Encounters

The Ariel School Encounter | Ruwa, Zimbabwe, 1994

Sixty-two schoolchildren reported contact with non-human beings at Ariel School near Ruwa, Zimbabwe on 16 September 1994. Investigated by Cynthia Hind, Dr. John Mack, and the BBC.

The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction | New Hampshire, 1961

On 19 September 1961, Betty and Barney Hill encountered a craft and lost two hours on a New Hampshire highway. Under hypnosis, both described being taken aboard and examined. The...

The Broad Haven Triangle | Wales, 1977

In February 1977, fourteen children at a Welsh primary school independently drew the same object: a silver craft in the field beside their playground. Over the next nine months,...

The Cash-Landrum Incident | Texas, 1980

On 29 December 1980, Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and seven-year-old Colby Landrum encountered a diamond-shaped object emitting intense heat on a Texas highway. Military helicopters...

Flying Saucers Over Papua | Cruttwell Report, 1960

The 56-page Cruttwell Report bound 79 sightings across Papua New Guinea between 1953 and 1959, including the Boianai close encounter of 26 June 1959 witnessed by Father William...

The Desert Center Contact | California, 1952

On 20 November 1952, the amateur astronomer George Adamski said he met a being from a 'scout ship' in the California desert near Desert Center, witnessed by six companions who...

Gulf Breeze UFO Sightings | Florida, 1987

In November 1987, building contractor Ed Walters began photographing structured craft over Gulf Breeze, Florida. What followed was the most divisive photographic case since...

Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 | Northeastern Alaska, 1986

On 17 November 1986 the crew of Japan Air Lines cargo flight 1628 reported a fifty-minute visual encounter with unidentified objects over northeastern Alaska. The FAA's Anchorage...

The Kecksburg Incident | Pennsylvania, 1965

On 9 December 1965, a fireball streaked across six US states and Ontario before an acorn-shaped object was recovered from woods near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania. Military trucks...

McMinnville UFO Photographs | Oregon, 1950

On 11 May 1950, Paul and Evelyn Trent photographed a metallic disc over their Oregon farm. The negatives have survived seven decades of technical analysis. No study has...

The Melbourne North-West Freeway Encounter | Victoria, 1994 | Case File

Four women driving home northwest of Melbourne before dawn on 24 July 1994 reported being followed by a diamond-shaped craft, lost time, and physical after-effects. A case file...

The Pascagoula Abduction | Mississippi, 1973

On 11 October 1973, Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker were fishing on the Pascagoula River when robotic beings floated them aboard a craft. A secretly recorded police conversation...

The Rendlesham Forest Incident | Suffolk, 1980

Over two nights in December 1980, US Air Force personnel at RAF Woodbridge witnessed a craft in Rendlesham Forest. Deputy base commander Lt. Col. Charles Halt recorded the events...

The Shag Harbour Incident | Nova Scotia, 1967

On 4 October 1967, multiple witnesses including RCMP officers saw an illuminated object crash into the waters of Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. Divers found nothing. Canadian military...

The Socorro Landing | Lonnie Zamora, 1964

On 24 April 1964, police officer Lonnie Zamora witnessed an egg-shaped craft with two small occupants land near Socorro, New Mexico. Physical traces and burned vegetation were...

The Tehran UFO Incident | Iran, 1976

On 19 September 1976, Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantoms scrambled to intercept a brilliant object over Tehran. Both jets lost instruments and weapons systems on approach. A DIA...

The Travis Walton Abduction | Arizona, 1975

On 5 November 1975, logger Travis Walton was struck by a beam of light from a hovering craft in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest. He vanished for five days. All six crew...

The USS Nimitz Tic Tac | Pacific Ocean, 2004

In November 2004, Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz carrier group encountered a Tic Tac-shaped object off San Diego that outperformed every known aircraft. The 2017 Pentagon...

The Valentich Disappearance | Bass Strait, 1978

Frederick Valentich vanished over Bass Strait on 21 October 1978 after reporting an unknown aircraft. The full ATC transcript, corroborating sightings, and investigation record.