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Brush Creek Flying Saucer Ambush
May 20, 1953 · Marble Creek and Jordan Creek diggings, near Brush Creek, Plumas National Forest, Butte County, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 9 sources
24Thinly documented
The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review
January 14, 1953 · Washington, D.C. (exact building unresolved; CIA headquarters and the Pentagon both claimed)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources · 1 photos
46Partially documented
The Tulli Papyrus: the "circles of fire" of Thutmose III
1953 · Vatican Museums, Vatican City (where the claim originated; the text names no place)
Vatican City
UAP · Other · 13 sources
16Thinly documented
Pope Pius XII sees the 'miracle of the sun' in the Vatican Gardens (1950)
October 30, 1950 · Statue of Our Lady of Lourdes (Lourdes Grotto), Vatican Gardens
Vatican City
Paranormal · Orb / light · 26 sources
14Thinly documented
The Exorcism of Roland Doe: The Haunted Boy Behind The Exorcist
c. 1949 · Cottage City, Maryland, and St. Louis, Missouri
United States
Paranormal · Other · 37 sources
35Partially documented
The Chiles-Whitted Encounter
July 24, 1948 · 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama (near Hayneville, Lowndes County)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 66 sources
41Partially documented
The Beast of 'Busco: Oscar, the Giant Turtle of Fulk Lake
July 1948 · Fulk Lake, near Churubusco, Indiana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
23Thinly documented
The St. Louis and Alton Giant Bird Flap (Thunderbird Sightings), 1948
April 1948 · Alton, Illinois, and greater St. Louis, Missouri, with a separate cluster around Caledonia and Freeport, northern Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
28Thinly documented
Twin Falls saucer hoax
July 11, 1947 · T. H. Thompson residence, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources · 1 photos
28Thinly documented
Roswell Incident
July 8, 1947 · Foster ranch, about 30 miles south of Corona, New Mexico (announced from Roswell Army Air Field)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 80 sources · 6 photos
64Well documented
The Man Who Melted: João Prestes Filho, Araçariguama, 1946
March 4, 1946 · Araçariguama, São Paulo state
Brazil
UAP · Other · 21 sources
16Thinly documented
Foo Fighters of World War II
November 1944 · Rhine valley north of Strasbourg, Alsace, with reports across the European and Pacific theatres
France
UAP · Orb / light · 76 sources
50Partially documented
The Deepdale Monster ("Scapasaurus"), Holm, Orkney
December 25, 1941 · Shore off Deepdale Farm, Holm, East Mainland, Orkney, on Scapa Flow
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources · 1 photos
38Partially documented
The Cape Girardeau Crash Before Roswell (Rev. William Huffman)
c. 1941 · Field west of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, toward Chaffee, Missouri
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
17Thinly documented
The Ezkioga apparitions on the Anduaga hillside
June 29, 1931 · Anduaga hillside, Ezkioga (Ezquioga), Gipuzkoa, Basque Country
Spain
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 41 sources
35Partially documented
The Somercotes Ghost Scare
July 1930 · Coupland Place, Somercotes, near Alfreton, Derbyshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 12 sources
17Thinly documented
The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize
July 23, 1924 · 10 Lime Street, Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
31Partially documented
The Caledonia Mills Fire Spook (Mary Ellen Spook Farm)
January 1922 · Alexander MacDonald farm, Caledonia Mills, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Canada
Paranormal · Other · 32 sources · 1 photos
51Partially documented
The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis
July 8, 1913 · Curran residence, St. Louis, Missouri
United States
Paranormal · Other · 31 sources
19Thinly documented
The Tillinghast Airship: New England's Phantom Searchlight
December 1909 · Worcester, Massachusetts, and towns across New England
United States
UAP · Other · 19 sources
26Thinly documented
  • Central Intelligence Agency· 1966-07-05· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 1 …response to their request. 2. Upon instructions from Dr. Walter Mackey I told her that the declassified report was being…
    • p. 2 …response to their request. 2. Upon instructions from Dr. Walter Mackey I told her that the declassified report was being…
  • Central Intelligence Agency· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 BRIEFING NOTES FOR MR. WALTER N. ELDER UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT FLYING IN THE VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO ON 16, 17, 18…
  • Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-05-04· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 Mr. Walter Pforzheim Office of General Counsel Assistant Director/Scientific Intelligence Draft Reply to Senator Johnson's letter Attached, in…
  • Central Intelligence Agency· 1952-09-02· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 1 …20 or 21 October. Those present would be: Dr. Walter G. Whitman, Chairman, RDB Gen. John A. Sanford, Director of…
    • p. 2 …20 or 21 October. Those present would be: Dr. Walter G. Whitman, Chairman, RD3 Gen. John A. Sanford, Director of…
  • Central Intelligence Agency· 2018-09-04· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 …request for access to the agency's DCI General Walter B. Smith's Weekly Friday Black Book Briefing for 19…
  • Library of Congress· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 2 …Benjamin, Caraden County Office Walter E. Rutt 744 Broad Street Supervising Historian Newark, New Jersey April 26, 1959

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