NICAP UFO Chronology: 1987  



January-March, 1987: Belleville, WI. Flurry of sightings including cigar-shaped objects, a radar tracking, and other features (section VIII).

February 7, 1987: Potters Mills, PA. Motorists encountered hovering large oval object, lights around perimeter, terrain brightly illuminated (section IX).

May 16, 1987: Airliner en route from Toronto to Winnipeg, Canada. Huge unidentified target on weather radar for four minutes (section VII).

August 11, 1987: Osbornville, NJ. Shiny oval, hovered; brightened, took off like a shot, left white trail; stopped abruptly, maneuvered, lights flashed, shot straight up out of sight (sections IX, X).

August 11, 1987: Perseid meteor shower (mean date).

September 1, 1987: Bangor, WA. Ellipse with windows beamed light down on children in playground, two humanoids visible in object (section XII).

September-December, 1987: Foreman and Ashdown, AR. Sighting concentration, including 60 reports to sheriff's office in Little River County.

November—December, 1987: Central North Dakota. Flurry of sight-ings including oval objects with flashing body lights.

November 11, 1987: Gulf Breeze, FL. First five photos reported taken by builder Ed Walters (section VII).

December 12, 1987: About 8:50 P.M. (CST). Soviet rocket casing orbital decay and atmospheric re-entry, multiple fiery objects from NW to SE.

December 13, 1987: Geminid meteor shower (mean date).

December 14, 1987: Launceston, Northern Tasmania. Elliptical object landed ahead of car, blocked road; headlights and engine failed, blinding light from underside. Car dragged toward object (section XII).


Source: Volume II, The UFO Evidence, A Thirty-Year Report - Richard Hall, 2000

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