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Every story, 1980s162 stories · page 3

Pro early
Kaiyō Maru Radar Encounter, Central North Pacific
December 21, 1986 · Central North Pacific, about 570 km north of Wake Island (25°50.6′ N, 166°10.7′ E, noon position)
International waters
UAP · Egg · 7 sources
33Partially documented
Pro early
The Weeping Icon of Our Lady of Chicago, St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church, 1986
December 6, 1986 · St. Nicholas Albanian Orthodox Church, 2701 N. Narragansett Ave., Chicago, Illinois
United States
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources · 3 photos
36Partially documented
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628: The Alaska Mothership
November 17, 1986 · Interior Alaska, between Fort Yukon, Fairbanks and Talkeetna
United States
UAP · Other · 77 sources
55Partially documented
Pro early
Emley Moor TV mast police sighting, West Yorkshire
November 2, 1986 · Emley Moor transmitting station, near Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Cylinder · 12 sources
22Thinly documented
Reinhold Messner's Night Encounter with a Yeti in Eastern Tibet
July 19, 1986 · Valley near the upper Mekong, eastern Tibet (Kham)
China
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
14Thinly documented
Pro early
The Breiset Mountain-Farm Film, Torpo, Hallingdal (1986)
July 13, 1986 · Breiset mountain farm, near Torpo, Ål municipality, Hallingdal, Norway
Norway
UAP · Other · 17 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The Snedeker haunting: 208 Meriden Avenue, Southington (The Haunting in Connecticut)
June 30, 1986 · 208 Meriden Avenue, Southington, Connecticut
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
17Thinly documented
Brazil's Official Night of the UFOs (Noite Oficial dos OVNIs)
May 19, 1986 · São José dos Campos and airspace over São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Goiás
Brazil
UAP · Orb / light · 57 sources
60Well documented
Marian apparitions at St Demiana's Church, Papadouplo (Babadublu), Shubra, Cairo
March 25, 1986 · Church of Saint Demiana the Martyr, Papadouplo (Babadublu), Shoubra quarter, Cairo
Egypt
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
29Thinly documented
Anthony Wooldridge's Yeti Photographs near Hemkund
March 6, 1986 · Slope below Hemkund, Alaknanda Valley, Garhwal Himalaya (Chamoli district, Uttarakhand)
India
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources · 1 photos
35Partially documented
The Dalnegorsk "Height 611" UFO Crash
January 29, 1986 · Height 611 (Izvestkovaya Hill), Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai
Russia
UAP · Sphere · 25 sources
31Partially documented
The Huella del Pajarillo Burn Mark, Capilla del Monte
c. 1986 · Cerro Pajarillo, near Capilla del Monte, Ischilín Department, Córdoba
Argentina
UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources · 3 photos
44Partially documented
Pro early
The Rodríguez onza: a legendary cat shot in the Sinaloa sierra
January 1, 1986 · Sierra Madre Occidental, near San Ignacio, Sinaloa
Mexico
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos
40Partially documented
Whitley Strieber's Communion Encounter
December 26, 1985 · Secluded log cabin near Accord, Town of Rochester, Ulster County, New York
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 42 sources
20Thinly documented
Pro early
The Edifício Paris Poltergeist, Recife (1985)
December 25, 1985 · Edifício Paris, Avenida Cruz Cabugá 64, Santo Amaro, Recife, Pernambuco
Brazil
Paranormal · Other · 10 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
The Manuel Soto ferry sighting, Spanish Air Force file 851223
December 23, 1985 · At sea between Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
Spain
UAP · Unknown · 17 sources
36Partially documented
Pro early
The Fiery Cigar over Naxos, Lemnos and Corfu
December 14, 1985 · Naxos, Lemnos and Corfu, Greece
Greece
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
The Rhodope Coast Huge Cigar: Fishermen and Farmers at Molyvoti and Imeros, 1985
October 3, 1985 · Shores of Molyvoti and Imeros, Rhodope regional unit, Thrace
Greece
UAP · Cigar · 7 sources
15Thinly documented
Pro early
The OVNI del 17: Buenos Aires Watches a Glowing Object for Ten Hours, Later Identified as a French MIR Stratospheric Balloon (1985)
September 17, 1985 · Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, with sightings across Buenos Aires province, Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Pampa and Uruguay
Argentina
UAP · Other · 32 sources · 3 photos
74Well documented
Pro early
Four pilots chase a silver rocket south of Söderhamn, Sweden, 1985
August 18, 1985 · Just south of Söderhamn, Gävleborg County
Sweden
UAP · Cylinder · 11 sources
23Thinly documented

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