Case Exhibitions
Primary Source Research
Each exhibition reconstructs a case from the original documents held in the NHI Master Archive: witness statements, government investigation files, field reports, and newsletter coverage. Built from the same source material that researchers and investigators used at the time.
Australia
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The Valentich Disappearance
Frederick Valentich vanished over Bass Strait on 21 October 1978 after reporting an unknown aircraft. The full ATC transcript, corroborating sightings from Cape Otway to King Island, and the Department of Transport investigation record.
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Flying Saucers Over Papua
Rev. N.E.G. Cruttwell's bound field study documenting 79 sightings across Papua New Guinea from 1953 to 1959. Includes the Boianai encounter, where Father Gill and 37 witnesses watched humanoid figures on a hovering craft for three nights.
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The Westall UFO Encounter
On 6 April 1966, over 200 students and teachers at Westall High School in Melbourne watched a disc-shaped object descend into a paddock, then depart at speed. Military personnel arrived. Witnesses were told not to discuss what they saw.
Zimbabwe
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The Ariel School Encounter
Sixty-two schoolchildren reported contact with non-human beings at Ariel School near Ruwa on 16 September 1994. Investigated independently by Cynthia Hind, Dr. John Mack of Harvard, and BBC correspondent Tim Leach.
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Cynthia Hind's UFO Afrinews
The complete UFO Afrinews archive: 21 issues published from 1988 to 2000, documenting sightings across 10 African countries. The only systematic UFO research publication produced on the African continent.
United States
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The Roswell Incident
In July 1947, debris from an unknown craft was recovered on the Foster Ranch near Roswell, New Mexico. The Army issued and retracted a flying disc press release within hours. The full record of witnes
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The Kecksburg Incident
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 removed the object overnig
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The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction
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 first widely document
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The Travis Walton Abduction
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 members passed polygraph
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The Whitley Strieber Communion Experience
In December 1985, horror novelist Whitley Strieber experienced a visitation at his cabin in upstate New York that would become the bestselling book Communion and embed the image of the grey alien in g
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The Phoenix Lights
On 13 March 1997, thousands of people across Arizona witnessed a V-shaped formation of lights and a massive silent craft passing over Phoenix. The governor mocked the reports, then admitted years late
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The Socorro Landing
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 independently confirmed.
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The Cash-Landrum Incident
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 surrounded it. All
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The Pascagoula Abduction
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 proved their terror
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The USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
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 confirmation launched modern
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The 1952 Washington, DC Flap
On two consecutive weekends in July 1952, UFOs appeared on radar at Washington National Airport and Andrews Air Force Base. F-94 jets were scrambled. The sightings prompted the largest Pentagon press
Congressional Hearings
Congressional
House Oversight UAP Hearing, 2023
David Grusch testified under oath that the U.S. government maintains a multi-decade crash retrieval and reverse-engineering programme. Ryan Graves and David Fravor corroborated with firsthand military encounters. The hearing drew 5.4 million C-SPAN views.
Congressional
House Oversight UAP Hearing, 2024
Luis Elizondo testified publicly for the first time as former AATIP director. Michael Shellenberger presented allegations of a classified UAP imagery programme called Immaculate Constellation. Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet and Michael Gold also testified.
Congressional
Task Force Hearing: Restoring Public Trust, 2025
Five witnesses testified before the Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets. Jeffrey Nuccetelli described five UAP incidents at Vandenberg AFB. Alexandro Wiggins recounted a multi-sensor tic-tac encounter. Dylan Borland described sustained retaliation after filing an ICIG complaint.
What Makes an Exhibition
Exhibition pages are built when a case has enough primary source material in the archive to reconstruct it from original documents rather than secondary accounts. Each exhibition draws on government investigation files, field researcher reports, newsletter coverage, and witness statements held in the NHI Master Archive.
For the full case database (1,030 cases), see the Case Files. Cases with exhibition pages are marked with a brass badge in the listing. For declassified government document collections, see the Government Reading Room.
