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Stories14

Vidhas hunters' vehicle stall under blue and red lights

c. 2008 · Forest road toward Vidhas, former Papër commune, Elbasan County

UAP · Disc / saucer · 13 sources

14Thinly documented

Seman Coast Guard Disc Sighting, Fier, Albania (2007)

March 6, 2007 · Seman coast, near the Seman river, Fier, Albania

UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources

16Thinly documented

The Northern Norway Green Fireball

August 21, 2006 · Northern Norway, from Finnsnes in Troms to Bodø in Nordland, with reports as far south as Trondheim

UAP · Orb / light · 12 sources

30Partially documented

The Lake Erie Coast Guard "Football" UFO, Eastlake, Ohio

March 4, 1988 · Lake Erie shore, Eastlake, Lake County, Ohio (Coast Guard responders from Fairport Harbor)

UAP · Cigar · 16 sources

26Thinly documented

The 1978 Italian UFO Wave

1978 · Across Italy, especially the central and southern Adriatic coast, Sicily, Calabria, Liguria and Piedmont

UAP · Disc / saucer · 35 sources · 1 photos

55Partially documented

Shag Harbour UFO Incident

October 4, 1967 · Shag Harbour, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

UAP · Other · 58 sources

49Partially documented

The Bogue Inlet Fishermen's Three Red Lights

September 25, 1966 · Near Bogue Inlet, between Emerald Isle and Bear Island, North Carolina

UAP · Orb / light · 12 sources

14Thinly documented

Edward Brian McCleary's Pensacola sea serpent and the USS Massachusetts wreck tragedy

March 24, 1962 · Wreck of USS Massachusetts (BB-2), off Pensacola Pass, Florida

Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources

13Thinly documented

USCGC Sebago radar-visual sighting, Gulf of Mexico

November 5, 1957 · Gulf of Mexico, about 200 miles south of the Mississippi delta

International waters

UAP · Unknown · 11 sources

41Partially documented

The Amicizia (Friendship) case: the W56 beings of Rocca Pia

April 1956 · Fortezza Pia (Rocca Pia), Ascoli Piceno, Marche

UAP · Being / humanoid · 27 sources

19Thinly documented

The Kinross Incident: The Disappearance of Lt. Felix Moncla and Lt. Robert Wilson

November 23, 1953 · Lake Superior, about 70 miles off Keweenaw Point, Michigan (last known position 48°00'N 86°49'W)

UAP · Unknown · 46 sources

42Partially documented

Salem Coast Guard Air Station UFO Photograph

July 16, 1952 · U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Salem, Winter Island, Salem, Massachusetts

UAP · Formation · 22 sources · 3 photos

41Partially documented

The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave

c. 1947 · United States (nationwide, heaviest in the Pacific states: California, Washington and Oregon)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 31 sources

55Partially documented

Colossal Claude: The Columbia River Bar Sea Serpent

March 1934 · Columbia River Lightship station, mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

16Thinly documented

Names2

AFOSI Organisation · 5 stories
An Air Force investigative arm, it turns up again and again where a story needed checking.
Le Méridional Organisation · 4 stories
A French daily newspaper, Le Méridional carried several foreign sighting reports to its readers.

Documents93 · see all

Swedish Report on Soviet Submarine Violations Noted FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1992-02-24· 3 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 1 …How did the general confirm his story? He confirms that the country's coast guard recorded 'approximately five probable violations…
- p. 3 …In December 1991, General Gustafsson ordered the coast guard to act more energetically in the event of territorial water violations…
Untitled (Discusses 3 Consecutive Trackings at Patuxent Naval Air Station) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1964-12-19· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Coast Guard reporting sightings of UFOs. Based on radar beam data, altitude of UTOs estimated in range between 3000 to…
Untitled (Discusses 3 Consecutive Trackings at Patuxent Naval Air Stati on) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1965-01-02· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Coast Guard reporting sightings of UFOs. Based on radar beam data, altitude of UTOs estimated in range between 3000 to…
Untitled (Gives Information on Sighting, Nicap and Keyhoe) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1965-01-19· 4 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …Coast Guard relative to the registering sightings of U.F.O. Based on Radar Steam data , allied of UFOs estimated…
Untitled (Gives Information on Sighting, Nicap and Keyhoe) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1965-01-02· 7 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …Coast Guard relative to the reporting sightings of UFO.
- p. 2 …Coast Guard relative to loc respiring sightings of U.F.O. Based on Radar Seam Data , Allied of UFO ' s…
Satellites May Solve Puzzle of Mysterious 'Flying Saucers' FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2014-06-12· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …back to 1952 when it was snapped by a Coast Guard photographer at Salem, Mass. AF Maj. Dowey Fournet, previously…

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Videos7

Released footageDOW-UAP-PR0652024

"USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 2 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024"

Released footageDOW-UAP-PR0662024

"USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 1 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024"

Coast Guard UFO photo from 1952 (video)

From Salem Coast Guard Air Station UFO Photograph

UFO photos taken during the American flying saucer wave of 1952, Salem Massachusetts July 16, 1952

From Salem Coast Guard Air Station UFO Photograph

Salem UFO | July 16, 1952 | Saucer

From Salem Coast Guard Air Station UFO Photograph

Close Encounters S2E1: Casefile: Lake 'Eerie'

From The Lake Erie Coast Guard "Football" UFO, Eastlake, Ohio

UFO-NE-TIRANE, TCH

From Seman Coast Guard Disc Sighting, Fier, Albania (2007)