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Stories137 · page 3

Soviet Soldiers Turned to Stone in Siberia

c. 1989 · Siberia, USSR (no base or unit ever named)

UAP · Being / humanoid · 31 sources

18Thinly documented

The Cabo Rojo Incident: F-14 Jets Vanish Near a Giant Triangle

December 28, 1988 · Betances, Cabo Rojo, near Sierra Bermeja and Laguna Cartagena, Puerto Rico

UAP · Triangle · 30 sources

21Thinly documented

The Wytheville UFO Wave

October 7, 1987 · Wytheville and Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia

UAP · Other · 35 sources

39Partially documented

The Dalnegorsk "Height 611" UFO Crash

January 29, 1986 · Height 611 (Izvestkovaya Hill), Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai

UAP · Sphere · 25 sources

31Partially documented

The OVNI del 17: Buenos Aires Watches a Glowing Object for Ten Hours, Later Identified as a French MIR Stratospheric Balloon (1985)

September 17, 1985 · Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, with sightings across Buenos Aires province, Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Pampa and Uruguay

UAP · Other · 32 sources · 3 photos

74Well documented

Air traffic controllers' touch-and-go UFO at an eastern England airport (UK MoD files), 1984

April 19, 1984 · Unnamed small airport near the eastern coast of England

UAP · Sphere · 15 sources

26Thinly documented

The Molyobka Triangle (M-Zone): Emil Bachurin's circle in the snow, Perm Krai 1983

October 29, 1983 · Molyobka anomalous zone, near Molyobka village, Kishertsky District, Perm Krai

UAP · Sphere · 18 sources

25Thinly documented

Lake Baikal Aquatic Humanoids: The Baikal Swimmers (1982)

1982 · Lake Baikal, Siberia (off the western shore, per Azhazha)

UAP · Being / humanoid · 25 sources

17Thinly documented

The Guipavas Airport Fireball: Brest-Guipavas, 1981

November 22, 1981 · Brest-Guipavas aerodrome (now Brest Bretagne Airport), Guipavas, Finistère, Brittany

UAP · Sphere · 8 sources

44Partially documented

The Ovni de Treviño Photograph: Prudencio Muguruza at Ochate (1981)

c. 1981 · Ochate, Condado de Treviño, Burgos (some sources place the photo near Aguillo)

UAP · Sphere · 29 sources · 1 photos

19Thinly documented

Vladimir Kovalyonok's Salyut 6 sighting

May 5, 1981 · Earth orbit aboard Salyut 6, over the area of South Africa moving towards the Indian Ocean

UAP · Other · 31 sources

18Thinly documented

Carlos Díaz and the Ships of Light at Ajusco and Tepoztlán

January 1981 · Ajusco National Forest, south of Mexico City, and Tepoztlán, Morelos

UAP · Other · 26 sources · 1 photos

18Thinly documented

The Elias Seixas Abduction on the Guaraí Road

September 25, 1980 · Road from Conceição do Araguaia toward Guaraí, about 100 km out (then Goiás, now Tocantins)

UAP · Being / humanoid · 18 sources

13Thinly documented

Kosmos 1188: the "Dolphin" and "Jellyfish" UFO over Russia and South America

June 14, 1980 · Moscow and European Russia; Buenos Aires and South America

UAP · Other · 15 sources

43Partially documented

The Cergy-Pontoise Abduction: Franck Fontaine Vanishes for a Week

November 26, 1979 · Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise

UAP · Sphere · 23 sources

22Thinly documented

The Robert Taylor Incident: Dechmont Woods

November 9, 1979 · Dechmont Law, near the M8 motorway, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland

UAP · Other · 58 sources

36Partially documented

The Mirassol abduction (Antônio Carlos Ferreira)

June 28, 1979 · Transmóveis Fafá furniture factory construction site, Mirassol, São Paulo

UAP · Being / humanoid · 24 sources

29Thinly documented

The Baependi Abduction (Caso do Embornal)

May 16, 1979 · Fazenda Sobrado, rural Baependi, Minas Gerais

UAP · Being / humanoid · 24 sources

21Thinly documented

The Soesterberg Air Base Sighting

February 3, 1979 · Soesterberg Air Base (Vliegbasis Soesterberg), Utrecht province

UAP · Triangle · 20 sources

26Thinly documented

The Mince Pie Martians of Rowley Regis

January 4, 1979 · Bluestone Walk, Rowley Regis, near Birmingham, West Midlands

UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources

26Thinly documented

Names28 · see all

Ivan T. Sanderson Person · 31 stories
A naturalist and writer, Ivan T.
Adrian Shine Person · 14 stories
Adrian Shine was a naturalist with the Loch Ness and Morar Project.
Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos Person · 13 stories
A Spanish researcher, Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos turns up again and again in the archive's files.
Taylor Person · 10 stories
Several different people share this surname in the archive.
Baikonur Place · 9 stories
A Soviet launch site whose rockets turn up again and again in the debate over strange lights.
Guardia Civil Organisation · 7 stories
Spain's Guardia Civil turns up again and again in the archive, as witnesses, investigators and record keepers.
Allan Hendry Person · 6 stories
Allan Hendry was chief investigator for the Center for UFO Studies, and he wrote The UFO Handbook.
Ryan Graves Person · 6 stories
A Navy F/A-18F pilot with VFA-11, the Red Rippers, flying out of Naval Air Station Oceana.
Mount Tomorr Place · 5 stories
A mountain in Albania, and the setting of one of the country's best known UFO cases.
Corbell Person · 4 stories
Filmmaker Jeremy Corbell has spent years putting military UAP footage in front of the public, usually working alongside reporter George Knapp.
Graves Person · 4 stories
Lt.
International UFO Reporter Organisation · 4 stories
The Center for UFO Studies published the International UFO Reporter, and its pages carried several cases in this archive.

Documents224 · see all

Sighting of Unusual Phenomenon on Horizon Near Iranian/Ussr Border FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1966-08-03· 3 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 2 …The sphere appeared suddenly and at the first sighting was approximately three times the size of a full moon. At…
- p. 3 …One theory advanced to me was that the sphere was a "false moon" and that such a phenomenon was seen…
Sighting of Unusual Phenomenon on Horizon Near Iranian/Ussr Border FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1955-09-28· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …The sphere appeared suddenly and at the firstighting was approximately three times the size of a full moon. At the…
- p. 2 …One theory advanced to me was that the sphere was a "false moon" and that such a phenomenon was seen…
Dechmont Law UFO information leaflet Document

West Lothian Council· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Intrigued, Taylor began to approach the sphere but as he did so two smaller spheres dropped from the main sphere…
NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963 Official release

Executive Office of the President· 1963-11-13· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …THE MYSTERIOUS SPHERE HAS WINDOW SHAPED OPENINGS COVERED WITH THICK GLASS. INSIDE IS A HUMAN BODY DRESSED IN HEAVY CLQTHING…
Defense Intelligence Reference Document Invisibilty Cloaking Theory And Experiments Report

Defense Intelligence Agency· 29 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 23 …A line drawn from the North Pole of the sphere through a point on the surface intersects the equatorial plane…
- p. 24 …Light rays would either pass the sphere or enter, through the connecting line, the surface of the sphere, whereupon, after…
AAWSAP DIRD, Invisibility Cloaking Theory and Experiments, March 2010 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 2010-03-02· 29 pages· 5 pages mention it
- p. 23 …A line drawn from the North Pole of the sphere through a point on the surface intersects the equatorial plane…
- p. 24 …Light rays would either pass the sphere or enter, through the connecting line, the surface of the sphere, whereupon, after…

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Videos75 · see all

Released footageFBI-UAP-PR0042025

“Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2025

Released footageFBI-UAP-PR0032024

“Orbs Over the Pond,” 2024

California Drone UFO with Intelligent Spheres (Motion Stabilized)

From The CARET Drone UFO Photographs

testimony: UAP was a cube within a transparent sphere!

From The Cube Inside a Sphere: Navy Near Miss off Virginia Beach

U.S. Air Force Sphere Video ('Mosul Orb')

From The Mosul Orb: MC-12 Footage Over Iraq

LEAKED Video: Alien Sphere Over Iraq?

From The Mosul Orb: MC-12 Footage Over Iraq

Special Report: Inside the Buga Sphere

From The Buga Sphere

New Buga Sphere Appears August 28 2025

From The Buga Sphere

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