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Stories79 · page 1

The Española Police Station Ghost: A White Figure on the Sally Port Camera (2014)

September 20, 2014 · Española Police Department station, sally port, Española, New Mexico

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources · 5 photos

38Partially documented

The Gordon Holmes Loch Ness video

May 26, 2007 · Layby on the A82, near Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources

22Thinly documented

The Calvine UFO Photograph

August 4, 1990 · Moorland above Calvine, near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross

UAP · Diamond · 56 sources · 3 photos

41Partially documented

The Wytheville UFO Wave

October 7, 1987 · Wytheville and Fort Chiswell, Wythe County, Virginia

UAP · Other · 35 sources

39Partially documented

The OVNI del 17: Buenos Aires Watches a Glowing Object for Ten Hours, Later Identified as a French MIR Stratospheric Balloon (1985)

September 17, 1985 · Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires, with sightings across Buenos Aires province, Córdoba, Santa Fe, La Pampa and Uruguay

UAP · Other · 32 sources · 3 photos

74Well documented

Rob and Dave Grosse's Turtle Lake Monster sighting, Kopps Cove, Saskatchewan (1985)

August 1985 · Kopps Cove, Turtle Lake, Saskatchewan

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

15Thinly documented

The Peñablanca apparitions: Miguel Ángel Poblete and the White Lady of Peace

June 12, 1983 · Cerro El Membrillar (Monte Carmelo), Peñablanca, Villa Alemana, Valparaíso Region

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources

30Partially documented

The Hannah McRoberts Photograph, Vancouver Island (1981)

October 8, 1981 · Rest area near the Eve River bridge, about thirty miles north of Kelsey Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources · 4 photos

21Thinly documented

Kosmos 1188: the "Dolphin" and "Jellyfish" UFO over Russia and South America

June 14, 1980 · Moscow and European Russia; Buenos Aires and South America

UAP · Other · 15 sources

43Partially documented

The Robert Taylor Incident: Dechmont Woods

November 9, 1979 · Dechmont Law, near the M8 motorway, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland

UAP · Other · 58 sources

36Partially documented

The Frodsham "Devil's Garden" Encounter

January 27, 1978 · Devil's Garden, River Weaver, near Frodsham, Cheshire, England

UAP · Being / humanoid · 9 sources

13Thinly 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 Green Man of Talavera la Real

November 12, 1976 · Talavera la Real Air Base, near Badajoz, Extremadura

UAP · Being / humanoid · 25 sources

31Partially documented

The Falconbridge NORAD Radar-Visual Sighting, 1975

November 11, 1975 · CFS Falconbridge, near Sudbury, Ontario

UAP · Sphere · 19 sources

55Partially 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 Aveley Abduction: the Avis (Day) Family and the Green Mist

October 27, 1974 · Hacton Lane / Aveley Road, between Hornchurch and Aveley, Essex (now London Borough of Havering)

UAP · Orb / light · 20 sources

20Thinly documented

The Navegantes Beach Landing and Abduction Claim

August 31, 1974 · Navegantes Beach, Navegantes, Santa Catarina

UAP · Being / humanoid · 10 sources

11Thinly documented

The Smurl Haunting, West Pittston, Pennsylvania

1974 · Chase Street, West Pittston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 17 sources · 3 photos

21Thinly documented

Names20 · see all

Gordon Creighton Person · 19 stories
A writer, editor and translator for Flying Saucer Review, Gordon Creighton carried cases from many countries into English.
Gordon D. Thayer Person · 6 stories
Gordon D.
Gordon Person · 3 stories
Two different men share this surname in the archive.
Stan Gordon Person · 3 stories
A Pennsylvania UFO researcher, Stan Gordon worked the ground where sky and forest met.
Bigfoot Term · 80 stories
A large, ape-like creature of North American folklore, and one of the archive's most persistent names.
Flying Saucer Review Organisation · 71 stories
A British magazine at the centre of the field's paper trail.
Condon Committee Programme · 58 stories
October 1966.
Albert Rosales Person · 25 stories
A cataloguer of humanoid encounters.
Cryptomundo Organisation · 13 stories
A cryptozoology website where Loren Coleman wrote about strange creatures and old mysteries.
Natural History Museum Organisation · 9 stories
In London, specimens from strange cases kept ending up in the same place.
Daniel Loxton Person · 7 stories
A sceptic writer, and a persistent voice of doubt in the archive's cryptid cases.
little green men Term · 7 stories
A stock phrase of the field, and often a joke.

Documents103 · see all

Terauchi interview transcript, Dick Gordon, 2 Jan 1987 Hearing transcript

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 20 pages· 19 pages mention it
- p. 8 …Gordon Okay ? The, but weak is green . . . R. Gordon Right. K. Terauchi So ah is green light. R. Gordon It…
- p. 9 …fifteen minutes • when ah • • • R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon See, it just says did you…
Package compiled for FAA managers Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 122 pages· 20 pages mention it
- p. 24 …fifteen minutes • when ah • • • R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon K. Terauchi R. Gordon See, it just says did you…
- p. 27 …Gordon Ah uh, okay F. Fujii About this big so • • • R. Gordon Okay F. Fujii with his estimate. R. Gordon…
Minutes of Branch Chief's Meeting of 11 August 1952 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1952-07-01· 3 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 …Fondiller, Gordon, Dr. Harkin and Mr. Rajala. Mr. Sullivan opened the meeting by saying that a project is to be…
- p. 2 …Fondiller, Gordon, Dr. Harkin and Mr. Rajala. Mr. Sullivan opened the meeting by saying that a project is to be…
Untitled (to Gordon Scherer from John Warner Regarding Letter of 24 Aug Ust Wh FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-07-01· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 Honorable Gordon H. Scheror House of Representatives Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Scherer: In your letter of 24 August…
- p. 2 Honorable Gordon H. Scherer House of Representatives Washington 25. D.C. Dear Mr. Scherer: In your letter of 24 August…
Untitled (to Gordon Scherer from John Warner Regarding Letter on 24 August Which Forwarded Letter Form Mrs. Catherine Carter Golden Discussing UFOs) (PUBD Is Unknown) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-08-24· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 Honorable Gordon H. Schorer House of Representatives Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Scherer: In your letter of 24 August…
- p. 2 Honorable Gordon H. Scheror House of Representatives Washington 25, D.C. Dear Mr. Scherer: In your letter of 24 August…
Untitled (to Gordon Scherer from Allen Dulles Discussing Thomas Eickhof Fs Let FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1955-09-02· 2 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 1 Honorable Gordon II. cherer House of Representatives Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Scherer: Thank you for your letter of…
- p. 2 Honorable Gordon ii. cherer House of Representatives Washington 25, D. C. Dear Mr. Scherer: Thank you for your letter of…

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Videos40 · see all

Released recordingNASA-UAP-D0231962

Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962

Released recordingNASA-UAP-D0111963-05-15

Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

Released recordingNASA-UAP-D0101963-05-15

Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

Released recordingNASA-UAP-D0081969

Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969

Sneak peek: NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper reveals his UFO encounters in The Phenomenon

From Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

Gordon Cooper on UFO Landing

From Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

Astronaut Gordon Cooper's UFO Encounters an EBE-1 film

From Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

Astronaut Gordon Cooper's UFO Experience

From Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations

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