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Stories123 · page 4

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Funil Dam guard blinded after shooting at a UFO (Almiro Martins de Freitas)
August 30, 1970 · Funil hydroelectric plant (Barragem do Funil), Paraíba do Sul river, between Resende and Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro state
Brazil
UAP · Rectangle · 19 sources
28Thinly documented
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Waipukurau Aerodrome Close Encounter (John Cudby)
October 30, 1969 · Waipukurau Aerodrome, Central Hawke's Bay, North Island
New Zealand
UAP · Disc / saucer · 13 sources
26Thinly documented
The Van Horne Soybean Field Trace, Iowa (1969)
July 12, 1969 · Farm near Van Horne, Benton County, Iowa
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources · 1 photos
25Thinly documented
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The Tiago Machado Case: Beings, a Blue Flame and a Tripod Landing at Pirassununga (1969)
February 6, 1969 · Bairro Pinheiro, Pirassununga, São Paulo state
Brazil
UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources · 4 photos
41Partially documented
The Dr. X Case: The Healing Close Encounter
November 2, 1968 · Southern France (later tradition: near Aix-en-Provence)
France
UAP · Disc / saucer · 23 sources
5Thinly documented
Villegas-Peccinetti Encounter: The Mendoza Casino Workers' Case
August 31, 1968 · Calle Neuquén, Sexta Sección, Mendoza
Argentina
UAP · Being / humanoid · 16 sources · 2 photos
27Thinly documented
Luce Fontaine and the "Babas Michelin": Plaine des Cafres, Réunion, 1968
July 31, 1968 · Acacia wood clearing at "kilometer 21", Plaine des Cafres, Le Tampon, Réunion
Réunion
UAP · Being / humanoid · 21 sources
28Thinly documented
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Winsted and Barkhamsted Encounters: The Roadside Disc and the Station Beings
February 21, 1968 · Between Barkhamsted and Winsted (town of Winchester), Litchfield County, Connecticut
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources
13Thinly documented
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The Bengough Farm Sighting
February 19, 1968 · Heggs farm, about five miles west of Bengough, Saskatchewan
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
The Ririe Carjackers: Guy Tossie and Willie Begay, Idaho, 1967
November 2, 1967 · US Highway 26, just outside Ririe, Idaho
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
18Thinly documented
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Condon Case 37: Georgia Police Chase a Red Light, October 1967
October 20, 1967 · Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia (probable; 11 communities in the report)
United States
UAP · Other · 15 sources
31Partially documented
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The Bacup Police Station Cigar
c. 1967 · Bacup police station, Bacup, Lancashire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 14 sources
16Thinly documented
The Cussac Close Encounter
August 29, 1967 · Les Tuiles, near Cussac, Cantal
France
UAP · Sphere · 29 sources
34Partially documented
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The Jefferson City "World War I helmet" object, Missouri 1967
April 17, 1967 · Jefferson City and Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Missouri
United States
UAP · Other · 12 sources
28Thinly documented
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The Canterbury Bowling-Green "Humming Top" Saucer
March 1967 · Bowling green beside Wairoa Street, Canterbury, Sydney, New South Wales
Australia
UAP · Disc / saucer · 9 sources
15Thinly documented
The Andreasson Affair: Betty Andreasson Abduction
January 25, 1967 · South Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 35 sources
20Thinly documented
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Charleston Radar-Visual Case: Braniff Flight 42 and the Light at 33,000 Feet (Hynek RV-2)
May 4, 1966 · Jet airway over the Charleston area, West Virginia (Charleston sector of Indianapolis ARTC)
United States
UAP · Unknown · 13 sources
45Partially documented
The Beverly High School Encounter, Massachusetts (1966)
April 22, 1966 · Athletic field behind Beverly High School, Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 23 sources
33Partially documented
The Portage County UFO Chase
April 17, 1966 · State Route 224, Portage County, Ohio, to Conway, Pennsylvania
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
24Thinly documented
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Bangor Motorist Fires on a UFO: John King, 1966
March 23, 1966 · Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
United States
UAP · Egg · 11 sources
18Thinly documented

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  • Phnom Penh Domestic Program Summary FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1991-02-24· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 …recapitulative meeting in takeo province was recently closed under local figure's chairmanship. (und min) 8 2. activities of armed…
  • Written testimony of Ryan Graves (congress.gov copy) Document
    Congress.gov· 2023-07-26· 5 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 2 …They were a common occurrence, seen by most of my colleagues on radar and occasionally up close. The sightings were…
  • Ryan Graves testimony Document
    House Committee on Oversight and Accountability· 5 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 2 …They were a common occurrence, seen by most of my colleagues on radar and occasionally up close. The sightings were…
  • XII TAC report on 415th night phenomena Report
    Project 1947 (AFHRA/NARA)· 1945-01-16· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 …close and fly formation with our planes. They are agitating and keep the crews on edge when they encounter them…
  • Graves witness statement Document
    U.S. House Committee Repository· 5 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 2 …They were a common occurrence, seen by most of my colleagues on radar and occasionally up close. The sightings were…
  • FAA FOIA release 2021-002114 (6 pages) FOIA release
    FAA via The Black Vault· 7 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 6 …American Airlines Encounter I do not. --- K rk Baldin, P.E. P ncipal Ope at ons Inspecto Ame can Ai…

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Videos45 · see all

Video1950
The UFO Files the Air Force Couldn't Close
From Kodiak Naval Radar-Visual Encounters: P2V-3 Patrol Plane and USS Tillamook
Video1954
UFO. close encounter, incontro ravvicinato a Cennina 1954
From The Cennina Landing: Rosa Lotti Dainelli and the Two Small Beings
Video1955
The Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter was a claimed close encounter with extraterrestrial beings in
From The Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins Siege
Video1955
Special report: Kentucky close encounter
From The Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins Siege
Video1963
Close Encounters, Season 2 Episode 4
From The Willow Grove Close Encounter: Charles Brew's Milking-Shed Sighting
Video1964
Close Encounters 110
From The Lonnie Zamora Incident, Socorro
Video1969
What we know about UFOs: Jimmy Carter sighting to close encounters
From Jimmy Carter UFO Sighting, Leary, Georgia
Video1971
Britain's Closest Encounters: "Alderney Lights"
From RAF Sopley Radar "Blip Train"

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