UFO Incidents
Florence Italy 1954 Sightings
A football game between Italian sides Fiorentina and Pistoiese in Florence, Italy was interrupted on October 27, 1954 by a most unusual occurrence - UFOs hovering over the field. It was witnessed by over 10,000 fans at the match and over other major sites in the city. According to Gigi Boni, who was an eyewitness to...
Gorman Dogfight
This notorious UFO incident occurred over Fargo, North Dakota, involved a pilot chasing a UFO, and is reportedly one of three episodes that convinced the U.S. Air Force to study UFOs more seriously. On October 1, 1948, George F. Gorman , second lieutenant in the North Dakota National Guard, was flying a P-51 Mustang...
Haneda Air Base UFO Incident
At 11:30 PM on the 5th of August 1952, multiple U.S. airmen working at the Haneda Air Base observed a bright object for approximately 50 minutes. The object also appeared in on-the-ground and plane-based radar signatures. On the night of August 5, 1952, Airman Third Class Lloyd West and Airmen First Class Walter...
Hangzhou China Sighting
Video and images of questionable provenance depicted objects in the sky over Hangzhou, China, in July 2010. The most likely explanation of this incident is a Chinese ballistic missile, the DF-21, or a Progress-M launch from Baikonur. These videos and images circulated widely on the internet and in the mainstream press...
James Lumley Cadotte Pass UFO
James Lumley, a trapper, witnessed a bright object fly through the sky and crash in the forest of Montana. He traced the path of the crash and found an unexpected object with "curious hieroglyphics." In the middle of September 1865, just after sunset, a trapper named James Lumley claims to have witnessed a "bright...
Jimmy Carter UFO Incident
On January 6, 1969, at about 7:15 PM EST, Jimmy Carter observed a luminous, unidentified object in the sky in Leary, Georgia. Carter, who was campaigning for Governor of Georgia, was attending a Lions Club meeting, at which he was to give a speech. He observed a bright object for 10-12 minutes that was initially...
Kofu UFO Incident
Two boys and their parents witnessed a UFO that landed in a vineyard, in Kofu City, Japan in 1975. The boys closely observed the craft for several minutes and encountered two unusual beings. UFOs were reported by other witnesses that were in the vicinity the evening this incident occurred. The Kofu Incident holds the...
Kubrick and Clarke Sighting
Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke spotted a bright object in the sky over New York City one night after working on the script for "2001: A Space Odyssey." During an appearance on the Dick Cavett Show, Clarke recounted the story: "I once saw what I thought was the real thing. Oddly enough it was with Stanley Kubrick...
Kumburgaz, Turkey UFO Sightings
Over the course of many nights in 2007, 2008 and 2009, a Turkish night security guard named Murat Yalcin Yalman from Kumburgaz filmed over 25 videos documenting unidentified aerial objects. These objects were disc and oval-shaped, and metallic in appearance. At times, red and orange lights were observed at or near the...
Las Vegas UFO
This incident involves two stories that have been brought together as one — the observation of a bright streak of light in the skies over Las Vegas, Nevada and a 911 call that was placed shortly after to report something unusual in a family's backyard. On April 30, 2023 around 11:50 PM, a police officer's body...
Malmstrom AFB Missile Incident
In early 1967, military personnel working at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana reported seeing unidentified glowing red objects in the sky on different dates, sometimes hovering over ICBM launch facilities. On at least two occasions, the operational status of nuclear launch facilities went offline. On March 16,...
Mantell UFO Incident
This early UFO incident, resulting in the plane crash and death of Captain Thomas Mantell, gained widespread attention and was most likely a case of mistaken identity: a classified Skyhook weather balloon. Sighting and Pursuit At about 1:20pm on January 7, 1948, multiple people near Maysville, Kentucky called the...
