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The Sheffield Park Ghost: Spring-heeled Jack scare and the nightly crowd hunts of 1873
May 1873 · Cholera Monument Grounds and Clay Wood, Park district, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
20Thinly documented
The Peckham Ghost scare: a leaping white figure in south London, 1872
November 10, 1872 · Peckham and Dulwich, south London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
20Thinly documented
The Leda sea serpent: Rev. John Macrae and Rev. David Twopeny at Loch Hourn and the Sound of Sleat, 1872
August 20, 1872 · Loch Hourn and the Sound of Sleat, near Glenelg, Inverness-shire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
27Thinly documented
The Midgeon Lagoon Bunyip: the Waa-Wee of Narrandera, 1872
April 1872 · Midgeon Lagoon (Lake Midgeon), about 16 miles north of Narrandera, Riverina, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
16Thinly documented
The Sturgeon Lake monster chases the steamer Ogemah, with later sightings on Cameron Lake near Fenelon Falls
1872 · Sturgeon Lake, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (later Cameron Lake, Fenelon Falls)
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
13Thinly documented
The Kilkee sea serpent at the Diamond Rocks
c. 1871 · Diamond Rocks, Kilkee, County Clare
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
17Thinly documented
Coggia's Slow-Moving Red Fireball over Marseille Observatory
August 1, 1871 · Observatoire de Marseille, Longchamp plateau, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
France
UAP · Orb / light · 13 sources
21Thinly documented
The Lake Pepin "marine monster": where the Pepie legend began (1871)
c. 1871 · Lake Pepin, Mississippi River, near Lake City, Minnesota
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
14Thinly documented
The Pontmain Apparition, "Our Lady of Hope"
January 17, 1871 · Pontmain, Mayenne, France
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
28Thinly documented
The Sheridan Boy and the Striped Queensland Tiger, Cardwell (1871)
1871 · Near Cardwell, Rockingham Bay district, north Queensland
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
16Thinly documented
The Utah Lake "stove-pipe" serpent seen by Bishop William Price near Goshen, Utah (1871)
1871 · Road along the west shore of Utah Lake, near Goshen, Utah
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
24Thinly documented
The Lansingburgh Wild Man of the Woods (Troy, New York, 1870)
December 1870 · Gorge east of Rensselaer Park and Oakwood Cemetery, Lansingburgh (now Troy), Rensselaer County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
25Thinly documented
The Lady of the Lake circular cloud
March 22, 1870 · North Atlantic, about 400 miles north of the Equator and 860 miles from the coast of West Africa (Lat. 5° 47' N., Long. 27° 52' W.)
International waters
UAP · Disc / saucer · 9 sources
19Thinly documented
Kawekaweau killed by an Urewera chief in the Waimana Valley
1870 · Waimana Valley, Te Urewera, Bay of Plenty, North Island
New Zealand
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
14Thinly documented
Francisco de Amaral Varella's Minhocão on the Rio das Caveiras
c. 1870 · Bank of the Rio das Caveiras, about 10 km from Lages, Santa Catarina
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
26Thinly documented
Old Sheff, the Arcadia Valley "wild man or gorilla" of Crawford County, Kansas (1869)
c. 1869 · Arcadia valley, Crawford County, Kansas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources
21Thinly documented
Frederick William Birmingham's Parramatta Park Ark
July 25, 1868 · Parramatta Park, Parramatta, New South Wales
Australia
UAP · Other · 19 sources
13Thinly documented
The Bear Lake Monster: Joseph C. Rich's settler sightings
c. 1868 · Bear Lake, west shore road between Fish Haven and St. Charles, Idaho, and South Eden, Utah
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
19Thinly documented
The Metallic Flying Creature of Copiapó
March 17, 1868 · Mine near La Ternera, Copiapó, Atacama region
Chile
UAP · Creature · 11 sources
8Thinly documented
Giglioli's Whale: the Two-Finned Whale Seen from the Corvette Magenta
September 4, 1867 · South Pacific Ocean, about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) off the coast of Chile
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
22Thinly 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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