Ayy Sightings Timeline

http://boards.4chan.org/x/thread/20801351
>Is it just me or anybody who “met” ayys always describes them as small, lanky grey creatures with a big head and big black eyes ? Sure there are some exceptions like the Flatswood Monster in 1962 or the Three Eyed giant in 1970. Aren’t there any other “types” of Aliens asides from Little grey/green mans and Reptillians ?


Pre-1900
1897
1. http://ufoupdateslist.com/2004/mar/m19-001.shtml
>There was at least one case of attempted abduction reported in conjunction with the mystery airships of the late 19th century. Colonel H. G. Shaw's account was published in the Stockton, California Daily Mail in 1897: Shaw claimed that he and a friend were harassed by three tall, slender humanoids whose bodies were covered with a fine, downy hair. The beings tried to accost or kidnap Shaw and his friend, who were able to fight them off. (USA)


1917
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Sun
> Miracle of Fatima. The three children, who originally claimed to have seen Our Lady of Fátima, also reported seeing a panorama of visions; including those of Jesus, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and of Saint Joseph blessing the people. (Portugal)

1940s
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter
>Foo fighters. The term foo fighter was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in the skies over both the European and Pacific theatres of operations. (various WWII theatres)


1941
1. https://www.thoughtco.com/cape-girardeau-missouri-crash-3293442
Cape Girardeau, Missouri crash. Reverend Huffman is called to pray over the corpses of dead extraterrestrials and their crashed craft. (USA)


1942.
1. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/3447508/UFO-sightings-140-years-of-UFO-pictures.html?image=6
>Hopeh Incident. Photos revealed. (China)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles
>Battle of Los Angeles. The Battle of Los Angeles is the name given by contemporary sources to the rumoured enemy attack and subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took over Los Angeles, California. (USA)


1946
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_rockets
>The Ghost Rockets. Ghost rockets (Swedish: Spökraketer, also called Scandinavian ghost rockets) were rocket- or missile-shaped unidentified flying objects sighted in 1946, mostly in Sweden and nearby countries. The first reports of ghost rockets were made on February 26, by Finnish observers. About 2,000 sightings were logged between May and December, with peaks on 9 and 11 August. Two hundred sightings were verified with radar returns, and authorities recovered physical fragments which were attributed to ghost rockets. (Scandinavia)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO-Memorial_Ängelholm
>UFO Memorial, Angelholm. The UFO-Memorial Ängelholm memorialises the landing of a UFO, which is said to have taken place on 18 May 1946 and to have been seen by the Swedish entrepreneur, founder and owner of Cernelle AB, Gösta Carlsson. The memorial consists of a model of the UFO and the landing traces, and is constructed of concrete. UFO memorial erected in 1963. (Sweden)


1947
1. http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case751.htm
>The Villa Santina Case. Italian artist R. L. Johannis was out painting when he noticed a 30 ft. disc-shaped object landing nearby. Next, he saw two child-sized beings standing alongside the object. The artist hailed the creatures. It is possible that this was interpreted as a hostile gesture, for one of the beings touched the centre of its belt and projected a thin vapour which caused the artist to fall dazed onto his back. The creatures approached, picked up the artist's easel, then returned to the craft. The object then rose, hovered, and disappeared.. (Italy)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Island_incident
> Harold A. Dahl reported that his dog was killed and his son was injured by debris in an encounter with four to six flying doughnut-shaped objects. He also claimed that a witness was subsequently threatened by the Men in Black. (USA)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Arnold_UFO_sighting
> Kenneth Arnold sighting. A private pilot claims he has seen a string of nine, shiny UFOs flying past Mount Rainier at speeds he estimated at a minimum of 1,200 miles an hour (1,932 km/hr). The UFO sighting that sparked the name flying saucers. This sighting is considered as the start of the "Modern UFO era". (USA)

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident
>Roswell UFO crash. United States Army Air Forces allegedly captured a crashed flying saucer and its alien occupants. (USA)

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Brazil
> Bauru Close Encounter. José Higgins, a topographer, reports a close encounter with three humanoid figures emerged from a UFO. (Brazil)

1948
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantell_UFO_incident
> Mantell UFO incident. Kentucky Air National Guard pilot dies in wreckage after pursuing an unidentified flying object. (USA)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fireballs
>The Green Fireballs. Objects were reported over several United States military bases; an official investigation followed. (USA)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiles-Whitted_UFO_encounter
>The Chiles-Witted encounter. Two commercial pilots, Clarence S. Chiles and John B. Whitted, claimed that at approximately 2:45 AM on July 24 they observed a "glowing object" pass by their plane before it appeared to pull up into a cloud and travel out of sight. (USA)

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorman_dogfight
>The Gorman Dogfight. The statement from Gorman reads: “I am convinced that there was definite thought behind its maneuvers. I am further convinced that the object was governed by the laws of inertia because its acceleration was rapid but not immediate and although it was able to turn fairly tight at considerable speed, it still followed a natural curve. When I attempted to turn with the object I blacked out temporarily due to excessive speed. I am in fairly good physical condition and I do not believe that there are many if any pilots who could withstand the turn and speed effected by the object, and remain conscious. The object was not only able to out turn and out speed my aircraft...but was able to attain a far steeper climb and was able to maintain a constant rate of climb far in excess of my aircraft.” (USA)

5. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread545958/pg1
>The Fukuoka Incident. An F-61, a World War II "Black Widow" night fighter was on patrol over Japan when it picked up an unidentified target on its radar. The target was flying between 5,000 and 6,000 feet and travelling about 200 miles per hour. When the F-61 tried to intercept it would get to within 12,000 feet of the UFO only to have it accelerate to an estimated 1,200 miles per hour, leaving the F-61 far behind before slowing down again. The F-61 crew made six attempts to close on the UFO. On one pass, the crew said, they did get close enough to see its silhouette. It was 20 to 30 feet long and looked "like a rifle bullet." (Japan)


1949
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec,_New_Mexico,_UFO_incident
>Aztec, New Mexico UFO incident. According to Scully, an unidentified aerial craft containing sixteen humanoid bodies was recovered by the military in New Mexico after making a controlled landing in Hart Canyon 19km northeast of the city of Aztec. The craft was said to be 30 m in diameter, the largest UFO to date. Scully named as his sources two men identified as Newton and Gebauer, who reportedly told him the incident had been covered up and "the military had taken the craft for secret research". “The Other Roswell.” (USA)


1950
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMinnville_UFO_photographs
>McMinnville UFO photographs. Evelyn Trent was walking back to her farmhouse after feeding rabbits on her farm. Before reaching the house she claimed to see a slow-moving, metallic disk-shaped object heading in her direction from the northeast. She yelled for her husband, who was inside the house; upon leaving the house he claimed he also saw the object. After a short time he went back inside their home to obtain a camera; he said he managed to take two photos of the object before it sped away to the west. Paul Trent's father claimed he briefly viewed the object before it flew away. (USA)

2. http://www.thinkaboutitdocs.com/1950-alien-encounter-at-varese-italy/
>The Varese Encounter. A factory worker reported that he sighted three "humanoids" near a craft and one "shot him with a beam". (Italy)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_UFO_incident
>The Mariana UFO Incident. A farmer took pictures of a purported "flying saucer". These are among the best known UFO pictures, and continue to be analysed and debated to this day. (USA)


1951
1. Clore, Dan (2005). The Unspeakable and Others. Wildside Press.
>The Fred Reagan case, which was publicized by Flying Saucer Review in the late 1960s based on news clippings from 1952. Reagan claimed to have been piloting his small airplane, which was struck by a UFO; the occupants (who resembled metallic stalks of asparagus) apologised, and tried to cure Reagan's cancer. Reagan reportedly died of a brain disorder not long after the alleged UFO encounter. (?)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubbock_Lights
>The Lubbock Lights. Three professors from Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University), located in Lubbock, were sitting in the backyard of one of the professor's homes when they observed the "lights" fly overhead. A total of 20-30 lights, as bright as stars but larger in size, flew over the yard in a matter of seconds. The professors immediately ruled out meteors as a possible cause for the sightings, and as they discussed their sighting a second, similar, group of lights flew overhead. (USA)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_UFO_incident
>The Roswell UFO crash. (USA)

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelland_UFO_case
>Levelland UFO sighting. Mechanical items such as cars were severely interrupted during the event. (USA)

5. http://www.ufocasebook.com/1951fortmonmouth.html
>The Fort Monmouth Case.  At Fort Monmouth Base, a radar operator picked up an unknown target. Seventeen minutes later, the crew of a T-33 saw a disc-shaped unidentified object. (USA)


1952
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster
The Flatwoods Monster. two brothers said they saw a bright object cross the sky and land on the property of local farmer G. Bailey Fisher. The boys went to the home of Kathleen May, where they told their story. May, accompanied by the three boys went to the Fisher farm in an effort to locate whatever it was that the boys said they had seen. The group reached the top of a hill, where Nunley said they saw a pulsing red light. Lemon said he aimed a flashlight in that direction and momentarily saw a tall "man-like figure with a round, red face surrounded by a pointed, hood-like shape". (USA)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C._UFO_incident
> A series of sightings in July 1952 accompanied radar contacts at three separate airports in the Washington area. The sightings made front-page headlines around the nation, and ultimately lead to the formation of the Robertson Panel by the CIA. (USA)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash-Fortenberry_UFO_sighting
> W. Nash and W. Fortenberry, pilots of a DC-4 airliner of Pan American Airways, sighted eight large, round, glowing red objects. (USA)

4. http://www.thinkaboutitdocs.com/1952-salem-massachusetts/
>1952 Salem UFO Incident. Coast Guard photographer Shell Alpert took a photograph of four roughly elliptical blobs of light in formation through the window of his photographic laboratory. A Coast Guard press release described the lights as "objects", however Seaman Alpert subsequently issued a statement saying, "I cannot in all honesty say that I saw objects or aircraft, merely some manner of lights." (USA)

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Sink_UFO_incident
>Carson Sink UFO Incident. Two pilots saw three unusual Delta wing aircraft flying in a V-formation over Carson Sink. (USA)

6. https://web.archive.org/web/20090822204320/http://www.csicop.org/klassfiles/SUN-39.html
>Miami UFO Movie. Ralph Mayher, stationer in Miami as a member of Marine Corps, took a movie film of a reddish UFO. The main portion of the film was submitted to USAF for analysis. (USA)

7. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/ufo/9292417/The-UFO-sighting-that-convinced-a-Government-minister.html
> Roland Hughes, a RAF pilot, reported that he had sighted a "silver metallic disc" while he was returning to Oldenburg base after a training mission over West Germany. (Germany)

8. http://www.nicap.org/521206gulf_dir.htm
>Gulf Of Mexico UFO Encounter. The crew (three men) of a B-29 bomber tracked on the radar five high speed objects. After ten minutes the objects merged into a larger object which appeared on radar as a huge blip and moved off. (USA)


1953
1. http://the-wanderling.com/kingman_ufo.html
>Kingman UFO. Just before sunrise, a nuclear test was about to be run. Within seconds of the blast some sort of a dark airborne object moving at a ultra high rate of speed swept past him. "As the object lost altitude suddenly a huge flash of light lit up the sky in the nearby mountains forward of the southern horizon. All along the object appeared to be unsteady, fairly thin, and possibly flat-circular. Although the sun was still below the horizon from his location and vantage point, the object was high enough when he first saw it that it was able to catch the direct rays of the sun, wobbling enough that it was able to throw off a brilliant glint of sunlight from some portion of its underside as it tipped upward only to disappear as it tipped back. The flash of light near the base of the mountains was soon followed by a sound like a single clap of thunder." (USA)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellsworth_UFO_sighting
>The Ellsworth case. Objects sighted above an air force base.(USA)

3. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=MNNNGtAgD4EC&dat=19530522&printsec=frontpage
>The Prescott sightings. Three Prescott residents sight a total of eight craft at Del Rio Springs Creek, 20 miles north of Prescott. This is the same town as the Phoenix Lights. (USA)

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Moncla#disappearance
>The Kinross Incident. USAF pilot Felix Moncla went out one day to investigate an unidentified object. He never returned. (USA)

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Johnson_(engineer)
> The Kelly Johnson sightings. Lockheed aircraft engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson and his wife observed a huge Flying Wing over the Pacific from the ground in Agoura. Meanwhile, one of Johnson's flight test crews aboard an WV-2 spotted the craft from Long Beach, California. USAF concluded these trained observers had seen a lenticular cloud, even though Johnson considered and ruled out that explanation.


1954
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Dewilde
>The Marius Dewilde case. Dewilde, a railway guardian, lived in a house by the tracks close to the railway station. His dog started barking at 10 30 pm one night. Dewilde initially ignored the dog, but went outside with a flashlight after his dog continued to bark frantically. He walked towards the tracks, and he saw an object some 6 or 7 metres away from him. Behind him, he could hear some steps. When he pointed the flashlight, Dewilde saw two small humanoid figures, "about 80 cm to 1 metre…." When the light was pointed to their heads, it was reflected as if they were wearing a mirror helmet or something. Suddenly, a light beam got off the object he saw on the tracks and left him paralysed. He slowly looked back and saw a door opening at the object behind him. The beings boarded the object and it took off towards the sky, changing its colours in the meanwhile. (France)

2. http://www.openminds.tv/the-cennina-italy-ufo-encounter-of-1954-illustrated/12885
> The Cennina Italy UFO encounter. Rosa Dainelli had risen early to attend church services, and walked there through the forest. There, she finds a spindle shaped craft, and is harassed by its inhabitants. (Italy)

3. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1106753/pg1
>The Oscar Zamorro case. An encounter with an alien that looked like Bigfoot (Sasquatch). This incident was witnessed by two men, an architect and a judge, which was published in the American newspaper called "Weekly World News" on June 2, 1981. (Chile)


4. http://ufologie.patrickgross.org/ce3/1954-11-29-venezuela-petare.htm
> Gustavo Gonzalez and Jose Ponce case. (Venezuela)

5. -1963. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Klarer
The Elizabeth Klarer case. (South Africa)


1955
1.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly%E2%80%93Hopkinsville_encounter
> The Hopkinsville Encounter. (USA)


1956
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakenheath-Bentwaters_incident
>The Lakenheath-Bentwaters incident. (USA)

1957
1.  http://www.ufocasebook.com/oldsaybrookconnecticut1957.html
> The Mrs Mary M Star case. (USA)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antônio_Vilas_Boas
>Antonio Vilas-Boas. (USA)

1958
1. http://www.cryptopia.us/site/2018/05/terrible-flying-jelly-bags-sweden/
>Domensten Blobs. (Sweden)


1961
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill
>The Betty and Barney Hill abduction. (USA)


1963


1965
1. http://ufologie.patrickgross.org/ce3/1965-10-23-usa-longprairie.htm
>The James “Jerry” F Townsend case. (USA)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exeter_incident
>The Incident At Exeter. (USA)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_France#1965
> The Valensole UFO incident. Peasant Maurice Massé saw a landed spherical object and was paralyzed by two grey alien-like occupants. (France)

4. http://www.nicap.org/docs/antarctica/650703rep.htm
>At 7.20 P.M. nine meteorological observers of Chilean Scientific Station watched in the sky a yellow-red object travelling at high speed. After about 20 minutes in Argentine Scientific Base 17 people observed a lens-shaped disc. (Antarctica)

5. http://www.thinkaboutitdocs.com/1965-south-african-constables-observes-object-on-highway/
> Police constables Lockem and de Klerk observed a landed, copper-coloured craft on the Pretoria–Bronkhorstspruit freeway. It was described as being 30 feet (9.1 m) wide and left a 6 feet (1.8 m) wide imprint on the asphalt after a rapid, fiery ascent. The incident was confirmed in a press release by Lt. Colonel J.B. Brits, district commandant for Pretoria North. (South Africa)

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kecksburg_UFO_incident
>Kecksburg UFO incident. Mass sighting of a falling brilliant fireball dropping debris and causing sonic booms, followed by a cordoning-off of the probable crash site, alleged intimidation of a reporter by men in black and cover-up and the unresolved death of said witness. (USA)


1966
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westall_UFO
>Westall UFO. Schoolchildren and their teacher saw a craft land on the oval. Hundreds saw the craft. (Australia)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothman_Prophecies
>The Mothman Prophecies. (USA)

3. https://www.google.com/search?q=Michigan+Swamp+Gas+Sightings
>Michigan Swamp Gas Sightings. Widely reported wave of sightings attributed to swamp gas by J. Allen Hynek. (USA)

4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9zeyNnyHKY
> Cameraman Leman Hanson shot 10 seconds of 16 mm color footage of a UFO.

5. https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/04/14/50-years-ago-a-small-town-ohio-policeman-chased-a-flying-saucer-into-pennsylvania-and-it-ruined-his-life
> Portage County UFO chase. Several police officers pursue what they believe to be a UFO for 30 minutes. (USA)


1967
1. http://www.ufocasebook.com/Andreasson.html
>The Betty Andreasson alien abduction. (USA)

2. http://elojocritico.info/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Sin-t%C3%ADtulo1.png
>The Mauro Nuñez case. (Bolivia)

3. http://www.ufoevidence.org/cases/case659.htm
>The Herbert Shirmer (Police officer) abduction. (USA)

4. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/falcon-lake-incident-book-anniversary-1.4121639
>The Falcon Lake Incident. A man is reported to have been burned by the exhaust of a landed cigar-shaped object. (Canada)

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_encounter_of_Cussac
>The Close Encounter Of Cussac. A young brother and sister claimed to have witnessed a brilliant sphere and four small black occupants while herding cattle outside their village. (France)

6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_mutilation#The_Snippy_(Lady)_mutilation
>”Lady” The Horse, Mutilation. Widely considered to be the first unusual animal death to be related by its witnesses to UFOs and aliens. (USA)

7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour_UFO_incident
>The Shag Harbour UFO Incident. A large lit object was reported to have crashed into waters near Shag Harbour. A Canadian naval search followed, and officially referred to the object as a UFO. Some military persons involved claim the unknown object to be an alien spacecraft. There were other UFO sightings in the area at the time. (Canada)


1968
1. http://www.bluebookarchive.org/page.aspx?pagecode=NARA-PBB1-447
>The Vashon Island Incident. Three men reported seeing a shiny saucer shaped craft, which froze a pond over which it had hovered. (USA)

2. http://www.ufocasebook.com/Buffledge.html
>The Buff Ledge Camp Abduction. Two teenage employees of a summer camp reported sighting UFOs over the lake and claimed to have experienced missing time. (USA)

3. http://www.ufoevidence.org/Cases/CaseSubarticle.asp?ID=1139
>The Sverdlovsk Midget. Near Sverdlovsk discovered a falling object in the Roshevski forest. Some claimed that the UFO and a Soviet alien-autopsy survived in some film footageAbout the incident made a documentary film with Roger Moore. (Soviet Union)


1969
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident
>President Jimmy Carter’s close encounter. (USA)

2. https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000000502183.html
>Finnish Air Force Sighting. Seven disc shaped objects hovering in formation around 1500–3000 meters were spotted by the airtraffic controller and two pilots. When fighter pilot Tarmo Tukeva closed in the objects, they accelerated away at incredible speed towards north and were spotted few minutes later by a radar in Vaasa 200 km away. It remains the only UFO sighting officially acknowledged by the Finnish Air Force. (Finland)


1970
1. http://www.ufobc.ca/History/1970/ufooccupants_v2.htm
>Cowichan District Hospital UFO. Nurse Doreen Kendall claims she looked out a hospital window and saw a UFO containing occupants seated at a control panel. Another nurse called over by Kendall saw only a bright, featureless light. (Canada)


1971
1. https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/763816/UFO-landed-earth-proof-Delphos-Dr-Erol-Faruk
>Delphos UFO incident. Ronald Johnson, a 16-years-old living in the family farm, claimed he saw a bright object hovering above the ground at 7.00 p.m. He called his parents, but when they arrived the object vanished into the sky. The Johnsons saw a glowing ring on the ground in the place where the object had hovered. (United States)


1972
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa
> Bennie Smith sighting. Bennie Smith, the owner of a farm near Fort Beaufort in the eastern Cape region of South Africa, says he fired shots at an unknown object hovering at treetop height after a worker named Boer de Klerk alerted him to it. Smith believed his shots were accurately aimed, but had no effect. Police sergeant Piet Kitching and police station commander Van Rensburg stated they arrived and fired shots at the object, described as metallic and shaped like a 44-gallon drum with three legs that changed colours before it flew away. They said they found imprints and markings on the ground they believed were made by the object. (South Africa)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa#1970s_sightings
>1972 UFO sightings in the eastern Cape. A craft was observed near Fort Beaufort in the eastern Cape, which attracted the attention of the military. (South Africa)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa#1970s_sightings
>1972 UFO sightings in the eastern Cape. A school headmaster seems to have arrived at a still smouldering UFO landing site in the town of Rosmead. (South Africa)


1973
1.  http://www.ufocasebook.com/Pascagoula.html
>The Calvin Parker and Charles Hickson case. (USA)

2. http://www.ufocasebook.com/doratyabduction.html
>The Judy Doraty Abduction. While under hypnosis, Judy Doraty claimed to have been abducted by aliens and to have witnessed a cattle mutilation. (USA).

3. https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/2anu15/skylab_iii_ufo_encounter/
>Skylab 3 UFO Encounter. Blurred photographs of an unknown object were taken by astronauts. (space)

4. http://www.ufocasebook.com/2010/greenhawalien.html
>Falkville Metal Man. Alabama policeman Jeff Greenhaw claims he encountered a creature dressed in a shiny metal costume while investigating a UFO report. (USA)

5. http://thenightsky.org/eglin.html
> Eglin Air Force Base Sighting. An unidentified object was tracked by a Duke Field radar unit during the same time period, and within the same area, that 10 to 15 people observed four strange objects flying in formation between Milton, Florida, and Crestview, Florida, along Interstate 10, according to Eglin officials. Reports from the base indicated that a bright glowing ball of light could be seen travelling parallel with an Air Force C-130 aircraft but at a much higher altitude. (USA)


1974
1. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-10863645
> Berwyn Mountain UFO incident, Merionethshire. “Welsh Roswell”. (Wales)

2. http://ufoexperiences.blogspot.com.au/2006/07/salisbury-rhodesia-zimbabwe.html
>Travellers Peter and Frances MacNorman claimed an abduction event on 31 May, which would have started near Fort Victoria in the current southern Zimbabwe, and which would have continued to the vicinity of Beitbridge on the South African border. (South Africa)

3. https://www.theepochtimes.com/mid-air-crash-leads-to-legendary-mexican-ufo-encounter_1040025.html
>The Coyame Incident. An alleged mid-air collision between a UFO and a small airplane, near the town of Coyame, Chihuahua, close to the U.S.-Mexico border. Some people believe that a UFO crashed and was secretly recovered, but according to local residents, UFO rumors arose after Mexican military authorities conducted a search to recover drugs and money scattered across the landscape in the wreckage of a plane piloted by a U.S. resident in 1980. (Mexico)

4. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/alejandro-rojas/former-yugoslavian-army-j_b_5036827.html
>Titograd UFO Incident. Several former members of the Yugoslav Air Force claim that during late 1974, UFOs interfered with training flights over Titograd, with MiG 21s being scrambled from nearby Batajnica airbase. The Yugoslav fighters engaged in several chases with these objects and even unsuccessfully attempted to shoot them down. The objects eventually stopped appearing. (Yugoslavia)


1975
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Walton_UFO_incident
>The Travis Walton abduction. Travis Walton and lumberjack workmates see a UFO; Travis is taken and is missing for five days. (USA)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa
>Danie Van Graan case. The owner of a farm near Loxton, at 7.50 saw a oval shaped object with rounded windows on the ground. Inside the object he could see four humanoids being. As he approached, a beam of light shone his face and his nose bled. After some minutes the UFO took off.

3. http://www.exopolitik.dk/images/stories/Dokumenter/1975-10-30-wurtsmith.pdf
> Wurtsmith AFB. USAF security personnel reported an unidentified craft flying within exceptionally secure Strategic Air Command airspace over a B-52 base housing nuclear weapons and delivery systems. An incoming KC-135 tanker was later ordered to commence pursuit over Lake Huron. The object or objects, last seen back over the base's weapons storage area, were never identified. (USA)

4. http://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/1976-stanford-kentucky-abductions/
>The Stanford Abduction. Three women claimed to be abducted after seeing a bright red object and a blue light while driving in a car on the highway. (USA)


1976
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Tehran_UFO_incident
The Tehran UFO incident. (Iran)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_Canary_Islands#1976
> 1976 Canary Isles sightings. Several lights and a spherical transparent blue craft, piloted by two beings was reported. (Spain)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allagash_abductions
>The Allagash Abductions. Four campers claimed to have been abducted by alien beings in the Allagash wilderness. (USA)


1977
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Brazil#1977
>The Colares UFO Flap. Claims of UFOs on a river island investigated by the air force in "Operação Prato" and civilian researchers, among them J. F. Vallée. (Brazil)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad_Haven#Broad_Haven_Triangle
>The Broad Haven Triangle. In the 1970s, the area was the scene of alleged UFO sightings and nicknamed the Broad Haven Triangle. (United Kingdom)

3. http://obscurban-legend.wikia.com/wiki/Prospect_Monoliths
>The Prospect Monoliths. (USA)

4. http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Paciencia_Abductors
>Paciencia Abductors


1978
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa
>Groendal Nature Reserve case. a resident Indian woman reported a disc-shaped object taking off from the Groendal Nature Reserve near Uitenhage, eastern Cape. Three days later, on 2 October, four school boys from Despatch, aged 12 to 16, observed three silvery-clad men in the reserve while hiking. Two of the men arrived from the direction of a shining object, and joined a third to ascend a steep incline on what seemed to be fins, before all disappeared. A set of 9 regular imprints found a month later, was deemed related to the reflective object. (South Africa)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilcin_Abduction
>Emilcin Abduction. A farmer in Emilcin is said to have been abducted and medically examined by short, green-faced, humanoid entities speaking an unearthly language in a white, hovering, humming craft. There is now a memorial at the site.

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Frederick_Valentich
>The Disappearance of Fred Valentich. Fred saw lights in the sky whilst flying a plane over Bass Strait, before disappearing (plane along with him), forever. (Australia)

4. http://cryptidz.wikia.com/wiki/Zanfretta%27s_Aliens
>The Pier Zanfretta case. (Italy)


1979
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taylor_incident
> The Dechmont Woods Encounter. (Scotland)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaikoura_lights
>Kaikoura lights. A series of sightings by a Safe Air freight plane; the airplane was escorted by strange lights that changed color and size. (New Zealand)

3. http://www.exopoliticssouthafrica.org/news/close-encounters/22-encounter-in-mindalore-south-africa-in-january-1979
> 1979 Mindalore Incident. A mother and her 12-year-old son of Mindalore, Krugersdorp, both claimed an encounter with a group of human-like entities standing beside a craft. One of them encouraged her to depart with them permanently. After she refused, they entered the craft which then shot upwards and disappeared in 30 seconds. (South Africa)

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Johnson_incident
>Val Johnson incident. A deputy sheriff spotted a bright light which appeared to have collided with his patrol car and damaged it. The deputy also suffered temporary retinal damage from the "light". (USA)

5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manises_UFO_incident
>Manises Airport UFO Incident. Three large UFOs forced a commercial flight to make an emergency landing at Manises Airport. (Spain)


1980
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident
>Rendlesham Forest incident. (England)

2. http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/the-only-man-to-ever-shoot-at-a-ufo/news-story/8fdf6eddbe5363fb5823f1625a7713f5
> The pilot of a Sukhoi Su-22 followed a UFO from 600 metres above the ground, to an altitude of around 2,500 metres, and aimed his weapons at the UFO, firing sixty four 30mm shells. The pilot followed the object up to around 19,000 metres feet. The object had an enamelled cream colour, with a wide circular silver base; similar to an incandescent lightbulb, but with a much wider base. The object had no visible exhaust or obvious means of propulsion. The pilot then broke off the engagement.

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash-Landrum_incident
>The Cash-Landrum Incident. A huge diamond-shaped object expelling flame and emitting heat irradiated three witnesses on an isolated road in dense woods; all required treatment for radiation poisoning. The UFO was escorted by military helicopters including CH-47 Chinooks. The victims have since sued the United States Government. (USA)


1981
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-en-Provence_Case
> Retired contractor Renato Nicolai said he saw a flying object shaped like two inverted bowls that left circular traces on the grass. (France)

2. http://www.ufoevidence.org/documents/doc680.htm
> Hudson Valley Boomerang. Huge triangular or V-shaped UFOs have been reported countless times throughout the world over the past thirty to forty years, with one of the most active areas being the Hudson River Valley just north of New York City. (USA)


1982


1983
1. https://www.smh.com.au/technology/secret-ufo-files-released-20120804-23mhq.html
>Operation Close Encounter. (Australia)

2. http://www.ufocasebook.com/copelywoods.html
>The Copely Woods Encounter. Hundreds of basketball-sized ball of lights were sighted around a neighborhood, leaving unusually obvious marks behind. Budd Hopkins wrote his book "Intruders" about the case. (USA)


1984
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reported_UFO_sightings_in_the_United_Kingdom
>Waterloo Bridge UFO. (United Kingdom)


1985
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion_(book)
>Communion. This novel by Whitley Strieber is set in this year, and based on true events. (USA)


1986
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_611_UFO_incident
> The inhabitants of the town watched a reddish ball which crashed into a mount known as Height 611. A crash is alleged. (Soviet Union)

2. http://midnightinthedesert.com/brazil-releases-details-military-confrontation-ufo-1986/?doing_wp_cron=1527503078.2900700569152832031250
> Brazilian Air Force allegedly detect and intercept UFOs in southeastern Brazil. (Brazil)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Air_Lines_flight_1628_incident
>First two square-shaped, then one very large craft witnessed by the crew flew alongside Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 for 50 minutes above Alaska. One of the objects trailing the Boeing 747 was detected by military radar. (USA)


1987
1. http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1027093/pg1
>Ed Walters, a building contractor claimed to see a UFO and take photos of it. (USA)


1989
1. http://www.ufodisclosuregroup.com/ufo-stories/the-voronezh-ufo-incident
> The Voronezh UFO incident. A group of youths claimed to have seen a UFO and a "three eyed alien". (Russia)


1989-1990
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_UFO_wave
>The Belgian Wave was a cluster of UFO sightings in Belgium in late 1989 to early 1990. (Belgium)


1990
1. http://archiv.mufon-ces.org/text/english/greifswald.htm
>At 8,30 p.m. many people saw a group of 7 luminous spheres in the sky. The spheres formed a Y and were witnessed for about 30 minutes. Video evidence exists. (East Germany)

2. http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1990-ufo-phenomenon-over-montreal
>Montreal UFO Sighting. 40 people, including police, witnessed a floating luminous object at around 800 meters of altitude. The lights are orange and organized in an orange pattern with white lights at its center. The object floated over Place Bonaventure for about 3 hours. (Canada)

1991
1. https://www.marsmoonspace.com/nasa-sts-ufos-48
>Space Shuttle Discovery UFO incident. (space)

2. http://thenightsky.org/baviaanspoort.html
> A hovering triangular craft with red central light, and white star-like lights on each extremity, was observed by a family at Baviaanspoort, Pretoria. A similar craft was sighted in the nearby Eersterust township on the evenings of 8 and 9 April, either stationary or moving. (South Africa)


1992


1993
1. https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/the-oz-files-who-is-victorian-abductee-kelly-cahill-and-what-did-she-see-in-narre-warren-20160201-gmic19.html
>Kelly Cahill. (Australia)


1994
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_China
>The Meng Zhaoguo incident. (China)

2. http://www.lolwot.com/10-of-the-most-famous-ufo-sightings-in-the-world/
>The Warrenton Sighting. In 1994, a farmer in South Africa claimed to have heard repeated noisy, nighttime aircraft traveling at high speeds over his land. He described this as a ‘mother ship.’ He compared the noise to that of a Volkswagen Beetle’s engine. (South Africa)

3. https://www.jp-robinson.com/single-post/2017/02/15/The-Ariel-School-UFO-Encounter
> 62 children saw a landed round aircraft and a small man next to it near their school.


1995
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa
>South Africa UFO Flap. Lesotho crash (South Africa)

2. http://www.mufon.com/america-west-airlines-case---1995.html
>America West Airlines Flight 564. 300ft+ cigar craft sighted during flight. (USA)


1996
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varginha_UFO_incident
>Varginha UFO incident. (Brazil)

2. http://thenightsky.org/erasmuskloof.html
>Erasmuskloof Sighting (South Africa)

3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Brazil
>Westendorf UFO sighting. (Brazil

1997
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Lights
>The Phoenix Lights. (USA)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa
> Trichardt Sighting. (South Africa)


1998
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa
> Graaff-Reinet sighting. The Laubscher family videotaped a group of roundish triangular craft passing over the town of Graaff-Reinet, at about 25,000 ft. These were changing colour and sometimes circled one another, before being overtaken by a much larger, shiny, gold-coloured craft. At this point all the objects departed to a cloud bank on the horizon. (South Africa)


1999
2000
1. https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4435
>St Clair Triangle. (USA)

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_South_Africa
>Warden UFO sighting. Police inspector Kriel claimed to have observed an approaching UFO while travelling on the N3 freeway, 70 km north of Warden in the eastern Free State province. The orange, oval-shaped light was fitted with two cupolas, one above and another below, and was wide enough to cover four lanes of the freeway. After a close approach the craft receded again. A follow up report claimed that the vicinity is known for moving light apparitions. (South Africa)


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2010
1.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_China
>Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport was closed down due to unexplained air traffic. (China)


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Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_UFO_sightings