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Stories29 · page 1

The New Jersey Turnpike Lights: Carteret, 2001

July 15, 2001 · Arthur Kill, off Carteret, New Jersey (seen from the New Jersey Turnpike)

UAP · Formation · 24 sources

36Partially documented

The Sallie House Haunting (The Heartland Ghost)

1993 · 508 N. 2nd St., Atchison, Kansas

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 21 sources

14Thinly documented

The Cold Spring Midnight Vigil: Our Lady of Light at St. Joseph Church

August 31, 1992 · St. Joseph Church, 4011 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Campbell County, Kentucky

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 15 sources

28Thinly documented

The Saanich "Ball of Fire" and the Victoria UFO Flap

March 12, 1977 · Gordon Head, Saanich, Greater Victoria, British Columbia

UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources

22Thinly documented

The Moroccan UFO and King Hassan II's Request to the United States

September 19, 1976 · Atlantic coast of Morocco, from Agadir to the Fez region

UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources

36Partially documented

The Barmouth Sea Monster: six schoolgirls on Llanaber beach

March 2, 1975 · Llanaber beach, northern end of Barmouth promenade, Gwynedd, Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

23Thinly documented

The Balornock Poltergeist, Glasgow (1974 to 1975)

November 3, 1974 · Northgate Quadrant, Balornock, Springburn, Glasgow

Paranormal · Other · 13 sources

23Thinly documented

The Balornock Poltergeist (the "Maxwell Park" or "Pollokshields" case)

November 3, 1974 · Northgate Quadrant, Balornock, Glasgow, Scotland (published by Archie Roy under the pseudonym Maxwell Park, Pollokshields)

Paranormal · Other · 13 sources

25Thinly documented

The Farmer City Monster (Salt Creek, Illinois, 1970)

July 9, 1970 · Salt Creek, one mile south of Farmer City, De Witt County, Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources

31Partially documented

The Blue-Green Objects of Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas (Joplin Police UFO Wave)

January 13, 1967 · Joplin, Missouri, and surrounding towns (Pittsburg and Parsons, Kansas; Neosho, Monett, Carthage and Springfield, Missouri)

UAP · Sphere · 13 sources

29Thinly documented

The Lisbon policeman's glowing disc (Officer Richard Koffel)

September 24, 1966 · Eagles Home parking lot, Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio

UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources

16Thinly documented

The Tulip Staircase ghost photograph, Queen's House, Greenwich (1966)

June 19, 1966 · Tulip Stairs, Queen's House, Greenwich, London

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources · 2 photos

20Thinly documented

The Temple, Oklahoma Fish-Shaped Craft on US-70 (Eddie Laxson)

March 23, 1966 · US Highway 70, about 8 miles south of Temple, Cotton County, Oklahoma

UAP · Other · 18 sources

28Thinly documented

The Paulding Light, Robbins Pond Road, Michigan (1966 to present)

1966 · End of Robbins Pond Road (Old US 45), between Watersmeet and Paulding, Ottawa National Forest, Upper Peninsula, Michigan

UAP · Orb / light · 14 sources · 1 photos

32Partially documented

The Big Sur Atlas Missile UFO Film

September 1964 · Anderson Peak area, Los Padres National Forest, above Big Sur, Monterey County, California (filming site); launch from Vandenberg AFB

UAP · Disc / saucer · 38 sources

19Thinly documented

Beauford E. Parham's Giant Spinning Top, Northeast Georgia, 1964

June 29, 1964 · Highway between Carnesville and Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia

UAP · Other · 9 sources

22Thinly documented

The Millaa Millaa Daylight Object, 1961

June 5, 1961 · Millaa Millaa, Atherton Tablelands, Far North Queensland

UAP · Sphere · 8 sources

29Thinly documented

Monon Railroad Freight No. 91 Encounter (Wasco to Kirklin, Indiana)

October 3, 1958 · Monon Railroad line between Wasco, Frankfort and Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana

UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources

22Thinly documented

The Gorbals Vampire hunt, Southern Necropolis, Glasgow

September 23, 1954 · Southern Necropolis, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources

25Thinly documented

The Gorbals Vampire hunt

September 23, 1954 · Southern Necropolis, Caledonia Road, Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources

18Thinly documented

Names11

Ivan T. Sanderson Person · 27 stories
A naturalist and writer, Ivan T.
Sanderson Person · 7 stories
Naturalist, writer and broadcaster Ivan T.
Anderson Person · 4 stories
Three different men named Anderson turn up in the archive.
Bernard Heuvelmans Person · 51 stories
A Belgian-French zoologist, often called the founder of cryptozoology.
Heuvelmans Person · 19 stories
Bernard Heuvelmans was a Belgian-French zoologist, often called the founder of cryptozoology.
Patterson-Gimlin film Event · 9 stories
Bluff Creek, 1967.
globster Term · 9 stories
A shapeless carcass on a beach.
John Napier Person · 8 stories
A primatologist, and a sceptical voice that kept returning to the archive's cryptid cases.
Jerry Crew Person · 4 stories
A bulldozer operator from Salyer, California.
Loxton Person · 4 stories
Daniel Loxton, a skeptic writer and editor of Junior Skeptic, went back to old monster stories to find out what really happened.
Roger Patterson Person · 4 stories
A former rodeo rider and amateur boxer from Yakima, Washington.

Documents91 · see all

Untitled (to John Anderson from Herbert Scoville Acknowledging Receipt of Lett FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1957-01-03· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 Mr. John P. Anderson Box 210 Cocoa Beach, Florida Dear Mr. Anderson: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter…
- p. 2 Dear Mr. Anderson: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 4 January 1957. It was very kind of…
Untitled (to John Anderson from Herbert Scoville Acknowledging Receipt of Letter Reporting an UFO) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1957-01-16· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 Mr. John P. Anderson Box 210 Cocoa Beach, Florida Dear Mr. Anderson: I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter…
Ogc-Olc Records Retention Requirements FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1978-04-06· 60 pages· 22 pages mention it
- p. 32 …Grai (GL); Anderson v. - Bohmer v. NixonNixon (FP), Fonda v. Gray ~ Anderson v. Nixon (FP); National_Lawyers Guild_ (SA) (GL…
- p. 35 …materials, particularly Smith & Wesson Startron night vision devices (OM). Anderson v. Nixon (FP); Bohmer v. Nixon (SA). Korean probe (LC…
Roswell Reports, Volume 3: Gerald Anderson interview (mirror) Report

Internet Archive / NARA
Information Review & Release (Irr) News for 19 March- 23 March 2001 Executive Summary FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-23· 3 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …7-UUU) A Texas requester sought information on "Rudolph Anderson (the U-2 pilot whose shooting down by Soviet missiles…
Intelligence Advisory Committee Minutes of Meeting Held in Director's Conference Room, Administration Building Central Intelligence Agency, on 4 December 1952 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1952-12-04· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Miron Burgin, Department of State Lieutenant Colonel T. C. Anderson, Department of the Army Lieutenant Colonel Edgar H. Thomson, Jr…

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Videos4

Roswell Reports, Volume 3: Gerald Anderson interview

From Roswell Incident

The Flatwoods Monster Case: Ivan Sanderson's 1953 Interview

From The Flatwoods Monster

¿Se esconden Brontosaurios vivos en una cueva de África?

From Ivan Sanderson's "m'koo m'bemboo" on the Mainyu River, British Cameroons

El Mokele Mbembe | Relatos del lado oscuro

From Ivan Sanderson's "m'koo m'bemboo" on the Mainyu River, British Cameroons