NICAP UFO Chronology: 1989


February 1989: Fyffe, AL. Local concentration of sightings.

April 21, 1989: Crestview, FL. Witness aimed rifle at hovering disc, brilliant white light on underside, humming sound. Light beam engulfed him, rifle misfired, object sped away (section IX).

April 21, 1989: Lyrid meteor shower (mean date).

July—October 1989: Soviet Union. Several abduction cases. (Vallee, 1992).

July 6, 1989: Hakui City, Kanazawa Prefecture, Japan. Videorecorder film taken of a white, Saturn-shaped object with squarish ring that changed direction, rose at a steep angle at high speed (section VII).

July 22, 1989: Blue Hill Bay, ME. Private pilot saw shiny oval object making quick starts and stops (section III).

August 10, 1989: Estepona, Spain. Videotape taken of hovering object that rotated, split in two, then faded or "dissolved." (section VII).

August 11, 1989: Perseid meteor shower (mean date).

August 31, 1989: Butler Township. PA. Luminous mushroom-shaped object hovered over field, two smaller objects with red lights emerged, operated independently, departed at high speed (section X).

September 21-Oct. 7, 1989: Voronezh, USSR. UFO sighting concentration in vicinity. Four landings and three different kinds of entities reported (sections VIII, XII); geodesic engineer saw maneuvering airship-like object September 24 (section IV).

October 1989-May 1990: Belgium. Concentration of triangular UFO sightings, jet interceptor chases, radar-visual sightings (see November 29, 1989; March 30, 1990).

November 7, 1989: Western KS. Double abduction case investigated by John Carpenter (section XIII).

November 29, 1989: Eupen, Belgium. Police patrol car illuminated by brilliant light beam, hovering dark triangular object, humming noise, alternately moved and hovered (section I).

November 30, 1989: New York City. Linda Cortile's (pseudonym) abduction from 12th floor apartment, allegedly witnessed by international figure and security guards (Hopkins, 1996).


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

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