1996.12 Elsewhere in the 6,000 pages of files released [by the MOD] are accounts of an encounter between a UFO and an airliner near Glasgow Airport in December 1996. White and red flashing lights were seen by pilots of an aircraft, at the same level [as in the Manchester airport incident] – roughly 7,500 feet. […]
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, Europe
1995.01.06 British Airways 737 approaching Manchester’s Ringway airport was buzzed by a fast-moving UFO, which hurtled directly towards them before veering off downside of the aircraft. The pilot instinctively dived before calling Air Traffic Control, who told Captain Roger Wills and First Officer Mark Stuart that there were no other aircraft in the area. (Fact […]
England, Wales, Europe
1993.03.31 01.05 Numerous witnesses from western and south Wales and western England reported that between 1.05 and 1.10 am on 31 March, against a clear sky, they saw two brilliant globular objects traveling at speed in a northwest-to-southeasterly direction. The UFOs left long vapor trails and made no sound. Estimates of height varied from 2,000 […]
Amsterdam, North Holland, Holland, Europe
1988.03.03 Amsterdam police conduct late-night search for spacecraft Amsterdam, Netherlands (March 4) AP Police deployed a dozen patrol cars and a helicopter in a late-night chase for a craft from outer space, a police spokesman said Friday. The hunt, accompanied by dozens of calls from all over the Dutch capital reporting unidentified flying objects, failed […]
London, Greater London, England, Europe
1988.01.02 23.50 ‘ELLO UFO! COPS SPY A JELLY IN THE SKY EIGHT policemen stood gaping as the grey-green, pink-blobbed UFO hovered before them. Laugh if you like… but they were convinced by the close encounter over Kensington, West London, as reported in the Mirror yesterday. At Heathrow, officials could find no explanation and logged it […]
Llangernyw, Conwy, Wales, Europe
1984.04 The area inland from Rhyl and in the hills around Denbigh and Mold has triggered countless strange encounters – notably an incident in April 1984 when the military invaded the hilly village of Llangernyw in Clwyd, after locals saw a purple, oval mass drop to earth in the night. (UFOs and How to See […]
Dingxian, Shanxi, China, Asia
1971.09 19.30 Distant encounter Chen Chu was serving with the People’s Liberation Army during an assignment north of the city of Dingxian in September 1971 when he witnessed a UFO event. It was approximately 7.30 in the evening and Chen Chu, and others, witnessed a globular object rising slowly and emitting a misty gas. After […]
Elsthorpe, New Zealand, Australia
1969.01.14 [Click on image to clarify and enlarge] 23.45c […] caught the attention of Michael Bennett, a young farmer at Elsthorpe (New Zealand) some time between 23.45 and 24.45 on 14 January 1969. In fact his attention was drawn to it because it was moving about erratically. “The object, which was a point of light […]
Wallops Island, Virginia, America, North America
1965.01.05 17.56 In January 1965 it was reported that a huge disc flew over the NASA station at Wallops Island, Virginia. Dempsey Bruton, satellite tracking chief, calculated its speed at over 100 miles a minute. There were other reports of UFOs by the Navy on the same day. (The UFO Encyclopaedia, Spencer) Glowing round object […]
New York, New York, America, North America
1963.03.15 21.40 On 15 March 1963 [Andrija Puharich] had a form of UFO experience. After a bad day in New York city, he had, to use his own words, “crashed out” and awoke about 9.40 pm lying on his bed and looking out at the wintry, starry sky, he was suddenly confronted by a bright […]