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3D model Narrated

“bright lights”

Stories164 · page 9

The Maracaibo Humming Light Injuries, 1886

October 24, 1886 · A hut a few leagues from Maracaibo, Zulia State

Venezuela

UAP · Unknown · 18 sources

24Thinly 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

Pro early

The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade

January 13, 1866 · House no. 63, Philippsdorf (now Filipov, Jiříkov), Šluknov hook, northern Bohemia

Czech Republic

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources

21Thinly documented

Pro early

The Spirit of Sister Alix de Télieux and the Exorcism of Antoinette de Grolée, Lyon

1526 · Abbey of Saint-Pierre (Saint-Pierre-les-Nonnains), Place des Terreaux, Lyon

France

Paranormal · Other · 2 sources

15Thinly documented

Names7

Buenos Aires Place · 8 stories
The Argentine capital has drawn more than one crowd to its windows.
Beeld Organisation · 6 stories
An Afrikaans daily newspaper, and the first stop for many South African sightings.
RNZAF Organisation · 6 stories
New Zealand's air force kept the country's UFO files for decades.
Jupiter Term · 5 stories
Jupiter, the planet, comes up again and again in this archive as the official explanation.
The Argus Organisation · 5 stories
A newspaper name that turns up twice in the archive.
The Star Organisation · 3 stories
A newspaper by name, The Star turns up in the archive's press trail across more than a century.
Torriglia Place · 3 stories
A town in the hills above Genoa, on unlit mountain roads iced by freezing rime fog.

Documents409 · see all

UFO Reports 2002 Whole of the UK Report

Ministry of Defence (gov.uk)· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …Not too bright. Were like large fireworks. 27-Jan-02 19:25 Leeds West Yorkshire Four small bright, white lights…
- p. 2 …Bright green light about the size of a traffic light arched over and came down to the ground and broke…
UFO Reports 2007 Report

Ministry of Defence· 7 pages· 6 pages mention it
- p. 1 …14-Mar-07 19:00 Idridgehay Derbyshire A very bright light. 21-Mar-07 19:30 Wirksworth Derbyshire Looked like…
- p. 2 UFO Reports 2007 21-May-07 22:00 Parley Cross/Bournemouth East Sussex Bright orange lights were seen. The lights…
UFO report 2007 Report

UK Ministry of Defence· 7 pages· 6 pages mention it
- p. 1 …14-Mar-07 19:00 Idridgehay Derbyshire A very bright light. 21-Mar-07 19:30 Wirksworth Derbyshire Looked like…
- p. 2 UFO Reports 2007 21-May-07 22:00 Parley Cross/Bournemouth East Sussex Bright orange lights were seen. The lights…
UFO Reports 2008 Report

Ministry of Defence· 26 pages· 25 pages mention it
- p. 10 …Initially, four circular bright lights were travelling in convoy. Two of the lights made a vertical change of direction. One…
- p. 16 …24-Dec-08 19:50 Rottingdean East Sussex There were fifteen UFOs/bright lights coming down from the Downs. They…
Unexplained Traveling Bright Light Seen in the Sky FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1958-09-01· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 INFORMATION REPORT CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Exemplified Farellay Bright Light Beam in the City ## UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 1. About 10 PM on…
- p. 2 …bright light in the air which was trailed by a long tail of black smoke. It was much too bright…
Unexplained Traveling Bright Light Seen in the Sky FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1955-10-27· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 NAME EXPIRY DATE Unexplained Traveling Bright Light Seen in the Sky 71 October 1933 1 DATE OF THE EXPIRY NO…