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The 1566 Celestial Phenomenon over Basel (the Basel Broadsheet)
August 7, 1566 · Münsterplatz, Basel
UAP · Sphere · 28 sources
14Thinly documented
The 1609 Gangwon Province Fire-Light Sightings
September 22, 1609 · Gangwon Province (Ganseong, Wonju, Gangneung, Chuncheon, Yangyang), Joseon Korea
UAP · Other · 22 sources
24Thinly documented
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 Robozero Wonder: a fireball over a Russian lake
August 15, 1663 · Lake Robozero, Robozero volost, Beloozero uezd (today Belozersky District, Vologda Oblast)
UAP · Sphere · 29 sources
19Thinly documented
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
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
The Utsuro-bune (Hollow Ship) of Hitachi, 1803
1803 · Sharihama beach, Hasaki, Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture (historic Hitachi Province)
UAP · Other · 34 sources
19Thinly documented
The Gloucester Sea Serpent and the Linnaean Society Inquiry
August 1817 · Gloucester Harbor, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
33Partially 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
Frederick William Birmingham's Parramatta Park Ark
July 25, 1868 · Parramatta Park, Parramatta, New South Wales
UAP · Other · 19 sources
13Thinly documented
The Knock Apparition
August 21, 1879 · South gable of the Church of St John the Baptist, Knock, County Mayo
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 45 sources
36Partially documented
Norman Collie and the Big Grey Man (Am Fear Liath Mòr) of Ben Macdui
1891 · Summit of Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
17Thinly documented
Mystery Airship Wave of 1896 and 1897
November 17, 1896 · Sacramento, California, then Northern California, the Midwest and Texas
UAP · Cigar · 45 sources
41Partially documented
Aurora, Texas Airship Crash
April 17, 1897 · Aurora, Wise County, Texas
UAP · Cigar · 70 sources
33Partially documented
The Egryn Lights: Mary Jones and the Welsh Revival Lights
December 5, 1904 · Capel Egryn, Tal-y-bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Merionethshire (now Gwynedd), Wales
UAP · Orb / light · 25 sources
37Partially documented
The Tunguska Explosion and the Exploding Spaceship Hypothesis
June 30, 1908 · Near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia
UAP · Other · 57 sources
38Partially documented
The Jersey Devil's Phenomenal Week
January 16, 1909 · South Jersey and the Philadelphia area (Woodbury, Bristol, Burlington, Gloucester City, Camden, Trenton)
Cryptid · Creature · 50 sources
44Partially documented
The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909
March 23, 1909 · England, Wales and Ireland (Peterborough, East Anglia, Birmingham, Cardiff and Caerphilly, Belfast, Kingstown)
UAP · Cigar · 36 sources
48Partially documented
The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909
July 1909 · Kelso, West Otago, and across New Zealand
UAP · Cigar · 20 sources
26Thinly documented
The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids)
February 9, 1913 · From Saskatchewan across Ontario (Toronto, Appin), the northeastern United States and Bermuda to the South Atlantic
UAP · Formation · 34 sources
37Partially documented
De Loys's Ape (Ameranthropoides loysi), Tarra River, Venezuela
c. 1917 · Tributary of the Tarra River, near Casigua, south-west of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources · 1 photos
27Thinly documented
The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima
October 13, 1917 · Cova da Iria, Fátima, Ourém, Portugal
UAP · Disc / saucer · 47 sources · 4 photos
48Partially documented
The Min Min Lights of Western Queensland
c. 1918 · Min Min Hotel site, Kennedy Developmental Road between Boulia and Winton, Queensland
UAP · Orb / light · 28 sources
49Partially documented
Martin Sheffield's letter and Clemente Onelli's plesiosaur expedition, the origin of Nahuelito
c. 1922 · Laguna del Plesiosaurio (Laguna Negra), foot of Cerro Pirque, El Pedregoso, El Hoyo, Chubut
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
30Partially documented
The Battle of Ape Canyon
July 1924 · Ape Canyon, Mount St. Helens, Washington
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
30Partially documented
The Nicholas Roerich Expedition Sighting, Kukunor District, 1927
August 5, 1927 · Kukunor district, near the Humboldt chain (Danghe Nanshan / Ulan Daban), Qinghai
UAP · Egg · 35 sources
19Thinly 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
Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness
c. 1933 · North shore road near Abriachan Pier, opposite Aldourie, Loch Ness, Highlands, Scotland
Cryptid · Creature · 45 sources
18Thinly 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
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
The Cape Girardeau Crash Before Roswell (Rev. William Huffman)
c. 1941 · Field west of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, toward Chaffee, Missouri
UAP · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
17Thinly documented
Ruby Creek Incident: The Chapman Family Sasquatch Encounter
September 1941 · Ruby Creek, near Agassiz, British Columbia
Cryptid · Creature · 35 sources
27Thinly 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 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 Man Who Melted: João Prestes Filho, Araçariguama, 1946
March 4, 1946 · Araçariguama, São Paulo state
UAP · Other · 21 sources
16Thinly documented
The Ängelholm Landing (Gösta Carlsson)
May 18, 1946 · Clearing in Kronoskogen, south of Ängelholm, Skåne
UAP · Disc / saucer · 41 sources
26Thinly 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 Maury Island Incident
June 21, 1947 · East Passage of Puget Sound, off Maury Island, King County, Washington
UAP · Other · 77 sources
35Partially documented
The Kenneth Arnold Sighting
June 24, 1947 · Near Mount Rainier and Mineral, Washington
UAP · Other · 67 sources
35Partially 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
United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho
July 4, 1947 · Over Emmett, Idaho, northwest of Boise
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
Rhodes UFO photographs ("shoe-heel" photos), Phoenix, Arizona, 1947
July 7, 1947 · Phoenix, Arizona
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources · 1 photos
41Partially 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
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
Snake River Canyon Disc: The A.C. Urie Sighting
August 13, 1947 · Auger Falls Trout Farm, Snake River Canyon, near Twin Falls, Idaho
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
The Villa Santina Encounter: L. R. Johannis and the Red Disc of Raveo
August 14, 1947 · Chiarsò valley, lower slopes of Col Gentile, near Raveo and Villa Santina, Carnia, province of Udine, Friuli
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
13Thinly 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 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