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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 Snallygaster of Middletown, Maryland (1909)
February 12, 1909 · Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
15Thinly documented
The Jersey Devil's Phenomenal Week
January 16, 1909 · South Jersey and the Philadelphia area (Woodbury, Bristol, Burlington, Gloucester City, Camden, Trenton)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 50 sources
44Partially documented
Pro early
Phenomenal Week: the 1909 Jersey Devil sighting wave
January 16, 1909 · Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, from Bristol, Pennsylvania, and Burlington to Camden and Gloucester City
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 52 sources
52Partially documented
Pro early
Eusapia Palladino's Naples sittings for the SPR committee of Feilding, Baggally and Carrington (1908)
November 21, 1908 · Hotel Victoria, Naples
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 29 sources
28Thinly 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
The Indriði Indriðason Poltergeist: The Ghost of Jón and the Experimental Society Nights, Reykjavík 1907
December 1907 · Experimental House (Tilraunahúsið), Þingholtsstræti 3, Reykjavík
Iceland
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
28Thinly 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
Pro early
Percy Fawcett's 62-foot anaconda on the Rio Abunã
c. 1907 · Rio Abunã, a little below the confluence of the Rio Negro (Pando), border between Bolivia and Brazil
Bolivia
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The Kamarooka panther, 1907
January 1907 · Whipstick scrub, on the road to Kamarooka, about 18 miles north of Bendigo, Victoria
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 9 sources
15Thinly documented
Mihal Grameno and the Shining Object over Çerçiz Topulli's Camp
c. 1907 · High mountain pasture, Gjirokastër region, southern Albania (then Ottoman Empire)
Albania
UAP · Unknown · 22 sources
15Thinly documented
John Alfred Jordan and the Dingonek of the Maggori River
c. 1907 · Maggori River (now Migori River), Lumbwa country, near Lake Victoria, Migori County
Kenya
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Partridge Creek Monster: a living dinosaur in the Yukon
c. 1907 · Partridge Creek, near the Stewart River and McQuesten, Yukon
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The possession of Clara Germana Cele at St Michael's Mission, Natal
August 20, 1906 · St Michael's Mission, Njane, between Umzinto and Ixopo, Natal (KwaZulu-Natal)
South Africa
Paranormal · Other · 19 sources
31Partially documented
Pro early
Alf Smith fires a shotgun at a "hairy man", Eden district, NSW
August 1906 · Eden district, Far South Coast, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
The Vienna Workshop Poltergeist: Job Zimmerl's Smithy at Lerchenfelder Straße 158
July 1906 · Job Zimmerl's smithy, Lerchenfelder Straße 158, Vienna
Austria
Paranormal · Other · 7 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
The Dolorosa del Colegio: the Virgin who opened her eyes at Colegio San Gabriel, Quito (1906)
April 20, 1906 · Dining hall of the old Colegio San Gabriel, corner of Benalcázar and Sucre, historic centre, Quito
Ecuador
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
Badzar Baradiin's Almas Sighting in the Alashan Desert
April 1906 · Badain Jaran Desert ("Badyn Jaran"), Alashan, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia
China
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
20Thinly documented
The Valhalla Sea Serpent off Brazil (1905)
December 7, 1905 · Off Paraíba, northeast coast of Brazil (7° 14' S, 34° 25' W)
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
28Thinly documented

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