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Stories50 · page 2

The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay

July 14, 1952 · Over Chesapeake Bay, near Newport News, Virginia

UAP · Disc / saucer · 23 sources

25Thinly documented

The Camp Hood "Balls of Fire": Lights Over the Killeen Base Atomic Bomb Site

March 1949 · Killeen Base (Site Baker), beside Camp Hood, Bell County, Texas

UAP · Formation · 23 sources

33Partially documented

The "Party of Nine" Morag Sighting on Loch Morar

1948 · Loch Morar, Lochaber, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

18Thinly documented

The Kenneth Arnold Sighting

June 24, 1947 · Near Mount Rainier and Mineral, Washington

UAP · Other · 67 sources

35Partially documented

Malcolm Irvine's Loch Ness Films: "Proof At Last" (1933 and 1936)

September 22, 1936 · Inverfarigaig, Loch Ness, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos

32Partially documented

Margaret Munro's Loch Ness Monster on land, Borlum Bay (1934)

June 3, 1934 · Borlum Bay, Loch Ness, near Fort Augustus, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources

20Thinly documented

Loch Ness Monster: the Surgeon's Photograph

c. 1934 · North shore of Loch Ness along the A82, near the Altsaigh (Alltsigh) Burn, about 2-3 miles northeast of Invermoriston, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 43 sources · 3 photos

26Thinly documented

Arthur Grant's land sighting of the Loch Ness Monster on the Abriachan road, 1934

January 5, 1934 · Abriachan, Loch Ness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

11Thinly documented

Alex Campbell's Borlum Bay sighting, Loch Ness (1933, later dated May 1934)

September 1933 · Borlum Bay, off the mouth of the River Oich, Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources

11Thinly documented

The Spicer Land Sighting of the Loch Ness Monster

July 22, 1933 · Dores to Foyers road (today's B852), near Whitefield, south-east shore of Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

24Thinly documented

Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness

c. 1933 · North shore road near Abriachan Pier, opposite Aldourie, Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 45 sources

18Thinly documented

The Trinity Street Poltergeist, Belfast

October 1931 · Trinity Street, off Clifton Street, north Belfast, near Carlisle Circus

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources

21Thinly 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

The Angels of Mons

August 23, 1914 · Mons, Hainaut, Belgium

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 34 sources

24Thinly documented

The Vienna Workshop Poltergeist: Job Zimmerl's Smithy at Lerchenfelder Straße 158

July 1906 · Job Zimmerl's smithy, Lerchenfelder Straße 158, Vienna

Paranormal · Other · 7 sources

30Partially documented

The Wildman of Valdez Island: the Pitcock (Pidcock) family's encounters at Quathiaski Cove, 1905

October 1905 · Quathiaski Cove, Quadra Island (then Valdes or "Valdez" Island), British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

34Partially documented

The Horne Lake Wild Man: Four Qualicum Hunters and the Modern Mowgli

December 10, 1904 · Horne Lake, central Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

18Thinly documented

Mike King's Hairy Man near Campbell River, Vancouver Island (c. 1901)

c. 1901 · Backcountry near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

15Thinly documented

Ballechin House haunting and the Society for Psychical Research inquiry

February 1897 · Ballechin House, near Grandtully, Strathtay, Perthshire, Scotland

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources

32Partially documented

The Cheltenham Ghost: the Woman in Black of Garden Reach (the Morton Case)

June 1882 · Garden Reach (Donore), Pittville Circus Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources

19Thinly documented

Names7

Steuart Campbell Person · 13 stories
A BUFORA investigator who kept offering down-to-earth answers.
close encounter Term · 96 stories
Close encounters are the field's term for sightings up close, where a witness meets something at short range.
Magonia Organisation · 16 stories
Magonia was a publication where researchers took apart some of the field's best-known stories.
Andrew Lang Person · 14 stories
A folklorist with a long reach across the archive's haunted houses.
Belgian UFO wave Event · 7 stories
Late November 1989.
black triangle Term · 7 stories
Silent.
Berthold E. Schwarz Person · 2 stories
A psychiatrist who kept turning up where witnesses told strange stories.

Documents53 · see all

Official History of the Bay of Pigs Operation- Volume 2- Part 1 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 179 pages· 6 pages mention it
- p. 47 …Earl, who in the absence of Billy Campbell was proceeding to the MADD base as commanding officer, went forward to…
- p. 58 …The Chief of the JMADD air operations, Billy Campbell, who was up at Eglin Air Force Base when the revolt…
5: 2, Community Relations, 1970: 47323287 Official release

· 95 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 44 OI/T$gt. Campbell Request for Photograph 21st Air Division (OI) Hancock Field, Ny. A formal request has been recived…
- p. 46 …Att: MSS/TSet. Campbell: Refer: Letter dated 7/8/70 - subject, photograph of site. Dear Sgt. Campbell: It is my…
Untitled (to Julius Stratton from H Marshall Chadwell FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-01-02· 8 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 3 …The following CCI staff members attained: Dr. H. J. Campbell (not of the first day only) Mr. P. G. Strong…
FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 12 FOIA release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 142 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 7 ## HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT REPRESENTATIVES DICK CAMPBELL, Rep. Indiana-Rep. Campbell has written us many interesting letters and aided in making his…
- p. 15 …of them please consult with your Indiana Representative, Mr. Campbell. After you have done this, get in touch with me…
Public letters to the FAA (last folder) Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 97 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 97 …031-443 3687 Science Writer Steuart Campbell Dip Arch BA Can you please list for me the separate items which…
UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950 Report

U.S. Department of War· 1948· 116 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 HEADQUARTERS, DETACHMENT D 1100TH USAF SPECIAL REPORTING GROUP Campbell Air Force Base Camp Campbell, Kentucky 333. 1 7 April 1949…

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Videos8

FISHER'S GHOST (CAMPBELLTOWN) 1968

From Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown, New South Wales

Legend of Fisher's Ghost - Campbelltown (Walkabouter'sGuide) #104

From Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown, New South Wales

Castle of Park, Glenluce

From The Devil of Glenluce: the poltergeist in weaver Gilbert Campbell's house, Glenluce, 1654

Cairn Holy Chambered Cairns and Glenluce Abbey

From The Devil of Glenluce: the poltergeist in weaver Gilbert Campbell's house, Glenluce, 1654

Fisher's Ghost 1968

From Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown, New South Wales

The Legend of Fisher's Ghost. (Edited)

From Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown, New South Wales

UFO sighting inspires new collectible coin from Royal Mint

From Campbellton triangles over Sugarloaf Mountain

BBC Radio 1 Into the Night, 10 Sep 1991

From Doug Bower and Dave Chorley's crop circle confession