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Paul Freeman's Blue Mountains Bigfoot sighting and the dermal-ridge casts

June 10, 1982 · Mill Creek watershed (Mill Creek / Tiger Creek area), Umatilla National Forest, Blue Mountains, east of Walla Walla, Washington

Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources

30Partially documented

Canary Islands "Missile-Launch" UFO, 1979

March 5, 1979 · Canary Islands (Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma)

UAP · Other · 15 sources

50Partially documented

The Enfield Poltergeist

c. 1977 · 284 Green Street, Brimsdown, Enfield, North London

Paranormal · Other · 50 sources · 9 photos

59Partially documented

The Sandra Mansi "Champ" photograph, Lake Champlain

July 5, 1977 · Vermont shore of Lake Champlain, between St. Albans and the Canadian border, near Missisquoi Bay

Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources · 2 photos

25Thinly documented

The Dover Demon

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

Cryptid · Creature · 44 sources

21Thinly documented

The Stanford, Kentucky Abduction

January 6, 1976 · KY Highway 78, about 1 mile southwest of Stanford, Kentucky

UAP · Disc / saucer · 38 sources

17Thinly documented

Carl Higdon Abduction, Medicine Bow National Forest, 1974

October 25, 1974 · McCarty Canyon area, Medicine Bow National Forest, south of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming

UAP · Being / humanoid · 34 sources

21Thinly documented

The Doris Bither "Entity" haunting, Culver City, 1974

August 22, 1974 · Culver City, California

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 40 sources · 2 photos

37Partially documented

Richard Lee Smith's car hits a skunk ape on U.S. 27, and a Hialeah Gardens patrolman sees it limping

January 9, 1974 · U.S. Route 27 and Hollywood Boulevard (today Pines Boulevard), Pembroke Pines, Broward County, Florida

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

24Thinly documented

The Smurl Haunting, West Pittston, Pennsylvania

1974 · Chase Street, West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 17 sources · 3 photos

21Thinly documented

The Pascagoula Abduction

October 11, 1973 · West bank of the Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi

UAP · Being / humanoid · 50 sources

25Thinly documented

Piedmont UFO Wave: Coach Reggie Bone's Team on Highway 60

February 21, 1973 · Piedmont and Ellsinore area, Wayne County, southeast Missouri Ozarks

UAP · Unknown · 54 sources

41Partially documented

The Loch Ness Flipper Photographs (Rines, Urquhart Bay, 1972)

c. 1972 · Urquhart Bay, near Temple Pier, Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources · 2 photos

39Partially documented

The Perron Family Haunting at the Old Arnold Estate, the Conjuring House

January 1971 · Old Arnold Estate, 1677 Round Top Road, Harrisville, Burrillville, Rhode Island

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 47 sources · 1 photos

21Thinly documented

The Bossburg "Cripple Foot" Sasquatch Trackway

November 24, 1969 · Bossburg, Stevens County, Washington

Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources

31Partially documented

Berkshire UFO Incident (Labor Day 1969)

September 1, 1969 · Old Covered Bridge, Sheffield, and Lake Mansfield, Great Barrington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

UAP · Being / humanoid · 40 sources

19Thinly documented

Apollo 11 and Buzz Aldrin's "L-shaped" object

July 1969 · Translunar space, between Earth and the Moon, roughly a day from lunar orbit

UAP · Other · 36 sources

33Partially documented

The Cussac Close Encounter

August 29, 1967 · Les Tuiles, near Cussac, Cantal

UAP · Sphere · 29 sources

34Partially documented

The Matthew Manning Poltergeist: Shelford, Linton and Oakham School

February 1967 · Shelford and Queens House, Linton (Cambridgeshire), and Oakham School (Rutland), England

Paranormal · Other · 13 sources

23Thinly documented

The Andreasson Affair: Betty Andreasson Abduction

January 25, 1967 · South Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts

UAP · Being / humanoid · 35 sources

20Thinly documented

Names10

Skeptical Inquirer Organisation · 58 stories
Skeptical Inquirer is where the doubters made their case.
Joe Nickell Person · 74 stories
A sceptical investigator, often writing in Skeptical Inquirer, whose name turns up again and again in the debate that follows the famous cases.
Benjamin Radford Person · 44 stories
A sceptical voice, writing again and again in the Skeptical Inquirer.
Robert Sheaffer Person · 21 stories
A sceptic of the UFO field, and a Skeptical Inquirer columnist.
Radford Person · 12 stories
Benjamin Radford, a sceptic, investigated several of the archive's best-known cryptid cases.
James McGaha Person · 6 stories
A US astronomer and retired USAF major, James McGaha brought the sceptic's case to several famous sightings.
The X-Files Term · 6 stories
A television series.
Kenny Biddle Person · 5 stories
A sceptical investigator, writing for Skeptical Inquirer, who goes back to the records and the photographs.
Paul Kurtz Person · 3 stories
The chair of CSICOP, Paul Kurtz was the archive's recurring sceptic.
Sharon Hill Person · 3 stories
A sceptical voice in the archive.

Documents21 · see all

(EST Pub Date) CIA Public Affairs and the Drug Conspiracy Story FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2006-10-23· 6 pages

…By one count, press stories skeptical of the charges against CIA actually begin to outnumber those giving the…
Klass and Haines inquiries and FAA responses Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 41 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 2 …now farrous JAL UFO incident for your files Although "Skeptical Inquirer" is a copyrighted publication, you have my pennission to…
- p. 33 …will be published in the Summer issue of The Skeptical Inquirer. Highlights of that analysis include: 1. The JAL pilot…
Simulated radar data, colour photos Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 19 pages

…MARGUERITE DEL GIUDICE i3 an Inquirer rtaff r.mter. JAPAN AIR LINES FLIGHT NO. 1628. a Boeing 747…
Miscellaneous Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 18 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 18 …Cartier, who saw the glowing cloud that night, had written t:o "Skeptical Inquirer," a Buffalo, N.Y., quarterly that…
Defense Intelligence Reference Document Maverick Inventor Versus Corporate Inventor Report

Defense Intelligence Agency· 19 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 18 …Examining the Amazing Free-Energy Claims of Dennis Lee," Skeptical Inquirer Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp 34 - 36, July…
AAWSAP DIRD, Maverick Inventor Versus Corporate Inventor: Where Will the Next Major Innovations Arise, March 2010 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 2010-03-30· 19 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 18 …Examining the Amazing Free-Energy Claims of Dennis Lee," Skeptical Inquirer Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp 34 - 36, July…

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