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The Freddy Jackson ghost photograph (Goddard's squadron portrait)

c. 1919 · HMS Daedalus (Cranwell, Lincolnshire, or Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire), England

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources · 2 photos

22Thinly documented

The Lt. David McConnel Crisis Apparition at Scampton Aerodrome

December 7, 1918 · Scampton Aerodrome (RAF Scampton), near Lincoln, Lincolnshire

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 8 sources

18Thinly documented

UB-85's sea monster, North Channel (1918)

c. 1918 · North Channel, off the Rhins of Galloway near Portpatrick and Stranraer, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources

23Thinly documented

The Port Stephens Giant White Shark off Broughton Island

January 1918 · Crayfish grounds near Broughton Island, off Port Stephens, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources

18Thinly documented

The Min Min Lights of Western Queensland

c. 1918 · Min Min Hotel site, Kennedy Developmental Road between Boulia and Winton, Queensland

UAP · Orb / light · 28 sources

49Partially documented

The Folkestone Poltergeist: the Cheriton dug-out at Enbrook Manor, 1917

November 1917 · Enbrook Manor, Cheriton, near Folkestone, Kent

Paranormal · Other · 15 sources

39Partially documented

The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima

October 13, 1917 · Cova da Iria, Fátima, Ourém, Portugal

UAP · Disc / saucer · 47 sources · 4 photos

48Partially documented

Nellie, the Monticello "African lion": a butler attacked on the Allerton estate and a big cat scare around Decatur, Illinois

July 13, 1917 · Robert Allerton's estate ("The Farms"), just west of Monticello, Piatt County, with later sightings around Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

32Partially documented

The Cottingley Fairies: Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths photograph fairies at Cottingley Beck

July 1917 · Cottingley Beck, Cottingley, near Bingley, West Yorkshire

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 90 sources · 9 photos

31Partially documented

Oostingh's orang pendek encounter at Bukit Kaba, Sumatra, 1917

June 1917 · Eastern foot of Bukit Kaba, Residency of Benkoelen (now Rejang Lebong Regency, Bengkulu), Sumatra

Cryptid · Creature · 33 sources

19Thinly documented

HMS Hilary and the Sea Serpent Used for Gunnery Practice

c. 1917 · About seventy miles south-east of Iceland, North Atlantic

International waters

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

21Thinly documented

De Loys's Ape (Ameranthropoides loysi), Tarra River, Venezuela

c. 1917 · Tributary of the Tarra River, near Casigua, south-west of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State

Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources · 1 photos

27Thinly documented

The Haunted U-boat UB-65 and the Ghost of Lieutenant Richter

1917 · SM UB-65, from Hamburg and Bruges to the English Channel; wreck off Trevose Head, Padstow, Cornwall

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources

16Thinly documented

Shackleton's "fourth man": the unseen companion on the South Georgia crossing

May 19, 1916 · South Georgia, from Peggotty Camp at King Haakon Bay across the mountains to Stromness whaling station

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources

20Thinly documented

The Großerlach Poltergeist

April 30, 1916 · Farmhouse and stable of the widow Rosine Kleinknecht, Großerlach, Oberamt Backnang, Württemberg (today Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg)

Paranormal · Other · 21 sources

34Partially documented

The Ghost of Inverin: the Indreabhán poltergeist, County Galway, 1916

c. 1916 · Bawnrough, Inverin (Indreabhán), Connemara, County Galway

Paranormal · Other · 13 sources

22Thinly documented

The Montrose Ghost: Lt. Desmond Arthur at Montrose Air Station

1916 · Montrose Air Station (officers' mess, Montrose aerodrome), Angus, Scotland

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 15 sources

19Thinly documented

The Gallipoli Regiment Swallowed by a Cloud (Hill 60, Suvla, 1915)

August 1915 · Hill 60 and Rhododendron Spur, Suvla sector, Gallipoli Peninsula

UAP · Other · 17 sources

22Thinly documented

The U-28 'Undersea Crocodile' and the Sinking of the SS Iberian

July 30, 1915 · Celtic Sea, about 9 nautical miles southwest of Fastnet Rock, off County Cork, Ireland

Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources

22Thinly documented

The Duende del Esparto: the knocking house of Plaza del Esparto, Valencia, 1915

c. 1915 · Plaza del Esparto no. 7 (now no. 5), entresuelo, Valencia

Paranormal · Other · 26 sources · 2 photos

32Partially documented

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