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The Gloucester Sea Serpent and the Linnaean Society Inquiry
August 1817 · Gloucester Harbor, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
33Partially documented
Memphré: the 1816 Georgeville sightings recorded by Ralph Merry IV
1816 · Lake Memphremagog, at and near Georgeville, Quebec
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
22Thinly documented
The Phantom Army of Haverah Park
June 28, 1812 · Haverah (Havarah) Park, near Ripley and Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 15 sources
17Thinly documented
The Reay mermaid of Sandside Bay, Caithness, 1809
January 12, 1809 · Sandside Bay, Reay, Caithness, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
28Thinly documented
The Stronsay Beast carcass and the Orkney sworn statements
September 25, 1808 · Rothiesholm Head, Stronsay, Orkney, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
34Partially documented
The Hammersmith Ghost panic and the shooting of Thomas Millwood, 1804
January 3, 1804 · Black Lion Lane at Beavor Lane, Hammersmith, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 22 sources
19Thinly documented
The Utsuro-bune (Hollow Ship) of Hitachi, 1803
1803 · Sharihama beach, Hasaki, Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture (historic Hitachi Province)
Japan
UAP · Other · 34 sources
19Thinly documented
The Canna Mermaid Testimonies
c. 1803 · Canna and the sea between Canna and Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
17Thinly documented
The Wynyard apparition (Sydney, Cape Breton, 1785)
October 15, 1785 · Officers' quarters, barracks of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Canada
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
23Thinly documented
Our Lady of Las Lajas: María Mueses de Quiñones and Rosa in the Guáitara Canyon (c. 1754)
c. 1754 · Guáitara River canyon, Ipiales, Nariño
Colombia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 27 sources
19Thinly documented
The Seljord serpent overturns Gunleik Andersson Verpe's boat on Seljordsvatnet
1750 · Seljordsvatnet (Lake Seljord), between Ulvenes and Nes, Seljord, Telemark
Norway
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
16Thinly documented
Captain Lorenz von Ferry's sea serpent off Molde, 1746
August 1746 · Jule-Naess (very probably Julneset), near Molde, Møre og Romsdal
Norway
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
24Thinly documented
The Souther Fell spectral army
c. 1745 · Souther Fell, near Mungrisdale, Cumbria (historically Cumberland), England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 24 sources
25Thinly documented
Steller's Sea Ape in the Gulf of Alaska
August 10, 1741 · Gulf of Alaska, on the approach to the Shumagin Islands (aboard the St. Peter)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
22Thinly documented
Hans and Poul Egede's "most dreadful monster": the Davis Strait sea serpent of 1734
July 6, 1734 · Davis Strait, off the west coast of Greenland, near the 64th degree of latitude
Greenland
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
20Thinly documented
The Beaminster Apparitions: John Daniel Returns to His School Desk
June 22, 1728 · St Mary's Church, Beaminster, Dorset
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 14 sources
32Partially documented
The Spectre Leaguers of Cape Ann, Gloucester, Massachusetts
July 1692 · Gloucester, Cape Ann, Massachusetts (Babson's farm at The Farms and the town garrison house)
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
29Thinly documented
Crossford Boat phantom armies on the River Clyde (1686)
June 1686 · Crossford Boat and the Mains, River Clyde, near Lanark, Carluke parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
16Thinly documented
The Coltheart Haunting of Mary King's Close
c. 1680 · Mary King's Close, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
19Thinly documented
Poinstown phantom ship and chariot
March 2, 1679 · Poinstown (Poyntstown), barony of Slievardagh, Co. Tipperary
Ireland
UAP · Other · 23 sources
33Partially 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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