+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [On This Day] | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |  Encounters with Aliens on this Day | | | |  December 30 | | | | 1953 - On this day in Johannesburg, South Africa a disc-shaped object | | followed a car on a road into an outlying town. On the same day a | | blue disc-shaped object flew over Bentwaters RAF Airbase in Suffolk | | County, England. It made crackling sounds, flashed and hissed as it | | went over. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, cases # 3236 & | | # 3237, citing Harold Wilkins,  Flying Saucers Uncensored, pp. 136 & | | 65). | | | | 1954 - A man was walking along a path near a local church in | | Sommaprado, Italy at 6:30 a.m. when he heard a sound like a motor. He | | looked around but did not see anything, but moments later he heard | | the noise again. This time he saw a shiny brass colored cigar-shaped | | object hovering nearby. It had a "bump"  or dome in the middle and | | six rotor blades, three in front and three in the rear. The rear of | | the object was transparent and inside he could see two short beings | | dressed in black and wearing large helmets. The beings looked human | | with olive colored skin and black hair. They looked at the witness | | and smiled at him. The frightened witness fell to the ground and | | watched as the object departed at high speed. (Sources: Maurizio | | Verga, ITACAT; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case # 4251; Albert | | S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1954, case # 1564, citing | | ITACAT). | | | | 1957 - On this night George Chowanski, an auto mechanic living in | | Drakestown, New Jersey was alerted by the barking of his dog and | | heard a whirring sound similar to that of an electric shaver. A | | lighted object was observed by Mr. Chowanski and his wife as it came | | to within 60 cm of the ground. Two figures got out of the bottom of | | the object, walked around a clearing, and one of them picked up | | something before returning to the craft, which then took off. The | | encounter lasted two minutes. (Sources: Jacques Vallee, Passport to | | Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 453; Coral & Jim Lorenzen, UFOs: | | The Whole Story, p. 88). | | | | 1966 -  At 3:03 a.m. two luminous objects paced a Canadian Pacific | | Airlines plane at 35,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean for seven | | minutes while flying from Lima, Peru to Mexico City, Mexico. It | | emitted light beams up, then down, and then climbed and shot away. | | There were five witnesses on board the aircraft. (Sources: Frank | | Edwards, UFOs--Here and Now!, p. 128; John Magor, Canadian UFO | | Report, March 1969; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A | | Thirty-Year Report, pp. 9, 118 & 322). | | | | 1966 -  Driving through Emerson, Arkansas on a foggy night, Dr. | | Galloway and his wife saw a UFO at 8:15 p.m. ahead of their car and | | to the left. It was seen through trees, and was pulsating regularly | | from dull red to bright orange every two seconds. It gave off no | | flame and made no discernable sound. At a distance of one mile the | | UFO brightened to blinding white and woke up their two children. | | (Sources: Gordon Creighton, FSR, January 1971, p. 29; Jacques Vallee, | | Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 808; UNICAT case # | | 668, citing Edward Condon, Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying | | Objects, p. 277). | | | | 1972 - Ventura Maceiras, a 73-year-old gaucho, was sitting near his | | shack in Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires, Argentina with his dog and his | | cat when his transistor radio failed. He then heard a loud humming | | noise, "like angry bees," and looked up to see an object 70 to 80 | | feet in diameter hovering overhead. It was some 10-12 meters over a | | grove of eucalyptus trees, and it was emitting a powerful light. An | | enormous "wheel" was spinning around this object, which at first was | | reddish orange in color and then became purple. In its upper portion | | he could see a spherical cabin with two windows, and in one window | | was visible from the waist upwards a figure wearing dark gray | | clothing made of inflated "rolls," joined together, similar to our | | astronaut's space suits. On this being's head was a helmet with a | | transparent visor and a tube that ran to a box on his back. | | | | With a shower of sparks, the UFO tilted toward Sr. Maceiras, and he | | could now see a second occupant with identical features and clothing. | | Their eyes were slanted and their mouths were mere slits, and their | | faces were very flat. Behind them he could see a small flag or | | insignia showing a crowned seahorse followed by symbols resembling "S | | C Y" against a blue background. There was also a long instrument | | panel bearing "a lot of instruments and clocks." | | | | A powerful flash of light came from the underpart and completely | | enveloped the cat while temporarily blinding the witness. The humming | | grew louder, and the UFO changed color again to a blue-green, then | | moved away, sinking to a height of only 12-20 feet above the ground. | | It moved off toward the main road, leaving a strong odor like | | "sulphur or arnica." Maceiras was not frightened---in fact he called | | out to the occupants of the object to come down and share his mate. | | After the encounter, his cat disappeared, to return only after 48 | | hours, her back still showing burn marks. She now shunned the site of | | her misfortune. The tops of the eucalyptus trees at the site were | | scorched. Maceiras himself experienced severe physiological | | aftereffects: diarrhea, nausea, hair loss, and severe headaches, all | | lasting about two weeks. He also had some trouble speaking, and his | | eyes watered for a few days. Six weeks after the event he was feeling | | better and in fact felt rejuvenated, and he began cutting a new set | | of teeth in his upper gums. These effects were to continue. (Sources: | | Pedro Romaniuk, FSR, July 1973, p. 10; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, | | HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, citing Pedro Romaniuk). | | | | 1977 - near Keith, South Australia - A white, oval light about 27 feet | | in diameter paced a car 30 meters away. The two witnesses, a brother | | and sister, reported that as they slowed their car to 8-15 km/h, the | | engine began misfiring. They then stopped and the light continued on | | its course. After it was gone, the car could be started again and | | driven with no difficulties. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports | | Involving Vehicle Interference, case 418, citing UFO Research (South | | Australia) Newsletter, July-August, 1978). | | | | 1978 - A man was walking through the Plaza Garibaldi in Viareggio, | | Italy on this night when suddenly he heard a whistling sound and saw | | an object land close by. The craft seemed metallic and was shaped | | like a missile. A being described as a metallic robot briefly stepped | | out, and its body gave off an intense heat. Moments later the | | creature re-entered the UFO, which disappeared at high speed towards | | the sea. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, | | case # 1554, citing Maurizio Verga, ITACAT; Larry Hatch, U computer | | database, case 13037, citing ITACAT). | | | | 1979 - At 1:30 a.m. laborer Sebastiano Pannitteri suddenly woke up in | | his bedroom in Catania, Sicily, Italy and observed a strange | | phenomenon. The electrical power seemed to be out and he heard his | | brother-in-law's dog growling outside. Looking out the window, he saw | | a luminous white mass approaching, and within the light he could see | | a human like figure. Stunned, he went to the window and saw the back | | of a very tall figure wearing a very tight-fitting luminous white | | coverall that accentuated its musculature. The head was round and was | | either bald or covered with a white helmet. The being's shoulders and | | chest area appeared wider than normal. He had what looked like | | several black dots on his upper back. His arms were at his sides. The | | figure seemed to move slowly at first, but after five minutes it | | appeared to glide quickly, disappearing over a nearby wall. (Source: | | Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1979, citing Archivio | | CUN). | | | | 1982 -  A green beam of light shone into a house on this night in | | Mirassol, Brazil and a noise was heard coming from the bedroom by the | | young man who lived there. He next saw three humanoid beings emerge | | from the room: two wore white coveralls and helmets, while the third | | had no helmet and had red hair and dark skin. They asked him if he | | was afraid as they walked by, and he said no. (Source: Albert S. | | Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1982, case # 793, citing Irene | | Granchi). | | | | 1984 -  At about 10:00 p.m. a 30 foot long X-shaped object paced a | | car for 20 minutes along a highway in Martinsburg, West Virginia. | | There were five lights on the bottom of the craft and it made a | | humming noise. (Source: Robert Gribble, National UFO Reporting | | Center, case number 1147). | | | | 1994 -  A police officer and others sighted a large glowing ovoid | | hovering over Buckhannon Mountain in Upshur County, West Virginia at | | 9:20 p.m. Small nocturnal lights exited and returned from the object. | | (Source: West Virginia UFO Newsletter, issue number 2). | | | | 1994 -  Three passengers in a truck reported their vehicle had engine | | problems when they witnessed an ovoid object hovering at a low | | altitude in the desert in Alturas, Modoc County, California at 9:30 | | p.m. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 16642, citing | | Francis L. Ridge, UFO Intelligence Newsletter). | | | | 1995 -  A huge cigar-shaped object hovered over the ocean off | | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia on this night. Beams of light | | came down from the object into the water, causing the surface of the | | sea to roil. (Source: Bill Chalker, The Oz Files, p. 207). | | | | 2003 -  A hovering object with a circle of lights was seen in a field | | in Tatum, New Mexico at around 9:30 p.m. It shot straight up and | | stopped twice in the sky, then the lights went out and the object | | vanished. The sighting lasted 45 seconds. (Source: Peter Davenport, | | National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, December 2003 webpage). | | | | Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 27 December 2007). | | | | Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database. | | | | Themes: car purs | | uits; cigar-shaped UFOs; color changing UFO, humanoids; humming or bu | | zzing sounds; light beams; Michelin Man humanoids, near landing; phys | | iological effects: diarrhea, nausea, hair loss, severe headaches; mul | | ti-year reports from Italy; radio frequency interference; short human | | oids; vehicle EM interference effects, whirring and whistling sounds. | | | |  < Calendar | Home | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+