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The UFO photographed during an accident in Japan. See images/1973.jpg.
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The United States would discover that extraterrestrials are carrying out more abductions than what is indicated in the lists provided to them.
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January: In the January/February issue of the FSR, Gordon Creighton publishes the results of research undertaken personally since February 1968 on the account of extraterrestrials arriving in -10000 in China/Tibet.
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Early March: During the night, 60 tons of scrap metal, composed of railway tracks, and 7 switches disappear from a construction site near Piennes (Meurthe-et-Moselle).
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Mars
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March 1st: A group of approximately 12 people observed for 2 h 40 brightly lit circular objects above Saylor's Lake (Pennsylvania).
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A caravel is ready to land at Madeira Airport when the passengers waiting for it suddenly see it turn in the sky, while the pilot established his last contact with the control tower. Then, nothing. 2 towboats sent to the scene --- yet well established --- will find no trace.
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March 7: Observation of March 7th in South Carolina. See images/1973-03-07.jpg.
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April
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April 5: Launch of Pioneer 11 to Jupiter and then Saturn.
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Disappearance in Haute-Loire of a crane of several tonnes, 8 m high and equipped with a 3 m arrow.
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May
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May 14: Launch of the American station Skylab.
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Observation of Judy Doraty in Houston, Texas.
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May 22, 3 PM: At the exit of Catanduva (Saõ Paulo, Brazil), meeting of Onilson Papero.
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On a Friday, 7 PM: Mike Shea is driving his car when suddenly, a beam of light illuminates a barn located about 50 m from the road. Silent and surrounded by flashing lights, a large UFO appears. Anxiety begins for Mike Shea once the beam turns off as he believes he can feel something approaching behind him. As the UFO flies over him, he feels an electric shock along his spine. He eventually reaches Olney, his destination, but discovers with astonishment that he took 2 hours more than expected. After a decade of nightmares and diffuse malaise, Mike Shea decides to call Budd Hopkins, the famous specialist in abduction cases. Hypnotic regression sessions allow him to remember the abduction he suffered after being flown over by the UFO. He suddenly saw on the side of the road 4 strange entities: 3 of large size (about 1.80 m) and one smaller. They looked like large elongated insects, as if wrapped in a dark plastic armor, and stood upright on their rather arched hind legs. Their two pairs of front legs were used to grasp. Their head was rounded and their eyes globular. He was taken inside the UFO where he underwent various more or less traumatic examinations.
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Photo taken ("June Sightseeing in Canada"). See images/1973-06.jpg.
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July
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July 10: Recovery of 5 bodies following a crash in the northwest of Arizona.
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(May 22?) Observation of Masaaki Kudou in Tomakomai, on the island of Hokaido (Japan).
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September 18: Jimmy Carter submits to the NICAP his testimony of an UFO sighting in October 1969.
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The UFO photographed in Tokyo on September 19. See images/1973-09-19.jpg.
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October
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In the October issue of Pursuit, Hubert Malthaner, after a long investigation into the metal cube discovered in 1885, indicates that the famous "cube" had never actually disappeared from the Salzburg museum (as was believed in 1910), since it had in fact always been in the Vöcklabrück regional museum (Austria). He supports his claims with a photograph of the cube, showing that it is far from being as artificially-appearing as it had been proclaimed. He finally indicates that an analysis carried out in 1986 (1886?) at the Vienna Natural History Museum had established that the object was simply a mass of cast iron. Finally, it also seems that the cube was not found in a mine but by a worker from a foundry who was breaking coal blocks Nolane 1998, pages 15-16{.source}
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October 6: Start of the Yom Kippur War.
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October 7: Mississippi police officer Charles Deck chases a UFO with his car.
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7 PM: Observation of Noël Jean and his brother-in-law on the beach of Carteret (Normandy).
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October 11
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Larry Booth reported seeing a UFO in Pascagoula (Mississippi).
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In the evening, many viewers in the Pascagoula area call to report interference on their television sets.
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21 h : Abduction of Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker in Pascagoula (Mississippi).
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700 km away from Pascagoula (Mississippi), in Hartwell (Georgia), an ex-Methodist pastor is driving on a highway when he suddenly sees a UFO landing in front of him. He sees occupants, dressed in silver grey.
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The photo taken by the Sheriff of Falkville. See images/1973-10-11_150.jpg.
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October 16: General George S. Brown recounts an incident from early summer 1968 at a press conference in Illinois.
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October 17: In Falkville (Alabama), investigating a UFO report, Sheriff Jeff Greeshaw managed to photograph an object on the road. The object fled, outdistancing the car.
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October 18, 11:05 PM: Near Mansfield (Ohio), near-collision of Lawrence Coyne's helicopter with a UFO. An official report is written.
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October 19, 1973, 8:40 PM: G.D. and his friend ride a motorcycle to the place called Le Malmont north of Draguignan (Var). When they reach the top, they see an orange light in the sky moving slowly. The young girl gets scared and the couple goes back down to the city. The young man meets a friend who is interested in the UFO phenomenon. He talks to him about it and a small group of 4 enthusiasts go to the place in two cars. When they reach the top, they see a white light in the vegetation 100 m away and then the orientation table starts to overheat. The sound of broken branches attracts them and they see a red light approaching. It comes from a large reddish silhouette going down the path. A modulated whistle is heard. One of the cars is then violently shaken. Panic ensues. Everyone rushes into the vehicles and starts the engines, they then see 3 large helmeted silhouettes before going down the path at full speed. They will see red legs crossing the road before reaching the city below [[OVNI: the 1st complete dossier of close encounters in France by Michel Figuet and Jean-Louis Ruchon, Alain Lefeuvre 1979, pp. 417 to 421] [OVNI. Other Dimension by Lob and Gigi, Dargaud 1975] [Investigation summary by M.J.Chasseigne of October 29, 1973, LDLN n° 132 - February 1974 - cover and pp. 15 to 20]]{.source}.
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October 22, 9:45 PM : Blackford County Meeting.
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Foundation of the Trilateral Commission.
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October 24: End of the Yom Kippur War.
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October 25: In Greenburg (Pennsylvania), Stephen Polaski is one of 15 witnesses to see a UFO land in a field. Polaski and two boys run to see and find a creature resembling some kind of large 2m tall thing smelling of burnt rubber.
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Foundation of CUFOS.
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November 3
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18 h 45 : Observation of Cocoyoc (Mexico).
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7:30 PM: In New Hampshire, the witness's neighbor calls him to look through his telescope at a silver, saucer-shaped craft with 4 glowing red windows at one end, which he thinks is hovering over a radio tower 1 mile away. The witness eventually goes back home and goes to bed. Shortly after 0 h, the witness's dog seems agitated and he gets up to let it out. Going into the kitchen, he distinguishes 1 light coming from outside. He looks out the door and sees that the light is a diffuse glow coming from 2 silver-clad creatures with large pointed ears, big noses, and dark egg-shaped eyes that look like holes. Their boots are heel-less, with the ends curved up. They are picking things up from the ground and gathering them in a bag. The witness goes to his room to alert his wife, who doesn't want anything to do with it, takes a 0.38 caliber automatic pistol and returns to the kitchen, inserting more cartridges. On his master's order, the raging German shepherd jumps into attack. Approaching the intruders, he stops in his tracks and returns whimpering into the house. The humanoids continue their collection. At this moment the witness trembles and can no longer hold his weapon, let alone use it effectively, but he shouts that he will shoot if the beings come any closer. At the same time, the man was telling his wife what was happening. She didn't want to answer until she heard that the creatures were leaving. She then reached the kitchen, only seeing their glow disappear into the woods. At 0 h 30, the police called arrive. No trace is found on the hard ground, covered with pine cones. [UFO Investigator, January 1974 < Hill 1995]{.source}
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Launch of Mariner 10 towards Mercury.
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November 30th, 7 PM: Two pilots and a technician spot an unknown glowing ball above Turin airport. The commander of a piper attempts to pursue it. He describes: "I saw in front of me an object that looked like a sphere of intense and very white brightness. This light decreased and increased: it never went out. Only its intensity varied. The object was a bit higher than my plane and so I started to climb to its height to approach it. While climbing, I had the clear impression (my control devices confirmed it) that the object was going up or down in front of me. Taking advantage of a moment when the object was below, I went down, I accelerated to exceed 400 km/h. But I did not manage to reach the object, because it moved away from my plane more and more, increasing its speed compared to mine. The craft moved away towards the south (...) The UFO was spotted by the airport's radars. Several people will testify to having seen, that evening, a very large light above the city of Turin. The case has a great media impact.
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December
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Wave of observations in France.
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Sunday 2nd December, 5:30am: Observation of M. G. Jean and his son on the beach of Carteret (Normandy).
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Friday 7 December: People find on a beach near Carteret a complete diving equipment, with a radiation detector, sound signals, pants and jackets with English labels.
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31 December: Jean Liefoogue sees a 30 m tall cigar shaped object 5 m wide land on the side of Nationale 347 near the Lens aerodrome (Pas-de-Calais). With a noise, the object tips over and disappears in a few seconds Facteur X 95-2562{.source}