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Stories79 · page 4

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-on-Sea

October 14, 1954 · Over the outlying districts of Southend-on-Sea, Thames Estuary, Essex

UAP · Disc / saucer · 6 sources

17Thinly documented

Ellsworth AFB Radar-Visual Case and F-84 Pursuit, South Dakota, 1953

August 5, 1953 · Black Hawk Ground Observer Corps post and Ellsworth Air Force Base, near Rapid City, South Dakota

UAP · Other · 24 sources

60Well documented

The Possession of Clarita Villanueva: "The Thing" in Manila City Jail (1953)

May 1953 · Manila City Jail (Old Bilibid Prison), Oroquieta Road, Santa Cruz, Manila

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources

34Partially documented

F-94 and Ground Radar Sighting at Nemuro, Hokkaido, 1953

February 7, 1953 · Nemuro AF Detachment, Nemuro, Hokkaido (also listed as "Korean area" and "Okinawa")

UAP · Unknown · 12 sources

40Partially documented

The Roman Soldiers in the Cellar of Treasurer's House, York (Harry Martindale, 1953)

February 1953 · Cellar of Treasurer's House, Minster Yard, York, England

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 17 sources

16Thinly documented

Haneda AFB radar-visual sighting and F-94 intercept

August 5, 1952 · Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo (now Tokyo International Airport), Japan

UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources

61Well documented

The Little Green Men of Steep Rock Lake

July 2, 1950 · Sawbill Bay, near Steep Rock Lake, Atikokan, Ontario

UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources

7Thinly documented

The Charles B. Moore Theodolite Sighting, Arrey, New Mexico

April 24, 1949 · Launch site about 3 miles north of Arrey, Sierra County, New Mexico

UAP · Egg · 26 sources

35Partially documented

The Chiles-Whitted Encounter

July 24, 1948 · 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama (near Hayneville, Lowndes County)

UAP · Cigar · 66 sources

41Partially documented

The Villa Santina Encounter: L. R. Johannis and the Red Disc of Raveo

August 14, 1947 · Chiarsò valley, lower slopes of Col Gentile, near Raveo and Villa Santina, Carnia, province of Udine, Friuli

UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources

13Thinly documented

The Kenneth Arnold Sighting

June 24, 1947 · Near Mount Rainier and Mineral, Washington

UAP · Other · 67 sources

35Partially documented

The Hornet Spook Light (Devil's Promenade, Joplin / Tri-State Spooklight)

January 1936 · E 50 Road ("Spooklight Road" / "the Devil's Promenade"), near Hornet, Newton County, Missouri, at the Oklahoma state line near Quapaw

UAP · Orb / light · 21 sources

29Thinly documented

1914 South African "Phantom Monoplane" Wave and the Greytown, Natal Landing Report

August 11, 1914 · Union of South Africa (Cape Town, Vryburg, Pretoria, Natal); landing report near Greytown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)

UAP · Other · 15 sources

26Thinly documented

The Moberly-Jourdain Incident: the Versailles Time-Slip

August 10, 1901 · Gardens of the Petit Trianon, Château de Versailles, Yvelines

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 59 sources

26Thinly documented

The Maracaibo Humming Light Injuries, 1886

October 24, 1886 · A hut a few leagues from Maracaibo, Zulia State

UAP · Unknown · 18 sources

24Thinly 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

The Nelly Butler Apparition, Sullivan, Maine

1799 · Taunton Bay, Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine (often filed under Machiasport)

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources

25Thinly documented

Names20 · see all

Gordon Creighton Person · 20 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 · 3 stories
Two different men share this surname in the archive.
Stan Gordon Person · 3 stories
A Pennsylvania UFO researcher, Stan Gordon worked the ground where sky and forest met.
Bigfoot Term · 88 stories
A large, ape-like creature of North American folklore, and one of the archive's most persistent names.
Flying Saucer Review Organisation · 74 stories
A British magazine at the centre of the field's paper trail.
Condon Committee Programme · 61 stories
October 1966.
Albert Rosales Person · 29 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.
little green men Term · 7 stories
A stock phrase of the field, and often a joke.

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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Videos40 · 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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