+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [On This Day] | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |  Encounters with Aliens on this Day | | | |  September 18 | | | | 1951 - A U.S. Air Force B-36 on a training flight near Goose Bay, | | Labrador, Canada spotted a saucer-shaped object with multiple white | | lights on a parallel flight course, which then crossed over in front | | of them from right to left. The ADF went out for a few minutes, then | | the radar jammed and also went out for a few minutes. (Sources: | | Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 14; J. Allen Hynek | | files; Richard F. Haines, NARCAP: A Preliminary Report of 64 Pilot | | Sightings Involving EM Effects on Aircraft, case # 13). | | | | 1954 - At 5:55 a.m. two control tower operators, a weather forecaster | | and a weather observer at Kimpo Air Base in Korea watched a round | | object, like polished aluminum, fly straight and level for 11-13 | | minutes. (Sources: Project Blue Book files counted in official | | statistics, case # 3213; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook UFO | | Unknowns). | | | | 1954 - At 8:15 p.m. a small gray disc flew over a car from the rear | | at very high speed in Casablanca, Morocco. The car was being driven | | by a Mr. Guitta. The car was pulled to the left by an unseen force, | | and this was followed by a blast of cold air. (Sources: Ouranos | | magazine; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, p. 210; Thomas M. | | Olsen, Reference for Outstanding UFO Reports, case #  47). | | | | 1962 - Three men working on a rubber plantation in Barcelos, Amazonas | | State, Brazil saw a large, disk-shaped object hover above the river. | | It emitted sparks, was a silvery color, and very brilliant. It | | eventually rose straight up at high speed. Disappearance of cattle | | was noticed in the area during that period and blamed on the same | | cause. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of | | Landings, case # 548, citing APRO Bulletin, January 1963). | | | | 1962 - Minerva, Ohio. Six policemen in northeastern Ohio sighted UFOs | | at about the same time at around five a.m. One object was hovering, | | while two were maneuvering. (Source: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, | | p. 62). | | | | 1966 - Police constable Dack and two others witnessed a UFO that | | hovered motionless over the city of Southampton, England. It had | | flashing red, white and blue lights, and was dropping flares. It made | | no engine sounds, nor was it shaped like any known aircraft. It shot | | off at high speed towards Eastleigh. (Sources: Charles Bowen, Flying | | Saucer Review, November-December 1966, p. 31; Gary Heseltine, UFO | | Magazine (UK), July 2003, p. 5). | | | | 1967 - Forestry employee Russell Hill heard a strange pulsating sound | | at one o'clock in the morning in Nanton, Alberta, Canada and then saw | | an object giving off a green glow hovering near his cabin. He also | | experienced radio interference during the sighting. (Source: Jim & | | Coral Lorenzen, UFOs over the Americas, p. 34; Jacques Vallee, | | Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case # 884). | | | | 1971 - At 11:45 p.m. in Chauchina, Granada, Spain a 1.5 meter | | diameter disc was seen hovering just six meters above the ground. Two | | figures were visible inside, would could be seen apparently signaling | | to the witness. The object was in view for 30 seconds. (Source: | | Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Catalogue of 200 Type-I UFO Events in | | Spain and Portugal, p. 35, case # 149, citing Llorente Manuel Osuna, | | Lumieres dans la Nuit, March 1972, p. 15). | | | | 1978 - Mr. Gould, age 52, had experienced a series of humanoid | | encounters in January of 1978 in his neighborhood. At two o'clock on | | this early morning, again in South Middleton, Massachusetts he looked | | out the front window of his house and noticed a group of humanoid | | figures standing besides the road. Five of the figures wore white | | coverall suits, as in the previous encounters, and one wore black. | | The black dressed individual appeared to be pointing to the ground. | | Their clothing was reflective. After a few minutes the beings walked | | into the woods and disappeared. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted | | Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1969, citing | | David F. Webb, FSR). | | | | 1981 - Four witnesses, two each in two cars, were driving on the SR23 | | Freeway south of Moorpark, California at 9:15 p.m. when they sighted | | three bright delta-shaped objects in the sky. They were estimated to | | be between 25 and 50 feet in length, and they flew at a low 100-foot | | altitude. They went behind some hills, and then came back. | | (Source: William F. Hassel, MUFON UFO Journal, January 1982, p. 10). | | | | Moorpark, California UFOs - 1981 | | | | [Sketch of Moorpark, California Delta-Shaped UFOs - 1981] | | | | 1983 - At 10:30 p.m. a boomerang with lights moved slowly across the | | sky over Carmel, Putnam County, New York for ten minutes, then banked | | to the north. (Source: Doris Graziano, APRO Bulletin, July 1984, | | p. 7). | | | | 1993 - At 9:30 p.m. a boomerang-shaped object with a luminous tail | | (or "anchor") flew silently over the city of Magdeburg, Germany at a | | low altitude. It had two red round lights near the "focal point". | | (Source: Illobrand von Ludwiger, Best UFO Cases--Europe, p. 41). | | | | 1998 - At 9 p.m. several people in Torriglia, Italy watched a | | luminous blue oval-shaped light on or near the ground on Mt. Prela | | for about an hour. In front of the light a small child-like figure | | was seen walking back and forth as if inspecting the area. (Source: | | Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1998, citing CUN | | Genova). | | | | 2004 - Another boomerang-shaped object flew over the witnesses in | | Kanata, Ontario, Canada at 10:00 p.m. It had no lights and made no | | sound. (Sources: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, | | Seattle, September 2004 webpage; Geoff Dittman, 2004 Canadian UFO | | Survey, case # 687, citing NUFORC). | | | | Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 5 July 2009). | | | | Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database. | | | | Themes: air displacement, alum | | inum or gray colored UFOs, blue UFO, boomerang UFOs, disc-shaped UFOs | | , green UFO, sensation of cold, short humanoids, triangular UFOs, une | | xplained animal disappearances associated with UFOs; vertical ascent. | | | |  < Calendar | Home | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+