Historical Sightings
1966
• Australia, Horseshoe Lagoon: 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.
• Australia, Wycheproof: 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 rainbow like up to an altitude of 7 m. Top and bottom diameters: 3 and 1 m respectively. The object producing the light flew away.
• Brazil, Atafona Campos: 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.
• Brazil, Niteroi: 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.
• Canada, Hamilton: 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.
• Canada, Harrow: 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.
• Canada, Summerside: 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.
• France, Attigneville: 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.
• France, Bar-sur-Loup: The Mayor of Bar-sur-Loup, Leon Barbier, saw a large, round object with yellow and green lights on a hilltop.
• France, Bolazec: 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.
• France, Le Rouret: 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.
• France, Montsoreau: 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.
• France, Rebouillon: Rene Pebre and two others were driving back from Draguignan when they saw a gray oval, metallic object, about 5 m long, hovering at 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.
• Italy, Pontedera: 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.
• Peru, Chaclacayo: Several persons reported seeing a very small creature leaving a luminous trail, quietly walking along the streets, while children and adults panicked.
• Spain, Aluche: 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.
• Spain, Cordoba: 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.
• Spain, Aluche: 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.
• USA, Alabama, Wilmer: 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.
• USA, California, Heraldsburg: 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 witness had inflamed eyes for several days.
• USA, California, San Francisco: 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.
• USA, Colorado, Daniels Park: 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.
• USA, Connecticut, Norwalk: Mike Dorsey and Gary Hunt, 12 were walking to school when they saw ac 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.
• USA, Connecticut, Westport: 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 degree inclination, rose, made a right-angle turn, and changed color (white to yellow to blue to green) as it accelerated.
• USA, Florida, Fort Pierce: 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.
• USA, Florida, Hague: 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.
• USA, Idaho, Rexburg: 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.
• USA, Illinois, Hanna City: 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. ”
• USA, Illinois, Newton: A 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.
• USA, Indiana, Lexisburg: 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.
• USA, Indiana, Rushville: Several young witnesses reported seeing an unidentified object at low altitude.
• USA, Louisiana, Haynesville: 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.
• USA, Maine, Bangor: 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.
• USA, Maine, Brunswick Naval Air Station: 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.
• USA, Maine, Kittery: A landed object was observed through binoculars by four persons. It took off, hovered for a while, and left.
• USA, Maryland, Potomac: 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.
• USA, Massachusetts, Ashby: 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.
• USA, Massachusetts, Bellingham: 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.
• USA, Massachusetts, Beverly: A child saw a blinding, multicolored 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 stationary above the school building. TV reception was blurred throughout the observation.
• USA, Massachusetts, Cranes Beach: 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.
• USA, Massachusetts, Dorchester: 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 Wendelle Holmes grammar school after a series of maneuvers.
• USA, Massachusetts, Peabody: 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.
• USA, Michigan, Ann Arbor: College coeds at the dorm in Ann Arbor have repeated sightings of UFOs.
• USA, Minnesota, Bagley: 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.
• USA, Michigan, Battle Creek: 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.
• USA, Massachusetts, Bellingham: 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.