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Stories10

The Henfield Police Sighting

September 1998 · A281 Brighton Road between Henfield and Woodmancote (Blackstone), West Sussex, England

UAP · Formation · 16 sources

28Thinly documented

The CAAC Boeing 747 Encounter: Captain Wang Shuting's Light Over China

June 11, 1985 · Airspace over Gansu Province (near Lanzhou) or Inner Mongolia, China (unresolved)

UAP · Orb / light · 8 sources

14Thinly documented

Ennepetal Police Patrol Sighting (Nösler and Roschlaub), 1976

June 12, 1976 · Schweflinghauser Straße, Schweflinghausen, Ennepetal, Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia

UAP · Egg · 14 sources

21Thinly documented

The Bengough Farm Sighting

February 19, 1968 · Heggs farm, about five miles west of Bengough, Saskatchewan

UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources

14Thinly documented

The Nederland Tadpole: Power Failure Under a Hovering Object in Texas

February 6, 1966 · 619 South 17th Street, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas

UAP · Other · 9 sources

20Thinly documented

The Mount Gambier Old Glencoe Road Car Encounter

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

UAP · Egg · 9 sources

18Thinly documented

The Willow Grove Close Encounter: Charles Brew's Milking-Shed Sighting

February 15, 1963 · Brew family dairy farm, Willow Grove, Victoria (northwest of Moe)

UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources

17Thinly documented

The Purnong Landing dome of coloured lights

March 13, 1959 · Purnong Landing, Murray River, South Australia

UAP · Other · 7 sources

13Thinly documented

Fort Itaipu incident: the burned sentries

November 4, 1957 · Fortaleza de Itaipu, Ponta de Itaipu, Praia Grande, São Paulo

UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources

18Thinly documented

The Haworth Police "Airship" Sighting

December 1901 · Marsh Lane, Haworth, Worth Valley, West Yorkshire

UAP · Cigar · 15 sources

16Thinly documented

Names5

close encounter Term · 96 stories
Close encounters are the field's term for sightings up close, where a witness meets something at short range.
Keith Basterfield Person · 45 stories
An Australian researcher who kept returning to the country's strangest cases, and often to their ordinary explanations.
Steuart Campbell Person · 13 stories
A BUFORA investigator who kept offering down-to-earth answers.
UFOCUS NZ Organisation · 8 stories
A New Zealand research group, UFOCUS NZ keeps the record on some of the country's strangest encounters.
INTCAT Programme · 4 stories
Peter Rogerson compiled it.

Documents80 · see all

NewsNation article "We are not alone: The UFO whistleblower speaks" (entered by Rep. Luna) Document

U.S. House Committee Repository· 9 pages

…JUN 11, 2023 / 08:00 PM CDT Close encounters: America’s UFO fascination The Department of Defense has…
Pressfax Carries 31 Aug Pravada FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1993-08-31· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …the paper will cover "all kinds of events, from pure sensation to 'insoluble' problems of everyday life; from encounters with…
Nothing But the Facts on UFOs or Which Novosti Writer Do You Read? (Wit H 2 Ar FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1968-03-02· 11 pages

…And, strange as it might seem, this regularity is closely connected with earthly events. The first "cycle" of…
Official hearing transcript PDF (mirror) Hearing transcript

Congress.gov· 54 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 50 …Are there also commercial pilots who have encountered the same kind of sightings that you de- scribed before? Mr. GRAVES…
Hearing 53-022 short link Hearing transcript

GovInfo· 54 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 50 …Are there also commercial pilots who have encountered the same kind of sightings that you de- scribed before? Mr. GRAVES…
Official hearing transcript PDF Hearing transcript

U.S. House of Representatives· 54 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 50 …Are there also commercial pilots who have encountered the same kind of sightings that you de- scribed before? Mr. GRAVES…

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