OIDS ALL OVR HOUSE/3 NITES:50’SCR/GND:/r218p158+/FSRv27#1”, LatLong: “42.566669 -71.033337”, LatLongDMS: “42:34:00 N 71:02:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Massachusetts”, Strangeness: “13”

Event 40402 (8B194BAD)

Date: 1/9/1978
End date: 1/10/1978
Location: South Middleton, MA
Description: Humanoid case (section XII) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4905

Event 40403 (04473311)

Date: 1/9/1978
End date: 1/10/1978
Location: South Middleton, MA
Description: Humanoid case
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_304

Event 40404 (2F20E91D)

Date: 1/9/1978
Description: Two members of the Gould family were sitting in their living room in South Middleton, Massachusetts at 7:30 p.m. when they saw an approaching large yellow ball of light angling towards the ground through their window. One of them ran out the back door to glimpse the object disappear behind some trees. Telephone interference was experienced in the home at about this time. Later one of the children in an upstairs bedroom reported seeing a white figure at the foot of his bed that tried to touch him. Moments later the father heard a noise coming from an empty room, and when he went to investigate he then heard a noise at the window. Pulling back the curtains, he saw a white figure standing on top of the back porch roof, only four feet away. The figure was hooded and seemed to be wearing a mask. Later while investigating a noise at the door to the front porch he again saw the white suited figure standing just outside the glass door.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb, MUFON UFO Journal, issue # 143; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 22; David F. Webb, FSR, June 1981, p. 23, citing Raymond E. Fowler; David F. Hall & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1905
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_226

Event 40405 (7BCA459B)

Date: 1/10/1978
Time: 00:30
Location: CHICAGO, IL
Description: 1 observer. Silent double-domed reverses direction 2X. Yellow trail visible only in motion.
Type: sighting
Reference: RIDGE, Francis: REGIONAL ENCOUNTERS in the FC Files. 170pp. UFO FILTER CENTER, Mt. Vernon, IN 1994 (Index 65)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12937

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “3”, Elev: “190”, HatchDesc: “CHICAGO,IL:1 OBS:SLNT DBL-DOMED REVERSES DIR 2X:YLW TRAIL VSBL ONLY IN MOTION”, LatLong: “41.833335 -87.666671”, LatLongDMS: “41:50:00 N 87:40:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “99”, State/Prov: “Illinois”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40406 (E97A623F)

Date: 1/10/1978
Time: 04:00
Location: SOUTHWEST / GRAFTON, NSW, AUS
Description: Man / bad road. Phony chicken Coop flies. Fog. 2 hours missing time. / R241p1.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 150)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12938

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, MST: Missing time or time anomaly, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “120”, HatchDesc: “SW/GRAFTON,NSW,AUS:MAN/BAD ROAD:PHONY CHICKEN COOP FLIES:FOG:2hrs MST:/R241p1.”, LatLong: “-29.744446 152.861118”, LatLongDMS: “29:44:40 S 152:51:40 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40407 (384282E1)

Date: 1/10/1978 (approximate)
Time: 16:20
Location: BLANDFORD, DORSET
Description: 2 observer(s). Black cylinder/cylindrical object west / turret / rear. Blows smoke. Shines beams and rises.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12939

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCI: Scientist involvement, NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “58”, HatchDesc: “BLANDFORD,DORSET:2 OBS:BLK CYL.W/TURRET/REAR:BLOWS SMOKE:SHINES BEAMS+RISES”, LatLong: “50.833336 -2.166667”, LatLongDMS: “50:50:00 N 02:10:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40408 (19EED585)

Date: 1/10/1978
Time: 20:20
Location: CANNOCK, STAFFS
Description: Silent glowing-saucer rises / trees. Rotates. Gradual acceleration going north beyond trees.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12940

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “150”, HatchDesc: “CANNOCK,STAFFs:SLNT GLOW-SCR RISES/TREES:ROTATES:GRADUAL ACCEL.>N BEYOND TREES”, LatLong: “52.683336 -2.033333”, LatLongDMS: “52:41:00 N 02:02:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40409 (1555A87D)

Date: 1/10/1978
Location: Grafton, New South Wales (near), AU
Description: A 25-year-old man observed two irregularly shaped bright yellow objects in the night sky while driving.One of the objects approached and appeared to slowly move down a mountainside. It seemed to periodically issue a “shower of sparks”. This initial sighting lasted for about 20 minutes. The man then drove on but had difficulty recollecting the next part of his journey. Some 30 minutes later he observed a very bright object that looked like a “chicken coop” at a place called Bakers Creek Falls, near Armidale, New South Wales. The object was on the ground, stationary for 10 minutes, and then it moved. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 05 - Medical Incidents)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4906

Event 40410 (1B5FAF55)

Date: 1/10/1978
Location: Chicago, IL
Description: A 31-year-old paramedic was driving to pick up her husband (a policeman) from work when the 3-year-old son drew her attention to a “moving star” nearly overhead. At destination a few seconds later she noted a silver disc-shaped object which reversed direction, moved forward again and moved off behind building to which she was parked. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4908

Event 40411 (ABBCE201)

Date: 1/10/1978
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: 12:25 a.m. A 31-year-old paramedic is driving to pick up her husband (a policeman) from work in Chicago, Illinois, when her 3-year-old son draws her attention to a “moving star” nearly overhead. At her destination a few seconds later, she notes a silver disc-shaped object (“with teacups on top and bottom of saucer”) as large as a full moon moving forward with yellow-orange trail behind as it moved. The object stops, reverses direction, moves forward again, and moves off behind a building. The trail is only visible while the object is in motion. Duration is 1–2 minutes.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-2-39,” IUR 3, no. 2 (February 1978): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5648

Event 40412 (AE6FA5E8)

Date: 1/10/1978
Description: A 25-year-old man name Price observed two irregularly shaped bright yellow objects in the night sky while driving near Grafton, New South Wales, Australia at around 4:00 a.m. One of the objects approached and appeared to slowly move down a mountainside. It seemed to periodically issue a “shower of sparks”. This initial sighting lasted for about 20 minutes. The man then drove on but had difficulty recollecting the next part of his journey. Some 30 minutes later he observed a very bright object that looked like a “chicken coop” at a place called Bakers Creek Falls, near Armidale, New South Wales. The object was on the ground, stationary for 10 minutes, and then it moved. It was a very large elongated object with “portholes”, hovering over the ground. He took photographs but they only show a blurred yellow shape.

Mr. Price next got out of his car and set off walking into the paddock to try to get closer to the object. However, as he got nearer the object appeared to retreat into an extensive fog. The witness advanced and saw the fog retreating out of the ravine. Suddenly the movement of the fog stopped and returned along its original path towards him. It quickly enveloped him, reducing visibility to less than 10 feet. The fog was accompanied by a sound similar to a vacuum cleaner. Then the fog quickly dissipated along with the sound, leaving the witness alone. He returned to his car in the morning and noticed two “shockwaves” one minute apart, as if the whole area was suddenly shaken, and then normality. The witness could not recollect up to an hour of the journey despite traveling on a twisting and turning road, which presumably required the driver’s constant attention.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: ACOS Bulletin, September 1978, p. 27; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 248; Mark Moravec, PSIUFO Phenomena
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_245

Event 40413 (632F2D94)

Date: 1/10/1978
Description: On or before this day at 4:20 p.m. a married couple named Blakemore encountered a black cylindrical UFO with a turret at the rear in Blandford, Dorset, England. The UFO emitted a cloud of fog or smoke, radiated beams of light, and then ascended into the sky.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: D. N. Mansell, Awareness, July 1978, p. 4, citing the Yeoville Gazette, January 13, 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_246

Event 40414 (C8DEFC69)

Date: 1/10/1978
Description: Mr. Gould, age 52, was chopping wood just north of his house in South Middleton, Massachusetts at 2:30 p.m. when he spotted a white-suited figure standing on a path about 90 feet away. The figure was described as four and a half feet tall with broad shoulders and arms that hung down its sides. It wore a square helmet with two round eyeholes and gray gloves, each with three digits. The witness spoke English and French at the figure but got no reaction. After awhile the witness drove back home and on his way there spotted a large egg-shaped object on a slope in a partially wooded area. The object was dark gray in color and had bubble like windows. Ground traces were found.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb, FSR, June 1981, p. 24; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1906, citing Raymond E. Fowler; MUFON UFO Journal, issue #143; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, p. 491
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_247

Event 40415 (4B1622B7)

Date: 1/11/1978
Time: 04:20
Location: NORTH / ARMOR-PLAGE, FR
Description: Glowing-dome / field. Light rotates. Mopod/motorscooter/motorbike malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects). Observer(s) frozen… can’t look.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 184)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12941

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, CMF: Camouflage/disguise

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “N/ARMOR-PLAGE,FR:GLOW-DOME/FIELD:LITE ROTATES:MOTO EMEs:OBS FROZEN…cant look”, LatLong: “47.716669 -3.383333”, LatLongDMS: “47:43:00 N 03:23:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Morbihan”, Strangeness: “8”

Event 40416 (BCD989A2)

Date: 1/11/1978
Time: 21:40
Location: CAMBERLEY, SURREY
Description: Saucer with rear spoiler and headlights follows west teens. Portholes. Going [to] overhead.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 289)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12942

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, HUM: Humans affected: Injury/burns/marks/abduction/death

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “CAMBERLEY,SURREY:SCR W/REAR SPOILER+HEADLITES FOLOS W TEENS:PORTHOLES:> OVHD”, LatLong: “51.333336 -0.716667”, LatLongDMS: “51:20:00 N 00:43:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40417 (1875552D)

Date: 1/11/1978
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Description: Sphere flew below Cessna 150 (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4909

Event 40418 (40E50BCB)

Date: 1/11/1978
Description: At 9:35 p.m. a noisy disc-shaped object with a “rear spoiler” and headlights followed two 15-year-old teens in Mytchett, Surrey, England. It had portholes and flew overhead.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: FSR, June 1978, p. 25
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_262

Event 40419 (F88C4662)

Date: 1/11/1978
Description: A group of witnesses in South Middleton, Massachusetts had a close encounter with a battleship gray ovoid or elongated UFO at 4:30 p.m.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: David F. Webb, FSR, June 1981, p. 24 citing Ray Fowler
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_263

Event 40420 (6595FD09)

Date: 1/12/1978
Location: AUSTRALIA, BAKERS CREEK FALLS, New South Wales
Description: (Translated from French) Gary P. had been driving all through the early morning hours when he came to his senses around 5am, surprised to find himself parked on the side of the road. He was unable to remember the last 160 km. As he regained consciousness, he saw a bright stationary light some distance away. He tried to get closer to it, but to no avail. [note from vog: I call this having a power outage…]
Reference: Keith Baskerfield - Australian Abduction Cases - 1989
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2992

Event 40421 (B297AD26)

Date: 1/12/1978
Location: PUIG MAJOR, MALLORCA
Description: NATO RADAR station/depot/facility. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Many fast unidentified blips / all directions. Not meteors.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 105)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12943

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, SEA: Observer(s) at sea, AIR: Observer(s) on aircraft, MIL: Observer(s) military, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), RDR: Radar traces/blips, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Spain”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “10”, HatchDesc: “PUIG MAJOR,MALLORCA:NATO RDR Stn:RFI:MANY FAST UID BLIPS/ALL DIRS:not meteors”, LatLong: “39.816669 2.811111”, LatLongDMS: “39:49:00 N 02:48:40 E”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “BLR”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40422 (9F8923CD)

Date: 1/14/1978
Location: FRENCH GULCH, CA
Description: Mrs. Chapin. Strange big-nosed entity appears near her bed.
Type: sighting
Reference: VALLEE, Jacques: CONFRONTATIONS, A Scientists Search…; Ballentine Books, NY 1990+91.PB (Index 169)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12944

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NFO: No craft seen, OID: Humanoid: Small alien or “Grey”, OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, ABD: Human or animal abduction

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “5”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “407”, HatchDesc: “FRENCH GULCH,CA:MRS CHAPIN:STRANGE BIG-NOSED ENTITY APPEARS NEAR HER BED.”, LatLong: “41.794446 -123.361117”, LatLongDMS: “41:47:40 N 123:21:40 W”, Locale: “Mountains”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “1”, State/Prov: “California”, Strangeness: “10”

Event 40423 (A4178E26)

Date: 1/14/1978
Location: Delavan, Wisconsin
Description: 8:30 p.m. Four witnesses inside a house in Delavan, Wisconsin, see an orange ball half the size of the full moon descend into view through a window. They watch the sphere hover for one minute, move 10° to the north, hover, and then move off quickly to the northern horizon.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-2-50,” IUR 3, no. 2 (February 1978): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5649

Event 40424 (38D77C66)

Date: 1/14/1978
Description: In Redding, California a woman named Chapin woke up in the middle of the night to see a strange entity standing near her bed. He had a flat head, large eyes, and a big nose. He appeared to extend his arms over her.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist’s Search for Alien Contact, p. 187
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_323

Event 40425 (30AC9D70)

Date: 1/15/1978?
Time: 10:50
Location: NEAR SKIPTON, NORTH YORKS
Description: Cops. Saucer with rotating lights / underside. Lands / woods. / r120p116.
Type: sighting
Reference: GOOD, Timothy: ABOVE TOP SECRET; Sidgewick & Jackson, London 1987 & Quill Books, 1988. 592pp. (Index 116)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12945

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, TCH: New technical details/clues, OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “15”, Elev: “141”, HatchDesc: “nr SKIPTON,N.YORKS:COPS:SCR W/ROTATING LITES/UNDERSIDE:LANDS/WOODS:/r120p116”, LatLong: “53.966669 -2.016667”, LatLongDMS: “53:58:00 N 02:01:00 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40426 (C44B8286)

Date: 1/15/1978
Time: ~17:00
Location: DELAND, FL
Description: 1 observer / 21. Photograph / silent silver dish overhead. Goes into clouds. / Sun News 16.1.78.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12946

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “16”, HatchDesc: “DELAND,FL:1 OBS/21:FOTO/SLNT SLVR DISH OVHD:GOES INTO CLOUDS:/Sun News 16.1.78”, LatLong: “29.016668 -81.316671”, LatLongDMS: “29:01:00 N 81:19:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Florida”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40427 (052DF3D7)

Date: 1/15/1978
Location: Washinton County, IN
Description: A single engine Sundowner flying from Evansville, Indiana to Cincinnati, Ohio, encountered a UFO flying a collision course approximately 22 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky. The pilot accompanied by his instructor and girlfriend, related that he was flying at 5,500’ when he spotted two bright lights at eye level at some unknown distance ahead. (NICAP: 11 - Aviation Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4910

Event 40428 (8A59A5A3)

Date: 1/16/1978
Description: (Translated from French) End of the air explosions wave. 200 explosions have been recorded since November 1977. (January 16)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2782

Event 40429 (D1E1A84D)

Date: 1/17/1978
Time: 04:00
Location: TWEED HEADS, AUSTR
Description: 2 fishing. Pulsating night light rises / mountain. Crosses sky / 5X satellite speed.
Type: sighting
Reference: ACUFOS AUSTRALIA: Sightings Catalogs 1978-1982. Keith Basterfield. PO Box 546, Gosford, NSW Australia 2250. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12947

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NLT: Nightlights/points of light, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “1”, HatchDesc: “TWEED HEADS,AUSTR:2 FISHING:PULSATING NLT RISES/MTN:CROSSES SKY/5X SATL.SPEED”, LatLong: “-28.233335 153.466674”, LatLongDMS: “28:14:00 S 153:28:00 E”, Locale: “Coastlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “5”

Event 40430 (64AAAB27)

Date: 1/17/1978
Time: 22:10
Location: LEHIGHTON, PA
Description: 2 observer(s). Polaroid photograph / huge silver saucer / snowstorm. 300’ altitude. Radio Frequency Interference (RFI). Dog barks.
Type: sighting
Reference: FARISH, Jucius: UFO NEWSCLIPPING SERVICE: $5/Monthly. Plumerville, AR. (Index 104)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12948

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), PHT: Photos/movies/videos taken, EME: Electro-Magnetic Effects

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “7”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “174”, HatchDesc: “LEHIGHTON,PA:2 OBS:POLAROID FOTO/HUGE SLVR SCR/SNOWSTORM:300’alt:RFI:DOG BARKS”, LatLong: “40.833335 -75.716670”, LatLongDMS: “40:50:00 N 75:43:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “100”, State/Prov: “Pennsylvania”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40431 (58942895)

Date: 1/17/1978
Locations: NASA; Goddard Space Flight Center
Description: As a response to Sturrock’s letter, NASA astrophysicist Richard C. Henry writes to Noel Hinners suggesting that examination of any UFO evidence could be assigned to the Astrophysics Division at Goddard Space Flight Center managed by Program Scientist Frank Martin. He suggests as project scientist Stephen P. Maran at Goddard. Henry gets no response.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Clark III 789
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5650

Event 40432 (E718B610)

Date: 1/17/1978
Description: An internal NASA memo admits the agency is running a UAP hard evidence analysis program “UFOHEAP” that collects alleged materials from UAP for NASA analysis.

• https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/ufos/ufodocsnasa.pdf (p121, p126)

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_169

Event 40433 (ACE39AF5)

Date: 1/18/1978
Location: Ft. Dix, NJ
Description: During the early morning hours of January 18, 1978, UFOs were sighted flying over Fort Dix and McGuire AFB, adjacent military bases. Shortly afterward, an Air Force security patrol was ordered to the back gate of McGuire AFB to allow entry to New Jersey State Police who were searching for something.
Type: ufo sighting
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_699

Event 40434 (1FD1D6E6)

Date: 1/18/1978
Location: Ft. Dix, NJ
Description: MP at Ft. Dix shoots and kills an Alien. Incident report sent to Col. Landon and Brig. Gen. Brown (AFOSI). The reporting officer was S. W. (initials), Lt. 1st Class. Sgt. J.M. (initials), Security Police Squad (PACAF) also witnessed and reported the incident (Sept. 16, 1980).
Type: alien encounter
Reference: link
Source: Maj2, ID: Maj2_700

Event 40435 (DAB05A5A)

Date: 1/18/1978
Description: (Translated from French) As an USAF security officer was on a routine patrol around the American base of McGuire (New Jersey), several witnesses saw a UFO flying over the base. A member of the Military Police pursued the craft that had flown over his car. Shortly after, the military police member saw a 1m tall being which he described as brown-gray, thin, with a large head and long arms. The policeman fired 5 times at the creature and once at the UFO above him. It shot vertically to join 11 other stationary objects far in the sky. The creature’s body was found near the airstrip by the security officer and a patrol who noticed the nauseating smell coming from it, like ammonia. Later in the day, a team from the USAF base of Wright-Patterson arrived on the spot, sprayed the body with chemicals, put it in a box, loaded it in a C-141 troop transport and left. (January 18)
Reference: Report of an Air Force Security Officer
Reference: FX 95-2654
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2783

Event 40436 (4FA84233)

Date: 1/18/1978
Time: 21:30
Location: ERLANGER, KY
Description: 2 cops and several separate observer(s). Green ovoid / erratic motion. Seen widely.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 122)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12949

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), WAV: Wave/cluster/flap, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OGA: Non-Covert Government Agencies

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, Elev: “276”, HatchDesc: “ERLANGER,KY:2 COPS+SVRL SEP.OBS:GRN OVOID/ERRATIC MOTION:SEEN WIDELY”, LatLong: “39.016669 -84.600004”, LatLongDMS: “39:01:00 N 84:36:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40437 (7F43D2B2)

Date: 1/18/1978
Location: Fort Dix/McGuire AFB, NJ
Description: Alien being shot dead by MPs (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP: 780118
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4911

Event 40438 (F130F3AF)

Date: 1/18/1978
Location: McGuire AFB, NJ
Description: Formations of UFOs seen, MP at adjacent Fort Dix shot humanoid being, AF security police found body on deserted runway
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_305

Event 40439 (74A55DA0)

Date: 1/18/1978
Locations: McGuire AFB [now Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst] in Burlington County, New Jersey; Fort Dix army base; McGuire AFB runaway
Description: 3:00–5:00 a.m. A security policeman at McGuire AFB [now Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst] in Burlington County, New Jersey, is called to help investigate a low-flying UFO over the neighboring Fort Dix army base. An Army MP pursues the object, but his radio transmission is cut off just as a grayish, 4-foot-tall being with fat head, long arms, and a slender body appears in front of his car. The MP fires five rounds into the being and one round into the object above. The UFO shoots upward and joins 11 others high in the sky, and the being runs into the woods toward the Fort Dix fence line. A security patrol finds its dead body near the McGuire AFB runaway, giving out a foul, ammonia-like stench; then AFOSI arrives and ropes everything off. Retired USAF Maj. George Filer III, who later serves as MUFON New Jersey director, asserts that he was stationed on the base at the time and that the story is true, although he did not see the alien.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: UFOEv II 97–98; Leonard H. Stringfield, “The Fatal Encounter at Ft. Dix–McGuire: A Case Study: Status Report IV,” 1985, in MUFON UFO Symposium Proceedings, 1985; Leonard Stringfield, “The Chase for Proof in a Squirrel’s Cage,” UFOs 1947– 1987, Fortean Tomes, 1987, pp. 153–155; MUFON UFO Journal, June 1987; John L. Guerra, Strange Craft: The True Story of an Air Force Intelligence Officer’s Life with UFOs, The Author, 2018; Erik Larsen, “In New Book, Retired Air Force Major Claims Alien Was Killed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst,” app, September 3, 2019; Clark III 511–513; Keith Basterfield, “NIDS Investigated the Reported Shooting of a Non-Human Entity: Fort Dix/McGuire AFB, 18 January 1978; the NIDS Investigation,” Unidentified Aerial Phenomena—Scientific Research, December 17, 2019
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5651

Event 40440 (B8F7AA70)

Date: 1/18/1978
Description: Alleged USAF Incident/Complaint Form shows a UAP sighting incident and body recovery at Ft. Dix and McGuire AFB. The form states it was distributed to Col. Landon and Brig. Gen. Brown at AFOSI. It states a UAP sighting occurred over Ft. Dix and an “unidentified being had been shot by Dix MPs.” “Some kind of body found” and the area was cordoned off, and recovery teams notified.

Retired USAF Maj. George Filer III claims he was there, the recovery team acted like it had seen that type of incident before, and states he was denied access and never cleared to see photos. He claims he heard that the being was gray/brown with a fat head, long arms and slender body.

• https://www.app.com/story/news/history/erik-larsen/2019/09/03/new-book-retired-air-force-major-claims-alien-killed-joint-base-mcguire-dix-lakehurst/2194355001/
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110521172809/http://www.nicap.org/images/fortdix2.gif
• https://web.archive.org/web/20110521172805/http://www.nicap.org/images/fortdix3.gif
• http://www.paradigmresearchgroup.org/Webpages/The%20Trentonian%20-%20Close%20encounters%20of%20the%20local%20kind.htm

Note: In 2002 the National Institute for Discovery Science (NIDS), which had several personnel who would later support the DIA’s AAWSAP/AATIP programs, suggested the Ft. Dix body recovery was a hoax. NIDS Dept. Dir. Colm Kelleher states interviews of several former key McGuire AFB officials found no corroboration of the incident. NIDS suggests the Incident/Complaint form may have been hoaxed.

• https://centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/docs/SUN/SUN73.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_170

Event 40441 (D3F3CF59)

Date: 1/19/1978
Time: 20:20
Location: FELMERSHAM, BEDFORDS
Description: 2+13 kids. Ovoid with lights and windows maneuvers close by. Going quickly west.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 303)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12950

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “10”, Duration: “4”, HatchDesc: “FELMERSHAM,BEDFORDs:2+13 KIDS:OVOID W/LITES+WINDOWS MNVRS CLOSE BY:>>W”, LatLong: “52.200002 -0.400000”, LatLongDMS: “52:12:00 N 00:24:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40442 (59B5E723)

Date: 1/19/1978
Time: 20:50
Location: SANFORD, ME
Description: 3 observer(s). 2 silent disks. Lights all over/all about. Hover and spin low over Estes Lake. / r60#104.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 126)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12951

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “1”, Elev: “93”, HatchDesc: “SANFORD,ME:3 OBS:2 SLNT DISKS:LITES ALLO:HVR+SPIN LO OVR ESTES LAKE:/r60#104”, LatLong: “43.438891 -70.772226”, LatLongDMS: “43:26:20 N 70:46:20 W”, Locale: “Forest”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Maine”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40443 (8EBE3B0F)

Date: 1/19/1978
Time: 23:50
Location: ARMIDALE, AUSTR
Description: 1 observer. ~35’.circ.obj west square windows shoots going up [to] fast. Bleeping sound.
Type: sighting
Reference: ACUFOS AUSTRALIA: Sightings Catalogs 1978-1982. Keith Basterfield. PO Box 546, Gosford, NSW Australia 2250. (Index 1)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12952

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “20”, HatchDesc: “ARMIDALE,AUSTR:1 OBS:~35’.CIRC.OBJ W SQR.WINDOWS SHOOTS ↑FAST:BLEEPING SOUND”, LatLong: “-30.450001 151.833341”, LatLongDMS: “30:27:00 S 151:50:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “NSW”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40444 (232DA414)

Date: 1/19/1978
Description: Citizens Against UFO Secrecy files a request with the US State Department for classified UFO documents and includes the date and time information, transmittal numbers, and message serial numbers, but the department replies that it cannot locate the specified information.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: ClearIntent, pp. 193–194
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5652

Event 40445 (217548D2)

Date: 1/19/1978
Description: The State Department replies to a FOIA request for UAP documents that it cannot locate any. On 2 February 1978, the requestor sends the State Dept. one document that was leaked in a periodical to prove UAP-related cables exist. Over the next few years,

other State Dept. cables are declassified by the Defense Intelligence Agency and CIA, suggesting the State Dept. was either circumventing FOIA or poorly executing the FOIA response process.

• https://archive.org/details/clearintentgover00fawc/page/194/mode/2up
• http://www.noufors.com/Documents/Downloads%20from%20Paul%20Dean,%20UK/DEPT%20 OF%20STATE%20BULK.pdf

Reference: Anonymous 2023 PDF
Source: Anon2023PDF, ID: Anon2023PDF_171

Event 40446 (CFCD99BE)

Date: 1/20/1978
Location: BRAZIL, Rondonopolis
Description: (Translated from French) Six young boys were playing football in a small square in the city. Suddenly, an object with the shape of two plates stuck together landed near them. Frightened, they ran away, except for two of them, paralyzed on the spot. Beings descended from the craft and invited them to get on board. One of these two children was found 500 km away, two hours after his disappearance, wearing only a pair of trousers and shivering from the cold. The other boy was never found. The survivor, Manuel Roberto, said that they were taken to a room where there was only a chair or a bench, and once they sat on it, they couldn’t get off. One of the creatures then showed them how to get out of it by passing their hand along one side of the chair. In this room there were eight small beings with human faces. During the UFO’s landing, a power outage affected the whole town, and the company couldn’t determine the cause.
Reference: Pierre DELVAL: “Contacts of the 4th Kind” - De Vecchi 1979, p. 22, 109-110
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2993

Event 40447 (5CD84501)

Date: 1/20/1978
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the first Soviet cargo ship Progress. (January 20)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2784

Event 40448 (8C43787A)

Date: 1/20/1978
Time: 19:30
Location: ROMEGOUX, FR
Description: Red-orange ball follows 3 / car. Then follows other car / opposite direction.
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 201)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12953

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PRB: Probe: Possibly remote controlled, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, VEH: Vehicle affected: Marks/damage/EME effects

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “ROMEGOUX,FR:RED-ORG BALL FOLOS 3/CAR:then FOLOS OTHER CAR/OPPOSITE DIRECTION”, LatLong: “45.866669 -0.800000”, LatLongDMS: “45:52:00 N 00:48:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “CMH”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40449 (D97F225B)

Date: 1/21/1978
Time: 05:50
Location: SOUTH KENTON CO, KY
Description: 2 observer(s). Odd noise / 2 days. Large red saucer follows car with beam going down. / r60#105.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 237)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12954

Attributes: CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), SND: UFO sounds heard or recorded

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “277”, HatchDesc: “S.KENTON co,KY:2 OBS:ODD NOISE/2 DAYS:LRG RED SCR FOLOS CAR W/BEAM ↓:/r60#105”, LatLong: “38.833335 -84.500004”, LatLongDMS: “38:50:00 N 84:30:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Kentucky”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40450 (C67CC207)

Date: 1/21/1978
Time: 18:50
Location: OPORTO, PORTUGAL
Description: Several observer(s). Fireball / 200M altitude. Too bright to watch steadily. / capital.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 198)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12955

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, FBL: Fireball: Blazing undistinguished form/orb., NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “OPORTO,PORTUGAL:SVRL OBS:FBL/200M alt:TOO BRITE TO WATCH STEADILY:/CAPITAL”, LatLong: “41.200002 -8.600000”, LatLongDMS: “41:12:00 N 08:36:00 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Douro”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40451 (401BD599)

Date: 1/22/1978
Time: 21:30
Location: FIGUIERA DO FOZ, PORTUGAL
Description: Disk hovers over city / 30 minute(s). Radiates red and green and white lights.
Type: sighting
Reference: LOURENCO, Victor: The PORTUCAT CATALOG; (BBS Download). (Index 200)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12956

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CST: Observer(s) in coastal area/just offshore, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like

Extra Data: Country: “Portugal”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “30”, HatchDesc: “FIGUIERA do FOZ,PORTUGAL:DISK HVRS OVR CITY/30min:RADIATES RED+GRN+WHT LITES”, LatLong: “40.166669 -8.816667”, LatLongDMS: “40:10:00 N 08:49:00 W”, Locale: “Town & City”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Beira littoral”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40452 (12E8E7D3)

Date: 1/22/1978
Description: Beginning at 9:30 p.m. a disc-shaped object hovered over the city of Figueira da Foz, Portugal for 30 minutes, radiating red, green, and white lights.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Victor Lourenco, PORTUCAT database, case # 200
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_420

Event 40453 (20FB64FA)

Date: 1/23/1978
Time: 19:40
Location: TOLEDO, OH
Description: 1+observer(s). Distinct distant saucer hovers / 5 minute(s). Windows. Structure / top. Shoots going quickly south.
Type: sighting
Reference: INTERNATIONAL UFO REPORTER (IUR) Bimonthly. CUFOS, Chicago. Highly regarded. (Index 39)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12957

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “8”, Elev: “185”, HatchDesc: “TOLEDO,OH:1+OBS:DISTINCT DISTANT SCR HVRS/5min:WINDOWS:STRUCTURE/TOP:SHOOTS>>S”, LatLong: “41.677780 -83.561115”, LatLongDMS: “41:40:40 N 83:33:40 W”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Ohio”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40454 (3B348F31)

Date: 1/23/1978
Location: Toledo, Ohio
Description: 7:40 p.m. A carpenter is standing on his front porch in Toledo, Ohio, when he notices a stationary saucer- shaped object about 30° above the horizon in the eastern sky. It is lit by the reflection of the city lights and the Moon and is slightly larger than a distant aircraft. It has dark, outlined windows and a small structure on top. The object then moves off rapidly to the south and blinks out.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-3-14,” IUR 3, no. 3 (March 1978): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5653

Event 40455 (D9187D29)

Date: 1/23/1978
Description: A dark brown hat-shaped object was seen hovering over the beach in Colares, Para State, Brazil at 11:30 p.m. It had two legs that were visible, looked transparent, and had a bottom that reflected a greenish blue light. Its estimated distance was 400 meters, and it was in view for 10 minutes. At 11:53 p.m. a reddish-yellow light flew over Belem, Para, Brazil from north to south at 900 feet altitude. It traveled at a medium speed 1000 meters away, with a trajectory curving to the left. It made no sound, and the duration of the sighting was one minute. On the same day an object was filmed with a Canon Super 8 movie camera in Rio Laranjeira, Para, Brazil using Extachrome film. It looked like a fried egg or a domed disc.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Bob Pratt, Operacion Prato, pp. 24 & 45
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_453

Event 40456 (F59BD361)

Date: 1/23/1978
Description: At 7:40 p.m. a 48-year-old carpenter named Senecal and one other witnessed a distinct disc-shaped object that hovered over Toledo, Ohio for five minutes. It had windows and a structure on top. It shot away to the south. Total duration of sighting was 10 minutes.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, March 1978, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_454

Event 40457 (16C2AE57)

Date: 1/23/1978
Description: On the same day a Mrs. Grusheski had a close encounter with a UFO in Hilltown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: George M. Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies, p. 774, citing Doylestown Daily Intelligencer, January 24, 1978
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_455

Event 40458 (5FA0AB53)

Date: 1/24/1978
Location: USSR, SPACE
Description: (Translated from French) Cosmos 952, launched on September 16, 1977, had been transferred to high altitude on October 8. On October 11, 1977, fears began to manifest themselves Cosmos 954 would logically do the same. On December 17, the anxiety begins to really show. (…) The USA contacts the USSR, in parallel the French, English, Italian, Japanese and Canadian heads of state are warned of the danger.

Because, under an orbital inclination of 5° the undesirable satellite surveys all countries of the world. Only the extreme north of Scandinavia, the northern fringe of Siberia, Canada and Alaska and Antarctica, almost depopulated regions, are spared. (…) Yet it is still not known where Cosmos 954 will fall, in the meantime it accomplishes 16 tours of the earth per day.

On January 19, 1978, the USSR ambassador informs the American authorities that there is no risk of nuclear explosion, yet the news is still not publicly announced. NORAD headquarters informs Washington on the 19th that the fall will take place on January 24, 1978. That day, in the early morning, eastern time of the USA, (…) Cosmos 954 penetrates the atmosphere around 7 o’clock, which places the impact point on Canada!

Immediately the six large carriers C 141 of the nuclear intervention team of the “NEST” take off from Mc Carren International Airport, and from the American air bases of Andrews and Travis. Aircraft of the Canadian Armed Forces, based in Edmonton, also take off, to join the search team. The last quarter of an hour of Cosmos 954, its penetration into the dense layers of the atmosphere, at 120 km altitude, begins above the Pacific, almost vertical to the Hawaiian Islands.

Then, transformed into a ball of fire, the Soviet satellite approaches the coasts of North America, at the level of the Queen Charlotte Islands, almost at the American-Canadian border. After having surveyed British Columbia, the satellite and its dangerous load travels another 1700 km, to the district of Mackenzie. The NORAD surveillance stations, which have perfectly followed this descent, locate the impact point of the pieces that would have resisted the test of fire, in the region of the Great Slave Lake.

It is not known what became of the nuclear reactor. Did it completely burn during the entry or did it reach the ground? This last possibility seems the most plausible, in the measure that the uranium core was surrounded by a thick shield, whose weight is evaluated at half a ton by Western experts. The satellite touched the Canadian ground at 6:53 Ottawa time. (…) The next day, a U-2 aircraft tries to visually detect fragments. A Canadian Hercules follows it with a radioactivity detection equipment. In vain. (…) Yet the inhabitants of Yellowknife saw in the night the fall of a reddish ball. It came from the southwest followed by a long trail of incandescent fragments. (…) Beginning of February 1978, a silver rod 25 centimeters long by 8 in diameter was found near Mc Leod Bay, emitting the record radiation of 500 roentgens. (…) Finally this is all that was found of the Cosmos 954 reactor. (“The War of the Satellites” - Volume 3 - Pierre Kohler, ed. Famot 1982, p. 101 to 114)

Of the 50 kilos of uranium a large part is supposed to have burned in the atmosphere. On the ground only remains the size of grains of salt were found. The cleaning of the region took long weeks. [Note from vog: in 1998, the date of the USSR towards Canada, for the research and storage of dangerous remains, amounting to half a billion dollars, was still not settled…]
Reference: The Associated Press
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2994

Event 40459 (57E41B8D)

Date: 1/24/1978
Location: Leicester and Hinckley (btn), UK
Description: At least 17 people saw a delta-shaped object that flew low overhead, making no noise. It had steady red, blue, and yellow lights and as it headed south from Leicester it was seen by 12 more witnesses in Hinckley. (NICAP: 01 - Distant Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4912

Event 40460 (04474417)

Date: 1/24/1978
Locations: Great Slave Lake; Baker Lake
Description: The Soviet reconnaissance satellite Kosmos 954 reenters the Earth’s atmosphere while traveling on a northeastward track over western Canada. At first the USSR claims that the satellite has been completely destroyed during re-entry, but later searches show debris from the satellite has been deposited on Canadian territory along a 370-mile path from Great Slave Lake to Baker Lake. The effort to recover radioactive material from the satellite is dubbed Operation Morning Light. Covering a total area of 48,000 square miles, the joint Canadian–US team (consisting of the emergency Nuclear Emergency Support Team) sweeps the area on foot and by air through October 15. They are ultimately able to recover 12 large pieces of the satellite, 10 of which are radioactive.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Wikipedia, “Kosmos 954”; Jacobsen, Area 51, pp. 314–316
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5654

Event 40461 (746AA38C)

Date: 1/24/1978
Description: Between Leicester and Hinckley, England at least 17 people saw a delta-shaped object shortly after 7:00 p.m. It flew low overhead, making no noise. It had steady red, blue, and yellow lights and as it headed south from Leicester it was seen by 12 more witnesses in Hinckley. There was also a sighting earlier that evening of an unusual nocturnal light by a married couple in Patcham, East Sussex, England.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Philip J. Imbrogno, Contact of the 5th Kind, p. 18; Awareness, July 1978, p. 5
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_490

Event 40462 (42529601)

Date: Late 1/1978
Location: France, Vernouillet
Description: (Translated from French) At around 8:15 PM, Mrs. L. was looking out the window of her kitchen when she saw an undefined shape moving at an incredible speed and suddenly stopping, taking the shape of two bright discs. The two discs were two diameters apart. A dark band was tangent to the base of the discs, which had an apparent diameter of 20’ arc. By their color, they reminded her of car headlights. From each disc, a ribbon of light was directed towards the ground. Very intrigued, Mrs. L. woke up her husband, who also observed the phenomenon. After 4 to 5 minutes, the witnesses stopped observing it, which was still there, motionless. (1978, late January)
Reference: Christian DE ZAN: “Guide du Chasseur de Phénomènes OVNI” - ed. De Vecchi 1980, p. 126
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2995

Event 40463 (0B862ED8)

Date: 1/25/1978
Time: ~18:00
Location: WOOLWICH FERRY, LONDON
Description: Several observer(s). 2 cylinders / low altitude. 1 horizontal and 1 vertical. 1 tilts and shoots going up.
Type: sighting
Reference: AWARENESS (Quarterly) CONTACT INTERNATIONAL/UK: listed by year. (Index 78)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12958

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), NWS: News media report, CIG: Torpedo/cigar/cylinder shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “9”, Duration: “3”, HatchDesc: “WOOLWICH FERRY,LONDON:SVRL OBS:2 CYLS/LO ALT:1 HZNTL+1 VTCL:1 TILTS+SHOOTS↑”, LatLong: “51.494447 0.066667”, LatLongDMS: “51:29:40 N 00:04:00 E”, Locale: “Metropolis”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40464 (228DA147)

Date: 1/26/1978
Description: (Translated from French) Launch of the IUE ultraviolet satellite (ESA-NASA). (January 26)
Reference: rr0 - Beau
Source: rr0, ID: rr0_2785

Event 40465 (F89E8F69)

Date: 1/26/1978
Location: Williamston, North Carolina
Description: 12:31 a.m. A policeman in Williamston, North Carolina, watches a round light the size of the full Moon at 60° in the northwest. The light moves quickly toward the south then hovers 10–15 seconds before changing course. A windstorm is in progress and the object is beneath the clouds. Another officer 3 miles away also watches the object for 10–20 seconds before it disappears.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-3-19,” IUR 3, no. 3 (March 1978): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5655

Event 40466 (00C9F10D)

Date: 1/27/1978
Time: 18:00
Location: FRODSHAM, ENGL
Description: 4 observer(s). Silver sphere/orb/globe lands. Cows paralyzed. 2 pseudo-human/entity measure cow / cage. / r80p71.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 315)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12959

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, ABD: Human or animal abduction, OPR: Operations on humans/animal mutilation/surgery, ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “10”, Elev: “33”, HatchDesc: “FRODSHAM,ENGL:4 OBS:SLVR ORB LANDS:COWS PRLZD:2 PSH MEASURE COW/CAGE:/r80p71”, LatLong: “53.300003 -2.716667”, LatLongDMS: “53:18:00 N 02:43:00 W”, Locale: “Farmlands”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “England”, Strangeness: “11”

Event 40467 (6BA1EF3B)

Date: 1/27/1978
Location: Fordsham, Cheshire County, UK
Description: Four men were out in a field by the River Weaver when they sighted a silvery balloon-like object float down along the course of the river and land on the bank. It emitted a strong purplish glow that made it hard to look at. Two figures of normal height emerged. They wore silvery suits and had miner’s lamps on their heads, and these glowed purple. Cows on a nearby field seemed to become paralyzed and unable to move. Using a metal cage, the UFOnauts penned in one cow and seemed to measure it. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters) (NICAP: 04 - Animal Reactions) (NICAP: 07 - Entity Cases)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4913

Event 40468 (04169C14)

Date: 1/27/1978
Locations: Opalocka, Florida; Key West
Description: 12:00 midnight. A flight instructor is flying his Cessna 172 to Opalocka, Florida, when he sees a formation of six objects with no lights over Key West. Each object is disc-shaped and reflects the moonlight. They are flying in a ragged straight line, approximately equidistant, at 7,000 feet, then disappear in the distance.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Case 3-3-24,” IUR 3, no. 3 (March 1978): 3
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5656

Event 40469 (BB0C308D)

Date: 1/27/1978
Locations: River Weaver; Frodsham, Cheshire, England
Description: Early morning. Four men on the banks of the River Weaver see a silver balloon-shaped object land in a meadow near Frodsham, Cheshire, England. It emits a strong purplish glow that makes it hard to look at. Two entities of normal height emerge. They wear silvery suits and have miners’ lamps on their heads, and these glow purple. Cows on a nearby field seem to become paralyzed, unable to move. Using a metal cage, the entities pen in one cow and seem to measure it. The witnesses become frightened and run from the area, and as they run they feel a strange tingling sensation in their groins. One of the men develops sunburn-like marks on his leg.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Jenny Randles, Alien Abductions: The Mystery Solved, Inner Light, 1988, pp. 66–67
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5657

Event 40470 (AFF6BD37)

Date: 1/27/1978
Location: Vineland, New Jersey
Description: Cheryl DeSanctis sees a blinking red and white light hovering above some trees near Barry Drive in Vineland, New Jersey. She watches it for 5 minutes, then a red ball moves from behind it, descending to just a few feet above the rooftops where its light reflects off the houses. After 10 minutes, the red ball moves to the north and the first light departs to the south.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Vineland Is Beset by UFO Sitings,” Atlantic City (N.J.) Press, February 3, 1978, via UFO Newsclipping Service, no. 105 (April 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5658

Event 40471 (EC8F89EC)

Date: 1/27/1978
Description: Four men were out pouching early in the morning in a field by the River Weaver in Fordsham, Cheshire County, England when they sighted a silvery balloon-like object float down along the course of the river and land on the bank. It emitted a strong purplish glow that made it hard to look at. Two figures of normal height emerged. They wore silvery suits and had miners lamps on their heads, and these glowed purple. Cows on a nearby field seemed to become paralyzed and unable to move. Using a metal cage, the UFOnauts penned in one cow and seemed to measure it. The witnesses became frightened and ran from the area, and as they ran they felt a strange tingling sensation in their groins.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, case # 519, citing Jenny Randles, Abduction
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_547

Event 40472 (6DEC6814)

Date: 1/28/1978
Location: US
Description: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics held symposium on Space and UFOs in Los Angeles, CA.
Type: sighting
Reference: The UFO Evidence by Richard H. Hall
Source: HallUFOEvidence2, ID: HallUFOE2_306

Event 40473 (37CA5558)

Date: 1/29/1978
Time: 23:00
Location: M8 NORTH / LIVINGSTON, SCOTLAND
Description: 4 / car. Vague round object searches ground / beams. 120’ altitude. Going south slow.
Type: sighting
Reference: FLYING SAUCER REVIEW (FSR), London. Bimonthly. PO Box 162; High Wycombe, Bucks. HP135 DZ, England. (Index 293)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12960

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s)

Extra Data: Country: “Great Britain and Ireland”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “4”, Elev: “132”, HatchDesc: “M8 N/LIVINGSTON,SCOTL:4/CAR:VAGUE ROUND OBJ SEARCHES GND/BEAMS:120’alt:>S SLOW”, LatLong: “55.916669 -3.516667”, LatLongDMS: “55:55:00 N 03:31:00 W”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, RelAlt: “36”, State/Prov: “Scotland”, Strangeness: “7”

Event 40474 (06C821A4)

Date: 1/31/1978
Time: ~01:00
Location: NEAR STRASBOURG, FR
Description: Observer(s) boards 25M saucer. 4 pseudo-human/entity and lady… similar to Villas-Boas case…
Type: sighting
Reference: LUMIERES DANS la NUIT (LDLN), Paris. Bimonthly since 1957. LDLN B.P.3; 77123 Le Vaudoue, FRANCE. (Index 317)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12961

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, TLP: Telepathy, HOX: Suspicion of hoax, CNT: Contactee related, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, SMP: Sampling of plant/animal/soil/tissue/specimens, ABD: Human or animal abduction, LND: UFO landing or any part touches ground

Extra Data: Country: “France”, Credibility: “4”, Duration: “60”, HatchDesc: “nr STRASBOURG,FR:OBS BOARDS 25M SCR:4 PSH+LADY…similar to Villas-Boas case…”, LatLong: “48.583336 7.750000”, LatLongDMS: “48:35:00 N 07:45:00 E”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “Bas-Rhin”, Strangeness: “9”

Event 40475 (BBAC73C3)

Date: 1/31/1978
Time: 04:10
Location: PAWLEENA, TASM, AUSTRALIA
Description: 1 observer. Glowing-ovoid with 2 strong beams circles paddock / 3M altitude 2X.
Type: sighting
Reference: ACUFOS AUSTRALIA: Sightings Catalogs 1978-1982. Keith Basterfield. PO Box 546, Gosford, NSW Australia 2250. (Index 2)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12962

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, SCR: Classic saucer/disk/sphere shaped UFO, NOC: No entity/occupant seen by observer(s), OBS: Observation/chasing vehicles, RAY: Odd light/searchlight/beam/laser-like, DRT: Dirt/soil traces/marks/footprints etc., ANI: Animals affected or injuries/marks

Extra Data: Country: “Australia”, Credibility: “6”, Duration: “2”, HatchDesc: “PAWLEENA,TASM,AUSTRL:1 OBS:GLOW-OVOID W/2 STRONG BEAMS CCLS PADDOCK/3M ALT 2X”, LatLong: “-42.733335 147.600007”, LatLongDMS: “42:44:00 S 147:36:00 E”, Locale: “Pasture”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “TSM”, Strangeness: “6”

Event 40476 (D5C3F053)

Date: 1/31/1978
Time: 18:20
Location: MONTVALE, NJ
Description: 3+kids. 2 square objects with beams going down. Several pseudo-human/entity / schoolyard. / IURv3#4+LDLN#187.
Type: sighting
Reference: MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin, TX USA. Monthly. (Index 123)
Source: Hatch, ID: Hatch_UDB_12963

Attributes: GND: Observer(s) on ground, CIV: Observer(s) civilian, HQO: High-quality observer(s), ODD: Atypical/Forteana/paranormal, DLT: Delta/vee/boomerang/rectangular shaped UFO, PSH: Pseudo-human: Clone/organic robot/human-like, FIG: Undefined or poorly seen figure/entity, TCH: New technical details/clues

Extra Data: Country: “USA”, Credibility: “8”, Duration: “20”, Elev: “93”, HatchDesc: “MONTVALE,NJ:3+KIDS:2 SQR OBJS W/BEAMS ↓:SVRL PSH/SCHOOLYARD:/IURv3#4+LDLN#187”, LatLong: “41.033335 -74.016670”, LatLongDMS: “41:02:00 N 74:01:00 W”, Locale: “Residential”, LocationLink: “Google Maps”, State/Prov: “New Jersey”, Strangeness: “12”

Event 40477 (9A410D2C)

Date: 1/31/1978
Location: Pawleena, Tasmania
Description: A round object with two brilliant lights in its center approached a farmhouse and circled the paddock at low altitude. (NICAP: 02 - Close Encounters)
Reference: NICAP Listing by Date PDF
Source: NICAP_DB, ID: NICAP_DB_4916

Event 40478 (37D4AC13)

Date: 1/31/1978
End date: 2/1/1978
Location: Montvale (N.J.) Memorial Elementary School playing field
Description: 6:15 p.m. Four boys are playing on the ice of the Montvale (N.J.) Memorial Elementary School playing field. They notice an “airplane” that passes slowly over the field; moments later, another object arrives, shaped like a square with large yellow lights in each corner, with a slight dome on top and a red light underneath. It emits a red beam of light toward the ground but stops short before touching it. They next notice several humanoid figures moving around the school park, walking stiffly. They are about average height and bald-headed, dressed in bright yellow outfits with boots and gloves. One of them looks different, because he has a larger head that seems “creased” down the middle and has on a brown cape over the yellow suit. As the boys watch, they note an uncanny silence and an unpleasant sulfur-like odor. The figures walk away toward the nearby Public Works Garage. The boys then notice another figure, this one a woman standing in the parking lot. She has medium long brown hair and wears a dark suit with blue fur around her shoulders. She walks in slow motion and sits down on a low fence and raises her arm very slowly, pointing to the sky at another hovering square object. The woman then walks toward the Public Works building and at one point seems to appear and disappear as a police vehicle drives by near her. A similar scenario occurs the next evening.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: Ted Bloecher, “CE-III Report from Montvale, N.J.: Preliminary Report,” MUFON UFO Journal, no. 123 (February 1978): 4–7; “A Possible Close Encounter of the Third Kind in New Jersey,” IUR 3, no. 4 (April 1978): 3, 7; Patrick Gross, URECAT, December 6, 2008
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5659

Event 40479 (0E0567CF)

Date: 1/31/1978
Locations: North Maple Drive; Vineland, New Jersey
Description: 11:00 p.m. Pat Martinelli is outside her home on North Maple Drive in Vineland, New Jersey, when she sees an object silently hovering above the nearby trees. It is a triangle with the point at the back and many red and white lights.
Reference: Eberhart
Reference: “Vineland Is Beset by UFO Sitings,” Atlantic City (N.J.) Press, February 3, 1978, via UFO Newsclipping Service, no. 105 (April 1978): 2
Source: EberhartUFOI, ID: Eberhart_5660

Event 40480 (3AE0B278)

Date: 1/31/1978
Description: John C., age 10, and his friends Eddy and Michael H. (8 and 10 years old) were playing on the ice in the playing field of the Montvale Memorial Elementary School in Montvale, New Jersey at 6:15 p.m. It was dark, and the school’s floodlights illuminated the field. The boys then noticed a “plane” like object that passed slowly over the field. Moments later a second object arrived, which was described as shaped like a square with large yellow lights in each corner, with a slight dome on top and a red light underneath. The object emitted a red beam of light towards the ground, but stopped short before touching it. They next noticed several humanoid figures moving around the school park, walking stiffly. These figures were of average height and bald headed, and dressed in bright yellow outfits with boots and gloves. One of the beings looked different, because he had a larger head which seemed “creased” down the middle and had on a brown cape over the yellow suit. As the boys watched the figures, they noted an uncanny silence and an unpleasant sulphur like odor in the area. The figures walked away towards the nearby Public Works Garage. The boys then noticed another figure, this one a woman standing in the parking lot. She had medium long brown hair and wore a dark suit with blue fur around her shoulders and when she walked, she did as if in slow motion. She sat down on a low fence then raised her arm very slowly and pointed to the sky, apparently at another hovering square shaped object. The woman then also walked towards the Public Works building and at one point seemed to appear and disappear as a police vehicle drove by near her.
Reference: Johnson
Reference: International UFO Reporter, March 1978, p. 36 & April 1978, p. 3
Source: Johnson, ID: Johnson_640

Event 40481 (F12F33B8)

Date: 2/1978
Location: ENGLAND, Ermington (Plymouth)
Description: (Translated from French) A woman who wishes to remain anonymous recounts that she was taken by a beam of light into a spaceship, while she was hanging wet laundry on the line in her garden. At first she saw a shape with blue glows coming in the sky from the north. "The light hovered above the garden. I was petrified and the laundry fell from my hands. Suddenly I was completely engulfed in bubbles of light. I saw three entities resembling men. They did not speak. They were about 1.5 meters tall and were dressed in bluish metallic clothing. They grabbed me by the arms and we went up together in this beam of light into some kind of room. Other men were there. I then had the feeling that they did not mean me any harm. A little later I found myself in the entrance of my garden. At the back I had a painful bump. I was stunned, but not injured. When I looked up, the thing was disappearing into the sky at great speed.”
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 54
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2998

Event 40482 (1C27865E)

Date: 2/1978
Location: GREAT BRITAIN, Killingworth (Tyne and Wear)
Description: (Translated from French) Linda (pseudonym) nurse reports the observation of a flying UFO between two houses in February 1978. There was a deafening noise, and her mother was hiding under the covers, convinced it was an airplane about to crash. But Linda looked out the window and saw, just a few meters away, a silver object with a band of colored lights. She said “the thing looked like a luxury box containing premium cigars”.
Reference: Roger BOAR and Nigel BLUNDEL: “The World’s Greatest Ufo Mysteries” ed. Hamlyn 1995, p. 31
Reference: Mini catalogue chronologique des observations OVNI, by Godelieve Van Overmeire
Source: Overmeire, ID: Overmeire_2999

Event 40483 (F08FDE85)

Date: 2/1978
Time: 00:00
Location: N339 NORTHWEST / MARCHENA, SP
Description: Silent red sphere going down / road. Diesel truck malfunctions due to EME (ele