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August 21, 1955 - Near Kelly and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA: The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter On the night of August 21, 1955, two families at a farmhouse near Kelly and Hopkinsville, Kentucky, reported a terrifying encounter with strange humanoid creatures. The incident began when Billy Ray Taylor saw a bright object streak across the sky and apparently descend into a nearby field. About an hour later, Taylor and Elmer "Lucky" Sutton spotted a bizarre figure approaching the

August 20, 1966 - Finland, Minnesota, USA: The Finland, Minnesota UFO Incident On August 20, 1966, a U.S. Air Force radar operator in Duluth detected an unidentified object traveling northeast approximately 45 miles southwest of Finland, Minnesota. On the next radar sweep, the target had apparently stopped. It remained essentially stationary over the Finland area for approximately 10 minutes. The Air Force responded by scrambling two F-102 Delta Dagger interceptors from Dulut

August 17, 1992 - The A70, South West of Edinburgh, Scotland: The A70 Encounter The A70 Encounter is one of Scotland’s best-known alleged UFO abduction cases. In August 1992, friends Garry Wood and Colin Wright were driving along the A70 southwest of Edinburgh toward Tarbrax when they encountered something extraordinary near Harperrig Reservoir. Rounding a bend, the men reportedly saw a large, silent black disc-shaped object hovering roughly 20 feet above the road. About 30 f

August 15, 1950 - Great Falls, Montana, USA: The Mariana UFO Incident The Mariana UFO Incident, also known as the Great Falls UFO Film, is one of the earliest and most important UFO cases involving motion-picture footage. It occurred on August 15, 1950, in Great Falls, Montana, when Nicholas “Nick” Mariana, general manager of the Great Falls Electrics minor-league baseball team, reportedly filmed two brilliant objects crossing the daytime sky. At about 11:30 a.m., Mariana was

August 14, 1965 - Duluth, Minnesota, USA: The Duluth UFO Wave On August 14, 1965, the Duluth News-Tribune reported several recent UFO observations in the Duluth area. One of the witnesses, Clarence Noel, described seeing a brilliant luminous object traveling across the sky at an apparently tremendous speed. Other residents reported more leisurely phenomena—bright, star-like objects that moved slowly or appeared to hover before disappearing. The Duluth reports were not isolate

August 13, 1956 - Suffolk, England: The Lakenheath–Bentwaters Incident The Lakenheath–Bentwaters Incident is considered one of the strongest radar-visual UFO cases of the 1950s. During the night of August 13–14, 1956, military personnel at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath in eastern England tracked unidentified objects displaying extraordinary speeds and maneuvers. The incident began at RAF Bentwaters, where radar operators detected several unusual targets, including objects

August 12, 1953 - Near Rapid City, South Dakota, USA: The Ellsworth Air Force Base UFO incident The August 12, 1953 Ellsworth Air Force Base UFO incident, near Rapid City, South Dakota, is one of the more notable radar-visual cases of the early Project Blue Book era. It involved civilian observers, military radar operators and Air Force fighter pilots, and was later discussed by former Project Blue Book chief Captain Edward J. Ruppelt. The incident began after dark when a Gro

August 11, 2014 - Houston, Texas, USA: The Houston, Texas Mass Sighting During a severe thunderstorm over Houston, Texas, several photos and videos appeared online showing a strange circular formation of bright lights seemingly hovering among the clouds. Lightning flashing behind the formation made the sight especially dramatic, and the images quickly spread online as a possible mass UFO sighting. One of the best-known videos was recorded at about 8:05 p.m. by Houston musicia

August 7, 1566 - Basel, Switzerland: The Basel Celestial Phenomenon The Basel Celestial Phenomenon was a series of unusual sky events reported over Basel, Switzerland, during the summer of 1566. Alongside the Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon of 1561, it is one of the most famous historical "sky battle" accounts and is frequently cited in UFO literature. The events were documented in a contemporary broadsheet produced by printer Samuel Apiarius and writer Samuel Coccius, describ

August 6, 1971 – Near Westgate, Iowa, USA: The Iowa Landing The Iowa Landing is one of the better-known Midwestern UFO landing reports from the early 1970s because it combined multiple independent witnesses, an alleged landing site with physical traces, and reports of other unusual aerial activity in the surrounding area. The incident occurred on the night of August 6, 1971, near Westgate, Iowa, a small farming community in northeastern Iowa. At approximately 10:00 p.m., 17-

August 5, 1953 – Bismarck, North Dakota, USA: The Bismarck, North Dakota UFO incident The Bismarck, North Dakota UFO incident was part of a much larger and more significant radar-visual UFO case that unfolded during the night of August 5–6, 1953. The events stretched across hundreds of miles, from Black Hawk and Rapid City, South Dakota, to Bismarck, North Dakota, and involved civilian witnesses, Ground Observer Corps volunteers, radar operators, Air Force controllers, and F

August 4, 1990 – Pitlochry, Scotland: The Calvine Incident This is one of the most intriguing and controversial UFO cases in British history. On the evening of August 4, 1990, two men—later identified as hotel chefs working in Pitlochry, Scotland—were walking across the moors near the small village of Calvine when they witnessed an extraordinary sight. Suspended silently in the sky was an enormous diamond-shaped craft, unlike any conventional aircraft. Alarmed by the object's

July 31, 2023 – Presque Isle State Park, Pennsylvania, USA: The Presque Isle State Park UFO Incident On the evening of July 31, 1966, one of Pennsylvania's most intriguing UFO incidents unfolded at Presque Isle State Park near Erie. Over the course of several hours, numerous independent witnesses reported seeing a strange metallic object hovering over the peninsula, with one group claiming it actually descended into the woods near Beach 6. The incident attracted widespread me

July 26, 2023 – Washington DC, USA: The U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee hearing on UAPs The July 26, 2023, U.S. House Oversight Subcommittee hearing on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) marked a watershed moment in the modern UFO debate. For the first time in decades, Congress held a public hearing featuring sworn testimony from military personnel and a former intelligence official who alleged that the U.S. government had concealed information about unidentified craft

July 24, 1948 – Montgomery, Alabama, USA: The Chiles-Whitted Encounter The Chiles-Whitted Encounter is one of the best-known early UFO cases in American history and played an important role in convincing U.S. Air Force investigators that some UFO reports deserved serious study. It occurred during the early morning hours of July 24, 1948, near Montgomery, Alabama, when two experienced commercial airline pilots reported a close encounter with an unidentified object. Captain Cla

July 23, 1999 – Van Horn, Texas, USA: The Van Horn, Texas Trucker Sighting The Van Horn, Texas trucker sighting is a relatively obscure but intriguing UFO report that occurred on the night of July 23, 1999, near Van Horn, Texas, along Interstate 10 in the rugged desert of West Texas. The incident became known after it was reported to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) shortly after it took place. According to the report, a female long-haul truck driver was traveling

July 22, 1808 – Camden, Maine, USA: The 1808 Camden, Maine Sighting The July 22, 1808 Camden, Maine sighting is one of the earliest documented firsthand accounts of an unexplained aerial phenomenon in American history. Unlike many nineteenth-century UFO stories that emerged through rumor or decades-later recollections, this case is based on a diary entry written by the witness on the very night the event occurred. The witness, Cynthia Everett, was born in Rutland, Massachuse

July 21, 1947 – Puget Sound, Washington, USA: The 1947 Maury Island Incident The Maury Island Incident is one of the most controversial and influential cases in UFO history. Allegedly occurring on June 21, 1947, just three days before Kenneth Arnold reported the famous Mount Rainier "flying saucer" sighting, the incident combined nearly every element that would later become staples of UFO lore: damaged alien craft, strange metallic debris, mysterious government agents, the fi

July 17, 1957 – Oklahoma, USA: RB-47 encounter The RB-47 encounter of July 17, 1957, is widely regarded as one of the strongest military UFO cases ever documented. Unlike many sightings that relied on a single witness, this incident involved multiple trained U.S. Air Force personnel, airborne electronic intelligence equipment, visual observations, and supporting ground radar. For nearly an hour and a half, an unidentified object appeared to shadow one of the Air Force's most

July 16, 1952 – Winter Island, Salem, Massachusetts, USA: Coast Guard UFO Photograph On the morning of July 16, 1952, one of the most enduring UFO photographs in American history was taken at the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station on Winter Island in Salem, Massachusetts. The incident occurred at 9:35 a.m., when 21-year-old Coast Guard seaman and photographer Shell R. Alpert noticed something extraordinary outside the window of the station's photographic laboratory. Four brilliant,