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|  Encounters with Aliens on this Day |
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|  July 31 |
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| 1909 - In Greenvale, New Zealand a farmhand saw an "airship" about |
| 150-feet long at dawn. It had a light at each end, and made a strange |
| whirring noise that frightened the horses. A flying fuselage-shaped |
| airship flew over Dunedin, New Zealand later that morning. A |
| brilliant light shone from atop a mast antenna. That afternoon a |
| dark, fat, cigar-shaped object flew over the hills around Fairfax, |
| New Zealand. It had a box-shaped cabin on the bottom, center, and it |
| flew on towards the west. (Sources: Richard Hall, From Airships to |
| Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th |
| Century (1900-1946), p. 7, citing Matsura Ensign, August 1, 1909; |
| Xenolog, December 1975, p. 14; Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue no. 181). |
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| 1948 - In Indianapolis, Indiana at 8:25 a.m. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon |
| Swigert sighted a UFO shaped like a cymbal, or domed disc; about 20 |
| feet in diameter and 6-8 feet thick. It was white without any shine. |
| It flew straight and level from horizon to horizon in about 10 |
| seconds, shimmering in the sun as if spinning. (Sources: NICAP UFO |
| Investigator, January 1958, p. 24; UNICAT, case # 632, citing Project |
| Blue Book Special Report # 14, p. 84; Don Berliner, Project Bluebook |
| UFO Unknowns). |
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| 1948 - On that evening a 30-foot in diameter disc-shaped object with |
| a transparent center flew slowly and silently over Columbus, Ohio. |
| There were separate, independent witnesses, including one named |
| Geshorn. (Source: Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. |
| 98). |
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| 1953 - A metallic object 30 meters in diameter was observed by five |
| Polish and two German workers as it landed in a field close to a |
| railway in Woolen, Poland. It was shaped like a sphere with a flat |
| disk around it, showing numerous openings at the periphery. (Sources: |
| Harold Wilkins, Flying Saucers on the Attack, p. 105; Jacques Vallee, |
| Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 203, citing |
| Intelligence Digest, November 1953). |
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| 1954 - On this day in Durban, Natal province, South Africa a good |
| photograph was taken of a gray elliptical object that moved slowly |
| back and forth over some trees. (Sources: J. Bernard Delair, UFO |
| Register, Volume 6, p. 41, citing Outspan, December 1954, p. 3; Loren |
| E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1954: June-August, p. 61). |
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| 1960 - At 5:00 p.m.  in Nashville, Ohio a very bright cigar-shaped |
| object passed by slowly. Its light was so intense it caused eye |
| irritation for the two witnesses. (Sources: APRO Bulletin, July |
| 1960; George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers magazine, September 1962, |
| p. 36). |
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| 1965 - A woman driving in a car near Belluco, Chile saw an object on |
| the road. It took off, then landed again in Belluco where it was seen |
| by several people. The object emitted a bright, purple light and a |
| green beam. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century |
| of Landings, case 666). |
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| 1965 - In Wynnewood, Oklahoma a UFO was tracked on U.S. Air Force and |
| Weather Bureau radar shortly after 1:00 a.m. There were numerous |
| police sightings of a multicolored object flashing different colors |
| for 45 minutes. It finally moved off to the south. It was picked up |
| on radars at Tinker and Carswell Air Force Bases. (Sources: APRO |
| Bulletin, January-February 1966; Coral E. Lorenzen, Flying Saucers: |
| The Startling Evidence of the Invasion from Outer Space; p. 237; John |
| G. Fuller, Incident at Exeter, p. 41; Richard H. Hall, The UFO |
| Evidence: Volume II. A Thirty-Year Report, p. 242). |
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| 1965 - In Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada two five-foot long cylinders |
| connected by cross-bars landed at 4:30 p.m. A five foot tall |
| humanoid being was seen outside the object. (Source: David F. Webb & |
| Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case # A2070, |
| citing John Brent Musgrave). |
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| 1965 - A glowing object was seen in the sky with three leg-like |
| protrusions over Goonumbla, New South Wales, Australia. It scared |
| farm dogs in the area. (Source: Michael Hervey, UFOs over the |
| Southern Hemisphere, p. 88). |
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| 1966 - At Presque Isle State Park near Erie, Pennsylvania at around |
| 8:25 p.m. EDT Douglas Tibbetts, age 16, Betty Klem, 16, Anita |
| Haifley, 22, and Gerald Labelle, 29 were enjoying the evening at the |
| swimming beach on Lake Erie when they saw a square or hexagonal |
| object with lit edges come tumbling down out of the sky from right to |
| left. It stopped 5-10 feet above the beach, and then came down |
| heavily onto the sand. It had a circle of spotlights at the top that |
| were visible when it was on the ground. A strange being, 1.80 meters |
| tall, was briefly seen. The sighting lasted five minutes. Ground |
| marks were found in the sand. (Sources: Don Berliner, Project |
| Bluebook UFO Unknowns; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia, A Century |
| of Landings, case 784). |
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| 1967 - At 10:15 p.m. a guard, Sidney Zipkin, age 50, was driving |
| through a large parking lot in Churchville, New York when his truck |
| headlights fell upon a cigar-shaped object, 16 meters long, with |
| green lights under it, landed on the pavement. He stopped his truck |
| within 30 meters of the object with the truck's headlights aimed at |
| it. The craft had a spherical central body with side extensions |
| tipped with green lights, and he was surprised to see two 3-foot-tall |
| dwarf beings dressed in shiny black uniforms rush by his vehicle and |
| enter the craft, which took off straight up with a hissing sound. |
| (Sources: NICAP case files, report dated August 3, 1967; Jacques |
| Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 860; Richard |
| Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume 2: A Thirty Year Report, p. 473). |
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| 1968 - Mr. Luce Fontaine, age 31, a farmer on Reunion Island in the |
| Indian Ocean, was picking some grass for his rabbits at around 9:00 |
| a.m. when he saw an object 5 meters in diameter like two metallic |
| saucers put face to face, standing on a "glass foot" like a goblet. |
| It was only 25 meters away. On its top it bore another such "foot." |
| It was dark blue but had a large central window, through which could |
| be seen two small individuals, only 3 feet tall, dressed from head to |
| foot in bulky coveralls, something like the Michelin "tire man." Both |
| wore helmets that partially masked their faces. They turned their |
| backs and there was a brilliant flash of light, and a sensation of |
| heat with a blast of wind. A few seconds later nothing was to be |
| seen. There was a local police investigation. (Sources: David F. Webb |
| & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1968-52, |
| citing FSR; Flying Saucer Review, January-February 1969, p. 8; |
| Phenomenes Spatiaux, March 1969, citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, Jacques |
| Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 917). |
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| 1968 - In Grafton, West Virginia at 10:15 p.m. a man and a woman saw |
| a silver disc-shaped UFO that hovered for 60 minutes or more, making |
| a beeping sound. It had dark spots on the side that looked like |
| portholes. (Source: George D. Fawcett, Flying Saucers, April 1969, |
| p. 23). |
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| 1969 - In Usovo, near Moscow, Russia all cars in the area stalled |
| when two silver discs flew over them at around 8:00 p.m. It took two |
| minutes before they could be restarted. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO |
| Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 47; MUFON UFO Journal, May |
| 1978, p. 12). |
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| 1972 - At 9:30 p.m. a power outage was experienced by thousands in |
| Mage, Espirito Santo, Brazil during which battery powered radios |
| would not work. Many discs and nocturnal lights were seen all over |
| the sky for the next three minutes. (Sources: O Dia, August 1, 1972; |
| Phenomenes Spatiaux, September 1972, p. 9; Gordon Creighton, FSR, |
| September-October 1972, p. 26). |
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| 1972 - In Beloeil, Quebec, Canada four witnesses watched a |
| cigar-shaped object move to the east at 9:50 p.m. EDT, then wobble |
| overhead. A Saturn-shaped saucer appeared beneath it, and shot off to |
| the south very fast. (Source: Wido Hoville case files, case # A17; |
| Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 126). |
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| 1972 - Less than an hour later, at 9:40 p.m. CDT four people in |
| Belleville, Illinois observed a yellow discoid, 50-60 feet in |
| diameter, at 300 feet altitude while driving. It had large square |
| windows in the bottom of the craft. (Sources: Belleville (IL) New |
| Democrat, August 1, 1972; MUFON case files, report form dated August |
| 15, 1972; Jay Rath, The I-Files: True Reports of Unexplained |
| Phenomena in Illinois, p. 50). |
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| 1973 - A cigar-shaped object with three smaller satellite objects was |
| sighted for four hours in Hogsby, Kalmar, Sweden starting at 10:30 |
| p.m. There were four witnesses. (Source: Swedish author BJT, p. 184). |
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| 1975 - At 7:30 a.m. in Loxton, Northern Cape, South Aftrica Mr. Van |
| Graan saw an aluminum or silver colored oval-shaped object on the |
| ground. Inside the craft were four beings. They were small, pale, |
| fair haired, with slanted almond eyes and high cheekbones. They wore |
| light coveralls with hoods. A light beam hit him in the face, causing |
| eye trouble and a nose bleed. The UFO took off with a loud whine. |
| Five equidistant leg marks were left in ground. (Sources: Cynthia |
| Hind, UFOs--African Encounters, p. 1; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, |
| HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1406, citing Rapport; |
| Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume 2: A Thirty Year Report, |
| pp. 490-493; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 11336, citing |
| Cynthia Hind). |
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| 1976 - Debbie Focken was working at a convenience store and gas |
| station sometime after 11:00 p.m. in Council Bluffs, Iowa when she |
| had a close encounter with an oblong UFO that had lit windows, but no |
| other features. Electromagnetic effects included damage of the CB |
| radio and burglar alarm. The UFO hung in the air, 100 feet over the |
| service station in an urban part of the city for several minutes, and |
| illuminated the surrounding area. An adding machine, the cash |
| register, and a vending machine were all damaged by some kind of |
| field effect from the UFO.  (Sources: Ralph C. DeGraw, International |
| UFO Reporter, December 1976, p. 13; UNICAT, case # 226). |
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| 1977 - At 9:00 p.m. a three-meter in diameter luminous disc-shaped |
| object maneuvered over the city of Motta San Giovanni, Sicilia, |
| Italy. The city experienced a power outage for five minutes, until it |
| went away. (Source: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT). |
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| 1980 - A red light moved over a motorcycle in Ayamonte, Huelva |
| province, Spain at 1:15 a.m. and when the UFO came to within 1.5 |
| meters over top of the motorcycle the engine died and was impossible |
| to restart. The object then moved over a concrete platform on the |
| right side of the road, near the bank of a river, and then at last |
| dove at the motorcyclist before leaving. (Source: Luis R.Gonzalez |
| Manso, UFO Newsclipping Service, July 1981, p. 14, Correo Andalusia, |
| August 1, 1980). |
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| 1981 - At 8:40 p.m. a black object, covered by "fog", accompanied by |
| two satellite lights which operated independently, flew over the |
| stern of a boat on a lake near Cape Vaaraniemi, Lieksa, Finland and |
| was watched by two witnesses. One man, age 35, felt paralyzed and |
| couldn't move his body or his head, but could talk. Seven hours of |
| missing time followed. After effects included intense nightmares and |
| disruption of balance. Hypnosis was unsuccessful in revealing any |
| additional details. (Sources: MUFON UFO Journal, December 1981, |
| p. 10; APRO Bulletin, February 1982, p. 1; Thomas E. Bullard, UFO |
| Abductions:  The Measure of a Mystery.  Volume 2: Catalogue of Cases, |
| case 55; Jenny Randles, Time Storms: Amazing Evidence for Time Warps, |
| Space Rifts, and Time Travel, p. 16; Richard H. Hall, The UFO |
| Evidence, Volume 2: A Thirty Year Report, pp. 271, 416). |
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| 1982 - In the middle of the day six unidentified spheres flew over |
| Red Square, the center of power for the Soviet Union, in Moscow, |
| Russia.  (Source: Jacques Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet Union: |
| A Cosmic Samizdat, p. 201). |
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| 1986 - At 9:00 p.m. a huge bright light came at a lady in a pickup |
| truck in her driveway in Richmond, Indiana. It zoomed in, and then |
| stopped directly in front of the truck, staying there for several |
| seconds. (Source: Francis L. Ridge, Regional Encounters, p. 96). |
| |
| 1987 - Two men riding motorcycles at 11:30 p.m. in Terre Haute, |
| Indiana saw a flying pyramid-shaped object, and they followed it for |
| awhile but then lost sight of it. However, they came to an automobile |
| that was stopped by the side of the road, and the car's occupants |
| were acting strangely. In a daze, all four occupants got out of their |
| car and walked a mile from that point. The men strongly suspected |
| that the UFO was responsible for their odd behavior. (Source:Francis |
| L. Ridge, Regional Encounters, p. 109). |
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| 1992 - Walking on a footpath in Port Pirie, South Australia at 3:10 |
| a.m., a 51-year-old milkman turned around to see a blue-green |
| cigar-shaped UFO behind him to the southeast at a height of only |
| sixty to a hundred meters altitude. It was huge, with an angular size |
| of 20 degrees. It had three amber lights on the left side |
| and pulsating lights. There was no wind at the time, and full cloud |
| cover. (Source: Keith Basterfield, UFO Research South Australia case |
| files, case # SA92029). |
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| 1993 - A man riding his motorcycle near Orihuela, Alicante, Spain |
| around midnight noticed a tall dark human figure standing next to a |
| light pole. The figure seemed to be staring at him. The witness rode |
| away at high speed but then noticed that the figure was now running |
| after him at very high speed also, still staring at him. The figure |
| then disappeared and a bright white sphere appeared and followed the |
| witness briefly before leaving. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid |
| Contact Database 1993, case # 1240, citing Año Cero, January 1994). |
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| 1995 - At 8:15 p.m. a Boeing 727 airliner narrowly missed a UFO that |
| darted into its path, then flew along beside it as it made a landing |
| approach to San Carlos de Bariloche airport, Rio Negro province, |
| Argentina. The object was estimated to be the same size as the 727, |
| and was shaped like an inverted flying saucer. (Sources: Michael D. |
| Hall, UFOs: A Century of Sightings, p. 332; Lumieres dans la Nuit, |
| issue # 333; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters, p. 47). |
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| 1995 - At 11:45 p.m. in Morris Plains, New Jersey three cops and two |
| civilian witnesses saw a very bright flying wing with colored |
| "bubbles" on the exterior. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, |
| case # 17341, citing National UFO Reporting Center). |
| |
| 2000 - In Bairoa, Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico a woman was awakened |
| around 5:00 a.m. when she heard noises coming from her neighbor's |
| backyard. The noise of something falling on the ground. Her dog began |
| barking inceasantly. She decided to get up and look outside, and when |
| she looked out the window she was startled to see a strange creature |
| standing with its back to her, only 15 feet away. It was white in |
| color with wrinkled skin and had an egg-shaped head with large |
| elongated white eyes with black centers. It had elongated ears, arms, |
| and legs. It appeared to be unclothed. Its hands were in a praying |
| position and its body and head jerked around as if it had no control |
| over them. After watching for a few minutes the witness made a sudden |
| noise, causing the creature to turn around halfway and gaze at her. |
| This caused her to involuntarily close her eyes and step back. She |
| rubbed her eyes repeatedly and was finally able to open them again. |
| Frightened, she called additional household members but by the time |
| they arrived the creature was gone. Two days after later the witness |
| noticed a green light illuminating her room. No one was able to |
| identify the source of the light. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, |
| Humanoid Contact Database, case # 3480, citing Lucy Guzman, |
| Inexplicata). |
| |
| 2004 - A witness named Deakin witnessed a black pipe-like object in |
| the sky over Hollingworth, England at 5:30 p.m. It stayed in a |
| vertical position, hovering or floating as if being blown gently by |
| the wind. It was viewed through binoculars. Later, at 10:45 p.m. in |
| Shepton Mallet, Somerset County, England three very strange looking, |
| bright orange objects were reported in the sky to the British |
| Ministry of Defense. They were described as quite large and going in |
| an upward direction. (Sources: Australasian Ufologist, October 2004, |
| p. 35; British Ministry of Defense, case 2004-57). |
| |
| 2004 - At 11:38 p.m. a large disc-shaped object emitting a bright |
| light and a buzzing sound at intervals was sighted and photographed |
| over Yamuna Nagar, Haryana State, India. Stationary at first, the |
| UFO flew off to the south at high speed. It was witnessed by a man at |
| a petrol service station along with five employees. He took one photo |
| of it with a Nokia 6230 digital phone. (Source: George A. Filer & |
| David E. Twichell, Filer's Files: Worldwide Reports of UFO Sightings, |
| p. 52). |
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| 2007 - A witness in Kars, Ottawa, Ontario reported being woken up by |
| his dog barking at 12:52 a.m. He was going to shut him up, looked out |
| window to see what he was barking at, and was shocked to see a large, |
| well lit disc-shaped UFO hovering in the sky. Another disc-shaped UFO |
| was sighted in Jamaica, Queens, New York at 2:45 a.m. (Source: Peter |
| Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, report uploaded August 8, |
| 2007). |
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| 2010 - The night sky in Albuquerque, New Mexico turned white at 4:15 |
| a.m. when a cigar-shaped object appeared in the sky in the middle of |
| a circle of light. The sighting lasted 15 seconds. (Source: Peter |
| Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, report uploaded August 24, |
| 2010). |
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| Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 31 July 2012). |
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| Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database. |
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| Themes: animal reactions, Asiat |
| ic-Nordic looking UFOnauts, bulky humanoids, car and motorcycle pursu |
| its, cigar-shaped UFOs, domed discs, EM effects: damage to electronic |
| s in machines and burglar alarm, hexagonal UFOs, hissing sound, human |
| oid with wrinkled skin, landings, metallic UFOs, Michelin Man looking |
| humanoids, missing time, multi-year reports from Indiana, power fail |
| ures associated with UFOs, radar-visual confirmation, Saturn-shaped U |
| FOs, short humanoids, silver discs, vehicle ignition interference eff |
| ects, vertical ascent, vertical cylinder, whining or whirring sounds. |
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| © Donald A. Johnson |
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