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Stories836 · page 13

Antônio La Rubia and the Robot Abduction, Paciência, 1977

September 15, 1977 · Paciência, West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

UAP · Being / humanoid · 27 sources

16Thinly documented

Houetteville landing and ground traces

August 13, 1977 · Houetteville, near Louviers, Eure, Normandy

UAP · Egg · 16 sources

30Partially documented

The Little Eagle Bigfoot sightings

August 1977 · Little Eagle, Corson County, South Dakota (Standing Rock Sioux Reservation)

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

34Partially documented

Texas John Huffer Films Thunderbirds at Lake Shelbyville

c. 1977 · Cove near the Findlay marina, Lake Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

29Thinly documented

Frances Clark's tiger at the front gate, Kaiapoi (the first Canterbury Panther report)

July 18, 1977 · Kaiapoi, Waimakariri District, North Canterbury

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

23Thinly documented

The Bilbul Light: Ivan Soliani's Riverina UFO, Griffith 1977

July 1977 · Bilbul, near Griffith, New South Wales

UAP · Unknown · 9 sources

20Thinly documented

The Dereham saucer over the rooftops

May 11, 1977 · Dereham Market Place, Dereham, Norfolk, England

UAP · Disc / saucer · 13 sources

14Thinly documented

Wantage "Big Red Eye": the Sites family farm attacks and the Kittatinny sighting wave

May 1977 · Sites family dairy farm, Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey

Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources

17Thinly documented

The Dover Demon

April 21, 1977 · Dover, Massachusetts (Farm Street, Miller Hill Road, Springdale Avenue)

Cryptid · Creature · 44 sources

21Thinly documented

The Beverlea Parsons Encounter, Waimata Valley

March 12, 1977 · Waimata Valley, near Gisborne, East Coast

UAP · Being / humanoid · 14 sources

22Thinly documented

The Saanich "Ball of Fire" and the Victoria UFO Flap

March 12, 1977 · Gordon Head, Saanich, Greater Victoria, British Columbia

UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources

22Thinly documented

The Alaska Highway Ambulance Encounter

December 26, 1976 · Alaska Highway between the Takhini River bridge and the Mendenhall River crossing, west of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

UAP · Orb / light · 11 sources

19Thinly documented

The Voreppe Luminous Disc (GEPAN case 76305443)

November 5, 1976 · Near Voreppe, Isère, on the road to Grenoble (reports along a line to Clermont-Ferrand)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 15 sources

34Partially documented

The Walvis Bay Space Monster: a Ball with Light Extensions

August 16, 1976 · Walvis Bay, Namib desert coast

UAP · Other · 10 sources

12Thinly documented

The Blueberry Hill Disc: Camp Delaware Hikers near Winsted, Connecticut

July 28, 1976 · Blueberry Hill (Blueberry Mountain), about three miles southwest of Winsted, Connecticut

UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources

16Thinly documented

The Gaynor Sunderland Landing Encounter, Oakenholt

July 1976 · Field beside a secluded road near Oakenholt, near Flint, Flintshire (then Clwyd), North Wales

UAP · Being / humanoid · 12 sources

11Thinly documented

John Cock and George Vinnicombe's Long-Necked Sea Creature off Lizard Point

July 1976 · Off Lizard Point, Cornwall, England

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

14Thinly documented

The Flintville Monster

April 26, 1976 · Robertson family yard, Flintville, Lincoln County, Tennessee

Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources

27Thinly documented

The Owlman of Mawnan, Cornwall

April 17, 1976 · St Mawnan and St Stephen's Church, Mawnan, near Falmouth, Cornwall

Cryptid · Creature · 63 sources

21Thinly documented

The Barroso Case: Beam of Light on the Road to Quixadá

April 3, 1976 · Rural road east of Quixadá, Sertão Central, Ceará

UAP · Other · 21 sources

13Thinly documented

Names72 · see all

Museum of Hoaxes Organisation · 6 stories
A sceptical voice turns up again and again in the archive's monster stories.
Center for UFO Studies Organisation · 60 stories
J.
Karl Shuker Person · 60 stories
A zoologist and cryptozoologist, Karl Shuker turns up again and again in this archive.
Brian Dunning Person · 54 stories
Brian Dunning, host of Skeptoid, turns up again and again in these archives, usually once the witnesses have spoken.
Skeptoid Programme · 47 stories
Brian Dunning's Skeptoid often gives the sceptical reading in this archive.
Fortean Times Organisation · 39 stories
Fortean Times is a magazine.
Kevin Randle Person · 39 stories
A researcher, and a former Army helicopter pilot.
Philip J. Klass Person · 32 stories
A sceptic.
Richard Hall Person · 28 stories
Richard Hall worked for NICAP.
FBI Organisation · 21 stories
The FBI turns up again and again in the archive's case files.
Naish Person · 18 stories
Darren Naish appears across the archive as the zoologist who looks hard at the pictures.
Jenny Randles Person · 17 stories
A British ufologist, Jenny Randles turns up across the archive's home-grown cases as an author, an investigator and a sceptical voice.

Documents176 · see all

Blue Book cases, June to December 1947 Document

NICAP· 3 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 1 …PLANE UNIDENTIFIED Insufficient Data Insufficient Date Balloon Cluster Other (UNRELIABLE Balloon Astro (SUN DOG) Astro (METEOR) Other (HOAX) (INFO ONLY)
- p. 2 …Other (Fireworks) )Insufficient Data )Other (Hoax) Insufficient Data Other (Psychological Balloon Balloon Other (Hoax) Insufficient Data Astro (Meteor) B) Other…
California Committee for Saucer Investigation FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-01-01· 3 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …Riedel indicated that they are going to execute a planned "hoax" over the Los Angeles area, in order to test…
- p. 2 …Riedel indicated that they are going to execute a planned "hoax" over the Los Angeles area, in order to test…
UFO Hypothesis and Survival Questions FOIA release

National Security Agency· 7 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …ALL UFO's ARE HOAXES: From the time when hoaxes were first noted in history, they were characterized by infrequency…
- p. 2 # SECRET indications and expectations, are indeed hoaxes - hoaxes of a world wide dimension - hoaxes of increasing frequency, then a human…
Govt.'s Super-Secret Security Agency Warns: Take UFOs Seriously or Be Prepared for Sneak Invasion by Space Aliens FOIA release

National Security Agency· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …now indicates rather strongly that UFOs are not all hoaxes." declares the dramatic report. "And if anything, rather than diminishing…
Untitled (Contact with Leon Davidson Was Person-To-Person, He Is Doing an Article for a Space Magazine and Wants Translation of the Message and the Emitting Station Proving the Space Message to Be a Hoax) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1957-12-20· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …HE WANTS THE TRANSLATION OF THE MESSAGE AND THE EMITTING STATION PROVING THE SPACE MESSAGE TO BE A HOAX, OR…
MAXW-PBB2-244 Document

Project Blue Book (hosted by NICAP)· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Other (Hoax) Mil and Civ Insufficient Data Griffin (MODEL) Other (Psychological) Wise Balloon Saito Balloon Rhodes (PHOTO) Other (Hoax) Civilian…

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Videos92 · see all

The Tedworth Drummer: Haunting or Hoax?

From The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662)

The Cock Lane Ghost: A Haunting Hoax in 18th Century London

From The Cock Lane Ghost ("Scratching Fanny") and the Johnson Committee

18th century London's most famous hoax: The Cock Lane Poltergeist

From The Cock Lane Ghost ("Scratching Fanny") and the Johnson Committee

De Loys' Ape: A Eugenics Inspired Hoax?

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

Today in History, Sept. 16: 'Monster of Walgren Lake' hoax hits Nebraska newspaper

From The Walgren Lake Monster: Alkali Lake, Hay Springs, Nebraska

Is This North American Sea Serpent Real or a Hoax?

From Cadborosaurus: The Langley and Kemp Sightings off Victoria, 1932 and 1933

Monstrum: Is This North American Sea Serpent Real or a Hoax?

From Jorda: the 25-foot 'infant' Cadborosaurus of Jordan River

From Myth to Hoax | Episode 38: The Surgeon's Photo, Robert Wilson

From Loch Ness Monster: the Surgeon's Photograph

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