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The Scandinavian Ghost Fliers, 1933-34 and 1936-37
c. 1933 · Northern Scandinavia: Norrland (Sweden), northern Norway and northern Finland
Sweden
UAP · Other · 17 sources
36Partially documented
The Magenta Crash and Mussolini's Gabinetto RS/33
1933 · Magenta, Lombardy
Italy
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
3Thinly documented
Pro early
Francis Chichester's Airship over the Tasman Sea
June 6, 1931 · Tasman Sea, off the coast of New South Wales, between Lord Howe Island and Jervis Bay (estimated about 80 miles east of Sydney)
International waters
UAP · Cigar · 12 sources
15Thinly documented
Pro early
The Gurdon Light
c. 1931 · Old Missouri Pacific railroad line near Collins Rd and State Road 53, outside Gurdon, Clark County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 23 sources
27Thinly documented
The Nicholas Roerich Expedition Sighting, Kukunor District, 1927
August 5, 1927 · Kukunor district, near the Humboldt chain (Danghe Nanshan / Ulan Daban), Qinghai
China
UAP · Egg · 35 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Martebo Lights (Marteboljuset)
March 1922 · Martebo, Gotland (forest road near Knutstorp, about 2 km north of Martebo myr)
Sweden
UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources
18Thinly documented
The Min Min Lights of Western Queensland
c. 1918 · Min Min Hotel site, Kennedy Developmental Road between Boulia and Winton, Queensland
Australia
UAP · Orb / light · 28 sources
49Partially documented
The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima
October 13, 1917 · Cova da Iria, Fátima, Ourém, Portugal
Portugal
UAP · Disc / saucer · 47 sources · 4 photos
48Partially documented
The Gallipoli Regiment Swallowed by a Cloud (Hill 60, Suvla, 1915)
August 1915 · Hill 60 and Rhododendron Spur, Suvla sector, Gallipoli Peninsula
Turkey
UAP · Other · 17 sources
22Thinly documented
The Phantom Air Raid on Ottawa: Brockville's "German Aeroplanes" (1915)
February 14, 1915 · Brockville, Ontario (and Parliament Hill, Ottawa)
Canada
UAP · Other · 18 sources
33Partially documented
1914 South African "Phantom Monoplane" Wave and the Greytown, Natal Landing Report
August 11, 1914 · Union of South Africa (Cape Town, Vryburg, Pretoria, Natal); landing report near Greytown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)
South Africa
UAP · Other · 15 sources
26Thinly documented
The Brown Mountain Lights
September 1913 · Brown Mountain, Burke and Caldwell counties, Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 27 sources
42Partially documented
The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids)
February 9, 1913 · From Saskatchewan across Ontario (Toronto, Appin), the northeastern United States and Bermuda to the South Atlantic
Canada
UAP · Formation · 34 sources
37Partially documented
Pro early
The Sheerness Phantom Zeppelin (The Sheerness Incident)
October 14, 1912 · Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
United Kingdom
UAP · Unknown · 20 sources
38Partially documented
Pro early
The Tillinghast Airship: New England's Phantom Searchlight
December 1909 · Worcester, Massachusetts, and towns across New England
United States
UAP · Other · 19 sources
26Thinly documented
Pro early
The Kangaroo Ground Revolving Lights
August 7, 1909 · Kangaroo Ground, near Eltham, Victoria, looking toward the Dandenong Range
Australia
UAP · Other · 14 sources
14Thinly documented
The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909
July 1909 · Kelso, West Otago, and across New Zealand
New Zealand
UAP · Cigar · 20 sources
26Thinly documented
The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909
March 23, 1909 · England, Wales and Ireland (Peterborough, East Anglia, Birmingham, Cardiff and Caerphilly, Belfast, Kingstown)
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 36 sources
48Partially documented
The Tunguska Explosion and the Exploding Spaceship Hypothesis
June 30, 1908 · Near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia
Russia
UAP · Other · 57 sources
38Partially documented
Pro early
Bishop Michaud's "torpedo-shaped" fireball, Burlington, Vermont
July 2, 1907 · Corner of Church Street and College Street, Burlington, Vermont
United States
UAP · Cigar · 20 sources
34Partially documented

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