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The Cock Lane Ghost ("Scratching Fanny") and the Johnson Committee
January 1762 · Cock Lane, Smithfield, City of London
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 40 sources
22Thinly documented
Loch Ness Monster: the Surgeon's Photograph
c. 1934 · North shore of Loch Ness along the A82, near the Altsaigh (Alltsigh) Burn, about 2-3 miles northeast of Invermoriston, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 43 sources · 3 photos
22Thinly documented
Twin Falls saucer hoax
July 11, 1947 · T. H. Thompson residence, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources · 1 photos
28Thinly documented
The Aztec Crashed Saucer Hoax
March 1948 · Hart Canyon mesa, about 12 miles northeast of Aztec, San Juan County, New Mexico
UAP · Disc / saucer · 74 sources
29Thinly documented
The Little Green Men of Steep Rock Lake
July 2, 1950 · Sawbill Bay, near Steep Rock Lake, Atikokan, Ontario
UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources
7Thinly documented
Cedric Allingham's Flying Saucer from Mars, Lossiemouth, 1954
February 18, 1954 · Near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources
9Thinly documented
The Domsten Encounter (Domsten Blobs), 1958
December 20, 1958 · Clearing beside the road between Helsingborg and Domsten, Skåne
UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources
10Thinly documented
The Alex Birch Flying Saucer Photograph, Mosborough
March 1962 · Field near the British Oak pub, Mosborough, near Sheffield (then Derbyshire), England
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources · 3 photos
26Thinly documented
San José de Valderas landing and photographs (Ummo affair)
June 1, 1967 · Castillos de San José de Valderas (now Parque de los Castillos), Alcorcón, Madrid
UAP · Disc / saucer · 44 sources · 1 photos
39Partially documented
The Great British Flying Saucer Hoax: Six Saucers Across Southern England (1967)
September 4, 1967 · Southern England, a line from the Isle of Sheppey, Kent to Clevedon, Somerset
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources
37Partially documented
The Vidal Teleportation Hoax: Chascomús to Mexico (1968)
May 1968 · National Route 2, outskirts of Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province (alleged reappearance near Mexico City)
UAP · Unknown · 18 sources
9Thinly documented
The Cergy-Pontoise Abduction: Franck Fontaine Vanishes for a Week
November 26, 1979 · Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise
UAP · Sphere · 23 sources
22Thinly documented
The Kalahari UFO Crash Hoax
May 7, 1989 · Kalahari Desert, about 80 km north of the South Africa-Botswana border
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
6Thinly documented
Morristown UFO hoax
January 5, 2009 · Morristown and Cedar Knolls, Morris County, New Jersey
UAP · Formation · 25 sources · 1 photos
42Partially documented
Jerusalem Dome of the Rock UFO Videos
January 28, 2011 · Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount, Old City of Jerusalem (filmed from the Armon Hanatziv promenade)
UAP · Orb / light · 27 sources
9Thinly documented