frequently receives queries regarding what we believe are some of the most interesting, potentially UFO-related, cases and sighting reports that our Center has received in recent years.  Here is a short list of what we consider to be some of the more dramatic, and/or more well documented, cases that have been reported to us over the last decade. We emphasize that there is nothing special about the cases shown in this document. They are simply a product of subjective assessment regarding those cases which we believe deserve special consideration by the reader.

Eklutna, AK* - October 1936 - Evening

Two men hitchhiking to Anchorage witness a very bright light approaching their location at high speed.  The object hovers above them, causing them to dive into a snow bank to escape. 

Fontana, CA* - Late 1930’s - Night

Three young boys, returning from the local movie theatre, are suddenly illuminated from above by a very bright shaft of light.  They run to a nearby orange grove to take cover.

Exeter/Kensington, NH*- September 03, 1965 - Morning

Many people in south-eastern New Hampshire witness a peculiar disc-shaped object.  Later, a young man and two police officers witness the disc up quite close, and it moves very quickly.

Northern California** - September 09, 1994 - Early morning

Multiple dramatic reports of objects streaking across the morning sky.  A young school girl reports to school nurse being approached at a bus stop by a strange looking grey creature.

Palouse, WA*, December 29, 1994, Evening    DETAILS

A woman decides to take a short-cut home through a wheat field.  Three wedge-shaped objects, with lights on their leading edge, pass in front of her car.  Event frightened her badly.

McMinnville, TN - January 07, 1995 - Evening   DETAILS

Multiple witnesses on the ground report a “fleet” of peculiar looking objects allegedly seen descending slowly and vertically.  One of objects appears to blow up.  TEMA activated.

Eastern United States** - March 15, 1995 - Evening  DETAILS

Multiple sightings reported from the eastern United States of a bizarre blue-green, egg-shaped object that streaked across the night sky, hovered, and then streaked across the horizon.

Cordova, AK** - March 28, 1995 - Midnight   DETAILS

Woman sees object fly in front of her car several times in heavy fog.  Suddenly, it stops and hovers just above her right fender.  Several miles further along highway, she witnesses two discs on ground. 

Western Pennsylvania/Canada** -  August 25, 1995  -  00:40 hrs. (Eastern)

An extremely bright, perfectly round blue spherical object streaked south across Ontario, Canada, and then western Pennsylvania.  Bizarre interaction with driver on Pennsylvania Turnpike. 

New England/Eastern Seaboard - November 17, 1995 - 21:00 hrs. (Eastern)     DETAILS

An extremely bright, yellow and blue disc streaks down the coast of Maine, over New England; rendezvous with six brightly lighted objects over New Jersey.  Multiple reports to FAA.

Doylestown, PA* - February 25, 1996 - 02:30 hrs. (Eastern)

A young man was driving his van along Rte. 313, when he witnesses three peculiar “meteors” in the sky.  His van stops suddenly, and he experiences several anomalous sensations.  

Phoenix, Arizona* - March 13, 1997 - 1955 hrs. (Mountain)   DETAILS   TRANSCRIPT

Multiple objects, estimated to be 1-2 miles in width, pass over the states of Nevada and Arizona.  The objects hovered motionless in several locations.  Very dramatic sighting by thousands.

Eastern seaboard March 17 - 1997 - 19:00 hrs. (Eastern)

An FAA Air Traffic Controller telephones NUFORC to report multiple sighting reports by airline pilots of “metallic cigar tubes” tracking their aircraft for several seconds. 

Pacific Northwest* - November 14, 1997 - 21:20 hrs. (Pacific)   DETAILS

A bizarre cluster of lights moves across the night-time sky, generating thousands of reports.  Some reports suggest significant magnetic anomaly occurred.  Other reports in OR, CA, Mex.

Pacific Northwest - April 22, 1998 - 2120 hrs. (Pacific)   DETAILS

A former Canadian fighter pilot in Whistler, B.C., is stunned to see a green ball of light streaking to the south; many witnesses.  Object stops north of Seattle, flies over Bangor Sub Base.

Longview, WA* - February 25, 1999 - 1158 hrs. (Pacific)   DETAILS

Fourteen forestry workers witness a horseshoe shaped object lift an adult elk out of the forest and fly off with the apparently dead, or unconscious, animal.  

Southwest U. S.*  -  August 15, 1999  -  2318 hrs. (Mountain)   IMAGES AND VIDEO

Observers throughout NM and CO are witness to an immense flash of intensely bright light, which illuminated up to 12,000 square miles like daylight.  Occurs 2^nd time in NV 22 min. later.

Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX - October 26, 1999 -  0236 hrs. (Central)

Two airline pilots, both former military pilots, are shocked to see three gigantic lights approach their a/c at cruise altitude.  Object turns executes sudden turn to east, streaks off.  FAA report.

St. Clair County, IL -  January 05, 2000 - 0410 hrs. (Central)

Officers from eight police departments witness, pursue, and photograph a huge, triangular object.  Object “jumps” an estimate 20 miles in seconds.  Scott AFB claims they did not see object.  DETAILS

Rockford, IL; Prescott, AZ  - February 2000 - Evenings

Multiple sightings of clusters of yellow lights appear over Prescott, AZ, and Rockford, IL.   No explanation for the events.  (See similar event over Carteret, NJ, for July 15, 2001.)

Washington & B.C.  - April 28, 2000 -  2200 hrs. (Pacific)   DETAILS

Multiple witnesses to a very bright, extremely bright object streaking over Puget Sound from south to north.  Looks like a disc.  Stops over Aldergrove, B.C., descends, and streaks off.

Rhode Island - June 22, 2000 - 2115 hrs. (Eastern)

A commercial pilot, flying from Nantucket Island, MA, sees a charcoal-black, egg-shaped object streaking toward his airliner.  The object is seen on radar to reverse its course and track the a/c!

Oklahoma**  - August 11, 2000  -  0200 hrs. (Central)

Law enforcement officer becomes lost at night on a rural road in Oklahoma.  Is approached by strange creatures, and he fires his service revolver. Witness found by police in roadway.

Victoria, B.C. -  August 12, 2000  -  0001 hrs. (Pacific)

A group of people at a wedding celebration witness a cluster of lights in the night sky, which form a symmetrical pattern, and hover for 5-10 minutes.  The lights then streak off to the east.

North Texas  * - September 01, 2000 - 0230 hrs. (Central)

A young woman is driving alone through northern Texas, when a very large and strange light approaches her vehicle.  She experiences missing time, and later returns to the site.

Houston, TX  -  September 08, 2000 -  0800 hrs. (Central)

A man driving to work on the outer ring road witnesses a very bizarre object moving slowly to the south over heavy traffic.  He appears to be the only witness.  

Northern Idaho* - September 27, 2000  -  2130 hrs. (Mountain)

Four deer hunters, all experienced outdoorsmen, witness a gigantic, unlighted triangular craft pass over their campsite.  Two men drive to town.  USAF jets fly over camp.  FAA report.

Cygnet, OH*  -  October 31, 2000 -  1915 hrs. (Eastern)

Two young men, driving from Florida to Detroit, witness a “fireball” streaking in front of their car, from east to west.  The object stops, and they see that it is a black, egg-shaped object. Hovers.

OR, WA, & B.C.  -  March 13, 2001  -  Evening (3 hrs.)  DETAILS

Multiple sightings of yellow lights streaking in night sky over Oregon.  Three yellow lights seen by many witnesses streaking from south to north over Puget Sound in formation.

Mahnomen, MN  -   March 28, 2001  -   0130 hrs. (Central)

A Canadian truck driver witnesses a disc-shaped object hovering low over the local airport.  The disc suddenly accelerates and shoots across the airport, where it hovers above trees. 

Bellevue, ID -  April 24, 2001  - 1235 hrs. (Mountain)

A local businessman sees some movement in the western sky, and sees a disc-shaped object hovering against the mountains.  Other discs streak up to the first, and then the cluster departs.

Carteret, NJ  -  July 15, 2001  -  00:30 hrs. (Easter)

Two clusters of yellow spheres move across New Jersey very rapidly, then slow and hover in the vicinity of Newark Airport.  Multiple witnesses stop on New Jersey Turnpike to view.

Rock River, WY  - August 17, 2001  -  2220 hrs. (Mountain)

Multiple reports from Wyoming of a fireball streaking across the sky very rapidly.  Railroad conductor witnesses a large, flaming ball of light hovering over an empty field. 

Roswell, NM  -  January 07, 2002  - 2107 hrs. (Mountain)

A man and his son see a dramatically bright fireball overhead, moving from south to north very rapidly. They could hear (!!) the meteor as they watched it pass overhead. 

Cape Girardeau, MO - January 26, 2002 -  2145 hrs. (Central)   Officer's Written Report

A radar patrol officer witnesses an unlighted, disc-shaped object, move across the highway.  He points his radar gun at the object, but gets no return.  He pursues it, but it disappears. 

California Desert -  January 31, 2002  -   0530 hrs. (Pacific)

A senior INS Border Patrol officer and his dog witness a disc pass over their patrol vehicle very rapidly.  Peculiar sound emanates from it.  Seconds later, another dozen are witnessed.

Salem, OR  -  March 29, 2002  -  1920 hrs. (Pacific)

Three teenagers witness several extremely bright lights in the evening sky above an empty field.  The object is a triangular, solid craft.  It suddenly changes color, turns, and streaks off.

Bakersfield, CA  -  March 29, 2002  -  2130 hrs. (Pacific)

A young couple, driving south on Interstate 5 approximately 100 miles north of Bakersfield, witness a triangular shaped craft moving slowly above nearby houses, illuminating them.

Yuma, AZ  -  March 30, 2002  -  1430 hrs. (Pacific)

A group of boaters on the Colorado River, approximately 30 miles north of Yuma, witness three, bright, disc-shaped objects in the sky.  Two more suddenly appear.  All streak north.

Andrews AFB/Waldorf, MD*  -  July 26, 2002  -  01:30 hrs. (Eastern)   DETAILS

Many people awakened by multiple launches of F-16 fighters, on afterburner, out of Andrews AFB. Many witnesses see two F-16’s in high-speed, low-altitude pursuit of “red ball of light.”

Meriwether Co., GA*  -  April 13, 2003  - 19:45 hrs. (Eastern)

Three adults are driving in a rural area of Georgia, when all three become aware of flashing lights behind their vehicle.  Suddenly, the vehicle is filled with small spheres of red light.

Mexico -  March 5, 2004  -  Afternoon

A Mexican military surveillance aircraft captures multiple objects with its infra-red sensors.  Objects not visible to the flight crew.  Extensive publicity about event in May 2004.

Kingfisher, OK  -  March 21, 2004  -  19:26 hrs. (Central)

Two young women, both college students witness two very bright lights in the night sky, which suddenly descend.  The object appeared to land.  Other cars parked along the highway.

Rochester, IN  -  April 8, 2004 -  22:00 hrs. (Central)

Multiple witnesses in northern Indiana witness a very large, disc-shaped object near their respective residences.  Analysis suggests that the object was approximately 200 feet in width.

Omaha, NE -  March 25, 2004 -  19:00 hrs. (Central)   DETAILS

The crew of an airliner report seeing four disc-shaped objects, which remain visible ahead of the aircraft for 10-15 minutes.  Objects did not appear on FAA radar during the entire sighting.

Orlando, FL -  April 15, 2004 -  06:00 hrs. (Eastern)

A woman awakens and walks to her screened bedroom window.  She sees a self-luminous spherical object hovering above the ground.  A cat notices objects, which suddenly streaks away.

Port Clements, B.C.  -  April 21, 2004  - 06:05 hrs.  (Pacific)

A young woman walks out of her place of work and sees a contrail in the sky.  Upon further observation, she sees a tiny object maneuvering near the aircraft.  Object suddenly disappears.

McFall, MO  -  May 04, 2004  -  03:45 hrs. (Central)

A young woman on a newspaper delivery route witnesses a perfectly spherical, self-luminous “fireball” streak through the sky on the near side of nearby trees.  Very fast object.

Seattle, WA - June 20, 2004  -  23:15 hrs. (Pacific)

An adult male was standing outside in the University District, looking to the west, when he observed a bizarre, triangular craft streak from north to south in the clear, cloudless sky.

Twin Cities, MN  - August 19, 2004  -  09:00-20:00 hrs. (Central)

A very large, unidentified white object hovered over the Twin Cities area for approximately ten hours.  No one, including the FAA or NWS, could identify the object.  

Tinley Park, IL - August 21, 2004  -  22:30 hrs. (Central) 

Multiple witnesses report seeing three, or more, distinctly red lights hovering in the night sky.  The lights moved, relative to one another, and moved off to the south.