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Stories68 · page 3

Woodrow Derenberger and Indrid Cold

November 2, 1966 · Interstate 77 near the West Virginia Route 47 interchange, between Parkersburg and Mineral Wells, West Virginia

UAP · Being / humanoid · 29 sources

17Thinly documented

The Exeter Incident

September 3, 1965 · Route 150, Kensington, near Exeter, New Hampshire

UAP · Other · 50 sources

33Partially documented

The Big Sur Atlas Missile UFO Film

September 1964 · Anderson Peak area, Los Padres National Forest, above Big Sur, Monterey County, California (filming site); launch from Vandenberg AFB

UAP · Disc / saucer · 38 sources

19Thinly documented

The Grafton Monster: a headless white figure on Riverside Drive (1964)

June 16, 1964 · Riverside Drive (now Yates Avenue), Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia

Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources

23Thinly documented

The Honey Island Swamp Monster: Harlan Ford's 1963 sighting and the 1974 tracks found with Billy Mills

1963 · Honey Island Swamp, lower Pearl River, near Slidell, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources

25Thinly documented

J. P. F. Brown's kongamato sighting at Fort Rosebery

1956 · Fort Rosebery (now Mansa), Northern Rhodesia, just west of Lake Bangweulu

Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources

10Thinly documented

Albert K. Bender and the original Men in Black (Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1953)

c. 1953 · 784 Broad Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut

UAP · Being / humanoid · 56 sources

25Thinly documented

The Exorcism of Roland Doe: The Haunted Boy Behind The Exorcist

c. 1949 · Cottage City, Maryland, and St. Louis, Missouri

Paranormal · Other · 37 sources

35Partially documented

The Clearwater Monster: Florida's Giant Penguin (Old Three-Toes)

February 1948 · Clearwater Beach, Pinellas County, Florida

Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources

27Thinly documented

Bramlett Bateman's White River Monster sightings and the Newport monster hunt

July 1, 1937 · Eddy of the White River about 6 miles downstream from Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas

Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources

25Thinly documented

Albert Ostman's claimed abduction by a Sasquatch family, Toba Inlet, British Columbia (1924)

1924 · Inland from the head of Toba Inlet, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources

15Thinly 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 Avalanche Sea Serpents of Hạ Long Bay

July 1897 · Hạ Long Bay and the Baie de Fai-Tsi-Long (Bái Tử Long Bay), Tonkin

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

26Thinly documented

The Knock Apparition

August 21, 1879 · South gable of the Church of St John the Baptist, Knock, County Mayo

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 45 sources

36Partially documented

The Schooner Pearl and the Giant Squid, Bay of Bengal 1874

May 10, 1874 · Bay of Bengal, about 170 miles east of Vandeloos Bay, off Trincomalee, Ceylon

International waters

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

14Thinly documented

The Silver Lake Serpent

July 13, 1855 · Silver Lake, near Perry, Wyoming County, New York

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

17Thinly documented

The HMS Plumper Sea Serpent

December 31, 1848 · Open Atlantic, nearly due west of Oporto (41°13′N, 12°31′W)

International waters

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

11Thinly documented

The Brig Daphne Sea Serpent Hoax

September 20, 1848 · Gulf of Guinea, off Gabon and the Republic of Congo (lat. 4° 11′ S., long. 10° 15′ E.)

International waters

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

2Thinly documented

HMS Daedalus sea serpent: Captain M'Quhae's report and the Richard Owen dispute, 1848

August 6, 1848 · South Atlantic, between the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena, about 300 miles off present-day Namibia (24°44′S, 9°22′E)

International waters

Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources

28Thinly documented

Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown, New South Wales

1826 · Bridge over the creek on Queen Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 31 sources

24Thinly 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.

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(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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