Legendary UFO Sightings & Sites
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North America
Roswell Incident (International UFO Museum)
In July 1947 a rancher found strange debris northwest of Roswell and the Army announced it had recovered a flying disc, then retracted the story a day later. The museum in town covers the case that started it all. #crash #military #1940s
Area 51 Back Gate (Rachel, NV)
The back gate of the secretive Groom Lake test facility, tied to UFO lore ever since Bob Lazar's 1989 claims. Watchers park along the dirt roads near Rachel hoping to spot strange lights over the range. #military #lights #1980s
Phoenix Lights (Downtown Phoenix)
On March 13 1997 thousands of people across Phoenix reported a huge silent V shaped formation of lights passing overhead, one of the largest mass sightings on record. The Air Force attributed a later set of lights to flares, many witnesses were unconvinced. #lights #mass-event #1990s
Kenneth Arnold Sighting (Mount Rainier)
On June 24 1947 pilot Kenneth Arnold reported nine crescent shaped objects skipping like saucers near Mount Rainier, the sighting that gave the world the term flying saucer. #sighting #1940s
Betty & Barney Hill Encounter (Indian Head, NH)
Driving home past Indian Head on the night of September 19 1961, Betty and Barney Hill reported being taken aboard a craft, the first widely publicized abduction account. #abduction #1960s
Kecksburg Incident (PA)
On December 9 1965 a fireball crossed several states and villagers reported an acorn shaped object in the woods here, quickly hauled away by the military. A replica of the object now stands in town. #crash #military #1960s
Lonnie Zamora Landing Site (Socorro, NM)
On April 24 1964 police officer Lonnie Zamora reported an egg shaped craft and two small figures in an arroyo south of Socorro, leaving burn marks and landing traces. One of the best documented cases in Project Blue Book. #sighting #1960s
Levelland Sightings (TX)
On the night of November 2 1957 numerous drivers around Levelland reported a glowing egg shaped object that stalled their engines and killed their headlights. #sighting #mass-event #1950s
Incident at Exeter (NH)
In the early hours of September 3 1965 a teenager and two police officers watched a large object with pulsing red lights over a field near Exeter, the case behind the book Incident at Exeter. #sighting #1960s
Flatwoods Monster Site (WV)
On September 12 1952 a group of boys and a mother reported a tall spade headed figure near a glowing object on a hilltop after a fireball crossed the sky, the famous Flatwoods Monster. #sighting #1950s
Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter (KY)
On the night of August 21 1955 two families at a farmhouse near Kelly reported a siege by small silvery beings that shrugged off gunfire, a classic of the goblin type encounters. #sighting #1950s
Pascagoula Abduction Site (MS)
On October 11 1973 Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker said they were floated aboard a craft by robotic beings while fishing on the Pascagoula River. A historical marker now stands near the site. #abduction #1970s
Travis Walton Site (Apache-Sitgreaves Forest, AZ)
On November 5 1975 logger Travis Walton was reportedly struck by a beam from a hovering disc in this forest and vanished for five days while his crew faced a police investigation. Basis of the film Fire in the Sky. The pin marks the general Turkey Springs area. #abduction #1970s
Cash-Landrum Incident (Dayton, TX)
On December 29 1980 Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum and her grandson encountered a diamond shaped object spewing flame over a road near Dayton, escorted by helicopters. They later suffered radiation like illness. #sighting #military #1980s
Washington DC Flap 1952 (US Capitol)
Over two July weekends in 1952 radar at Washington airports tracked unknown objects over the capital while pilots reported lights. Jets were scrambled and the Air Force held its biggest press conference since the war. #radar #military #mass-event #1950s
O'Hare Airport Sighting 2006 (Chicago)
On November 7 2006 United employees and pilots reported a metallic disc hovering over Gate C17 before it shot up through the clouds, leaving a hole. The FAA called it a weather phenomenon. #sighting #2000s
McMinnville UFO Photos (OR)
In May 1950 farmers Paul and Evelyn Trent photographed a metallic disc over their farm near McMinnville, producing two of the most analyzed UFO photos ever taken. The town holds a yearly UFO festival. #photo #1950s
Maury Island Incident (Puget Sound, WA)
In June 1947 Harold Dahl claimed a doughnut shaped craft dropped hot slag on his boat in Puget Sound and that a man in black warned him to stay quiet. Widely regarded as a hoax, yet it shaped UFO folklore. #sighting #1940s
Aurora Airship Crash Legend (TX)
Local legend says an airship crashed into a windmill here in April 1897 and its small pilot was buried in the Aurora cemetery, one of the earliest crash stories in America. #crash #1890s
Marfa Lights Viewing Area (TX)
An official roadside viewing area for the Marfa Lights, glowing orbs reported over Mitchell Flat since the 1880s. Explanations range from car headlights to atmospheric refraction, the mystery endures. #lights
Brown Mountain Lights Overlook (NC)
A roadside overlook on NC 181 for the Brown Mountain Lights, ghostly lights reported over the ridge for more than a century and studied several times without a full explanation. #lights
Skinwalker Ranch Area (UT)
A ranch in the Uinta Basin famous for decades of reported lights, craft and stranger phenomena, later studied by private and Pentagon funded programs. The ranch is private, view from the public road only. #lights #sighting
Mount Shasta (CA)
A volcano wrapped in decades of lore about strange lights, hidden beings and the underground city of Telos, a magnet for contactee stories since the 1930s. #lights #sighting
Sedona Skywatch (Airport Mesa, AZ)
Sedona's red rocks are a hotspot for reports of strange lights and orbs, and Airport Mesa is the classic skywatching perch. UFO tours run nightly with night vision gear. #lights
Shag Harbour Incident (NS, Canada)
On October 4 1967 witnesses watched lights descend into the water off this fishing village and navy divers searched for days. Canada's best documented UFO incident, with its own interpretive centre. #crash #1960s
Falcon Lake Incident (MB, Canada)
On May 20 1967 prospector Stefan Michalak approached a landed craft near Falcon Lake and was burned in a grid pattern by a blast of hot gas, often called Canada's most famous close encounter. #sighting #1960s
USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter (Pacific)
In November 2004 Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz intercepted a white Tic Tac shaped object that outmaneuvered their jets off the Baja coast, tracked by ship radar. The videos were officially released by the Pentagon in 2017. #radar #military #2000s
JAL Flight 1628 Encounter (Alaska)
On November 17 1986 the crew of Japan Air Lines flight 1628 reported enormous lights and a giant craft pacing their 747 over eastern Alaska for nearly an hour, with intermittent radar returns. #radar #sighting #1980s
UFO Watchtower (San Luis Valley, CO)
A quirky observation deck in the San Luis Valley, one of America's oldest hotspots for odd lights and aerial phenomena. Skywatchers have logged dozens of sightings from the platform since 2000. #lights
Gorman Dogfight (Fargo, ND)
On October 1 1948 fighter pilot George Gorman chased a fast white light over Fargo for 27 minutes in what the press dubbed a dogfight with a UFO. #military #sighting #1940s
Mantell Incident (Franklin, KY)
On January 7 1948 Captain Thomas Mantell died when his P-51 crashed near Franklin while chasing a huge metallic object, later attributed to a secret Skyhook balloon. The first fatality linked to a UFO chase. #military #1940s
Lubbock Lights (TX)
In August and September 1951 college professors and students photographed V shaped formations of lights crossing the night sky, the famous Lubbock Lights studied by Project Blue Book. #lights #photo #1950s
Coyne Helicopter Incident (Mansfield, OH)
On October 18 1973 an Army Reserve helicopter crew near Mansfield reported a gray object with a green beam that seemed to pull their aircraft upward. All four crew members signed sworn statements. #military #sighting #1970s
Val Johnson Incident (Warren, MN)
On August 27 1979 Deputy Val Johnson's patrol car was struck by a blinding light near Warren, leaving damaged glass, bent antennas and a stopped clock. The car is displayed in the county museum in Warren. #sighting #1970s
Stephenville Sightings 2008 (TX)
On January 8 2008 dozens of residents including a pilot and police reported a huge silent object with bright lights near Stephenville, and radar records showed an unknown track. #sighting #radar #2000s
Malmstrom AFB Missile Shutdown (MT)
In March 1967 ten Minuteman nuclear missiles at Malmstrom went offline while guards reported a glowing red object over the front gate, according to former launch officers. #military #1960s
Mariana UFO Film (Great Falls, MT)
On August 15 1950 minor league manager Nick Mariana filmed two bright discs crossing the sky above the ballpark, one of the first UFO films examined by the Air Force. #photo #1950s
Gulf Breeze Sightings (FL)
Between 1987 and 1988 Ed Walters produced dozens of Polaroid photos of a structured craft over this Florida town, sparking a local sighting wave, fame and a fierce hoax controversy. #photo #1980s
Rex Heflin Photos (Santa Ana, CA)
On August 3 1965 highway inspector Rex Heflin snapped four Polaroids of a hat shaped disc from his van near Santa Ana, images debated by analysts for decades. #photo #1960s
Europe
Rendlesham Forest Incident (UK)
Over two nights after Christmas 1980 USAF personnel from RAF Woodbridge reported a glowing craft and strange lights in these woods, logged in the famous Halt memo. A marked UFO trail now leads past the east gate site. #military #sighting #1980s
Cradle Hill (Warminster, UK)
In the 1960s Warminster was gripped by the Thing, a wave of strange sounds and aerial lights that drew crowds of skywatchers to Cradle Hill, still a pilgrimage spot for enthusiasts. #lights #mass-event #1960s
Broad Haven School Sighting (Wales)
In February 1977 a group of schoolchildren reported a silver cigar shaped craft in a field by their school and drew matching sketches, part of the Dyfed triangle flap. #sighting #mass-event #1970s
Belgian Wave Start (Eupen, Belgium)
On November 29 1989 two gendarmes near Eupen watched a silent triangle with bright lights, opening the Belgian wave that produced thousands of reports and F-16 radar chases. #sighting #radar #mass-event #1980s
Trans-en-Provence Landing (France)
On January 8 1981 a farmer watched a saucer land in his garden here, and France's official GEPAN unit documented compressed soil and altered plants, one of the few cases with physical trace analysis. #sighting #1980s
Valensole Incident (France)
On July 1 1965 lavender farmer Maurice Masse reported a small craft and two little beings in his field, and plants at the spot allegedly refused to grow for years. #sighting #1960s
Hessdalen Lights (Norway)
This quiet Norwegian valley has produced unexplained floating lights since 1981, monitored by an automated scientific research station. One of the few places you can plan a sighting trip around. #lights
Robert Taylor Incident (Dechmont Law, Scotland)
On November 9 1979 forester Robert Taylor emerged bruised with torn trousers, saying a spiked sphere had tried to drag him toward a domed craft on this hill. The only UFO case ever investigated by police as an assault. #sighting #1970s
Berwyn Mountains Incident (Wales)
On January 23 1974 an earth tremor and strange lights over these Welsh peaks convinced locals a craft had come down, a case nicknamed the Welsh Roswell. #crash #lights #1970s
Aviano Air Base Sighting (Italy)
On July 1 1977 a security guard at Aviano NATO air base reported a glowing spinning dome hovering over parked aircraft as base lights failed. #military #sighting #1970s
Petrozavodsk Phenomenon (Russia)
On September 20 1977 residents watched a huge glowing jellyfish spread over the city, an event reported across the USSR and later linked to a Plesetsk rocket launch. #lights #mass-event #1970s
Emilcin Abduction Memorial (Poland)
On May 10 1978 farmer Jan Wolski said short green faced beings took him aboard a hovering craft in this village, Poland's most famous abduction. A memorial stone marks the site. #abduction #1970s
Voronezh Park Sighting (Russia)
In late September 1989 children in a Voronezh park reported a landed sphere and towering three eyed beings with a robot, a story that made worldwide headlines via the TASS news agency. #sighting #1980s
Latin America
Varginha Incident (Brazil)
In January 1996 three girls reported a strange creature in a vacant lot and rumors of a military capture swept Brazil, the case known as the Brazilian Roswell. The town embraced it with this spaceship shaped water tower. #sighting #1990s
Colares Chupa Chupa Wave (Brazil)
In 1977 residents of this island town reported beams of light from the sky that left burn marks, a wave so intense the Brazilian Air Force ran Operacao Prato to investigate it. #lights #military #1970s
Cerro Uritorco (Argentina)
This peak above Capilla del Monte became Argentina's UFO mecca after a famous 1986 alleged landing left a large burn mark on nearby El Pajarillo, drawing skywatchers ever since. #lights #sighting #1980s
San Clemente UFO Trail (Chile)
The Andes above San Clemente log so many light reports that Chile's tourism authorities created an official UFO trail here in 2008, passing the El Enladrillado stone plateau. #lights #sighting
Ubatuba Fragments (Brazil)
In 1957 fragments of ultra pure magnesium said to come from a disc that exploded off the Ubatuba coast were mailed to a newspaper, and labs have analyzed the samples for decades. #crash #1950s
Asia-Pacific & Africa
Westall Mass Sighting (Melbourne, Australia)
On April 6 1966 hundreds of students and teachers at Westall High School watched a silver disc descend beyond the pines here before it sped away, Australia's biggest mass sighting. #mass-event #sighting #1960s
Wycliffe Well (NT, Australia)
This outback roadhouse styles itself the UFO capital of Australia, with regular reports of strange lights along the Stuart Highway going back to WWII. #lights
Tully Saucer Nest (QLD, Australia)
On January 19 1966 banana farmer George Pedley reported a saucer rising from Horseshoe Lagoon near Tully, leaving a swirled nest of flattened reeds, an ancestor of the crop circle phenomenon. #sighting #1960s
Kaikoura Lights (New Zealand)
In December 1978 strange lights followed cargo flights off the Kaikoura coast, filmed by a TV crew and tracked on radar, prompting an official New Zealand investigation. #lights #radar #1970s
Tehran UFO Incident (Iran)
On September 19 1976 two Iranian F-4 jets chased a brilliant object over Tehran and reported instruments and weapons failing as they closed in, documented in a US DIA report. #military #radar #1970s
Ariel School Encounter (Ruwa, Zimbabwe)
On September 16 1994 some sixty children at Ariel School reported a landed craft and dark eyed beings at the edge of the schoolyard, one of the most studied mass witness cases ever. #mass-event #sighting #1990s
Kera Incident (Kochi, Japan)
In August 1972 schoolboys in the Kera district claimed they repeatedly captured a small hat sized saucer that kept slipping away, photographing it before it vanished for good. One of Japan's most beloved UFO stories. #sighting #photo #1970s
Utsuro-bune Legend Site (Ibaraki, Japan)
An 1803 chronicle tells of a round hollow boat washing ashore on this stretch of Hitachi coast carrying a strangely dressed woman and undecipherable script, the Utsuro-bune legend. #sighting #1800s
Father Gill Sighting (Boianai, Papua New Guinea)
In June 1959 missionary William Gill and more than thirty villagers at Boianai mission watched figures moving atop a hovering disc and waved to them over two evenings. #mass-event #sighting #1950s
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