A Century of UFO Landings (1868-1968):

(as compiled by Jacques Vallée in his book Passport to Magonia)

See also:

• Jacques Vallée Research
• UFO Sightings

1968

• November 22, 1968 (9:00 PM): Fleury-d’Aude (France). A dozen witnesses saw a lens-shaped object surrounded with a blue glow, making a noise similar to that of a jet and emitting flashes, which landed in a field briefly. It suddenly took off and was lost to sight at the horizon. (France-Soir Nov. 24, 1968)
• November 20, 1968 (5:30 PM): Hanbury (Great Britain). Mr. and Mrs. Milakovic were driving to Hednesford when they suddenly saw a brilliant object rising from a field to the left and hovering above a house. It appeared to “quiver like a jelly.” Several figures were seen on the deck of the craft for about five min, then it left with a jerky motion. (FSR 69, 1)
• November 2, 1968 (3:55 AM): Sisteron (France). During a thunderstorm, a health practitioner was awakened by his crying 14-month-old son. He saw two luminous objects outside his house, and observed them coming close together and merging about 180 m away. A vertical beam of light was aimed at him for a second as the object tilted, and then the display vanished with a flash, leaving a slowly dissolving cloud. Persistent nightmares and various physiological phenomena were later recorded. (M)
• October 9, 1968 (6:20 AM): Lins (Brazil). Doribio Pereira, 41, municipal employee, suddenly observed a golden, cigar-shaped object, and a figure armed with a flashing weapon that immobilized him. Three beings were standing on a platform under the craft, and another figure appeared to be using a keyboard inside the transparent top part. The object took off rapidly, leaving the witness in a state of shock. (FSR 69, 1)
• August 31, 1968 (Early): Mendoza (Argentina). Three witnesses, among them two Casino employees, stated that they observed five dwarfs, with oversized heads, who emerged from a landed craft and traced undecipherable signs on the ground. (Le Figaro Sept. 2, 1968)
• August 27, 1968 (Early): Lins (Brazil). Maria Josa Cintra, who worked at the Clemente Ferreira Sanatorium, was awakened by a noise. At the front door was a “foreign-looking” woman of normal height, wearing light-colored clothes, and a headdress exposing only her face. She spoke in an unknown language, and handed Marie a mug and a glass bottle covered with beautiful engravings. Maria filled them. The woman said something such as “Rempaua,” and went out to a pearl-shaped, bright object that took off with the sound of wings. (FSR 69, 1)
• July 31, 1968 (9:00 AM): Plaine-des-Cafres (La Reunion Island). Luce Fontaine, 31, a farmer, was in a clearing when he suddenly saw an oval object, 25 m away, less than 5 m above ground. It had a clear center, dark-blue ends, two protrusions on top and bottom, and measured 5 m in diameter, 2.5 m in height. In the object stood two beings, 90 cm tall, wearing coveralls. A violent flash and a blast of hot air were noted as the object vanished. (LDLN 96)
• July 2, 1968 (11:25 AM): Sierra Chica (Argentina). Oscar H. Iriart, 15, saw two men of normal height, with short, white hair and red clothes, semi-transparent legs, motioning to him. Near them was an elliptical, silvery machine, 2 m long, 60 cm high, with three 50 cm legs. The men gave him an envelope with a childish message and flew off. The witness’s horse and dog were paralyzed for several minutes. The boy arrived home “like a madman.” (FSR 68, 5)
• July 2, 1968 (8:15 AM): Cofico (Argentina). A boy, Sola, saw, a few meters away, a strange being, about 2.10 m tall, hovering in the air, his body emitting a peculiar glow, near a bright, unknown object. (FSR 68, 5)
• July 1, 1948 (12:30 PM): Botucatu (Brazil). Three boys saw an object, about 8 m wide, 350 m away. It had a large tripod undercarriage and a ladder reaching down the ground. These devices were retracted, and the object rose a few meters, then flew off at high speed. (FSR 68, 6)
• July 1, 1968 (4:00 AM): Ricardone (Argentina). Raul Calcedo met two giants, almost 3 m tall, in Ricardone. He fled in terror, in spite of a strange power that tended to make him stay. (FSR 68, 5)
• June 25, 1968 (10:45 AM): Bouchard (Argentina). Jorge Ribles, electrician at the Carmal Chemical Plant, noticed that the engines were at a standstill, while the countryside was lit up with intensive reddish light. Another man, 52-year-old Jose J. Rociski, fell unconscious as a vivid light enveloped him. He was unable to move his left arm for three days, and suffered from pain and extreme nervousness. (FSR 68, 5)
• June 21, 1968: Miramar (Argentina). A man riding his bicycle encountered a large object, 50 cm above the ground. The top part was spinning, and it cast a vertical beam of red light toward the ground. Calcination traces were found by police. (LDLN 95)
• June 19, 1968 (Night): Cabreria (Argentina). A settler, Romulo Velasco, 25, saw a bright object land. From it emerged a strange “tall, slim being” who came toward the witness, who fainted. (FSR 68, 5)
• June 16, 1968 (Night): El Choro (Argentina). Chief of Provincial Police German Rocha and Police Major Niceforo Leon observed a round object with a vivid blue light. It landed, left a strange, powerful odor, and burned grass and shrubs. (FSR 68, 5)
• June 14, 1968 (3:00 AM): Mendiozaca (Argentina). Jorge Yaru, 35, saw a strange light outside and a bright object, the size of a bus, 30 m away. It had yellow, green and red lights at the bottom. As he approached, the object rose suddenly, hovered for 40 min, and left at high speed. (LDLN 95)
• June, 1968 (12:50 AM): Carlos Paz (Argentina). Pedro Pretzel, 39, motel owner, observed an object 50 m away on road 20, showing two powerful red headlights. Arriving at his room, the witness found his daughter unconscious. When she came to, she said that a blond man, 2 m tall, wearing a blue, bright suit, and holding a pale-blue sphere in his hand, had appeared and spoken to her. (LDLN 95)
• May, 1968 (Midnight): Chascomus (Brazil). Gerardo Vidal and his wife were driving along Route 2 when they were caught in “a dense fog” and lost consciousness for 48 hours. When they came to, it was daytime, and the car, whose paint was badly scorched, was parked in an unknown road. They spoke to local people and found that they were in Mexico. (FSR 68, 5; Magonia)
• March 3, 1968 (6:15 AM): Syracuse (New York). Nick Sgouris, while driving to work, observed a luminous, cigar-shaped object, about 20 m long, showing numerous multi-colored lights. The car almost stopped as the object flew low overhead, and the witness was briefly paralyzed. (APRG Bulletin 67)
• February 1, 1968: Criacao do Cabrito (Azores). Serafim Vieira Sebastiao, a watchman at the Azores Air Station, saw “an oval object with a metallic gleam, topped by a glass tower with a small balustrade on which two beings were standing.” There were two other figures inside the tower. When he shone a light toward it, a cloud of dust surrounded the witness, the craft vanished, and he fainted. Investigation by American military authorities. (FSR 68, 5)

1967

• December 22, 1967: Holmes County (Ohio). Six teenagers observed a silvery, disk-shaped object with a pointed projection on top and multicolored lights, 100 m away, and felt a heat wave when it hovered above them. (FS June, 68)
• December 3, 1967 (2:30 AM): Ashland (Nebraska). Police Officer Schirmer observed a bright, aluminum-colored object just above the road and approached within 14 m, when the object rose, emitting a shrill beeping noise and a red-orange beam. Under hypnosis at the University of Colorado, the witness reported that a small human form, about 1.30 m tall, came from under the craft and approached him to communicate a message stating that “they” came from space and would meet him again. (FSR 68, 4)
• November 29, 1967 (2:00 AM): Yarmouth (Canada). Percy McBride saw a flashing object, the size of a station wagon, with two aerials, arrive from the east and land in a woods for 15 min. It made a clicking sound and a noise similar to six radio receivers tuned on different stations. It had a square, box-like protuberance supported by a pole underneath. (APRO Jan., 68)
• November 24, 1967 (2:30 PM): Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Technician Ugo Battaglia, 39, and a boy, heard a high-pitched sound and saw a bright, metallic, disk-shaped object come down, hit a tree and hover, while three tall men in white coveralls walked around. The boy later suffered severe headaches. Traces. (APRO Nov., 67)
• November 16, 1967 (6:30 PM): Yerecoin (Australia). Farm manager Alan Pool, 43, saw an object, 6 m in diameter and 1.5 m high, with round and square windows, land in a field with a whining noise. It took off and vanished, leaving no trace. (FSR 68, 1)
• November 16, 1967 (5:00 PM): Storrington (Great Britain). Mrs. Quick and another woman saw a flickering light and a deep-red, glowing object at ground level, with a dark figure, slightly larger than a normal human, approaching it. The object disappeared suddenly. (FSR 68, 2)
• November 14, 1967: Barinas (Venezuela). Orlando Gonzales and two other persons saw an oval object, 1.5 m high, resting in the middle of a highway 80 m away. It left straight up. (APRO Nov., 67)
• November 5, 1967 (11:30 PM): Fordingbridge (Great Britain). Lorry driver Karl Farlow told police that as his lights and radio blacked out, although his diesel engine continued to work, he saw an egg-shaped object, 3 m long, 15 m away. Moments later, a white Jaguar coming in the opposite direction also stopped. The object, emitting a green light and showing a whitish dome under its lower surface, hovered between the two vehicles for 2 min and left at high speed. (FSR 67, 6; 68, 3)
• November 3, 1967: San Jeronimo (Argentina). Carlos Spini and another man saw a luminous, blue, circular object land nearby, as they were examining some cows. It took off when they came near. (Personal)
• November 2, 1967 (Night): Ririe (Idaho). Will Begay and Clyde Soccie, in their early 20s, said that an object landed on top of their car, forcing them to stop. Two dwarfs spoke to them, but were not understood. The object left. (FSR 68, 1)
• October 30, 1967 (9:00 PM): Boyup Brook (Australia). A businessman was driving toward Boyup Brook when his car failed completely and stopped, although he did not recall feeling deceleration. He found a strong light beam aimed at him from a mushroom-shaped craft, 10 m in diameter. He had no recollection of starting the car again after the departure of the object. (FSR 68, 4)
• October 27, 1967: Dympep (India). A spinning object, 7.5 m in diameter, emitting red and green lights, came down to a river, causing thunderous agitation of the water, and took off over a forest, with a heat wave. (LDLN 92)
• October 26, 1967 (4:30 AM): Reading (Great Britain). A businessman driving north between Hook and Reading was puzzled when the electrical system of his car broken down. He then observed a dull object, 20 m in diameter, 100 m away, at about 15 m altitude. He made the rest of his journey in a trancelike state. (FSR 67, 6)
• October 25, 1967 (8:45 PM): Malvern (Great Britain). Clive Robinson and Richard Corben, 14, and a third boy, reported the landing of a dome-shaped object with a smaller hump on top, 200 m away. It took off diagonally, leaving some traces. (FSR 68)
• October 24, 1967 (9:30 PM): Newfield (New York). Donald Chiszar, 13, and Pat Crozier, 10, saw a bright object hovering in mid-air. It tilted toward them, and they could see two big, square windows separated by a bar, and strange lettering under them. Two aliens, and control panels with lights and knobs, could be seen inside. It vanished on the spot. (Lor. III 180)
• October 21, 1967 (10:00 PM): Duncan (Oklahoma). Four boys were driving east on State Route 7 when they saw three men on the road, who “almost flew off and disappeared.” They were about 1.20 m tall and wore shiny blue-green clothing. Their faces looked human, but they had very large ears. The next day a small footprint showing four toes was found in the mud. (Lor. III 84)
• October 11, 1967 (12:10 AM): Oberhrendingen (Switzerland). Othmar Willi, 37, observed three cylinders, 10 m high, 5 m in diameter, with two rows of square windows and a small cone on top, hovering 50 m away and 5 m above a maize field, making a noise resembling a swarm of bees. A small object was dropped briefly. (FSR 68, 4)
• October 9, 1967 (5:40 PM): East Tucson (Arizona). A boy riding his bicycle saw an aluminum cylinder standing on end, 3 m high, 80 cm wide, supported by two legs ending in round pads joined by a bar. He got within 12 m of the object before it rose vertically with a deep, low-pitched hum, but no smoke, flame, or haze. It left two impressions. (Lor. III 119)
• September 22, 1967 (Night): Caracas (Venezuela). Near Caracas, a race track employee was attacked by a very strong creature that choked him, but ran away when a horse was heard neighing frantically in the stable. Thirty min later, a horse was attacked, and an employee saw a dwarf, 1 m tall, “zoom” out of the building. (Lor. III 84)
• September 18, 1967 (1:00 AM): Nanton (Canada). Forestry employee Russell Hill heard a strange pulsating sound and saw an object giving off a green glow hover near his cabin. Radio interference. (Lor. III 34)
• September 15, 1967 (8:45 PM): Winsted (Connecticut). Two teenage girls observed a large, glowing object, and three small figures, about 1.25 m tall, with oversized heads, running near a barn. From the object came a noise similar to that of “a power mower when it fires but fails to start.” The object blacked out, and the figures hid while a car passed, after which the object pulsated between very bright white and dull red, and moved diagonally several times. (Lor. III 166; Condon 347)
• September 15, 1967: Alamosa (Colorado). The carcass of a horse named Snippy was discovered. Unusual radioactivity and strange traces were claimed to have been found at the spot. (Condon 344; Magonia)
• September 14, 1967 (11:00 AM): La Baleia (Brazil). Fabio J. Diniz, 16, was walking near a hospital when he saw a mushroom-shaped craft on a playing field. It had a cupola on top, and a guillotine-like door that slid up. The boy fled, but a voice told him in Portuguese: “Don’t run away.” He saw two men, 2 m tall, dressed in green tight-fitting clothes. They told him not to be afraid and to return the next day, “otherwise we will take your family.” They had greenish skin, and round eyes set wide apart. (FSR 68, 6)
• September 11, 1967 (9:30 PM): Villa Constitucion (Argentina). During a raging storm, an entire family watched a large, glowing object in a field 300 m away, giving off brilliant beams of light for 4 hours, after which it took off in seconds. Soot-like material with an unpleasant smell and tracks on flattened grass were noted. (FSR 68, 6)
• September 8, 1967 (2:30 AM): Caracas (Venezuela). A. Aguilar, 23, saw a creature outside her bedroom window and screamed. Her parents ran into the room in time to see it soaring over rooftops, surrounded by a bluish-yellow glow. It moved as if suspended from a balloon. A strong smell of “melted iron” was detected by all. (Lor. III 81)
• September 4, 1967 (5:10 AM): Valencia (Venezuela). Police Officer P. A. Andrade was on duty at City Hall when he heard a humming noise and footsteps in a garage. He met a dwarf, 1 m tall, with a big head and bulging, reddish glowing eyes, wearing a silver-colored, metallic-looking coverall. Andrade pointed his machine gun at the creature, but a voice from a hovering disk said in Spanish that he should not harm the creature. The dwarf then tried to convince Andrade to come to “their world,” adding it was “very distant and much larger than the Earth, and with many advantages for Earthlings.” When Andrade declined, the creature flew back into the object, which left. (Lor. III 82)
• September 3, 1967: Caracas (Venezuela). Paula Valdez, suffering from a headache, was suddenly aroused by a whistling sound and saw a small man, with a large head and prominent eyes, who said: “I want you to come with us, so that you’ll know other worlds, and you’ll realize how small your world is.” The witness screamed wildly, and the apparition ran. (Lor. III 80)
• September 2, 1967 (Night): Hato Viejo Farm (Venezuela). Nelson Gutierrez, a salesman, saw an object on the Plains Highway, and a creature, of which he took several photographs. (Lor. III 78)
• August 29, 1967 (10:30 AM): Cussac (France). Two children saw a sphere, 2 m in diameter, and “four little devils.” One of them was bending over, apparently busy with something on the ground, and another held a mirror-like object. They hovered and flew around the sphere, then dived into it as it rose with a soft whistling sound. A smell of sulphur began to spread, and the object flew away. (FSR 68, 5; LDLN 90)
• August 26, 1967: Maturin (Venezuela). Saki Macharechi spotted an object in flight, which he thought was a heron, land near a bridge. He then saw that it was a dwarf, about 1 m tall, with huge eyes. (Lor. III 78)
• August 26, 1967 (2:00 AM): Maiquetia Airport (Venezuela). Esteban D. Cova, a private in the Marines, was relieved of duty at the airport and returned to his quarters. Then he met an ugly dwarf, 1 m tall, with a huge head, bulgy eyes, and a body covered with “hairy stuff or wiry metal.” It made a deep whistling sound, and Cova felt a prickling sensation in his body. In perfect Spanish the creature said: “Won’t you come with me? We need one human being.” Cova fainted. (Lor. III 79)
• August 25, 1967 (5:00 PM): Catia la Mar (Venezuela). Three disks of large dimension were seen to emerge from the sea by Ruben Norato, after he observed a “precipitous movement of the water.” (NICAP Mar., 68)
• August 24, 1967 (5:00 PM): Sydney-Melbourne Road (Australia). A motorcyclist was suddenly engulfed in a bluish-white light so dazzling that he had to stop. He then saw a metallic object, 30 m away, its shape that of two saucers one on top of the other, with a dome on top, silvery, the lower half dark gray, about 10 m in diameter, and bearing a black mark or insignia. Near it appeared two figures about 1.5 m tall, wearing silvery coveralls and opaque helmets. A gesture from them scared the witness, who drove away but was followed by the object. (FSR 68, 2)
• August 23, 1967 (8:00 PM): Kolmarden (Sweden). A boy and a girl, both 15, noticed a red glow coming down in the woods. Later they saw a large source of light in mid-air and heard piercing whistling sounds, then footsteps, and saw a jumping creature, 10 m away. It was about 1.30 m tall, had an oversized head, made jerky motions, raised a tube in its arms, and had a “shimmering” appearance. (APRO Sept., 67)
• August 23, 1967 (Early): Joyceville (Canada). Stanley Moxon, of Toronto, driving to Montreal, was between Joyceville and the Glen Grove Road when he encountered a large, disk-shaped craft and two creatures, 1.20 m tall, dressed in white suits and helmets. They “flew back” into the object at once and it left silently at high speed. (Lor. III 32)
• August 12, 1967 (2:30 AM): Ogema (Wisconsin). Mr. and Mrs. Miedtke, awakened by the barking of their dog, saw a large hemispherical object with a fluorescent glow and a short flash of light. Too terrified to go outside, they heard heavy footsteps around their trailer. At dawn there was a sound like that of a generator, and seconds later the object was gone. (Lor. III 27)
• August 8, 1967 (Evening): Salina (Venezuela). Evangelic Pastor Estanislao Lugo Contreras was at the shore when he saw a disk-shaped object with a very bright orange glow emitting a buzzing sound, rise out of the sea, hover a few seconds then rise obliquely. (Lor. III 55)
• August 7, 1967 (2:00 AM): Caracas (Venezuela). In the San Bernardino section, Pedro Riera, of Avila Ave., was awakened by the shaking of his bed and saw a creature in his room, which “flew” out through the open window. Lights on the ground blinded the witness when he rushed to the balcony. Other people had seen a strange vehicle parked in the street. That afternoon, a strange dwarf entered the office of Dr. S. Vegas, who examined him. The being spoke perfect Spanish, had peculiar heart sounds, and did not understand the notion of “age.” (Lor. III 74)
• August 6, 1967: Hidalgo (Mexico). Antonio Neri Perez and several other people saw three glowing, red disks take off from a field near the house. (Lor. III 65)
• August 5, 1967 (11:30 PM): Sawyer (North Dakota). Ronald Sherven and Robert Bodine saw a glowing, white object on a west-east trajectory north of Sawyer. The object was hidden by a hill at first but all of a sudden it appeared again over a cemetery, came to ground level, and sped away to the north. (NICAP Oct., 67)
• August 4, 1967 (Early): Recife (Venezuela). Engineer Hugo S. Yepes was on a beach 25 km north of Recife when he saw a disk, 6 m in diameter, come out of the water. It was gray, looked metallic, hovered for a few sec at 1 m altitude, then rose slowly to the east and disappeared. (NICAP Mar., 68)
• August 3, 1967 (11:30 PM): Caracas (Venezuela). Two persons saw a luminous, whitish object, 10 m in diameter, resembling two plates glued together. The whole yard was illuminated and a humming sound was heard. A door opened in the base of the craft, and something similar to a light bulb lowered itself to ground level. This, too, had an opening, from which stepped a small man in silvery, luminous clothes, his head surrounded with vapor. He was about 5 m away from the witnesses, and was observed to pick up stones, examine them, look up and seem to communicate with the main object. He then dropped the stones and stepped into the “bulb” that reentered the craft, which took off. (Lor. III 44)
• August 3, 1967 (8:00 PM): Conrado (Brazil). J. Vieira, a lawyer, and his driver, Amauri, at km 15 on the Miguel Peraira Highway saw two yellowish lights, then many others, about 500 m away to the left. They blinked and faded. Similar lights were seen again at Conrado. When the driver blinked the car’s headlights, the objects seemed to respond. An object which illuminated the whole area was seen resting in a woods. (Lor. III 17)
• July 31, 1967 (10:15 PM): Churchville (New York). A guard, Sidney Zipkin, 50, was driving through a large parking lot when he observed a cigar-shaped object, 16 m long, with green lights under it, land on the pavement. He stopped his truck within 30 m of the object, with the headlights aimed on it, and was surprised to see two dwarfs dressed in shiny black uniforms rush by the vehicle and enter the craft, which took off straight up. (184)
• July 24, 1967 (10:00 PM): Mareuil (France). Between Mareuil and Ste-Hermine, Daniel Bonifait and his family saw a red disk, the size of a building, fall 300 m away behind a hill. Dark forms were observed on the disk’s surface, and the forest seemed to be ablaze as the witnesses drove away in fear. (GEPA Dec., 68)
• July 21, 1967 (2:30 AM): Jewish Creek (Florida). Barbara Fawcett, 18, and her sister saw a yellow “jagged” object rise above a swamp and land on a hill. Air Force investigators found a very large scorched area at the spot. (APRO July, 67)
• July 18, 1967 (1:30 AM): Boardman (Ohio). A minister was awakened by a strange sound and had the “impulse” to go downstairs and look outside. Between his house and the next one, he saw a silhouette wearing a luminous suit. He thought someone was playing a prank, but the apparition was well-defined and looked real. It turned into a shapeless glow and vanished. (Keel; Magonia)
• July 17, 1967 (Evening): Belfast (Northern Ireland). E. Browne, walking in a wood, saw a disk-like, dull, blue-gray object with a rough surface, hovering about 2 m above ground. An opening became visible in the middle section and two men dressed in silvery clothes emerged, walked in the woods, then reentered the craft, which rose and vanished from sight. (FSR 67, 6)
• July 17, 1967 (4:00 PM): Arc-sous-Ciçon (France). Children were terrified by four dwarfish creatures dressed in black clothing, about 1 m tall, who moved very rapidly among the bushes. They were dark-skinned, had bulging eyes, and spoke among themselves in a strange, musical dialect. (182)
• July 11, 1967 (Evening): Santa Clara del Mar (Argentina). Two persons saw a cigar-shaped object on the ground, 400 m away from the road, which took off, rising rapidly. It had window-like openings emitting a bright light. (183)
• July 7, 1967 (11:30 PM): Milan (Italy). Antonio Brambila and another man saw a glow coming from a disk, 6.5 m in diameter and 2.5 m high, with a dome on top and four telescopic legs, which emitted a strange vibration. (LDLN 91)
• July 5, 1967: Clifton (Great Britain). One hundred persons claimed to have seen a silvery disk-shaped object, about 10 m long, land in the area. (FSR 67, 5)
• June 20, 1967 (12:00 PM): Suomussalmi (Finland). Farmer Arvi Juntunen heard a loud humming sound and saw a round, shiny gray object 50 cm above ground, 6 m away. It had a domed top with a fin and measured 75 cm in diameter. As he was about to seize it, the object rose with a blast, circled and flew away. (FSR 68, 3)
• June 13, 1967: Caledonia (Canada). An object hovering 4 m above ground, and three dwarfs, were observed. Traces and an oily substance were found at the site. (APRO Nov., 67)
• June 11, 1967 (8:00 PM): Price Hill (Ohio). Two children saw a disk-shaped object 1 m in diameter and 25 cm thick, making a metallic noise as it hovered 10 m above them. They took a series of photos that show only a blur. (181)
• June 7, 1967 (1:30 AM): Itajuba (Brazil). A vehicle stalled in the vicinity of a brilliant, transparent, mushroom-shaped object, aboard which occupants with cat-like faces were seen. Under the object was a quadrangular protuberance. (FSR 68, 6)
• June 1, 1967 (11:30 PM): Richmond (Virginia). John Norton, 7, had to be taken to a hospital after observing a disk-shaped, buzzing object, the size of a Volkswagen, with green and red lights, which landed in a clearing and took off “like lightning.” (NICAP May, 67)
• May 24, 1967 (11:00 PM): Arbonne (France). Rémy Deneuville and his family saw a white light to the side of the road, but it was turned off when they drove within 150 m of its location. Minutes later, they saw a luminous spherical object fly away for several minutes. (GEPA Dec., 67)
• May 22, 1967 (Evening): Evillers (France). A teacher, 45-year-old Mr. Tyrode, saw a glow, then an object shaped like an inverted plate emitting a greenish-blue light. It flew less than 20 m above his car, at 40 km/h. (LDLN 94)
• May 20, 1967 (12:13 PM): Falcon Lake (Canada). Polish-born Steve Michalak, 52, industrial mechanic and prospector, saw two red-glowing objects flying at high speed. One of them blew vegetation as it landed, surrounded by a glow, and it was observed for 30 min before a door opened, showing a purple light. A high-pitched sound and an odor resembling a burning electrical circuit were noted. Approaching, the witness heard voices, and upon touching the craft, he burned his rubber-coated glove, and was “blown out” by hot air when the subject started spinning. The witness felt dizzy, suffered minor face burns, second and third degree burns on his chest, vomited frequently for 4 days, and lost over 10 kg. Diameter of craft, 11 m; height, 3 m, with a 1-m-high superstructure. (Lor. III 60; Condon 316)
• May 16, 1967: Nieva-Segovia (Spain). Roman and Jose Arribas observed an object land in a pine forest north of Nieva-Segovia. They saw “people” enter the ash-colored craft, which took off straight up, at high speed. (LDLN 89)
• May 11, 1967 (2:00 AM): Saint George (Utah). Michael Campeadore, 25, a hospital employee, was driving to Salt Lake City when he heard a noise similar to that of a truck, but saw nothing. Then a yellow light became visible to the left, and thinking that it was a jet plane about to crash, he got out and saw it stop 30 m away at 30 m altitude. It was shaped like an inverted bowl with a dome on top and looked metallic. The witness became afraid and emptied his .25 Beretta in the direction of the craft. He heard the bullets hit metal and the object took off at great speed. When he told his story at a nearby service station, the attendant replied that about 20 reports had been made in the Saint George area recently. (180)
• May 9, 1967: Marliens (France). In a field which belonged to the mayor, Mr. Maillotte, a depression was discovered, and blue powder was found in small trenches radiating from that area. A formidable weight seemed to have rested at the spot. No radioactivity. (179)
• May 7, 1967 (2:00 AM): Edmonton (Canada). Ricky Banyard, 14, saw a strange object in the sky and followed it with a friend, Glenn Coates, through binoculars. It hovered near a cemetery, making a hushed whistling sound and illuminating the ground with a vertical beam of light. The object left suddenly with a roar similar to that of a jet, and a series of “bangs.” Stones were found calcined at the site. (178)
• May 6, 1967 (11:00 AM): Durango (Mexico). A mechanical engineer and his daughter saw a disk-shaped object on the ground off a highway. They stopped the car and took three photos of the object as it was taking off. The first one showed the object at treetop level, the second showed it in flight, and the third photo missed the object. (Lor. III 65)
• April 27, 1967 (10:00 PM): Green Lake (Wisconsin). Four boys with binoculars observed an object come lower with oscillating motions, illuminating the woods 1 km away. It was cone-shaped, with a blue underside, and a top that changed from red to orange to white. (Atic)
• April 26, 1967 (9:00 PM): Kitchener (Canada). Brian Dorscht saw a dark object, measuring 1 m in diameter and 1.5 m in height, with flashing green and white lights. When 1 m above ground, six legs came out, and it landed on a lawn near the National Grocers Company. The whining sound the object was making stopped, and the witness became afraid and ran away. Police found six prints at the site. (177; SS&S Summer, 67)
• April 21, 1967 (9:00 PM): South Hill (Virginia). Mr. Crowder was driving home when he saw an object on the road 70 m away. Supported by four legs, it was a vertical cylinder, 5 m in diameter, with a half-sphere on top. It was gray and its base was 1 m above the pavement. When the witness turned his high beams on, the craft gave off a vertical light and vanished. The road burned for 15 min. Mr. Martin, who lived nearby also observed the light. Holes, traces of burns, and calcined matches were noted at the site. (Atic)
• April 16, 1967: Boraure (Venezuela). Guillermo Roldan, his daughter, and other persons saw a glowing, egg-shaped object fly across the sky at high speed, stop suddenly and descend to ground level. As the witnesses rushed toward the area, the object took off at very high speed. (Lor. III 60)
• April 7, 1967 (9:45 AM): Crestview (Florida). More than two hundred children and three teachers saw an oval object, with a light at each end, come to ground level. Several other objects also were seen, moving up and down with a pendulum motion. (FSR 67, 3)
• April 6, 1967 (12:45 PM): Crestview (Florida). An entire class at an elementary school observed an object 20 m above ground, 2 km away. It vanished suddenly as the children and their teacher, 33-year-old Robert Apfel, were watching it. (176)
• April 5, 1967 (7:45 PM): Jonestown (Pennsylvania). Justice of the Peace John H. Demler was driving north on Route 72 when his car stalled and the lights went out. He then saw an object, 10 m in diameter, which gave off a smell of sulphur and camphorated oil, hovering low over the car, which was pulled and rocked when the object took off. Physiological effects (perspiration and peeling skin) were reported after 12 hours. The object gave off a sound resembling an electric motor, and emitted sparks. (NICAP May, 67)
• April 1, 1967 (8:00 PM): New Westminster (Canada). Two boys saw an orange disk, less than 1 m in diameter, flying at high speed, stop and hover for three min, 20 m above ground. Chief of Police Peter Mehan confirmed that the sighting was under investigation. (174)
• March 31, 1967: Hanley (Great Britain). Three strange objects, a bright, orange light emitting a shower of green sparks, and two smaller sources, were seen in a field. No details. (FSR 67, 6)
• March 26, 1967 (8:45 PM): Altona (Canada). Mr. and Mrs. John Dick and Mrs. W. Buhr were driving toward Gretna. Near three radio towers situated 3.5 km south of Altona, they saw a very bright object at ground level, illuminating the countryside with a pink glow. The object itself was dark, with a luminous band around it, was motionless and pulsated, then suddenly disappeared. (173)
• March 25, 1967 (Dawn): Iguala (Mexico). An intensely luminous object woke up several residents. People in trains going toward Acapulco and people travelling by car saw the same phenomenon. It came to ground level with a blinding light, then took off. (177)
• March 24, 1967: Belt (Montana). Numerous reports came from this area, including one of a landing observation. At dawn, police and a Malmstrom AFB helicopter made a search, with negative results. (Atic)
• March 20, 1967 (10:45 PM): Butler (Pennsylvania). A man and his daughter saw two lights that they thought were landing lights on aircraft, but they came to ground level, flew straight toward the car, and suddenly vanished. At the same time, five figures appeared about 3 m away. They had narrow, pointed noses, mouths and eyes like slits, blond hair, rough skin, and were dressed in loose “hunter-like” clothes. Witnesses drove away as fast as they could. (FSR 68, 5)
• March 12, 1967: Rochester (Minnesota). A boy who had gone outside to buy a newspaper saw an object resembling an inverted mushroom hovering 10 m above ground. It was not larger than a car, took a 45° orientation, oscillated, and left to the northwest. Three photographs were reportedly taken. (Atic)
• March 9, 1967 (9:00 PM): Follansbee (Virginia). Three witnesses observed an object as they were driving on Route 2. It was round, hovered at rooftop level, left suddenly at high speed. Its size was that of a car, and the underside showed several lights. (Atic)
• March 8, 1967 (1:05 AM): Leominster (Massachusetts). Two persons observed deep fog in the vicinity of a cemetery and saw a light in the center, coming from an object hovering 100 m above ground. Thinking it was a fire, the witnesses stopped. Paralysis and ignition interference were then noted while the object, about 13 m in diameter, oscillated and then departed with a whirring sound. It took about 20 min for the witnesses to recover muscular coordination. (NICAP Mar., 67)
• March 4, 1967 (Midnight): Vilhelmina (Swedish Laponia). The Sodestrom family observed two plate-shaped objects, one 30 m in diameter, the other smaller and gray in color. They hovered at 20 m altitude for 15 min. The object left with a hushed whistling sound, illuminating the forest with intense light. (171)
• March 3, 1967: Red Hill (New Hampshire). Mr. and Mrs. Fellows were driving toward Sandwich when they saw a lighted object going up and down, turning from white to greenish blue, and following their car for 20 min until they reached Route 113. It left to the northeast. They reported feeling an “electric discharge” as it left, and their dog was very nervous during the observation. (NICAP Mar., 67)
• February 24, 1967: Riachuelo (Chile). Approximate date. An engineer from Osorno, well-known locally, saw an object touch down and a strange being, 1.50 m tall, emerge, wearing a transparent suit. He had a very white face and white hands, a pronounced jawbone, and no apparent nose. Seeing the witness, he got back inside the machine, which took off at great speed. (Lor. III 59; Vuillequez)
• February 23, 1967 (10:30 AM): Linstead (Maryland). Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Weston were talking on the phone when they were surprised to hear a very strong sound and saw an object flying low over their area. A third person saw the object, and many heard it. The snow was swirling under it. The object was mushroom-shaped, supported a dome with a fin, was green-ish, and left toward the Severn River. (170)
• February 22, 1967 (Night): Chippenham (Great Britain). G. Grammond saw an object with flashing red and green lights glide, circle, and land in a field. He saw it again spinning in the northeast when he came out with two other witnesses 5 min later. (FSR 67, 4)
• February 11, 1967 (1:45 AM): Milford (Ohio). Miss Hildebrand, 19, and Michael McKee fled when they saw a large, shiny object off the road. Returning to the scene with a policeman, they found broken branches at the site. (APRO Jan., 67)
• February 5, 1967 (Evening): Hilliards (Ohio). A young man heard a strange noise and a barking dog, and saw an egg-shaped object land. From an elevator-like shaft came human figures that placed small spheres around the craft. A man walked to them and appeared to speak with the entities. The witness was seen, the creatures tried to abduct him, and then took off. (NICAP May, 67)
• February 1, 1967 (9:00 PM): Boadilla del Monte (Spain). Three witnesses independently saw a craft emitting light signals land a few meters away. (LDLN 93)
• January 28, 1967 (1:45 PM): Studham (Great Britain). Children observed “a little blue man with a tall hat and a beard” that disappeared in a puff of smoke; they later saw him again, and heard “foreign-sounding” voices. (FSR 67, 4; Magonia)
• January 26, 1967 (9:00 PM): Coffeen (Illinois). A Methodist minister was driving on Route 185 near Coffeen when he saw an object, flat on the bottom, rounded on top, cross the road silently 100 m away, at low speed. Length, 20 m; height, 3 m. (Atic)
• January 25, 1967 (4:30 AM): Winsted (Minnesota). A civilian man, 32, driving to work in his 1964 Chevy truck, had to stop and inspect the vehicle when its engine stalled. Only then did he observe an intense light to his right, coming closer. He saw it land on the road, and locked himself inside the cabin. The craft settled on a tripod landing gear; it measured 25 m in diameter and was 10 m high. Something similar to an elevator came down from it, and a man dressed in blue coveralls “with something like a glass fishbowl on his head,” of medium height, seemed to check something and left. (Atic)
• January 19, 1967 (9:05 AM): Charleston (West Virginia). Tad Jones, 38, was driving near Charleston when he saw a large, metal sphere, about 6 m in diameter, having four legs equipped with wheels and a very small propeller underneath. Two min later it flew away. (FSR 67, 3)
• January 17, 1967 (Night): Freetown (Indiana). F. Bedel, 23, driving on Route 135 about 8 km north of Freetown saw a plate-shaped object with red, yellow, blue, and white blinking lights, lost control of his car, and ran off the road. Less than 2 km away, Phil Patton saw an identical object that came within 30 m of his car. (Lor. III 22)
• January 17, 1967 (6:45 PM): Romières (France). A woman walking home saw a beam of light about 1 m in section sweep the ground in her direction. It came from a circular, white object that turned off its main light. She then saw reddish spots before it vanished entirely. Another witness saw the phenomenon from a separate location, 2 km away. (LDLN)

1966

• December 30, 1966 (8:15 PM): Haynesville (Louisiana). A physics professor driving through a wooded area saw a bright, pulsating glow, changing from orange to white, in the woods about 1.7 km away. Coming back the next day, he located traces of burns, and called the Air Force and the University of Colorado. (Personal; Magonia)
• November 28, 1966: El Campo (Texas). Two witnesses observed a dark, red object land by the side of the road, later following their car. (168)
• November 19, 1966 (7:50 AM): Bayonne (New Jersey). Two local businessmen observed a dark, gray, metallic sphere, from the top of which projected a dozen “tentacles” over 2 m long, flying at about 40 m altitude and then coming down behind a house. It was assumed that it plunged into the bay, but a search by patrol boats was unsuccessful. (Personal)
• November 17, 1966 (4:00 AM): Gaffney (South Carolina). Patrolmen A. G. Huskey and C. Hutchins saw a dark, spherical machine with a flat rim land near them. Estimated diameter: 7 m. An opening and a short ladder became visible, and a small man, dressed in a shiny gold suit, emerged, came within 6 m of them, and spoke in perfect English before taking off. (FSR 68, 2)
• November 2, 1966 (7:25 PM): Parkersburg (West Virginia). W. Derenberger, salesman, saw a dark object ahead of him on the road. It was flat on the bottom and rounded on top. As he stopped, the object came within 20 cm of the road surface, and a man of dark complexion, dressed with a shirt and ordinary trousers, both a shiny blue color, came out, smiled at the witness who then thought that he received a message, although no word was spoken. The message described a hypothetical “other world” and suggested that the observation be reported to authorities. The man also promised to return. Several people who drove by the witness did report seeing a man speaking to him, as well as a strange vehicle nearby. (169; FSR 67, 1)
• November 2, 1966 (Evening): El Campo (Texas). Mrs. Mark deFriend, 32, saw an object at ground level in front of her car on a rainy night. It would leave the road and fly over the fields from time to time. The greenish-blue object flew back in front of the car, then was lost to sight behind some trees. (168)
• October 14, 1966 (10:30 PM): Fork (West Virginia). James Roberts saw two round pinkish-red objects on a hillside near his home. He fled when they took off with a hissing sound emitting streams of fire. (Gribble Jan., 67)
• October 14, 1966 (6:45 PM): Newton (Illinois). An adolescent first saw a bright light, then a plate-shaped object hovering near the house. It took off at high speed, causing static on the phone as the boy was calling his mother to describe it. When she came home, she found her son in a state of shock and the dog hiding in a corner. (Personal)
• October 5, 1966: Potomac (Maryland). A boy saw a disk-shaped object with a transparent dome and a row of lights, at ground level. It rose at high speed, emitting a “heat wave,” and was lost in the clouds. (NICAP Oct., 66)
• September 21, 1966 (6:30 AM): Summerside (Canada). Eight members of the Royal Canadian Air Force saw a bright object that flew down at high speed, stopped abruptly, remained at ground level for 20 min, and flew away straight up. (NICAP Oct., 66)
• September 17, 1966 (4:45 AM): Crane’s Beach (Massachusetts). Mr. and Mrs. Ronald MacGilvary saw a golden-white, luminous object resting on the beach, with two bright lights flying in and out of the craft. It went away after one hour. (LDLN 88; NICAP Oct., 66)
• September 13, 1966 (7:30 AM): Stirum (North Dakota). A child of 11 years saw a disk-shaped object land near a farm. It had a tripod landing gear, two red lights, two white and one green light, and a transparent dome. A businessman from Gwinner and an Air Force Lt. Col. went to the site and discovered three traces, apparently left by spherical objects, 18 cm deep, very compact. Radiation measured at 0.1 milliroentgen (normal). The child reported that the object “went away so fast that it vanished.” (Atic)
• September 9, 1966 (9:00 PM): Franklin Springs (New York). A man saw an object descend from a cloud bank, slow down, and land with a soft whirring sound. It showed three horizontal bands of light—blue, red and green. (Personal)
• September 7, 1966 (8:00 PM): Durand (Wisconsin). About 15 km east of Durand, Mrs. E. Bruns and her two children observed an elongated object, about 10 m long, with revolving lights, hovering 1 m above ground and making a deafening noise. After 30 sec, it tilted and took off. (APRO Sept., 66)
• September 5, 1966 (Evening): Texas. A civilian man observed a peculiar light phenomenon and a small figure that appeared to enter a bedroom. The figure was not seen again. (Atic; Magonia)
• September 3, 1966 (2:00 PM): Texas. Two young witnesses went outside when the TV set became blurred. They observed a fantastic spinning light illuminating the house. It came from an object hovering at the same location as an earlier sighting (see August 6, 1966). (Atic; Magonia)
• September, 1966 (3:30 AM): El Campo (Texas). A police officer was driving at nearly 200 km/h toward the north on Route 71 when he suddenly saw an object on the road ahead and another one following his car. The first one looked like a flaming car and was the size of a 3-story house. It flew away as the policeman was about to hit it. (168)
• August 24, 1966 (10:00 PM): Minot Air Force Base (North Dakota). An airman observed and reported by radio a multi-colored light high in the sky. A strike team was sent to his location and confirmed the unknown. A second object, white, was seen to pass in front of clouds. At the radar base, an object was detected and tracked. The observations lasted nearly 4 hours and were confirmed by three different missile sites. Radio interference was noted by teams sent to locations where the object was sometimes described as hovering at ground level. (Atic)
• August 20, 1966: Niteroi (Brazil). A woman called police to report a luminous object rising and descending on top of a high hill. When policemen climbed to the site they found the bodies of two men, electronics technicians Pereira da Cruz and Viana. The bodies had lead masks on the upper part of the face. An autopsy failed to disclose the cause of death. Investigation disclosed several earlier incidents and an organization to which these men belonged. (Personal)
• August 20, 1966 (Early): Healdsburg (California). Otto Becker, his son, and daughter-in-law woke up to find the whole house bathed in bright light, and they observed a “six-story” object at treetop level 60 m away. It gave off rainbow colors which appeared to pour off its edges “like water” in a fantastic display. Distinct engine noise was heard before it took off vertically. Domestic animals had been greatly disturbed, and the witnesses had inflamed eyes for several days. (Gribble Jan., 67)
• August 19, 1966 (4:50 PM): Donnybrook (North Dakota). A border patrolman saw a bright, shiny disk on its edge, 10 m in diameter, 5 m high, floating down the side of a hill, wobbling from side to side 3 m above ground. It reached the valley floor, climbed to about 30 m, and moved across to a small reservoir where it assumed a horizontal position. A dome then became visible on top of the disk. It hovered for one min and seemed about to land less than 80 m away, but tiled back on edge and flew into the clouds at high speed. (Atic)
• August 18, 1966: Barinas (Venezuela). Three hunters, E. Beucomo, J. Zapata and J. Ramos, observed a strange glow in the forest and discovered a very large, egg-shaped object, stationary 2 m above ground. It had large, circular openings emitting a multicolored light, and it made a whistling sound. The hunters ran away. (APRO Sept., 66)
• August 6, 1966 (2:00 PM): Texas. A civilian man and his family observed a dark object hovering near their isolated house. It had a square “door” emitting a yellow light. Three children saw a dwarf through the opening. He was dressed in shiny black coveralls. The object left slowly with a soft humming sound. (Atic; Magonia)
• August 1, 1966 (7:45 PM): Rushville (Indiana). Several young witnesses reported seeing an unidentified object at low altitude. (Lor. III 109)
• July 31, 1966 (8:25 PM): Erie, Presque-Ile Park (Pennsylvania). Young witnesses reported an object flying erratically and landing 300 m away. It had the shape of a mushroom and swept the area with a light beam. A strange being, 1.80 m tall, was seen. Police report. (167; FSR 66, 6)
• July 28, 1966 (Evening): Montsoreau (France). A photographer, Mr. Lacoste, and his wife, saw a red, lighted object cross the sky and appear to touch the ground. It then rose, hovered, and disappeared. The next day a wheat field was found flattened over an area 3 m in diameter, and covered with an oily substance. (166; Magonia)
• July 25, 1966 (2:00 AM): Vancehars (North Carolina). A man driving between Greenville and Vancehars saw a glow in the woods and was followed by the light even at speeds of 170 km/h. He finally stopped to observe it, but became afraid when he saw that it came from a pulsating object that flew within 100 m of the car, 15 m above ground. The color changed in sequence, orange to red to blue to green, and the object wobbled on its axis. It came within 30 m, then suddenly left straight up. (Atic)
• July 17, 1966 (3:45 AM): Rebouillon (France). René Pebre and two others were driving back from Draguignan when they saw a gray, oval, metallic object, about 5 m long, hovering at a low altitude, about 300 m from them. They noticed several window-like openings on the craft, which emitted a light beam. All the dogs in the vicinity were barking. (GEPA Sept., 66)
• July 13, 1966 (2:20 AM): Pontedera (Italy). Camillo Faieta, 35, a lineman, was on duty when a light dazzled him, and he observed that it came from an object on a small island on the Emissario Canal. Two little men were seen briefly on the ground before the departure of the object. There are four other witnesses. (LDLN 86; FSR 67, 1)
• July 11, 1966 (8:45 PM): Union-Kirkwood (Pennsylvania). Two civilian women saw a red, luminous object 30 m away in a field. It had small openings and made a whirring sound. Length, 30 m; height, 6 m; duration, 90 min. (Atic)
• July 5, 1966 (9:00 PM): Chaclacayo (Peru). Several persons reported seeing a very small creature leaving a luminous trail, quietly walking along the streets, while children and adults panicked. (164)
• June 23, 1966 (9:30 PM): Hamburg (New York). A 61-year-old civilian woman was reading when an intense red light illuminated the ground near her house. She went outside and saw a lighted object, 20 m away, 1 m in diameter, which backed up and flew away “like a bullet.” Three other persons saw it from the next house. (Atic)
• June 18, 1966 (Midnight): Mount Mitchell (North Carolina). Four campers saw an object with three flashing red lights land on the ground 200 m away. It remained there all night, rose at dawn, was then observed through binoculars as a red-colored, bell-shaped craft. Broken trees and other traces were found. (Atic)
• June 18, 1966 (4:00 AM): Le Rouret (France). A truck driver, Mr. Dugelay, saw a disk-shaped object over Le Rouret. It remained motionless for five min, then disappeared. Its lights were alternately red and bluish-green. (LDLN 84; 163)
• June 18, 1966 (3:45 AM): Bar-sur-Loup (France). The mayor of Bar-sur-Loup, Leon Barbier, saw a large, round object with yellow and green lights on a hilltop. (LDLN 89)
• June 13, 1966 (2:25 AM): Milan (Michigan). The policeman who had observed an object over Milan on March 17 saw an unidentified machine on the ground at a street intersection. He drove toward it with his headlights illuminating the object, which took off like an airplane, flying away to the southeast. Investigation by Selfridge AFB. (Atic)
• June 11, 1966 (3:45 AM): Westport (Connecticut). A civilian who was going fishing saw an object dive toward his car and hover at treetop level, stopped and observed it for two min. It was shaped like two plates glued together, and had a smaller, oval object on top. It took a 45° inclination, rose, made a right-angle turn, and changed color (white to yellow to blue to green) as it accelerated. (NICAP)
• June 8, 1966 (6:45 AM): Sandusky Road (Ohio). A civilian man, 43, driving west between Kansas and Toledo, saw an object appear out of nowhere. It was cigar-shaped, bright metallic, and flew low to the northeast. Minimum distance: 30 m. The object was completely silent, and the size of an airliner. (Atic)
• June 3, 1966 (9:45 PM): West Point City (Pennsylvania). Two witnesses observed a stationary object 3 m above ground. It had a diameter of 7 m, lights on top and bottom and smaller lights at the rim. It flew away very fast to the east. (Personal)
• May 16, 1966: Cordoba (Spain). Manuel Hernandez was coming back from the fields near Cordoba when he saw a disk-shaped object land 100 m away. Small beings resembling “green birds” came out for a few instants, then took off again. (162)
• May 10, 1966 (10:00 PM): Atafona Campos (Brazil). Approximate date. The crowd at a movie projection panicked, thinking it was an earthquake, as an unknown object exploded. According to police, a sulphurous odor and a trace 25 cm deep, 35 cm wide, were noted at the site. (LDLN 84)
• May 10, 1966 (4:52 PM): Marisela Caracas (Venezuela). A man observed the landing of an oval object and two beings, who came out of the object through a system of light beams. They used strange instruments to examine a number of objects, especially plants. They were 2 m tall, had oversized heads, appeared bright and “transparent.” Their eyes were slanted, their shoulders very broad. They wore no apparent weapon, but their belts were very wide and emitted light rays. They did not touch anything without first illuminating it with these beams. They went back aboard their craft “as if carried by the light.” (Personal)
• April 26, 1966 (11:30 PM): Follansbee (West Virginia). A young man saw a silent object shaped like two bowls glued together, 30 m altitude, ahead of his car. Estimated diameter: 10 m. He drove away without looking behind. (Atic)
• April 24, 1966 (6:10 PM): Ashby (Massachusetts). Two men saw an object dive within 30 m of their car. It was silent, had a bright blue light on top, suddenly accelerated, and was lost to sight toward Mt. Watatic. (Atic)
• April 24, 1966 (3:30 AM): Pedernales River (Texas). Tom M. Lasseter, architect, was camping near the river when he was awakened by a fluttering sound and observed a glowing white disk, 7 m in diameter, at treetop level 60 m away. It had a row of lights. (NICAP May, 66)
• April 22, 1966 (9:00 PM): Beverly (Massachusetts). A child saw a blinding, multi-colored source of light making a buzzing sound as it flew over the road 15 m away from the house. It seemed to land in a field near the school. Three adults came out to calm the child and also saw the object circling and hovering. They called the police. Two officers arrived and saw the object appearing to “dance” with two other craft. All witnesses then observed the arrival of one helicopter and two aircraft, as the remaining object flew away to the southwest. Police described the object as plate-shaped when station above the school building. TV reception was blurred throughout the observation. (Personal)
• April 22, 1966 (3:30 PM): Bagley (Minnesota). Several people were said to have observed an object fly at low altitude and land outside Bagley. Four dwarfs seemed to make repairs, then the craft flew away. (FS Mar., 67)
• April 19, 1966 (10:45 PM): Peabody (Massachusetts). A man saw what he thought was a crashing plane, then observed it was oval, had white, red, and green lights, flew low over him, circled, came down with pendulum motion, and appeared to land on Route 114. At midnight, two men driving along that route saw a beam sweep the road, stopped, and saw the object in a field. It was a disk with a white, a green, and three red lights. The two reports were independent. (Personal)
• April 19, 1966 (10:00 PM): Bellingham (Massachusetts). Two women saw a cigar-shaped object, with bright, red lights at both ends, flying erratically. It made a whistling sound when moving, was silent when hovering. Minimum distance: 100 m, length, 20 m. The lights began flashing and the object went down behind some trees when five planes and a helicopter came over the area. Two of the aircraft circled the location, then flew on. The whistling sound was again heard, but the object was not seen after the departure of the planes. (Personal)
• April 18, 1966 (10:10 PM): Battle Creek (Michigan). An egg-shaped object, 25 m long, 5 m high, gray-colored, was observed from a distance of 25 m by a 42-year-old witness driving a car. The object supported a cockpit with windows and three rows of lights, emitted red flames, and made the same noise as a heavy truck on wet pavement. The object followed the car for some time. (Atic)
• April 17, 1966: Millersville (Texas). A person in a car saw an oval object the size of a car follow his vehicle, then cross the road behind it at 5 m altitude. The object reflected sunlight. (Atic)
• April 12, 1966 (7:45 PM): Dorchester (Massachusetts). During a power failure many residents, including Robert Moses and Robert McCambly, saw an oval object with a dome on top and lights (red to white to green) around the bottom, which appeared to land on the roof of the Oliver Wendell Holmes grammar school after a series of maneuvers. (FSR 66, 4)
• April 11, 1966 (12:00 AM): Greensburg (Pennsylvania). A civilian man, 43, saw a well-defined object 5 m above ground, 100 m away. It showed a flashing red light, rose, was lost in the fog, then came back at treetop level with a strong whistling sound. Its shape was that of a cigar, 15 m long. It had no wings, tail assembly, or wheels. (Atic)
• April 8, 1966 (8:05 AM): Norwalk (Connecticut). Mike Dorsey and Gary Hunt, 12, were walking to school when they saw a circling object making the sound of humming bees. They ran for cover, trying to stop a car. The craft resembled an upside-down plate, very smooth, apparently metallic, with a black spot near the rim, a red light and an antenna-like projection, and red and white lights spinning counterclockwise. Diameter: 2.5 m, height, 1.5 m. Minimum altitude was 2 m, held for 5 min, with a slight rocking motion. The object then took off at great speed. (Lor. III 108)
• April 7, 1966 (9:30 PM): Daniels Park (Colorado). Six teenagers reported strange lights following their car as they left the site of a picnic in a state of extreme fear. An unknown man, 2.20 m tall, wearing black clothes, had been seen passing in front of the shelter entrance and walking on the roof. (Personal)
• April 5, 1966 (Midnight): Alto (Tennessee). Two civilian men stopped to watch an object hovering above a swamp, tried to follow it, but it flew away. They observed that animals (cows, dogs, horses) were restless in all the areas that the object crossed. A photographic reconstitution by the U.S. Air Force showed an oval object, 30 m long, flying at 5 m altitude, between a high-tension line and a row of trees. (Atic)
• April 5, 1966 (7:00 PM): Kittery (Maine). A landed object was observed through binoculars by four persons. It took off, hovered for a while, and left. (Atic)
• April 5, 1966 (3:00 AM): Lycoming (New York). A civilian woman, 42, went to get a glass of water in her kitchen and saw a spinning object, 3 m in diameter, 6 m above ground near her house. It departed very suddenly, leaving a trail. (Atic)
• April 5, 1966 (1:30 AM): Durhamville (New York). A woman was awakened by a flash, thought her heater had exploded, but found everything in order. The next day she was told that a pulsating, luminous object had flown at very low altitude over her trailer, circled and left. Three witnesses. Low buzzing sound. (Binder)
• April 5, 1966: Wycheproof (Australia). R. Sullivan was driving toward Maryborough when his headlight beams appeared to “bend” to the right. He then observed a vertical, conical beam of light in a nearby field, very white at ground level and rainbowlike up to an altitude of 7 m. Top and bottom diameters: 3 and 1 m respectively. The object producing the light flew away. (APRO May, 66)
• April 4, 1966 (6:05 AM): Hague (Florida). A civilian man, 40, saw an object resting on the ground as he was going to work, less than 2 km southeast of Hague. It was an elongated craft, 2 m long, 70 cm high. When he tried to touch it, the craft left at great speed toward the west. It had six openings, 10 cm in diameter, and made a “turbine” noise so loud that the witness had to put his hands over his ears. After going away for a few meters, it vanished suddenly. Rain was falling throughout the observation, which lasted four min. (Atic)
• April 1, 1966 (Midnight): Liberty (Missouri). Darlene Underwood and her mother saw two star-like objects land in a field. One of them rose rapidly when a train came into view. It went behind a hill, while the second one hovered at tree height with its lights off. When the train had passed, both objects landed again and two man-like shadows were seen. Voices shouting in a foreign language and what sounded like a pig being butchered were heard. Light signals. (IIR May, 66)
• April 1, 1966 (10:40 PM): Tangier (Oklahoma). A civilian man, 34, was driving about 10 km south of Tangier when he reached a hilltop and saw a green object flying north at very high speed, emitting a shrieking noise and a “heat wave.” The car engine died. The witness noted that the object was wider than the road. (Atic)
• March 31, 1966 (9:15 PM): Hamilton (Canada). Charles Kozens, 13, saw two objects, 2.5 m long, 1.2 m high, with flashing lights, land near Hamilton. When he tried to touch an antenna on one of the objects, he received an electric shock. (FSR 66, 4)
• March 31, 1966 (6:00 AM): San Francisco (California). Two women observed a large object with a pulsating bluish light on top, an orange light below, windows, and antennae, resting in a construction area. Silhouettes could be seen moving inside, one of them gesturing as the craft took off. (Gribble June, 66)
• March 31, 1966 (2:00 AM): Vicksburg (Michigan). A man driving home saw lights on the road and discovered a gray, lens-shaped object hovering at 1 m altitude. It had one intense white light and three colored flashing lights. Driving within 2 m of it, he became afraid and backed up, but the object suddenly flew over and behind him. A noise similar to that of a swarm of bees was audible. It left at high speed toward the east. (Personal)
• March 30, 1966 (10:00 PM): Mansfield (Ohio). An anonymous witness saw a round object with two lights land near the Ohio State University campus. A door opened and a very thin, child-sized figure was seen. The object then began to move toward the witness’s car and rose rapidly. (Gribble June, 66)
• March 30, 1966 (8:35 PM): Lexisburg (Indiana). A civilian woman and her four children observed an oval object crossing the road as they were driving south about 15 km north of Lexisburg. It came close to the car, and a pulsating sound was heard, increasing in frequency as the object came nearer, but it seemed to come through the car radio rather than directly from the object. The witness drove away in fear, but was followed for 13 km by the object, whose color suddenly changed from reddish-orange to bluish-white before accelerating out of sight. (Atic)
• March 30, 1966: Pecos (Texas). An elongated object about 30 m long and 9 m high was reported to have landed near a highway for 5 min. (NICAP Mar., 66)
• March 28, 1966 (8:00 PM): Fayetteville (Tennessee). A man driving at a speed of about 100 km/h suddenly encountered a large lighted object 1m above the road on a hilltop. It flew off, as the car engine and headlights died. The lightbulbs had to be replaced. The object was oval, 7 m long, dark gray, and showed about 30 lights along its periphery. (Atic)
• March 26, 1966 (Midnight): Texahoma (Oklahoma). Two civilian women were driving back from Amarillo when they saw an object approaching from the north. The engine died and the headlights failed. The object flew over the car and hovered 400 m away. After 10 min, the witnesses were able to start their car and leave. They reported the object had a waffle-like surface and glowed with an intense red light. (Atic)
• March 26, 1966 (1:30 PM): Attigneville (France). Jean Voilquin, 54, saw a strange “wheel” roll 15 m away at a speed of about 30 km/h. It was about 80 cm in diameter, 25 cm thick; it rolled away and vanished. (LDLN; GEPA 8)
• March 25, 1966: Bangor (Maine). John King, 22, working with the Bangor Police Department, suddenly saw above him a very bright object with a dark underside. He fired at it four times, hearing the bullets hit a metal surface as the object flew off. (LDLN 84)
• March 24, 1966 (10:15 PM): Sheboygan (Wisconsin). Two women saw a glowing object on the road. As they came near it, they found that it hovered and showed two intense white lights, as well as a green and red light. The object was bowl-shaped, and they lost sight of it when they drove away. They saw it again later, flying low on a south-north trajectory. (Atic)
• March 23, 1966 (5:05 AM): Temple (Oklahoma). An electronics instructor, who was driving to work at a local Air Force Base, observed an object blocking the road. It was shaped like an airplane fuselage, 25 m long, with a “bubble” on top resembling the canopy on a B-26, rested on legs, and had very bright aft and forward lights. There was a door and a short stairway to the side of the object, and a man in coveralls appeared to be examining the craft, which bore the identification “TL 4768” (see sighting on November, 1957 at 11:00 PM). When the witness approached, the “pilot” went back inside, a sound resembling that of a high-speed drill was heard, and the object rose. No engine was observed. The witness was familiar with all conventional military aircraft. (Atic; Magonia)
• March 23, 1966: Fort Pierce (Florida). Two young men were walking through a wooded area when they saw a bright object that they thought was a balloon covered with fluorescent paint, but it became so intensely bright that they could not look directly at it. As they walked closer, it exploded, leaving no trace. (Atic)
• March 21, 1966: Hillsdale (Michigan). William Van Horn, Civil Defense Director, and a group of students observed a pattern of lights on the ground. The source of the light appeared to maneuver for about two hours. (Atic)
• March 20, 1966 (8:00 PM): Dexter (Michigan). Frank Mannor and his son, Ronald, saw a luminous object hovering over a swamp. It was described as brown, with a “scaly” surface, cone-shaped, and showing bluish lights that turned red. Then the whole object lighted up with a yellowish glow and flew away at high speed with a whistling sound. (Atic)
• March 17, 1966: Harrow (Canada). Mr. Ward saw an object 12 m in diameter and 7 m high, emitting a pulsating white light, in a field. It had a revolving section with portholes. (FS Aug., 66)
• March 17, 1966 (12:00 AM): Milan (Michigan). A police officer observed an object in the southwest. He thought it was a plane about to crash, although no sound was audible. He tried to contact the police headquarters, but his radio transmitter did not work properly. The object, which now appeared as a huge disk with a number of multicolored lights spinning at the periphery, and a diameter of 16 m, came within 25 m of the patrol car, following it for 1 km, then flew off toward the northwest. The witness had been a policeman for 10 years, and had never seen anything like that object. (Atic)
• March 3, 1966 (7:20 PM): Oswego (New York). Several civilians reported an object that flew slowly toward the south, hovered, came within 15 m of them, and finally flew off toward the southwest. (Atic)
• February 26, 1966 (8:00 PM): Hanna City (Illinois). A civilian witness was driving 8 km east of Farmington when a flying oval object, the size of a car, came within 3 m of him, then circled twice and left toward the north. It emitted a bright red glow, supported a sort of dome with a green light on top, produced radio interference, and made a strange “signal-like noise.” (Atic)
• February 16, 1966 (8:30 PM): Brunswick Naval Air Station (Maine). A luminous object was said to have landed in the woods. It showed flashing red, blue, and green lights. A second object was later seen to join the first one. (Atic)
• February 6, 1966 (8:00 PM): Aluche (Spain). Vicente Ortuno and another man observed a bright orange disk, about 11 m in diameter, with three legs, which came down, landed, and took off again at high speed on the “El Relajal” estate. (FSR 63, 3)
• January 29, 1966 (12:10 AM): Rexburg (Idaho). Two civilians returning from a sporting event observed what they first thought was the moon. After driving for about 1 km, they saw that it was a flat, well-defined object, which had blocked the road. The object was the size of a truck and cast an intense yellow-orange light on the ground. The witnesses turned around and drove back to Rexburg. (Atic)
• January 19, 1966 (9:00 AM): Horseshoe Lagoon, near Tully (Australia). George Pedley, 27, was driving his tractor when he heard a high-pitched sound and saw a strange gray-blue craft, 8 m in diameter, 3 m high, rise from the lagoon 25 m away. It was spinning like a top, rose to 20 m, and flew to the southwest on a fast, oblique course. Flattened reeds were found in several places. (FSR 66, 2; Magonia)
• January 16, 1966 (4:00 AM): Bolazec (France). On the Morlaix-Callac Road, 23-year-old Eugene Coquil was driving his Renault Dauphine when he saw headlights in a field and observed an object come over his car and land on the other side of the road. It was square with four vertical lights resembling lamps. The witness drove away and did not see the object leave. (Personal; 161)
• January 7, 1966 (3:27 PM): Wilmer (Alabama). A civilian had to stop his car when an object he first thought was a helicopter landed on the road about 5 km southwest of Georgetown. The craft was about 8 m in diameter, supported a cone with a flashing green light, made a loud whirring sound. It appeared to hover, then left at high speed. The witness could then restart his engine, which had died during the close approach. Sulphur or a “rotten egg” smell was noted. (Atic)

1965

• December 20, 1965: Herman (Minnesota). Edward Burnd, 15, was driving west in a farm truck when he saw an object 2 m above the road about 30 m away. As the engine died, the object glowed red and the witness lost consciousness. When he awoke, the truck was facing east and rested in a ditch. (FSR 66, 6)
• December 16, 1965: Sauce Viejo (Argentina). A railroad worker, Cesar T. Gallardo, was surprised when his carbide lamp and his radio stopped working. He saw strange lights outside the sleeping-coach where he was reading, and a luminous being whose legs were clad in shiny dark cloth came in, tore up his newspaper, poured the contents of an oil can into a small bottle and went away, leaving the witness amazed. Other people saw “a luminous man” walking along the tracks. Police report. (FSR 66, 1)
• November 29, 1965 (Evening): Springhill (Nova Scotia). Kevin Davis, 12, and Gary Jardine, 10, saw an object with a blinking red dome fly over the Cooper Creek area and come to ground level. They observed portholes and a long bar with finger-like devices emerging from an opening. Snow was blown away and bushes were flattened. (NICAP Jan., 66)
• November 16, 1965: Cyrus (Minnesota). T. Untiedt was driving on Highway 28 about 5 km west of Cyrus when he saw a red fluorescent, cylindrical object with a cone on top, 4 m long and 2 m in diameter, surrounded with a white glow. The car slowed down as the observer was 400 m away from the object, which took off toward the northeast. (FSR 66, 6)
• November 13, 1965: Mogi-Guassu (Brazil). Dario Filho, his wife, his grandson, and a bank director saw an object land 100 m away, flashing a beam of light toward the sky. Two policemen on the scene also observed the incident. Near the object were two dwarfs. One of them wore coveralls, the other had a gray shirt and brown trousers. By what seemed an optical effect, a third being with a flat, squarish head, wearing something like a surgeon’s apron, was also seen near them. The object and the creatures were very bright. (APRO Sept., 66)
• November 9, 1965 (Dawn): New York City (New York). During the great power blackout, actor Stuart Whitman was startled to hear a whistling sound outside his 12th floor window and to observe two hovering objects, one orange and the other blue, giving off a luminescent light. He then heard an English message indicating that the blackout was a “demonstration.” (FSR 66, 6)
• November, 1965 (Dusk): Broken Hill (Zambia). Eric Williams saw a large object, 30 m in diameter, 15 m high, about 75 m away. He reported seeing clearly a row of portholes illuminated with a greenish light. (FSR 66, 4)
• October 30, 1965 (Night): Pinhal (Brazil). Witnesses in a Volkswagen encountered a strong light on the road. A truck and another Volkswagen arrived and went near the object, which took off suddenly and flew over them. It was also observed by dozens of witnesses at the Pinhal Junction. (APRO Sept., 66)
• October 23, 1965 (7:15 PM): Long Prairie (Minnesota). James Townsend, 19, was driving on Highway 27 when his engine, lights, and radio stopped operating. He then observed an object 10 m tall, about 3 m in diameter, shaped somewhat like a rocket, sitting on fins on the road. Three creatures with “tripod legs and matchstick arms,” brownish-black in color, having no eyes or facial features, stood in a large, lighted circle under it, facing the witness for a few moments before disappearing in the intense light. The object rose straight up for 400 m, with a high-pitched humming sound, stopped and vanished. The car then resumed normal operation by itself. (FSR 66, 3)
• October 22, 1965: Canhotinho (Brazil). Approximate date. Jose Camilo Filho saw two creatures near a landed object. (LDLN 84)
• October 18, 1965: Ponte Praia (Brazil). Thousands of persons saw a circular object that flew over the beach, circling. Later two witnesses saw it land in an isolated spot between Cuaranga and the Santos Air Base. (Ouranos 32; LDLN 84)
• October 13, 1965: Minot (North Dakota). Two adolescent girls, Marg Gudajtes and Judy Norlock, saw a large, metallic, oval object with bluish lights land in a park at the edge of town. It had left by the time they returned with help. An oval area of crushed grass was observed. (FSR 66, 3)
• October 4, 1965 (Evening): Rio Vista (California). Betty Valine and her 12-year-old son Robbie observed a large, plate-shaped machine with a dome on top, inside which three creatures were clearly visible. The witnesses did not see the object touch down. (FSR 66, 3)
• October 4, 1965: Southington (Connecticut). An object was said to have landed near Southington. No details. (NICAP)
• October 1, 1965: Aguas Blancas (Argentina). Three students, Santos Vallejos, Antonia Aparti, and Adela Sanchez, who were walking to General San Martin School, were attacked by small creatures with greenish skin. The children ran away, and arrived at the school in a state of terror. (CODOVNI)
• September 29, 1965: Arequipa (Peru). Two men in a car, Julio L. de Romana and Antonio Chavez Bedoya, saw a strange being, 80 cm tall, by the side of the road. The creature had only one eye, and gold and silver stripes over its entire body. Soon afterward a craft flew over their car. Several persons living 20 km away also reported an unidentified object within min of this sighting. (Personal)
• September 27, 1965 (8:15 AM): Fredonia (New York). Addie Jones, 61, saw a silvery object, 10 m in diameter, rise from a wooded area and hover silently before leaving toward the west. Under the object was a boxlike device. Distance to witness: 400 m. No light. (160)
• September 20, 1965 (4:30 PM): Pichaca (Peru). A farm woman saw an object land, and six dwarfs, 80 cm tall, emerged from it. They wore very shiny white clothes and “walked like ducks.” She hid during the observation, and noted that they spoke in a language she could not understand. After their departure, a liquid resembling vinegar was found on the ground. (Personal)
• September 15, 1965 (Midnight): Silverton (South Africa). Two policemen, John Lockem and Koos de Klerk, were on a patrol of the Pretoria-Bronkhorstspruit Road when their headlights illuminated a disk, 10 m in diameter, copper-colored, resting on the road. Ten sec later it took off in a pool of flames, at high speed. The tar on the road kept burning for some time. (Humanoids 71)
• September 11, 1965 (8:00 AM): Guarulhos (Brazil). Antonio Pau Ferro saw two objects land. Two dwarfish beings emerged, 70 cm tall, dressed like humans, with “ugly” skin. They appeared to examine some tomato plants, reentered their craft, 6 m in diameter, and flew off. They spoke in a language which was not understood. (LDLN 84)
• September 10, 1965: Mexico City (Mexico). Three women were said to have observed a group of beings, 3 m tall, without noses or mouths, with red, bright eyes, wearing gray clothing and boots. No object was described. Approximate date. (159)
• September 10, 1965: Jalapa (Mexico). Four persons saw a creature with glowing cat-like eyes, dressed in black, walking in a street. The entity was holding a metallic tube, was pursued, and vanished suddenly. (159; Magonia)
• September 8, 1965 (10:00 PM): Puno (Peru). A child reported the observation of a luminous object from which seven creatures, 80 cm tall, with only one eye, emerged. The same day a newsman was said to have seen an object land in the vicinity of Puno, and to have made an unsuccessful attempt at communication. (Personal)
• September 8, 1965 (Evening): Alto Purus (Brazil). After work, latex collectors saw an object resembling a huge wheel, intensely bright, with two flaming openings in front, about to land near them. They went into hiding, and observed the craft as it flew away. (LDLN 84)
• September 7, 1965 (9:00 PM): San Joaquin (Peru). More than 200 witnesses saw two objects come to ground level, leaving crater-like depressions. (Personal)
• September 5, 1965 (5:00 AM): Santa Barbara (Peru). Governor Sebastian Macha saw two dwarfish creatures, 80 cm tall, on the snow near Ceulacocha. They entered a craft, which left with a thundering noise. (FSR 66, 2)
• September 3, 1965 (Evening): Damon (Texas). Two Angleton sheriffs, McCoy and Robert Goode, saw from their car a huge object, 70 m long, 15 m high, with a bright, violet light at one end, and a pale-blue light at the other. They stopped to watch it and saw the craft fly within 30 m, casting a huge shadow when it intercepted the moonlight. They felt a heat wave and drove away in fear, but returned to the site a second time, only to turn around when they found the object was still there. Goode had been bitten by an animal before the sighting, and his left index finger swelled and bled freely. After exposure to the light from the object, the pain was gone, and the wound cured unnaturally. Later that evening, two men found him at a restaurant and described the object in detail, adding he should keep future encounters to himself. (NICAP Aug., 65)
• September 3, 1965 (2:00 AM): Exeter (New Hampshire). A young man and two police officers observed five lights in a rigid configuration moving over a field, sometimes fluttering to low altitude with a falling-leaf motion. The lights illuminated the countryside and flashed in sequence. (Fuller)
• September 3, 1965 (1:20 AM): San Justo (Argentina). J. Fernandez was awakened by a humming sound and saw a luminous, oval object rising from the roof of his house. Its color varied from white to red, and it left marks on the roof. (Humanoids 41)
• September 1, 1965 (5:00 AM): Huanuco (Peru). A worker observed the landing of an oval object on an airfield where he had gone “drawn by a strange feeling.” Four other persons also saw the object, from which a dwarfish creature, 85 cm tall, emerged. The entity had a head double the size of a normal human head, and made gestures that were not understood. He reentered the machine, which became illuminated and took off, first vertically, then toward the west. (Personal)
• August 30, 1965: La Blanquilla (Venezuela). A spinning, top-shaped object with openings through which an orange light was visible was observed taking off with a “foggy” trail. (APRO Jan., 66)
• August 25, 1965 (10:10 AM): Callao (Peru). A red object shaped like a plate, emitting fire and smoke through two openings in its lower section, shook a school building as it allegedly landed on the roof. Faculty and students at the Santa Leonor College observed the craft, which had two antennae on top, rise spinning and emitting red light beams. It flew off to the northeast. (FSR 67, 6)
• August 25, 1965 (3:00 AM): Terreon (Mexico). Zoilo Campos Aguilar observed an object very close to the ground for 38 min. It was semi-oval, with a powerful yellow-orange light, and left rapidly toward the south with a double trail. Apparent diameter was that of the full moon. The witness was a night watchman. (Binder)
• August 23, 1965 (1:00 AM): Apostoles (Argentina). Casimiro Zuk was riding his bicycle near a railroad crossing when he saw a luminous object above him that circled, then landed near the tracks. It was round, 5 m in diameter, and 2.5 m high. A door opened, and a man dressed like a pilot emerged, walked around, and reentered the object, which flew off in a spiral. (158)
• August 21, 1965 (3:30 PM): Bury’s Bridge (Eire). A man was repairing the broken chain of his motorbike when an object shaped like a top, gray, spinning, 1.8 m high, same diameter, suddenly appeared 5 m away, 1.5 m above the road. It shot off toward the northeast. (FSR 65, 6)
• August 20, 1965 (11:00 PM): Mar del Plata (Argentina). Mr. and Mrs. Yacobi heard a loud humming sound and saw a glowing, oval, flashing object land 200 m away. Figures moved around it, as if examining the craft, which took off again. (Humanoids 42)
• August 20, 1965 (6:20 PM): Cherry Creek (New York). Four students working on a farm noted radio interference and a peculiar “beeping sound,” then saw an object at low altitude on the farm of William Butcher. It was shaped like two saucers glued together, had a shiny chrome-like surface, diameter of 15 m, height of 6 m, and left a trail and smell of burned gasoline. It rose straight up into the clouds, which were illuminated with green light. Five min later it came down again over a woods, rose, and finally flew off to the southwest. Effects were noted on animals: milk production decreased from 2½ barrels to one; a dog barked, and other animals were terrified. (Atic)
• August 20, 1965 (11:50 AM): Cuzco (Peru). Several tourists, including Alberto Ugarte and Elwin Voter, observed a strange craft landing near the Inca ruins that they were visiting. Two creatures described as luminous dwarfs, who seemed to have “vertical mouths,” were seen briefly. (Humanoids 43)
• August 20, 1965 (3:00 AM): Mount Airy (North Carolina). Mrs. T. E. Schumaker was awakened by a loud humming sound and found she could not speak or move for a while. When she finally reached her window, she saw a vertical, cigar-shaped, luminous object. It moved right and left, then back, etc. Ultimately it disappeared behind some trees. The next morning a circle of crushed grass, 4 m in diameter, was found in the yard. (FSR 66, 2)
• August 15, 1965 (11:00 PM): Salto (Uruguay). Five persons in a car heard a humming sound, and an object with changing colored lights landed and blocked the road while the car engine stalled. The object was as wide as the road, and 3 m high. Before it took off, three human beings were seen inside. (Humanoids 42)
• August 15, 1965 (2:00 AM): Nablus (Jordan). A guard saw a boat-like object flying at high speed, with red flames on its sides. It circled and came low over a farm. In fear, the man fired at it with his rifle. (FSR 66, 1)
• August 14, 1965 (2:00 AM): Stranraer (Scotland). Patrick Nash and his family were awaiting a ferry boat when a brilliant, orange-red object shaped like a large soup plate appeared 50 m away, rose from the ground, flew low over the car, landed 20 m away on the other side, vanishing suddenly. (FSR 65, 6)
• August 13, 1965 (7:00 AM): Renton (Washington). Ellen G. Ryerson, 16, and her sister, Laura, were going to work in a bean field when they observed three creatures about 1.60 m tall, with bulging eyes, expressionless faces, white craniums, large pores, and a protrusion at the back of their heads. They wore purple jerseys and white shirts. They had disappeared when the running girls looked back. (FSR 66, 2)
• August 13, 1965: Baden (Pennsylvania). A 37-year-old civilian had just put his car in the garage when he saw an object about 100 m in diameter, shaped like a disk, which flew in front of the moon in a northerly direction at about 80 km/h. It was surrounded with orange lights that weakened as a blue source came on, very intense for about 3 sec, then all lights disappeared as the object was about 700 m away. This was followed by a short of “shock-wave” effect, and tree leaves were shaken. The witness entered his house and called the Air Force. Twenty minutes later his vision became hazy and his eyes were painful. He gradually lost vision in both eyes, and his entire body was “sunburned.” Medical examination compared these symptoms to ultraviolet exposure. His vision came back gradually over a period of several days. (Atic)
• August 9, 1965 (11:30 PM): Grand Forks (North Dakota). Three girls driving a car observed what they first thought was the rising moon. It was a circular, pale-yellow object, with a silhouette moving inside the glow. There were five other witnesses, one of whom stated that as he approached the object, it appeared to “blow up” with a bang. (FSR 66, 2)
• August 5, 1965 (8:30 PM): Cherry Creek (New York). Several children saw an object shaped like two saucers glued together come to ground level several times on the farm of William Butcher. It was chrome-like, measured about 16 m in diameter, took off with green and yellow flames, and illuminated the clouds when it flew into them. Capt. James Dorsey and four technicians from Niagara Falls AFB investigated the case. They found no trace, concluding, however, that the witnesses were not lying. (Personal)
• August 4, 1965 (10:00 PM): Trapua (Brazil). Joao Erondo dos Santos saw a disk 50 m in diameter land with a distinct sound, although no traces were found afterward. The object illuminated a wide area. (LDLN 84)
• August 4, 1965 (1:30 AM): Abilene (Kansas). Truck driver Don Tenopir had reached a point 35 km from Abilene, going toward Lincoln, when his headlights blinked and failed. An object then dived toward the truck and stopped on the road 30 m ahead, causing a car coming in the opposite direction to leave the road in order to avoid it. The object was orange, 5 m in diameter, 1.5 m high, with a dome and a “black spot.” It took off toward the west, then turned south. (LDLN 82)
• August 4, 1965 (1:30 AM): Dallas (Texas). A man in a car observed a red and blue light, thought it came from a police car, then was passed by a huge, orange object flying at ground level. (Atic)
• August 4, 1965: Chena (Chile). A bright, silvery object landed on a hill for 45 min. There were numerous witnesses, among them military men. Official investigation. (Nachrichten Oct., 65)
• August 3, 1965 (8:00 PM): Carnarvon (Australia). Approximate date. Dr. Antonin Kukla and Mrs. Andrey Lawrance saw an object dive toward them. They switched off the car headlights and got out of the vehicle to observe the oval object, which hovered at ground level, its color changing from orange to fluorescent green, before it took off at high speed. (NICAP)
• August 3, 1965: Lake Hefner (Oklahoma). A young man saw an object rise from the lake area. (Atic)
• August 2, 1965: Oklahoma City (Oklahoma). Five children saw a brilliant, round object without wings, close to the ground, in the 600 block on Northwest 63. (Atic)
• August 2, 1965: Justin (Texas). Two deputy sheriffs of Tarrant County saw an object as bright as burning magnesium, which landed as they were on a patrol near Wagle Mountain Lake. Extensive investigation by the police led to negative results. (Atic)
• July 31, 1965: Belluco (Chile). A woman in a car saw an object on the road. It took off, then landed again in Belluco where it was seen by several people. The object emitted a bright, purple light and a green beam. (Spaceview)
• July 30, 1965 (5:00 AM): Goonumbla (Australia). Two children attracted by the barking of a dog saw a luminous object resting on a tripod landing gear, and observed it for one hour. (Personal)
• July 30, 1965: Puerto Monte (Chile). Hundreds of people in two separate spots observed an object that landed for five min. It emitted a blinding purple light. (157; LDLN 78)
• July 29, 1965 (11:00 PM): Grouzies (France). Alain Bressol observed a large, disk-shaped object in a field near Monsempron-Libos. It flew at high speed toward the south. Official report. (156; LDLN 78)
• July 26, 1965 (8:00 PM): Carazinho (Brazil). A teenager, Adilon Azevedo, and others who fled, saw two objects at ground level, about 3 m in diameter, 1.5 m high, with five occupants, wearing luminous helmets, speaking among themselves in unfamiliar language. One of the beings had a bright object in his hand. The witness experienced headaches for five days. (Humanoids 41)
• July 25, 1965 (Night): Chosica Power Plant (Peru). Mr. Alva was awakened by a strange sound and saw an object on the ground emitting green light flashes. He woke up other employees, who had time to note that the object was about 3 m in diameter, had small windows in its upper part, and a revolving telescopic appendage. The investigating commission found dark, triangular traces on the ground. (FSR 67, 6)
• July 23, 1965: Lima (Peru). An object was observed to land on a ranch 45 km north of this town by a chemical engineer, his wife, and several farmers. It remained on the ground for 45 min, leaving traces. (Saucer News 61)
• July 20, 1965 (8:00 AM): Quilmes (Argentina). R. Pereyra was driving near Monte de los Curas when he saw a parachute-like object land. Going near, he observed a chromium-looking, egg-shaped craft standing on metal legs, with a transparent upper part. A blond-haired pilot, wearing plastic coveralls and small boots, seemed to study a piece of paper. Inside the craft was another man seated before an instrument panel. Shortly thereafter, the object took off. (Humanoids 40)
• July 19, 1965 (Night); Chanaral (Chile). Carlos Videla Zamudio saw a “strange machine” land on an isolated beach. It was shaped like a mushroom or a top, was lighted from inside, rested on the ground silently, flew up to 30 m, and disappeared at fantastic speed. This was the third landing on the beach reported in July. (155; LDLN 78; APRO Jan., 66)
• July 19, 1965 (9:30 PM): Vancluse (Australia). Mr. Crowe was attracted by a strong light on the beach, and walked within 20 m of the craft producing it, which took off with a yellow-orange light. Estimated diameter: 7 m, height, 3 m, with blue-green edges. (Spaceview 44)
• July 19, 1965 (7:30 PM): Villas Rosas (Argentina). Maria Andres, teacher, Mr. Gomez, Mrs. Goicoecha, and others saw a small object leave a larger one, land, and burn a spot on the ground before going back to the main object. It emitted a blinding light. (Así July 30, 1965)
• July 17, 1965: Colonia (Uruguay). A blinding object, smaller than an airplane and having metallic legs, was seen on the bank of the Rio de la Plata River by two workers and four young men. White smoke emerged from the craft, which remained on the sand for two min, leaving X-shaped traces. It flew up to about 10 m altitude, then went away. The craft showed a round central section with two oval ends and looked somewhat similar to an egg. (153)
• July 15, 1965: Loretami Valley (Argentina). Mr. and Mrs. Bosquets and their family observed a luminous object, its color changing from blue to orange, about 12 m in diameter, and showing several portholes. The object left traces on the ground. (CODOVNI 1965)
• July 12, 1965: Bairio Paraiso dos Barbeiros (Brazil). Student Humberto Aranjo da Silva nearly hit a saucer-shaped craft, 6 m in diameter, with two V-shaped landing pads and a dome, which had landed on the road. It made a whirring noise. (LDLN 84; SBEDV 51, 53)
• July 9, 1965 (12:30 PM): Moyeuvre (France). At the Cote-de-Thermont, 30-year-old Mrs. Zielonka saw a metallic object rise at high speed and fly away toward Metz. Estimated diameter: 3 m. (152)
• July 6, 1965 (Night): Puerto La Cruz (Portugal). The commander and crew of the Norwegian tanker “Jawesta” observed a lighted object flying out of the sea. First Officer Toronin Lien first saw a large, blue, intense, flame behind the ship at high speed. He called the captain and tracked the object with binoculars as its altitude reached about 300 m. Its shape was that of a cigar, with a row of lighted portholes showing a clear yellow glow, and it left a bluish trail. (150)
• July 1, 1965 (5:00 AM); Valensole (France). Farmer Maurice Masse, 41, heard a strange noise and saw an egg-shaped object 30 m away in a lavender field. The craft was set on a central pivot with six legs, was about 5 m long, and had a door showing two seats back to back. Near it were two dwarfs, the size of 8-year-old children, with normal human heads and eyes, fine hands with five fingers, and no hair. They seemed surprised when the witness came near, and stopped their examination of a plant to aim a small device at him, causing inhibition of movement. They spoke among themselves in shrill sounds similar to a gargle. The craft took off and “vanished.” Traces. (FSR 65, 5; Magonia)
• June 2, 1965 (8:00 PM): Kuranda (Australia). Mr. D. Armstrong, a former airman, was called outside by his sons and saw a spherical object with flashing lights that appeared to land silently on a hillside situated on Mr. Watson’s property. (FSR 65, 5)
• May 24, 1965 (6:40 PM): Paso de las Carretas (Argentina). Hunters saw through binoculars an object resembling an upside-down plate, very luminous, with a red light on top, flying in circles and landing on a hilltop. The Lujan police sent a patrol, under Comm. Osvaldo Pagella, which found a large, metallic object resting on the hill, but they could not approach the object before it took off, because of the difficult terrain. (Personal)
• May 24, 1965 (1:30 AM): Geradton (Australia). Mr. and Mrs. French observed an object in a field at 4 m altitude. It had blinding white lights, caused radio interference, and made a high-pitched sound. (Spaceview 44; LDLN 80)
• May 23, 1965 (9:00 PM): Eton Range (Australia). About 70 km from Mackay, Jim Tilse, Eric Judin, and John Burgess saw a circular object, 10 m in diameter, flying erratically, making a buzzing sound. It had headlights, a tripod landing gear, and supported another disk-shaped device. Police investigation disclosed damaged trees and other landing traces. (FSR 65, 5)
• April 26, 1965 (5:00 PM): New London (Minnesota). Gary X., 9, saw an object which came down silently and hovered at ground level 60 m away. A sort of periscope emerged from it, and a strange noise (also heard by the boy’s father) was noted. After 12 min the “periscope” disappeared, the object rose, and then dashed up at unbelievable speed. (Personal)
• April 23, 1965 (8:00 AM): Rivesville (West Virginia). A woman observed an object land near her house while she was working in her kitchen. It was shaped like a disk, showed portholes and a cylinder about 1 m high, with a sliding door from which a small creature, about 1 m tall, emerged and jumped to the ground. Its face was not clearly visible, but it had pointed ears, a sort of tail, and was linked to the main object by a cable. It wore white clothing, appeared to pick up something from the ground, and reentered the cylinder, which then slid up into the larger white disk. The outside rim started spinning in a counterclockwise motion with a soft whistling sound, and the object rose straight up, out of view. Estimated diameter of the disk: 7 m. (Atic)
• April 8, 1965 (9:30 PM): Kindrae (Minnesota). A 60-year-old man saw an object 200 m away, in the northwest at 30 m altitude. It turned east, then left toward the south. First seen as a single, bright light, then two luminous sources were visible through a “door” in the object, which appeared metallic. Radio interference was noted. (Atic)
• April, 1965: Monte Grande (Argentina). Felipe Martinez, 37, reported that he was paralyzed during the landing of a silent, large, egg-shaped object, from which emerged a small man, about 1 m tall, wearing a helmet linked to the object by three cables. The being spoke slowly and with difficulty in Spanish. (Humanoids 40)
• March 15, 1965 (1:00 AM): Fort Myers (Florida). In the Everglades, 30 km east of Big Cypress, James Flynn, 45, who was hunting, saw a huge, lighted object 1 m above the swamp surface. He watched it for 40 min, observing that it was conical, twice as wide as it was high, and seemed built from metal sections over one square m each. It showed four rows of square windows, 70 cm wide. Estimated diameter: 25 m. A yellow light shone through the windows, and the object made a sound of a transformer and wind. Flynn got within 2 m of it and made a gesture. A beam of light from the underside of the object struck him between the eyes, and he lost consciousness for 24 hours. He had lost vision in the right eye, saw poorly with the left, went to a doctor in Fort Myers, and spent five days in the hospital. (Fate Sept., 65)
• March 8, 1965 (7:40 PM): Mount Airy (Maryland). Three persons aw a cigar-shaped object with two fixed red lights, which flew above them, avoided hitting the house at the last moment, and was lost to sight in the northeast. (Personal)
• March 4, 1965 (6:30 PM): Corvallis (Oregon). A farmer and his employee saw from their car three yellow-orange spheres rapidly rising. Oily spots were found in the field. (Atic)
• March 2, 1965 (1:55 PM): Brooksville (Florida). John F. Reeves, 65, retired, was walking in the woods when he observed an object 10 m in diameter, 2 m thick, saucer-shaped, with an outer rim and a stairway. After watching it for 10 min, he saw a robot-like being, about 1.30 m tall, wearing a silver uniform, glass headgear, and thin, white gloves. The being walked to the craft, then returned with a box that emitted a flash when pointed at the witness. The object subsequently took off with a whistling sound. (Atic)
• February 21, 1965 (9:00 PM): Chalac (Argentina). About 50 Toba Indians, including policemen, saw three little men with luminous glows emerge from an object that had made several low passes over the village with other flying craft. A photographer took several pictures and noted that the creatures feared the light from his flash camera. The object increased in luminosity as it took off. (CODOVNI; FSR 65, 4)
• February 4, 1965: Torrent (Argentina). Several persons observed five luminous objects in flight. A transparent craft landed, and five creatures, about 2 m high, with one eye on the forehead and flashing helmets, emerged and tried to abduct a villager. Approximate date. (Humanoids 39)
• February 3, 1965 (8:45 PM): Sough Brighton (New Zealand). A man saw a light on the beach near Penguin Street and got out of his car to observe it. He then heard a modulated whistling sound and saw an object, 7 m wide, rise from the beach to an altitude of about 20 m. He came back to the site with other persons, and a dog that became restless at a spot where grass was found flattened. Another witness, driving near Humphrey Ave., saw the object as it rose over South Brighton. (149)
• January 25, 1965 (Night): Marion (Virginia). Woody Darnell, policeman, his family, and several neighbors saw a stationary object on the ground. It took off with a shower of sparks. Several trees were found uprooted or calcined at the site. (Fate July, 65)
• January 23, 1965 (8:40 AM): Williamsburg (Virginia). A 31-year-old man driving a ’64 Cadillac was at the intersection of U.S. Highway 60 and State Route 14 when the engine failed, and he had to stop by the side of the road. He then observed an object about 1.2 m above ground. It was shaped like a mushroom or an electric bulb, 25 m high, 8 m in diameter, made noise similar to a vacuum cleaner, had a metallic gray color, a red-orange light on one side, and a blue one on the other. It took off against the wind toward the west, at high speed. (Atic)
• January 19, 1965 (6:15 PM): Brands Flat (Virginia). A workman cutting wood on the Augusta archery range saw two saucer-shaped objects, 30 m and 6 m in diameter, hovering in the sky. The smaller one landed, a door opened, and three pilots emerged. They looked human, but had a reddish-orange skin and staring eyes. One of them had “a long finger on his left hand.” Their clothes were the same color as the craft, whose open door showed a strange light inside. The object was so highly polished that “I would bet on a clear day you could not see it at five thousand feet.” The occupants spoke sounds that were not understood and reentered the object. The door outline could not be seen when it was closed. (Personal)
• January 14, 1965 (Midnight): Norfolk (Virginia). James Myers saw an object rise from the ground, appearing as a bright, circular silvery craft. (Fate July, 65)
• January 12, 1965 (Night): Blaine Air Force Base (Washington). A member of a federal agency, who was driving toward the base, saw a low-flying object, 10 m in diameter, which avoided collision at the last moment. He got out of the car and observed it hovering for one min, then it flew off at high speed. The object was tracked on radar. The same night, a round, glowing object with a dome on top landed on a nearby farm, melting snow in a 10 m diameter circle. (NICAP Mar., 65)

1964

• December 28, 1964: Auckland (New Zealand). Two young girls, R. Bender and J. Quinn, observed an object flying 17 m above the ground. It was shaped like two plates glued together, with two rows of intense lights, and a turret with a green light on top. When an opening became visible, the witnesses thought the thing was about to land, and they fled. (Spaceview)
• December 21, 1964 (5:00 PM): Harrisonburg (Virginia). Mr. Burns saw a huge object cross the road, hover at ground level in a field for less than one min, then take off vertically. There were other witnesses in the area. (Atic)
• November, 1964 (11:00 PM): Saint-Alexis de Montcalm (Canada). Mr. Lebel observed a lighted object at treetop level, about 700 m away. At the site, a wide circle of crushed vegetation was found, three branches were broken, and a pole was calcined. (LDLN 76)
• September 15, 1964: Core Lane (Louisiana). James Warren was awakened by a noise, and saw an object bearing blinking red and green lights fly over his house at treetop level. He called the police, who also reported seeing the object. (Fate Jan., 65)
• September 11, 1964 (6:00 AM): Ulysses (Oklahoma). Karen Campbell was scared by an oval, dull copper object that flew low over her car. It measured about 1.2 m in height, had a dome on top, made a “rushing” noise, and seemed to “float” over the car. (148)
• September 5, 1964 (10:00 PM): Cisco Grove (California). A hunter, who had lost his way in the mountains, observed approaching lights that seemed to land. From a vantage point in a tree, he saw a dome-shaped object at ground level, about 500 m away. Several creatures, one of them a robot-like figure with “eyes” about 10 cm in diameter, came near, apparently trying to dislodge the witness from his tree. The creatures appeared to fear the light from flaming objects thrown at them. The witness fell asleep after an exhausting series of attempts to keep the creatures away. At dawn there was nothing to be seen. (Atic; Magonia)
• September 5, 1964 (9:00 PM): Cofico (Argentina). Chafredo Dagota observed a circular object that came to the ground briefly. It stood on a sort of pillar and emitted a blinding light. He caught sight of two figures moving near it. (FSR 66, 3)
• August 25, 1964 (10:30 PM): Lynn (Massachusetts). Richard Pratt, 17, heard a whistling noise and saw a silvery, oval object surrounded with a soft white glow, supporting a dome, which went down to ground level. A similar object had been observed one hour earlier at Littleton, about 50 km west, by four boys. It was described as silvery gray, with three blinking red lights and a white light. (NICAP Sept., 64)
• August 12, 1964 (10:00 PM): Brekkens Corner (Montana). Witnesses got out of their car to watch an object resembling a “burning haystack,” oval or crescent-shaped, which rose from the ground, crossed the sky, and was lost to sight in the south. (Personal)
• July 30, 1964: Flemington (New Jersey). A whitish, elliptical object followed a car, then landed in a field. The driver got out to observe it, but when the object started in his direction, he became afraid and drove off. (NICAP Sept., 64)
• July 28, 1964 (10:30 PM): Lake Chelan (Washington). A former Navy pilot, and another man, both regarded as trustworthy, were at work in a field when they saw an intense light, cone-shaped, emitted from the ground. A similar light was observed in the sky when the one on ground was turned off, then the reverse took place. A round, aluminum-looking object, about 10 m in diameter, with one red and one white light, then appeared and descended to ground level with a strong whistling sound similar to a smell jet. Piercing and high-pitched voices similar to those of children playing were heard. After 40 min the craft took off. Before it did so, a jet aircraft flying at low altitude circled its position. On July 31 and August 1, the densely wooded area was explored from a helicopter and on foot by Sheriff Nickell and a U.S. Air Force officer, but nothing was found. (Atic)
• July 27, 1964 (9:00 PM): Sherburne (New York). An engineer stopped his car when he saw an aluminum-looking object, stationary, about 15 m above ground. The edge of the craft seemed fluorescent, and three beams of very bright light were emitted before it flew off at high speed. Total duration: 6 min. (Atic)
• July 16, 1964 (3:00 PM): Conklin (New York). Edmund Travis, 9, Randy Travis, 7, Floyd Moore, 10, and two other boys, saw a dwarf dressed in a black suit and a helmet, with a glass section in front of his face, which looked human. He appeared to request some water in a strange tone, which sounded “as if it came from a pipe.” He then walked to a shiny machine partially hidden in the brush, as the boys ran home. (Humanoids 59)
• July 14, 1964 (Evening): Tallulah Falls (Georgia). Miss P. Upton came running home nearly hysterical. While riding bicycles, she and a friend saw a low-flying object that terrified them. A strong unpleasant smell also was reported. (Fate Nov., 64)
• July 7, 1964 (9:00 PM): Tallulah Falls (Georgia). Nine persons from three different houses, including J. Ivester, described an object like “a flying top.” TV interference was associated with the object’s presence. It flew silently at tree height and hovered over the yard of Mrs. Russell Mickinan’s house. The lower part was bright red, with three lights on the upper part. As it left, a green light illuminated the countryside. A powerful odor similar to “embalming fluid” was noticeable when police arrived. The next day, witnesses felt a burning sensation on their faces and arms. (Challenge 39)
• June 15, 1964: Arica (Chile). A miner, R. A. Donoso, observed a strange machine land. From it emerged two fair-skinned men who asked for water in a language which appeared to be a mixture of English and Spanish. Donoso took some water from his car radiator for them, and they left. Their craft was about 3 m long and 1 m wide. (FSR 65, 2)
• June 14, 1964 (9:00 PM): Dale (Indiana). Charles Englebrecht went outside when his TV set and all house lights suddenly failed and saw a glowing blue-white object, about 30 cm in diameter, land about 18 m away in the field. He felt a mild electric shock when he tried to approach it and was unable to move forward. (NICAP July, 64)
• June 13, 1964 (9:00 PM): Penberville (Ohio). Karen Fahle saw a bright object coming to the ground about 200 m away. While approaching, its lights blinked and turned to dark red. Five min later it went away slowly. (AMUFO Sept., 64)
• June 8, 1964 (10:30 PM): Lawrenceville (Illinois). Helen Reed observed a spinning object, 5 m above ground, less than 20 m away, coming and going with right-angle turns. It had a dome from which colored light emanated (blue turning to red), and bands of yellow light. The object was lost to sight behind trees in the north. (NICAP July, 64)
• June 5, 1964: Pajasblancas (Argentina). A 42-year-old doctor and his wife were 30 km away from the airport when an intensely bright object appeared on the road ahead. They drove very close to it and saw three men dressed in gray, one of whom told him in Spanish that “they have a mission on Earth.” (Humanoids 39)
• June 2, 1964 (5:30 PM): Leam Lane (England). David Wilson, 14, was going to get some straw for his rabbits when he stopped with other children to observe half-a-dozen dwarfs, about 80 cm tall, dressed in bright green, and having hands lighted “like electric bulbs,” who seemed to be searching for something. Another child later reported that she had seen a silvery disk-shaped object, the size of a car, take off from the same location. (FS Dec., 64)
• June 2, 1964 (4:00 PM): Hobbs (New Mexico). A “black object with flames” is blamed for burns suffered by an 8-year-old child, who said he saw the object coming from the sky. His grandmother, Mrs. Frank Smith, who was standing nearby, heard a sound similar to that of a bullet, but saw nothing. The child suffered second-degree burns on his face, and lost part of his hair. (Saucer News Mar., 65)
• May 24, 1964: Millinocket (Maine). A man driving on Millinocket Lake Road saw a fiery, spherical object to the side. He stopped and left his car with a friend to observe it better. When they became afraid and walked back to the car, the sphere followed them; the engine could not be started as long as the sphere remained within 2 or 3 m of the car. It flew away after five min. It was described as a ball of fire without structure, about 75 cm in diameter. (Atic)
• May 18, 1964: Hubbard (Oregon). A bright, silvery object, 3 m long, 1.5 m high, with a cone-shaped front part, resting on four legs, was seen in a wheat field by 10-year-old Mike Bizon. It made a beeping noise, rose first to the altitude of the telephone poles, then took off vertically. Wheat was found flattened in all directions. (NICAP July, 64)
• May 17, 1964 (9:00 PM): Massillon (Ohio). A fiery object, maneuvering at low altitude, was seen from Wooster and Smithville at 9:10 PM, then from Lawrence and Burbank between 9:25 PM and 9:30 PM. It flew erratically with a whirring sound and changes of color, apparently interfering with police radio. It went down toward the northwest, seemingly ready to land. Abnormal radioactivity allegedly was found at the site. (Akron UFO Res. Soc.)
• May 13, 1964: Rio Vista (California). A woman saw two objects, one of which landed in a field. It was round and luminous. (NICAP July, 64)
• May 9, 1964 (11:00 AM): Mogadore (Ohio). Three children, John Owens, Cheryl Glunt, and Bernie Montello, saw a silvery, dome-shaped object arrive from the south and land in a field 150 m away. Estimated diameter: 3 m. (FS June, 65)
• May 5, 1964 (8:30 AM): Comstock (Minnesota). A farmer, Alfred Ernst, saw an object rise from a field and fly rapidly into the cloud bank. It was described as oval, and it left a depression and imprints in the ground. (FS June, 65)
• April 30, 1964 (10:30 PM): Canyon Ferry (Montana). Several anonymous adults observed an elongated, glowing object. Two children saw a lighted craft land and take off, leaving four rectangular indentations. (APRO July, 64)
• April 30, 1964: Baker (California). Gloria Biggs, her husband, and her mother observed a brown, dome-shaped object on a hilltop about 17 km west of Baker on U.S. Highway 91. They lost sight of it a moment, could not see it again, and found only a depression in the ground. (FSR 64, 5; Anatomy 75)
• April 28, 1964 (Morning): Anthony (New Mexico). Numerous witnesses, among them policeman Paul Arteche, saw a reddish, round object hover at low level, then take off very rapidly toward the west. (NICAP July, 64)
• April 26, 1964 (12:30 PM): La Madera (New Mexico). Orlando Gallegos observed a bright, metallic, egg-shaped object about 70 m away, on the ground, north of La Madera. Blue flames appeared to circle the base of the machine, which was silent and about the length of a telephone pole. Scorch marks and four imprints were found, according to Police Capt. Martin Vigil. (Personal)
• April 24, 1964 (5:45 PM): Socorro (New Mexico). Policeman Lonnie Zamora observed the landing of a white craft, resting on four legs, in a depression 4 km outside Socorro. Near it were standing two figures, below average height, dressed in white. Within 30 m of the object, he saw a red insignia on its aluminum-like surface. It rose to 4 m with a strong roar, became silent, hovered and flew away. Traces. (Atic; Challenge 34; Humanoids 47; Magonia)
• April 24, 1964 (10:00 AM): Tioga City (New York). Dairy farmer Gary T. Wilsox saw a shiny, egg-shaped object, about 8 m long and 6 m wide, in his field. He spoke in English to two dwarfs, 1.2 m tall, wearing seamless clothing and hoods, and carrying trays. (Humanoids 59; Magonia)
• April 22, 1964 (9:00 PM): Lordsbury (New Mexico). Marie Morrow and two other persons were driving west, about 20 km east of Lordsbury when the entire area was illuminated by a bluish light “as bright as day,” and a round object flew about 3 m above the car, making a whining sound, then went north. (APRO May, 64)
• April 3, 1964 (9:00 PM): Monticello (Wisconsin). Four people in a car observed a rigid configuration of intense red and white lights, apparently attached to a large object that came to ground level, hovered, and flew off very fast as they were driving about 2 km west of Monticello. (Atic; Challenge 31)

1963

• December 27, 1963 (4:00 PM): Epping (Great Britain). A shiny white object was seen on the ground at Bank’s Stables. It was about 3.5 m long, 1 m high, and had something like a windshield more brilliant than the rest of the craft. It took off, flew horizontally for 30 m, and was hidden from view. Grass was flattened over a circular area, and four traces were found. (BUFORA 1)
• December 25, 1963 (Night): Libreville (Gabon). A fisherman witnessed the landing of a craft, from which a terrifying creature emerged. It was humanoid in shape, spoke sounds he could not understand, left footprints on the sand, and went back to the machine and flew off. (147; LDLN 70)
• December 14, 1963 (1:00 AM): Vereeniging (South Africa). Messrs. Muller and Immelman suddenly found the countryside illuminated and saw an object, 15 m in diameter, with intense orange and blue lights, emitting sparks, flying toward their car. They stopped and jumped out as it dived five or six times, at one point hovering for two min 15 m above them, making a humming sound, before flying away. (146; FSR 64, 3)
• December 10, 1963 (11:30 PM): Cosford (Great Britain). At the RAF camp, two airmen observed a dome-shaped object that landed behind a hangar. It gave out a bright glow, and the witnesses fled when an opening became visible. (FSR 64, 2)
• December, 1963: Japan (exact location unknown). A Japanese man reported the landing of an object, from which emerged a being who spoke to him in a language he could not understand, climbed aboard again, and flew away. (LDLN 67)
• November 16, 1963 (Evening): Saltwood (Great Britain). Four teenagers, among them painter John Flaxton, while walking on a country road, saw a moving star turn into a reddish glow coming toward them, then disappearing behind some trees. Shortly thereafter, a bright, golden light was seen 80 m away, floating 3 m above ground, and a dark figure the size of a man, with wings like a bat, came toward them. They fled in terror. (FSR 64, 2; Magonia)
• November 15, 1963: Bloomingdale (New Jersey). Peter Valko and Jim Keosian ran toward a strange object that appeared about to land, but it “vanished.” (Binder)
• October 31, 1963 (2:00 PM): Peropava River (Brazil). A farmer, Issuo Oikiti, and two other witnesses saw a luminous object, resembling a huge, aluminum ball, which hit the river, changed direction while spinning, crossed to the other side and plunged into the water, which appeared to boil. (Vuillequez)
• October 31, 1963 (4:15 AM): Daylston (Australia). Jim Davidson saw an object about 3 m long, bearing orange and red lights, which came close to his light truck, flew ahead of him, then departed and appeared to land behind a hill. Two witnesses independently reported a maneuvering light. (Austr. FSR May, 64)
• October 21, 1963 (9:30 PM): Trancas (Argentina). Six strange objects were observed for 40 min, causing a local panic. One was hovering at ground level above some railroad tracks, while another, showing a dome and portholes, was near a house. When witnesses flashed a light, the house was flooded with a strong beam. Temperature rose and a sulphurous odor was noted. Figures were seen in the vicinity of the first disks. All six objects had a white and a red light beam, measured 8 m in diameter, and left a cloud of white smoke. (145; LDLN 66)
• October 12, 1963 (3:30 AM): Monte Maiz (Argentina). E. Douglas, while driving a truck through a violent rainstorm, had to stop when he encountered a large, blinding object, 35 m high, from which three giants, 3 m tall, wearing luminous clothes and strange helmets, emerged. Douglas fired at them, as a red beam burned him. He ran away and found shelter in Monte Maiz. He suffered burns similar to ultraviolet exposure. Footprints of large dimension were found at the site. (CODOVNI 1963; Austr. FSR 8; Magonia)
• October, 1963 (9:00 AM): Whidbey Island (Washington). A middle-aged woman, who had seen a strange craft hovering near her house the previous July, observed a gray-colored object, 3.5 m long, hovering less than 2 m above ground. Through the transparent front part she could see three figures. Suddenly one of the occupants was standing on the grass. He was clothed in “asbestos-textured coveralls,” and neither the face, nor the hands, nor the feet was visible. When she asked, “What do you want?” the answer, in English, was: “One of our party knows you; we will return.” The object then decreased in size, tilted, partially sank into the ground, grew to its previous size, and departed to the east, producing steam, a flash, and a noise. (FSR 64, 6)
• September 19, 1963 (8:00 PM): Saskatoon (Canada). Four children saw a bright oval object hover in a field and drop something. Approaching the site, they were confronted with a 3 m tall man, dressed in “a white monk-like suit,” who held out his hands and made unintelligible sounds. The children fled in panic, and one girl was admitted to the hospital in shock. (Personal)
• August 28, 1963 (7:15 PM): Sagrada Famila (Brazil). Two brothers, F. and R. Eustagio, 11 and 9, saw a luminous sphere at treetop level. Through an opening they observed “several rows of people inside” and a thin, 3 m tall being, who glided down to the ground along two vertical beams of light. He walked with a strange, swinging motion, then sat down. He wore a transparent helmet, had one eye in the middle of his forehead, wore high boots that left a triangular imprint, and carried a box emitting flashes. He made a threatening gesture and flew up to the sphere, which left. The children somehow became convinced that the being was “good” and would return. (Humanoids 37; Magonia)
• August 20, 1963 (9:32 PM): Rome (Italy). In a wooded area near Rome, a man in a car observed an object resembling a plane turned upside down, with a central turret, flying low over his vehicle. (Atic)
• August 13, 1963: Ellsworth (Maine). An elliptical object with lights on its entire length and occasional flashes at both ends was seen at ground level for over one hour by an entire family. (Evidence 141)
• August 8, 1963 (10:10 PM): Mount Vernon (Illinois). An oval, luminous object coming from the north dived toward Centralia Road, followed a car, flying around it. Then it went away toward the west, disappeared like a bulb turned off, and was seen again in the west flying very fast. It was observed by numerous people. Total duration: 15 min. (Atic)
• August 1, 1963 (Night): Centralia (Illinois). Five persons observed a luminous source flying slowly over the railroad tracks. Direction of travel: west, then north. It appeared ready to land in a wooded area. Its luminosity was variable. (Atic)
• July 22, 1963 (8:30 PM): Parr (Great Britain). William Holland, 12, and two other persons saw a hovering silvery object with a flashing red light on top, at 20 m altitude. It had three “legs” and a periscope underneath that pointed at the witnesses. The object went up into a cloud of unusual color, which flew against the wind. (FSR 64, 3)
• July 15, 1963: Charlton (Great Britain). A farmer discovered a strange crater 2.5 m wide and 2.5 m deep. Vegetation around it was burned and there were four holes in the ground around the crater itself. (FSR 63, 5; Magonia)
• June 28, 1963 (9:30 PM): Sandy Creek (Australia). A fiery red object, 8 m wide, 4 m high, with a concave top and flat bottom, was seen on the road by a Willaston resident who stopped his car 4 m away. The object rose, tipped to one side, and flew away at fantastic speed. (141; FSR 64, 1)
• June 4, 1963: Lyle (Minnesota). A multi-colored object, the size of a light truck, was reported to have landed in the vicinity of Lyle. Police searched an area over 3 km wide on both sides of the Iowa-Minnesota border, with no results. (Personal)
• May 20, 1963 (Evening): Glencoe (Australia). A 17-year-old witness, who wishes anonymity for fear of ridicule, saw what he first thought was a bulldozer by the side of the road. He came within 20 m of it, then was blinded by a strong light as his car suddenly stopped. The object crossed the road and flew away. The light was as intense as that of a welder’s torch. The witness’s father testified that his son came home white and visibly terrified. (APRO Nov., 63)
• May 15, 1963: Yvrac-Maillé (France). Mr. and Mrs. D., of Carignan, saw an object on the ground to the left of the road as they were driving between Bergerac and Bordeaux, beyond the Yvrac intersection, 2.5 km from Maillé. They stopped to observe it, and the object then followed them for part of their trip. (LDLN 71)
• May 7, 1963 (Evening): Kirkby (Great Britain). Margaret McCutcheon and her 13-year-old son reported to the police that, after the house lights blacked out while watching television, they saw an object about 6 m in diameter, with two aerials and a red light flashing, emitting a low buzz, near the house. After one min, it flew away. (FSR 63, 4)
• March 13, 1963 (10:30 PM): Richards Bay (South Africa). Fred White was fishing when he heard a high-pitched whine coming from the east and saw an object come in his direction and land 15 m away, scattering sand. It was at least 30 m in diameter, and was shaped like two plates glued together. Through several oval portholes he could see light inside. A man with a fair complexion, wearing a metallic helmet, looked at the witness. He wore a sky-blue, one-piece coverall with no visible buttons or fasteners, and gloves made of shiny mesh. Warm air was felt as the craft took off about six min later, and radio interference was noted. (FSR 63, 5)
• March 12, 1963 (5:32 AM): Colonia Yerua (Argentina). After an intense rainfall, Pablo Michalowski and Roberto Jorge Martinez observed and photographed a luminous object that rose from a forest preserve about 2 km from Colonia Yerua. (CODOVNI 1963)
• March 9, 1963: Crystal Lake (Montana). Amos Biggs observed a silver, saucer-shaped craft, with an oval dome, which landed on the frozen lake for 10 min. A “door” was opened and then shut, and the craft took off with a buzzing sound. (FS July, 64)
• February 21, 1963 (2:30 AM): Belgrade (Montana). A strange globe of fire hit a car driven by a civilian man. Several people called authorities to report that they had been awakened by a peculiar object. (Atic)
• February 20, 1963 (5:30 PM): Lecce (Italy). A young man saw from a window a slowly spinning object, almost stationary, 500 m away. It appeared as a disk having a central upper dome, with a total diameter of 3 m. The object had a brilliant yellow-red halo, but its dome was much more brilliant. The witness observed it through binoculars, reported seeing a “particle” leave the object, after which it stopped spinning, gained altitude with a vertical shifting, and left toward the northeast. (144)
• February 15, 1963 (7:10 AM): Willow Grove (Australia). A civilian observed an object arriving from the east. It stopped at 15 m altitude over his farmhouse. The object made a swishing sound, and measured about 8 m in diameter, 3 m in height. The underside was spinning in a counterclockwise direction, had a blue color and no light. It took off faster than a jet, after hovering about five sec. The witness suffered from a strong headache all day. (Atic)
• February 5, 1963: Ascension (Paraguay). Approximate date. A student, Anastasio Lenven, saw an object land on the school grounds. In a different observation, several residents, including an official of the Ministry of the Interior, saw an object flying at very high speed over Ascension. (Atic)
• January 31, 1963: Ganada de Algosaray (Argentina). An object was reported to have landed. The Lopez brothers found traces in the grass and evidence of intense heat. Police investigation. A whitish powder was also found at the site. (FSR 66, 1)
• January 28, 1963 (Night): Mamina (Chile). A former Chilean Air Force officer, who was driving a truck, observed two disk-shaped objects that followed him for over ten min. (Atic)
• January 28, 1963 (5:20 PM): Shilton (Great Britain). Mary Sharp and Mrs. E. L. Sharp saw an object on the ground. It had four windows, emitted a yellow-orange light, and eventually left toward Rugby. (Atic)
• January 11, 1963 (11:00 PM): San Pietro (Italy). A 43-year-old farmer was awakened by restless animals and went out to calm them. Fifteen min later he saw an object land in a small square in the village, went toward it, was “paralyzed” when 10 m away. Two min later the craft, 4.5 m long, 1.5 m high, with a translucent upper dome showing two dark, moving figures, ascended in the direction of Brindisi, emitting a vertical beam of green light. (143)
• January 4, 1963 (7:00 PM): Rome (Italy). A well-known psychiatrist saw an object on the ground in a deserted city park. Shape: a dome upon a cylinder, bearing a series of round apertures and surrounded by a thick, roundish ring, set on a tripod landing gear supporting the base of the cylinder 1 m above the ground. Diameter: 5 m. Suddenly the ring started spinning rapidly, and a gust of air was felt as the craft rose a few m above ground, then disappeared in a split second. (142)

1962

• December 21, 1962 (2:15 AM): Buenos Aires Airport (Argentina). A large, fiery disk was observed on the runway by Horacio Alora and Mario Pezzuto, the two control tower operators, and by the crews of two aircraft. It rose to 10 m altitude, hovered, and flew away to the northeast. (CODOVNI 1962)
• December 19, 1962: Verbania (Italy). Three sailors on a ship observed two gray, helmet-shaped objects hovering 1 km away, at 20 m altitude above Lake Major. Diameter: about 15 m. After 5 min one object started moving rapidly, gaining height with an undulating movement. It was soon joined by the second object, and both disappeared together at the horizon. (139)
• December 17, 1962 (Dawn): Milan (Italy). Francesco Rizzi, night watchman, was crossing the factory yard when he heard a whistling sound and observed an object hovering 1 m above ground. It was a silvery disk, about 5 m in diameter, with lighted windows. The noise stopped, a door became visible, and a small being appeared and made a gesture. A second figure was also seen. The craft took off with a puff of white smoke and a whistling sound. (138)
• December 11, 1962 (Dawn): Chumbicha (Argentina). G. L. Colodrero and the director of the Cordoba Historical Museum were driving from Catamarca to Cordoba when, 7 km away from Chumbicha, they saw seven objects on the ground of a mountain slope. They were bright and spherical, rose straight up, and flew away with a very bright trail. (CODOVNI 1962)
• December 9, 1962 (10:00 PM): Bologna (Italy). Antonio Candau saw a circular object land in Cadivilla, 9 m away from him. It was about 5.5 m in diameter, and two men emerged from it, approaching within 2 m, and spoke incomprehensible words. They wore yellow coveralls and a wide belt. Noting that the witness was afraid, one of them made a reassuring gesture with his hand, and the craft departed with a strange sound. (Settimana Incom. Dec. 30, 62)
• November, 1962 (Evening): Var (France). A garage owner was driving through a rainstorm when he suddenly saw a group of figures 80 m away. He slowed down as they went away jerkily, and observed that they were bizarre, bird-like creatures. As they rushed toward the car, he drove past them in terror, and saw them going back toward a luminous, blue object hovering in a field. They entered it as if “sucked into it,” and a dull sound was heard before the object flew off. (FSR 68, 6)
• October 28, 1962 (7:30 PM): Norwood (Australia). Mrs. E. D. Silvester was driving with her three children when an illuminated oval object landed near the road. She watched it for 40 min, and reported seeing a man wearing a helmet and gas mask in the vicinity of the object. (FSR 63, 4)
• October 24, 1962: Horsetooth Reservoir (Colorado). Undocumented claim that a landing took place. No traces. (NICAP Oct., 62)
• September 18, 1962: Barcelos (Brazil). Three men working in a rubber plantation saw a large, disk-shaped object hover above the river. It emitted sparks, was of silvery color, and very brilliant. It eventually rose straight up at high speed. Disappearance of cattle was noticed in the area during that period and blamed on the same cause. (APRO Jan., 63)
• September 15, 1962 (5:00 PM): Oradell (New Jersey). Two bright disks were first seen at 5:00 PM, then were seen again at 6:00 PM, at the state line. Two witnesses saw one round object with a fin on top and another under it at 7:50 PM, and reported that it was going down toward the Oradell reservoir. Three young men saw and heard the object as it touched the water. Another witness called police. The luminous object took off a few minutes later. Official investigation described it as bright, surrounded with a glow, the apparent size of a small plane 1 km away. It left toward the south. (Atic)
• September 13, 1962 (11:20 PM): Overfield (Great Britain). Myra Jones was driving between Overfield and Norris Hill when she saw a luminous, gray object, larger than a car, with a dome on top. It was flying at the altitude of the telephone poles, slowly spinning. Dark spots were visible on the underside. It nearly touched the car, then gave a whistling sound and flew away. (137; FSR 62, 6)
• September 5, 1962 (Night): Mount Manfre (Italy). Second observation by Mr. Siragusa (see previous case on April 30, 1962), who saw two figures over 2.10 m tall. The light from their belts prevented him from seeing them in detail. A large, spinning object, 25 m wide, top-shaped, hovered nearby. “From the under part, a metallic cylinder over 3 m long reached down almost to touch the road, with a small door, a sort of lift.” (FSR 62, 6)
• September, 1962 (9:45 PM): Orland (California). A. T. Gray, a dairy rancher, thought some lights in a field were those of a car. When coming nearer, he realized the object was oblong with blunt edges and hovered about 7 m above the ground, making no noise. When Gray was 50 m away, the object came toward him, rose, and took off toward the southwest. (APRO July, 63)
• August 20, 1962: Duas Pontes (Brazil). Raimundo da Silva (see previous cases on August 17, 1962 and August 19, 1962) testified before the police that while working in a field, he saw two spherical objects hovering 2 m above ground, a few meters from the house. One was black with an antenna-like protrusion and a small tail; the other was black and white. Both emitted a humming sound and a flickering fire through an opening. The boy’s father warned him to stay away as Rivalino walked toward the objects, praying. When he was 2 m away, the two spheres merged into one, raising dust from the ground and spreading a yellow mist that enveloped the man. The boy ran after his father, noting that the cloud had “an acrid smell.” As it dissolved, everything had vanished. Police investigation, headed by Lieutenant Lisboa, failed to reveal any clue. Many terrified people left the area. (APRO Sept., 62)
• August 19, 1962 (Night): Duas Pontes (Brazil). Raimundo, the son of Rivalino da Silva (see previous case on August 17, 1962), was awakened by the sound of steps and saw “a weird shadow” in the room. It was small and not human in shape. Voices were heard saying, “This one looks like Rivalino,” and later that they would kill him. The family stayed on the alert all night. (APRO Sept., 62)
• August 17, 1962 (Evening): Duas Pontes (Brazil). Rivalino da Silva, a diamond prospector, told his associates that he had seen two strange dwarfs digging a hole near his house. They ran away as he came near them, and moments later an object took off from behind the bushes. It was shaped like a hat and surrounded with a red glow. (APRO Sept., 62)
• August 2, 1962: Camba Punat Airport (Argentina). Luis Harvey, airport manager, and his staff thought that an unannounced aircraft was about to land, as they saw a luminous object circling at high speed. It came down to hover about 1 m above the runway for some four min. It was spherical, spinning, and emitted flashes of blue, green and orange. When approached, it took off at very high speed. (FSR 64, 4)
• July 30, 1962: Bajeola Grande (Argentina). Roberto Mievres, 17, was riding his motorcycle when a tall being, with a head like a watermelon and three eyes, appeared as the engine stalled. The apparition snatched the boy’s scarf, but he ran away and came back with a group of people, who found the scarf on the ground, discovered some traces and observed an unknown craft flying away. (CODOVNI 1962)
• July 30, 1962: Pasnembi (Brazil). A man driving near Pasnembi stopped when his engine failed and observed a cylindrical object, described as “a bottle with two necks,” about 40 m long, 15 m high, which had landed on the road. Two men (one at either end of the craft) appeared to be changing some luminous signals. This lasted 10 min and the craft took off at high speed. In Alta, a number of people reported a bright object moving at high altitude. (136; FSR 62, 6)
• June 26, 1962 (Evening): Verona (Italy). For about one hour, 20-year-old Roberto Poregozzo, his mother, Maria, and his 25-year-old sister, Luisa, observed a silvery disk, the apparent diameter of the moon, maneuvering in the sky near Santa Anastasia church. They finally went home. About 3:00 AM, one of them was awakened by a feeling of intense cold and perceived a greenish light in the room. In the window a sharply defined human shape, delineating a semi-transparent body, was visible. The apparition had a huge bald head. The witness screamed, awakening the two others, and they saw the apparition shrink and vanish “like a TV image when one turns off the set.” (FSR 63, 2)
• June 16, 1962: Prince of Wales Island (Australia). Four persons from Thursday Island, among them E. Thorpe, were climbing a hill when they observed a silvery object on a nearby hillside, less than 2 km away. It could not be located again when they reached the other side of the hill. (FSR 62, 5)
• May 22, 1962: Winifreda (Argentina). A woman was hospitalized after her observation of a strange object that landed, and of the “ugly” giant beings who emerged from it. Approximate date. (135)
• May 13, 1962 (4:00 AM): Uncativo (Argentina). Dozens of witnesses in Uncativo, Cordoba, Carranza, and Los Molinos Dam observed a very luminous, elongated object with a bright trail. Soon thereafter, fog filled a wooded section near Uncativo, and a landed object resembling a small house was observed. (133; CODOVNI 1962)
• May 12, 1962 (4:10 AM): Pampa Province (Argentina). V. and G. Tomasini and H. Zenobi saw an object on the ground 100 m away from the road. It looked like a railroad car and was illuminated. As they came close to it, the object took off, crossed the road at low altitude, rose with a flame, and separated into two sections that flew away in different directions. It made a humming noise and was seen on the ground for one min. Within a circle 60 m in radius, grass was burned, insects were carbonized, and the ground was “petrified.” Sample analysis was done by the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base. (SBEDV 30; 132; CODOVNI 1962)
• May, 1962 (4:00 AM): Jujuy (Argentina). Approximate date. Four people, whose car had run out of gas, were waiting in a drizzling rain when a bright light, first thought to be from a car, approached them. It turned out to be a low-flying object that landed. It was round with a blinking light, and stayed there about one hour before taking off at high speed. (APRO July, 63)
• April 30, 1962 (Night): Mount Etna (Italy). Eugenio Siragusa, 43, claimed to have met two men of normal height, clad in diving suits, with belts emitting intermittent yellow-green-blue light, who delivered to him a peace message in Italian. The voice had a metallic tone. Also observed was a very dazzling object, 15 m in diameter. (FSR 63, 1)
• April 11, 1962 (Evening): Saronno (Italy). Between Saronno and Legnano, I. Benazzi and three other witnesses saw a peculiar craft fly above them and land on the road. It was intensely luminous. (APRO Sept., 62)
• April 10, 1962 (Evening): San Casciano (Italy). Mario Zuccula, 27, was walking home when he suddenly felt a current of cold air. He was paralyzed with fear when he saw a white object, 10 m in diameter, metallic in appearance, which hovered close to the ground. A metallic cylinder was lowered from the craft, and two little men, about 1.30 m tall, came out through a door lighted by a source inside the cylinder. A low voice similar to the sound of an electronic device told him they would return at the end of the fourth moon, one hour before dawn, with a message. The beings had their heads covered with a hood. (FSR 62, 4)
• February 9, 1962 (3:30 AM): Aston Clinton (Great Britain). Mr. Wildam, of Luton, noticed that his car was gradually losing speed as he approached a bright, oval thing hovering 10 m above the road. The object was surrounded by a glow, and left at high speed very suddenly. (FSR 62, 2)
• January 8, 1962 (Night): Catamarca (Argentina). A truck driver and two other men observed two powerful lights, lost sight of them, but later saw a craft on the ground 150 m to the side of the road. It took off at high speed when illuminated by the headlights. Farther away, two objects maneuvered above the road leading to La Bajada. As the police were driving to the scene, they saw one of the craft on the ground near Loma Brava. (CODOVNI 1962)

1961

• December 21, 1961 (9:45 PM): Lafayette (Indiana). Jerry Hislope, 20, was driving to Kentland when he saw a glowing white object, 3 m in diameter, 1 m thick, dive at him, flying 3 m above the ground. He stopped to observe it, but the object flew away. (APRO Mar., 62)
• September 30, 1961 (10:00 PM): La Porte (Indiana). Eight km south of La Porte, 16-year-old Dennis Bealor saw a large sphere of orange light rise ahead of him on the road. He was so frightened that he lost control of his bike and left the road. (Hartle 158)
• September 19, 1961 (10:00 PM): Indian Head (New Hampshire). Mr. and Mrs. Hill saw a a lenticular object with a double row of portholes and half-a-dozen dark figures working at control panels inside, when they stopped to investigate a light following their car. They became afraid and drove away. A “beeping sound” enveloped the car, and they felt a prickling sensation before losing consciousness. When they came to, they were driving near Ashland. A series of nightmares and medically controlled hypnosis brought back what apparently was the memory of their abduction by the occupants of the object. (Fuller; Magonia)
• August 25, 1961: Toulouse (France). Approximate date. Five persons observed a luminous, yellow sphere, 8 m in diameter, flying about 10 m above the road. Horizontal and vertical bands of darker tone gave the impression of “windows.” The object flew up very fast when the car reached town. (LDLN)
• August 12, 1961 (9:00 PM): Kansas City (Kansas). Two Drake University students saw a large object shaped like an oval with “running boards” bearing a series of lights. It hovered for about 4 min at tree-height, shot straight up, climbed away toward the east, then disappeared from view in five sec or so. (Atic)
• July 17, 1961 (2:00 AM): Las Vegas (Nevada). One mile north of Bonny Spring Ranch, on U.S. Highway 91, two civilians in a car observed in the rear-view mirror a low-flying object that overtook their car, followed by a rush of cold air. It stopped, circled the vehicle, flew off and was lost to sight behind the mountains, where it may have landed. In the course of an exceptionally complete investigation by military authorities, however, no evidence of a landing was discovered. (Atic)
• July 3, 1961 (12:15 AM): Ryde (Great Britain). An object resembling a hovercraft, having five windows through which an orange light was shining, hovered about 20 m above the trees. It left suddenly at high speed. (FSR 61, 6)
• June 3, 1961 (6:35 AM): Savona (Italy). Off this town, four people in a boat were suddenly shaken by growing waves and saw the sea swelling like an enormous bubble 1 km away. An object emerged, hovered at 10 m altitude for a brief time, its underside glowing, and it left obliquely at high speed toward the northeast. Its shape was similar to a cone resting on a disk. (Settimana Incom. Jan. 6, 63)
• May 3, 1961 (10:00 PM): Union Mills (Indiana). Approximate date. A hemispherical craft with portholes, resting on a road, took off when a car came near it. Estimated diameter was 4 m, height 2.5 m bearing “fluorescent lights.” (Evidence 139, 147)
• April 18, 1961 (11:00 AM): Eagle River (Wisconsin). J. Simonton heard a whining sound and saw an object, 10 m in diameter, 4 m high, with exhaust pipes around the periphery, land near his house. A door was opened and a man appeared. About 1.50 m tall, he wore a black, turtle-neck pullover with a white band at the belt, and black trousers with a vertical white band along the side. Two figures were visible inside the object. Simonton filled a jug with water, returned it to the man, who gave him three ordinary pancakes, and the craft took off. (Atic; Magonia)
• March 10, 1961 (8:45 PM): Bowna (Australia). F. Reynolds and his son were camping near the water. They observed an object on the ground with four windows in it. There was a fire nearby, and four figures could be seen between it and the object. At 9:30 PM it had disappeared. Witnesses in Wodonga, West Albury, Wangaratta and Tallangatta independently observed an unknown object in flight. (Austr. FSR 5)
• January 22, 1961 (6:30 PM): Cestas-Gazinet (France). An electronics professor at Bordeaux University and three school teachers observed an elongated, glowing, orange object. Interference with car ignition was noted. One witness was said to have felt a slight indisposition and to have heard or somehow perceived the word “ZEMU” repeated twice. (Ouranos 26)
• January 1, 1961: La Victoria (Venezuela). A government topographer, Adolfo P. Pisani, was passed by a truck as he was driving on the Andean Highway. A brilliant disk with the appearance of blue steel swooped down very close to the hood of the truck and then flew away. The truck was pulled up nearly 1 m above the road and overturned in a sandbank. The driver escaped with minor injuries. (Lor. I 250)

1960

• December 9, 1960 (8:30 PM): Carignan (France). A dog barked at a glowing object resting in a park. Three witnesses observed it from separate locations. It appeared as an oval, luminous craft, 4 m in diameter, inside which vague shadows were seen. It took off toward the north. A circle of yellowed grass was found at the site. (Ouranos 27)
• November 13, 1960 (2:45 AM): La Londe (France). Remi Carbonnier, 48, was awakened by a green light illuminating his room. He went to the window and saw a bright, round object, 6 m in diameter, resting on three legs on the railroad tracks 300 m away. It was emitting orange flashes. A dome on top of the object started spinning, the legs disappeared, and the object rose vertically above the trees, without noise. Less than 20 sec later, it had cleared the hill and was lost to sight in the southwest. The next day the witness went to the site and found no trace, but his dog turned around and ran away. (131)
• November 13, 1960 (Night): Warminster (Great Britain). Four witnesses, among them three military men, saw an object that seemed about to land, then took off again toward the north, leaving a trail of sparks and blinding them. (130; FSR)
• October, 1960: Yariguarenda Jungle (Argentina). New apparitions of a monstrous “cyclops.” (129)
• September 23, 1960 (9:35 PM): Labrador (Canada). A Canadian ship reported that a cylindrical object with lighted portholes came down, hit the ocean, and sank off the north coast of Labrador. (Atic)
• August, 1960 (9:20 AM): Hamburg (Germany). Mrs. K. St. Bereits was in her garden when she saw an object coming down at great speed. Arriving at ground level, it came toward her, appearing as a disk standing on edge, 7 m in diameter, with a pulsating halo of yellow light. Three beams of light came from a central opening. A sort of haze and “gas stream” was also described. (Nachrichten Jan., 61; FSR 61, 4)
• May 25, 1960: Chinthurst Hill (Great Britain). Vera Bowden, 35, saw a gray, elliptical object hovering at tree height over Broadwater Lake for 18 min. Then it left toward the west. (FSR 60, 5)
• May 19, 1960 (Night): Siracusa (Italy). Salvatore Cianci, jeweler, and his wife, were driving near this Sicilian town when a creature about 1 m tall appeared in the headlights. It wore a shining coverall and a diving helmet and had two short wings. Mrs. Cianci suffered from shock. (FSR 64, 4)
• May 14, 1960 (4:00 AM): Paracuru (Brazil). Raimondo dos Santos saw two craft land on a hill near a farm called Capin Acu. He went near them and saw several small beings, pale-looking, making friendly gestures. He ran away. The creatures wore blue uniforms and white helmets. The previous day at 7:00 PM, over 100 witnesses had observed a dark-gray, circular craft, 20 m in diameter, with a powerful light, maneuvering and hovering. (Humanoids 37; LDLN 58)
• May 13, 1960 (7:00 PM): Paracuru (Brazil). Over 100 witnesses observed a dark-gray, circular craft, 20 m in diameter, with a powerful light, maneuvering and hovering. (Humanoids 37; LDLN 58)
• May 4, 1960 (9:15 AM): Sarasota (Florida). A yellow, elliptical object with four evenly spaced window-like openings was observed at ground level by an architect. (NICAP May, 60)
• April 18, 1960 (9:00 PM): Lacamp (Louisiana). Mr. Arnold saw a round object, fiery red in color, arriving at high speed from the south. It touched the ground about 300 m away with a loud explosion heard by many people, and a flame. It bounced in an easterly direction for about 300 m, then rose again, turned west and disappeared. The ground was scarred in nine places, and a substance resembling metallic paint was found. (Science & Mechanics Dec, 66)
• April 5, 1960: Beira (Mozambique). An orange disk landed with a hissing sound, then exploded, while four dwarfish figures ran away into the brush. (FSR 60, 5; 126)
• Spring, 1960 (Night): Syracuse (New York). An electronics engineer was fishing when he heard a shrill, whirring sound and saw a round object, with a rotating light on top, land on the shore. The sound gradually stopped, an opening became visible, and two dwarfs with oversized heads came out with a hose and pumped water from the river. Later they appeared to play like children. Their bodies glowed with lights of changing colors. (Binder)

1959

• December 22, 1959 (11:50 PM): Oakdale (California). Kenneth Lindsley and several other witnesses saw a bright, orange object at ground level. It was bowl-shaped, as wide as the road, and shadows that appeared to be moving could be seen. (FSR 60, 3)
• October 25, 1959: Fort William (Canada). On the Trans-Canada Highway west of this town, four hunters (Douglas Robinson, Ray Disguiseppe, Victor Arnone and John Defilippo, of Port-Arthur) saw an oval, luminous object follow their car about 13 m above them. The object was spinning, stopped when they did, was white in color, and remained with them for nearly 50 km. (FSR 60, 1)
• October 2, 1959: Glenora (Canada). Approximate date. Miss G. Wilson, 14, was out riding a horse when a luminous object dived toward her, and she rushed home in fear. Her father came out and saw the object, which he described as orange and making a “painful” sound. (125)
• September 7, 1959: Wallingford (Kentucky). A bluish, disk-shaped object was observed at ground level by a mail carrier. It suddenly went away horizontally, leaving a stained ring on the ground. (NICAP Nov., 59)
• August 25, 1959 (11:00 AM): Werdehl-Eveking (Germany). Near Hagen, Lutz Holtmann went toward a bright object in a forest, and fainted when he got close to it. When he regained consciousness, he saw it take off silently and vertically. It was round, had a tripod landing gear, two rows of bright openings, and was about 30 m in diameter. (Nachrichten Oct., 59)
• August 13, 1959 (9:30 PM): Freeport (Texas). A bright, flying object passed low over a car, whose engine stalled, and landed in a wooded area. Six witnesses in two separate groups observed the object, and the police were called. The dense underbrush prevented investigation of the site. (APRO Sept., 59)
• August 12, 1959: Brion (Spain). A 60-year-old farmer saw an egg-shaped object come down at high speed and land in a pasture near a river. Then it took off vertically and flew away toward Santiago. Traces. Engine noise, not similar to helicopter. (Personal)
• August 9, 1959 (7:54 PM): Sombrero (Tierra del Fuego). Mr. Uribe, a petroleum engineer, and two other witnesses had to stop when they ran out of fuel; they observed a light swinging like a pendulum, coming close to the ground. It appeared as a large, vertical, egg-shaped object which made a “whooshing” sound. Closest approach was 120 m. Estimated height: 2 m; width, 1.5 m. When Uribe aimed a rifle at the object, it went out of sight within seconds. (Lor. III 14)
• July 14, 1959: Prince of Wales Island (Australia). Hunters reported the landing of a red object on the island. Other hunters saw a similar object near Karumba Lodge. (123)
• July 13, 1959 (5:30 AM): Blenheim (New Zealand). Mrs. Moreland saw a disk-shaped object as she was milking cows. It was about 10 m diameter, had two intense, green lights and two rows of jets around the rim, emitting orange flames. Inside a glass dome on top were two men dressed in aluminum-like suits. The craft did not land, but took off at great speed with a high-pitched sound. Heat sensation. (124; Challenge 24)
• June 26, 1959 (6:45 PM): Boianai (New Guinea). Many witnesses, among them Fr. W. B. Gill, head of a local mission, saw an orange object that hovered in mid-air. Four engines were visible on its “deck” and a beam of blue light was emitted upward from it. The object did not come to ground level, but its position above the ocean was almost on a level with the observers standing on the hill. (123; Anatomy 145)
• June 21, 1959 (8:00 PM): The Willows (South Africa). A civilian woman observed a saucer-shaped object hovering 5 m above ground. It was bathed in an orange glow, similar to that of a dying fire. It flew away horizontally and was lost to sight behind a hill. (FSR 59, 6)
• May 20, 1959 (5:30 PM): Tres Lomas (Argentina). Two hunters saw a disk-shaped object resting on the ground 150 m away. It looked like an aluminum craft about 2.5 m high, with a dome on top. Grass flattened. (Challenge 53)
• April 29, 1959 (10:30 PM): Grassy Plains (Canada). Alex Gillis and Jerry Monkman saw from a hilltop an egg-shaped object in the middle of the road. It was about 5 m long, the top part emitting a bright light. The object went away silently. Fearing ridicule, the witnesses reported the incident one month later. (FSR 59, 6)
• April 15, 1959 (Evening): Svendborg (Denmark). Between Svendborg and Nyborg, Ove Christensen, coming home after work on his bicycle, was stopped on the road by a disk-shaped object spinning at ground level. After five minutes it began chasing him, flying 6 m above him for 5 km. The object was luminous and seemed made of glass. (FSR 59, 3)
• March 31, 1959 (11:30 PM): Port Elliot (Australia). Barry Neale was driving home to Goolwa when he saw on the ground a glowing, reddish-orange object with a row of portholes. It illuminated the trees, was about 5 m wide. He got within 300 m of it, and drove around the wooded area in time to see it take off. No radioactivity was found at the spot. (FSR 59, 5)
• March 13, 1959 (2:10 PM): Purnong (Australia). Near Claypans, 150 km northeast of Adelaide, Carl Towill, postmaster, and Percy Briggs, mail carrier, saw a dome-shaped object take off from a field 400 m away. It resembled a huge, brilliant circus tent, studded with lights that kept changing from red to blue. They approached within 200 m, then saw it rise, hover, and shoot off at immense speed toward the south. They had observed it for 10 min. Mr. Briggs was questioned by investigators from Woomera rocket range. (FSR 59, 5)
• March, 1959: Kolobreg (Poland). On the Polish coast, not far from Kolobreg, soldiers saw the sea become turbulent as a triangular object, 4 m in size, emerged, circled the barracks, and flew away at high speed. (122)
• February 28, 1959: Cedar City (Iowa). Private Gerry Irwin stopped his car to investigate what he thought was a crashing plane. He was later found unconscious. Sequels of the incident (fainting, amnesia, and his return to the site in a trance-like state) are sometimes quoted as evidence of psychological experience correlated with the observation of the luminous object. Irwin deserted, and his subsequent whereabouts are unknown. (121; Lorenzen; Magonia)
• February, 1959: Umiat (Alaska). 350 km east of Umiat, trappers saw a red, disk-shaped object less than 4 km away, going up and down, sometimes nearly touching the ground. It circled and went away. (FSR 59, 3)
• January, 1959 (5:15 PM): Stratford on-Avon (Great Britain). Leonard Hewins, of Tredington, saw a fiery, round object come down from the east and land 100 m away. While a blue haze formed, three figures emerged from the object and seemed to sit down with clumsy movements. The witness was unable to move until the craft and its occupants took off swiftly, leaving a trail of stars. (FSR 67, 5)

1958

• December 28, 1958 (Afternoon): Portglenone (Ireland). A black flying object, 2 m wide, cut a tree in two, 3 m above ground, and did not stop. The tree in question is 70 cm wide and 13 m tall. This event was observed by a farmer named Bennett. (FSR 59, 2)
• December 20, 1958 (4:00 PM): Clermont-Ferrand (France). Approximate date. A disk of 20 m diameter was observed and caused damage on the ground. (Quincy)
• December 20, 1958 (2:55 AM): Hoganas (Sweden). Near Domsten, Hans Gustavsson, 35, and Stig Rydberg, 30, saw something in the woods and stopped their car to observe it. They found a disk about 5 m wide set on a tripod. All of a sudden they were attacked by four gray-colored creatures described as “fluid,” but one witness reached the car and blew the horn for help. The beings fled and the craft took off, emitting “paralyzing vibrations.” (Lor. II 56)
• November 23, 1958 (11:35 PM): Cojutepeque (San Salvador). An engineer, Julio M. Ladaleto, stopped when his car hit a can rolling on the road, then observed an object about 35 m away. It was shaped like a lamp shade with an upper transparent sphere emitting a bluish, pulsating light, 12 m diameter, 7 m high, resting on three half-spheres. An occupant 2.5 m tall was photographed by the witness as he crossed the road and appeared to inspect the craft. He wore a blue coverall and luminescent heel-less boots, and had a bald head. The observation lasted 10 min, after which the object took off with a whining sound, sparks and smoke. The following day, before he had revealed anything about the case, Ladeleto was contacted by strange “newsmen” who appeared to know all the details of it. (Settimana Incom. Sept. 16, 62)
• November 17, 1958 (10:03 PM): Soviet Union, exact location not revealed. A luminous object, with an apparent diameter greater than that of the full moon, was seen coming down from a high altitude, hovering at tree height, then landing. It was observed for two min. (Atic)
• November, 1958 (5:00 AM): Braemar (Scotland). Two soldiers of the Territorial Army on an exercise near Ballater heard a “gurgling noise” and saw two figures, over 2 m tall, dressed in peculiar suits. As they fled, they heard a “swishing” noise and saw a large disk flying at ground level, which then swooped over their heads and away, pulsating and leaving a sparkling trail. Witnesses were in a state of shock. (Humanoids 5)
• October 31, 1958 (3:50 PM): Caledon East (Canada). A civilian reported an elliptical, aluminum-colored object at 2 km altitude, coming down to 4 m, flying up and down by sudden jumps, stopping at ground level less than 200 m away for five min. A red light appeared at one end of the object, which gradually took a fiery color, then exploded. The witness ran away. (Atic)
• October 27, 1958: Union Dale (Pennsylvania). An object resembling a large gray cigar with a tail assembly flew at treetop height, making a strong “swishing” sound. (Atic)
• September 21, 1958 (3:00 AM): Sheffield Lake (Ohio). A circular, flat object, 7 m in diameter, 2 m thick, hovering 1.5 m above ground, and making a jet-like sound was seen from a house by a civilian woman. Its color was that of aluminum; it had a wobbling motion and emitted gray smoke before rising again and taking off. (Atic)
• September 1, 1958 (9:30 PM): Laval (France). About 11 km before Laval, a businessman coming from Paris suddenly saw a motionless object, 10 m above ground, to the left of the road, 150 m away. It was shaped like two cones with a common base and showed two rows of about ten openings in the middle section. It seemed about 20 m wide, metallic, with a light similar to that of a red traffic light shining through the windows. The witness had time to stop, and maneuvered to get the object in his headlight beams. Throughout the observation a whistling sound such as that of a jet aircraft was heard. The object rose very slowly, flew off faster, climbing out of sight. (119)
• August 16, 1958 (5:00 PM): Leman Lake (Switzerland). A dozen people out on the lake in perfect weather saw a bright light coming down. They stopped their boat as it came to hover about 15 m above them. It was saucer-shaped, 10 m in diameter, with a cabin showing several windows on top. The outer disk below the cabin was spinning. As it came down toward the water, a noticeable current was created. No noise or occupants were noticed. After several leaps in mid-air, the craft flew off at “unbelievable” speed. (Personal)
• May 27, 1958 (Late): Boca del Tigre (Argentina). Remo dell’Armellina was driving a truck toward Santa Fe when he saw a figure, 3 m tall, blocking the road. He went toward it with an iron bar but could not approach because of the stench and the blinding phosphorescent light emanating from it. It had very long arms, a scaly body, and wore a flight coverall. The witness fainted; nothing was left to be seen when he regained consciousness. (Perego; Bulgarini)
• May 2, 1958: Bogota (Columbia). Eight people working in a wood saw a green creature with scaly skin and very long arms. The pointed nails of its long fingers nearly touched the ground. (Dischi Volanti, by L. Bulgarini)
• April 17, 1958 (7:25 PM): Abacatu (Brazil). All night long, three hovering disks were seen by several witnesses in this area. A railroad employee, Mr. Cavalheiro, and the station chief, J. Machado, wired the Tupancireta police, and all saw the objects coming to ground level about 1 km away. At times they appeared to exchange signals. One of the disks flew over the station itself, leaving a luminous trail and considerable heat. (LDLN)
• April 15, 1958: Tabladitas (Argentina). Approximate date. In the mountains, about 14 km from Abra Pampa, a luminous object 30 m in diameter came to ground level. (Quincy)
• April, 1958 (6:00 AM): Maceio (Brazil). Near Paripueira, jeweler Wilson Lustosa and numerous fishermen saw an object hovering 15 m above the sea, 40 m away. It was lens-shaped, about 12 m thick, and showed portholes with a glowing red light. Below the object the water seemed to be “boiling” or attracted upward, while a soft, whirring sound was heard. For one hour the object kept going up and down. (SBEDV)
• March 19, 1958: Moscow (USSR). Near Moscow, a large, disk-shaped object was seen on the ground. It rose in a spiral motion, then took off and was lost to sight. (Personal)
• March 14, 1958 (8:45 AM): Healdsburg (California). Two persons, in their backyard, saw a round object 1 m in diameter come from the west and land 15 m away. It took off toward the east, turned south, and was lost to sight. (Atic)
• March 2, 1958 (7:45 PM): Tampa (Florida). A civilian source was said to have observed a balloon-shaped object land on the airfield, then take off slowly and hover at 250 m altitude before disappearing. It showed a bright light source. (Atic)
• February 24, 1958 (3:05 AM): Conceicao Almeida (Brazil). Three witnesses, among them Dr. C. da Costa, decided to sleep in their car when the engine stalled and could not be started again. Then a very large, blue, silvery object appeared and came to ground level with a swinging motion. It was shaped like a sphere surrounded by a flat ring. When they tried to approach it, the object maneuvered in a strange “aerial dance.” (Lor. I 143)
• February 2, 1958 (3:30 PM): Hokkaido (Japan). Farmer Yasukichi Nakaguchi and his son, and Kametaro Takuma, saw an egg-shaped object that landed silently. (FSR 58, 3)
• January 26, 1958 (4:00 PM): Shimada City (Japan). A very bright object landed before numerous chemical workers; they reported beings falling from the sky without parachutes. They wore strange suits and spoke an unknown language. (FSR 58, 3)
• January 13, 1958 (11:45 PM): Farm Hill (Australia). Brian Crittendon, 21, was chased by a dome-shaped object that emitted a narrow light beam toward the ground. He was so frightened that he drove home on a half-flat tire, followed for 5 km by the object, which was about 50 m away and 10 m above ground. It overtook his car at a speed exceeding 100 km/h. Radio interference was noted, but no noise. (UFO Bulletin Mar., 58)
• January 7, 1958: Aston (Great Britain). Two figures again appeared to Mrs. Appleton (see November 18, 1957) and spoke to her in English. (Humanoids 4)
• January 4, 1958: Stavanger (Norway). A woodcutter reported that he saw an object land, and a very tall man with a tanned face, wearing a helmet, stepped from the machine. He went back in after a few minutes; the craft took off “with a noise like a flock of birds.” Air Force officers and policemen searched the snow-covered hill for traces. (FSR 58, 2)
• January, 1958 (1:30 AM): Depew (New York). A lady who was driving on the New York State Thruway during a snow storm saw a large shape with a tall, luminous pole on the side of the road. Her car stalled, and the lights went off. Two figures, looking like animals or huge insects, were observed near the pole. They soon disappeared, and the object took off spinning. The witness was then able to start her car. She noted that the snow at the site had been melted and the grass was warm. (Binder; Magonia)

1957

• December 30, 1957 (Night): Drakestown (New Jersey). George Chowanski, an auto mechanic, was alerted by the barking of his dog and heard a whirring sound similar to that of an electric shaver. A lighted object was observed by Chowanski and his wife as it came within 60 cm of the ground. Two figures came out of the bottom of the object, walked around a clearing and one picked up something before returning to the craft, which then took off. Total duration: 2 min. (FS Oct., 58)
• December 21, 1957 (6:30 PM): Ponte Poran (Brazil). Mrs. Mendonca and five other persons saw a light in the south, which later appeared as two spherical objects coming closer to the witnesses on an oscillating course. One of them hovered close to the car while the other circled. They were shaped like a sphere surrounded by a flat ring, and chased the car for two hours over the deserted road. Estimated diameter: 5 m. (APRO Mar., 59)
• December 18, 1957 (Night): Old Saybrook (Connecticut). Mary Starr was awakened by a brilliant light and saw through her east window the fuselage of a craft that hovered in mid-air. Aboard were two men, each with his right hand raised, wearing yellowish jackets. A third man joined the first two, then all lights went off inside the craft while it glowed like brass. A spinning antenna-like device was noted. A few minutes later it flew off. (FSR 60, 3)
• December 11, 1957 (4:00 PM): Ellsworth (Wisconsin). Many cars stopped to observe a silent, reddish, glowing disk, about 15 m in diameter, which flew 6 m above the ground at about 80 km/h. A small, windowless cabin was visible on the underside of the object. (FS July, 58)
• December 11, 1957: Chestnut (Louisiana). Mary Louise Tobin, a school teacher, was driving on State Highway 1 when she saw an object that she compared to the rising sun, in the vicinity of a smoking car. The driver, an elderly lady, came out with a child who seemed to have suffered burns. The unknown object went away. The disabled car did not catch on fire. (FS July, 58)
• December 8, 1957 (5:50 PM): Woodward (Oklahoma). Between Woodward and Seiling, 12 km from the latter, an unknown flying object allegedly took complete control of a car with three passengers. The driver, an employee of an aircraft company, had turned the heater, windshield wiper, and radio on. He was nearing a hill in this wooded area when a bright light appeared ahead. It reminded the witness of the light from a mercury lamp. As a crash seemed imminent, the car slowed down by itself and stopped, as if the entire electrical circuit had failed. Over the vehicle was a disk 16 m in diameter with portholes around the periphery, emitting a current of hot air and a high-pitched sound. It had a dome on top and bottom. It rose as the car started by itself. The car was a 1954 Dodge Coronet without automatic transmission. The witness spent four hours with two Kirtland AFB officers who told him of similar observations. The case was never reported to Blue Book. (Personal)
• December, 1957 (Night): El Cajon (California). Edmund Rucker was awakened by a roaring noise and saw a strange object land near his house. “Its windows were lighted, and I saw strange-looking heads there.” An opening became visible and four creatures emerged. They had large heads, dome-like foreheads, and bulging eyeballs. They delivered a message to the witness in English, stating that they had philanthropic and scientific purposes. (FS July, 58)
• November 25, 1957 (2:30 PM): Ugines (France). Two engineers were driving about 200 m from the railroad crossing in Faverges when they saw a nearly spherical object at ground level, performing zig-zags on the road. They stopped and were amazed as the object simply vanished, leaving no trace. (Personal)
• November 23, 1957 (6:30 AM): Tonopah (Nevada). Four disk-shaped objects on the ground were observed for 20 min from a distance of 15 m. When the witness tried to come closer, they took off with an unbearable humming sound. (Atic)
• November 22, 1957: Gesten (Denmark). A shop owner saw a pyramid-shaped, luminous, transparent object fly fast across the road. As it was above 250 m away, he clearly saw two figures who looked like human beings, sitting one behind the other aboard the craft. (Personal)
• November 18, 1957 (3:00 PM): Aston (Great Britain). Mrs. Cynthia Appleton, 27, mother of two, saw the figure of a man appear near her fireplace while a whistling sound was audible. He was tall and fair, wore a tight-fitting plastic garment, and seemed to communicate with her through telepathy, indicating he was looking for titanium and was coming from a world of peace and harmony. Suddenly he disappeared. Mrs. Appleton had subsequent contacts with similar entities. (Humanoids 4)
• November 18, 1957 (10:30 AM): Maracaja (Brazil). Farmers Joao Ernani and Pedro Zilli heard a strange humming sound, then saw two aluminum-colored disks 200 m away. Near them were six men of average height, slim build, dressed in “dark gray suits glued to their bodies.” The disks were about 3.5 m wide, hovering 1 m above ground. They rose with a sharp whistling sound, while coconut trees below them bent double. Three more disks rose from behind the trees, and all five flew toward the Atlantic. (Humanoids 36)
• November 16, 1957 (10:30 PM): Bage City (Brazil). A blinding object, red and yellow, twice landed—first near the Jockey Club, then near the Rural Exhibition. (Quincy)
• November 10, 1957 (1:25 AM): Madison (Ohio). Mrs. Leita Kuhn observed a very large, lighted object 20 m above ground. It was so brilliant that she had to close her eyes. It was over 10 m wide, 3 to 4 m thick, with a dome on top. The witness had to consult a physician several days later because of serious eye and skin irritation. (M 267; 118)
• November 9, 1957 (1:00 AM): Lake City (Missouri). A civilian driving his car home from work observed a hovering object 16 m long. His car engine died as he neared the object’s position, and it started again only after the object’s departure. (Atic)
• November 8, 1957 (Night): Waterloo (Iowa). Paul Rutledge saw an object 16 m long flying over his garage. The top part was bright, and there were two figures visible inside. (M 266)
• November 8, 1957 (2:30 PM): Holly (West Virginia). Hank Mollohan and eight other persons saw an elongated object, 12 m long, with several portholes from which fire and smoke appeared to be coming. It swung at low altitude and dropped to the ground. People seemed to be moving around it, but the witnesses were driven away by a hard rain. (M 265)
• November 8, 1957 (2:00 AM): Sloanville (New York). A cigar-shaped object 70 m long was observed less than 7 m above ground. (M 264; 117)
• November 8, 1957: Edinburgh (Scotland). Fourteen people, including Mrs. Maty Horne, reported to police that a disk-shaped object followed their truck, dived toward it, came within 20 m of them, then left toward the sea, leaving a double vapor trail. (Round-up 217; 116)
• November 7, 1957 (7:25 AM): Meridian (Mississippi). Truck driver Malvin Stevens, 48, was driving to Memphis when, about 23 km northwest of Meridian, he saw an object which appeared to have two propellers at either end and a third one on top. Getting out of his truck, he saw three little men about 1.30 m tall, in gray clothes, with “pasty white faces” that seemed friendly and willing to talk, but he was unable to understand their “chattering.” “I stood there for what seemed like an eternity.” They got back into the machine and it took off straight up. There was no ignition interference. An 8-year-old girl from Honse independently reported a round object crossing the sky toward the south. (M 273; 115)
• November 6, 1957 (11:30 PM): Montville (Ohio). Olden Moore, 28, a plasterer, was driving home when he suddenly saw an object looking like a bright meteor split into two pieces, one of which went straight up. The other got larger while its color changed from bright white to blue-green. It hovered 60 m above a field and came to the ground with a soft whirring sound, 150 m away. After observing it for 15 min, Moore then walked to the object, which he found to be shaped like “a covered dish” 15 m in diameter, 5 m high, with a cone on top about 3 m high, surrounded by haze or fog, pulsating slowly. Holes, footprints and radioactivity were found at the site by Civil Defense Director Kenneth Locke. (M 252)
• November 6, 1957 (9:00 PM): Baskatong Lake (Canada). 180 km north of Ottawa, Jacques Jacobson and three of his friends saw a bright, yellowish-white sphere hovering over a hilltop about 4 km away. From top and bottom issued light cones that illuminated the countryside and the clouds. Radio reception was blocked throughout the observation, except for a very powerful signal at one wavelength, modulated, but not in Morse code. The object rose slowly toward the south. (M 249)
• November 6, 1957 (6:00 PM): Boerne (Texas). A civilian source reported an oval object, about 5 m long, bright orange, similar to glowing coals, hovering 4 m above ground. The witness went to call his family; the object had vanished when he returned. Unidentified. (Atic)
• November 6, 1957 (Evening): Everittstown (New Jersey). John Trasco saw a brilliant, egg-shaped object hovering in front of a barn and was confronted with a being 1 m tall with a putty-colored face and frog-like eyes. He thought the dwarf said in broken English: “We are peaceful people; we only want your dog.” The little man, who was dressed in a green suit with shiny buttons, a green tam-o-shanter-like cap, and gloves with a shiny object at the tip of each finger, fled when the witness denied his request. (Humanoids 56; Magonia)
• November 6, 1957 (6:30 AM): Knoxville (Tennessee). 12-year-old Everett Clark saw a strange object on the ground and four occupants, two men and two women, who spoke a language he thought was similar to German. They went back to the craft in a manner the witness could not understand, for he saw no door. (M 271; 114; Magonia)
• November 6, 1957 (6:30 AM): Lake County (Ohio). A civilian source reported an object so bright that his eyes could not sustain it. It appeared to land on a ridge, then took off again. It was round and much larger than a plane, had an “odd color,” left no trail and made no noise. (Atic)
• November 6, 1957 (5:40 AM): Playa del Rey (California). Richard Kehoe was driving near the beach when his engine stopped, and so did three other cars. The man got out and observed an egg-shaped object wrapped in “a blue haze” on the beach. Two men, below average height, got out of the craft and asked them questions about their identity, what time it was, etc. They looked normal, wore black leather pants, white belts, light-colored jerseys, and seemed to have yellowish-green skin. They went back inside the craft, which left rapidly, and the cars could then be started. (Humanoids 57)
• November 6, 1957 (Morning): Seoul (Korea). North of Seoul a barrel-shaped object, bluish-white and luminous, was seen close to the ground, reflected in a pool of water. It rose and vanished “like a light switched off.” (Atic)
• November 6, 1957 (12:10 AM): Santa Fe (New Mexico). J. Martinez and A. Gallegos saw an egg-shaped object coming toward them at low altitude. It moved slowly, illuminating their car and producing a humming sound. The car engine, the clock and a wristwatch stopped. The object shot away toward the southwest. (M 246)
• November 5, 1957 (5:30 PM): Scotia (Nebraska). A man heard a noise similar to that of a helicopter and perceived a “burning” odor. He saw a balloon-like, elongated object that came to ground level, did not touch the ground, but rose again and disappeared. The witness was “paralyzed” during the observation. The object appeared to have generated thick smoke. (Atic)
• November 5, 1957 (4:30 AM): New York City (New York). In Van Cortland Park, Frank C. was talking with a bus driver when they saw in the park, about 400 m away, a metallic object shaped like a disk, spinning with a soft whirring. On top was a fixed dome with portholes. The object was hovering at tree-height. A yellow light from the craft suddenly illuminated the area, and it flew off “like a shooting star.” (M 241)
• November 5, 1957: New Castle (Indiana). An object looking like “a big meat platter” was seen at close range by Mrs. Jasper Barlow and her two children, who were inside their car. It had a flickering light on the bottom. There was no ignition interference noted. (M 245)
• November 4, 1957 (3:15 AM): Elmwood Park (Illinois). Two policemen, Joseph Lukasek and Clifford Schau, and a third man named Daniel De Giovanni, while looking for the cause of a headlight failure, observed a fluorescent object 50 to 100 m away from them, coming down. The car headlights functioned properly again and they drove toward the object but had to stop at a cemetery wall. They turned off all lights and watched the object for two min. It played “hide and seek” with them as they tried to reach its location. (M 240; 113)
• November 3, 1957 (3:00 AM): White Sands (New Mexico). At Stallion Site, an army patrol in a Jeep saw an orange, “apparently controlled,” luminous object on the ground near the site of the first A-bomb explosion. It was first seen as a sunlike source 50 m above ground, descending to ground level after 3 min, and landing several km away at the northern end of the testing grounds. Two witnesses. (M 238)
• November 2, 1957 (10:50 PM): Levelland (Texas). A large number of reports from the Levelland area described a low-flying object, over 60 m long, equipped with a bright light, and which interfered with car ignition. (Anatomy 136; map)
• November 2, 1957 (3:30 AM): Canadian (Texas). 5 km west of this town, military and civilian witnesses reported a submarine-shaped object, red and white, two or three times as long as a car and about 3 m high, at ground level. A figure was seen near this object, also something compared to a white flag. When a car stopped in the vicinity, a flash of light from the object coincided with the sudden failure of the headlights. (Atic)
• November, 1957 (11:00 PM): Provencal (Louisiana). Haskell Raper, Jr., was driving home on a rainy night when he saw a large, lighted object on the road ahead, which he thought was a truck. Suddenly the object flashed a beam of light directly at the car, apparently exerting a strong pressure and slowing it to a stop 5 m away. The object was then described as oval, 5 m long, 3 m high, army green in color. It bore lettering beginning with the letters UN, followed by some numbers. A sort of heat wave filled the car, and the witness ran out in panic as the vehicle caught fire. The object rose with the sound of a diesel engine. Raper ran to the town, less than 2 km away, and reported the incident. The car, a 1956 Ford, was completely destroyed. (FS Oct., 58)
• October 31, 1957 (12:00 AM): Longchaumois (France). A businessman and his wife saw a large, lighted object with openings, which hovered, came to ground level, and took off with a great increase in brightness at very high speed, but without noise. (Personal)
• October 25, 1957: Petropolis (Brazil). A girl suffering from cancer appeared about to die when the house was suddenly illuminated by a strong light, as if a searchlight had been aimed at the room. It came from an object whose top part was reddish yellow. Two figured emerged from it and entered the house. They were about 1.20 m tall, had long yellow-red hair, small green, slanted eyes, and wore white gloves and glowing white clothes. Before the astounded witnesses (the author of the report and the family of the girl), they used a device producing a bluish-white light and another instrument, in what appeared to be radiation treatment of the patient. After 30 min they went away, leaving her completely cured. The report was anonymous. (FSR 67, 5)
• October 16, 1957 (1:00 AM): Francisco de Sales (Brazil). Third observation by Antonio Villas-Boas (others: October 5, 1957 & October 14, 1957). Alone in the fields on a clear night, he saw a big, red star which took the appearance of a luminous, egg-shaped object and stopped 50 m above his tractor. Its light was brighter than that of the headlights as it landed 15 m away. The top part was spinning. It became green as it slowed down, was then seen as a flattened dome. Three legs emerged from the machine as it settled down. The tractor engine stalled, and the witness was seized by unknown individuals and carried aboard the craft, where he was medically examined, then left with a woman of short stature with whom he had sexual intercourse. Villas-Boas reported that crew members wore tight, white clothes with a light on the belt, heelless white shoes, big gloves, and opaque helmets with a slit at the level of the eyes. Their language was shrill, and he could establish no verbal communication with them. (FSR 66, 4 et seq.)
• October 15, 1957 (Daylight): Covington (Indiana). Mr. Moudy, a farmer, observed a silvery disk which hovered above his tractor; the engine failed when the object rose. (Personal)
• October 14, 1957 (9:45 PM): Francisco de Sales (Brazil). Second observation by Antonio Villas-Boas (first one on October 5, 1957). He was plowing a field with his brother when they saw a red light at the edge of the field. He went toward it, but it shifted its position every time he went close. It vanished on the spot. (FSR 66, 4; Magonia)
• October 11, 1957 (8:00 PM): Roulon (France). Two witnesses in a car saw something they described as “a dark, transparent ball” about 50 cm in diameter rising from the side of the road. It had appendages trailing behind. (111)
• October 10, 1957 (Night): Quebracoco (Brazil). Naval officer Miguel Espanhol and another man, traveling to Ceres, saw a bright object that illuminated the countryside and came down to ground level as the truck stalled. It was oval or saucer-shaped, over 150 m in diameter and 40 m deep, with a dome supporting a long “aerial” with a red light on top. The bright light went off, and the witnesses saw seven childlike beings, with long hair and luminous suits, who looked down at them for about 3 min. The craft flew south and released a smaller disk, which flew north. (Humanoids 36)
• October 10, 1957: Schenectady (New York). Mrs. Edward Yeager, who lived in a trailer on the Duanesburg-Church Road near Mariaville, saw a circular object go down behind the hill. Two min later it flew up again, very bright. The next day she was feeding the animals that ran away as the same or a similar object came within 2 m of the ground. Two dark, little men came out of the craft and went into the woods. The object remained there two min, then left. A search for the occupants proved futile. A bus driver was said to have seen two craft land in a nearby field at the same hour. (FSR 58, 3)
• October 8, 1957 (3:00 PM): Nabouwalu (Fiji Islands). Two couples going from Nabouwalu to Nawaca in a motor boat saw a white object come down from the sky, thought it was a plane in trouble and went closer. They found the object hovering 7 m above the water, and a figure on board the craft aimed at them a beam so bright they “felt weak.” The figure disappeared suddenly, and the object took off vertically at high speed. (Round-up 202; Challenge 18)
• October 5, 1957 (11:00 PM): Francisco de Sales (Brazil). Antonio Villas-Boas who could not sleep because of the heat, opened the shutters of his house and saw a silvery glow in the yard, but no flying object. The light moved and was seen going over the house. (FSR 66, 4; Magonia)
• October, 1957: Niquelandia (Brazil). At the Gabiroba farm, owners A. Santinoni and S. de Oliveira were blinded by a beam from a round object at ground level. The light was green and yellow. When they came near, all went dark and the object vanished. (Round-up 205)
• September 29, 1957 (5:00 AM): Deerwood Nike Base (Maryland). Undocumented report of a landing observed by missile men. (Keyhoe S)
• September 26, 1957 (Sunset): Yellow Falls (Texas). Three hundred people were said to have seen three elongated objects with a series of portholes, maneuvering at ground level in an area with many empty oil wells. One of these objects, said to be 150 m long and 20 m high, pearl-colored, glistening under the setting sun and showing a series of circles painted on its surface, landed for 20 min. An occupant emerged, observed the abandoned derricks and took off again. Seen through binoculars, he appeared as a “monster,” 1 m tall, moving with strange jumps. He picked up something from the ground. (Perego)
• September 19, 1957 (6:40 PM): Point Pleasant (New Jersey). A boomerang-shaped object bigger than a house was reported to have landed. Grass flattened. (Atic)
• September 16, 1957 (7:30 PM): Smithfield (Australia). Les McDonald, 17, and Gladys Smith, 14, saw a red light changing to green, spreading around them like a mist and covering an area about 100 m diameter. They became nearly paralyzed and “felt a warm glow.” They had no fear, but were “merely cognizant of things as they were without being able to react.” This sensation lasted two min. (UFO Bulletin Dec., 57)
• September 10, 1957: Ubatuba (Brazil). Approximate date. Anonymous witnesses saw a disk dive down and explode, showering the area with flaming fragments. Some samples were gathered, sent to a Brazilian newsman, analyzed by friends of Dr. Fontes, of Rio, and were found to consist of surprisingly pure magnesium. (Lor. I 90; 110)
• September, 1957: Campinas (Brazil). A man suddenly fell, as if paralyzed, and his two companions then observed an object shaped like a disk with a dome on top and another dome under it, 50 m away. A door opened and three men, 1.70 m tall, wearing close-fitting, iridescent clothing, and who walked as if on skis, appeared to make a check of the craft and the surroundings. They gathered samples in a large box. The witnesses saw small portholes and a tripod landing gear. The craft took off after 20 min. (Nachrichten July, 60)
• August 22, 1957 (3:40 PM): Cecil Naval Air Station (Florida). A black, bell-shaped object bearing two bright, white lights at the top and measuring 15 m in diameter was chased by a civilian in a car until the engine stalled. The object was then hovering 3 m away. The underside of the machine resembled a disk with fins. When a jet aircraft took off from the airfield, the object went out of sight almost instantaneously. The car battery was found completely dead. There was no helicopter in the area, although the two witnesses compared the noise made by the object to that of a helicopter. (Atic)
• August 20, 1957: Quilino (Argentina). An Air Force man inside a tent heard a loud, shrill sound and saw a disk that came down as grass and plants fluttered wildly under it. He found himself unable to draw his gun, which “seemed to be glued in its holster.” A voice came from the craft, telling him in Spanish that UFOs had a base in the Salta area and would soon show themselves to warn all people about the dangers of a nuclear catastrophe. (Humanoids 36)
• July 30, 1957: Galt, Ontario (Canada). Jack Stephenson was walking about 7 km from Galt when he saw a flash in the sky. A circular object making a whirring sound came down and landed with a throw of flames. It took off again 30 min later, leaving the ground blackened and branches broken. The craft had a stationary dome, but the periphery was spinning. (Round-up 188)
• July 25, 1957 (7:10 PM): Sao Sebastiao (Brazil). Mr. Joao Guimaraes, who is a professor at the Catholic Faculty of Law in Santos, was sitting near the shore when he saw a hat-shaped, luminous craft approach from the sea and land near him. From it came a metallic stairway. Two normal men with long, fair hair hanging to their shoulders, a youthful appearance and wearing one-piece suits, came down, gave no verbal answers to his questions, but invited him “telepathically” to come aboard the craft. Inside the illuminated compartment, he sat on a circular seat with the crew. The machine rose for a short flight. On his return, Guimaraes found that his watch no longer worked. (Humanoids 36; FSR 57, 6)
• June 5, 1957: Uriman (Venezuela). Undocumented report of a landing and of “bellicose dwarfs.” (Quincy)
• May 10, 1957 (10:50 PM): Beaucourt-sur-Ancre (France). A Hungarian refugee, Michel Fekete, was riding his bicycle when he saw an object hovering 30 cm above ground and four little men nearby. The police found lava-like fragments at the site. Six other witnesses vouch for the sighting, including Messrs. Iklef and Lepot and their wives. The craft was luminous, pulsating between red and white (remaining red longer). When white, it was more blinding than a powerful searchlight. It was 50 m away from the group of witnesses. Occupants were about 1.30 m tall with a beige-gray body, an abnormally large black head, and a waddling gait. The object flew away when a car came into view. (109; M 211)
• May 1, 1957 (7:00 AM): Pajasblancas Airport (Argentina). When his motorcycle suddenly failed, the driver observed a disk, 20 m in diameter and 5 m thick, hovering about 15 m above ground. He hid in a ditch and saw the craft come down, making a sound similar to air escaping from a valve. A sort of lift descended from its base almost to the ground. In it was a man of average height, who made friendly gestures to the witness. He was dressed in a plastic diving suit. The witness entered the machine and saw several people inside, seated before instrument panels, lighted by an extraordinary light. He was then escorted out, and the disk rose to the northwest. During the next hour, six sightings were made along the same course by independent witnesses. (Humanoids 35; FSR 65, 1; FSR 65, 4)
• May, 1957 (6:00 AM): Milford (Pennsylvania). Frances Stichler, who lived on a farm, was working in her barn when she heard a whirring sound and saw a bowl-shaped object, 7 m in diameter, with a rim over 1 m wide, about 5 m above ground. It stopped with one side tilted toward her. A man dressed in a loose, shiny, gray suit, wearing a tight-fitting helmet, was facing her from inside the object. He seemed of average height, had deep-set eyes, tanned skin, and a long face with a “quizzical” expression. Almost immediately the object left toward the southeast. (108; Humanoids 57)
• April 22, 1957 (1:00 PM): Palalda (France). Mr. and Mrs. Firmin Bason heard an unusual noise and saw a whirlwind of flames 10 or 15 m above ground, coming down toward the vineyard. It was red and blue, spinning widely, flying slowly. It hovered for 5 min over plants, which moved violently, then it flew south with a deafening roar, hovered again and departed to the southwest. Diameter at the top: about 5 m. (Ouranos 21)
• April 19, 1957 (11:52 AM): Pacific Ocean, near Japan. Japanese fishermen aboard the “Kitsukawara Maru” saw two metal disks come into the sea. This was followed by violent turbulence. (Round-up 147)
• April 14, 1957 (3:00 PM): Vins-sur-Caramy (France). At an intersection, two women, Mrs. Garcin and Mrs. Rami, suddenly heard a noise and saw behind them a top-shaped object, 1 m high and 1 m wide, nearly touching the ground. It made a sudden jump and landed again. There were a number of antenna-like projections on top of it. The noise did not come from the object, but from a metallic road sign vibrating in its vicinity. (M 207; Challenge 14)
• March 8, 1957 (Night): Baudette (Minnesota). A pilot saw a circular object flying against the wind. It was luminous, about 5.5 m in diameter, and flew so low that it appeared to suck up the snow. (Keyhoe S)
• February 9, 1957 (10:00 PM): Georgetown (Connecticut). Approximate date. Ina Salter was driving on Route 53 in a desolate area when she encountered a cigar-shaped object about 5 m long, showing several portholes, which was hovering close to the ground to the left of the road. The portholes, about 50 cm in diameter, were illuminated with a yellowish light, and there were shadows moving behind. As she passed the object, it took off straight up, hovered for a few seconds, then rose out of sight. (APRO Mar., 62)
• January 15, 1957 (Early): Balfour (New Zealand). William West and Wallace Liddell saw an object similar to a shooting star coming close to them, appearing then as an oval, fluorescent craft, about 40 m in diameter, which almost touched the grass. They rushed to catch it, but it jumped away, turning into a bluish-white sphere with a dark red center. Each time they tried to reach it, the craft jumped farther away. It cleared a high fence and slowly vanished. The Invercargill Weather Bureau had no explanation. (107)

1956

• September, 1956 (8:30 PM): Cabo Frio (Brazil). O. Guarichi was walking on the beach with his dogs when he saw an object come from the sea and land. Two men, 1.80 m tall, wearing metallic-looking uniforms, emerged. One of them picked up objects from the beach. There was an exchange of gestures with the witness. One of the dogs turned away when the witness approached the craft, which was 20 m wide, 3 m high, and showed flashing lights as it left. (Nachrichten Mar., 61)
• July 20, 1956: Panorama City (California). Three witnesses independently claimed that they observed a huge, ball-shaped object from which emerged three beings. They were nearly 2 m tall, had long, blond hair, and wore tight, green suits. (Hanlon; Humanoids 64)
• June 6, 1956 (4:30 AM): Banning (California). An object hovered about 30 m above and 100 m away from the witness’s car. Showing something like a dome on top, it crossed the road slowly, turned, and crossed the road again behind the car, then vanished suddenly. (Atic)
• May 9, 1956 (11:00 PM): Jacksonville (Florida). Two girls, Joan Frost and Gertie Wynn, while waiting for a bus, saw two pulsating lights flying horizontally and disappearing. 15 min later the lights were seen again, stopping at the zenith, merging, and diving to 50 m altitude. As the bus arrived, it seemed that the objects had separated and were about to abduct the witnesses, and they ran to the vehicle in terror. (APRO Mar., 59)
• April 16, 1956 (5:00 AM): Henderson (North Carolina). On Route 1, just before dawn, two government employees saw for a few seconds a large, top-shaped object passing over their car. It was as large as the road and made no sound. (Atic)
• April 8, 1956 (11:45 PM): Elboeuf (France). Near Exauroux, two brothers, 18 and 20, saw a red ball to their left coming down and hovering at tree height. It then left at fantastic speed. Three additional witnesses reported it independently. The object was a disk about 7.5 m in diameter, with a red dome, and rotating fins under it. It emitted a yellow-orange glow. (Personal)
• April 6, 1956: McKinney (Texas). Two men saw a silvery, balloon-shaped craft about 2 m in diameter land in a field 100 m away from them, about 8 km east of McKinney. They stopped their car to investigate, but the object took off at fantastic speed. (Atic)

1955

• November 2, 1955: Williston (Florida). Deputy-sheriff A. H. Perkins, C. F. Bell, and a dozen other witnesses saw six bell-shaped objects moving by successive leaps. One came close to a patrol car; the men inside felt that their arms and legs “went dead” and that their clothes were burning them. (Evidence 64)
• October 28, 1955: Galloway (England). A disk with a row of blue lights on the periphery slowly maneuvered above a car on a deserted road. (Evidence 135, 146)
• September 17, 1955 (Night): Bush Pine (New York). Mrs. and Mrs. Bordes, of New York City, were fishing when they heard a loud splash and a “gurgling sound,” saw a pink, iridescent, mushroom-shaped object rise about 70 cm above the water, and sink into the reservoir. Later, they saw the object again, about 5 m long and surrounded with turbulence. It reversed direction several times without turning around and finally flew away very fast. (Constance 226; FSR 55, 5)
• September 16, 1955 (6:00 PM): Boisseuges (France). A young shepherd heard a whistling sound as a dark mass appeared to fall from the sky and a rush of air swept him from his feet. The object looked like a machine with an opening where a stairway became visible. Two occupants were seen. One was observed to have a reddish face, a bald head and very fine teeth. The craft was round, about 3.5 m diameter, 2 m high, lighted with neon-like light. The occupants gathered some plants and flew away to the northwest. (Personal)
• August 25, 1955: Greenhills (Ohio). Four adolescents in a car saw a creature with a luminous body, standing near a fire-plug. (Stringfield 64)
• August 22, 1955 (2:00 PM): Casa Blanca, near Riverside (California). A group of children was playing in the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas when they observed a hovering object which disappeared and reappeared as a spinning disk with curved lines radiating from it. Other objects, silvery and semi-transparent, soon appeared and were seen by all children. They made musical sounds as they vanished and reappeared. One of them landed, and a creature the size of a 4-year-old child, transparent, wearing a belt with a bright disk, was seen nearby. Another creature appeared and spoke to one of the boys. All the children experienced visions of the objects and the creatures, as well as “arms” which appeared to beckon to them. (FSR 67, 5)
• August 21, 1955 (8:30 PM): Hopkinsville (Kentucky). The Sutton family saw a light landing near their farmhouse, then several nightmarish entities about 1 m tall, with glowing silver clothing, an oversized round head, huge eyes and ears, and a slit-like mouth harassed them for several hours, in spite of heavy gunfire. At one point, one of the entities was knocked down from the roof by a bullet: it “floated down.” Running out of ammunition, the Suttons got the police, who observed a lighted object in the sky, flying very fast. (Atic; Anatomy 173; Magonia)
• August 19, 1955 (11:30 PM): Bradford (England). About 700 m away from Roundhill Street, Mr. Wood, a warehouseman, saw a bright, bullet-shaped, silvery object behind a hillock. It measured about 4 m in height, 1.5 m in diameter, had a surface similar to chromium and made a high-pitched buzzing sound. (Constance 222)
• August 16, 1955 (4:00 AM): Bradford (England). Mr. Ernest Suddard, 35, and his 13-year-old son were in a lorry on Roundhill Street when they saw what seemed to be a human being about 1.20 m tall, dressed in skintight black clothes. It held its arms close to its sides, its feet close together, and walked by a series of jumps. On its chest was a silver disk perforated with holes. It turned off suddenly into a passageway and was lost to sight. The witnesses were too amazed to follow it. (Constance 222)
• August 5, 1955 (2:30 PM): Buzancy, Ardennes (France). Messrs. Coisin and Mahieu saw five brown, disk-shaped machines coming down and up again at great speed. One of them flew under the others, then two disks appeared to land 300 m away near the German cemetery. The others flew away toward the south at tremendous speed. (Personal)
• August 1, 1955 (9:00 PM): Chardon Road (Ohio). Mr. Sheneman, who was coming from Willoughby, came out of his car and saw a circular object with a red light on it that came down fast, hovered, and emitted two beams of light. The witness fled toward his house, and the object appeared to chase him at less than 70 m altitude. It measured about 30 m in diameter and supported a dome. Mr. Sheneman, his wife, and their two children saw it fly away. (Evidence 114)
• August 1, 1955 (Night): Salon, near Arles (France). Two persons in a car saw a lighted object dive toward them and hover about 30 m above the road. A disk, 12 m in diameter, it flew around the car and went away without noise. The witnesses were tourists, who went straight to the Arles police. (105)
• July 18, 1955 (3:00 AM): Plessiel Airfield, near Abbeville (France). Mr. Maupin and five other witnesses on the airfield were blinded by a light from a disk-shaped object 150 m away. It left orange glows in its trail. Silent, flying slowly, it hovered near the Metro station, close to the ground, but did not actually land. It left toward the northwest. A woodsman from Mareul-Caubert, Mr. Rolle, saw the object half an hour earlier. It came from the direction of Amiens. (Personal)
• July 3, 1955: Stockton (Georgia). Mrs. Wesley Symmonds was driving near this town when she saw four “bug-eyed” creatures near the road. They were small beings with thin arms, large eyes, and pointed chins. Two were turned away from the witness; one was bending over with something like a stick in its hand; and the fourth one was facing her with its right arm raised. It had bulging eyes, a sort of cap, no visible mouth, a long pointed nose, a chin which came to a sharp point, and long thin arms with claws. (Stringfield; Humanoids 54)
• May 31, 1955 (11:10 AM): Puy-Saint-Gulmier (France). A farmer, 74-year-old J. B. Collange, was watching his cows on a clear, calm morning when he suddenly observed, in an easterly direction, a vertical circular object about 3 m away, the bottom edge about 30 cm from the ground. It measured about 1.10 m in diameter, was very luminous, white, but not blinding. Many filaments of various colors were radiating from the disk. Their length varied between 0.5 and 2 m. The object rose over a hedge and was lost to sight behind some woods. (Ouranos 14, 15, 22)
• May 29, 1955 (7:20 PM): Smithfield, near Cairns (Australia). Approximate date. Three farmers, among them Thomas Robinson, saw a light growing in size for 2 min and flying between them and Mt. Williams. Looking like a “light airplane on fire,” it changed course, losing altitude and trailing flames. It touched the ground, lighting up the whole area, rose again, and began to “feel its way along the crooked edge of the cane field and the swamp toward our house.” It returned to earth four times. The dogs ran out barking as it landed within 100 m of the witnesses before taking off again. (UFO Bulletin Mar., 58)
• March 2, 1955 (5:00 PM): Huntley (Illinois). A car was followed for 10 min by three elongated “balloons,” each showing eight red lights and about 7 m long. (Atic)
• March, 1955 (4:00 AM): Branch Hill (Ohio). Robert Hunnicutt, a business man, saw three men kneeling on the side of the road. They were about 1 m tall, had gray skin, and wore tight-fitting gray clothes. They had frog-like faces, long slender arms, normal eyes, but no eyebrows. One of them held a dark object (emitting blue flashes) between his raised arms. Hunnicutt tried to go near but “must have lost consciousness,” because he found himself driving to the police station without remembering what took place in the meantime. (Stringfield; FS May, 61; Sanderson 147)
• January 5, 1955: San Sebastian (Spain). A red circular object 3 m in diameter was observed to land and take off again. (Quincy)
• January 3, 1955 (7:25 AM): Melbourne (Australia). Two persons in a car saw a flying object come within 70 m of them after their vehicle was stopped. (Quincy)

1954

• December 29, 1954 (9:00 PM): Bru (France). Near Gardonne, Mr. Gamba saw an oval red object 50 m away. When he tried to approach it, he found he was unable to move. As soon as this “paralysis” subsided, he ran to get his brothers and came back to the craft, which turned white, then red. It rose and flew away toward the east. It had been on the ground for at least 15 min. Strange traces were found, as if the ground had been dug up. Small trees near the river were found damaged, as if they had been cut with a knife. (103)
• December 20, 1954 (12:00 AM): Valencia (Venezuela). An employee of the Barbula sanatorium saw an object on the ground but did not report it. Three hours later, another employee saw the craft. It was luminous and took off soon afterward. (Lor. I 52)
• December 19, 1954 (11:00 PM): Valencia (Venezuela). José Parra, an 18-year-old jockey, saw six small creatures loading stones into a disk-shaped machine hovering about 3 m above ground. He tried to run away but was paralyzed by a violet beam aimed at him by one of the creatures. All the creatures entered the craft, and it took off. (Lor. I 52)
• December 17, 1954 (5:00 PM): Bersaillin (France). A woodsman from Poligny saw a very bright light on the road, first thought it was an American car with its headlights on, but soon observed it came from a dark craft about 80 m away. The light turned brighter; the witness felt an intense heat wave and thought he was going to die. Finally, the light went away. (Personal)
• December 16, 1954: San Carlos (Venezuela). Three young men saw a dwarf, who attacked one of them, Jesus Paz, before fleeing into a disk-shaped machine, which flew off immediately. It was flat and shiny and had been hovering 1 m above ground. (Lor. I 50; Humanoids 35)
• December 11, 1954 (5:00 PM): Linha Bela Vista (Brazil). Near the site of an event reported two days earlier, Pedro Morais saw two human beings dressed in “yellow bags” take a tobacco plant and a chicken, then go away. Their craft “had a bottom like an enormous polished brass kettle,” hovered with an oscillating motion, and made a noise like a sewing machine. Its upper part resembled a Jeep hood. (Lor. I 46; Humanoids 34)
• December 10, 1954 (Evening): Chico (Venezuela). Having seen a bright object land near the Trans-Andean Highway, two young men approached it, found it was shaped like two bowls glued together, about 3 m diameter. The underside was a source of fiery light. Four small beings emerged and attacked them, in an apparent kidnapping attempt. The dwarfs were extremely strong, their bodies covered with hair. They fled into the machine, and it took off. (Lor. I 51)
• December 10, 1954 (6:30 PM): Floresta (Venezuela). A doctor from Caracas who was driving with his father near this town stopped his car as two little men were running into the bushes. Soon thereafter, a luminous disk rose from the side of the road with a sizzling sound and flew away. (Lor. I 43)
• December 9, 1954 (7:30 PM): Dorf-Gull (Germany). Ernst Jung and his wife saw an intense red, luminous object descending toward them at great speed. It hovered 5 m above ground when they stopped their motorcycle. It was cigar-shaped, 5 m long, 2 m wide. They saw it turn off its lights and fly toward the forest. Other people in a bus saw the same thing. (Nachrichten Oct., 56)
• December 9, 1954 (Evening): Linha Bela Vista (Brazil). A farmer, O. da Costa e Rosa, observed a stranger standing near a machine shaped like “a tropical helmet,” cream-colored, surrounded with haze, making the same noise as a sewing machine. Another man was looking at a fence, and the head and arms of a third one were visible inside the craft. As the witness dropped his hoe, the man smiled, picked it up, and gave it back to him, after which they motioned him to stay away and took off. They were of average height, had broad shoulders, long hair, very white skin, and slanted eyes. They wore brown coveralls ending with shoes without heels. (Lor. I 46; Humanoids 34)
• December 4, 1954 (Night): Caselle di Nogara (Italy). For several minutes a waiter saw a circular object stationary in a pasture 50 m away. It was blue with symmetrical openings, from which a bright red light was emitted. The witness got a rifle and fired twice at the very tall figure who came out of the turret on the craft. Immediately a very strong wind was felt, and the craft took off amidst a reddish glow. (101)
• December 4, 1954: Zuaga (Spain). Twelve workers saw what they described as a square machine, with a side of 10 m, land and take off at great speed, flying toward the south. (Personal)
• December 1, 1954 (4:30 AM): Bassoues (France). A 39-year-old civilian saw an oval light, very bright, illuminating the countryside. After some maneuvers and oscillations in mid-air, it landed for a couple of minutes less than 3 km away, then flew off to the east. (Personal)
• December, 1954: Guanare (Venezuela). Early in December, the director of Barquisimeto College was chased by a luminous disk as he was driving near Guanare. He fired at the object with his revolver, without effect. He stopped another car in which a lawyer and two policemen were traveling. All four saw the machine fly away. (Lor. I 43)
• November 28, 1954 (2:00 AM): Caracas (Venezuela). G. Gonzales and José Ponce, truck drivers, found their road blocked by a luminous sphere over 3 m diameter, hovering 2 m above ground. A small creature with claws and glowing eyes came toward them. Gonzales grabbed it, found it strangely light (less than 20 kg), and observed its body was very hard and covered with fur. But the creature pushed him back, while two other dwarfs emerged from the bushes and leaped into the sphere, carrying stones and other samples. Gonzales was blinded by a light from the craft, and the strange beings flew away. (Lor. I 52)
• November 25, 1954 (5:00 PM): Calcerosa (Italy). Two 12-year-old boys, G. Marziano and P. Santucci, suddenly saw three figures who, as soon as they were discovered, entered a small spherical craft concealed 10 m away behind some bushes. The beings were small, about 35 cm tall, had very large heads and lead-gray skin. The craft had two sharp-pointed propellers in front, which started spinning. The craft took off suddenly with a hissing sound. (90)
• November 22, 1954 (9:45 PM): Santa Maria (Brazil). A radio operator at the local air base saw a huge, dark object about 30 m in diameter hovering at treetop height. With four other persons he saw it for several hours, sometimes softly glowing, sometimes coming down almost to the ground. (Lor. I 45)
• November 14, 1954 (Night): Forli (Italy). A strange beam of red light, apparently from some flying source, was reported sweeping the countryside. As it illuminated two tractors, one of them stalled, but the other, a diesel, continued. The beam was seen for about one hour by a large number of persons. (M 211)
• November 14, 1954 (Night): Wasmes (Belgium). Approximate date. Marcel Pipers, a gardener, saw a craft resting near the road give off a very bright light. His clothing was partially burned when he went close to it. (Quincy)
• November 14, 1954 (Afternoon): Isola (Italy). Amerigo Lorenzini, a farmer, saw a bright, cigar-shaped craft land near him and took cover. Out of it came three dwarfs dressed in metallic diving suits. They centered their attention on rabbits in a cage while speaking among themselves in an unknown language. Thinking they were going to steal the animals, the farmer aimed a rifle at the intruders, but it failed to fire and the witness suddenly felt so weak that he had to drop the gun. The dwarfs took the rabbits, and their craft departed, leaving a bright trail. (100)
• November 13, 1954 (3:30 AM): Curitiba (Brazil). A lens-shaped object was seen on the railroad tracks. Near it, three dwarfs wearing tight-fitting suits were looking at the tracks with a light. When the witness approached, the machine took off very fast. (99; Humanoids 33)
• November 13, 1954: Buchy (France). At intersection of Routes N28 and N319, Mr. R. L., of Rouen, saw a luminous craft take off while he felt pricklings and was paralyzed. The engine of the car slowed down but did not stall. (Quincy)
• November 13, 1954 (3:30 AM): Berck (France). Near the local airport, Mr. Davril saw a craft like a round hut 300 m away. It took off without noise. (Personal)
• November 10, 1954: Porto Alegre (Brazil). An agronomist and his family in their car saw a landed disk from which two men, normal in height, with long hair and coverall-like clothes, emerged and came toward the car with arms raised. As the frightened witnesses sped away, they saw the men reenter the disk, which rose and flew off at very great speed. (Lor. I 42)
• November 9, 1954: Bois de Villers (Belgium). Two villagers reported the landing of a 2-m-high “flying egg” in a pasture. Screams seemed to emanate from it. (Wilkins U 251)
• November 8, 1954 (Dusk): La Tessoualle (France). André Chaillou felt pricklings in his hands, “in spite of his gloves,” when a blue disk came close to his motorcycle and his electrical system failed. He was unable to move or articulate a word for several minutes. As soon as the blue light was turned off, he started again and went near the light when it reappeared 200 m away. He saw the object, a cone 5.5 m in size, rise vertically with a soft whistling, then fly horizontally to the north. (98)
• November 8, 1954 (6:00 PM): Voussac (France). In the Vacheresse Forest, reliable persons reported seeing a luminous sphere land at the edge of the forest and become dark. The next morning, investigation disclosed that an area 4 or 5 m in diameter had no leaves, while the ground elsewhere was covered with them. The earth seemed to have been dug up. (Personal)
• November 8, 1954 (10:30 AM): Monza (Italy). A crowd of about 150 people, destroying barriers to come closer, gathered to observe a luminous craft landed in a stadium. The object rested on three legs and had a dome emitting a blinding white light and supporting an antenna. Two small figures dressed in white and gray, wearing transparent helmets, were seen. They spoke with guttural sounds. One of them had a black face with a sort of trunk. When a man sicced a boxer dog onto the dwarfs, the animal turned around and bit him. The object rose with a shrill sound and vanished rapidly. (Wilkins U 238)
• November 7, 1954 (3:15 PM): Monte Ortobene (Sardinia). A motorcyclist saw a disk-shaped machine land near the road. He tried to turn too sharply and fell 50 m away. A taxi driver stopped to observe the object, which gave off a soft whirring sound and soon took off. Farmers on the other side of the mountain saw it fly away. The disk, about 15 m in diameter, was made of a silvery, rough metal. It supported a dome and showed several portholes. (97; Wilkins U 237)
• November 5, 1954 (10:10 AM): La-Roche-en-Brénil (France). Raymond R. saw a craft, which made a noise like a large transformer and gave off an orange light, land in a pasture. Three men in dark coveralls were standing nearby. One was holding a sort of box, “which emitted a beam of light three meters long.” The other two were holding objects that looked like weapons. Another witness fled and felt pricklings on his face as he ran. Four photographs of the scene were taken. Traces: a whitish substance and a circle 3 m in diameter where the ground had an ash-like appearance. (Personal)
• November 5, 1954: La Coruña (Spain). Gonzalo Rubinos Ramos, whose car had broken down, saw a large, shining disk rise 150 m away with a slight noise like an explosion and fly away at fantastic speed. (96)
• November 4, 1954 (Night): Pontal (Brazil). José Alves was fishing in the Pardo River when he suddenly saw a craft approach with a wobbling motion and landing near him. Shaped like two wash-bowls placed together, it was about 4.5 m in diameter. Too terrified to move, the witness saw three little men, dressed in white, wearing tight-fitting skull caps, with dark skin, come out of the craft, gather vegetables and water and fly away. (Humanoids 33; Lor. I 44)
• November 3, 1954 (7:00 AM): Oued Beth (Morocco). Maroc-Presse reported that one of its employees, Mr. E., driver of a delivery truck, “a man of sane judgment and excellent eyesight,” observed an object flying over the Beth River. “I am positive it was not an aircraft or any known machine, but a circular, flat craft which had the appearance of copper. It flew normally for some time, then it suddenly flipped over. Therefore, I was able to see the whole disk and was amazed when it came down into a field where it landed on edge, very gently. Almost immediately it rose into the sky at great speed, resumed its horizontal position and was soon lost to sight.” (95)
• November 2, 1954 (6:00 PM): Cremona (Italy). Two students, Pietro Alberini and Pericle Sacchi, who were hunting, saw a dwarf 1 m tall with a “rubber” head and a flexible tube connecting his face to a cylindrical container on his back. When they came close to it, the being wrapped itself in a bluish cloud. The witnesses ran away. (90)
• November 1, 1954 (7:30 AM): Poggio d’Ambra (Italy). A 40-year-old lady going to a cemetery suddenly observed an object, shaped like two cones with a common base, resting on a grassy space. Two small seats were visible inside the lower cone. From behind the object appeared two dwarfs, 1 m tall, wearing gray coveralls and reddish helmets. Speaking words she could not understand, and with smiles that showed fine white teeth, they took a pot of flowers from the witness and flew away. (Personal; Magonia)
• October 31, 1954: Corrompu (France). Near Long, P. Petit and his employee, Mr. Tillier, with a shop owner, Mr. Pecquet, saw an oval object on the ground. When it took off, the lights of a tractor went out. It measured about 4.5 m, emitted a bright light similar to a welder’s torch. It came back, turned, and flew to the southwest. It made the same noise as a swarm of bees. (Personal)
• October 30, 1954 (9:30 AM): Muro Lucano (Italy). Two objects were seen by hunters. One touched the ground 50 m away. It was rhomboidic, and from the bottom a cylinder was hanging. A peculiar sound could be heard. The object shifted its position, and the cylinder hit trees, bouncing three times. Then the craft gained altitude and flew away, leaving a bluish trail. (82)
• October 29, 1954 (7:45 AM): Mesples (France). A 14-year-old child sought asylum in the farmhouse owned by Mrs. Gentil, crying that he had been chased by a saucer. A disk three times as large as the sun, red and purple, spinning rapidly, was seen descending swiftly toward the ground, and then it vanished. Investigation by local police. (Personal)
• October 27, 1954 (11:30 PM): Grosseto (Italy). Near Grosseto, Ermellina Lanzillo, who was looking for her cat, saw from her window a strange entity standing in the garden. The being appeared fat and had narrow shoulders, ape-like eyes, and a head like a diving helmet. Paralyzed with terror, she regained self-control when called by her niece and withdrew from the window. (94)
• October 27, 1954 (11:15 PM): Oye-Plage (France). On Route N40, the mayor’s secretary saw for 15 min a bright, cigar-shaped object, flying very low and following the turns of the road at 20 m altitude. Suddenly it turned at a right angle from the road and flew away. (Personal)
• October 27, 1954 (8:30 PM): Moussey (France). An object was seen on the ground by a schoolboy and his school director. Triangular traces were reported. (53)
• October 27, 1954 (7:30 PM): Les-Jonquerets-de-Livet (France). A farmer, Gilbert Hée, was gathering pears when he suddenly saw an elongated object with a light at both ends, resting in the pasture. He dared not investigate, but he saw cows gathering around the object. A minute later, the lights went out, and the witness lost interest and went home. Two hours later, an 18-year-old man named Chéradame fell from his motorcycle as it suddenly failed at the same spot, and alerted neighbors saw the object again. It had moved only slightly, and two occupants were seen. They were about 1 m tall, walked in stiff fashion, and had clothes resembling bright armor. They vanished suddenly, and the craft took off without noise. (Personal)
• October 27, 1954 (2:00 PM): Ciolica Alta (Italy). A young man named Fabrizio Bruni heard a strange hissing sound and saw an object in a field. It was stationary, 1 m above the ground, seemed transparent and emitted a blinding glare. The witness fell on the ground “because of his strong emotions” at the sight. The object took off vertically and suddenly, leaving a trail. Very white, glistening threads were found on the ground. (93)
• October 27, 1954: Mézières (France). Policemen saw a craft, which took off from the ground. No details were given. (Personal)
• October 27, 1954: Linzeux (France). A shop owner and his employee felt an electric shock as a very bright object flying very low stopped the engine and turned off the lights on their car. (92; M 204)
• October 26, 1954 (9:30 PM): Heiteren (France). Mrs. Spinner and another witness saw a flying object come from the west and land 1 km away. (Personal)
• October 26, 1954 (8:30 PM): Les Métairies (France). Approximate date. At this place situated near Saint Quirin, Mrs. Louis and her sons Marc and Yvon observed an orange craft, 6 m diameter and 3 m high, fly over them as their tractor engine died. The lights also went out, and the battery was found dead after the sighting. (Personal)
• October 26, 1954 (Evening): La Madière (France). Aimé Boussard, 47, a farmer, was suddenly confronted with an individual of normal height (1.60 m) wearing a sort of diving suit with a pale-green light on either side of the helmet. The individual aimed at the witness the beam of two blue lights, and he was thrown backward. No craft was observed. (92)
• October 26, 1954 (6:00 AM): Angoulème (France). Vincent Casamajou and his wife saw a large cauldron-shaped craft, the size of a truck (about 7 m) at 50 m distance, near the road 18 km from this town, going toward Paris. It took off without noise, leaving a white trail. (92)
• October 25, 1954 (6:30 PM): Arraye-et-Han (France). G. Mahou, municipal councilor, 30, saw a phosphorescent craft shaped like a brooder, about 2 m in diameter, 1 m high, rise vertically from the road, leaving a luminous trail. (91)
• October 25, 1954 (6:00 AM): Northern Italy (exact place unknown). Ulderico Cardinali saw a disk-shaped craft among the reeds of a swamp. It was 2 m in diameter, and near it was a small being, 1.40 m tall, clad in yellowish-brown coveralls. This creature went inside the machine, which took off at very high speed, touching the tops of the reeds. (90)
• October 25, 1954: Plemet (France). Approximate date. A. Treussard and a friend were almost blinded by a luminous disk, which landed in a pasture. (Personal)
• October 24, 1954 (9:00 PM): Biozat (France). Between Biozat and Effiat, on the road from Clermont to Vichy, the engine of a motor scooter died as an egg-shaped object took off from the side of the road and rose without noise, leaving a bright trail behind. (Personal)
• October 24, 1954 (5:30 PM): Les Egots (France). Near Sainte Catherine, a child saw a man emerge from a strange craft. He was “dressed in red, his clothes looked like iron. He walked with his legs stiff, had long hair and a hairy face. His eyes were large, like those of the cows.” (Personal)
• October 24, 1954: Ain-el-Turck (Algeria). A small man with strange glowing eyes was seen on the Mediterranean shore. (Quincy)
• October 23, 1954 (3:00 AM): Tripoli (Libya). A farmer saw a flying craft descend to ground level about 50 m away, with a sound like that of a compressor. It was an egg-shaped machine with six wheels and complex machinery. The top half was transparent, flooded with bright white light. Aboard were six men in yellowish coveralls, having human faces and masks. When he touched part of the craft, the witness felt a strong electric shock. One of the occupants motioned for him to stay away. For the next 20 min, the witness was able to observe the six men, apparently busy with instruments. Reliable investigations were made. (Personal; Magonia)
• October 23, 1954 (1:00 AM): San Giovanni Vesuviano (Italy). Two persons in a car saw an object resting by the side of the road. They stopped and walked toward the craft, 2 m diameter, which suddenly changed its clear light into a red glow and took off. (89)
• October 23, 1954: Saint-Hilaire-des-Loges (France). Mrs. Boeuf was coming out of her farmhouse when she saw a luminous disk in the sky and called her family. When everyone saw the object come closer, they locked all doors and spent a sleepless night. They did not observe the object’s departure. (81)
• October 21, 1954 (9:30 PM): Pouzou (France). Between Sérifère and Paillé, a man from Cherbonnieres suddenly felt painful pricklings similar to electric shocks and his 4-year-old child started crying. They felt increasing pain as the car went on, and suddenly the engine died and the lights went off. They were blinded by a strong red light, which turned orange. It came from an object hovering above the road, and everything returned to normal when it went away. (80; M 341)
• October 21, 1954 (8:00 PM): Criteuil-la-Madeleine (France). The car driven by a bricklayer, Mr. Fillonneau, stopped as a large ball of fire flew near it. A violent air displacement was felt. “The battery was dead and the headlights were burned out.” Thorough police investigation failed to identify the cause of the phenomenon. (79)
• October 21, 1954 (4:45 PM): Ranton (Great Britain). Near Shrewsbury, Jennie Roestenberg and her two children observed a disk-shaped aluminum object hovering above the house. Through two transparent panels they saw two men with white skin, long hair to their shoulders, and very high foreheads. They wore transparent helmets and turqoise-blue clothing, resembling ski suits. The object hovered at a tilted angle while the two occupants looked at the scene “sternly, not in an unkind fashion, but almost sadly, compassionately,” (Humanoids 4)
• October 21, 1954: Melito (Italy). A young man walking in a field heard a rustling noise and saw a strange craft land nearby. Getting closer to investigate, he saw a pilot with a diving suit coming out of the craft, which emitted bronze-green rays of light, flooding the whole countryside. The witness was paralyzed. A dog barking about 100 m away caused the rapid escape of the pilot into the craft, which took off. (88)
• October 21, 1954: Pons (France). An egg-shaped object, about 5.5 m diameter, hovered and landed near the road. Two dwarfs, about 1.25 m tall, emerged from it, and went back inside almost immediately. The craft took off vertically leaving a red trail. (78)
• October 20, 1954 (Night): Parravicino d’Erba (Italy). Renzo Pugina, 37, had just put his car in the garage when he saw a strange being covered with a “scaly” luminous suit, about 1.3 m tall, standing near a tree. The creature aimed the beam from a sort of flashlight at him, and he felt paralyzed, until a motion he made when clenching his fist on the garage keys seemed to free him. He attacked the intruder, who rose and fled with a soft whirring sound. An oily spot was found at the site. (77; Magonia)
• October 20, 1954 (6:30 PM): Turquenstein (France). Mr. Schoubrenner, 25, a truck driver, saw a bright light in the distance and soon found his road blocked by a strange object. The engine died, and he felt paralyzed: “My hands were as though glued to the wheel.” The craft looked like an inverted cone, the lower part phosphorescent, the middle dull, the top luminous with a yellow or orange point. (76; M 204)
• October 20, 1954: Saint Valéry (France). Several unknown objects maneuvered for 2 hrs near this village. One of them was very brilliant and landed in a pasture. Two others were seen near the cliff in Mers, and seemed to be in communication by means of light signals with objects in another group. (75)
• October 20, 1954: Lusigny Forest (France). Roger Réveillé saw an oval object, 6 m long, at treetop level, and felt intense heat from it. It took off vertically at great speed. Inside the woods, the heat had become intolerable and a cloud of dense smoke was forming under the rain. After 15 min the witness was able to approach the site, and he found the trees, grass, and ground perfectly dry. (Quincy; M 204)
• October 20, 1954 (2:30 AM): Raon-l’Etape (France). Forty-year-old Lazlo Ujvari was suddenly confronted by a man wearing a jacket, boots, and cloth headgear (like a pilot’s) who pointed a gun at him and said something he could not understand. When Ujvari spoke to him in Russian, the man answered in the same language, asked whether he was in Spain or Italy, and how far he was from Germany. When he asked the time, Ujvari said: “2:30.” The man took his watch and said, “You lie, it’s 4:00.” Then he wanted to know how far and in what direction Marseilles was. He made Ujvari walk on the road with him, and they came close to a gray craft with an antenna on top. When he was about 200 m away he heard a soft whistling sound and saw it fly straight up, then take an oblique trajectory. (Carrouges 99; Magonia)
• October 20, 1954: Issenheim (France). Lucien Fisch saw an object land near Route N83. It was luminous. (Quincy; 75)
• October 19, 1954 (10:30 PM): Fabriano (Italy). Two men saw a disk-shaped object, 6 m diameter, hovering and emitting small violet flashes. On top of it was a very high antenna. Two small robot-like beings, 1.2 m tall, descended from it on a long ladder. Their eyes were “sharp” and dark red. They said something that sounded like “Dbano da skigyay o dbano,” went back aboard their craft, and flew away. (87)
• October 19, 1954 (7:20 PM): Gorizia (Italy). Filippo Corridoni saw a half-empty balloon at ground level near the Isonzo River. Near it, a disk 10 m in diameter was resting on a strange frame. The upper part was white with a black dome-like turret, around which was a series of portholes, some illuminated with a very bright, bluish-white light, which suddenly went out as the object took off spinning and rising vertically, pulling the balloon with it. (86)
• October 19, 1954: Livorno (Italy). Bruno Senesi saw two shining objects emitting smoke land in a field. Out of them came small, red, monstrous beings who chased him. In a state of great excitement Senesi was brought to a hospital, where he tried to hide under a bed, screaming and trembling in terror. (85)
• October 18, 1954 (10:45 PM): Saint-Point Lake (France). Miss Bourriot saw a bright red light on Route N437 near the old factory. Near it were three beings: two, dwarfs, crossed the road ahead of her; the third was a man of medium size. The craft took off, flying over the lake at high speed. (Quincy; M 197; LDLN 97; Magonia)
• October 18, 1954 (9:00 PM): Royan (France). Mr. and Mrs. Labassière and other witnesses saw two disks in the sky, one orange and the other red, with a sort of luminous “bridge” between them. They landed, and one dwarf came out of each craft and went into the other without any sign. After this exchange of pilots both objects flew away with a tremendous flash. (74)
• October 18, 1954 (8:40 PM): Fontenay-Torcy (France). Mr. and Mrs. Lherminier saw a cigar-shaped red object dive toward them with a reddish trail and land near the road. Upon reaching the top of the hill, they were confronted with a bulky human figure, about 1 m tall. The creature wore a helmet, and his eyes were glowing with an orange light. One witness fainted on the spot. Four others saw the object in flight from separate locations. The countryside was illuminated over 2 or 3 km. (Personal; Magonia)
• October 18, 1954: Pont l’Abbé d’Arnoult (France). Mr. Meunier, a construction supervisor, was terrified by a strange craft, which rose vertically from the ground. He said he had never been so afraid, even during the war. (73; M 196)
• October 18, 1954: Cisternes-la-Foret (France). J. Augard and J. Chanzotte saw an oval object with a dome, emitting a bright white light, resting in a field. When they approached it, the object rose vertically, leaving a reddish trail, and flew to the northeast. (70; M 198)
• October 17, 1954 (Night): Cape Massulo (Italy). On Capri, an artist, Raffael Castelle, saw a disk 5 m in diameter land on the property of Curzio Malaparte. Upon approaching it, he discovered it was not a helicopter and saw four dwarfs wearing coveralls emerge from it. After 30 min the craft made a soft whirring sound and rose vertically, leaving blue sparks. (72)
• October 17, 1954 (8:30 PM): Varigney (France). Several witnesses, among them Mr. Beuclair, a policeman, saw a bright red dome-shaped object descent to ground level 20 m away. The underside showed red and white lights. (M 188)
• October 17, 1954 (2:30 PM): Cabasson (France). A 65-year-old man was hunting with his dog, near the junction of the Brillance Canal and the Durance River, when he saw a gray object, about 4 m long and 1 m high on the ground and 40 m away. It showed a dome from which two helmeted figures emerged. The witness fled, but his dog started toward the object. The dog soon retreated, walking awkwardly as if partially paralyzed. (Personal)
• October 17, 1954: O Alvito (Portugal). A hunter, Manuel Madeira, saw an object, which flew away as he approached it, rose in the sky, and was lost to sight. (Personal)
• October 17, 1954: Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (France). Leon B., a city council member, saw a circular, orange craft take off from the ground. (Quincy)
• October 16, 1954 (Midnight): Siena (Italy). Several people saw a landed object in a meadow. It appeared phosphorescent and of large size. It took off very suddenly. (83)
• October 16, 1954 (9:45 PM): Dompierre (France). Messrs. Deschamp and Laclotre saw a craft, about 20 m diameter, 2 m high, come within 4 m of the ground for 3 or 4 min. It gave off a yellowish light and a glow extended for 4 m around. (Personal)
• October 16, 1954 (Nightfall): Baillolet (France). Dr. Robert, while driving through this village, saw four objects, at about 300 m altitude, flying slowly in echelon formation. Suddenly one of them dropped to the ground with a dead-leaf motion, 100 m away. The witness felt an electric shock as engine and headlights died, and the car stopped when the object touched the ground. Incapable of moving, Dr. Robert saw a figure about 1.2 m tall moving in the light of the object, then all went dark. Some time later the headlights resumed operation by themselves, and Dr. Robert saw the craft take off toward the north. (71; M 185)
• October 16, 1954 (5:30 PM): Mazaye (France). Mr. Bachelard was driving a light truck on road D52-E between Chanat and Couhay when suddenly the engine seemed to slow down and he felt “paralyzed.” He then saw in a field near the road a brown object about 10 m long, 2.5 m high. Silent, it gave off no light and showed no opening. (70; M 198)
• October 16, 1954: Cier-de-Rivière (France). Guy Puyfourcat, 22, who was coming back from the fields, leading a mare by the bridle, was surprised when the animal became restless. Rising from the side of the road, a gray object about 1.5 m in diameter flew over them. The mare rose about 3 m in the air, and the witness had to release the bridle. Then the animal fell like a mass and for 10 min was unable to move. At last, it rose and attempted to walk, but it was still trembling and stumbling with fear. The object had long since flown away at high speed. The witness himself had felt absolutely nothing. (Personal)
• October 16, 1954: Thin le Moutiers (France). Approximate date. An object landed about 30 m away from a woman, who fainted. The witness suffered from a skin disease following the incident. (Challenge 53)
• October 16, 1954: Quasso (Italy). Two objects were seen, one of which made a pass at treetop level. It was top-shaped, and a small, gesticulating human figure was seen under it. The witness was a bus driver, Mr. De Rossi. (84)
• October 15, 1954 (Night): Fouesnant (France). Truck driver René Le Viol saw a flat craft, shaped like an inverted plate, fly very low toward the sea. A second disk followed shortly afterward. Both emitted a red glow. (69; M 182)
• October 15, 1954 (Night): Isbergues (France). A steelworker observed a luminous sphere land in the countryside; it then emitted lights of various colors. (54, 68; M 181)
• October 15, 1954 (Night): Southend (Great Britain). Pat Hennessey ran away when she saw an object land on the road near Chalkwell Park. It had vanished silently when she looked back. (M 182; Humanoids 4; FSR 62, 12)
• October 15, 1954 (7:50 PM): Nimes-Courbessac Airfield (France). A yellow, cigar-shaped object with brilliant portholes, 30 m long, 6 m diameter, was seen on the ground. Figures with helmets covering the head could be seen inside. A sort of haze was observed at both ends of the craft. (Quincy)
• October 15, 1954 (Afternoon): Po-di-Gnocca (Italy). Farmers saw a disk-shaped object land, then take off vertically. At the site was found a deep crater about 6 m in diameter. Poplar trees were partially burned. Official investigation. (65; M 181)
• October 15, 1954 (1:00 PM): Luino (Italy) An ovoid object made a pass over a range of trees; two caught fire. (83)
• October 15, 1954 (3:40 AM): Saint-Pierre-Halte (France). A baker saw a brilliant yellow craft descend rapidly and land on the railroad tracks. It was shaped like a mushroom, about 4 m diameter, 2 m high. (62; M 180)
• October 15, 1954: Boaria (Italy). A farmer leading cows to a pond suddenly saw an object fly over his house. The cows panicked and ran away, throwing a girl to the ground, while the object emitted a burst of light. The witness ran to the house and fainted; three other persons saw the craft depart. Dark, surrounded by short blue and yellow flames, the object was egg-shaped, flew 15 m above the ground, and emitted intense heat. The little pond was found desiccated, and haystacks caught fire as it flew over, while the cattle suffered burns. (67; Plantier 104)
• October 15, 1954: Perpignan (France). Near the swimming pool in Saint-Assiscle, Damien Figuères, 56, was walking with his dogs when a reddish, luminous sphere landed 30 m away and an individual in a diving suit walked around it. The dogs barked at him. He boarded the machine, and it flew away in silence. (65; Carrouges 120)
• October 14, 1954 (8:10 PM): Thieulloy-la-Ville (France). On the road between Thieulloy-la-Ville and Beauvais, Mr. Covemacker saw an object fly over his car as the headlights died. It went on toward the north, seemingly following a train. (Personal)
• October 14, 1954 (Nightfall): Saint-Romain (France). Mr. B. saw a circular craft shaped like an upside-down plate. At the same time, the engine on his motorcycle stalled. In the same area an engineer saw a luminous object coming down rapidly. (Anatomy 130)
• October 14, 1954 (Nightfall): Chazey Wood (France). Andre Cognard, coming from Gueugnon, was blinded by a light as a disk-shaped object flew low over his car. (Anatomy 130)
• October 14, 1954 (7:30 PM): Chazey Wood (France). South of Gueugnon, Messrs. Jeannet and Garnier saw a reddish fireball fly low over their car as their engine and headlights died. (M 175; Anatomy 130)
• October 14, 1954 (Nightfall): Saint-Germain-du-Bois (France). Mr. Lonjarret observed a luminous orange object on the ground near a corn field. (Quincy; M 175)
• October 14, 1954 (Nightfall): Méral (France). A farmer observed an orange sphere land and went near it. He found it was shaped like a flattened dome, 5.5 m in diameter, and gave off a blinding light, which illuminated the countryside for about 200 m. It was transparent, and a dark figure could be seen inside. After remaining at ground level for 10 min it flew north, while a bright cloud slowly fell to the ground at the site. When the witness arrived home, he found his clothes covered with a white film of adhesive substance, not unlike paraffin wax. (62; M 174)
• October 14, 1954 (Nightfall): Angles (France). A farmer saw a bright object, which came almost to the ground. When he tried to approach it, the object produced an intense “screen of light” and vanished without a noise. Several persons in Angles observed the scene. (62)
• October 14, 1954 (6:15 PM): Biot (France). A municipal employee, Jose Casella, was riding home when he suddenly found in front of him on the road an oval-shaped aluminum object about 5.5 m in diameter, 1 m high. As he applied the brakes, the object took off at very high speed. Several persons confirmed the sighting. The disk was gray, supported a dome, and emitted a soft whistle. It took off when Casella was only 6 m away. (65)
• October 14, 1954 (3:30 PM): Lewarde (France). In Erchin Wood, Casimir Starovski, a miner, met a strange being of small height and bulky figure with large slanted eyes. Its body was covered with fur. (Anatomy 143; Magonia)
• October 14, 1954 (6:30 AM): Shamsabad (Iran). A man coming out of his house saw a luminous object resembling a bright star. Coming near, he observed it was an object 5 m long, near which a “short young man” was standing on a circular piece of metal, laughing at the witness’s terrified expression. The witness was 20 m away when the craft took off at unbelievable speed. (52)
• October 14, 1954: Saint-Ambroix (France). Several witnesses saw seven small beings flee into a phosphorescent object when they were approached. It took off immediately. It is claimed that “unknown seeds” were found at the site. (62)
• October 13, 1954 (7:35 PM): Bourrasole (France). Messrs. Olivier and Perano and a third man saw a reddish disk about 4 m in diameter with a small being close by, about 1.2 m tall, wearing a diving suit: “His head was large with respect to the rest of the body and he had two enormous eyes. The suit was bright and shiny like glass.” The craft was surrounded by a sort of misty glow. One of the men came within 20 m of it and found himself paralyzed. The craft took off, throwing him to the ground, and rose very fast. (62, 63)
• October 13, 1954 (7:30 PM): Crocq (France). At Donjon de Montlaur, five persons, among them J. Dubois, saw a round craft maneuver, give off a blinding light. It had some openings or portholes, and seemed to land far from them. (Personal)
• October 12, 1954 (11:30 PM) Vielmur (France). Roger Ramond, a nightwatchman, saw a great light and noticed an oval object which landed 300 m away. It looked like a fiery orange ball, illuminated the vineyard for nearly 3 hrs, then assumed a vertical position, rose slowly, hovered 30 m above ground for a few seconds, and took off at fantastic speed. (64; M 168)
• October 12, 1954 (10:45 PM): Dompierre-les-Tilleuls (France). A businessman, Mr. Vieille, was on Route N471 between Frasnes and Pontarlier when he saw a circular flying craft, which gave off a yellowish and purple light. Losing altitude, the craft came very close to the ground, changed its course to southwest, and rose again in the sky. (Quincy; M 167)
• October 12, 1954 (10:30 PM): Sainte-Marie d’Herblay (France). Gilbert Lelay, 13, saw a phosphorescent cigar in a pasture and a man near it, wearing a gray suit, boots, and a gray hat. He held a flashing sphere and told Gilbert in French not to touch it. He went back inside the craft, which flew in loops and vanished. (Carrouges 103; Magonia)
• October 12, 1954 (10:30 PM): Léguevin (France). Jean Marty, 42, mechanic, was in his shop when he saw a luminous disk about 6.5 m diameter and 2.5 m thick, land. He tried to approach it, but the craft rose vertically and silently at an amazing speed. (62, 63)
• October 12, 1954 (Evening): Montluçon (France). A railroad employee, Mr. Laugère, saw a torpedo-shaped, metallic craft on the ground near a gas-oil tank. An individual covered with hair was standing nearby, emitting sounds that were not understood. The witness went to get his friends, but the thing disappeared in the meantime. (63; M 167)
• October 12, 1954 (9:00 PM): Orchamps (France). A farmer, Mr. Beuc, saw a small pilot enter an object. It glided over the road for 30 m, then rose rapidly. (M 167; Carrouges 98)
• October 12, 1954 (Afternoon): Mamora Forest (Morocco). A French engineer driving to Port Lyautey saw a dwarf about 1.2 m in height enter an object which soon took off. The little man was wearing silver coveralls. (62)
• October 11, 1954 (10:00 PM): Montbazens (France). A round craft, 4 m diameter, landed in a pasture. It gave off a powerful red light, took off with a formidable acceleration when witnesses (garage owner Mr. Carrière and son; Mr. Gardelle, farmer; Mr. Ginestre, shoemaker; and two others) came close to it. Mr. Gardelle felt “an electric shock.” (60, 61; M 162)
• October 11, 1954 (9:50 PM) Birac (France). Four persons, among them Julia Juste, Maria Barbeau, and Marion Le Tanneur, of Jarnac, saw two luminous spheres flying in the same direction. Having stopped and maneuvered in mid-air, the larger one took on a deep red color, turned to an intense white light with a red aura, and both landed. Witnesses did not wait. (Quincy; M 160)
• October 11, 1954 (7:30 PM): Taupignac (France). Three men driving near Taupignac got out of their car to observe an intense red sphere in the sky. Then they discovered a round machine with a dome, 6 m diameter, giving off a yellow-red light, 200 m away at 10 m altitude. It was motionless and silent. It suddenly moved horizontally for a short distance and landed behind a woods. Two witnesses went closer and saw four dwarfs, 1 m tall, who seemed busy with the machine. The creatures rushed inside when the witnesses arrived within 15 m. The witnesses were blinded by a sudden burst of light, blue, then orange, then red, and the object took off vertically at fantastic speed. (Personal)
• October 11, 1954 (5:00 AM): Lavarande (Algeria). A large disk flying very low over a road scared two truck drivers, Messrs. Gaston Breau and Amoura, who stopped their gasoline truck and ran away into the fields while the object flew on toward Medea in silence. (59)
• October 11, 1954 (Dawn): Bauquay (France). A large, red object was seen flying very fast at treetop level while cattle panicked. Three witnesses. (Quincy; M 162)
• October 11, 1954 (Dawn): Heimersdorf (France). Anny Pracht, her sister Roselyne, and two other persons saw a luminous object on the ground. It became fiery red in color and flew away when they came near. (56; M 162)
• October 11, 1954 (4:30 AM): Sassier, near La Carie (France). Messrs. Gallois and Vigneron, who were driving from Clamecy to Corbigny, felt an “electric shock” as the car headlights died. They then saw a craft in a pasture 50 m away. It was cylindrical, fairly thick, and three dwarfs were standing close by. No light was seen, except a small, reddish point. Both witnesses were “paralyzed” until the craft left. A third witness, Mr. Chaumeau, had seen a lighted object fly over the woods at La Carie. (57; M 158)
• October 11, 1954 (4:20 AM): Lacanche (France). Mr. Labonde was driving at the intersection of D14 and D104 when he was followed by a sort of luminous globe surrounded with a reddish glow, about 2 m in size. It stayed within 25 m of the car. (58; M 158)
• October 11, 1954 (4:15 AM): Fondrède, near Chambon Feugerolles (France). Baptiste Jourdy, who was making the daily collection of milk, was suddenly stopped as the engine and headlights of his truck died. He got out and saw a light above him. After it crossed the road, the headlights came on again and he was able to restart his truck. (57)
• October 11, 1954 (3:00 AM): Acquigny (France). Two men riding motorcycles saw a bell-shaped craft about 2.5 m high, hovering 1 m above the Evreux-Louviers railroad line. The lower part was ringlike, and the object gave off reddish and greenish sparks. A burst of orange light was seen as it jumped about 10 m high, then it remained motionless for about 1 hr, during which time a third witness joined the first two. It ultimately turned brighter and flew away toward the east. (55; M 162)
• October 11, 1954 (1:30 AM): Doncourt-Village (France). Farmers awakened by a whistling sound saw a flat object land near the woods. It soon rose very fast, vertically, and flew away. The ground was found calcined. Samples were taken by police officials for analysis. (56)
• October 10, 1954 (Nightfall): Saillat-sur-Vienne (France). Roger Gayout and family saw a very bright object come very close to the ground. (56; M 162)
• October 10, 1954 (2:00 PM): Saint-Germain-le-Livet (France). A math professor, Mr. Bon, observed a silvery disk about 7 m in diameter rise silently from a point about 250 m to the side of the road. Spinning, it dived to the ground from an altitude of about 800 m, then flew off horizontally at a dizzying speed. (55, 57)
• October 10, 1954 (6:30 AM): Charmes-la-Côte (France). Roger Thiriet, jailer in Ecouvres detention center, was riding his motorcycle when he suddenly saw an aluminum-colored object shaped like a plate, with a dome and two portholes. It was about 2 m in diameter and 1 m high. It took off immediately. (54)
• October 10, 1954: Quarouble (France). Second landing here (first was September 10, 1954), seen by Marius Dewilde and his 4-year-old son. A disk, 6 m diameter, about 1 m high, landed again on the tracks. Seven little men emerged and spoke in an unknown language. The craft then vanished, without noise or smoke. Traces larger than the first, and symmetrical, were observed. Dewilde refused to report the case. (Personal; Magonia)
• October 10, 1954: Epoisses (France). Between Epoisses and Toutry, Daniel Grapin and François Bolatre, topographers, saw a luminous sphere 3.5 m diameter on the ground near Route N454. (Quincy)
• October 10, 1954: Mahallat (Persia). Approximate date. Many farmers observed the landing of a “marvelous luminous object,” hemispherical in shape, emitting multicolored beams. The central part appeared to be metallic. The object shot straight up suddenly and vanished while the crowd watched. (Creighton; 52)
• October 9, 1954 (10:15 PM): Beirut (Lebanon). The local representative of a German firm, Max Favell, saw an object give off a white light and land. It took off vertically, with a spinning motion, and was lost to sight. (51)
• October 9, 1954 (8:30 PM): Briatexte (France). On Route N631 at “La Caiffe,” a technician, J. P. Mitto, was coming back from Toulouse with two other persons when they saw two small figures, the height of 11-year-old children, cross the road about 5 m in front of the car and jump into a pasture. Stopping immediately, the witnesses saw a large convex disk take off vertically. It was about 6 m in diameter, orange in color and was literally “sucked up” into the sky. Brown oily spots were found at the site. (43, 50)
• October 9, 1954 (7:00 PM): Lavoux (France). Mr. Barrault was riding his bicycle when he suddenly saw a figure in a diving suit aiming a double beam of light at him. The individual had boots without heels and very bright eyes, walked on the road for one minute and went into the forest. The witness was “paralyzed” throughout the incident. The entity had a hairy chest and two lights, one above the other, in front of him. (45, 48; M 153; Magonia)
• October 9, 1954 (6:30 PM): Pournoy-la-Chétive (France). Four children—Gilbert Calda, 12; Daniel Hirsch, 9; J. P. Hirsch, 5; and Robert Maguin, 16—were roller-skating when they saw a luminous object near the cemetery. It was round, about 2.5 m in diameter, standing on three legs. A dwarf, about 1.2 m tall, dressed in black, having a face covered with hair and large eyes, came out and shone a blinding light at them, and said something in an unknown language. The children ran away, but looked back in time to see the object flying away high in the sky. (49; M 154; Magonia)
• October 9, 1954 (4:00 PM): Carcassonne (France). As he was driving near Carcassonne, Jean Bertram saw a bright, metallic sphere on the road ahead. The top half seemed to be made of transparent plastic, and two humanlike figures were standing inside. It took off rapidly, flying east. (48; M 145)
• October 9, 1954 (Evening): Beauvain (France). Near the Landeforet pool, Christain Carette saw for 10 sec a fiery sphere flying at treetop level. Diameter: 4 m. Protuberance on top. (48; M 152)
• October 9, 1954 (Evening): Rinkerode (Germany). Willi Hoge, a projectionist, saw four occupants of an object that had come to ground level 70 m from the road. He was returning home when he observed a blue light and thought an airplane had made an emergency landing. The object was cigar-shaped, and four men wearing rubber coveralls were working under it. They were about 1.2 m tall and had very large chests and oversized heads; their legs were short and thin. (47)
• October 9, 1954: Soubran (France). Several local people saw a luminous, spherical object land in a pasture. (46; M 154)
• October 9, 1954: Dreux (France). People out hunting saw a luminous sphere take off and fly toward the southwest. (Quincy; M 153)
• October 9, 1954: Montaren (France). Between Montaren and Serviers, 1 km from “Le Mas Blanc,” Dr. Fabre, Mr. Court, and six others saw an orange oval object oscillating in mid-air. It was very bright and “fiery,” and it came very low. (Personal)
• October 9, 1954: Huy (Belgium). A mailman saw a cigar-shaped object land. Two silhouettes “approximately human’ were seen aboard. (45; M 154)
• October 8, 1954 (9:15 PM): Calais (France). On the road to Boulogne a bluish object, clearly seen with a dome on top, dived toward the ground, became white and went away. (44, 45; M 154)
• October 8, 1954 (2:30 AM): Tehran (Iran). Ghaseme Fili, of Amireah Street, was on the second floor of his house when he saw a luminous, white flying object stop in mid-air 20 m away. Lights were shining from the rear and the sides of the craft, inside which could be seen a small man dressed in black, wearing a mask with a trunk like an elephant. “I was standing with both hands on the bar of my balcony, looking with astonishment at this strange object, when I suddenly felt as though I were being drawn up toward the object by a magnet.” Mr. Fili cried out in terror and woke up his neighbors. The object shot straight up, emitting sparks, and it was lost to sight almost immediately. (52, 58)
• October 7, 1954 (Midnight): Bompas (France). Mr. Sebelli saw an object land in the village. He called his neighbors, and they observed the departure of the craft. (43; M 146)
• October 7, 1954 (7:30 PM): St.-Etienne-sous-Barbuise (France). Marcel Guyot was coming from work near this village, and his son Jacques followed the same road 10 min later. Both saw, at a railroad crossing, three objects on the ground that gave a bright white light. One was circular, the others cigar-shaped. (42; M 146)
• October 7, 1954 (2:30 PM): Monteux (France). R. Margaillan saw an object that had landed in a field. It was hemispherical, about 2.5 m in diameter. The witness gasped for air and felt “paralyzed.” (M 145; Magonia)
• October 7, 1954 (6:20 AM): Saint-Jean-d’Asse (France). On Route N138, a truck driver, Mr. Tremblay, saw an intense, blue light coming toward him. The object producing it was cigar-shaped, red and blue. Engine and headlights died. (41; M 143)
• October 7, 1954 (Dawn): Jettingen (France). A railroad employee, René Ott, saw a mushroom-shaped object 3 m in diameter, in a field 3 m away from Route N16 and 1 m above ground. A luminous rectangle, like a door, was seen on the side. It took off and flew about 5 m above the witness, following him to the next village. (41; M 143)
• October 7, 1954 (4:00 AM): Béruges (France). A farmer, Mr. Thébault, saw a luminous object, 2 or 3 m in diameter, emitting a beam of light which swept the countryside. (41; M 142)
• October 7, 1954 (Early): Plozevet (France). The crew of several fishing boats saw a luminous, orange-colored object over the coast, apparently surrounded by dense smoke. Villagers saw the same object and stated independently that it came within 10 m of the ground, then flew away to the southeast. (41; M 140)
• October 7, 1954: Hennezis (France). The two Lanssellin children witnessed the landing of a luminous, red object shaped like a half-egg, and saw two occupants who looked like normal men. (M 145)
• October 6, 1954 (10:30 PM): Villers-le-Lac (France). Two women (Mrs. Salabrino and her daughter) saw a whitish light in the western sky. It seemed slowly to come toward the ground, and was later seen between the railroad station and the bridge 100 m away from their house. When it moved, a very bright light was visible under its dark mass. It gave off a flow of sparks and rose, hovered for a moment and flew away rapidly. (M 138)
• October 6, 1954 (9:30 PM): La Fère (France). Near the military barracks, soldiers saw a strange object on the ground 300 m away. As one of them approached the torpedo-shaped object, which was about 80 cm high, he found himself paralyzed. (Personal)
• October 6, 1954 (Dusk): Mouchamps (France). Mr. and Mrs. Laroche, from Paris, saw a fiery sphere landing near Chantonnay. (40)
• October 5, 1954 (3:45 PM): Beaumont (France). Ten km from here, several persons saw an object coming toward them and getting brighter. When it was about 150 m away, they felt “a strange sensation” and found themselves unable to move. The object left a smell compared to that of nitrobenzine. (34; Challenge 53)
• October 5, 1954 (7:15 AM): Mertrud (France). A roadmender, Mr. Narcy, saw an object near the road between Voillecomte and La Neuville. In a report to police, he stated he saw a hairy dwarf wearing an orange tight-fitting jacket climb aboard the craft, which consisted of a cigar-shaped section under a flat disk. Between the two sections was a kind of porthole through which the entity entered the object. Traces were found at the spot. (38, 39)
• October 5, 1954 (6:30 AM): Le Mans (France). East of Le Mans on Route N23, Renault employees were going to work when they saw near the road a luminous object on the ground and felt “pricklings and a sort of paralysis.” The object emitted a burst of green light and flew away very low over the fields. (42; Vuillequez; M 143)
• October 5, 1954 (4:00 AM): Loctudy (France). A baker, P. Lucas, was draining water from a well when he noticed an object some distance away. It was circular, about 3 m diameter. From it emerged a dwarf with an oval face covered with hair and eyes “as large as raven eggs” who touched him on the shoulder and spoke to him in an unknown language. The dwarf went away, and the object took off. (34)
• October 5, 1954: Roverbello (Italy). A fisherman met with a red-clad being who spoke an unknown language. No details. (Quincy)
• October 4, 1954 (8:00 PM): Poncey-sur-Lignon (France). Mrs. Fourneret, a housewife, ran away as an orange, circular object 3 m in diameter swung in mid-air and landed near her farm. When Messrs. Girardot and Vincent arrived with rifles, they found that the earth had been “sucked up” over a quadrilateral area. François Bouiller confirmed he had seen a luminous object in flight. Extensive investigation by French Air Force and police. (37; M 134; Anatomy 71)
• October 4, 1954 (6:40 PM): Villers-le-Tilleul (France). Ten-year-old Bertiaux saw an object “like a tent” and an unknown man near it. (Personal)
• October 4, 1954 (6:30 PM): Montceau-les-Mines (France). At Les Chavannes, about 20 people, among them Remy Gaudicourt of Sanvignes, saw a circular, luminous object rise from the vicinity of the railroad tracks. It took off vertically. (M 138)
• October 4, 1954 (Evening): Tregon (France). Several people noticed an object hovering near a hilltop. They drove to the site, but it flew away. What seems to be the same object was seen at Megrit, 25 km to the southwest, hovering over a farm. It was described as metallic, flat, emitting light. (38; M 139)
• October 4, 1954: Chaleix (France). A farmer, Mr. Garreau, saw an object the size of a carriage land in his field. Two men of normal height emerged through a sliding door. They wore khaki overalls and were of European type. They shook hands with the witness and said something like: “Paris? Nord?” (According to another version, they spoke indistinct words.) They gave a pat on the back to Mr. Garreau’s dog and took off at an amazing speed. (37; Magonia)
• October 4, 1954: Lezignan (France). Andre Garcia and Andre Darzais were driving a truck between Lagrasse and Villemagne when they saw a luminous object coming slowly to the ground. It measured about 10 m diameter and took off with a burst of light. (35)
• October 4, 1954: Limoges (France). An object was said to have landed in the yard of Mr. Montagne, a railroad employee. (35)
• October 3, 1954 (11:00 PM): Benet (France). Near La Rochelle. Mr. and Mrs. Guillemoteau saw an object, 2.5 m high, 5 m diameter, hover for several minutes 1 m above ground, then rise vertically. Oily marks were found at the spot. (34; M 131)
• October 3, 1954 (10:45 PM): Ronsenac (France). A circular craft was seen by Jean Allary between Montmoreau and Villebois-Lavalette. It seemed to be gliding on the ground. It showed luminous spots and became completely illuminated when it took off. It was about 1.20 m high. Grass was found flattened and scorched over an area 7 m across. (36; M 130)
• October 3, 1954 (9:10 PM) Quend (France). An orange object chased a car for 8 km, then flew away toward the sea. Witness: Georges Galant, a butcher. (35; M 116)
• October 3, 1954 (7:20 PM): Chereng (France). The crowd at a fair saw a luminous object arrive very fast in the sky, stop in flight, emit sparks, and come down to ground level. As witnesses rushed to the spot, it took off again. (M 113)
• October 3, 1954 (6:45 PM): Vron (France). Between Rue and Quend on Road D27, Rene Coudette and B. Devoisin were riding bicycles with a third witness when they saw an orange object, shaped like a honeycomb, on the road ahead of them. A strange “man” wearing a diving suit was standing close to it. When they got within 70 m of it, the object took off very fast. (32; M 118)
• October 3, 1954 (Dawn): Bressuire (France). Angelo Girardo, 55, a stockyard employee, was going to work when he saw a circular craft 3 m diameter and a small figure wearing a diving suit, standing close by. The object took off at a fantastic speed. (32; M 130)
• October 2, 1954 (11:45 PM): Guebling (France). A disk emitting a weak green glow landed in a field. Witnesses: Messrs. Domant and Gilcher. (M 105)
• October 2, 1954 (8:00 PM): Croix d’Epine (France). A mechanic, Ernest Delattre, 19, was riding home on his motor scooter when an egg-shaped object, brilliantly illuminated, landed on the left side of the road 15 m away. He saw short, dark shapes “like potato bags” moving about the object. He sped up, saw the object, the size of a small bus, taking off while its color changed from orange to blue and then to grayish-blue. The witness fainted while telling his story. Two persons in neighboring villages independently reported observing the object. (Personal)
• October 2, 1954 (2:30 AM): Louhans (France). Mr. Nicolas saw a craft with a dome on top, on the ground between the road and the railroad tracks. Through some openings a strong yellow light shone. (33; M 109)
• October 2, 1954: Jonches (France). Two creatures were seen on the ground, and two hours later a luminous red object was observed at the same spot, at very low altitude. (Quincy)
• October 2, 1954: Levroux (France). At the Bourg du Cerisier, two women (Janiki and Lacotte) independently reported to police that a luminous disk about 3 m in diameter had flown very low over the village. (32)
• October 1, 1954 (10:00 PM): Bergerac (France). Returning home, fireman Jean Dufix, 26, saw an oval light in the sky and thought it was a shooting star. Later he was alarmed when his yard seemed to be ablaze. Rushing out again, he saw a disk rise from the ground with a whistling sound. It flew off, became luminous again, and took off at fantastic speed. A neighbor, Jean Labonne, 61, saw the disk, 3 m in diameter, resting on three legs in the yard. (31)
• October 1, 1954 (10:00 PM): Branges, near Louhans (France). Coming home at night, Gilbert Prudent saw a lighted object on the side of the road. It had a flat section and a sort of “mushroom” on top. As he approached it, the object became dark and took off vertically with a soft whistling sound. (Personal)
• October 1, 1954 (8:00 PM): La Roulerie (France). Near Saint Jean d’Angely, two businessmen, Messrs. Estier and Phelippeau, who were driving back from Royan, saw a little man crossing the road in front of their car. Having stopped, they saw the figure disappear into the woods. (28)
• October 1, 1954 (7:00 PM): Jussey (France). Two young men saw a luminous white disk moving in the sky. It dived to the ground, and two men, described as being very tall and dressed in white, emerged from it and made gestures. The witnesses ran away in fear. (Personal)
• October 1, 1954 (6:15 PM): Ressons-sur-Matz (France). Approximate date. A farmer saw a white craft in a field. Flattened grass was later found at the site. (Personal)
• October 1, 1954 (4:00 PM): Bry (France). A man and his dog were “paralyzed” as a luminous white object dived toward them and climbed again. (Personal)
• October 1, 1954 (1:00 PM): Blanzy (France). Two bricklayers, Sebastiani and Buratto, approached a cigar-shaped object 3 m long, 80 cm wide, which took off from the ground with a whistling sound. The pointed section of the object was yellow, the rest brown. From the fore part, two appendages extended to the ground. (30)
• October 1, 1954: Dhubri (India). A woman reported to police she had seen a luminous disk leaving a long trail. It landed in a field, then took off again. (29; Challenge 132)
• September 30, 1954 (10:00 PM): Isle of Ré (France). As he was returning home near La Flotte-en-Ré, Céleste Simonutti saw a bright light and, fearing a fire, rushed to the scene. There he observed a luminous sphere 12 m in diameter hovering at 1 m altitude, turning red, blue, and taking off. Two other witnesses. (28)
• September 30, 1954 (10:00 PM): Grand-Couronne (France). Jean Andrieux, ferry operator, saw a large white sphere, with a smaller green sphere below, hang motionless above the Seine for 20 min. Two witnesses. It eventually flew away to the southwest. (27)
• September 30, 1954 (Dusk): Brest (France). At sea between Brest and Roven, the crew of the tanker “Port Lyautey” observed an object touch the surface of the sea, then take off vertically and give off a red flame before being lost to view. (26)
• September 30, 1954 (4:30 PM): Marcilly-sur-Vienne (France). Georges Gatay and seven construction workers saw a disk at ground level, with a humanoid standing close by. Both vanished in a very strange manner. Physiological effects in all witnesses. (25; Magonia)
• September 30, 1954 (4:45 AM): Dearborn (Michigan). While driving to work, Lawrence Cardenas, 45, a laundry employee, saw 15 strange men wearing dark green uniforms to his right. They had cylinders on their shoulders, tight-fitting skull caps with pointed peaks in front, and heavy goggles. They were of medium height, and a taller man seemed to be giving them instructions. About 80 m away was a craft 4 m high with colored lights flickering on and off. The witness did not wait. (Wilkins U 230)
• September 28, 1954 (11:10 PM): Saint Nicolas de Redon (France). At “La Butte Rouge” two railroad engineers, Bernard and Potraux, who were bringing a locomotive from Nantes to Auray, saw a dark object take off with a purple glow and follow them for 15 sec before veering off. Potraux had to see a doctor. (23; M 95; Anatomy 70)
• September 28, 1954 (10:30 PM): Bouzais (France). At “Le Grand Tertre” Mr. Mercier observed that someone had stolen grapes from his vineyard. He decided to stay late and catch the “robbers.” He was amazed when he saw a luminous mass fall from the sky about 50 m away, and found himself “paralyzed” as three figured emerged from the light and moved about. He lost consciousness. When he came to his senses, everything had vanished. (22; M97)
• September 28, 1954 (9:30 PM): Froncles (France). Mr. and Mrs. Alexis Lartillot and Georgette Mongot observed a large, bright object oscillate, then land. It changed color and was lost to sight behind some trees. (21; M 94)
• September 27, 1954 (8:30 PM): Premanon (France). Four children came out of their home as dog barked furiously. The found a large object on the ground and a small being they thought was a “ghost” in the yard. Raymond Romand, 12, threw stones at the intruder. (20; Challenge 170)
• September 27, 1954 (Afternoon): Perpignan (France). A college student saw a circular object on the ground. Two beings came out of it, then reentered the craft and left. Witness in a state of shock. (19; M 88)
• September 27, 1954 (8:40 AM): Figeac (France). Children saw “a box” and “an unknown man” standing nearby. The object took off. (Personal)
• September 27, 1954 (2:30 AM): Foussignargues (France). At “Revety,” people in a bus saw a reddish light coming down. Later Mr. and Mrs. Roche noticed an object on the ground, softly glowing, a short distance from their home, but were afraid to approach it. It remained there for several hours. It was described as “a sort of glowing tomato, with antennae on top.” (18; M 84; Anatomy 71)
• September 26, 1954 (2:30 PM): Chabeuil (France). Mrs. Leboeuf was suddenly confronted with a creature resembling “a child in a plastic bag, with eyes larger than human eyes.” This creature entered a flat, circular machine, which took off toward the northeast with a soft whistling. Traces. Witnesses in state of shock. (17; Carrouges 116; Anatomy 70; Magonia)
• September 24, 1954 (11:00 PM): Farm Lachassagne, near Ussel (France). Mr. Cisterne, who was coming back with his tractor, saw a luminous object fly very low over him. Two other witnesses. (16; M 76)
• September 24, 1954 (10:00 AM): Almaseda, near Castelibranco (Portugal). Cesar Cardoso and three others saw two individuals, 2.5 m tall, dressed in shiny clothes, emerge from a landed craft and gather flowers, shrubs, and twigs in a shiny box, then take off. They seemed to be inviting the witnesses aboard, but their language was not understood. (Wilkins U 55, 245; 24)
• September 24, 1954 (9:00 AM): Becar, near Diges and “Les Michauts” or “Les Jolivets” (France). Two women (Widow Geoffroy and Miss Gisèle Fin) made independent reports of a dark gray disk, 6 m in diameter, 1 m high, seen in a clearing. A man of normal height was standing close to it. He wore dark clothes and a kind of cap. Miss Fin came within 30 m of the craft and stated the man was repairing it. Traces were found on the grass. (14; Carrouges 98)
• September 23, 1954 (9:00 PM): Lencouacq (France). Mrs. Vignolles saw a luminous object come down rapidly, without noise, and land in a field near the church. It took off very fast a few seconds later. (15; M 77)
• September 23, 1954 (9:00 PM): Le Jou (France). The Patient family witnessed the landing of a bright object giving off a magnesium-like light, a red glow, and a narrow beam of light. It took off again a moment later and followed their car until they reached Fontland. Policemen in Plombières and several independent witnesses observed the object as it flew erratically over the area for 60 min. (13; M 69)
• September 20, 1954 (11:00 PM): Santa Maria Airport (Azores). A guard saw a craft, 3.5 m in diameter and 1.5 m thick, land on the airfield. The witness, Vitorino Lourenco Monteiro, said a figure emerged from the craft and said something he could not understand, before taking off again. There were antenna-like protrusions on top of the object. (Personal)
• September 19, 1954 (9:15 PM): Oberdorff (France). A bright light was seen in the east, came to the ground, lost its brightness, remained on the spot about 40 sec. It was the size of a small bus, and there was a figure in front of it. It rose and took on the appearance of a red ball. (12; M 63)
• September 18, 1954 (8:15 PM): Casablanca (Morocco). A small gray disk flew over a car at very high speed, followed by cold air currents. This was reported by Mr. Guitta of Casablanca. (Ouranos)
• September 17, 1954 (10:30 PM): Cenon (Frannce). Between Cenon and Vouneuil, Yves David, 28, met a being in a diving suit who made friendly gestures. He was very small and had a voice “inhuman and incomprehensible.” The witness could not move throughout the encounter. He saw the creature enter an object on the road, about 3 m by 1 m in size; it took off “like lightning,” throwing a greenish light. (11; M 58)
• September 15, 1954 (11:20 PM): Feyzin (France). A white light suddenly swept the road in front of Roland M., 10, who observed that it came from a large, dark object 10 m above ground. It flew away with the noise of a wet firework, throwing magnesium-like sparks. (10; M 49)
• September 14, 1954 (10:00 PM): Coldwater (Kansas). John J. Swain, 12, was driving a tractor back from the fields when he saw a small man no bigger than a 5-year-old child a few meters away from him. He had a long nose and long ears and seemed to “fly” when he moved toward a saucer-shaped craft hovering less than 2 m above ground. It “opened up” and the creature “popped inside.” The craft became luminous and went out of sight. Strange traces were found by police. The creature was dressed in shiny clothes, and his shoes seemed to have “fins.” He carried two cylinders on his back and had long, pointed ears. (9; Humanoids 53; Wilkins U 239)
• September 10, 1954 (10:30 PM): Quarouble (France). A metal worker, Marius Dewilde, 34, came out of his house as a dog was barking and saw a dark object on the railroad tracks, then observed two dwarfs walking toward it. When he tried to stop them, he found himself paralyzed as a strong orange light was projected at him. The creatures were under 1 m tall, bulky, and wore dark diving suits. No faces or arms were visible. Traces made by an object of estimated weight 30 tons were noted by French Air Force and police on the ballast. (8; M 44; Magonia)
• September 10, 1954 (8:30 PM): Mouriéras (France). A farmer, Mr. Mazaud, was walking home when he was suddenly confronted with a helmeted being of average height who made friendly gestures, then went back into the brush, entered a cigar-shaped object about 4 m long, which took off toward Limoges. A few minutes later, witnesses in Limoges reported a disk-shaped, red object leaving a bluish trail. (7; M 40)
• September 7, 1954 (7:15 AM): Harponville (France). Between Harponville and Contay, two bricklayers, Emile Renard, 27, and Yves Degillerboz, 23, saw an object floating in mid-air over a field: “It looked like an unfinished haystack, with a plate turned upside down on top of it.” When they approached, it took off. Diameter 10 m, height 3 m. A kind of door was noticed. The observation lasted over 3 min. The object released smoke when it departed. (6; M 35)
• September 3, 1954: Souk-el-Khemis (Tunisia). Many workers in the fields 12 km south of the town saw an object apparently made of transparent plastic fly over the houses, stop on edge, and swing like a pendulum a few meters above the ground. It made several erratic jumps, then resumed its horizontal position and flew away. (5)
• August 30, 1954 (5:25 AM): North Bay (Canada). Sgt. Durdle saw a brilliant, circular object flying across Lake Nipissing toward the Royal Canadian Air Force base. An oblong canister was hanging down from a central section, which supported a long cone with a spinning globe on top. When it tilted, the witness was able to observe regulator-like devices inside the machine through a vertical lighted slit. Six brilliant appendages, which looked like necklaces, were hanging from the craft. Durdle woke up four Air Force men, who observed the object spiraling away. (Wilkins U 227)
• August 28, 1954: Quebec (Canada). Two boys saw a craft land and two or three men come out. No details given. (Constance 277)
• August 27, 1954 (8:30 PM): Boston Creek (Canada). A wingless flying object was seen by Bill Supa, an employee of the Caswell Construction Co. It landed about 2 km away from the witness, who approached within 300 m before it took off and flew away. Grass was flattened where it had landed. (Wilkins U 227)
• August 23, 1954: Lugrin, near Thonon (France). Elise Blanc approached an object looking like an aluminum trailer with two small beings in silvery dress, grunting like pigs, standing close by. The craft took on a fiery color and flew away. (Challenge 129)
• August 23, 1954: Varennes, near Diges (France). Approximate date. A strange object hovered low over the house of Mr. Lucas and left straight up. (4)
• August 10, 1954 (9:30 PM): Hemmingford (Canada). The Coupal children said that a brightly lighted object followed them to the farm. Mr. Coupal and his oldest son went to the field where the children had been playing and saw an orange object rise and speed off to the west. Grass was flattened over 15 m, with two tracks about 5 m long. (Wilkins U 237)
• July 20, 1954: Oslo (Norway). Near this city, two men were chased by an object and stopped their car to observe it. After the sighting, a watch stopped working and the paint on the car allegedly changed color. (Challenge 129; 3; cf. Case 120)
• July 7, 1954: Garson (Canada). A miner saw a landed object and a giant man with strange, burning eyes. He fainted. When he regained consciousness, object and entity had vanished. Investigated by the Royal Canadian Air Force. (Keyhoe C 184)
• June 21, 1954: Ridgeway (Canada). Mr. and Mrs. Guy Baker saw a disk, about 14 m in diameter, with a dome and several rotating lights. They had to push their car, which could not be started until the object left the ground. They found a large, brown, circular spot in the pasture where the disk had been resting. (104)
• June 9, 1954 (6:20 PM): East Dandenong (Australia). Janet Brown, 16, and a 13-year-old friend heard a loud noise and saw a large, dark object that “burst into light” hovering 20 m away at the height of a factory gate. It was cylindrical, 10 m long, 5 m high, with a canopy on top. It flew away and was lost to sight behind some trees. (Wilkins U 216)
• May 20, 1954 (2:00 AM): Bruton (Great Britain). Nigel Frapple was cycling home from a dance in Wincanton. At Redlynch crossroads, he saw an orange glow in a field and observed it from a hedge. It came from a huge object 35 m away, less than 7 m above the ground, which made a throbbing sound. After 1 min, it moved toward the northwest, accelerating and climbing. (2; Humanoids 3)
• May 18, 1954 (7:00 PM): Cannon Air Force Base (New Mexico). Two persons witnessed the landing of a lens-shaped object the size of a house. It came to the ground near the railroad tracks, kicking up a small sand storm in the desert. One witness first decided to approach it, then ran away in fear. (Binder)
• April 22, 1954 (2:00 PM): San Nicholas Island (California). American military personnel saw a cigar-shaped object of a gray color coming to the ground. Smoke was seen to rise where it landed, but a search yielded no results. (Atic)
• March, 1954 (Early): Santa Maria (Brazil). Rubem Hellwig again saw a strange machine the next day. He observed a tall, fair-complexioned man and two women, who had light brown skin, long black hair, dark, slanted eyes. All three wore one-piece garments of a fabric resembling suede, with zippers. They told Hellwig that they were scientists, spoke of the natural riches of Brazil, and expressed surprise that he did not run away. (1; Humanoids 33)
• March, 1954 (5:00 PM): Santa Maria (Brazil). Rubem Hellwig was driving when he saw a football-shaped machine, the size of a Volkswagen, on the ground. He walked toward it and met two men of slim build, normal height, their faces brownish, wearing no helmets. One was inside the object while the other collected grass samples. They spoke to Hellwig in a strange language, and yet he said he understood they were asking for ammonia. He directed them to a nearby town. The craft vanished silently and instantly with blue and yellow flames. (1; Humanoids 33)
• February, 1954: Peakskill (New York). Mr. and Mrs. Forster stated they saw a craft on the ground, with a woman close by. She was wearing luminous clothing, a sort of hood, and thick glasses and held a tube in one hand and a box in the other. Mrs. Forster had to be taken to the hospital in a state of shock. (Barker)
• February, 1954: Todd River Downs (Australia). A native was riding a horse over a low ridge when a spherical object about 13 m in diameter “nearly skittled me off my horse.” It went up suddenly with a heavy wind, rumbling and emitting four columns of smoke. (Wilkins U 211)
• January 4, 1954 (9:00 PM): Marignane Airport (France). Mr. Chesneau, fireman, saw a round, luminous object slowly coming down and called the control tower to report it. When he came out again, the object had disappeared. (Guieu)

1953

• December 31, 1953: Quantico Marine Base (Virginia). Marines observed the landing of an unknown round object which throbbed and pulsated, emitting red lights. (Wilkins U 210)
• December, 1953: Sherbrook (Canada). Mrs. Orfei heard a knock at the door in the middle of the night and obtained no answer when she asked who it was. When more furious knocks were heard, her Alsatian dog jumped toward the door, but suddenly retreated, trembling as if terrified and retired to a corner. Mrs. Orfei went to an upper floor and saw two “indescribable” shadows go away from the house. A while later a big, round object took off 100 m away with a bue-green lightning. The police found broken bushes as evidence of an enormous weight. (Oltre il Cielo, Vol. I)
• November, 1953: Gjersjoen Bridge (Norway). Mr. Trygve, Mrs. Buflot, and a neighbor saw an object rise from behind a hill, oscillate over a lake, follow their car, and stop ahead of them just above the ground. They stopped, felt “pricklings” until the craft took off vertically. A watch stopped working, and numerous people vouch for the fact that the paint on the car changed from dark beige to bright green. (APRO Mar., 62; FSR 56, 5)
• October 25, 1953 (9:30 PM): Santa Fe (New Mexico). Jim Milligan, 16, was driving through a park when he saw something fall in front of his car and stopped as the object landed in some bushes. He walked toward it, found a craft that looked like two ship hulls, about 3 m long, 2 m wide, glued together. When he tried to touch it, the object flew away. (Wilkins A 223)
• September 12, 1953: Brovst (Denmark). Brovst was the scene of an attempted abduction of a girl by two humanoids emitting a golden light. Their hands were rugged and cold like a fish. (Guieu)
• September 4, 1953 (9:30 PM): Tonnerre (France). A woman saw two objects on the ground and three 1.5-m-tall men running toward the craft. They had oversized heads and wore helmets and boots. One entered the elongated object, 5 m long, 1.5 m wide, which spread “wings” that made it look like a butterfly. It then took a vertical position, resting on a tripod, and took off with the spherical object into which the other two creatures had gone. Traces were found at the spot. (GEPA 68, 1)
• August 18, 1953 (Evening): Ciudad Valles (Mexico). Approximate date. Cab driver Salvador Villanueva, 40, observed two creatures 1.2 m tall wearing coveralls with wide, shiny, perforated belts, metal collars, and small, black, shiny boxes on their backs. They had helmets under their arms. The witness thought they were pilots of Indian race. One of them spoke to him in Spanish, “stringing the words together” in a strange accent. Trivial matters were discussed until dawn, when they returned to their craft, 13 m in diameter, through a staircase under the lower disk. The witness ran away when invited to follow them. The object rose with a pendulum motion and shot up vertically. (Humanoids 32; FSR 56, 2)
• August 16, 1953 (8:30 PM): Tours (France). Claude Pasquier saw two disks flying very low, quite slowly, along a straight course, with a “hard” sound. (Anatomy 65, 141)
• July 31, 1953 (7:00 PM): Wolin (Poland). A metallic object 30 m in diameter was observed by five Polish and two German workers as it landed in a field close to a railway. It was shaped like a sphere with a flat disk around it, showing numerous openings at the periphery. (Intelligence Digest Nov., 53)
• July 2, 1953 (1:00 PM): Villares des Saz (Spain). Approximate date. An illiterate boy cowherd, Maximo Munos Olivares, 14, saw a “big balloon” on the ground behind him when a faint whistling attracted his attention. Shaped like a water jug, it was metallic. Through an opening came three dwarfs 60 cm tall, with yellow faces, narrow eyes, and oriental features. They spoke in a language he could not understand. They were dressed in blue, had a sort of flat hat with a visor in front and a metal sheet on their arms. One of them smacked the boy’s face, then they reentered the machine, which glowed very brightly, made a soft whistling sound, and went off “like a rocket.” Footprints and four holes 5 cm deep forming a perfect square 36 cm in side were found by police. (Humanoids 29)
• June 24, 1953 (12:18 AM): Hampton Bay (Long Island). A civilian woman saw something like “a large aircraft” flying very slowly and low. It had a lighted red band around the middle and was coming straight toward her house with an oscillating motion. She still thought it was an aircraft of some new design when it stopped near her, 25 m above ground. Then it flew backward over the water and hovered, making the same noise as a swarm of bees. The top section supported a series of red lights and a cabin with four portholes through which a control panel was visible. No occupant was seen. The cabin rose above the object, rotated, then glided back. The object tilted toward the west and rose toward the southeast, disappearing within 3 sec at an 80° angle of climb after the 3-min sighting. Diameter: 30 m. Two days later a yellowish moss was observed at the site. (Atic)
• June 20, 1953 (6:30 PM): Brush Creek (California). John Q. Black (witness of the May 20, 1953 incident), observed an exact repetition of the scene, including the “little man.” Van Allen saw only the landing marks, about 30 cm wide and resembling elephant tracks. (Humanoids 53)
• June 18, 1953 (2:30 AM): Houston (Texas). Howard Phillips, Hilda Walker and Judy Meyers saw in a garden at 118 East Third Street a strange “shadow” on the lawn, which resembled a “flying man,” and they watched it take off. (Wilkins A 261)
• May 20, 1953 (6:30 PM): Brush Creek (California). Two miners, John Q. Black, 48, and John Van Allen, reported that an object, silvery, 2.5 m in diameter, 2 m thick, with a tripod landing gear, landed on a sand bar 50 m away from them. An occupant described as a broad-shouldered dwarf wearing clothing that covered the head and the trunk was also seen. His arms and legs were covered with tweed-like cloth fastened at the wrists and ankles. He filled a shiny pail with water and handed it to someone inside the craft. He then appeared to notice Black and jumped into the craft, which made a hissing sound and departed. (Humanoids 53)
• January 29, 1953: Conway (South Carolina). Hearing a commotion in his barn, a farmer observed an object about 7 m long and 4 m wide at treetop level. It was light gray in color and lit up inside. It resembled a half egg. The witness fired his gun at the object. Numerous livestock died “mysteriously” in the area after the sighting. (Personal)

1952

• November 21, 1952: Belle Île (France). At a place called “La Butte” a luminous sphere, which seemed to spin, its color changing from orange to white, was seen at low altitude. It oscillated left and right, then took off toward the southwest, according to the witness, Mr. Gauci. (Challenge 56)
• November 18, 1952 (Morning): Castelfranco (Italy). Nello Ferrari, 41, a farmer, found himself flooded with a reddish light and saw a large plate 10 m above him, between gold and copper in color. At the center of the bottom surface, 20 m in diameter, was a cylinder of 5 m diameter made of rapidly rotating parts, producing a noise similar to that of an electric motor. On the upper surface was a turret inside which three occupants were visible, looking directly at the witness. They looked perfectly human, wore rubber coveralls and transparent face masks. They spoke a few words, which were not understood; a loud metallic noise was heard; and the top part of the object lowered itself toward the lower plate. The sound gained intensity, and the craft flew vertically at very high speed. (102)
• November, 1952: Dublin (Ireland). A child was burned when a strange disk, 25 cm in diameter, landed near Dublin. (Personal)
• October 27, 1952 (2:03 AM): Marignane Airport (France). Customs officer Gabriel Gachignard observed a cigar-shaped object land briefly on the airfield 100 m away, producing a dull sound. The object was dark with four lighted windows. It took off with a “swish” and a shower of sparks when the witness ran toward it. (Challenge 6)
• October 15, 1952 (7:10 PM): Le Vigan (France). Approximate date. Figures with helmets and masks were seen through lighted windows inside a bright yellow, cigar-shaped object on the ground. Length 30 m, diameter 6 m. Forward section was rounded, and a sort of fog was noted at both ends of object. (Quincy; Anatomy 62)
• September 13, 1952 (8:00 PM): Frametown (West Virginia). Mr. and Mrs. George Snitowski and their little girl suddenly found their car stalled, and an unpleasant smell (ether mixed with sulphurous smoke) filled the air. Mr. Snitowski thought a chemical plant might be burning in the area and walked toward a strong light visible in the woods, in spite of the nauseous smell. Coming near it, he felt pricklings throughout his body, had to stop, lost his balance several times as he returned to the car━where he found his wife terrified, pointing to a giant creature (3 m tall), human-shaped, 10 m away. They locked the car as “it” inspected the vehicle, glided away and went into the woods. Soon afterward, the sphere of light was observed to rise gradually, to swing like a pendulum, and to leave a luminous trail. (Paul Lieb)
• September 12, 1952 (Sunset): Flatwoods (West Virginia). A group of young people saw a “meteor” land on top of a hill and went to the site with Kathleen Hill and three men. They observed a globe as large as a house making a throbbing or hissing sound and a huge figure with glowing orange eyes nearby. About 4 m tall, the figure had a red face and “floated” toward the witnesses, who fled in terror. A lingering smell and skid marks were found. (Humanoids 52)
• August 31, 1952: Pennsylvania, exact location unknown. Herbert Long saw an object land 15 m away from the road. He made a drawing of it. (Wilkins A 257)
• August 27, 1952: Lamberton (North Carolina). A saucer-shaped craft, 3 by 2 m, landed on the witness’s property after hitting a chimney. A little man, about 70 cm tall, emerged and was asked whether he was hurt, but he did not answer. The craft took off with a whistling sound. (Wilkins A 268)
• August 24, 1952 (6:00 AM): Frontenac (Kansas). A man driving through a wood encountered a strange object and stopped to observe it. It looked like two turtle shells glued together, about 25 m long, with a humanoid creature in what appeared to be a control cabin in front. Windows lighted by an intense blue light and a throbbing sound were also reported. The object was oscillating and suddenly flew straight up with a strong humming noise. The middle section supported what looked like propellers. The object hovered 3 m above ground. (Atic)
• August 19, 1952 (Evening): West Palm Beach (Florida). Ronny Desvergers saw a large, round, dark object above him in a clearing. It had a turret on top. Red balls of light were emitted by the object and burned him. He also observed a “hideous” creature aboard the craft. Grass roots were scorched at the site. (Ruppelt 222; Magonia)
• July 29, 1952: Enid (Oklahoma). Sidney Eubank went to the Enid police station and told Sergeant Vern Bennell that an enormous disk had buzzed his car as he drove between Bison and Waukonis on Highway 81. The rush of air made the car leave the road while the object flew west very fast. (Anatomy 134)
• July 24, 1952 (Night): Vico (Italy). A man who was fishing in the Serchio River saw a disk hovering for 10 min. From it hung a hose that plunged into the water. The object was 20 m in diameter, with five propellers in the rear and a dome with something like blades on top. An orange glow could be seen through slits along the deck. A man wearing a diving helmet looked at the witness through a window, and he received a kind of electric shock as a “green ray” hit him. He looked up with difficulty, in time to see the object fly away toward the east. Six days later a stranger with a foreign accent contacted the witness and intimidated him. (FSR 69, 1)
• July 20, 1952 (12:30 AM): Dai-el-Aouagri (Morocco). Approximate date. R. Petijean saw a luminous object, 20 m diameter, on the ground. It gave off bluish flashes as it took off, leaving a smell of burning sulphur. (Quincy)
• July 11, 1952: Hasselbach (Germany). Oscar Linke, former Wehrmacht major, and his daughter Gabrielle, 11, had to leave their motorcycle when they had a flat tire. Inside the woods the girl noticed two men in silvery suits examining the ground in a clearing near a pink disk-shaped object, 8 m in diameter, showing a double row of openings around the rim and a black turret on top. One of the men had a flashing box. Both men went inside, and the disk vibrated, rose along the turret-like cylinder, then spun faster and rose out of sight. (Guieu 52)
• June 15, 1952: Magneville (France). Men at work in the forest saw large, circular objects similar to parachutes coming down. Half a dozen witnesses. (France-Soir June 18, 52)
• Summer, 1952: Martin County (Texas). Mrs. Rogers saw an object descend slowly and pass across a pasture at 7 m altitude. She stopped her car and observed it was “wobbling” in mid-air, was shaped like a turtle, and showed three oarlike protrusions that moved slowly. Estimated dimensions: 5 by 4 m, 1 m thick. It was greenish-gray in color, emitted a blue flame, but showed no other light. (Barker 78)
• Summer, 1952 (3:00 AM): Itenhaem (Brazil). A woman was awakened by a thunderclap and a strong bluish light. As she got out, she saw a large number of hovering disk-shaped machines resembling “inverted soup plates” 200 m away at an altitude of about 1 m. She observed them for 30 min, saw two figures standing on one of the craft and looking at the sky. They went back inside, and shortly thereafter the “fleet” took off, one object at a time. (FSR 68, 1)
• Early 1952 (10:42 PM): Goose Bay (Labrador). A fiery, spherical object made a right angle turn during an observation by a C-54 crew flying from Westover to Goose Bay. It was also seen from the ground by the control tower and by two men who plunged to the earth when the object made a low pass at them. It went away at 10:47 PM. (Quincy)
• January, 1952 (10:30 PM): Weston (Wyoming). A 38-year-old rancher saw a “shooting star” that suddenly stopped in mid-air between him and a mountain. It was seen spinning in a clockwise direction. It had one red window periodically facing the observer. It went down toward the Little Powder River and came up again. The witness turned his car to send light signals, to which the object seemed to respond by stopping its red window facing the witness’s location. Spinning resumed, the object rose and came down. A similar craft arrived, and both went into the deep valley, out of sight. (Atic)

1951

• December, 1951: Red Springs (North Carolina). Sam Coley and his two children saw an object with a human-looking occupant. (Humanoids 52)
• December, 1951 (3:00 AM): Peru (Nebraska). A man from Lincoln was driving to Indiana when he saw a blue light in the northwest sky. It vanished to the southeast. The witness missed a turn, had to go back toward Auburn, and had reached a point northwest of Peru when he saw an orange glow in the sky. Coming near, he observed the glow came from a cauldron-shaped object on the ground, about 12 m from the road. He stopped to examine the object, which measured about 10 m diameter and seemed to be made of cast iron. Thirty cm from the top was a row of windows, 25 cm in diameter, from which the orange light was coming. On the other side was a blue flame-like glow. There was no noise, no sign of life or activity, and no antenna or protrusion. The witness drove away. (Atic)
• November 2, 1951 (11:00 PM) Mojave (California). Two forest observers were in a canyon 50 km north of the Mojave when they saw a disk-shaped flying object in the southwest; 10 m estimated diameter, 3 m thick, blue-green, well-defined, surrounded with a glow of same color. Stopping their jeep, they signaled to the object, which approached within a few meters, flew away, seemed to play with them. Eventually it vanished “like a magician’s trick.” (Atic)
• October 26, 1951 (4:00 AM): Australia. The driver of a transcontinental train on the east-west line saw an object that illuminated the countryside like the full moon. It flew very fast, came close to the train, appeared ready to land in the desert, then took off and disappeared. (Wilkins A 249)
• September, 1951: Central Australia. A group of Unmatjera aborigines observed a shiny circular object land near a similar craft, about 12 m in diameter. Several min later, a dwarf dressed in a shiny suit and having “a round, shiny head” came out of one craft and entered the other; both took off with a buzzing sound. (Edwards 93)
• June 19, 1951 (12:00 PM): Sonderborg (Denmark). Joseph Matiszewski, a mechanic, heard a whistling sound and saw an object land in a meadow. Approaching within 50 m, he found himself paralyzed and observed that birds had stopped singing and cows seemed to be similarly unable to move. From the object emerged four handsome men who had brown skin and wore black shiny suits and translucent helmets. Eight objects also emerged from the craft and hovered above it. Other men inside the craft and on its deck appeared to be making repairs, then the objects flew to about 100 m altitude and climbed rapidly out of sight. Only then did the paralysis subside. (Nachrichten May, 59)

1950

• July 20, 1950: Porto Novo (Brazil). Mr. Campello and several others in a car saw two huge, silvery objects by the side of the road, one on a hillock, the other on flat ground, about 50 m away from each other. They came within 600 m of the objects, which went away “at an incredible speed,” causing a rush of air that rocked the car. (SBEDV 30)
• July 2, 1950: Steep Rock Lake (Canada). In a story strangely similar to that of Mr. William J. Kiehl (in August of 1914), a man and his wife saw a double saucer with portholes and a rotating antenna come to rest on the surface of the lake. Ten figures, 1.20 m tall, dressed in shiny clothing, emerged and walked on deck like robots “changing direction without turning their bodies.” Their faces could not be seen. One of them wore a red cap, had darker arms and legs and “seemed to be their chief.” They immersed a hose in the lake, then took off. Fishermen later reported a green moss forming on the lake. (Wilkins U)
• May 7, 1950 (6:45 PM): Ely (Nevada). A couple and their grandson were retuning from a picnic when, about 14 km south of Ely, they saw a silvery-white object at treetop level. It hovered for 10 min, then oscillated “as if attempting to rise,” and suddenly flew out of sight at high speed. (Atic)
• April 24, 1950 (10:00 PM): Abbiate Guazzone (Italy). Bruno Facchini heard and saw sparks coming from a dark, hovering object, near which a man dressed in tight-fitting clothes and wearing a helmet seemed to be making repairs. Three other men were seen near the craft. When the work was finished, a trap through which light had been shining was closed and the thing took off. The witness had the time to note many details of the machine and its occupants. (FSR 63, 2; Magonia)
• April 20, 1950 (Night): Lufkin (Texas). Jack Robertson was driving about 13 km west of town when he saw a round object about 3 m in diameter hovering about 7 m above him with a dull red glow. It took off with a “swooshing roar” as sparks flew from a slot under it. Minutes later the witness felt a burning sensation on his face. (FS July, 59)
• April 8, 1950 (Afternoon): River Road, near Amarillo (Texas). David, 12, and Charles, 9, Lightfoot saw a disk land behind a hill and touched it. It was the size of a car tire, about 30 cm high, with a rounded top that rotated and a pivot between the base and the top. It took off very fast. The faces and arms of the boys later became red. (200)
• April 8, 1950 (2:00 AM) Kokomo (Indiana). A metal worker was awakened by his dog and observed an object 60 m away at low altitude. It was a gray metal disk, 5 m in diameter, shaped like a top with a kind of turret. It was oscillating, spinning slowly, and had three portholes shining with a blue-white light. It hovered for about 2 min, left toward the north, very fast. (Atic)
• April, 1950: Juneau (Alaska). Mikel Konrad made a movie of eight disks he saw landing and taking off 60 km north of Juneau. (Quincy)
• March 18, 1950 (6:30 PM): Lago Argentino (Argentina). A rancher, Wilfredo H. Arevalo, saw two objects, one of which landed. He walked within 150 m of the aluminum-looking craft, which gave off a greenish-blue vapor and “an intense smell of burning benzine.” A large, flat section on top was revolving above a glass cabin in which could be seen four tall men, dressed in something like cellophane, working at various instruments. They saw him and shone a light in his direction while a blue light illuminated the craft; the vapor increased and flames (alternately reddish and greenish) shot out of the base while the object rose with a faint hum. Both craft flew away toward Chile, leaving bluish trails. (Humanoids 32)
• January 29, 1950: South Table Mountain (Colorado). Mr. Quintana of Denver saw a silvery-green ovoid object hovering about 15 m above a slope and landing slowly in a small ravine. Then it shot upward at very high speed. Its diameter was about 20 m, and it had a revolving middle band. A greenish light flashed under it, and the witness felt a rush of air and a pungent smell. (FS July, 59)

1949

• Fall, 1949: Tulsa (Oklahoma). Don Bushnell, plant superintendent with Southwestern Porcelain Steel Corp., saw an object fall in front of his car as his radio was blocked. He applied the brakes; object vanished. (Keyhoe S)
• August 19, 1949: Death Valley (California). Two prospectors are said to have observed a disk-shaped object land. Two dwarfs emerged but were lost in the sand dunes when pursued. The object disappeared. (Humanoids 52)
• February 17, 1949 (Night): France (exact location unknown). Alain Bérard saw a large, bright object land near his farm with a green lightning flash. It became dark. As he approached the craft, the witness saw three figures with stocky short legs, apparently without heads. Frightened, he fired at them three times. A moment later the object took off vertically. (Oltre il Cielo, Vol. I)
• February, 1949 (4:30 PM): Pucusana (Peru). C. A. V., an oil company employee, 30, was driving to Lima when he saw a shiny disk at ground level. He walked toward it for 10 min. Three figures came out as he was 20 m away. They looked like mummies, had joined legs and one large foot. They “slid” along the ground. They were covered with a strange “towely” skin, asked the witness where they were, had a lengthy discussion with him, and took him for a trip in their craft. (Lor. III 122)

1948

• August 29, 1948 (5:03 AM) Maplewood (Ohio). A farmer observed a silvery sphere of large dimension rise from a wooded area and hover above his farm, dropping a silvery substance that disintegrated before touching the ground. (Atic)
• August 11, 1948 (12:00 PM): Hamel (Minnesota). Two boys were playing outside when a round, dull gray object, 70 cm in diameter, 30 cm thick, landed near them like a balloon with a metallic noise. It spun, went up, hovered, maneuvered to avoid telephone lines and trees, and flew away to the northeast. An FBI man from St. Paul found an area 70 cm in diameter where the ground showed signs of extreme pressure. (Atic)
• July 29, 1948: Indianapolis (Indiana). An object swept over a road at 10 m altitude. (Atic)
• 1948: Swastika (Canada). Mr. Galbraith twice saw an object land. The first time, it was a disk-shaped craft with a humanoid figure━the second time, cigar-shaped with three figures. (Quincy)

1947

• August 14, 1947 (9:00 AM): Raveo (Italy). R. L. Johannis saw a disk on the ground and two dwarfs less than 1 m tall, wearing dark blue coveralls with red collars and belts. They had oversized heads, greenish faces, huge, salient dark eyes without eyelashes or eyebrows, but surrounded by a ringlike muscle. They wore something similar to crash helmets. The center of their belts projected a “vapor,” and the witness suffocated, feeling a strong electrical discharge. The creatures had greenish hands with eight talon-like fingers. (Humanoids 2; Magonia; FSR 67, 1)
• August 13, 1947 (1:00 PM): Twin Falls, Smoke River Canyon (Idaho). Two boys and their father saw a sky-blue object 100 m away and 25 m above ground. Treetops under it were spinning widly, although the object itself did not spin. It made a swishing sound. Shape: inverted plate, 7 m diameter and 3.5 m thick. There was a red flame on one side of the top. (Atic)
• July 23, 1947: Bauru, near Pitanga (Brazil). A group of survey workers ran away as they heard a hissing noise and saw a disk land 50 m away. Jose C. Higgins saw two figures through a window. Later three beings in shiny clothes and translucent suits, with oversized bald heads, huge round eyes, no eyelashes or eyebrows, and a metal box on their back, emerged from the craft. They were over 2 m tall. They drew the solar system and pointed to Uranus as if to suggest that was their point of origin. (Round-up 163; FSR 61, 6)
• July 8, 1947 (12:00 PM): Muroc Air Field (California). An Air Force major observed a metallic object, reflecting sunlight, oscillate, go down to ground level, and rise again. Simultaneously it was observed by a captain in Rodgers Dry Lake. (Atic)
• June 30, 1947 (9:10 AM): Grand Canyon, near Williams Field (Arizona). A Navy lieutenant was flying at 9000 m toward the south when he saw two circular objects diving at “unconceivable” speed. They were gray, about 3 m in diameter, and appeared to land 40 km south of the Grand Canyon. (Atic)
• June 27, 1947 (10:30 AM): Bisbee (Arizona). John A. Petsche, electrical worker, and another witness independently saw a disk-shaped object, which seemed to land near Tintown. (Lor. 16)
• June 21, 1947 (11:50 AM): Spokane (Washington). Eight disk-shaped objects, the size of a house, were seen flying at 1000 km/h. A civilian woman stated that the objects fell with a “dead leaf” motion and landed before ten witnesses on the shore of the Saint Joe River, in Idaho. (Atic)
• June 21, 1947: Maury Island, near Tacoma (Washington). Harold A. Dahl and others allegedly saw six tire-shaped objects, 30 m in diameter, metallic with dark openings, over Puget Sound. One of the objects exploded, showering the witnesses with metal. Officially regarded as hoax. (Ruppelt)
• June 10, 1947 (11:00 PM): Douglas (Arizona). Coral Lorenzen saw a light rise from the ground in Mexican territory. It took a definite spherical shape and vanished in less than ten seconds among the stars. (Lor. I 4)

1945

• March, 1945: Aleutian Islands. Aboard the US attack transport “Delarof,” 14 sailors saw a dark sphere rise out of the ocean, follow a curved trajectory, and fly away after circling their ship. (Evidence 30)
• March, 1945: Belfast (Maine). A man out hunting observed an elongated object flying very slowly, tilted toward the earth. It crashed into some trees at the end of a clearing. The enormous craft seemed undamaged as it rested briefly on the ground, then lifted again with a humming sound, started to spin, released a shower of fine silvery threads, and rose straight up, disappearing in seconds. (FS May, 59)
• 1945: Habbebishopsheim (Germany). An American soldier saw a disk-shaped object come down rapidly, oscillate, and land. The site could not be found in the dark. The event took place 35 km northwest of the town. (Atic)

1944

• End of August, 1944: Mattoon (Illinois). A mysterious man appeared at windows, as if in search of someone. He stunned witnesses by pointing at them a device that “made consciousness dissolve” and left a strange cloying smell behind. (FSR 61, 3; Magonia)

1943

• September, 1943 (4:00 AM): Oncativo (Argentina). Navarro Ocampo, driving between Rosario and Cordoba, saw a large, saucer-shaped object on the ground 500 m to the left of the road. It glowed with a bluish-green light, made a whistling sound, rose to 100 m altitude, then left at fantastic speed. A strange metal block is said to have been found at the spot. (GEPA Dec, 68)

1938

• Fall, 1938 (or following year): Juminda (Estonian coast). Two persons saw a strange “frog-man” 1 m tall, with a round head, no neck, and a hump in front of the body. The mouth was a large, straight slit, the eyes were like smaller slits. The skin was brown-green, compared to pegamoid, hands normal. The creature walked in a peculiar “but elegant” fashion, the head waving up and down while the legs moved “carefully.” When pursued, the creature accelerated very fast, with feet “fluttering.” About 100 m away it vanished completely. (Personal)

1933

• Summer, 1933 (Morning): Chrysville (Pennsylvania). A man observed a faint violet light in a field between this town and Morrestown. Walking to it, he found an ovoid object 3 m in diameter and 2 m thick with a circular opening similar to a vault door. Pushing it, he found the room full of violet light and observed many instruments, no occupant. Smell of ammonia. (APRO July, 64)

1929

• July, 1929: Robsart (Canada). Five persons, among them Einar Rostivold, saw a huge ball of light giving off fiery colors, 25 km from Robsart. It landed slowly, vanished gradually after illuminating the whole countryside for 30 min. (Fate Jan., 58)
• June 12, 1929 (11:00 PM): Fermeneuve (Canada). Levis Brosseau, 20, was returning home when he saw a dark object with a yellow light and his horse became very nervous. Within 6 m of the object four or five dwarfish figures were running back and forth. He heard their pointed, childlike voices, then saw the dark object take off with a machine-like sound and a rush of air. Estimated size of object: 15 m diameter, 5 m high. (GEPA Dec., 68)

1922

• September 9, 1922: Barmouth (Wales). John Morris and William James saw an object fall into the ocean so slowly that it was thought to be a plane. A boat was sent out, but nothing was found. (Fort 639)
• February 22, 1922 (5:00 AM): Hubbell (Nebraska). William C. Lamb was following strange tracks when he heard a high-pitched sound and saw a circular object intercepting starlight. It became brilliantly lighted and landed in a hollow. Soon afterward, a creature over 2.4 m tall was seen flying from the direction where the object had landed. It left tracks in the snow, which Lamb followed without results. (Anatomy 22)

1921

• 1921: Marseilles (France). Undocumented report of an “abduction” by two beings. (Quincy)

1917

• October, 1917: Youngstown (Pennsylvania). John Boback, 17, was walking along the railroad tracks between Youngstown and Mt. Braddock when he saw a saucer-shaped object with a platform and rows of lights, sitting in a field 30 m to his left. He watched the object for 1-2 min until it took off with a high-pitched sound, rising gradually like a slow plane. Its size was that of an average car. The top of the object was a dome with elongated windows through which figures could be seen. (Hartle 157)

1915

• August 21, 1915: Gallipoli (Turkey). During severe fighting in the Dardanelles, a peculiar cloud engulfed a British regiment, which was never seen again. This was observed by 22 men of the First Field Company, NZ Army Corps, and stated in an affidavit. (Spaceview 45; LDLN 82; Magonia)

1914

• August, 1914: Georgian Bay (Canada). William J. Kiehl and seven other persons saw a spherical craft on the surface of the water. On its deck were two small men wearing green-purple clothes. They seemed to be busy with a hose, plunging it into the water. On the opposite side were three men dressed in light brown, wearing square masks down to their shoulders. Seeing the witnesses, they reentered the craft except for one dwarf, wearing shoes with a curved, pointed tip, who remained outside while the craft rose 3 m above the water and shop upward, leaving a short trail. (199)
• June, 1914 (4:00 AM): Hamburg (Germany). Gustav Herwagen opened the door of his house and saw in a field a shining cigar-shaped object with illuminated windows. Near it were four or five dwarfs 1.20 m tall, clad in light clothing. He approached them, but they went aboard the object as soon as they appeared to be aware of his presence. A door closed, and the craft took off silently, climbing vertically. (Nachrichten April, 62)

1910

• January, 1910 (11:00 PM): Invercargill (New Zealand). Several witnesses━among them the vicar, the mayor, and a policeman━saw a cigar-shaped object hovering at 30 m altitude. A man appeared at a lateral door and was heard shouting some words in an unknown language. The opening closed, and the object accelerated and was lost to sight. (Stuart 24)

1909

• June 16, 1909 (4:10 AM): Donghoi (Annam). An elongated object following a west to east trajectory flew over the town. It gave off a strong light and was seen by two fishermen to plunge into the sea 6 km away from the coast, after a steady flight of about 9 min. (Anatomy 21)
• May 18, 1909 (11:00 PM): Caerphilly (Wales). Mr. Lethbridge was walking along a road near the mountains when he saw on the grass a large tube-like machine. Aboard were two men wearing furs and talking excitedly in a language the witness could not understand. The grass was found depressed at the site after the object had flown off. (198; Anatomy 21)

1908

• 1908: Coast of Delaware. The English ship “Mohican,” piloted by Capt. Urghart, was going to Philadelphia when it was surrounded by a thick, luminous cloud which “magnetized” everything on board. The compass was observed to swing wildly. When seamen tried to move some chains on the bridge, they found that they were glued to the metal floor. Suddenly the cloud rose and was seen above the sea for some time. (197)
• June 30, 1908: Tunguska (Russia). Unexplained explosion in the taiga, equivalent to a thermonuclear blast, sometimes interpreted as the crash of an interstellar vehicle. (Anatomy 18; Challenge 99)

1904

• 1904: Rolling Prairie (Indiana). Tom Darby, with his brother and mother, saw two whitish-blue objects about 400 m away, from a point situated 3 km north of Rolling Prairie. The objects hovered 2 or 3 m above ground, flew toward a barn, came closer to each other, and were hidden from view by a hill. (Hartle 164)

1902

• October 28, 1902 (3:05 AM): Gulf of Guinea. Three persons aboard the “Fort Salisbury,” including Second Officer A. H. Raymer, saw a huge, dark object bearing lights in the sea ahead. It was observed sinking slowly. Estimated length: 200 m. (Fort 642; Anatomy 20)

1897

• May 6, 1897: Hot Springs (Arkansas). Two policemen, Sumpter and McLenore, were riding northwest of Hot Springs when they saw a bright light in the sky. About 7 km farther they saw the light again coming down to the ground. One km farther the horses refused to walk. Two men were seen carrying lights. The lawmen took their rifles, called the strangers, and were told that they crossed the country with a flying craft. The silhouette of the machine, about 20 m long, could be seen in the clearing. There was a woman with an umbrella nearby. It was raining, and the younger of the men was filling a large container with water. The elder man had a beard and suggested that the policemen fly with them “to a place where it does not rain.” The same witnesses went back through the same spot 40 min later and found nothing. (FSR 66, 4; Magonia)
• April 26, 1897: Aquila-Hillsboro (Texas). Approximate date. A lawyer was surprised to see a lighted object fly over. His horse was scared and nearly toppled the carriage. When the main light was turned off, a number of smaller lights became visible on the underside of the dark object, which supported an elongated canopy. It went down toward a hill to the south, 5 km from Aquila. When the witness was on his way back one hour later, he saw the object rising. It reached the altitude of the cloud ceiling and flew to the northeast at a fantastic speed with periodic flashes of light. (195)
• April 25, 1897 (Evening): Merkel (Texas). People returning from church observed a heavy object being dragged along the ground by a rope attached to a flying craft. The rope got caught in a railroad track. The craft was too high for its structure to be visible but protrusions and a light could be distinguished. After about 10 min a man came down along the rope, cut the end free, and went back aboard the craft, which flew away toward the northeast. The man was small and dressed in a light-blue uniform. (194; Magonia)
• April 23, 1897: McKinney Bayou (Arkansas). Judge Lawrence A. Byrne of Texarkana, Arkansas, was surveying a tract of land when he saw a peculiar object anchored on the ground. “It was manned by three men who spoke a foreign language, but judging from their looks, one would take them to be Japs.” (Farish, in Allende Letters (Award Special, 1968))
• April 22, 1897 (Midnight): Josserand (Texas). Franck Nichols, who lived 3 km east of Josserand and was one of its most respected citizens, was awakened by a machine noise. Looking outside, he saw a heavy, lighted object land in his wheat field. He walked toward it, was stopped by two men who asked permission to draw water from his well. He then had a discussion with a half-dozen men, the crew of the strange machine. He was told how it worked but could not follow the explanation. (193; Magonia)
• April 22, 1897 (11:30 PM): Rockland (Texas). John M. Barclay was intrigued when his dog barked furiously and a high-pitched noise was heard. He went out, saw a flying object circling 5 m above ground. Elongated with protrusions and blinding lights, it went dark when it landed. Barclay was met by a man who told him his purpose was peaceful and requested some common hardware items to repair the craft. He paid with a ten-dollar bill and took off “like a bullet out of a gun.” (192; Magonia)
• April 20, 1897 (6:00 PM): Homan (Arkansas). Capt. James Hooton was hunting in the vicinity of Homan when he heard the noise of a steam engine and found an object in a clearing. It looked like a cylinder with pointed ends, lateral wheels, and horizontal blades over it. Hooton spoke with a man who wore dark glasses and walked behind the craft. There were three or four occupants. The witness was told this was indeed “The Airship” and that it used compressed air for propulsion. Hooton saw the wheels spin as the craft rose and flew away. (FSR 66, 4; Magonia)
• April 19, 1897 (10:30 PM): Leroy (Kansas). Alexander Hamilton was awakened by a noise among the cattle and went out with his son and his tenant. They saw an elongated cigar-shaped object, about 100 m long with a transparent cabin underneath showing narrow reddish bands, hovering 10 m above ground. They approached within 50 m of it. It was illuminated and equipped with a searchlight. Inside it were “six of the strangest beings” the witness had seen, also described as “hideous.” They spoke a language no witness could understand. A cow was dragged away by the object with the help of a strong red cable; it was found butchered in a field the next day. (Anatomy 16; Magonia)
• April 17, 1897 (Morning): Williamston (Michigan). At least a dozen farmers saw an object maneuver in the sky for an hour before it landed. A strange man near 3 m tall, almost naked and suffering from the heat, was the pilot of the craft. “His talk, while musical, seemed to be a repetition of bellowings.” One farmer went near him and received a blow that broke his hip. (196)
• April 16, 1897: Downs Township (Illinois). Approximate date. While working in his field, Haney Savidge saw an aerial craft land near him. Six people emerged from it and spoke to him for a few minutes before leaving again. (191)
• April 15, 1897: Springfield (Illinois). Two farm workers, Adolph Winkle and John Hulle, saw a strange craft in a field. They had a discussion with its occupants, a woman and two men, and were told the ship had flown from Quincy to Springfield in 30 min and that the crew was making electrical repairs. (FSR 65, 1)
• April 15, 1897 (9:00 PM): Perry Springs (Missouri). A passenger train on the Wabash line, going toward Quincy, was followed by a low-flying object for 15 min between Perry Springs and Hersman. All the passengers saw the craft, which had a red and white light. After Hersman it flew ahead of the train and disappeared rapidly, although the train was then running at 65 km/h. (190)
• April 15, 1897 (Nightfall): Howard-Artesian (South Dakota). A flying object coming closer and closer to the ground followed a train, as reported by the engineer, Joe Wright. (FSR 66, 4)
• April 15, 1897 (Morning): Linn Grove (Iowa). A large object was seen to fly slowly toward the north. It seemed ready to land and five men (F. G. Ellis, James Evans, David Evans, Joe Croaskey, Benjamin Buland) drove toward it. About 7 km north of Linn Grove, they found the craft on the ground, came within 700 m of it, but it “spread its four giant wings and rose towards the North.” Two strange figures aboard the craft made efforts to conceal themselves. Witnesses were surprised at the length of their hair. Most residents of Linn Grove saw the craft in flight. (190)
• April 14, 1897: Cleveland (Ohio). Joseph Singler, captain of the “Sea Wing,” was fishing with S. H. Davis, of Detroit, when they saw on the lake what they thought was a ship, about 13 m long, with a canopy. A man, about 25 years old, wearing a hunting jacket and a cap, was fishing from the deck of the object. Near him were a woman and a 10-year-old child. When the “Sea Wing” came close to the craft, a large, colored balloon rose from the object, which flew up with it to an altitude of about 150 m and circled “like a hawk” before flying away. (189)
• April 14, 1897 (3:00 PM): Gas City (Indiana). An object landed 2 km south of Gas City on the property of John Roush, terrifying the farmers and causing the horses and cattle to stampede. Six occupants of the ship came out and seemed to make some repairs. Before the crowd could approach the object, it rose rapidly and flew toward the east. (188)
• April 12, 1897 (6:00 PM): Girard, near Green Ridge (Illinois). A large crowd of miners saw an unknown object land 3 km north of Green Ridge and 4 km south of Girard. The night operator of the Chicago-and-Alton Railroad, Paul McCramer, stated that he came sufficiently close to the craft to see a man emerge from it to repair the machinery. Traces were found over a large area. The object itself was elongated like a ship with a roof and a double canopy. It left toward the north. (186, 187)
• April 12, 1897 (2:30 PM): Nilwood (Illinois). On the property of Z. Thacker, 19 km north of Carlinville, an unknown object landed. Before the three witnesses could reach it, the craft, which was shaped like a cigar with a dome, rose slowly and left majestically toward the north. Witnesses: Edward Teeples, William Street and Franklin Metcalf. (186; Anatomy 12)
• April 1, 1897 (9:00 PM): Everest (Kansas). The whole town saw an object fly under the cloud ceiling. It came down slowly, then flew away very fast to the southeast. When directly over the town it swept the ground with its powerful light. It was seen to rise up at fantastic speed until barely discernible, then to come down again and sweep low over the witnesses. At one point it remained stationary for 5 min at the edge of a low cloud, which it illuminated. All could clearly see the silhouette of the craft. (FSR 66, 4)
• March 28, 1897 (10:30 PM): Omaha (Nebraska). The majority of the population observed an object arriving from the southeast. It looked like a huge light, flew northwestward slowly, came to low altitude. A crowd gathered at a street corner to watch it. (185)
• March 26, 1897 (Night): Sioux City (Iowa). Approximate date. Robert Hibbard was caught by an anchor dropped from an unknown flying machine 22 km north of the town. He was dragged over 10 m and fell as his clothes were torn. (FSR 66, 4)

1896

• 1896: Arolla, near Zermatt (Swiss Alps). Author Aleister Crowley was walking in the mountains when he suddenly saw two little men. He made a gesture to them, but they did not seem to pay attention and disappeared among the rocks. (Magick Without Tears, by A. Crowley)

1887

• November 12, 1887 (Midnight): Cape Race (Atlantic Ocean). A huge sphere of fire was observed rising out of the ocean by witnesses aboard the “Siberian”. It rose to an altitude of 16 m, flew against the wind, and came close to the ship, then “dashed off” toward the southeast. Duration: 5 min. (LDLN 48; Anatomy 14)

1885

• November 2, 1885 (Dawn): Scutari (Turkey). A luminous object circled the harbor. Altitude: 5-6 m. Illuminated the whole town. Duration: 1-1½ min, as a bluish-green flame. Then plunged into the sea. Made several circles above the ferry-boat pier. (LDLN 48; Anatomy 14)

1881

• June 11, 1881 (4:00 AM): Between Melbourne and Sydney at sea (Australia). The two sons of the Prince of Wales, one of them the future king of England, were cruising aboard “La Bacchante” when an object resembling a fully lighted ship was seen (“a phantom vessel all aglow”). (Fort 637; Anatomy 12)

1880

• 1880: Eastern Venezuela. A 14-year-old boy saw a luminous ball descending from the sky and hovering near him. He felt somehow “drawn” to it, but succeeded in backing away in spite of his terror. (Lor. III 206)
• March 26, 1880 (Evening): Lamy (New Mexico). Four men walking near Galisteo Junction were surprised as they heard voices coming from a “strange balloon,” which flew over them. It was shaped like a fish and seemed to be guided by a large fan-like device. There were eight to ten figures aboard. Their language was not understood. The object flew low over Galisteo Junction and rose rapidly toward the east. (FSR 65, 3)

1879

• May 15, 1879 (9:40PM): Persian Gulf. Two very large “wheels” were seen spinning in the air and slowly coming to the surface of the sea. Estimated diameter: 40 m. Distance between the objects: 150 m. Speed: 80 km/h. Duration: 35 min. Witnesses aboard the ship “Vultur.” (Roundup 147; Anatomy 12)

1877

• 1877: Aldershot (Great Britain). A strange being dressed in tight-fitting clothes and shining helmet soared over the heads of two sentries, who fired without result. The apparition stunned them with something described as “blue fire.” (FSR 61, 3; Magonia)

1872

• December 7, 1872 (1:00 AM): Banbury (Great Britain). At King’s Sutton an object resembling a haystack flew on an irregular course. Sometimes high, sometimes very low, it was accompanied by fire and dense smoke. It produced the same effect as a tornado, felling trees and walls. It suddenly vanished. (Fort 189)

1868

• July, 1868: Copiago (Chile). A strange “aerial construction” bearing lights and making engine noises flew low over this town. Local people also described it as a giant bird covered with large scales producing a metallic noise. Although not an actual landing, this is the first instance of close observation of an unknown object at low altitude in the nineteenth century. (Fort 638; Anatomy 11)

References & Sources:

• Passport to Magonia by Jacques Vallée

List of Press References:

1. Diario de Noticias, Aug. 25, 1965
2. Sunday Dispatch, June 13, 1954
3. Verdens Gang, unknown date
4. L’Yonne Républicaine, Sept. 28, 1954
5. Dépêche de Tunisie, Oct. 14, 1954
6. Le Figaro, Sept. 9, 1954
7. Le Parisien, Combat, L’Aurore, Sept. 14, 1954; Paris-Presse, Sept. 16, 1954
8. Le Parisien, Combat, Le Figaro, Sept. 13, 1954
9. Lincoln Star, late Sept., 1954
10. Le Parisien, Sept. 29, 1954
11. Le Figaro, La Croix, France-Soir, Le Parisien, Sept. 30, 1954
12. Le Parisien, Sept. 23, 1954
13. Le Figaro, Sept. 27, 1954; Paris-Presse, La Croix, Sept. 28, 1954
14. L’Yonne Républicaine, Le Parisien, Sept. 28, 1954; Paris-Presse, Sept. 29, 1954
15. Paris-Presse, Sept. 28, 1954
16. Le Parisien, Sept. 27, 1954
17. Le Figaro, Combat, Le Parisien, Sept. 30, 1954
18. Paris-Presse, Le Figaro, France-Soir, Oct. 2, 1954
19. France-Soir, Oct. 2, 1954
20. Ici-Paris, Oct. 11, 1954; Le Parisien, Oct. 1, 1954; Paris-Presse, Oct. 1, 1954
21. Haut-Marnais, Oct. 2, 1954
22. Berry Républicain, Sept. 29, 1954
23. Le Parisien, L’Aurore, Combat, Sept. 30, 1954
24. Le Parisien, Sept. 28, 1954; Paris-Presse, Sept. 29, 1954; La Croix, Sept. 30, 1954
25. Ici-Paris, Oct. 11, 1954; France-Soir, Oct. 3, 1954
26. Le Figaro, Oct. 2, 1954; La Croix, France-Soir, Oct. 3, 1954; AFP, Sept. 30, 1954
27. Le Parisien, Oct. 2, 1954; France-Soir, Oct. 3, 1954
28. Sud-Ouest, about Oct. 2, 1954
29. Combat, Nov. 3, 1954
30. Le Figaro, Le Parisien, Oct. 2, 1954; La Croix, France-Soir, Paris-Presse, Oct. 3, 1954
31. Le Figaro, Oct. 6, 1954; France-Soir, Oct. 7 and 8, 1954
32. Le Figaro, Oct. 4, 1954; France-Soir, Libération, La Croix, Oct. 5, 1954
33. Bourgogne Républicaine, Oct. 3, 1954
34. Franc-Tireur, La Croix, France-Soir, Le Figaro, Oct. 7, 1954
35. France-Soir, Oct. 7, 1954
36. Combat, La Croix, France-Soir, Le Figaro, Paris-Presse, Oct. 6, 1954
37. Franc-Tireur, L’Aurore, Libération, Oct. 7, 1954; France-Soir, Paris-Presse, Oct. 8, 1954
38. Le Parisien, Oct. 7, 1954
39. Combat, L’Aurore, France-Soir, Oct. 8, 1954; Journal du Dimanche, Oct. 10, 1954
40. AFP, Oct. 7, 1954
41. France-Soir, Oct. 10, 1954
42. France-Soir, Oct. 9, 1954
43. Paris-Presse, Le Figaro, Oct. 13, 1954
44. L’Aurore, Le Parisien, Oct. 11, 1954
45. Le Figaro, Oct. 11, 1954
46. Ouest-France, Oct. 12, 1954
47. Le Parisien, Combat, Le Figaro, Oct. 12, 1954; Paris-Presse, Oct. 13, 1954
48. Paris-Presse, Oct. 12, 1954
49. France-Soir, Oct. 12, 1954
50. Sud-Ouest, Oct. 9, 1954
51. Journal de l’Orient, Oct. 11, 1954; Le Parisien, Oct. 12, 1954
52. Ettela’at, Oct. 15, 1954
53. France-Soir, Oct. 30, 1954
54. France-Soir, Oct. 21, 1954
55. France-Soir, Le Figaro, Oct. 14, 1954
56. Le Figaro, Oct. 13, 1954
57. Libération, Le Parisien, Oct. 14, 1954
58. L’Aurore, Oct. 13, 1954
59. France-Soir, Oct. 17, 1954; Dépêche de Tunisie, Oct. 16, 1954
60. Le Parisien, Oct. 13, 1954
61. Paris-Presse, Oct. 14, 1954
62. La Croix, Oct. 16, 1954
63. Paris-Presse, Libération, Oct. 15, 1954
64. Sud-Ouest, Oct. 12, 1954
65. Paris-Presse, France-Soir, Oct. 17, 1954
66. Sud-Ouest, Oct. 17, 1954
67. Il Tempo, Oct. 16, 1954; Il Momento Sera, Giornale d’Italia, Oct. 17, 1954; Le Soir, Oct. 20, 1954
68. Paris-Presse, Oct. 21, 1954
69. France-Soir, La Croix, Oct. 17, 1954
70. Combat, La Croix, Oct. 20, 1954
71. Paris-Presse, Oct. 19, 1954
72. France-Soir, Le Soir, Oct. 20, 1954
73. La Croix, Paris-Presse, Oct. 20, 1954
74. France-Soir, Paris-Presse, Oct. 21, 1954
75. Paris-Presse, Oct. 22, 1954
76. France-Soir, Oct. 23, 1954
77. Le Soir, Oct. 25, 1954
78. France-Soir, Oct. 22, 1954
79. France-Soir, Le Soir, Oct. 24, 1954
80. L’Aurore, Oct. 22, 1954
81. France-Soir, Oct. 26, 1954
82. Giornale d’Italia, Oct. 31, 1954
83. Il Tempo, Il Messagero, Oct. 16 and 17, 1954
84. Il Tempo, Giornale d’Italia, Oct. 17, 1954
85. Il Tempo, Il Messagero, Momento Sera, Oct. 20, 1954
86. Il Messagero, Oct. 21, 1954
87. Il Messagero, Oct. 24, 1954
88. Il Giornale d’Italia, Oct. 22, 1954
89. Il Tempo, Il Messagero, Oct. 23, 1954
90. Oltre il Cielo—Missili e Razzi, Vol. I, p. 445
91. France-Soir, Oct. 27, 1954
92. Le Parisien, Oct. 28, 1954
93. Momento Sera, Oct. 29, 1954
94. Il Giornale d’Italia, Oct. 28, 1954
95. Maroc-Presse, Nov. 4, 1954
96. Le Parisien, Nov. 8, 1954; Combat, Nov. 8, 1954
97. Giornale d’Italia, Nov. 1, 1954; Il Tempo, Nov. 18, 1954
98. Combat, Nov. 23, 1954; Paris-Presse, Nov. 24, 1954
99. Le Soir, Nov. 15, 1954
100. Settimana Incom., June 17, 1962
101. Il Messagero, Dec. 5, 1954
102. Il Tempo, July 12, 1963
103. Sud-Ouest, Dec. 31, 1954
104. Flying Saucers, Sept. 1962, p. 34
105. Franc-Tireur, Aug. 3, 1955
106. L’Humanité, Sept. 28, 1956
107. Grey River Argus, Jan. 15, 1957
108. Milford Dispatch, Dec. 19, 1957
109. Nord-Matin, Liberté, Nord-Eclair, May 12, 1957
110. O Globo (Rio), Sept. 14, 1957
111. Berry Républicain, Oct. 12, 1957
112. Casper Tribune Herald, Nov. 5, 1957; Cheyenne Eagle, Nov. 6, 1957
113. Chicago Daily News, Nov. 4, 1957; Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 5, 1957
114. Knoxville News Sentinel, Nov. 6, 1957
115. Meridian Star, Nov. 7, 1957; Jackson State Times, Nov. 8, 1957
116. Sunday Mail, Nov. 10, 1957
117. Albany Times Union, Nov. 9, 1957
118. Painesville Telegraph, Nov. 27, 1957
119. Ouest-France, Sept. 4, 1958
120. Tees-Side UFO Res. Group, I, 5, Mar., 1959
121. Flying Saucers, 28 (Nov. 1962), pp. 17-26 (Lorenzen)
122. Courrier Interplanétaire, no. 56
123. Australian Flying Saucer Review, I, 1 (Jan., 1960)
124. Nelson Evening Mail, July 22, 1959
125. Vancouver Sun, Oct. 5, 1959
126. Dauphiné Libéré, May 9, 1960
127. Paris-Presse, Aug. 6, 1960; Ouest-France, Aug. 5, 1960
128. Sud-Ouest, Sept. 3, 1960
129. La Razon, Oct. 24, 1960
130. London Daily Express, Nov. 12, 1960
131. Le Maine Libre, Nov. 19, 1960; Paris-Jour, Nov. 20, 1960
132. La Nacion, May 24, 1962
133. La Razon, May 15, 1962
134. La Razon, May 19, 1962
135. La Reforma, May 25, 1962
136. O Diario (Belo Horizonte), Aug. 3, 1962
137. London Times, Sept. 15. 1962
138. Corriere Milanese, Dec. 19, 1962; Le Figaro, Dec. 20, 1962
139. France-Soir, Dec. 21, 1962
140. Lancashire Evening Post, Dec. 21, 1962
141. Melbourne Age, July 10, 1963
142. Momenta Sera, Jan. 9/10, 1963
143. Gazzeta del Mezzogiorno, Jan. 15, 1963; Il Tempo, Jan. 15, 1963
144. Momento Sera, Feb. 21, 1963
145. Le Figaro, Oct. 24, 1963; Corriere de le Sera, Ouest-France, Oct. 25, 1963
146. Die Brandwag, Jan. 10, 1964
147. Radio-Gabon broadcast, Jan. 2, 1963; France Culture broadcast, Dec. 26, 1963; Étoile du Congo, Jan. 7, 1964
148. Oklahoma City Times, Sept. 16, 1964
149. Press and Evening Post, Feb. 4/5, 1965
150. Gaceta Ilustrada, July 31, 1965
151. La Razon, July 8, 1965
152. Paris-Jour, July 12, 1965
153. Belfast Newsletter, July 20, 1965; Nice-Matin, July 19, 1965
154. Jornal do Brasil, Aug. 4, 1965
155. France-Soir, July 25, 1965
156. Nice-Matin, Aug. 3, 1965
157. Nice-Matin, Aug. 2, 1965
158. El Territorio, Sept. 2, 1965
159. Chicago Tribune, Sept. 14, 1965
160. Buffalo Evening News, Sept. 28, 1965
161. Dépêche de Toulouse, Jan. 19, 1966
162. Paris-Jour, May 18, 1966
163. Espoir de Nice, June 18, 1966
164. El Noticio Universal, July 8, 1966
165. Richmond Times Dispatch, July 28, 1966
166. Le Figaro, Aug. 3, 1966
167. U.F.O.I.C. Newsletter, June, 1967
168. Houston Tribune, Jan. 19, 1967
169. Chicago Sun-Times, Nov. 4, 1966
170. Baltimore News-American, Feb. 25, 1967
171. Le Figaro, Mar. 9, 1967
172. Diario da Noite, Mar. 27, 1967
173. Altona Red River Valley Echo, Apr. 19, 1967
174. The Columbian (New Warminster), Apr. 3, 1967
175. Miami Herald, Apr. 3, 1967
176. National Enquirer, June 25, 1967
177. Kitchener—Waterloo Record, Apr. 27, 1967
178. Edmonton Journal, May 8, 1967
179. France-Soir, May 12, 1967; Le Parisien, May 11, 1967
180. National Enquirer, Aug. 27, 1967
181. Cincinnati Enquirer, June 12, 1967
182. Est-Républicain; France-Soir, July 20, 1967
183. Ouest-France, July 13, 1967
184. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Aug. 3, 1967
185. Chicago Times-Herald, Mar. 30, 1897
186. Chicago Times-Herald, Apr. 14, 1897
187. Chicago Record, Apr. 14, 1897
188. Chicago Chronicle, Apr. 15, 1897
189. Chicago Tribune, Apr. 16, 1897
190. Chicago Times-Herald, Apr. 16, 1897
191. Chicago Times-Herald, Apr. 17, 1897
192. Houston Post, Apr. 22, 1897
193. Houston Post, Apr. 26, 1897
194. Houston Post, Apr. 28, 1897
195. Dallas Morning News, Apr. 28, 1897
196. Lansing State Republican, Apr., 1897
197. New York Herald, 1908. Exact date unknown.
198. London Daily Mail, May 20, 1909
199. El Paso Times, Mar. 1, 1967
200. Amarillo Sunday News Globe, Apr. 9, 1950

Periodicals:

• AMUFO: American UFO Committee, 2875 Sequoyah Drive, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia
• APRO: Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, 3910 E. Kleindale Rd., Tucson, Arizona
• Austr. FSR: P.O. Box E170, St. James, Sydney 2001, Australia
• BUFORA: British UFO Research Association, Mr. Holt, Claremont Rd., Claygate, Surrey, England
• CODOVNI: Comision Observadora de Objetos Volantes no Identificados, Casilla de Correo 2560, Buenos Aires, Argentina
• FS: Flying Saucers, Ray Palmer, Amherst, Wisconsin
• FSR: Flying Saucer Review, 21 Cecil Court, Charing Cross Rd., London W.C.2, England
• GEPA: Groupement d’Étude des Phénomènes Aériens, 69 rue de la Tombe-Issoire, Paris 14, France
• Gribble: The NICAP Reporter, Robert Gribble, 5108 South Findlay St., Seattle 18, Washington
• IIR: Interplanetary Intelligence Report, Mr. Hewes, 3005 W. Eubanks, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• LDLN: Lumières dans la Nuit, “Les Pins,” 43 Le-Chambon-sur-Lignon, France
• Nachrichten: UFO Nachrichten, 62 Wiesbaden, Schierstein, Milanstrasse 5, Germany
• NICAP: National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, 1536 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
• Ouranos: Marc Thirouin, 51 rue des Alpes, 26-Valence, France
• Saucer News: P.O. Box 163, Fort Lee, New Jersey
• SBEDV: Sociadade Brasileira da Estudos Sobre Discos Voadores, Walter Buhler, Rua Sen. Pedro Vehldo 50, A.P. 201, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Spaceview: New Zealand Scientific Space Research, P.O. Box 21.007, Henderson, New Zealand
• SS&S: Saucers, Space, and Science, Mr. Duplantier, 17 Shetland St., Willowdale, Ontario, Canada
• UFO Bulletin: Discontinued publication of the Australian FS Bureau

Authors and Editions Quoted:

• Anatomy: Vallee: Anatomy of a Phenomenon (Regnery, 1965)
• Barker: They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers (University, 1956)
• Binder: What We Really Know About Flying Saucers (Fawcett, 1968)
• Carrouges: Les Apparitions de Martiens (Fayard, 1964)
• Challenge: Vallee: Challenge to Science (Regnery, 1966)
• Condon: Scientific Study of UFOs (Bantam, 1969)
• Constance: The Inexplicable Sky (Citadel, 1956)
• Edwards: Flying Saucers, Serious Business (Stuart, Lyle, 1966)
• Evidence: Hall: UFO Evidence (NICAP, 1964)
• Fort: The Books of Charles Fort (Holt, 1941)
• Fuller: Incident at Exeter (Putnam, 1967)
• Guieu: Les SV Viennent d’un Autre Monde (Fleuve Noir, 1954)
• Hartle: A Carbon Experiment (118 Oberreich St., La Porte, Indiana 46350)
• Humanoids: Special issue of Flying Saucer Review for October, 1966
• Keyhoe C: Keyhoe: The Flying Saucer Conspiracy (Holt, 1955)
• Keyhoe S: Keyhoe: Flying Saucer Top Secret (Holt, 1959)
• Lor. I: Lorenzen: The Great Flying Saucer Hoax (Private, 1962)
• Lor. II: Lorenzen: Flying Saucer Occupants (Signet, 1966)
• Lor. III: Lorenzen: UFOs over the Americas (Signet, 1968)
• Magonia: Vallee: Passport to Magonia (Regnery, 1969)
• M: Michel: Flying Saucers and the Straight-Line Mystery (S.G. Phillips, 1958)
• Perego: Sono Extraterrestri, etc. (1958)
• Plantier: La Propulsion des SV (Maine, 1954)
• Round-up: The Flying Saucer Review World Round-up of UFO Sightings (Citadel, 1958)
• Ruppelt: Report on UFOs (Ace, 1956)
• Sanderson: Uninvited Visitors (Cowles, 1967)
• Stuart: UFO Warning (publisher and year unknown)
• Wilkins A: Wilkins: Flying Saucers on the Attack (Citadel, 1954)
• Wilkins U: Wilkins: Flying Saucers Uncensored (Pyramid, 1967)