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Frederick William Birmingham's Parramatta Park Ark
July 25, 1868 · Parramatta Park, Parramatta, New South Wales
UAP · Other · 19 sources
13Thinly documented
Aurora, Texas Airship Crash
April 17, 1897 · Aurora, Wise County, Texas
UAP · Cigar · 70 sources
33Partially documented
The Trinity UFO Crash Claim
August 16, 1945 · Padilla ranch, west of San Antonio, Socorro County, New Mexico (near Interstate 25 exit 139)
UAP · Egg · 62 sources
21Thinly documented
The Ängelholm Landing (Gösta Carlsson)
May 18, 1946 · Clearing in Kronoskogen, south of Ängelholm, Skåne
UAP · Disc / saucer · 41 sources
26Thinly 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 Oskar Linke Landing at Haselbach
June 17, 1950 · Near Haselbach, by Gleimershausen, Thuringia (Soviet Zone)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 31 sources
37Partially documented
Daniel Fry's White Sands Saucer Ride
July 4, 1950 · White Sands Proving Ground, near Las Cruces, New Mexico
Alien · Disc / saucer · 32 sources
22Thinly documented
George Adamski's Desert Center Contact
November 20, 1952 · Colorado Desert, about 10 miles from Desert Center on the road toward Parker, Arizona, Riverside County, California
Alien · Being / humanoid · 46 sources
39Partially documented
Salvador Villanueva Medina and the Trip to Venus
c. 1953 · Near Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, on the Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo highway
Alien · Being / humanoid · 24 sources
23Thinly 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 French UFO Wave of 1954 (la vague de 1954)
September 1954 · France, nationwide (Quarouble, Prémanon, Marcilly-sur-Vienne, Biot, Ambleteuse, Bélesta and hundreds of other communes)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources · 1 photos
45Partially documented
Marius Dewilde landing at Quarouble
September 10, 1954 · Level crossing No. 79, Quarouble, Nord, near Valenciennes
UAP · Other · 30 sources
35Partially documented
The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
August 21, 1955 · Farmhouse near Kelly, Christian County, Kentucky (about eight miles north of Hopkinsville)
Alien · Being / humanoid · 41 sources
35Partially documented
Elizabeth Klarer and Akon of Meton
April 1956 · Flying Saucer Hill, near Rosetta, Natal (KwaZulu-Natal), Drakensberg foothills
Alien · Being / humanoid · 30 sources · 2 photos
29Thinly documented
The Antônio Villas Boas Abduction
October 15, 1957 · Villas Boas family farm near São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais
UAP · Egg · 64 sources
25Thinly documented
The Silpho Moor Flying Saucer, Scarborough 1957
c. 1957 · Silpho Moor, near Reasty Bank and Broxa Forest, north-west of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources · 1 photos
40Partially documented
The Levelland UFO Case
November 2, 1957 · Levelland, Hockley County, Texas
UAP · Egg · 56 sources
44Partially 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
Joe Simonton's Space Pancakes, Eagle River, Wisconsin
April 18, 1961 · Joe Simonton's farm, four miles from Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin
UAP · Disc / saucer · 26 sources
26Thinly documented
The Nevada Fireball: The Las Vegas UFO Crash of 1962
April 18, 1962 · Las Vegas and Nellis AFB, Nevada, with reports from New York, Colorado, Utah and Reno
UAP · Other · 36 sources
57Partially documented
The Lonnie Zamora Incident, Socorro
April 24, 1964 · Arroyo on the southern outskirts of Socorro, near the town dynamite shack, Socorro County, New Mexico
UAP · Egg · 55 sources
42Partially documented
Cisco Grove Encounter, California 1964
September 4, 1964 · Tahoe National Forest near Cisco Grove, Placer County, California
UAP · Being / humanoid · 27 sources
22Thinly documented
The Dwikora UFOs: Anti-Aircraft Fire Over East Java, 1964
September 18, 1964 · Surabaya, Malang and Bangkalan (Madura), East Java
UAP · Other · 22 sources
37Partially documented
The Fishersville Landing: Horace Burns on Route 250
December 21, 1964 · US Route 250 near Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia (filed as Harrisonburg, Virginia)
UAP · Other · 29 sources
33Partially documented
The John F. Reeves "Robot" Landing, Brooksville
March 2, 1965 · Scrubland between Brooksville and Weeki Wachee, Hernando County, Florida
Alien · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
29Thinly documented
Valensole Encounter (Maurice Masse)
July 1, 1965 · L'Olivol lavender field, near Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (then Basses-Alpes)
UAP · Egg · 51 sources
42Partially documented
Kecksburg UFO Incident
December 9, 1965 · Kecksburg, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
UAP · Other · 58 sources · 1 photos
57Partially documented
Westall School UFO Sighting
April 6, 1966 · Westall High School and The Grange, Clayton South, Melbourne, Victoria
UAP · Disc / saucer · 53 sources
44Partially documented
The Andreasson Affair: Betty Andreasson Abduction
January 25, 1967 · South Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Alien · Being / humanoid · 35 sources
20Thinly documented
Malmstrom AFB Echo and Oscar Flight Missile Shutdowns
March 16, 1967 · Echo Flight missile complex between Hilger and Winifred, near Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana
UAP · Disc / saucer · 47 sources
36Partially documented
The Falcon Lake Incident
May 20, 1967 · Rock outcrop north of Falcon Lake, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba
UAP · Disc / saucer · 57 sources
44Partially 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 Anolaima Encounter: Arcesio Bermúdez and the Light Over Casateja
July 4, 1969 · Casateja farm, vereda Tocarema, between Anolaima and Cachipay, Cundinamarca
UAP · Sphere · 29 sources
19Thinly documented
The Ngātea Mystery Circle
September 4, 1969 · O'Neill farm, near Ngātea, Hauraki Plains, Waikato
UAP · Unknown · 20 sources · 6 photos
39Partially documented
Fort Beaufort police shooting at a UFO, Braeside farm (1972)
June 26, 1972 · Braeside farm, near Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape (then Cape Province)
UAP · Cylinder · 17 sources
30Partially documented
The 1973 UFO Flap: The Autumn of Aliens
c. 1973 · Southern and Midwestern United States (Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana)
UAP · Other · 37 sources
69Well documented
The Pascagoula Abduction
October 11, 1973 · West bank of the Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi
Alien · Being / humanoid · 50 sources
25Thinly documented
The Uniontown UFO-Bigfoot Encounter
October 25, 1973 · Kowalczyk family farm, Vances Mill Road, North Union Township, near Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Alien · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
28Thinly documented
Billy Meier's Pleiadian Beamships
January 28, 1975 · Frecht nature reserve (Betzholz area), near Hinwil, Zürcher Oberland, Canton Zurich
UAP · Disc / saucer · 104 sources · 1 photos
56Partially documented
The Kōfu Incident (甲府事件)
February 23, 1975 · Kamimachi (Kamicho), Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture
UAP · Disc / saucer · 29 sources
27Thinly documented