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The Charleston pebble showers
September 4, 1886 · News and Courier office, 19 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina
United States
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources
26Thinly documented
The Fiery Dragon of Elizabeth Lake: Peter R. Simpson's Midnight Encounter (1886)
July 15, 1886 · Elizabeth Lake, Sierra Pelona Mountains, Los Angeles County, California
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
12Thinly documented
The Phantom War Canoe of Lake Tarawera
May 31, 1886 · Lake Tarawera, near Rotorua, Bay of Plenty, North Island
New Zealand
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 27 sources
23Thinly documented
The Hutchins Ringdocus, Montana's Shunka Warak'in (Madison Valley, 1886)
1886 · Hutchins ranch (now part of the Sun Ranch), Madison Valley, near Ennis, Montana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources · 6 photos
38Partially documented
The Prospector's Skiff: First Report of the Wallowa Lake Monster
c. 1885 · Wallowa Lake, near Joseph, Oregon
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
2Thinly documented
The Dundy County "Celestial Visitor" Hoax
June 6, 1884 · The ranges about 35 miles northwest of Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska (story location)
United States
UAP · Cylinder · 17 sources
17Thinly documented
The Miamisburg Cemetery Ghost: a Woman in White Fired On by an Armed Crowd
March 1884 · Village Cemetery (later Library Park, now Veterans Memorial Park), Central Avenue and Fifth Street, Miamisburg, Ohio
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 12 sources
21Thinly documented
The Sunderland East End ghost panic (the "Great Ghost Hunt of Hendon")
October 29, 1883 · Robinson Terrace and Linden Street, Hendon (East End), Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
The Brungle Creek Bunyip Carcass (1883)
c. 1883 · Brungle Creek, near Tumut, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
21Thinly documented
The Bonilla Observation: 447 Objects Across the Sun, Zacatecas 1883
August 12, 1883 · Astronomical Observatory of Zacatecas, Cerro de la Bufa, Zacatecas
Mexico
UAP · Other · 24 sources · 1 photos
25Thinly documented
Billy Dunn and the Lake Mendota sea serpent
June 22, 1883 · Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
25Thinly documented
Our Lady of Ta' Pinu: the voice heard by Karmni Grima
June 22, 1883 · Chapel of Ta' Pinu, near Għarb, Gozo
Malta
Paranormal · Other · 19 sources
23Thinly documented
Sheriff Nathan H. Mooney's Lake Champlain Water Serpent (Champ), 1883
1883 · New York (west) shore of Lake Champlain, Clinton County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
17Thinly documented
Maunder's "Strange Celestial Visitor": the auroral torpedo of 17 November 1882
November 17, 1882 · Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London, with sightings across England, the Netherlands, Belgium and France
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 25 sources
33Partially documented
The Rock Lake Serpent, the "Rock Lake Terror" of Lake Mills, Wisconsin
August 1882 · Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
17Thinly documented
The Cheltenham Ghost: the Woman in Black of Garden Reach (the Morton Case)
June 1882 · Garden Reach (Donore), Pittville Circus Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
19Thinly documented
The Crosswick Monster, Warren County, Ohio (1882)
May 1882 · Crosswick (Crosswicks), Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, about one mile north of Waynesville
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
21Thinly documented
Henry James McCooey's "Australian Ape" between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla
1882 · Coast between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla, New South Wales south coast
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
17Thinly documented
The Garstang Ghost
September 1881 · A lonely lane near Garstang, Lancashire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 6 sources
8Thinly documented
The Flying Dutchman Seen by Prince George, Later George V (1881)
July 11, 1881 · At sea between Melbourne and Sydney, usually placed in Bass Strait
Australia
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
23Thinly documented

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Documents945 · see all

  • Project Blue Book Special Report (second copy) Report
    Internet Archive· 309 pages· 96 pages mention it
    • p. 105 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948 132 Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups…
    • p. 107 …Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting, 1948 154 Table A84. Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting…
  • Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects Analysis
    United States Air Force, Air Technical Intelligence Center· 1955-05-05· 309 pages· 96 pages mention it
    • p. 105 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948 132 Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups…
    • p. 107 …Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting, 1948 154 Table A84. Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting…
  • (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects) FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 2005-07-12· 312 pages· 140 pages mention it
    • p. 107 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948. 132 Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups…
    • p. 108 …Evaluation of All Sightings for 1952 by Sighting Reliability Groups, Civilian Observers 139 Table A60. Reported Colors of Objects Sighted…
  • CIA-UAP-015, Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects) Case file
    Central Intelligence Agency· 312 pages· 95 pages mention it
    • p. 107 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948 . Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1949…
    • p. 109 …Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting, 1948 Table A84. Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting, 1949…
  • Office of the Secretary of Defense: 25_Sky_View_Final_Draft Official release
    Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.· 2023· 16 pages· 14 pages mention it
    • p. 5 …A timeline of reported sightings for the study period is provided in Figure 1, with a marked peak in sightings…
    • p. 10 …increasing sightings); values below 1 indicate a negative relationship (decreasing sightings). For example, the coefficient for Mean Light Pollution is…
  • Fact Sheet Air Force UFO Report FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-04-30· 5 pages· 5 pages mention it
    • p. 1 # NEWS RELEASE PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE ## FACT SHEET AIR FORCE UFO REPORT A total of 173 sightings of unidentified…
    • p. 4 …first, there is no evidence that unidentified sightings were inimical or hostile; second, there is no evidence that unidentified sightings…

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Videos351 · see all

Released footageFBI-UAP-PR0042025
“Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2025
PURSUE release
Released recordingNASA-UAP-D003A1965-12-05
Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965
PURSUE release
Released footageDOW-UAP-PR0752021
"09JUN2021 [Platform] observed UAP in the ECS"
PURSUE release
Released recordingDOW-UAP-PR1601952-03-26
Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952
PURSUE release
Video1566
1561 Sky Battle: The Best of History's UFO Sightings, Ep 121
From The 1566 Celestial Phenomenon over Basel (the Basel Broadsheet)
Video1869
Bigfoot Sightings in Western New York: Steuben County
From The Wild Man of Woodhull: 200 Men Hunt a Shrieking Figure Through the Steuben County Woods
Video1871
The North Queensland Striped Tiger Cat or Marsupial Tiger sightings in the early 1900s
From The Sheridan Boy and the Striped Queensland Tiger, Cardwell (1871)
Video1896
'Mystery Airship' Sightings, 1896-1897
From Mystery Airship Wave of 1896 and 1897

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