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The Phantom Battle of Edgehill and King Charles I's Commission
December 1642 · Edgehill battlefield, between Edge Hill, Radway and Kineton, Warwickshire, England
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 32 sources
36Partially documented
The Beast of Gévaudan
June 30, 1764 · Les Hubacs, near Langogne, parish of Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès (Vivarais, now Ardèche), on the border of the Gévaudan
Cryptid · Creature · 80 sources
50Partially documented
HMS Daedalus sea serpent: Captain M'Quhae's report and the Richard Owen dispute, 1848
August 6, 1848 · South Atlantic, between the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena, about 300 miles off present-day Namibia (24°44′S, 9°22′E)
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
28Thinly documented
The Scandinavian Ghost Fliers, 1933-34 and 1936-37
c. 1933 · Northern Scandinavia: Norrland (Sweden), northern Norway and northern Finland
UAP · Other · 17 sources
36Partially documented
Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938)
May 1937 · Borley Rectory, Hall Road, Borley, Essex, England
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 64 sources · 13 photos
48Partially documented
Battle of Los Angeles
February 25, 1942 · Los Angeles coast, Santa Monica to Long Beach, California
UAP · Other · 59 sources · 3 photos
68Well documented
Foo Fighters of World War II
November 1944 · Rhine valley north of Strasbourg, Alsace, with reports across the European and Pacific theatres
UAP · Orb / light · 76 sources
50Partially documented
The Ghost Rockets (Spökraketer), Scandinavia, 1946
July 19, 1946 · Lake Kölmjärv, Överkalix, Norrbotten, Sweden (wave across Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark)
UAP · Cigar · 54 sources · 3 photos
86Well documented
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave
c. 1947 · United States (nationwide, heaviest in the Pacific states: California, Washington and Oregon)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 31 sources
55Partially documented
Roswell Incident
July 8, 1947 · Foster ranch, about 30 miles south of Corona, New Mexico (announced from Roswell Army Air Field)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 80 sources · 6 photos
64Well documented
Muroc Army Air Field disc sightings
July 8, 1947 · Muroc Army Air Field and Rogers Dry Lake, Kern County, California
UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources
40Partially documented
The Mantell UFO Incident
January 7, 1948 · Godman Field, Fort Knox, to the Phillips farm near Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky
UAP · Other · 100 sources · 1 photos
50Partially documented
The Gorman Dogfight
October 1, 1948 · Hector Airport, Fargo, North Dakota
UAP · Orb / light · 58 sources
47Partially documented
Munich / Fürstenfeldbruck Radar-Visual Sighting
November 23, 1948 · Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, near Munich, Bavaria
UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources
42Partially documented
The Green Fireballs over New Mexico
December 5, 1948 · Los Alamos, Sandia Base and Kirtland AFB (Albuquerque), northern and eastern New Mexico, and West Texas
UAP · Orb / light · 61 sources
52Partially documented
The Charles B. Moore Theodolite Sighting, Arrey, New Mexico
April 24, 1949 · Launch site about 3 miles north of Arrey, Sierra County, New Mexico
UAP · Egg · 26 sources
35Partially documented
The RAF Tangmere Meteor Flying Saucer and the Wartling Radar Return
June 1, 1950 · Portsmouth area, Hampshire (pilot from RAF Tangmere, radar at RAF Wartling)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources
42Partially documented
The Oak Ridge Atomic Plant Radar-Visual Flap
October 1950 · Oak Ridge and Knoxville, Tennessee
UAP · Other · 23 sources
58Partially documented
The Sioux City Mystery Plane
January 20, 1951 · Sioux City municipal airport (now Sioux Gateway Airport), Sioux City, Iowa
UAP · Other · 18 sources
38Partially documented
The Bethune Encounter: US Navy Flight 125 off Newfoundland
February 10, 1951 · North Atlantic, about 200 miles northeast of Argentia, Newfoundland (the 'Gander' case)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
33Partially documented
Fort Monmouth radar and T-33 sightings
September 10, 1951 · Fort Monmouth, Point Pleasant and Sandy Hook, New Jersey
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
49Partially documented
Flying Saucers over the Belgian Congo Uranium Mines (Elisabethville, 1952)
c. 1952 · Elisabethville district (now Lubumbashi), over the uranium mines of southern Katanga, Belgian Congo
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
30Partially documented
Wonsan-Sunchon B-29 "Orange Globe" Sightings
January 29, 1952 · Wonsan and Sunchon, North Korea
UAP · Sphere · 23 sources
29Thinly documented
The Tremonton UFO Film (The Newhouse Film)
July 2, 1952 · U.S. Highway 30S, about 7 miles from Tremonton, Box Elder County, Utah
UAP · Disc / saucer · 50 sources · 6 photos
47Partially documented
The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay
July 14, 1952 · Over Chesapeake Bay, near Newport News, Virginia
UAP · Disc / saucer · 23 sources
25Thinly documented
Salem Coast Guard Air Station UFO Photograph
July 16, 1952 · U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Salem, Winter Island, Salem, Massachusetts
UAP · Formation · 22 sources · 3 photos
41Partially documented
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Flap
July 19, 1952 · Washington National Airport and Andrews AFB, Washington, D.C. area
UAP · Orb / light · 97 sources
61Well documented
Bellefontaine Radar-Visual and Gun-Camera Intercept
August 1, 1952 · Bellefontaine Air Force Station (Campbell Hill) and the Dayton area, Ohio
UAP · Sphere · 19 sources
54Partially documented
Haneda AFB radar-visual sighting and F-94 intercept
August 5, 1952 · Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo (now Tokyo International Airport), Japan
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
61Well documented
The RAF Topcliffe "Perfect Flying Saucer" During Exercise Mainbrace
September 19, 1952 · RAF Topcliffe, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire (approach to RAF Dishforth)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
33Partially documented
The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review
January 14, 1953 · Washington, D.C. (exact building unresolved; CIA headquarters and the Pentagon both claimed)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources · 1 photos
46Partially documented
Ellsworth AFB Radar-Visual Case and F-84 Pursuit, South Dakota, 1953
August 5, 1953 · Black Hawk Ground Observer Corps post and Ellsworth Air Force Base, near Rapid City, South Dakota
UAP · Other · 24 sources
60Well documented
The Kinross Incident: The Disappearance of Lt. Felix Moncla and Lt. Robert Wilson
November 23, 1953 · Lake Superior, about 70 miles off Keweenaw Point, Michigan (last known position 48°00'N 86°49'W)
UAP · Unknown · 46 sources
42Partially documented
Walesville F-94C Crash During an Unknown-Aircraft Intercept
July 2, 1954 · Walesville, Oneida County, New York
UAP · Unknown · 20 sources · 1 photos
43Partially documented
The "Sea Fury" Radar-Visual Incident near Goulburn, 1954
August 31, 1954 · Sky above the Goulburn district, near Marulan, west of RAN Air Station Nowra (HMAS Albatross), New South Wales
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
42Partially documented
The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Radar-Visual Incident
August 13, 1956 · RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, with RAF Neatishead, Norfolk
UAP · Orb / light · 45 sources
65Well documented
R. J. Childerhose's disc photograph from an RCAF Sabre, Alberta, 1956
August 27, 1956 · Foothills of the Canadian Rockies near Fort Macleod, Alberta
UAP · Disc / saucer · 16 sources · 1 photos
27Thinly documented
West Freugh Radar Incident
April 4, 1957 · RAF West Freugh and the Luce Bay bombing range, Wigtownshire, Scotland
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
48Partially documented
The Milton Torres Intercept Order: RAF Manston, 1957
May 20, 1957 · RAF Manston, Isle of Thanet, Kent, and the skies over East Anglia
UAP · Unknown · 37 sources
41Partially documented
RB-47 Radar and ELINT UFO Encounter
July 17, 1957 · Gulf Coast to Oklahoma City (Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma); first visual near Winnsboro, Louisiana
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
57Partially documented
Caso Lemos Ferreira: Portuguese Air Force F-84G formation encounter
September 4, 1957 · Night route between Ota and Spain, reported over Cáceres, Córdoba, Portalegre and Coruche
UAP · Sphere · 17 sources
24Thinly documented
Fort Itaipu incident: the burned sentries
November 4, 1957 · Fortaleza de Itaipu, Ponta de Itaipu, Praia Grande, São Paulo
UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources
18Thinly documented
The Dyatlov Pass Orange Spheres
February 1, 1959 · Kholat Syakhl, Northern Urals, Sverdlovsk Oblast
UAP · Sphere · 22 sources
31Partially 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 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 Warminster "Thing" UFO flap
December 25, 1964 · Warminster, Wiltshire, England
UAP · Cigar · 21 sources · 3 photos
36Partially documented
Gemini 4: James McDivitt's "cylinder with a pole"
June 4, 1965 · Earth orbit over the Hawaiian Islands (Gemini 4, 20th revolution)
UAP · Cylinder · 25 sources · 1 photos
34Partially documented
Antarctic UFO Sightings at Deception Island and Orcadas, 1965
July 3, 1965 · Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, and Orcadas, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
41Partially documented
Tinker AFB and Wichita Radar Sightings, 1965
August 1, 1965 · Tinker AFB, Midwest City (Oklahoma City), Oklahoma, with reports across Oklahoma and at Wichita, Kansas
UAP · Formation · 17 sources
51Partially documented
The Edwards AFB Radar-Visual Incident
October 7, 1965 · Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, California
UAP · Unknown · 27 sources
51Partially documented
The Cuban MiG-21 Disintegration Incident
March 1967 · Airspace northeast of Cuba (radio traffic overheard at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida)
UAP · Sphere · 19 sources
19Thinly 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 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
Minot AFB B-52 UFO Incident
October 24, 1968 · Minot Air Force Base and Minuteman missile field, North Dakota
UAP · Other · 34 sources · 1 photos
72Well 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 Coyne Helicopter Incident
October 18, 1973 · Near Mansfield and Charles Mill Lake, Richland County, Ohio
UAP · Cigar · 36 sources
40Partially documented
Turin-Caselle Airport Radar-Visual Sighting
November 30, 1973 · Turin-Caselle Airport, Caselle Torinese, Piedmont
UAP · Sphere · 16 sources
49Partially documented
Sgt. Charles L. Moody Abduction, Alamogordo
August 13, 1975 · Desert outside Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico (near Holloman AFB)
Alien · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
15Thinly documented
Loring AFB Incursions and the 1975 Northern Tier Overflights
October 27, 1975 · Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine
UAP · Other · 59 sources
63Well documented
The Gáldar Giants: the Canary Islands Sphere of 1976
June 22, 1976 · Gáldar, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
UAP · Sphere · 22 sources
36Partially documented