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3D model Narrated

“car encounter”

Stories4

Pro early

The Acevedo and Moya Rally Car Encounter (Car #102)

September 23, 1978 · National Route 3 at the Cardenal Cagliero turn-off, about 30 km north of Carmen de Patagones, Buenos Aires Province

Argentina

UAP · Other · 26 sources

19Thinly documented

Evald Maarup police-car encounter, Haderslev (1970)

August 13, 1970 · Country road between Kabdrup and Fjelstrup, near Sillerup, north of Haderslev, South Jutland

Denmark

UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources · 1 photos

32Partially documented

The Burkes Flat Bent Headlight Beams, Victoria, 1966

April 4, 1966 · Dunolly-St. Arnaud Road near Burkes Flat, Victoria

Australia

UAP · Other · 21 sources

23Thinly documented

Pro early

The Mount Gambier Old Glencoe Road Car Encounter

May 19, 1963 · Old Glencoe road, between Glencoe and Mount Gambier, South Australia

Australia

UAP · Egg · 9 sources

18Thinly documented

Names52 · see all

Carabinieri Organisation · 9 stories
Italy's Carabinieri appear in these cases as the officers who arrived, measured and took statements.
missing time Term · 29 stories
Missing time is a term of the field for a gap in a witness's memory after an encounter.
BUFORA Organisation · 17 stories
The British UFO Research Association, known as BUFORA, held its inaugural meeting in Kensington on 22 September 1962.
Charles Bowen Person · 14 stories
Charles Bowen wrote for Flying Saucer Review and edited it, and he carried accounts from across the world.
Betty and Barney Hill Event · 12 stories
1961.
Coral and Jim Lorenzen Person · 12 stories
A husband and wife who ran APRO, the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization.
Cynthia Hind Person · 11 stories
A Zimbabwe-based researcher, Cynthia Hind later became MUFON's coordinator for Africa and edited UFO Afrinews.
Frank Edwards Person · 11 stories
Frank Edwards was a broadcaster and author who carried older sighting stories to a wider audience.
Arthur C. Clarke's Mysterious World Programme · 10 stories
A television series, and a place where old cases found new audiences.
Sasquatch Term · 10 stories
The word comes from the Salish se'sxac, meaning "wild men." In the archive it names a large, hairy, man-like creature of the forests.
Chicago Tribune Organisation · 9 stories
A Chicago newspaper that turns up again and again across this archive's stories.
Donald A. Johnson Person · 9 stories
A compiler of day-by-day UFO chronologies, built on the UFOCAT database.

Documents56 · see all

State Department UAP Cable 003, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 30, 2001 Official release

U.S. Department of State· 2001· 5 pages

…STRANGE ENCOUNTERS OF AN MFA KIND cormDEIHIAL PTQ6889 PAGE 01 MOSCOW 13169 01 OF 02 3017542 ACTION 10…
Blue Book file compilation, part 2 Document

NICAP (USAF records)· 33 pages· 3 pages mention it
- p. 21 …Their patrol car was approached by a luminous object that came down from the sky to a pasture about 150…
- p. 28 …and other observers, here and abroad, were alarmed by UFO encounters, especially at close range. We do not wish to…
Aboard a Flying Saucer the Adventures of Two 'Kidnapped' Humans FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-03-12· 29 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 3 …They were still in the car, and the car was moving, with Barney at the wheel. They were silent, numb…
- p. 4 …had encountered a strange roadblock on a lonely New Hampshire road. A group of men approached the car, and as…
Narrative Statement 2, Western United States Event, 2023 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 2023· 8 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 4 …The object appeared to mimic a car (my best example is the flying car from the Harry Potter book series…
Project Blue Book case file: Levelland, November 2-3, 1957 (81 pages) Document

USAF / National Archives via The Black Vault· 82 pages· 6 pages mention it
- p. 30 …The unusual aspect of this incident was the statement by a number of observers that their car's ignition stopped…
- p. 44 …At least seven persons reported close encounters with the "egg"; at least four cars or trucks were stalled; and many…
Arrey 1949 letter in CIA file Document

NICAP· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …No noise, very quite in area (no cars, planes or other engines running) No trail, no exhaust visible. No odor…