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Updated 02/23/14
| PARTIALLY EVALUATED VISUAL UFO SIGHTINGS: | |||||
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| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 02/25/42 ntTT | Los Angeles CA | (many) | Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb? | =R@ | =LR |
| 06/24/47 1403 | Mt. Rainier WA | Kenneth Arnold | Experimental secret predecessor to YB-49 Flying wing? Geese?? |
=N= =JE |
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| 07/07/47 TTTT | Bozeman MT | air: Vernon Baird+ | Weather balloon destroyed by prop wash? | ERRU | =LR |
| 08/20/49 ntTT | Las Cruces NM | Astnm Clyde Tombaugh | Fire balloons??? | =LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 03/20/50 2126 | Memphis TN to Little Rock AR | (air) | Meteor broke into parts??? | =S67 | =LR |
| 03/31/50 2126 | Memphis TN to Little Rock AR | (air) | Alternate published date of 03/20/50 | =LR | |
| 05/20/50 1220 C1 | Flagstaff AZ | ? | $V$ Windblown debris?? $V$ Toy Balloon? |
=C= | =C= =LR |
| 06/24/50 TTTT | (desert) CA | (air) | Airplane seen edge-on? | ERRU | |
| 08/25/51 ntTT | Albuquerque NM | (many) | Possible secret flight of YRB-49 flying wing?? | =LR | |
| 01/16/52 dyTT | Artesia NM | 2+2 | Birds closer to observers? | USD | =LR |
| 04/20/52 TTTT | USA | (many) | Geese? | =LR | |
| 07/16/52 TTTT | Newport News VA | (many) | ?P? Fire balloons?? | =LR | |
| 07/16/52 TTTT | Hampton VA | Paul Hill | ?P? Fire balloons?? | =LR | |
| 07/29/52 TTTT | Carson Sink NV | (air) | 3 jets? | ERRU | |
| 09/NN/52 TTTT | Atlantic Ocean | (many military) | Weather balloon? Fighters intercept perspective effects? (Operation Mainbrace) |
ERRU | =LR |
| 10/17/52 dyTT | Oloron France | (many) | Ballooning spiders?? =~? | =LR | |
| 10/27/52 dyTT | Gaillac France | (many) | Ballooning spiders?? =~? | =LR | |
| 02/16/53 TTTT | Elmendorf AFB AK | (many mil, air) | Fire balloon??? | =LR | |
| 02/17/53 TTTT | Elmendorf AFB AK | (many mil) | Fire balloon??? | =LR | |
| 05/05/53 dyTT | Yuma AZ | Wells Allan Webb | $R$ ?H? Believed in life on Mars (Polaroid glasses rings case) |
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| 08/23/54 TTTT | Vernon France | Bernard Miserey+ | Fire balloons? | =LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 08/21/55 ntTT | Kelly KY | Suttons, Taylors | ?H? Cover up for family feud???
Monkeys escaped from Shrine Circus at Hopkinsville?? Great Horned Owls in area (yellow eyes)?? |
=LR =N= |
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| 11/01/55 TTTT | near Beatty NV | Frank Halstead | $V$ Plane closer than thought? | =FE | =LR |
| NN/NN/56 ntTT | Bloomington IN | $Y$ | Helicopter inspecting RR tracks? | =FE | =LR |
| 08/05/57 TTTT | Gotland Is. Sweden | Akerberg+ | Fire balloons? | =LR | |
| 10/15/57 TTTT | Brazil | Villas-Boas | ?H? Similar to Sci-Fi there? | =LR | |
| 11/NN/57 TTTT | Valparaiso IN | Don Dodge | Aircraft lights? | =LR | |
| 11/04/57 TTTT | Orogrande NM | James Stokes | Secret missile from White Sands??? | =LR | |
| 11/05/57 TTTT | Coast Guard Cutter Sebago | ? | Airplane seen edge-on? | =LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 08/17/58 TTTT | Warren MI | ? | ?P? Fire balloon =~? | =LR | |
| 10/03/58 ntTT | Wasco (Clinton Co.) IN | (many) | Seagulls or other birds following a train? | =FE | =LR |
| NN/NN/59 TTTT | Turner ME | Emily Deneault+ | ?H? Fire balloons with blue bags? | =LR | |
| 04/07/59 TTTT | St Hubert QP | (many military) | ?P? Fire balloons? $D$ Not on \/ | =LR | |
| 06/18/59 TTTT | Edmonton AB | 2? | ?P? Fire balloon =~ | =LR | |
| 06/26/59 **** | Boianai Papua | William Gill+ | |~| 3 Planets? Mirage of fishing boat? The drawing was made by pro-alien Cruttwell |
=PK | =PK =LR =PK |
| 07/25/59 TTTT | Irondequoit NY | (mil) | Kite? =~ | =LR | |
| 08/10/59 ntTT | Goose Bay, Labrador NF | (mil) | Lighted balloon? | =LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 02/03/60 TTTT | Intervale NH | Bill Kendrick | ?P? Fire balloons?? | =LR | |
| 07/19,20/60 2130 | St Louis MO | (many) | ?P? Fire Balloon? | =S67 | =LR |
| 08/23/60 0324 | Wichita KS | 4? | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 08/30/60 TTTT | Red Bluff CA | ? | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 09/10/60 2150 | Ridgecrest CA | 4? | Birds? | =LR | |
| 02/28/61 2215 | Bark River MI | LaPalm | ?P? Fire balloon? | =S67 | =LR |
| 07/08/61 **** | Beulah MI | Gregory+5 | Multiple effects? including - ?P? fire balloons? - unrelated lights? See Unsolved - not all of case |
=S67 | =LR |
| 08/12/61 2100 | Kansas City KS | Phipps+Furkenhoff | ?P?Fire balloon?? Ad balloon? | =S67 | =LR |
| 09/19/61 ntTT | Indian Head NH | Barney+Betty Hill | Ad-plane?, Hypnosis induced story?? | =LR | |
| 05/18/63 2330 | New Plymouth New Zealand | ? | ?P? Fire Balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 05/29/63 ntTT | ? | Astnm Bart Bok, H Gollinow | ?P? Fire Balloon? | =S67 | =LR |
| 06/21/63 ntTT | Chicago IL | $Y$ | Ad plane? | ? | =LR |
| 06/25/64 TTTT | Ely NV | 2? | Leaky weather balloon? | =LR | |
| 06/30/64 0100 | SC | Parham | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 10/07/64 dyTT | Waltham MA | Richard Forristall | Tow target experiment? | =LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 01/04/65 ntTT | Bethel VT | Richard Woodruff+ | ?P? 3 Fire balloons? | =LR | |
| 01/27/65 ntTT | Hampton VA | mil: John Nayadley | Ad-plane? | =LR | |
| 08/03/65 ntTT | Tinker AFB OK | (many, police) | Re-entry?? | =PK | |
| 08/03/65 ntTT | Tinker AFB OK | (many, police) | |~| ~|~ =~ /|\ Stars? | =PK | |
| 08/30/65 2215 | Urbana OH | Lilly+ | Bird diving in front of auto? | =S67 | =LR |
| 10/21/65 2030 | Exeter NH | John Fuller | ?P? Fire balloon?? LASER gunsight test?? |
=JF | =LR |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 02/11/66 TTTT | Skowhegan ME | ? | ?P? Fire Balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 03/20/66 2000 | Dexter MI | Frank Mannor+ | Poachers with a camouflaged jeep or boat? | =ubiq | =LR |
| 03/21/66 ntTT | Hillsdale College MI | (many) | Burning swamp gas? | =JH | |
| 03/22/66 TTTT | Key West FL | ? | ?P? Fire balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 03/24/66 TTTT | Cook MN | ? | ?P? Fire balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 03/24/66 TTTT | Valparaiso Chile | Munoz Ferrada | ?P? Fire balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 03/25/66 TTTT | Upper Sandusky OH | ? | ?P? Fire balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 03/25/66 TTTT | Toledo OH | ? | ?P? Fire balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 03/30/66 TTTT | Long Island NY | ? | ?P? Fire balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 04/10/66 TTTT | Golden CO | Sheriff Dave Courtney | ?P? Fire balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 04/17/66 0500 | Atwater OH...Conway PA | police: Dale Spaur+ | ?P?Type III Fire balloon?? | =LR | |
| 04/22/66 2100 C6 | Beverly MA | Modugno+, $Y$, police | ?P? Fire balloon? =LR, |~| stars?? | =C= | =C= |
| 05/05/66 TTTT | Giradot Colombia | ? | ?P? Fire balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| 06/24/66 TTTT | Richmond VA | police: Stevens | Ad-plane?? Fire balloon?? | =LR | |
| 06/07/66 TTTT | Grafton New South Wales | ? | Fire Balloon? | =FE | =LR |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 09/17/66 TTTT | Crane's Beach MA | ? | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 09/22/66 0300 | Deadwood SD | (police) | |~| stars?? Fire balloons? Spotlight drowned out objects? Fire balloon dimmed out to "race away" | USD | =LR |
| 09/24/66 ntTT | IN (entire state) | (many) | barium cloud experiment? | =FE | =LR |
| 09/30/66 ntTT | Anderson IN | police: David Leer | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 10/03/66 TTTT | Temple OK | ? | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 10/03/66 TTTT | Gulfport MS | ? | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 10/03/66 TTTT | New Orleans LA | ? | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 10/30/66 TTTT | Cherry Hill NJ | Charles Paulus+200 | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 11/02/66 **** | Parkersburg WV | Woodrow Derenberger | ?H? !! Psychological | ||
| 12/30/66 2030 C10 | Haynesville LA | ? | Gemini 2 Agena fragment re-entry?? | =C= | =LR |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 01/15/67 1745 C13 | Granville MA | (many) | ?P? 3 Fire balloons?? | =C= | =LR |
| 01/15/67 ntTT | North Granby CT | (2) | ?P?Fire balloons? | =C= | =LR |
| 01/19+/67 **** | Cairo IL, Paducah KY | (many, police, air) | ?P? Fire balloons?, |~|stars? | =LR | |
| 01/22/67 TTTT | Houston TX | (many) | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 02/09/67 TTTT | Goddard KS | (many) | |~|star? | =FE | =LR |
| 02/16/67 TTTT | Topeka KS | Mil: Pittman+ | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 02/16/67 TTTT | Ypsilanti MI | ? | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 02/16/67 TTTT | Massena NY | (2 police+) | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 02/16/67 TTTT | Brandon OR | Esther Millard+ | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 02/16/67 TTTT | Norfolk VA | (police) | ?P? Fire Balloons? | =FE | =LR |
| 03/08/67 TTTT | Frostburg MD | Rosenbaum+ | ?P? Several Fire Balloons in sequence? | =FE | =LR |
| 03/09/67 TTTT | Onawa IA | (A) | Re-entry?? Fire balloon? | ||
| 06/L2/67 **** C27 | Harrisburg PA | (many) | ?P? $D$ Fire balloons, meteor? other? | =C= | =C= |
| 06/24/67 ntTT | Austin TX | Ray Rosi | Aborted drug drop?? | =LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 08/04/67 TTTT | Porto Alegre Brazil | 100s | ?P? Fire balloons? | =CL | =LR |
| 09/01/67 UUUU C30 | Edwards AFB CA | (X15 air) | Rumor unsubstantiated by records? Security leak test story? |
=C= | =C= =LR |
| 09/09/67 1945 C31 | Winchester CT | ? | ?H? Fire balloons?? (in trapezoid) | =C= | =LR |
| 09/10/67 ntTT | Bruzual Venezuela | (many) | Lighted balloon? | =CL | =CL |
| 09/15/67 2100 C33 | Winsted CT | $Y$ | Fires in swamp??, Motor scooter?? Prowlers??? ?P? Fire balloon?? Alibi for being up?? ?P? Kids??? |
=C= | =C= =LR =LR =LR =LR |
| 09/22/67 2030 | Gravois France | A | Fire Balloon?? | USD | =LR |
| 10/04+/67 TTTT | Connersville IN | $Y$ | Tree limb removal crews along power line? | =CL | =LR |
| 12/25/67 2200 C44 | St Louis MO | ? | Truck on overpass?? Psychological? Fire Balloons? Christmas decoration on overpass? |
=C= | =LR =C= =LR |
| 12/03/67 0230 C42 | Ashland NE | Herbert Schirmer | Hypnosis induced story?? ?P? Fire balloon??? |
=C= | =C= =LR |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 02/04/68 TTTT | Redlands CA | ? | ?P? Fire balloon? Unrelated sound? | ||
| 04/NN/68 TTTT | Gobi Desert China | (mil) | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 05/NN/68 TTTT | Chascomus Argentina to->Mexico City | Vidal | ?H? No such persons existed (teleport case) | ||
| 10/31/68 TTTT | Fayetteville GA | Charles Smith | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 01/17/69 TTTT | Meridian MS | John Kincaid | Ad-plane??; ?P? Fire balloon?? | =LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 04/UU/71 ntTT | VA | (A) | ?P? Fire balloons? (escaped convict) | =LR | |
| 04/14/71 TTTT | Butler PA | (A) | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 09/NN/71 TTTT | Dingxian China | (mil) | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 02/21/73 TTTT | Piedmont MO | (many) | ?P? Fire Balloons?? | =LR | |
| 09/NN/73 TTTT | Sydney NC | (many) | Sandhill crane? | =LR | |
| 10/11/73 TTTT | Tanner Williams AL | $Y$ | Animal?? | ||
| 10/11/73 TTTT | Pascagoula MS | Charles Hickson+Calvin Parker | ?H?, Hypnosis induced story?? | =LR | |
| 10/18/73 ntTT | Cleveland-Mansfield OH | air: Lawrence Coyne+ | Meteor?? | =PK | =PK |
| 10/22/73 TTTT | Blackford Co IN | Donathan, Flatter | ?P? Fire balloons?? Kids?? Psychological?? | =N= | =LR |
| 10/24/73 TTTT | NC | (A) | Sandhill crane? | ||
| 04/16/74 TTTT | Piedmont Italy | Bellingeri | ?P? Fire balloon? | ||
| 09/**/75 TTTT | Noxie OK | (many) | Sandhill crane? | ||
| 11/05/75 ntTT | Snowflake AZ | Travis Walton+ | ?H? National Enquirer prize? ?P? Late contract? ?P? Object seen by others: Fire balloon? |
=LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 08/UU/76 ntTT | Alagash ME | (many) | ?H? Fire balloons? Hypnosis induced story?? | =LR | |
| 07/07/77 TTTT | Fu Jian China | (3000+) | ?P? Fire balloons? | =LR | |
| 09/20/77 TTTT | Petrozavodsk USSR | (many) | Secret satellite launch? ?P? Fire balloon? |
=PB | =PB =LR |
| 10/27/77 TTTT | Cagliari Sardinia | (mil) | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| NN/NN/78 TTTT | Los Angeles CA | Elke Summer | ?P? Fire balloon?? | =LR | |
| 07/26/78 TTTT | Shanxi China | Sha Yongkao | ?P? fire balloons? | =LR | |
| 10/23/78 TTTT | Lintiao China | (1000+) | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 05/22/79 TTTT | Piastow Poland | (A) | ?P? Fire balloon? | =LR | |
| 12/27/80 **** | Rendlesham Forest, England RAF Bentwaters, England | (many) | Investigator groups saw each other? Spy satellite film drop cover story? |
=LR =N= |
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| 12/29/80 **** | Rendlesham Forest, England RAF Bentwaters, England | (many) | Investigators saw Orford Ness Lighthouse or Sunk Lightship? ?P? Fire balloons with firecrackers? |
=N= =LR |
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| 03/21/81 TTTT | Yakima WA | Stella Washines | Fire balloons and flare balloons? | =LR | |
| 09/14/81 ntTT | Wabash IN | Brenda Purdy | Scintillating stars? | =LR | |
| Date/time | Location | Witnesses | ID Description - (KEY) | Source | ID-er |
| 05/08/90 ntTT | Bloomington IN | Summitt+ | |~| Stars? | =LR | |
| 08/25/91 TTTT | Haringknaumls Sweden | ? | Plane edge-on, halation?? | =LR | |
| 06/20/92 TTTT | Brandstorp Sweden | ? | Model rocket of SR-71?? | =LR | |
| 06/NN/94 TTTT | Floda Sweden | ? | Model rocket of SR-71?? | =LR | |
| 01/06/95 TTTT | Manchester England | (air) | Fireball meteor? | ||
| 03/25/95 | Bovina TX | (many air) | Electric discharge center of storm? Flare drop exercise? |
=LR | |
| 07/11/95 dyTT | Steinkjer Sweden | ? | Sun halation on plane? | ||
| 12/11/96 ntTT | Fox Lake YK, Pelly Crossing YK, Carmacks YK | (many) | Military air convoy? airship effect? (Extremely large UFO case) |
=N= | =N= |
| NN/NN/97 ntTT | s OR | (A) | Manned Hot Air Balloon at night? | =LR | |
| 10/17/98 TTTT | Lake Stevens WA | ? | ?P? Fire balloon, Unrelated sound (music synthesizer?)? | =LR | |
| 01/05/00 ntTT | St Clair co IL | (Many, police) | ?P? 1 or more fire balloons? | =LR | |