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Stories78 · page 3

The Warminster "Thing" UFO flap

December 25, 1964 · Warminster, Wiltshire, England

UAP · Cigar · 41 sources · 3 photos

38Partially documented

Beauford E. Parham's Giant Spinning Top, Northeast Georgia, 1964

June 29, 1964 · Highway between Carnesville and Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia

UAP · Other · 9 sources

22Thinly documented

The Sister Lakes Monster of Dewey Lake: Monster Town, U.S.A.

June 9, 1964 · Utrup farm, south of Dewey Lake, Silver Creek Township, near Sister Lakes and Dowagiac, Cass County, Michigan

Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources

30Partially documented

The Willow Grove Close Encounter: Charles Brew's Milking-Shed Sighting

February 15, 1963 · Brew family dairy farm, Willow Grove, Victoria (northwest of Moe)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources

17Thinly documented

The Bajada Grande three-eyed giant (Ricardo Mieres encounter)

c. 1962 · Road to Bajada Grande, about 5 km from Paraná, near the cement plant, Entre Ríos

UAP · Being / humanoid · 9 sources

17Thinly documented

The Aer Lingus Viscount "Luminous Globe" Sighting (Capt. Gordon Pendleton)

c. 1962 · Over Taunton, Somerset, south-west of Bristol, England

UAP · Sphere · 10 sources

15Thinly documented

The Nevada Fireball: The Las Vegas UFO Crash of 1962

April 18, 1962 · Las Vegas and Nellis AFB, Nevada, with reports from New York, Colorado, Utah and Reno

UAP · Other · 36 sources

57Partially documented

Paracuru landing and small uniformed beings, Ceará, 1960

May 14, 1960 · Paracuru, Ceará

UAP · Being / humanoid · 9 sources

26Thinly documented

Redmond, Oregon UFO Incident

September 24, 1959 · Redmond and Roberts Field, Deschutes County, Oregon

UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources

47Partially documented

USCGC Sebago radar-visual sighting, Gulf of Mexico

November 5, 1957 · Gulf of Mexico, about 200 miles south of the Mississippi delta

International waters

UAP · Unknown · 11 sources

41Partially documented

The Silpho Moor Flying Saucer, Scarborough 1957

c. 1957 · Silpho Moor, near Reasty Bank and Broxa Forest, north-west of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England

UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources · 1 photos

40Partially documented

The Antônio Villas Boas Abduction

October 15, 1957 · Villas Boas family farm near São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais

UAP · Egg · 64 sources

25Thinly documented

RB-47 Radar and ELINT UFO Encounter

July 17, 1957 · Gulf Coast to Oklahoma City (Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma); first visual near Winnsboro, Louisiana

UAP · Unknown · 26 sources

57Partially documented

Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

May 2, 1957 · Askania Site #4, Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California

UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources

38Partially documented

The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Radar-Visual Incident

August 13, 1956 · RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, with RAF Neatishead, Norfolk

UAP · Orb / light · 45 sources

65Well documented

The 663rd AC&W Squadron Sighting at Lake City, Tennessee

November 20, 1955 · Lake City (now Rocky Top), Anderson County, Tennessee, near Oak Ridge

UAP · Egg · 18 sources

34Partially documented

José Parra's Valencia road encounter: six small men and a violet ray

December 19, 1954 · Road between Valencia and Caracas, near Valencia, Carabobo state, with a second sighting near the Bárbula sanatorium

UAP · Being / humanoid · 15 sources

28Thinly documented

The Petare Hairy Dwarf Encounter, Venezuela 1954

November 29, 1954 · Calle Bella Vista, Petare, Miranda State (eastern Caracas)

UAP · Being / humanoid · 20 sources

17Thinly documented

The Cennina Landing: Rosa Lotti Dainelli and the Two Small Beings

November 1, 1954 · Path between Capannole and Cennina, Bucine, province of Arezzo, Tuscany

UAP · Being / humanoid · 26 sources

27Thinly documented

Flt Lt James Salandin's Meteor near-miss over Southend

October 14, 1954 · Over Southend-on-Sea, Essex (flight from RAF North Weald)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources

24Thinly documented

Names20 · see all

Gordon Creighton Person · 21 stories
A writer, editor and translator for Flying Saucer Review, Gordon Creighton carried cases from many countries into English.
Gordon D. Thayer Person · 6 stories
Gordon D.
Gordon Person · 2 stories
Two different men share this surname in the archive.
Stan Gordon Person · 2 stories
A Pennsylvania UFO researcher, Stan Gordon worked the ground where sky and forest met.
Bigfoot Term · 95 stories
A large, ape-like creature of North American folklore, and one of the archive's most persistent names.
Flying Saucer Review Organisation · 75 stories
A British magazine at the centre of the field's paper trail.
Condon Committee Programme · 62 stories
October 1966.
Albert Rosales Person · 31 stories
A cataloguer of humanoid encounters.
Cryptomundo Organisation · 13 stories
A cryptozoology website where Loren Coleman wrote about strange creatures and old mysteries.
Natural History Museum Organisation · 9 stories
In London, specimens from strange cases kept ending up in the same place.
Daniel Loxton Person · 7 stories
A sceptic writer, and a persistent voice of doubt in the archive's cryptid cases.
Dick Raynor Person · 6 stories
A Loch Ness researcher, linked in the archive to Loch Ness Investigation.

Documents103 · see all

Terauchi interview transcript, Dick Gordon, 2 Jan 1987 Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 20 pages· 19 pages mention it
- p. 8 …Gordon Okay ? The, but weak is green . . . R. Gordon Right. K. Terauchi So ah is green light. R. Gordon It…
- p. 9 …fifteen minutes • when ah • • • R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon See, it just says did you…
Package compiled for FAA managers Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 122 pages· 20 pages mention it
- p. 24 …fifteen minutes • when ah • • • R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon See, it just says did you…
- p. 27 …Gordon Ah uh, okay F. Fujii About this big so • • • R. Gordon Okay F. Fujii with his estimate. R. Gordon…
Minutes of Branch Chief's Meeting of 11 August 1952 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1952-07-01· 3 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …Fondiller, Gordon, Dr. Harkin and Mr. Rajala. Mr. Sullivan opened the meeting by saying that a project is to be…
- p. 2 …Fondiller, Gordon, Dr. Harkin and Mr. Rajala. Mr. Sullivan opened the meeting by saying that a project is to be…
Untitled (to Gordon Scherer from John Warner Regarding Letter of 24 Aug Ust Wh FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-07-01· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 Honorable Gordon H. Scheror House of Representatives Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Scherer: In your letter of 24 August…
- p. 2 Honorable Gordon H. Scherer House of Representatives Washington 25. D.C. Dear Mr. Scherer: In your letter of 24 August…
Untitled (to Gordon Scherer from John Warner Regarding Letter on 24 August Which Forwarded Letter Form Mrs. Catherine Carter Golden Discussing UFOs) (PUBD Is Unknown) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-08-24· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 Honorable Gordon H. Schorer House of Representatives Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Scherer: In your letter of 24 August…
- p. 2 Honorable Gordon H. Scheror House of Representatives Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Scherer: In your letter of 24 August…
Untitled (to Gordon Scherer from Allen Dulles Discussing Thomas Eickhof Fs Let FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1955-09-02· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 Honorable Gordon II. cherer House of Representatives Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Scherer: Thank you for your letter of…
- p. 2 Honorable Gordon ii. cherer House of Representatives Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Scherer: Thank you for your letter of…

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Videos39 · see all

Released recordingNASA-UAP-D0231962

Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962

Released recordingNASA-UAP-D0111963-05-15

Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

Released recordingNASA-UAP-D0101963-05-15

Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

Released recordingNASA-UAP-D0081969

Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969

Sneak peek: NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper reveals his UFO encounters in The Phenomenon

From Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

Gordon Cooper on UFO Landing

From Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

Astronaut Gordon Cooper's UFO Encounters an EBE-1 film

From Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

Astronaut Gordon Cooper's UFO Experience

From Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

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