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Stories836 · page 23

The St. George, Minnesota Photograph: Deputy Arthur Strauch's Rotating Saucer

October 21, 1965 · 2 miles west and 2 miles north of St. George, Nicollet County, Minnesota

UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources · 5 photos

48Partially documented

The Firth of Tay Roadside Creature on the A85 near Perth

September 30, 1965 · Old A85 (Dundee Road) east of Perth, beside the River Tay, Perthshire, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources

19Thinly documented

Two silent white lights pace Dr. George Walton's car near Rodeo, New Mexico

September 25, 1965 · US Highway 80 near Rodeo, Hidalgo County, New Mexico

UAP · Orb / light · 9 sources

25Thinly documented

Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road Police Flying Saucer Landing and Burned Tar

September 16, 1965 · Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit road, Silverton, eastern Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 13 sources

27Thinly documented

Damon, Texas: The Brazoria County Deputies' Sighting

September 3, 1965 · Texas State Highway 36, about 2 to 3 miles south of Damon, Brazoria County, Texas

UAP · Triangle · 18 sources

23Thinly documented

The Cherry Creek "Terrified Bull" Landing

August 19, 1965 · William Butcher dairy farm, Aldrich Road, Cherry Creek, Chautauqua County, New York

UAP · Egg · 13 sources

42Partially documented

The Monroe Monster attack on Christine Van Acker

c. 1965 · Wooded road north of Monroe, near Nadeau Road, Frenchtown Township, Monroe County, Michigan

Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources

18Thinly documented

The Viney Grove Silver Object with Lighted Windows (Bill Estep)

August 4, 1965 · Viney Grove, Washington County, Arkansas

UAP · Cigar · 13 sources

14Thinly documented

The Rex Heflin UFO Photographs, Santa Ana 1965

August 3, 1965 · Myford Road near Walnut Avenue, outside Santa Ana (Tustin/Irvine area), Orange County, California

UAP · Disc / saucer · 39 sources · 16 photos

40Partially documented

The Brand family and Andrew Walker sighting from the Dores shore of Loch Ness, opposite Urquhart Castle

July 23, 1965 · Dores (south-east) shore of Loch Ness, directly opposite Urquhart Castle, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

21Thinly documented

The Río de la Plata Sightings: Two Discs over Buenos Aires and a Cigar at Colonia

July 16, 1965 · Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a beach near Colonia, Uruguay

UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources · 1 photos

24Thinly documented

Valensole Encounter (Maurice Masse)

July 1, 1965 · L'Olivol lavender field, near Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (then Basses-Alpes)

UAP · Egg · 51 sources

42Partially documented

Daunia Station Sighting and the Heat-Affected Strip of Bush

June 24, 1965 · Daunia Station, near Nebo, Mackay hinterland, Queensland

UAP · Other · 12 sources

29Thinly documented

The Heytesbury Vicarage Cigar: A Vicar's Family Watches a Glowing Object Over the Village

June 3, 1965 · The vicarage, Heytesbury, near Warminster, Wiltshire, England

UAP · Cigar · 20 sources

16Thinly documented

Retreat Hotel landing, Epsom (Eton Ridge)

May 24, 1965 · Retreat Hotel, Epsom, near Mackay, Queensland

UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources

29Thinly documented

The Scoriton Contact: Ernest Arthur Bryant and "Yamski"

April 24, 1965 · Scoriton (Scorriton), near Buckfastleigh, Dartmoor, Devon, England

UAP · Being / humanoid · 15 sources

20Thinly documented

Miss E. M. J. Keith and James T. Ballantyne's seven-minute Loch Ness sighting off Dores, 1965

March 30, 1965 · Off Dores, Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

14Thinly documented

Mount Airy six red lights, Project Blue Book case 9305

March 8, 1965 · Farm near Mount Airy, Maryland (Carroll and Frederick counties)

UAP · Other · 12 sources

23Thinly documented

The John F. Reeves "Robot" Landing, Brooksville

March 2, 1965 · Scrubland between Brooksville and Weeki Wachee, Hernando County, Florida

UAP · Being / humanoid · 26 sources

29Thinly documented

The New Zealand Globster: a hairy carcass on Muriwai Beach (1965)

March 1965 · Muriwai Beach, near Auckland, North Island

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources · 1 photos

42Partially 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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