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The Golden Lane Ghost Riot
September 1880 · Black'n Boy Court, between Golden Lane and Whitecross Street, St Luke's, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 11 sources
22Thinly documented
"An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island
c. 1880 · Coney Island, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
12Thinly documented
S. W. Hanna's "Young Sea-Serpent" in the Nets at New Harbor, Maine
August 1880 · Off New Harbor, Pemaquid peninsula, Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
21Thinly documented
The Galisteo Junction "Aerial Monster" and the Collector of Curiosities, 1880
March 26, 1880 · Galisteo Junction (now Lamy), Santa Fe County, New Mexico Territory
United States
UAP · Cigar · 22 sources
30Partially documented
HMS Vulture's Revolving Wheels of Light, Persian Gulf, 1879
May 15, 1879 · Persian Gulf, Lat. 26°26′ N, Long. 53°11′ E, aboard HMS Vulture
International waters
UAP · Other · 16 sources
22Thinly documented
The Kiushiu Maru sea serpent gripping a whale off Cape Satano
April 5, 1879 · At sea about nine miles off Cape Satano (Cape Sata), Ōsumi Peninsula, Kagoshima, Kyushu
Japan
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
18Thinly documented
Major H. W. J. Senior's sea serpent from the SS City of Baltimore, Gulf of Aden, 1879
January 28, 1879 · Western Gulf of Aden, east-southeast of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait (lat. 12° 28′ N, long. 43° 52′ E)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
19Thinly documented
The Man-Monkey of Bridge 39
January 21, 1879 · Bridge 39 (High Bridge), Shropshire Union Canal, Norbury, Staffordshire, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
8Thinly documented
John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878
January 22, 1878 · Near Denison, Grayson County, Texas (possibly near Dallas)
United States
UAP · Other · 12 sources
11Thinly documented
Spring-heeled Jack shot at by a mob at Newport Arch, Lincoln (1877)
c. 1877 · Newport Arch, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
16Thinly documented
The Royal Yacht Osborne Sea Monster off Sicily
June 2, 1877 · Off the north coast of Sicily, toward Cape Vito (Capo San Vito)
Italy
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
21Thinly documented
Spring-heeled Jack at the Aldershot Sentry Posts
March 1877 · Aldershot Camp (North Camp and South Camp), Aldershot, Hampshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Creature · 24 sources
23Thinly documented
The SS Nestor sea serpent
September 11, 1876 · Strait of Malacca, fifteen miles north-west of North Sand Lighthouse, off Selangor
Malaysia
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
19Thinly documented
The Amphibious Lake Demon of Browns Lake
August 1876 · Browns Lake, near Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
18Thinly documented
The Marpingen Apparitions and the Prussian Army in the Härtelwald
July 3, 1876 · Härtelwald, Marpingen, Landkreis Sankt Wendel, Saarland
Germany
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
31Partially documented
The Barque Pauline Sea Serpent Off Cape Roque
July 8, 1875 · Off Cape Roque (Cabo de São Roque), north-east Brazil, South Atlantic
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
22Thinly documented
The Schooner Pearl and the Giant Squid, Bay of Bengal 1874
May 10, 1874 · Bay of Bengal, about 170 miles east of Vandeloos Bay, off Trincomalee, Ceylon
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
14Thinly documented
Champ, the 1873 railroad crew sighting and the W. B. Eddy collision, Lake Champlain
July 1873 · Lake Champlain shore near Dresden, Washington County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
12Thinly documented
The Bonham Sky Serpent and the Fort Scott Serpent
June 1873 · Near Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
15Thinly documented
Captain Towns' Apparition in the Wardrobe at Cranbrook, Rose Bay, Sydney, 1873
c. 1873 · Cranbrook (now Rawson House, Cranbrook School), Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Australia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources
23Thinly documented

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  • 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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