1967: May UFO & Alien Sightings
Date: May, No date, 1967
Location: Samoset, FL
Time: 9:00 p.m. EDT.
Summary: A couple saw a cigar-shaped object that resembled a plane about to land. It appeared to have lights inside and a red light on top (body lights), an estimated 4-5 feet from the body of the craft. The object was silent, hovering, and then accelerated and moved away at low altitude faster than an airplane.
Source: NICAP report form, copy in Donald E. Keyhoe Archives files.
Date: May 1967
Location: Between Ramstein & Manheim Germany
Time: unknown
Summary: A UFO was detected by radar in the vicinity of Ramstein UFSAF Air base in Germany. A couple of interceptors were immediately scrambled. The UFO was chased, but it escaped the fighters. Accidentally and quite unexpectedly for the alien crew, the alien craft was shot down by a surface to air missile from Ramstein AFB, somewhere between Manheim and Ramstein. Possibly the attention of the alien crew was distracted by the aircrafts and they did not react in time to the missile launch from the ground or had enough time to disable it. An explosion of an AA-class missile knocked the disk down. An American retrieval team quickly rushed to the scene from Ramstein and found the flat disk-shaped object, about 10 meters in diameter, resembling to flat plates joined together at the rim, the upper plate higher than the lower one. In the lower section the disk had a cylinder shaped central prop or pedestal-like section moving inside and outside the disk, with the encircling band beneath segmented squares. A crew of two aliens was found inside. Both were killed by the explosion and hard impact. They were tall, about 2 meters in height, of the “Nordic” blond type, with long red hair, slanted blue eyes, dressed in tight-fitting silver metallic suits. The disk was moved in top secret by sea to the USA, and then moved to the S4 base in Nevada at the Nellis range in 1970. The first disk of the very same type was recovered in 1958 in Vietnam; so, using pass experience a team of experts was successful in its examination of the engineering section of the disk. The disk from the Vietnam also contained two “Nordic” occupants on board. Both disk were witnessed and drawn by Derek Hennessy (a guard from US Navy Seal Team 6) at the S4 underground base, level 2 in 1987, bays 2 and 3. In February 1993, the disks were moved to a new underground base on the White Sands range, New Mexico, as well as the other disks from S4. These disks belonged to the planet “Troon” civilization, Tialubba star system.
Source: Anton Anfalov, Lenura Azizova, also Leonard H Stringfield And Col. Ret. Philip J Corso
Date: May 1967
Location: Vauxhall, Alberta
Time: 00:30
Summary: Electromagnetic effect: headlights died in two separate cars. Distant Nocturnal light in sky, shape indiscernible.
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Date: May 1967 (Approx date)
Location: HOLBAK (VESTSJALLAND : DENMARK)
Time: Late night.
Summary: A farmer was looking over the fields, when he saw an “artificial looking” lilac light. He went towards it, and about midway saw it was an unusual object. The light came from some ovoid windows in the dome of an object with a dark underside. Something seemed to be moving behind the windows. He was shaken by the sight and went home to bed. Next day he examined the site, where he found a substance, like strangely coloured, fine cotton wool. He could scarcely feel the substance in his hands. He placed a sample under a stone but it gradually vanished over a period of three days. The grass at the sight was pressed down, and the lowest wire on some nearby pylons had been pulled down and dragged 20m.
Source: MUFORG June 1967 p3 + citing Report from Denmark 1,3 p5 in turn citing Holbaek Amts Venestreblad 11 April 1967
Date: May 1967
Location: Swift Current, SK
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Summary: A UFO was seen over a house by some neighbours who tried phoning the owners but the line was always busy. The next day, the neighbours inquired of the owners, who insisted that they had not been on the phone that night.
Source: Grassroots UFOs, by Michael Swords, p. 199
Date: May 1967
Location: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Time: Evening
Summary: An unidentified but otherwise conventional object was sighted. One object was observed by one female witness.
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Date: May 1967: City Youth Tells Of A Strange Ship
Date: May 1967
Location: Alberton South Australia
Time: evening
Summary: A movie film was hot of a light in the sky. Upon developing and playing it, some frames, were enlarged. These enlargements were said to show an object with an illuminated window. In this window a shape moved across it several times.
Source: Keith Basterfield
Date: May 1967
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KNIJPJE (sic) (NETHERLANDS)
A blue and white light was seen flying at treetop height southwest to northeast. It then appeared to land. It was moving in the opposite direction to the motorist who observed it. In intervals of 30 seconds to 1 minute two similar objects appeared at treetop height. The woman driver saw all three objects, her male companion only the second.
UFOLog 35 p5 citing N.O.B.O.V.O.)
Evaluation: I cannot find this place name on Google. The location may be De Knipe, Heerenveen, Friesland. Wikipedia notes “De Knijpe) was a unofficial translation that has never been accepted by the City Hall of Heerenveen, and should therefore by avoided”.
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LONG ISLAND (NEW YORK : USA)
A woman encountered an olive skinned being, dressed in a green suit, who gave his name as Aphloes.
Keel 1975a p159
Date: May 1967
Location: Owatonna, Minnesota
Time: evening
Summary: One man, five-foot-nine inches tall, with olive complexion and pointed face and long dark hair (too long for Air Force regulations or so the Butlers felt) arrived at the Butler household and identified himself as Air Force Major Richard French. Speaking perfect English and plainly well educated, he claimed that he was interested in CB (citizen’s band) radio and UFOs. He was dressed in a neat gray suit, white shirt and black tie and everything he owned appeared to be brand new. Even the soles of his shoes were un-scuffed and un-walked on. He drove a white Ford Mustang. “He said his stomach was bothering him,” said Mrs. Butler, who then told the air force officer that what he needed was some Jell-o. He said if it kept bothering him, he would come back for some. Major French returned to the Butler residence the next morning. His stomach was still bothering him, so Mrs. Butler slid a big bowl of Jell-o in front of him. Incredibly, according to Mrs. Butler, Major French picked up the bowl and attempted to drink it. She had to show him how to eat it with a spoon.
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(MADAGASCAR)
23 foreign legionnaires, including Mr Wolff, has started to eat in a clearing while on patrol when they observed the arrival and descend of an object with a metallic sheen, surrounded by an intense dazzling glow. The oval object descended with a falling leaf motion and made the ground shake when it landed. The men were paralysed. The thing then took off again and they found that they had recovered the use of their limbs, and looking at their watches saw that 2 hours, 45 minutes had passed, for which they had no memory. The thing was shaped like a vertical egg 2-2.5m tall and when it took off, slowly at first and then at high speed, multi-coloured flames emerged from openings on the bottom. At the site they found traces of a tripod landing gear, in the middle of which was a crater 3m deep, widening towards the bottom, in which were crystals like broken glass. The witnesses suffered from violent headaches in buzzing in the ears for two days after the incident.
FSR 23,1 p29 citing H Julien in LDLN 160
Charles Bowen in The Unexplained 28 p559
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ALBERTON (S0UTH AUSTRALIA : AUSTRALIA)
Contactor Ellis Matthews (35) took a cine film of a hovering light in the sky. The film was sent to an American flying saucer buff, who some frames enlarged up to 1,000 times and claimed they showed a window in an object, through which a vaguely humanoid figure could be seen moving around.
Basterfield 1980 p34 case 28 citing his own investigation + Pix=People1 December 1971 + Cathie 1971 p134 + Official UFO November 1975 p26
Evaluation: Astronomical + paradolia
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THE DALLES (OREGON : USA)
Dennis Taylor (19), David Churchill and friends were walking home when they heard someone following them on an upper parallel path. Something about 2.4-2.7m tall rushed at them and then seemed to mimic their movements. They ran down onto the road to try and get a lift, but the headlights of a vehicle illuminated another of the creatures. The lads ran to a motel where they got a pickup truck and more friends. They returned to the scene and saw one of the creatures but it outpaced them. They returned on the following two nights. On that third night David fired at it with a shotgun. The thing fell down but got up again, tearing through a barbed wire fence, damaging the posts, in its escape. Tracks about 48cm long, 20-23cm wide were found at the site. The youths saw the things in the distance on subsequent occasions and noted an offensive smell.
Hunter and Dahinden 1975 p129
Green 19763 p 198 citing Roger Patterson
Date: May 1967.
Location: SYRACUSE (NEW YORK : USA)
Time: 2200 hrs.
Summary:William Stillwell saw a light descend descending by the Chimes Building. When it got within about 10m he saw that it was a grey object with portholes giving off an orange light.
Source: Dennett 2008 p61 citing Dick Case in Syracuse Herald-Journal 3 August 1994
Evaluation: Repeater witness who claimed to have taken a photo of a UFO during the New York Blackout
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CASSVILLE (MISSOURI : USA)
A woman and a 16 year old girl were driving down Hw 76, when they observed a large greyish object sitting on the left lane of the highway. As they approached, the object was completely dark. It was egg shaped. About 5.5m long and 3=3.5m thick, straggling the whole left lane and covering 1m of the right lane and 1m of the shoulder. The girl became frightened and the driver pulled onto the right shoulder to pass the object. As they passed within 60cm of the thing, they saw a diffuse soft yellow circular light about 60 cm diameters shining through a sort of grill that extended down from the light to the lower edge. After passing the object, the witnesses looked back to see the end covering the highway was also illuminated by a yellow white glow. The woman later returned, with her husband, to the site, but no trace could be found. Several young men were found to have reported a similar object.
Ted Phillips in FSR Case Histories 8 p10
Date: May 1, 1967
Location: Peel Tree, WV
Time: Night
Summary: A witness who requested anonymity (name on file) experienced engine failure (EM effects) on his car and then saw a 40-foot long elliptical object that emerged from behind a shed and hovered 15 feet from his car. The object tilted toward the car at about a 30-degree angle. Static was heard on the car radio, and the dashboard temperature gauge went off the dial. The driver felt an intense wave of heat when he put his head out the window, and his hands burned when he touched the horn rim and dashboard. He also reported headaches and partial loss of vision (physiological effects).
Source: White letter, 5/29/67, copy in NICAP files.
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POWERS (MICHIGAN : USA)
A landing report/ No further details.
George Fawcett in Flying Saucers 57
Date: May 1 1967
Location: Simoca, Tucuman, Argentina
Time: 2200
Summary: Nine witnesses returning from a hunting expedition were on a trailer being pulled by a tractor when they observed a very bright object in the sky, which at first they thought it was the moon. The object emitted an intense orange-reddish light and suddenly approached their position at high speed, appearing as a huge illuminated object. It then it briefly moved away but returned as one of the witnesses signaled at it with a flashlight. It hovered above the tractor, balancing itself back & forth like a pendulum. It was shaped like to plates put together and it had a crystal-like dome on top. Around its edge the witnesses could see several square window-like openings, from which a bluish light emanated. They also saw the figure of a man come out of one of the windows, and moved up to the dome, and then come back to the window and enter. Finally the object moved away, gaining altitude and disappearing at high speed.
Source:Proyecto CATENT, Argentina
Date: May 2, 1967
Location: Montezuma, IA
Time: 8:25 p.m.
Summary: Dennis Latcham (19) was out ploughing on his tractor, without his lights on when he saw, hovering about 400m away, a sort of grey, misty thing, with four red lights blinking in rotation and a steady white light on top. Dennis continued his work until he completed it at 2045. He then drove towards the field where the thing was hovering and began to continue the journey on foot, but then thought better of it. He could hear no sound. He retreated to his tractor and watched the object for another 10-15 minutes, until it took off vertically and then moved off to the west. Dennis was so shaken that he was covered in sweat when he got home.
Source: APRO Bulletin, May-June 1967, p. 8
Date: May 3, 1967
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Time: 6:30 a.m. EDT.
Summary: A metallic-appearing gray disc paced ahead of a car, top section revolving and a row of window-like markings visible around the center. A vapor stream was produced, which changed to red sparks. The object shot up into the overcast, and the witness experienced jaw pain at that moment (physiological effect).
Source: APRO Bulletin, May-June 1967, p. 12
Date: May 5, 1967
Location: Minot, ND
Time: Cat. 9. Ground/visual radar.
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Date: May 5 1967
Location: Moesgaard Strand Denmark
Time: 2325
Summary: The witness had gone for a walk along a quiet forest area and as she walked down a hill and past a local monument, he saw a strange light besides the monument. It was a bluish light that then became a circle on the ground; no source of the light could be seen. Suddenly from out of the sides several small grayish figures moved into the light. The figures were very short and no arms or legs could be seen. They seem to float back and forth, at times going into the forest and returning. Several more figures now appeared and also entered the light. As the witness stood looking at the light and figures, one of the figures floated towards him apparently increasing in size significantly as it approached. The witness became frightened and quickly left the area.
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KINNA (VASTERGOTLAND : SWEDEN)
Farmer Anders Markussen (65) went out to his courtyard when he suddenly heard an engine noise coming from a glade about 500m from his house. Immediately afterwards a large saucer shaped object rose towards the sky, disappearing in a couple of seconds.
Ake Jonsson in FSR 14,2 p15 citing Expresssen 6 May 1967
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Summary: May 6, 1967; St. George, UT1:43 a.m. MDT. A motorist on U.S. 91 heard a loud hum, stopped the car, and saw a 40-foot diameter, amber-colored, circular object with domed top hovering 20-30 feet overhead. He shot a pistol at the object and heard the bullets ricochet. The witness was a hospital employee in Paradise Valley, Calif. (Salt Lake City Tribune, 5/7/67, copy in NiCAP files; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. IV, No. 1, May-June 1967, p. 6; APRO Bulletin, May-June 1967, p. 6 (case misdated as May 13.
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Summary: May 6, 1967; Schirmeck, Bas-Rhein, Germany7:00 p.m. LT. Seven lenticular (disc-shaped) black objects, aligned diagonally, each with a diameter estimated as 50 feet or more, were seen above a grove of trees about 2 km away. Each had a “smoky halo” around it. The objects suddenly vanished, then reappeared and vanished again, leaving traces in the forest. Truncated light beams (“solid light”) were emitted from three of the objects, one white and two greenish. Although the beams did not reach the ground, a band of light was visible on the ground beneath them. A larger object was seen near the ground. A flexible light beam was also reported that detached from a lenticular object and then retracted itself. (Haines, 1994, pp. 91-92, from UNICAT catalogue #403.)
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DURANGO (DURANGO : MEXICO)
A mechanical engineer and his daughter were driving between Durango and Mazaltan when they spotted a disc shaped object on the ground off the highway. They took three photographs as the object was taking off; one was said to show the object partially hidden by trees, the second, the object in flight and the third nothing These photographs were never traced by investigators from APRO.
Lorenzen 1968 p60
Date: May 7, 1967
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Time: 2:00 a.m. MST.
Summary: A 14-year-old boy and four others saw a spherical object with spinning top and bottom and with red and green lights (body lights) which they followed and observed for 4 hours. As it hovered at about 200 feet altitude, a “white ribbon of light” (light beam) was emitted from the bottom of the object illuminating the ground. A “muffled whistling noise” was heard as the object hovered. Then a “screaming noise” like a jet engine starting up was heard, all lights went out, and the object took off with 7-8 explosive sounds. Black streaks were found on the charred road surface (physical traces).
Source: Edmonton Journal, 5/8/67, copy in Donald E. Keyhoe Archives files; U.F.O. Investigator, Vol. IV, No. 1, May-June 1967, p. 3; APRO Bulletin, May-June 1967, p. 7; Phillips, 1975, p. 48.
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(TABASCO : MEXICO)
A man and his wife were driving through Tabasco state when they saw a bright point of light in the sky. It descended to a spot about 150m from their car. The thing was cone shaped and gave off an intense, bright, orange-white light. The couple stopped and shut off the car lights. When the object came nearer, they put the lights back on again. The object stopped in mid air and its lights blinked on and off twice. The couple, now frightened, drove to the nearest town to report the incident. Several people accompanied them to the spot and found the object still there. When they turned their lights on and off the object approached. As several members of the crowd ran towards the object with weapons poised, the object ascended into the sky and was out of sight in a few seconds. The crowd included two policemen and a professor, all were regarded as reliable.
Lorenzen 1968 p60
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JULIAN (CALIFORNIA : USA)
A strange object landed. No further details.
George Fawcett in Flying Saucers 57 p24
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Time: May 8, 1967; Chester Heights, PA11:00 p.m. EDT. A woman saw a round object with four red lights (body lights) in a curving row and a very bright center light that flashed on and off. The object hovered, moved up and down and from side to side. It darted away, reappeared, and hovered again before moving away for good. (Ritter report received 7/28/67, copy in NICAP files.)
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Time: May 9, 1967; Champaign, ILEvening. Two people saw a white-lighted object that changed color to red as it flew rapidly from north to south. The object circled the airport, turned on a bright light, made turns, and hovered, then moved south above the witnesses, who followed it in a car at speeds over 90 m.p.h. (Witness letter, NICAP files.)
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Date: May 9, 1967
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Summary: An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One multi-colored domed disc was observed by two witnesses, a married couple, for over five minutes.
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Time: May 9, 1967; Beloit, WI9:05 p.m. CDT. On the same evening, about 200 miles north-northeast of Champaign, Illinois, a woman heard a hissing sound, then saw an object with flashing blue, red, green, and yellow lights. The object “swayed, jumped” and shot out of sight. (The Daily News, 5/10/67, copy in NICAP files.)
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Time: May 10, 1967; Wayne County, IN3:00 a.m. EDT. Fishermen saw a missile-shaped (elongated) object that had a glowing red ball at each end. A white glowing object seemed to land and grew increasingly bright causing the witnesses to fear an explosion. Witnesses left to get the sheriff. No physical traces found. (Ridge, 1994, -? P-22.)
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Date: May 11 1967
Location: Wareham, Mass.
Time: 2:05 a.m. EDT.
Summary: Four witnesses saw two inverted-dish (saucer) shaped objects with rotating lights. The objects hovered, descended behind trees into a bog, bobbed up and down like a yo-yo, and sped away when police shone a light at them (light reaction).
Source: Fowler, 1974, p. 348.
Date: May 11 1967
Location: Torrance, California
Time: night
Summary: This picture, although a fairly clear shot, does not have a lot of details. Taken on a Saturday night, a group of pals, Allen, Bobby, Rick, and Danny were hanging out when they saw this object that “glowed reddish-white.” One of the boys had a camera, and took this photo.
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Date: May 11 1967
Location: Holbaek Denmark
Time: 1300
Summary: A domed saucer shaped object was seen hovering above a farm field. Through a large window a form is seen moving inside. Angel hair like substance was found at the site.
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Time: May 12, 1967; Putney, England11:10 p.m. GMT. A glowing yellow elliptical object with three round spots on the underside passed below clouds and was observed through binoculars. (Flying Saucer Review, Sept.-Oct. 1967, p. 31.) Summary:
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Time: May 12, 1967; Neola, UT8:OO p.m. MDT (2:00 a.m. GMT, May 13). Two men saw a silver ellipse or disc, 45 feet long and 15 feet thick (3:1 length to width ratio), with a distinct outline, that approached, slowed, descended level with a road, tilted and went over a hill. (Salisbury, 1974, Appendix B, Table 1, Case 48.)
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Date: May 13, 1967
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Time: 4:40 MDT.
Summary: At the Colorado Springs airport an object was picked up on radar. During this time a Braniff flight was coming in for a landing on runway 35. The track of the object behaved like a ghost echo, perhaps a ground return being reflected from the Braniff aircraft. The object blip appeared at about twice the range of the Braniff blip. When Braniff touched down, however, the situation changed radically. The UFO blip pulled to the right (east) and passed over the airport at an indicated height of about 200 ft. The object track passed within 1.5 miles of the control tower. The object was not visible even through binoculars by personnel in the control tower. This case was written up in the SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, conducted by the University of Colorado, and it was stated there: This must remain as one of the most puzzling radar cases on record, and no conclusion is possible at this time. It seems inconceivable that an anomalous propagation echo would behave in the manner described, particularly with respect to the reported altitude changes, even if AP had been likely at the time. In view of the meteorological situation, it would seem that AP was rather unlikely. Besides, what is the probability that an AP return would appear only once, and at that time appear to execute a perfect practice ILS approach?
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Time: May 13, 1967; Vermillion, SD8:00 p.m. CDT. A University of South Dakota faculty member and five others saw a lens-shaped object (disc) that passed under clouds, turned over, and changed direction (maneuvered). (Witness report, 7/18/67, in NICAP files.)
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WAYNE COUNTY (ILLINOIS : USA)
A group of fishermen observed something like a missile with a red sphere at either end. A white glowing object landed across the road from the men and grew brighter. Fearing an explosion the men fled and reported the matter to the sheriff.
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WHALEBACK (WESTERN AUSTRALIA : AUSTRALIA)
Returning from work, Mr Harris and some workmates observed a large silver disc due east of Whaleback. Arriving back at camp they saw that it was hovering about 30m above the ground, with a small orange object at the “10 o clock” position to it. The large silver object was 30-35m across and projected a beam with a range of 2km. The small object moved to the north, the larger one keeping up with it. The men pursued it in their car but lost sight of it when they had to put their headlamps on. When they got back to the camp they saw a light 1-1.5m diameter, with a flame like tail, moving along the airstrip and disappearing into the scrub when they walked towards it.
L J Locke in A.F.S.R. 8 p17
Australian UFO Review 10 p21
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MILL CREEK (WASHINGTON : USA)
5 people ( 2 couples in their 20s and a woman of 37) found their car stuck after a picnic. They decided to walk to the Mill Creek Guard Station. One of the women drew the others attention to a light in the sky. The thing then started descending in jerks, before taking off to the west with a blast of air. The thing then returned, at 30m above the trees and then hovered over a hill about 2km away. The thing was silent up to that point, but there was a sudden whooshing sound and the sky lit up, stunning the party. When they came to their senses they were running and it was 0130hrs.. One of the women felt tired so they left her by the road as they carried on to the Station to call for a lift home, picking her up on the way. One of the men suffered nightmares after the event.
Long 1990 p64 citing investigations by Ron Westrum and Bill Vogel
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ALAMOSA (COLORADO : USA)
The two rear tyres of a car burst when a cigar shaped object, with a throbbing red glow, came within 100m of the car. The thing then shot off.
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Time: May 15, 1967; NE of Indianapolis, IN7:30 p.m. EDT. A pilot and a sheriffs deputy saw a 50-foot cigar-shaped object with a brilliant white light in front, a rapidly blinking red light on the rear, and red lights pulsating from front to back underneath (body lights). The object, its altitude estimated at 1,000 feet, moved slowly until it left rapidly at a steep angle. Indianapolis airport radar reportedly tracked the object. (Telephone call report from Frank Edwards, 5/18/67, NICAP files; Ridge, 1994, pp. 22-23 from Edwards, 1968, p. 152.)
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Date: May 15 1967
Location: La Paz Baja California Mexico
Time: 2300
Summary: After an amateur astronomy club meeting, the witness, Benito Hamburgo Valenzuela returned to his home where there appeared a colossal man at least 9-feet tall, who pulled up a large piece of wood and sat down on it. The man had large blue eyes, red hair, and very large ears; he wore a tight fitting red coverall like garment with short sleeves, bracelets on both arms, and boots. On his chest was an insignia of white dots, and on his head a white cap that looked nickel-plated. From a wide belt hung a small box with a little antenna. He greeted Hamburgo in slightly accented Spanish, introducing himself as “Wirkle, Chief of the Guard,” and answered Benito’s questions, anticipating them before the witness actually phrased them. He said he was from a very distant “region” and that they were an advanced race, concerned over the misuse of atomic energy. When he left he refused to shake hands, explaining that contact with him would aggravate Benito’s cardiac condition.
Source: Mike Culbert & Paul Cerny
Date: May 15, 1967
Location: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Time: 10:00 p.m. EDT.
Summary: Three witnesses 500 miles to the northeast, in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, saw an elongated object with one red and one white light. It moved slowly, stopped, and slowly flew away. The object responded to light flashes (light reaction) by a witness.
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Time: May 16, 1967; Half Moon Bay, CA1:30 a.m. PDT. A family saw a triangular object with a row of red lights and a white light on one end (body lights). The object hovered over the ground near a pond, made a roaring sound, then took off soaring over the house. (Redwood City Times, Calif., 5/16/67, copy in NICAP files.)
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Date: May 16 1967
Location: Nieva Segovia Spain
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Summary: Roman and Jose Arribas observed an object land in a pine forest north of Nieva-Segovia; they saw “people” enter the ash colored craft, which took off straight up at high speed. No other information.
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PURNONG LANDING (SOUTH AUSTRALIA : AUSTRALIA)
Mr J A Carson saw a glowing red light, about 3-4.5m diameter, on the opposite side of the River Murray. It disappeared without leaving a trace.
Australian UFO Review 10 p21
Basterfield 1981 p87 citing UFO Research South Australia files
Hervey 1969 p149
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Time: May 17, 1967; Ustkamenogorsk, Russia2:30 a.m. LT. An engineer named T.N. Kanshov saw a bright body twice as large as the moon moving across the sky from south to north for over two minutes. It first appeared as a flame so bright he could read the time on his watch by its light. The night was quiet, cloudless, moonless. The object had “fiery arrows” extending parallel to its sides. It expanded to three times its original size before disappearing. (Ref. 3) Summary:
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Time: May 17, 1967; Kamyshin, Russia10:00 p.m. LT. Major Y.B. Popov, of Novosibirsk, together with Junior Lieutenant A.S. Nikitenko and several local residents saw a cascade of lights rushing across the night sky from the northeast in even rows. The lights were located on the surface of a very large cigar-shaped object, the impression was that an ocean-going vessel was flying across the sky with absolute silence at an altitude of about 0.6 mile. It was observed for two or three minutes. It passed almost over-head and took off into space. (Ref. 3)
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Time: May 17, 1967. 22:05 Bakhrushev, Russia10:05 p.m. LT. By a warm, quiet evening several witnesses including S.V. Ostrovskiy saw a bright point descending in the western sky. It flew down to an altitude estimated as about one mile, when it changed to a horizontal course. At that point it appeared as a dark body of impressive proportions, with a compact, well-defined light at the rear. It flew off silently at less than 200 mph, with a dark orange tail behind it. (Ref. 3) Summary:
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Date: May 18 1967
Location: Mount Misery Long Island New York
Time: 1030A
Summary: The day after being instructed by a metallic sounding voice in her phone to go to the small local public library, Jane Paro did as was instructed. The library was deserted except for the librarian, who stuck Jane as being unusual. The woman was “dressed in an old fashioned suit like something out of the 1940’s with a long skirt, broad shoulders, and flat old looking shoes.” She had a dark complexion, with a fine bone structure, and very black eyes and hair. When Jane entered, the woman seemed to be expecting her and produced a book instantly form under the desk. Jane sat down at a table and began to riffle through the book, pausing on page 42. The metallic voice had told her to read that page. Suddenly the print became smaller and smaller, then larger and larger. It changed into a message about contact with earthlings. The print became very small again, and then the normal text reappeared. As soon as Jane left the library she became quite ill. In early June she began to see the “librarian” wherever she went. Unable to sleep one night, Jane gout up at the crack of dawn the following morning and went for a walk on an impulse. The dark skinned woman stepped out of an alley and approached her shyly. “Peter is coming,” she announced. Jane asked her a question and she repeated, “Peter is coming very soon.” Next a large black Cadillac came down the street and stopped next to them. It was brand new, very shiny, and polished. The driver was an olive skinned man wearing wraparound sunglasses and dressed in a neat gray suit, apparently of the same material as the woman’s clothes. The rear door opened and a man climbed out with a big grin on his face. He was about five-feet 8 inches tall, with dark skin and Oriental eyes. He had an air of someone very important and was dressed in a well-cut, expensive looking suit of the same gray material that was shiny like silk but was not silk. The stranger said his name was “Apol.”
Source: John Keel, The Mothman Prophecies
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PHILADELPHIA (PENNSYLVANIA : USA)
Mrs Ruth Smythe was driving about 9.5km out of Philadelphia, following a removal van, when she observed a disc shaped object, of dark dull grey gunmetal colour. It had a dark band around its centre, with what looked like unlit portholes, and a sort of pipe out of which came a thin stream of vapour. The thing was surmounted by a dome, which seemed to be rotating on a central axis, and a flat bottom. Ruth observed it at the height of three telephone poles for 3 minutes, after which it seemed to shudder and, emitting cherry red sparks from the pipe, shot straight up. As it emitted the sparks, Ruth developed a violent toothache. This faded a few minutes after the thing had gone.
Steiger and Whritenour 1968b p46 citing letter from witness to Saucer Scoop
Date: May 19, 1967
Location: Grove City, OH
Time: 4:00-4:30 a.m. EDT.
Summary: Four men saw a cigar-shaped object for 20 minutes that made various movements (maneuvered). One witness said it descended to within 150 feet of the ground, then made a 90-degree turn and flew off to the west. The object made an odd noise “that made your ears ring.”
Source: Grove City Record, 5/25/67, copy in NICAP files.
Date: May 20 1967: The Stephen Michalak Encounter at Falcon Lake
Date: May 20, 1967
Location: Lexington, KY
Time: 10:45 p.m. EDT.
Summary: A couple saw an intensely glowing object with shimmering white lights. The object alternated between hovering and moving at an estimated altitude of 1,500-2,000 feet. The lights undulated, expanded and contracted, and at times disappeared. During the a contraction phase the object looked like a large white glowing ball. The witnesses became frightened and left. (.)Source: Witness letter, 5/25/67, NICAP files
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POINT PLEASANT (WEST VIRGINIA : USA)
Several residents reported seeing a brightly lit glowing object land in a field near the Ohio River Junior High School. Some people observed it for 20 minutes before it took off slowly.
John Keel in FSR 14, 4 p12
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Date: May 20, 1967
Location: Saskatoon Mountain, Alberta
Time: 20:30
Summary: An object was observed. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object was observed by several witnesses at a mountain.
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Summary: May 21, 1967; Union County, IN3:00 a.m. A dark object with a circle of red pulsating lights which lit up the area was observed for two minutes by two witnesses. The object moved slowly along a highway below tree-top level. It made two passes. Witnesses experienced retinal afterimage, and a rooster reduced its crowing to a shrill screaming sound. The location: 5 miles west of the NIKE missile base near Oxford, Ohio! (Don Worley files)Source:
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Time: May 21, 1967; Union County, IN8:00 a.m. A farmer out hunting looked up when he heard a brief swishing sound. Six or eight light gray watermelon shaped objects in semicircle formation at undetermined height were moving rapidly to the east. The witness was very shook up, rushed home and called the newspaper. (Don Worley files)
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Date: May 21, 1967
Location: Saskatoon Mountain, Alberta
Time: 22:30
Summary: An object was observed. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object was observed by several witnesses at a mountain.
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Date: May 22, 1967
Location: Saskatoon Mountain, Alberta
Time: 22:30
Summary: An object was observed. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object was observed by several witnesses at a mountain.
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EVILLERS (DOUBS : FRANCE)
A teacher, Mr Tyrode (45) saw a glow and then an object shaped like an inverted plate, emitting a greenish-blue light, which flew less than 20m above his car at 40kph.
Vallee Case 845 citing LDLN 94
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BUCKHURST HILL (ESSEX : ENGLAND)
A couple observed from the window of their flat observed an unusual object take off from the roof of a building about 800m on, on the edge of Bush Road. The thing rose 6-7m into the air, reversed direction and moved off to the south-east, where it merged with another object. One of these objects came back to hover over the building again.
Hanson and Holloway 2011b p 131 citing an anonymous letter to BUFORA
Date: May 23, 1967
Location: Magog, Quebec
Time: 22:19
Summary: Five people saw a flying saucer that was bluish white, surrounded by light. It was moving about 50 feet above the trees towards Sherbrooke. After three minutes, it had disappeared behind trees.
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Date: May 24, 1967
Location: Chatham, Ontario
Time: 22:15
Summary: Hovering red light flew to Lake Erie.
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Date: May 24, 1967
Location: Cap-de-la-Madeline, Quebec
Time: 7:15 pm
Summary: Two photos were taken of a disc-shaped object during the 20 seconds it was in view. It was said to be the size of a house and made a whistling sound as it flew.
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RIO GRANDE DA SERRA (SAO PAULO : BRAZIL)
Antonio de Carvolho (52) the manager of the Parque Rio Grande estate and his wife Julieta Cornelio were putting a tiled roof on their shed, while their 6 year old son was, Jose Antonio, was playing nearby. Julieta suddenly saw, and ran out to draw her husband’s attention to, an object 5m long, light grey in colour, resembling a big cigar with oval ends and four legs. The object then moved, and a small opening appeared, thought which a “not very tall” occupant wearing a sort of helmet leaned out as if observing them. The object then vanished at high speed.
FSR 17, 2 p30 citing Ultima Hora 30 May 1967.
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ARBONNE (PYRENEES-ATLANTIQUES : FRANCE)
Remy Deneuville and his family saw a white light to the side of the road, but it was turned off when they drove within 150m of its location. Minutes later they saw a luminous spherical object fly away for several minutes.
Vallee Case 846 citing Phen Spax December 1967
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Time: May 25, 1967; Fostoria, OH9:30 p.m. A witness saw a flat-bottomed object, with a domed top (domed disc) that had rainbow-like light. When his car headlights shone on the object, its light flared up and within seconds it took off straight up (light reaction). The witness felt his hair stand on end and a tingling like static electricity (physiological effects). (Letter from Chuck Thaxton, NICAP files.)
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Time: May 25, 1967; Shreveport, LA8:55 p.m. CDT (9:55 p.m. EDT). Two people saw a cigar-shaped object with a string of white lights down the center and a red light at front, and a green light at the rear (body lights). The object was estimated to be under 1,000 feet in altitude as it came from the west, circled south, turned north (maneuvered) and disappeared behind the local horizon. (Witness letter, NICAP files.)
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Time: May 25, 1967; Castro Valley, CA10:30 p.m. PDT. A couple saw a metallic-appearing disc that descended to about 5,000 feet above the ground, emitting a bright red flame which shot from a 3-4 foot round aperture in the underside. The 15-20 foot long flame disappeared into the object, which zigzagged away. The flame was reflected off the underside making the object clearly visible. (NICAP report form; U.F.O Investigator, Vol. IV, No. 3, Nov.-Dec. 1967, p. 3.)
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Time: May 26, 1967; Albuquerque, NMCat. 3. Luminous object chased car, hovered above it; able to restart engine after UFO sped away. (APRO Bulletin, May-June, 1967 [E,L]) car.
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PASSINS (ISERE : FRANCE)
A farmer and his family were returning to home in their car when, at a point some 1.5km from their house, they saw a sphere of orange fire, stationary, giving out a luminous trail. It was above one of their fields, near to their house. They rushed to the spot but it had gone. Two days later, walking in the same field, the farmer found his tobacco crop burned in rows running from North to South. Soon afterwards, in the neighbouring hamlet of Sermerieu cattle died of an unidentified illness and four circles of burnt grass, 50cm diameter, were found in their pasture. These holes gave off a powerful odour, like benzene.
FSR 14, 5 p 35 citing J Billandar in LDLN March/April 1968
Date: May 28 1967
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Summary: A couple saw three light green glowing discs that flew low above treetops and then went straight up and out of sight.
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Date: May 28 1967
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Source: Letter dated 6/5/67, NICAP files.
Date: May 28 1967
Location: MURRAY BRIDGE (SOUTH AUSTRALIA : AUSTRALIA)
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Source: Basterfield 1981 p87 citing UFO Research (South Australia) files
Date: Late May 1967
Location: Tyndall, Manitoba
Time: 23:30
Summary: Red oval UFO approached farmhouse.
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Date: May 29 1967
Location: Saugus, MA
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Source: Fowler, 1974, p. 348.
Date: May 29 1967
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Source: Bay City Times, 6/14/67, copy in NICAP files.
Date: May 31, 1967
Location: Danville, PA
Time: Evening
Summary: A woman and three children saw an object with red and green rotating lights. It took off down river, and turned after a short distance. The colored lights were not visible after the turn, but there was a large light like a locomotive headlight visible. (.)
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Date: May 31, 1967
Location: Beausejour, Manitoba, Canada
Time: 11:30 p.m. CDT.
Summary: A woman reported a luminous red, saucer-shaped object with blue light that approached from the south and hovered about 125 yards away. A white light on the bottom became brighter as the object hovered (luminosity/motion correlation), its glow illuminating the ground. The object landed and left physical traces, including a burned area and radioactive soil.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba, 7/21/67, copy in NICAP files; APRO Bulletin, May-June 1967, p. 2.
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