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The 1978
UFO Chronology
 TV Guide Magazine cover for 1978, courtesy of ufopop.org (Jim Klotz) Map of sightings for 1978, courtesy of Larry Hatch's "U" Database (Pending) Created: September 15, 2007; Updated 17 Aug. 2020 This is currently a 23-page chronology of UFO incidents and events for 1978. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to Richard Hall (the original 1978 chronology from UFOE II), Dan Wilson (archive researcher), and Jean Waskiewicz (online NICAP DBase [NSID]. You will note the many foreign reports that we are now being able to access. Our special thanks to Dan Wilson for getting those to us. As more come in, this page will be updated. Previous chronologies (1947 to 1969) involved the expertise of two other team members: William Wise (Project Blue Book Archive) and Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns). The latest entries are
provided by A-Team member Mike Swords.
I picked 1978 (to start
with), by the way, because that's my judgement for the
year that the phenomenon generally took away the rich
CE2s and old fashioned CE3s and left us with a much
tougher research project. P.S. you remember 1978 was
about the time when Bloecher's Humanoid Catalog project
was getting word of a puzzling rise in claims of
on-board experiences, and Budd Hopkins became his
understudy, collected the core cases for Missing Time,
and the field soon ran away to Abduction and Strieber
Land. There's something important that happened there,
but how much of it was "us" and how much of it was
"them" is the mystery.
This was the first of the two season show called Project UFO which was an NBC television series. Based loosely on the real-life Project Blue Book, the show was created by Dragnet veteran Jack Webb, who pored through Air Force files looking for episode ideas. The show was produced by Col. William Coleman who had had his own spectacular UFO sighting while in the Air Force. Francis Ridge NICAP Site Coordinator The 1978 UFO Chronology ___________________________________________________________________________________ Jan.
1,
1978; Santa Monica, CA
1:07 PM. Veteran pilot (Hallstrom) observed metallic, clear-domed disc with several portholes/ windows. (Source: J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies, case investigation files, report dated January 18, 1978). Jan. 5, 1978; Klamath Falls, OR
V-formation of 10 lights passed plane Jan. 6, 1978; Santo Antonio de Caparica,
Estremadura, Portugal
10:30 PM. Two men leaving a beachfront cafe
saw a bright bluish light flying low over the
ocean descend at a steep angle at high speed.
The light then stopped, and descended more
slowly into a wooded area next to a nearby
campground. Both men ran into the woods, which
were now illuminated by a bluish glow. Upon
entering a clearing, they saw a 2.1 meter tall
human-like figure, standing eight meters away
from them. It wore a loose fitting silvery
outfit that was shiny in appearance. The being
also wore a large white helmet with a narrow
black visor across the eyes. The figure seemed
surprised by their presence, turned around and
with a heavy, slow motion walked back towards
a metallic blue, saucer-shaped craft with a
dome on top, that was hovering very close to
the ground. Both men became frightened and
fled in panic from the clearing. During the
encounter one of the men felt a buzzing sound
inside his head, and later suffered from
insomnia. The next day an eight meter in
diameter circle was found in the ground in the
clearing. (Sources: UNICAT database, case 609,
citing Galaxia 2000; Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1978, case # 108,
citing Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos &
Fernandez Peri, Enciclopedia de los Encuentros
Cercanos con Ovnis).
Jan. 9-10, 1978; South Middleton, MA
Jan. 18, 1978; McGuire AFB, NJHumanoid case (section XII). Jan.10, 1978; near Grafton, New South
Wales, Australia
4:00 AM. A 25-year-old man name Price observed
two irregularly shaped bright yellow objects
in the night sky while driving near Grafton.
One of the objects approached and appeared to
slowly move down a mountainside. It seemed to
periodically issue a "shower of sparks". This
initial sighting lasted for about 20 minutes.
The man then drove on but had difficulty
recollecting the next part of his journey.
Some 30 minutes later he observed a very
bright object that looked like a "chicken
coop" at a place called Bakers Creek Falls,
near Armidale, New South Wales. The object was
on the ground, stationary for 10 minutes, and
then it moved. It was a very large elongated
object with "portholes", hovering over the
ground. He took photographs but they only show
a blurred yellow shape. Mr. Price next got out
of his car and set off walking into the
paddock to try to get closer to the object.
However, as he got nearer the object appeared
to retreat into an extensive fog. The witness
advanced and saw the fog retreating out of the
ravine. Suddenly the movement of the fog
stopped and returned along its original path
towards him. It quickly enveloped him,
reducing visibility to less than 10 feet. The
fog was accompanied by a sound similar to a
vacuum cleaner. Then the fog quickly
dissipated along with the sound, leaving the
witness alone. He returned to his car in the
morning and noticed two "shockwaves" one
minute apart, as if the whole area was
suddenly shaken, and then normality. The
witness could not recollect up to an hour of
the journey despite traveling on a twisting
and turning road, which presumably required
the driver's constant attention. (Sources:
ACOS Bulletin, September 1978, p. 27; Thomas
E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a
Mystery, case 248; Mark Moravec, PSIUFO
Phenomena)Jan. 10, 1978; Chicago, IL 12:25 AM. A 31-year-old paramedic was driving to pick up her husband (a policeman) from work when the 3-year-old son drew her attention to a "moving star" nearly overhead. At destination a few seconds later she noted a silver disc-shaped object ("with teacups on top and bottom of saucer") as large as a full moon moving forward with yellow-orange trail behind as it moved. Saucer stopped, reversed direction, moved forward again and moved off behind building to which she was parked. Trail only visible while object was in motion. 1-2 minutes. (IUR,3,2) Jan. 11, 1978; Los Angeles, CA
Sphere flew below Cessna 150 Jan. 15, 1978; Washinton County, IN.
7:10 PM. A single engine Sundowner flying
from Evansville, Indiana to Cincinnati,
Ohio, encountered a UFO flying a collision
course approximately 22 miles north of
Louisville, Kentucky. The pilot accompanied
by his instructor and girlfriend, related
that he was flying at 5,500' when he spotted
two bright lights at eye level at some
unknown distance ahead. Suddenly one of the
white lights began to move horizontally away
from the stationary light, then it made a
perfect circle, and then another, while
remaining at the same distance. The erratic
behavior continued for several minutes, then
the animated object became brighter, looking
like a "blob" and began what appeared to the
pilot to head in a collision course with the
Sundowner, As the blob came menacingly
closer, the pilot, fearful of collision dove
his craft down 1,000 feet. In an instant,
the white blob streaked overhead and out of
view. When the pilot arrived in Cincinnati
he called the Standiford Control Tower in
Louisville. He was told they had no UFO
confirmed by radar, but had received calls
from people in the area who had seen a UFO.
(MUJ-122,8).Formations of UFOs seen, MP at adjacent Fort Dix allegedly shot humanoid being, AF security police found body on deserted runway (hoax). Jan. 24, 1978; bt. Leicester and Hinckley, England 7:00 PM. At least 17 people saw a
delta-shaped object that flew low overhead,
making no noise. It had steady red, blue, and
yellow lights and as it headed south from
Leicester it was seen by 12 more witnesses in
Hinckley. There was also a sighting earlier
that evening of an unusual nocturnal light by
a married couple in Patcham, East Sussex,
England. (Sources: Philip J. Imbrogno, Contact
of the 5th Kind, p. 18; Awareness, July 1978,
p. 5).
Jan. 27, 1978; Fordsham, Cheshire County,
England
Early morning. Four men were out pouching
in a field by the River Weaver when they
sighted a silvery balloon-like object float
down along the course of the river and land
on the bank. It emitted a strong purplish
glow that made it hard to look at. Two
figures of normal height emerged. They wore
silvery suits and had miners lamps on their
heads, and these glowed purple. Cows on a
nearby field seemed to become paralyzed and
unable to move. Using a metal cage, the
UFOnauts penned in one cow and seemed to
measure it. The witnesses became frightened
and ran from the area, and as they ran they
felt a strange tingling sensation in their
groins. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid
Contact Database 1978, case # 519, citing
Jenny Randles, Abduction).
Jan. 28, 1978; AIAA Symposium and UFOs in Los Angeles,
CA.
0410 hrs (AEST.) Up early, a witness saw a bright, white light approach from the SE. The light directly approached the witness. It was oval in shape, with two brilliant, white lights in its centre. It circled the paddock, adjacent to the farmhouse, twice, only a few metres off the ground. It passed in front of a tall, gum tree; gained elevation and speed, then departed over low hills to the NW. Duration 5 minutes. (Keith Basterfield; Tasmanian UFO Investigation Centre Newsletter, No. 24, May 1978, p.2.) Feb.
1, 1978; NASA
NASA Information Sheet perpetuating the myth that no government agency is engaged in UFO research. Feb. 1, 1978; Gainsborough, Lincolnshire,
England
10:20 PM. The witness saw a large silvery
disc-shaped object shoot overhead and land
behind some nearby trees. Two figures about
six feet tall were next seen standing next to
the landed UFO. Both were human looking
wearing silvery suits. The UFO then left the
area at very high speed. (Source: Albert S.
Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, case
# 165, citing Nigel Watson, Strange Magazine #
10).
Feb. 4,
1978; Orange, CA
Dog in house responds to hovering object. Feb. 9, 1978; Saline, MI
2:00 AM. Residents saw a boomerang or
triangular object hovering near their homes.
Mr. & Mrs. Sibson as well as an Air
Force mechanic reported their sightings to
the Center for UFO Studies. According to
them it made a slight humming noise, and was
the size of three 747's with a "great
intensity of light coming from the center
fuselage area." It flew off toward the west
slowly. (Sources: CUFOS files, letter dated
February 17, 1978; Philip J. Imbrogno,
Contact of the 5th Kind, p. 18).
Feb. 23, 1978; Sesto Fiorentino,
Toscana, Italy
Mr. & Mrs. Morello were sitting in
their car listening to their car's stereo
when they began getting heavy interference
on the radio. Mr. Morello got out of the
car to investigate and found himself
engulfed in a warm, violet cloud of light.
He saw four humanoid "shapes" and other
lights around him. He got back into his
car where he found his wife crying. They
had a twenty minute lapse of missing time
they couldn't account for. (Sources: David
F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT:
Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A2162,
citing Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue #207;
Paolo Fiorino, UFO Universe,
October/November 1991).
March 1978; Minnesota Widespread UFO sightings, including formations and disc-shaped objects with windows (section VIII). March 10, 1978; Toledo, OH 7:30 PM (IUR,3,12) March 10, 1978; Sylva, NC
10:10 PM. A round object with glowing
blue and red lights was seen by several
witnesses. It made a humming sound, gave off
beeps and flew in circles at a low altitude.
It finally flew off at high speed after
three minutes. (Source: Sylva (North
Carolina) Herald, March 16, 1978).
March 18, 1978; Summerville, SC
William J. Herrmann abduction case (section XIII). March 29, 1978; Indianapolis, IN 9:30 PM. Truckers engulfed by "UFO" light.(MUJ-126,3) March,
30, 1978; Near Albury, New South Wales,
Australia
7:30
AM local time. Christopher Kloppenborg, age
25, and Geoffrey Kloppenborg, age 22, were
out mustering sheep. They saw a very bright,
stationary, chrome coloured, light above a
hill. The light was casting a shadow on the
hillside. They used binoculars to watch the
object for five to eight minutes. "It
appeared to have black shapes along its
side...It seemed to be shaped like a short
cigar." Geoffrey returned to the house to
get a camera, and upon his return he saw a
second, smaller object, travelling over the
hills towards the first object. It turned in
front of the bigger object, and then both
departed over the hills to the east.
(Source: MUFON Journal. March 1978.
p.6.citing the Herald (Melbourne) dated
April 8, 1978.)
April 2, 1978; Strinestown, PA
Round object with body lights hovered ahead of car, made pulsating sound; tilted down, beamed a bright light from the top onto car (section XII). April 7, 1978; Evansville, IN 8:35 PM. At first the three boys saw two lights. They were like extra large stars, side-by-side. They watched for a couple of minutes, then continued walking. Then when they were at right angles with the lights, Brian said, "It's moving!" Then they could see four lights; two in front and two in the back. Then a blue light appeared between the two lights in the rear, and flashed about 7 or 8 times. Each flash was accompanied by a beep, then the blue light stayed on. The object was about as big as a jet and approximately 200-300' high and about 70 yards from the witnesses. The object itself was never visible, only the lights. The boys hid behind a tree and watched the thing as it moved very slowly, went about 200', slowed almost to a stop, moved again. Lights disappeared in the east after about 15-20 minutes. (Ridge files) April 23, 1978; Goleta, CA 7:30 PM. Mrs. Castro was driving on Highway 101 when her car engine lost power, and her car radio went off. A bright light in the sky made a "zinging" sound, then dimmed to reveal four revolving green and blue lights on the UFO, estimated to be about 10 meters in diameter. The close encounter lasted three minutes. (Source: Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 72). May 2, 1978; Escazu, Costa Rica
6:30 PM. Eduardo Enrique Lacayo, age 10,
was out playing in the front yard of his
uncle's house when he saw a cat. He decided to
chase it as it ran towards a large empty lot
across the street. As he ran towards the field
he suddenly noticed a hovering silvery
disc-shaped object that emitted a strong
yellow light. The UFO resembled two soup
plates placed together and was about 15 meters
in diameter, and it was hovering at about 200
meters above the ground with a slight wobbling
motion. A gray cloud-like mist emerged from
the object and descended towards the ground.
Stunned, Enrique watched as the mist-like
vapor assumed the shape of a human-like figure
that remained suspended above the ground. The
figure wore a kind of "cape" or long tunic
that did not reach its feet, since the witness
was able to observe gold-colored lace less
shoes on the figure's feet. The figure was
about 170 meters tall. The cat also apparently
observed the spectacle, since the animal's fur
stood on end and it quickly scurried from the
scene. Eduardo did not notice any facial
features on the figure except what appeared to
be thin lips. The figure extended its arms at
him, as if beckoning him to approach, and it
appeared to open its mouth. At this point the
boy became afraid, and ran away quickly away.
Looking back he did not see the figure again,
and the UFO rose up into the sky at very high
speed. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid
Contact Database 1978, citing Carlos Vilchez).
May 10, 1978; Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 10:50 PM. The witness was walking home alone when he observed a very bright object in the sky that began to descend at a high speed. The object came low over a nearby fenced field, and he could now see that it was a shiny circular metallic craft within a fiery ball of flames. The craft continued to descend, and projected two bright beams of white light to the ground and extended four metallic legs. The area around the witness seemed to darken, and he felt compelled to walk towards the fence. He was quickly grabbed by two short humanoids who wore shiny white tight fitting suits. Their heads were enclosed in helmets with closed visors and with two small antennas protruding from the top. The beings spoke to the witness, then took him inside the craft. Once inside he started having difficulty breathing and noticed that the air seemed warmer and dense. The room was illuminated by a bright light. It was at this point that he noticed two more beings seated at a strange looking console. The beings walked over to him and he was surprised to see that they were female dressed in shiny white suits, with attractive capes made of the same material. These also wore helmets with antennas. They were a little taller than the other humanoids and had hair down to their shoulders. One had black hair and the other was blond. The black haired female approached the witness and told him that he was going to be taken to their planet. The witness declined the invitation and begged to be released. At this point the blond woman walked over and ordered the others to let him go. He was then allowed to walk out and down a stairway to the ground. He stood on the ground and watched while the object ascended at high speed and vanished. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978, # 1621 citing Casellato, Da Silva and Stevens, UFO Abduction at Botucato). May13, 1978; Kerman, CA
3:32 AM. Police officer Manuel Amparano was
on the outskirts of Kerman, when he saw a
reddish glow ahead. He drove on to
investigate. Getting closer, he observed an
oval-shaped object, smaller in apparent size
than the full Moon, hanging silently in the
sky. It was a very bright crimson red color,
which despite its brightness did not hurt the
eyes. Then the oval shot out a beam of blue
light similar to a camera flash. The object
then receded and was gone. Amparano felt "a
tingling sensation" in his body as he drove to
the station, but was not concerned. Upon
disembarking, however, the 6 witnesses at the
station noted that he was sunburned "as red as
a lobster". His skin showed this disposition
for about 4 hours before returning to normal.
His skin showed this condition even in areas
where whatever the cause was would have had to
penetrate through his clothing [i.e. his skin
was reddened even through his uniform].
However no "burn" was present if the car door
was between him and the flash. Also, he had no
"burn" on his back which was away from the car
window as he peered out. Although the redness
went away rapidly, there were areas where the
skin was actually burned [arms, face, neck].
These were noted on a visit to Fresno
Community Hospital. These burn areas
were visible for 2 days. The day following the
encounter "fever blisters" broke out on his
face and in places on his arms, and these
lasted a week. He had discomfort from these
conditions generally [burning sensations] for
a week even in areas not blistered. Allegedly,
doctors at the hospital told the officer that
the burns looked like they could have been
caused by microwave radiation, but we do not
have their direct testimony on record saying
that. Still, it is not a stretch to credit
such a diagnosis. As far as credibility is
concerned, Amparano was a Marine veteran and
had spent five years on the police force. He
was considered reliable, and sought no
publicity. And, there were the burns; rather
strong proof that something odd had occurred.
(Submitted by Mike Swords. Sources: CUFOS
files; "California Policeman Burned By UFO",
International UFO Reporter ,vol.3, September
1978, pp.10-11; Fresno (CA) BEE, "Policeman:
Illumination Burns Him Then Turns Blue,
Vanishes Into Sky", May 19, 1978; and "Kerman
Fireball Sighting --- A UFO?", February 23,
1979).
May 14, 1978; Pinecastle
Electronic Warfare Range, Ocala, Florida
10:20 PM. 12 men witnessed a UFO with
multicolored lights at the Pinecastle
Tracking Station, near Ocala Forest,
Florida. It hovered over trees and an old
Civil Defense tower, then made a hairpin
turn. It flew at only 50 to 100 feet
altitude as confirmed by radar, and had red,
green and white lights flashing in sequence.
The Captain of the "Lisa C" on the
Apalachicola River also witnessed it at
10:30 p.m. (Sources: Allan Hendry, International
UFO Reporter, June 1978, p. 4; Richard
H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A
Thirty-Year Report, pp. 22, 244; Xenolog,
June 1978, p. 9; NICAP UFO Investigator,
September 1978, p. 1).
May 15, 1978; between Caujimolpa and Obregon, Mexico On this cloudy evening Ignacio Sanchez
Munoz, age 19, was walking along the road
after finishing work at a nearby restaurant.
He observed a hovering multi-colored
luminous cube shaped object that was making
a buzzing sound and emitting a yellow beam.
He then received telepathic thoughts telling
him that the cube was not occupied, but soon
human-like beings would arrive on Earth.
After conversing with the voice for an hour
he was told, "soon we shall return to chat
with you." (Source: Allan Hendry, International
UFO Reporter, July 1978, p. 1; David
F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT:
Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case
A1940, citing IUR).
May 17, 1978; Emilcin, Poland 8:30 AM. At a farmhouse just eight-tenths
of a kilometer from the scene of Jan
Wolski's humanoid encounter the day before,
a mother was preparing breakfast while her
two children, Adas and Agnieska, played
outside. She heard a sound like thunder
which seemed to be coming from the ground. A
short time later her son Adas came inside to
tell her that he had seen a box-shaped
aircraft, like "a little house," fly low
over their barn. It then vanished by
shooting up vertically with a sound like
thunder. Adas said that the object was
flying with its smallest wall forward, and
there was a square window in this side with
rounded corners through which he could see a
pilot. On the edges of the side, he said,
were moving, swaying black rods, like the
feelers on a snail. (Sources: Xenolog,
December 1978, p. 2; Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1978, citing
Timothy Good, Alien Base).
May 24, 1978; Tuscaloosa, AL 9:15 PM. Driving in the city a
21-year-old college student saw a metallic
object nearby. His car radio experienced a
burst of static as he sighted the object,
which was glowing yellow-white with blue,
orange, green, and yellow lights rotating
on its bottom. The driver continued to
drive past the object and did not see how
it departed or when. (Source: Mark
Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving
Vehicle Interference, p. 72, citing
CUFOS).
June 4, 1978; Bellaria, Italy
11:00 PM. Motorists observed flashing
lights in the woods, stopped to
investigate and saw a bright red,
revolving hemispherical object about 10
meters above the ground. It was
approximately 10-12 meters in diameter.
Next morning physical traces including a
deep imprint were found at the site and
separate witnesses were located. (Centro
Ufologico Nazionale report)
June 10, 1978; New Paltz, NY
A dark, silent wedge-shaped object
with a square formation of white lights
in the back and a triangular formation
of red and white lights in the front
paced the car of two students, ages 21
and 19, as they drove eastbound on Route
299. The UFO turned south toward them
and passed over their car. The male
student got out of the car and ran
underneath it, and said it was as large
as his outstretched hand at arm's
length. It shot off toward the southwest
horizon in a few seconds time. (Source:
International UFO eporter, August 1978,
p. 4.)
June 11, 1978; Los Angeles, CA
1:00 PM. Cessna pilot and another witness observed small silvery oval for 10 minutes at 4500' that maneuvered near his plane (Haines printout, section III).June 12; Orrington, Maine June
12, 1978, Orrington, Maine 10:40 PM. A 60-foot diameter disc directed
beams of light at two boys. The boys found
they were paralyzed and couldn't move. They
reported an episode of missing time. Others
heard an odd noise while this was taking
place. (Source: MUFON UFO Journal, June 1988).
June 24, 1978; Madison, WI 10:45 PM. Oval object with red lights circled US commercial aircraft, two witnesses at 18,000', 23 minutes. (Haines printout) June 25, 1978; Medway, MA
8:00 PM. At an evening baseball game in a
silvery-gray domed disc came down low over the
field and hovered, bobbed, wobbled, and moved
behind some trees. It re-emerged, wobbled and
hovered again for about a minute. Its distance
was about 200-300 feet from the by-standers.
(Richard Hall, MUFON UFO Journal, December
1978, pg. 16).
June 26, 1978; Ayacucho, Argentina
A UFO landed for several minutes on the
patio of a residence in Ayacucho, Argentina.
Mr. and Mrs. Belloq--the couple who lived
there--awoke to a humming noise, looked out
and saw that only a few meters over the
treetops was the flying disc. It had no lights
and no windows, and ascended after hovering a
few more minutes and flew off slowly in the
direction of the city of Tandil. (Source:
UFO Newsclipping Service, September 1978, p.
13; George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of
Anomalies, p. 380)
July 4, 1978; Mt. Etna, Sicily, Italy Four Italian Air Force witnesses. Saucer-shaped object 40' in diameter, transparent dome on top. Brightly-lighted, red in color. Two tall human-like beings. Long golden hair, wearing white robes. Three or four smaller beings with space suits and helmets. Three objects hovered in sky. One object lands. Occupants disembark from landed object. July 4, 1978; Santa Paula, CA
3:15 PM. A small domed disc-shaped object,
about 3-4 feet in diameter with rotating parts
on top, made a head-on pass at two witnesses
in an airplane. (Source: International UFO
Reporter, August 1978, p. 4).
July 4, 1978; Los Angeles, CA 3:15 PM. US private aircraft at 2800', two witnesses, 1 minute (Haines printout) July 4, 1978; Shaumburg, IL 3:45 PM. 34-year old school principal watched a distinctly outlined metallic sphere the size of airplane rush in from the East (Chicago) at speed faster than a/c exceptionally high. Object stopped dead over his house and remained stationary for 2-3 minutes. Then it started rising from slight veer to south until out of sight. (IUR,3,8) July-December, 1978; Italian, South
American, Middle Eastern, and Asia
UFO wave. (See separate chronology section VIII.) July 6, 1978; Mendoza, Argentina
Car levitated, altered environment, memory loss, translocation of vehicle (sections XII, XIII). July 8, 1978; Lempdes, Puy-de-Dome,
France
Midnight. A motorist saw a sharp white
gleam of light some 300 meters ahead on the
road. As he came to the curve, he saw that
the gleam came from a mass approximately 5
meters in height. He can not observe the
base of the object, which is below the side
of the road. The top was rounded in the form
of a dome, surmounted by a white light. As
he drove by he saw through a transparent
wall in the UFO numerous human like figures
wearing helmets and tight-fitting suits. He
drove away but soon came back with his wife
and her mother, who saw two zigzagging
luminous points of reddish-orange and green
lights. Ground traces were found at the
site. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid
Contact Database 1978, case # 1721, citing
Denys Breysse, Project Becassine, and Pierre
Delval, Contacts of the 4th Type).
July 8, 1978; Katta-Kurgan, Uzbekistan
11:45 PM. An 80 meter long ovoid object
flew over toward the southeast, then landed
in a vineyard at 11:45 p.m. Ground marks
were later found on the ground, and the
vegetation (grape vines) were effected.
(Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database,
case 14162, citing Illobrand von Luviger,
UFOs - Zeugen and Zeichen, p. 363).
July 11, 1978; Can Cifre, Ibiza, Spain
Two young boys were playing in a tree
in an empty field near the Can Fita farm
in Can Cifre when they heard a loud noise
coming from the nearby woods. Thinking it
could be some kind of animal, they climbed
down the tree and were confronted by a
strange robot-like being. The humanoid had
a bright metallic body that reflected the
sunlight, two antenna-like projections
from the top of its head, and large slit
like eyes and mouth. To their horror it
began moving towards them using incredibly
long jumps. Both boys ran towards a nearby
barbwire fence, but were astonished to see
another bizarre figure standing just in
front of some nearby trees. They describe
the second figure as a man over two meters
tall, bearded and with long black hair and
wearing a long white cape that was flowing
in the wind. Their fear increased when
they realized both figures had apparently
come from a huge landed UFO that was
partially hidden behind some nearby
electrical pylons. As they ran to town
they were chased by a bright blue light
most of the way. Strange tracks were later
found at the site of the encounter.
(Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid
Contact Database 1978, citing Iker
Jimenez, Encuentros: La Historia de Los
OVNI en España).
July 12, 1978; near Wiener Neustadt,
Austria
10:15 PM. A watch stopped when an
orange glowing domed disc-shaped UFO
came out from under the clouds 13
kilometers from the mountain town of
Wiener Neustadt, Austria. The two
witnesses reported that the object then
simply vanished. (Source: Ernst Berger,
MUFON UFO Journal, June 1978, p. 3).
July 16, 1978; northern part of
Iran
A Lufthansa airliner flying over
the northern part of Iran encountered
a glowing UFO floating in the sky. The
presence of the object caused
electrical interference with the
aircraft's instruments. (Source: Allan
Hendry, International UFO Reporter,
September 1978, p. 2).
July 16, 1978; Farningham, England
9:00 PM. A metallic gray
cigar-shaped object descended over a
highway, causing a car on the highway
to stop. The witness reported that the
car was then levitated inside a beam
and brought up inside the craft
through an opening. (Source: Larry
Hatch, U computer database, case
12725).
July 16, 1978; Iracauba,
Brazil
On this night J. R. B. and his
family observed a dome-shaped metallic
object land in a field. A short
humanoid with greenish skin and large
oval-shaped eyes emerged briefly from
the craft. It then re-entered the
object, which took off. (Source:
Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact
Database 1978, citing GEPUC Brazil).
July 17, 1978; Castanheira de
Pera, Portugal
5:30 AM. A one-meter diameter sphere
was seen spinning 1.5 meters above the
ground. At the site witnesses found
scorched earth and burnt rocks.
(Source: Victor Lourenco, PORTUCAT:
Portugal
UFO computer database, case 221)
July 18, 1978; Lurate Caccivio,
Italy
A red-orange object hovered over
Lurate Caccivio, Italy. It resumed
revolving and emitted a hissing sound
as it departed. (Source: Richard Hall,
The UFO Evidence: Volume II: A
Thirty-Year Report, p. 349).July 23, 1978; Lake Michigan
Several Coast Guard stations observed cigar-shaped object with same pattern of body lights, moving at very high rate of speed (section II). July 27, 1978; Union, MO
Woman reported brilliantly lighted object buzzed her car, briefly lifted it off road (section VII). July 27, 1978; Sheffield Village, OH Elongated object with flashing lights, humming sound, close to ground, moved up and down for about 15 minutes, flew away. Trouble restarting engine. International UFO Reporter, September 1978, see Rodeghier, 1981, p. 72 (E,L) car July 27-28, 1978; Union, MO
Rash of UFO sightings reported to police over two days, probably including Delta Aquarid meteors (section VIII). July 28, 1978; Ludington, MI/ Two
Rivers,WI
8:20 PM. [Dick seems to have a little
blurb on this in the list under the wrong
date, and a generic Lake Michigan location].
There was an "early" report of something
over the southern part of Lake Michigan,
Benton Harbor, MI area, but whether this is
part of the main case is unknown. (Submitted
by Mike Swords. Sources: CUFOS sighting
report forms by Gary Randall [Two Rivers
CG], and Don Clark [Ludington CG]; "Complete
details on that Michigan Coast Guard case",
International UFO Reporter 4 (2): August
1979; Traverse City(MI) RECORD EAGLE, August
4, 1978; Muskegon(MI) CHRONICLE, July 30,
1978. [sighting was also written up in the
National Inquirer,February 13, 1979 for what
that is worth]. )
July 28, 1978; Ludington, MI
11:45 PM. The coast guard station gets a phone call from a citizen who reports that two people have seen a strange object over the lake. Coast Guardsman Don Clark sees it too. He says that he along with others saw a cluster of white lights, one of them flashing, and one steady green light, near the shoreline. It was "very, very bright". It proceeded westerly and then accelerated silently over the horizon "faster than a plane". As the object was heading towards their sister station at Two Rivers,WI , Ludington radioed them about the object. (Submitted by Mike Swords. Sources: CUFOS sighting report forms by Gary Randall [Two Rivers CG], and Don Clark [Ludington CG]; "Complete details on that Michigan Coast Guard case", International UFO Reporter 4 (2): August 1979; Traverse City(MI) RECORD EAGLE, August 4, 1978; Muskegon(MI) CHRONICLE, July 30, 1978. [sighting was also written up in the National Inquirer,February 13, 1979 for what that is worth]. ) July 28, 1978; Ludington, MI
11:57 PM. Six coastguardsmen were at the window of the station to watch it show up. What they thought they saw was a cylinder or ball with a variety of colored lights. These lights were white, red, green, orange, blue, and flashing one light at a time. Their brilliance was such that it hurt the eyes. The thing passed at a distance of about 5 miles, and for all they could tell was silent. Pictures were taken. If it could be assumed that this was the same object as on the Michigan side [a real coincidence if it were not], then a rather easy calculation of ~1200mph crossing speed was make-able. The thing wobbled as it flew, and then stopped abruptly, looking as if it had "hit a brick wall". It then whisked out of sight "in seconds". Then the personnel called a third station [at Sturgeon Bay, WI], warning them. (Submitted by Mike Swords. Sources: CUFOS sighting report forms by Gary Randall [Two Rivers CG], and Don Clark [Ludington CG]; "Complete details on that Michigan Coast Guard case", International UFO Reporter 4 (2): August 1979; Traverse City(MI) RECORD EAGLE, August 4, 1978; Muskegon(MI) CHRONICLE, July 30, 1978. [sighting was also written up in the National Inquirer,February 13, 1979 for what that is worth]. ) July 28, 1978; Sturgeon Bay Midnight. Coast guard personnel saw the
same or similar looking object passing by at
high speed and at higher altitude.
(Submitted by Mike Swords. Sources: CUFOS
sighting report forms by Gary Randall [Two
Rivers CG], and Don Clark [Ludington CG];
"Complete details on that Michigan Coast
Guard case", International UFO Reporter 4
(2): August 1979; Traverse City(MI) RECORD
EAGLE, August 4, 1978; Muskegon(MI)
CHRONICLE, July 30, 1978. [sighting was also
written up in the National Inquirer,February
13, 1979 for what that is worth]. )
July 29, 1978; Ludington, MI <>12:01 AM. Ludington personnel saw a second object, moving at very high speed and flashing red lights and a strobe-like appearance. Three minutes later it was within eyesight of Two Rivers, who described it the same way. (Submitted by Mike Swords. Sources: CUFOS sighting report forms by Gary Randall [Two Rivers CG], and Don Clark [Ludington CG]; "Complete details on that Michigan Coast Guard case", International UFO Reporter 4 (2): August 1979; Traverse City(MI) RECORD EAGLE, August 4, 1978; Muskegon(MI) CHRONICLE, July 30, 1978. [sighting was also written up in the National Inquirer,February 13, 1979 for what that is worth]. ) July 29, 1978; Green Bay, WI
12:25 AM. Lighthouse reported what could
have been the same object, described as very
fast and flashing red and white lights
erratically. (Submitted by Mike Swords.
Sources: CUFOS sighting report forms by Gary
Randall [Two Rivers CG], and Don Clark
[Ludington CG]; "Complete details on that
Michigan Coast Guard case", International
UFO Reporter 4 (2): August 1979; Traverse
City(MI) RECORD EAGLE, August 4, 1978;
Muskegon(MI) CHRONICLE, July 30, 1978.
[sighting was also written up in the
National Inquirer,February 13, 1979 for what
that is worth]. )
July 29, 1978; Green Bay, WI 12:45 AM. Another odd light showed up, possibly part of all this or possibly just "excitement" [as it lacked some of the strangeness of the other multi-witnessed sightings]. There may be more to all this but later sightings get more controversial. The main loose end is the film. The photographer didn't trust anyone else with the film and had it developed locally. The pictures [not seen by this writer but broadcast on national television] supposedly show a somewhat streaky set of colored lights. A myth grew up that this film had been mysteriously lost after being sent to the CG office in Cleveland, OH, but that apparently applies to a second set of pictures taken by another person of an "event" that sounds like stars which occurred on a later day. (Submitted by Mike Swords. Sources: CUFOS sighting report forms by Gary Randall [Two Rivers CG], and Don Clark [Ludington CG]; "Complete details on that Michigan Coast Guard case", International UFO Reporter 4 (2): August 1979; Traverse City(MI) RECORD EAGLE, August 4, 1978; Muskegon(MI) CHRONICLE, July 30, 1978. [sighting was also written up in the National Inquirer,February 13, 1979 for what that is worth]. ) August 1, 1978; Clarksville, TN
10:00 PM. A six-month-pregnant woman had
been taking a nap when she woke up to see a
large craft hovering outside the upstairs
window, over a nearby wood shack. Her husband
saw the object too. She fainted but then heard
a voice in a thick Middle Eastern accent that
told her to open her eyes. When she did eyes
she was confronted by a tall creature
resembling an insect, thin and white in color,
wearing a dark outfit. It communicated with
her by using telepathy. There were several
other similar creatures wearing jumpsuits
standing in the room. Their heads were large
and rounded. The witness conducted a mental
conversation with the leader, and asked it
several questions about its origin. The
witness suddenly panicked and screamed and
began to faint, and some of the creatures
began backing away. But moments later a long
needle was painfully inserted into her belly.
She then passed out, and awoke later to see
the taller creature talking to the others. At
one point the witness claimed she saw several
helicopters flying around the hovering craft.
(Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact
Database 1978, case # 3201, citing Peter
Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center,
Seattle).
Aug. 7, 1978; Peoria, IL 9:00 PM. Light with whirring noise paced car for several minutes. (IUR,3,9) Aug. 8, 1978; Belton, MO 9:40 PM. Heavily-witnessed radar-visual case near Kansas City. In Belton, Missouri several military personnel witnessed the flyover of a UFO that was tracked on radar. The encounter lasted 45 minutes. A cattle mutilation had been discovered earlier that day in Elsberry, Missouri. (Sources: (1) Allan Hendry, International UFO Reporter, September 1978, p. 3; UNICAT database, case 145; (2) Elsberry Democrat, August 10, 1978). Aug. 10, 1978; General Belgrano, Santa Fe,
Argentina
Night. A mushroom-shaped object was sighted
at close range over a military base in General
Belgrano. The object was several meters in
diameter, and had an array of flashing lights
around its rim. It flew at a low altitude, and
hovered for 10 minutes. (Source: Jane Thomas,
UFO News clipping Service, October 1978, p.
14, citing Cronica, August 13, 1978).
Aug. 11, 1978; Roosevelt, UT
Aug. 24, 1978; Ginghamsburg, OHSilver dome-shaped object, green glow, hovered overhead, began circling; E-M effects, dogs whined; UFO finally took off at high speed (section V). Aug.11, 1978; Buffalo Shoals, NC Glowing, yellow domed disc passed nearby, hovered, shot straight up, humming noise. MUFON UFO Journal, August 1988, p. 16; Maiden, N.C. Times, Aug. 16, 1978 (E,L) motorcycle Aug. 20, 1978; Toledo, OH 7:30 PM A 64-year old security guard was on patrol in downtown Toledo looking at a "large plane" approaching from the north against a clear, pre-sunset sky. As it passed overhead at a uniform speed, about 1500-2000 feet up, it could be resolved that it was actually a cigar (as sketched) with small brackets. It was dull silver, distinctly outlined and was twice the angular size of the full moon. It then continued its straight path southbound to the horizon. (IUFOR,3,12) Aug. 21, 1978; Indianapolis, IN 5:30 PM. A 33-year old housewife, in the company of her 8- and 10-year old children, watched a silver "Frisbee" from their front porch in this urban residential area 3 miles north of the center of town. Standing outdoors, looking up at the clear sky, they saw the saucer in the SE, much larger than a full moon would look (at night) With an estimated real size as large as a car. The Frisbee had a sharp outline and a metallic appearance. No Sound could be heard over the heavy traffic noise. According to the children, it then shot over to SW in two seconds. Finally, It moved straight up out of sight in an instant. 5-8 mins. (One of the cases listed on Dr. Willy Smith's UNICAT file) (IUFOR,3,12) Aug. 22, 1978; Moscow, PA 7:03 AM. 11:40 PM.
Aug. 24, 1978; Ottumwa, IA 10:00 PM. Aug. 26, 1978; Hyannis, MA
10:00 PM. Two witnesses in a car on Cape
Cod watched an oval-shaped craft hovering
low over the US Route 6 road. Within the
craft several figures could be seen moving
about behind several rectangular windows.
(Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact
Database 1978, case # 2358, citing Raymond
E. Fowler).
Aug. 27, 1978; Provincetown, MA 1:40 PM. One minute. A private plane flying over Massachusetts Bay, 10 miles north-northwest of Provincetown had a near collision at 2500' with a 18-foot diameter silver disc. Ground radar confirmed the presence of the unknown craft. (Source: Raymond E. Fowler, MUFON UFO Journal, August 1978, p. 5). Aug. 28, 1978; West Germany 12:43 PM. US private aircraft with three witnesses at 33,000' observed three UFOs for 1/2 minute. (Haines printout) Aug. 29, 1978; Guemes, Cordoba
province, Argentina
11:00 PM. An ovoid object with reddish
flashes moved at a low altitude in the
proximity of the local observatory.
Residents discarded the notion that it was a
plane. Two UFOs appeared in the skies over
the city of Mendoza, Argentina. Their
estimated speed was 6000 kph, altitude
30,000-40,000 meters, and they were
photographed with "special cameras and
techniques." (Source: Jane Thomas, UFO News
clipping Service, November 1978, p. 14,
citing Cronica, August 29 & 31, 1978).
Aug. 30, 1978; Nisula, MI Cone-shaped object with body lights flew overhead. International UFO Reporter, December 1978, see Rodeghier, 1981, p. 73 (E) pickup truck Aug. 30, 1978; Union County, IN About 11:45 PM. Witness driving on State road 44 in valley near bridge. Ahead low over the road she observed an orange egg shaped object accompanied by 4 small orange-red square-looking objects. Light suddenly engulfed her car and she remembers nothing until she found herself driving about 5 miles down the road. At home troubled mentally and discovered two puncture wounds on her buttocks and small lumps in mid chest. (Worley files) Aug. 31, 1978; between San Juan and San
Luis, Argentina
2:00 AM. Two men, Srs. De Cesare and
Martin, were driving in a truck on Highway 147
in Argentina when they were circled closely by
a group of UFOs. Their truck's engine stopped
and they got out, throwing themselves to the
ground and hiding among the roadside
vegetation. The truck battery was totally
discharged and the truck could not be
restarted. At dawn dead goats and birds were
found at the site. (Source: Jane Thomas, UFO
News clipping Service, December 1978, p. 15,
citing Cronica, October 1, 1978).
Fall, 1978; Waterford, OH 10:30 PM. Two very bright but distant lights approached four witnesses, then moved toward them, hovering within 500-600 over some power lines. All natural sounds stopped at this point. Main witness then walked to within 300' and one light took off to the north at high speed. The other object soon followed. Duration: 15 minutes. But before the objects left they were described as 50-100' in diameter and 15-20 feet high, oval shaped with rounded domes, and apparently windows around them. (MORA, Frank Reams and Barbara Spellerberg) Sept.1, 1978; Llanerchymedd, Anglesey,
Wales
Shortly after 8:00 p.m. in Llanerchymedd,
Anglesey, Wales several villagers including a
man hunting rabbits watched a bright white
light descend slowly behind a new housing
estate. Other independent witnesses saw a
large silvery sphere above a field, and
watched the cows panic and neighborhood dogs
start barking furiously. A woman and her young
daughter looked out and saw three tall men in
gray uniforms with caps or helmets attached to
their suits walk across a field. She ran to
the village to find some other witnesses.
(Sources: Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence,
Volume 2: A Thirty Year Report, pp. 281, 491;
David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT:
Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1961;
Robert Gribble, MUFON UFO Journal, issue #
245).
Sept. 2, 1978; San Michele, Italy
8:10 AM. A man heard a hissing sound and
saw a metallic-looking cigar-shaped object
about 10 meters long rising from a maize
field. An area about 3 x 7 meters was found
in the field where plants were bent and
dehydrated. (Centro Ufologico Nazionale
report)
Sept. 6, 1978; Venado Tuerto, Argentina 6:45 AM. Round object, 30' in diameter, 15' high, hemispherical dome on top. Several round windows. Multicolored lights. One giant humanoid, over 7' tall. Green hand, blue conical nails, long gloves, cylindrical helmet. One robot, not described. Object on ground with hatch open. Witness stands in doorway. Giant occupant pricked witness's shoulder with nails. Robot inside craft cutting and packaging cattle parts. Witness flees. Sept. 6, 1978; Cordoba, Argentina
11:15 PM. On this night a luminous UFO,
giving off red and blue sparks, started to
emit a high-pitched whistling sound. Power
outages occurred throughout the neighborhood.
The first UFO was joined by two or three other
UFOs in an undulating motion, and together
they flew off in a V-shaped formation.
(Source: UFO News clipping Service, November
1978, p. 14).
Sept. 15, 1978; Delano, TN
2:30 AM. 31-year-old woman was lying in bed
awake for 30 minutes when "funny" feeling made
her look outside. She stood at the south window
looking out at fields of this rural area and saw
bright moon in clear sky. Also saw vaguely,
object with lights in a long shape, red and pink
as if on fire in SW sky. Angular size was
somewhat less than moon's. No sound . Two
"normal" men dressed in white suits could be
seen about 100 yards from window, too dark for
details They started for the house, but then
stopped and turned back. The UFO came in fast at
this point and came very close to ground then
left very fast climbing to the West.(IUR,4,1) Sept.15, 1978; Carpentersville, IL
4:00 AM. A 26-year-old woman was awakened
by a whirring sound and she went to her
bedroom window to look outside. The noise
stopped, but then she saw the figure of a
six-foot tall man. He was dressed in a silvery
suit. Several feet away from him she saw a
small, silver, domed disc sitting on the edge
of the grass. It was opaque and smooth and was
the source of the whirring sound. The witness
then screamed at her husband to wake up, and
her dog started barking furiously. They both
tried to phone the police but the phone was
not working. When the police eventually
arrived both the mysterious visitor and the
UFO were gone. (Source: Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1978, case # 228,
citing International UFO Reporter, Vol. 4, #
2)
Sept. 17, 1978; Torrita di Siena, Tuscany,
Italy
8:15 PM. Car engine and lights failed, domed disc descended onto road; two small humanoids emerged, examined car, reentered object, took off (section XII). Two witnesses watched a bright sphere descend over the area the same time a electrical blackout occurred. Shortly after that a motorist, Sr. R. Faralli, a 25-year-old man driving a Fiat 127, was on his way home when his engine and lights went out, then a bright red object descended over the road just ahead of him and hovered. It was a domed disc, hat like in shape. He found he was paralyzed and could not move, as he watched a panel open and two humanoids emerge and float towards his vehicle. They were five feet tall and wore green coveralls and helmets with aerials and face masks, and they floated about four feet above the ground. They circled the car and appeared to inspect it. Their skin also appeared greenish. They re-entered the UFO, which took off with a flash of light and an explosive sound. The witness suffered eye irritation. (Sources: Roberto Pinotti, International UFO Reporter, October 1979, p. 15; Richard Hall, MUFON UFO Journal, issue # 153 (November 1980); Lumieres dans la Nuit, January 1981; Richard Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, pp. 265, 270, 349, 491, 495; Mark Cashman, Project 1947 EM Effects Catalog website; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1968). Sept. 17, 1978; Maatsuyker Island,
Tasmania
9:20 PM. Keith Roberts investigated and
we are lucky to have his field report.
Roberts writes: " Details of the event
were taken from the lighthouse log. A
large white glowing light was noticed in a
westerly to southwesterly direction. It
was at low elevation about 12 degrees. The
light was half-Moon sized and stationary.
9:30 PM: All power in number 1 quarters
went off. Fuse and circuit breakers were
checked in the house and engine room. All
were OK. The power generator continued to
work and the lighthouse operated normally.
9:35 PM: Power came back on; the light had
not moved. Light was checked with
binoculars. Then, with naked eye, a red
light appeared in the center; later it
moved to the side of the light as if it
had turned. [Main] light and the red light
observed with binoculars. 10:10 PM:
power in house off again; this time for 15
minutes. Again checks made but nothing
wrong. Lighthouse still OK. The light was
still in its original position to the
W&SW. A call was put through to Cape
Bruny 40 miles northeast. The lighthouse
keeper there could not see anything. 10:55
PM: Light finally went out. [observers]
had the impression that it travelled
directly away from the witnesses or that
it just diminished in size on the spot."
"There is a suggestion that the light
somehow affected the power in the house,
although this can not be proved. The light
was estimated to be 4 miles away."
Concerning an astronomical component:
witnesses looked for candidates in that
section of the sky on subsequent evenings,
finding only Venus in the vicinity. Venus
however fails to deal with the case,
having set long before the mystery light
left the vicinity. Plus, the witnesses
said that Venus paled in comparison, and
they had deliberately noted the relative
motion of the heavens vs. the stationary
light across the 1&1/2 hours of the
event. The lighthouse crew remained
flummoxed as to how the power to one
element of their operation could have
malfunctioned when the system was intact
and no problems were in evidence either
before or since the selective outage.
(Source: Mike Swords; Keith Roberts. Field
report TA 78 112. Maatsuyker Island
17.9.78; and Keith Roberts . Maatsuyker
Island Report [ a compilation of the
events on this island across the years],
published by the Tasmanian UFO
Investigation Centre, updated 1998.
Sept. 18, 1978; Melaria, Porto Nogaro
district, Italy
Whistling sound, disc-shaped object with dome on mudflat. Small humanoid emerged, made repair to craft, took off with loud explosive sound (section XII). Sept. 22-23, 1978; Buenos Aires Province,
Argentina
Oct.
21, 1978: Between
Cape Ottway, Victoria, and King Island, Bass
Strait, Australia
Car participating in road rally brightly illuminated by glowing object, lifted off road, driver and passenger blinded, steering control lost (section VI). Sept. 23, 1978; Rosario, Argentina
That morning a florist in the city of
Rosario saw a reddish-orange lighted sphere
make several 90-degree turns impossible for
any conventional aircraft. The object
crossed over the Parana River into Entre
Rios province. (Source: Jane Thomas, UFO
News clipping Service, November 1978, p. 16,
citing Cronica, September 27, 1978).
Sept. 26, 1978; Strongsville, OH Disc with dome moved back and forth, heavy static on FM radio, headlights out briefly. International UFO Reporter, July 1979; see Rodeghier, 1981, p. 73 (R,L) car Oct. 8, 1978; Jenkins, MO 7:00 AM.: Multiple (7) witness, two objects, one on ground two hours, 180 ft away, traces. (IUR,3,12; Ted Phillips) 7:06
PM. Frederick Valentich, age 20, was
piloting a Cessna aircraft, registration
VH-DSJ, from Moorabbin airport, Melbourne,
Victoria, to King Island, which is in Bass
Strait. There were no passengers. He
departed Moorabbin at 1819 hrs local time,
and reported Cape Ottway at 1900 hrs. At
1906 hrs he asked air traffic control (ATC)
if there was any known traffic in his area.
Over the next period of time, he described a
long shape near his plane, which at one time
orbited his plane. It had a green light and
was 'sort of metallic.' ATC lost
communications with the aircraft at 1912
hrs. The aircraft, during the incident was
below radar coverage height. Despite an
extensive search, the aircraft and pilot
were never found. The weather at cape Ottway
was clear, with a trace of stratocumulus
cloud at 5000 to 7000 feet, scattered cirrus
at 30000 feet; excellent visibility, and
light winds. The sea surface was flat. The
end of daylight at Cape Ottway was at 1918
hrs. (Sources: (1) Department of Transport
file B1497, control symbol V116/783/1047,
located in the National Archives of
Australia by Keith Basterfield. (2)
Department of Transport file 78/1205,
located by Andrew Arnold. )
Oct. 30, 1978; Tobalaba Airfield, Santiago,
Chile
Pilots and air traffic controllers saw shiny objects, one sped away, circled, maneuvered, descended in distance (sections III, IV). Sept. 25, 1978; Greenfield, IN 9:00 PM. Three woman observed an object coming down from the sky into the field. Dog barked. Observed 40 minutes. Sheriff deputies claimed it was a helicopter. UFO was oblong, very, very huge with a kind of greenish-gray color. It had three lights, one red and two white. No sound and it moved flying sideways behind the barn and then took off flying front ways. 140' imprint left in soybean field. (MUJ,142,3) Sept. 28, 1978; Omaha, NE
2:00 AM. Two twenty-year-old female steel
company employees were driving in a
residential area when they drove by a dark,
cone-shaped UFO with three white rotating
lights on the underside. The tape cassette in
the VW car's tape player erased as the car
drove close to the object, but other cassette
tapes in a cardboard box on a car seat were
undamaged. (Source: International UFO
Reporter, July 1979, p. 13).
Oct. 3, 1978; Bogota, Columbia
Thousands of witnesses in saw two UFOs in
an unusually clear sky. One was shaped like a
"croissant" and the other was cylinder-shaped.
Both gave off an intense luminosity. Traffic
halted throughout the city during the
sighting. (Source: UFO News clipping Service,
December 1978, p. 15).
Oct. 8, 1978, Jenkins, MO 7:00 AM. A farming family noted an unusual object in a field to the south of their house. The object was 285 feet from the house and at that distance, difficult to see. It appeared as a white object of moderate size, but was felt to be probably a large piece of paper blown there over the previous evening. The family did not go over to inspect it at that time. The six family members [5 adults and a teenager] stole occasional glances in its direction over the next two hours but nothing moved. Then, at 9am, the farm owner left the house to do some chores. At that moment, the object rapidly rose from the ground to a height of 30 to 50 feet. Everyone else ran out of the house to watch. It began moving slowly and silently to the west, ascended rapidly, turned twice, and gradually flew away. The witnesses noted that a second larger and more distant object seemed also to be in the sky. These objects came into close approximation and moved off together. The landed object was described as an oval or egg shape appearing white on the ground but more silvery reflective once airborne. Its size was judged to be 4-5 feet in the longer dimension, and 3-4 feet in the shorter. One area of the surface was darker in tone, and allowed the witnesses to note that it was rotating at about a once per two seconds rate. The witnesses immediately called the sheriff's department. A deputy arrived in the afternoon and went to the landing site, took pictures, as well as soil samples. There was a noticeable trace which measured 4 1/2 feet long and 3 1/2 feet wide. The character of the trace was described as depressed, not burnt nor dried. Soil moisture was normal. The force bearing down on the ground was not great as measured by penetrometer tests. No radioactive heightened readings were measured either. [We owe all these tests to the field's trace expert, Ted Phillips.] As time went on though, there was some easily noticeable deterioration of the grass, selectively within the trace. The only slightly reasonable alternate hypothesis that Phillips and CUFOS were able to come up with, was something involving a weather balloon. Some effort was made to check for such launches but the only known source was in the entirely wrong wind direction. The fast take-off speed is also against this theory among several other things one might mention. One other note, when the farmer arrived at the scene he said that the grass at the site was very noticeably swirled. This case was also reported in the MUFON Journal where there were a few discrepancies. MUFON reports the trace as a tripod of depressed spots within an area of depressed and swirled grass. At one point in the article the trace is described as "burnt" but more reading seems to indicate that "discolored" might be a better word. "Like a spot which has been over-fertilized". Testing by MUFON at a college laboratory showed no unusual chemicals or volatile organics, such as solvents. It was found by MUFON that that farmer had previously recovered one of the weather balloons from the local service and knew perfectly well what they looked like. CUFOS' and MUFON's reports agree on almost all details, and the trace as described by MUFON is probably the better detail. As an aside, the witnesses describe their cows and a "local" meandering coyote as merely staring at the object and not agitated in any way. Sources: International UFO Reporter Vol. 3 # 12, December 1978; MUFON Journal #135, May 1979; and follow up by Phillips in #141, November 1979; plus, Joplin(MO) Globe, October 24, 1978. Hope this is of some use. (Source: Mike Swords) Oct. 23, 1978; Kansu Province, China At an open-air motion picture film
showing, several Chinese Air Force pilots
sighted a large, bright rectangular object
at an estimated 21,000-foot altitude. They
watched it for two to three minutes. They
said it carried intensely bright lights.
(Source: FSR, March 1983, p. 24).
Oct. 25, 1978; Tagliocozzo, Abruzzi,
Italy
5:00 AM. A 51-year-old farmer name
Giovanni was searching for a stray cow in
the hills near his home when he came to an
open field and spotted a large light brown
object shaped like a shoeshine box on the
ground. Lighted windows surrounded the
craft. He approached to within three feet
and saw six to seven humanoid beings
inside. These were described as small and
human like, both male and female. The
women were blonde and had beautiful pink
skin and smiled at him. The men were
uglier, had darker skin and appeared
elderly, and they ignored him. (Source:
Roberto Pinotti, International UFO
Reporter, October 1979, p. 17).
Oct. 30, 1978; Carmo Da Cachoeira,
Minas Gerais, Brazil
9:30 PM. Sebastiana Francelina de Jesus,
his older brother, and a younger cousin
were traveling by Jeep on their way to a
local farm in Carmo Da Cachoeira, Minas
Gerais, Brazil when suddenly an unknown
force halted the vehicle in its tracks,
then pulled it backwards into the mud on
the side of the road. All this occurred
while a torrential rain was falling. The
Jeep was hopelessly mired in the mud. As
the three witnesses attempted to dislodge
it a very large object emitting an intense
rotating light suddenly appeared. The UFO
flew over them at very low altitude and
then descended to hover a few meters away
from the witnesses. The light from the
object was so bright that it temporarily
blinded the three young people. The older
man nearly fainted from fright. Two bright
rotating beams of light illuminated the
area around them and the interior of the
Jeep. They could also hear a steady
droning noise coming from the object.
After awhile they began to hear what
seemed to be human voices coming from the
object, but the voices spoke in an unknown
language. The terrified witnesses began
screaming for help because they began to
feel a bizarre effect: all three felt as
if they were "floating." They also
described the feeling like "they were
growing in size." Finally the UFO began to
move away throwing numerous rocks and
debris up into the air. As it sped away
from view a small spherical orange-yellow
light followed the craft. The witnesses
then felt their environment return to
normal. (Source: Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1978, citing
Ubirajara Franco Rodrigues).Nov. 8, 1978; San Benedetto del Tronto 5:30 p.m. While fishing on board of the “Exodus”, three fishermen (Flaviano Mattiucci, Gennaro Mattiucci and Dino Focaracci) saw, at low altitude and for a few seconds, a red and yellow spherical light. After emerging from the sea it seemed to return into it, after rising and falling from the sky. About one hour later, the radar of another fishing boat, the “Andrea Padre”, reported a moving submerged object, which appeared to follow the vessel. (Carl Feindt) Nov. 9 - Dec. 14, 1978; vicinity of Kuwait A senior official of the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) reported to the embassy that the UFO "...which first appeared over the northern oil fields seemingly did strange things to KOC's automatic pumping equipment. This equipment is designed to shut itself down when there is some failure which may seriously damage the petroleum gathering and transmission system and it can only be restarted manually. At the time of the UFO's appearance the pumping station automatically shut itself down and when the UFO vanished the system started itself up again. Eight UFOs were sighted between Nov. 9 and Dec. 14,1978, in the vicinity of an oil-gathering center near Kuwait City, Kuwait The government appointed a committee of experts from the Kuwait Institute For Scientific Research to investigate. An Institute representative, Ratib Abu Id, told U.S. embassy officials that they had rejected the idea of espionage devices and did not know enough about the subject to rule out spaceships. (McCampbell; Hall, UFOEII Section IV). Nov. 11, 1978; Bragg Creek,
Alberta, Canada
Late in the evening four witnesses
traveling by car near Bragg Creek on a snowy
night noticed a bright white light
approaching their vehicle. As it got closer
they could see that it was a huge object
resembling a hovercraft. It had numerous
lighted square windows. One witness was able
to see several human-like figures standing
behind the windows. At one point the
witnesses became disoriented and there
appears to have been some time loss. One of
the witnesses heard what appeared to be
music coming from inside the craft. No other
sound was detected. (Source: Albert S.
Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978,
case # 860, citing W. K. Allan, FSR).
Nov. 20, 1978; near Rowlands
Castle in Great Britain
6:00 PM. GMT, a mushroom-shaped UFO,
bigger than a double-decker bus, with a
blue flashing light on top, hovered over a
car near Rowlands Castle. It shot off,
circled around, and hovered over the car
again for an additional ten seconds.
(Sources: UFO Newspaper Clipping Service,
January 1979, p. 11).
Nov. 21, 1978; Newfoundland
Two airliner crews encountered disc with dome, structural features, emitting light beams (sections III, IX). Nov. 25, 1978; Kordel, Germany
Pam Owens abduction case. (MUFON
investigation report)
Nov. 25, 1978; Atlantic Ocean
While participating in a trans-Atlantic
crossing during a yacht race, the skipper
of the yacht "Salamandre" watched a very
shiny white disc come down to right above
the boat. The greenish-blue color
surrounding the object was so brilliant
that it was blinding. The UFO shot off at
astonishing speed. (Source: UFO Newspaper
Clipping Service, May 1979, p. 15).
Nov. 25, 1978; Trier, Germany
10:00 PM. That night an abduction by
UFO occupants occurred. A metallic, ovoid
UFO with a flashing red light hovered over
a car with a German couple and a
nineteen-year-old American woman named
Owens. The car's occupants experienced
over 90 minutes of missing time. The
principal abductee, the wife of an
American soldier stationed in Germany, was
levitated aboard the UFO. She was five
months pregnant at the time. She had no
memory of the abduction prior to hypnosis.
During hypnosis she recalled that the
aliens had huge, baldheads, and deep-set
eyes. They had a greenish colored skin,
with a roughness like mummy wrapping.
Their hands had four fingers, and were
twice the length of human fingers. Dark
triangular objects with pale yellow lights
were seen over Heathrow Airport and in
Ducklington, England that day and evening.
(Sources: (1) Jane Thomas (translator),
UFO Newspaper Clipping Service, April
1980, p. 14 citing The Independent,
January 22, 1980; (2) UFO Newspaper
Clipping Service, April 1979, p. 11,
citing the London Sunday Express, January
11, 1979).
An event that may well prove to be one of the
most significant of our time took place on
international soil. Addressing the 1977-1978
General Assembly meeting of the United
Nations, Prime Minister Eric Gairy of Grenada
- an island country in the Caribbean -
introduced a resolution calling for the
establishment of an agency to study UFOs on a
global scale. Meetings on UFOs. Speakers
included J. Allen Hynek, Jacques Vallee,
Stanton Friedman, Lawrence J. Coyne. Article
Nov. 29, 1978; Richmond, KY
9:30 PM. Three witnesses. A car had been chased down a rural road by a flashing UFO. At one time it shot a blue flame out of the front and the car stalled and the lights went out. After the car chase the object was seen to circle a house and surrounding fields at 100-300' off the ground. It was cigar-shaped and about the size of the Goodyear blimp. (MUJ-140,13) Dec. 1, 1978; Giulianova, Italy
1:40 AM. A small dark disc with a luminous
underbody, estimated to be about 1.5 meters in
diameter, flew slowly along the coast heading
south in Giulianova, Italy. About four hours
later, in Milan, Italy the entire electrical
system of a car failed when a luminous, orange
and green saucer-shaped UFO flew overhead. The
object circled the car then rose vertically.
The car functioned without trouble after the
UFO left the scene. (Sources: Lumieres dans la
Nuit and ITACAT)Dec. ??, 1978; Rapatee, IL Night. Two teenage girls from London Mills reported a tubular aircraft approached their car as they drove on Illinois Rt.11 near Rapatee. It came within about 10 feet of their vehicle, circled them once, and left "toward the east at a fantastic speed, but there wasn't any noise at all." (NCS) Dec. 3, 1978; Leme, Brazil
Evening. A brightly lit globular shaped
object was seen flying at a low altitude
over Leme. Several moving figures could be
seen moving inside through a large opening.
(Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact
Database 1978, citing GEPUC Brazil).
Dec. 6, 1978; Amur region of Siberia,
Russia
In the isolated taiga in the Amur region
of Siberia between the rivers Urkan and
Tyndoy, a metallic UFO shaped like a
mushroom was found on this day, apparently
having crashed. Its diameter was about 5.5
to 6 meters and it was about 3.0 meters in
height. It reportedly weighed 720 kg. It was
transported to Novosibirsk, Russia where it
was hidden in the Akademgorodok region. The
body of a short dwarf-like humanoid was
found inside, which was delivered for
autopsy to the scientific research institute
in Novosibirsk. When first discovered the
humanoid allegedly still had shown vital
signs, and it stayed in a coma-like state
for two weeks before dying. A segmented
aperture was found on the side of the disc
where apparently other crewmembers had
escaped out through an escape pod. (Source:
Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database
1978, citing Anton "Cade" Belousov, Soviet X
Files List).
Dec. 8, 1978; Portegrandi, Italy
1:30 AM. A seven-meter diameter domed
disc hovered over a road in Portegrandi.
It had four windows on its side and
emitted rays of light. At 2:45 a.m. on a
road in Catanzaro, Italy three policemen
saw a luminous domed object tilt over the
roadway. It shot away from them when they
hit it with a spotlight. (Sources:
Lumieres dans la Nuit, issues 212, 214;
Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact
Database 1978, case)
Nov. 9 - Dec. 14, 1978; vicinity of Kuwait A UFO "which first appeared over the northern oil fields seemingly did strange things to KOC's automatic pumping equipment. This equipment is designed to shut itself down when there is some failure which may seriously damage the petroleum gathering and transmission system and it can only be restarted manually. At the time of the UFO's appearance the pumping station automatically shut itself down and when the UFO vanished the system started itself up again." Eight UFOs were sighted between Nov. 9 and dec. 14, 1978. (FOIA documents) Dec. 9, 1978; Reggio di Calabria,
Sicily, Italy
6:00 AM. Police watched a
multi-colored object with intermittent
flashing lights. When spotlighted the
UFO seemed to enlarge, then emitted a
beam down onto the police car. Five
lights came on aboard the object. When
the police spotlight was turned off, the
lights on the UFO went off as well.
(Sources: Richard H. Hall, The UFO
Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year
Report, pp. 175 & 351; Larry Hatch,
U computer database, citing Lumieres
dans la Nuit, issue # 214).
Dec.11, 1978; Avellino, Italy
On this afternoon a police trooper in
Avellino took a photograph of a round,
possibly disc-shaped object that was
directing an intense beam of energy at the
ground. The photograph, taken from a highway
patrol car, shows a black dot on white
background. (Source: Jane Thomas, UFO
Newspaper Clipping Service, March 1979, p.
14, citing Cronica, December 12, 1978).
Dec.11, 1978; Navelli, Abruzzi, Italy
10:00 PM. A taxi driving on a road near
the town of Navelli was forced to brake
when two luminous globes were blocking the
road ahead. The engine of the vehicle then
died. Two humanoids glided across the
surface without touching the ground.
(Source: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT: Italian
UFO Catalogue).
Dec.11, 1978; Arembepe, Brazil
On this night a tall human-like
figure with light colored skin, dark
hair, and wearing a tight fitting
silvery suit and boots was seen coming
out of a metallic basin-shaped object
about 12 meters in diameter that had
landed in a field. (Source: Albert S.
Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978,
citing Antonio Faleiro, Brazil).
Dec. 12, 1978; Burghausen, Bavaria,
Germany
8:00 AM. Ms. Adele Holzer was in her car
driving to work when she saw a hemispherical
white disc. More puzzled than afraid, she
pulled off to the side of the road, and saw
a "row of shining green ports along its
periphery." Then, she thought to herself,
"If I could only see its bottom," and it
suddenly turned exposing the underneath. She
said there were three spheres on its bottom
surface, the middle one being larger. It
possessed a bright orange spot at its
center. As the UFO hovered over some nearby
trees, six beams of green light shot from it
and she felt slightly paralyzed by one of
them. She lost track of time as the object
hovered over her. When the light beams went
out the object rose silently up into the
sky. Her watch had stopped at 08:01 a.m. and
her car's ignition key, that she believed
had been in her hand the entire time, was
bent. She later told investigators she felt
"somebody was trying to get into telepathic
contact with her." She claimed to have been
given a message saying that they had
friendly intentions and wanted to stop us
from destroying the Earth. (Source: Albert
S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1978,
citing Michael Hessemann).
Dec. 12, 1978; Marzocca, Italy Luminous UFO emitted light beam, shone onto car, tape player malfunctioned. (Section VIII, 1978 Sighting Wave [E,L]) car Dec. 12, 1978; Messina, Italy Luminous yellow circular object stopped, hovered small spheres emerged and flew away; later returned and merged with parent object again (see section VIII, 1978 Sighting Wave) Dec.12, 1978; near Navelli, Italy
11:45 PM. Alfonso Marinelli was traveling
in his new Mercedes near Navelli, in the
Abruzzi region of Italy when his engine
suddenly quit. He then noted two bright
lights approaching slowly in his direction.
As the lights approached Marinelli was able
to make out two short human-like figures.
The figures wore silvery suits, resembling
those of astronauts. The suits were
luminous, and both figures wore huge
oval-shaped helmets. The front of the
helmets had black visors. Over the chest the
figures had what appeared to be straps with
a bright round light on the center. The
figures rose off the ground to a height
about 90 cm and in flew over the witness
vehicle, quickly disappearing from sight.
Marinelli was soon able to start his car's
engine and drove away from the area.
(Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact
Database 1978, citing Archivio S.U.F.).
Dec. 13, 1978; Brindisi Air Force Base,
Italy
Shortly after two people saw a luminous
mass descend close to the ground and then
take off at high speed towards Puglia, Italy
two soldiers on guard duty at the Brindisi
Air Force Base saw a UFO with pulsating
lights maneuver and hover near them. As the
object was leaving a strange being shot up
from the ground skywards, quickly
disappearing from sight. (Source: Albert S.
Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1971,
case # 2351, citing Edoardo Russo).
Dec. 16, 1978; Abbington, INDec. 14, 1978; Brewer, ME
1:30 AM. A local resident named John
felt an overwhelming compulsion to go out.
He got dressed, got in his car, and drove
away leaving his young daughter alone at
home. John drove in a daze along Route 9E,
a very desolate stretch of road. All of a
sudden his car's motor went completely
dead and he coasted to a stop. His battery
wasn't dead because his headlights
remained on. He tried unsuccessfully to
re-start the car. He then heard a very
loud crackling noise. He turned to his
right and slightly ahead of his car was a
huge, long dark rectangular object, about
50 feet from the road. It was hovering 30
feet above the ground. As soon as John saw
it a rectangular portion on the front end
lit up and shone a soft green light
through his front windshield. John felt a
strange tingling sensation, like "pins
& needles." He also felt himself sink
into a trance. He remained fully aware but
could not move a muscle. Strangely, his
initial fear upon sighting the huge object
had disappeared, and he now felt calm and
unafraid. The soft green light abruptly
changed color to a reddish pink and began
pulsating first slowly, then faster and
faster. He then heard a voice say: "Do not
be afraid. We will not harm you. We are
from the 17th star." The lights then
slowed down and John heard the voice say,
"We will return." He felt a strong
conviction that this statement was true.
The lighted rectangle suddenly blinked
off, and John heard a strange clicking
sound again. The UFO then backed away and
rose at an angle. On his way home he felt
very cold. The next morning he noticed his
skin peeling around his nose, forehead,
and from the back of his ears. He suffered
severe headaches after the incident.
(Sources: David F. Webb & Ted
Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid
Reports, case A1998; Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1978, citing
Raymond E. Fowler, UFO Testament).
Dec. 14, 1978; Park Ridge, IL
5:30 PM. Two close encounters
occurred. Two 12-year-old girls in Park
Ridge who were tobogganing in the city
park saw a saucer-shaped object with a
row of flashing red lights on the top
and bottom and flashing yellow lights in
between. It had 3 balls on the bottom.
It hovered for 20 minutes, and then made
a semi-circle in the sky before
leaving. (Sources: George
Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of
Anomalies, pp. 543 & 549; Park Ridge
(IL) Herald, December 21, 1978)
Dec. 14, 1978; London Mills, IL
7:00 PM. On Highway 116 a
tubular-shaped craft hovered and
circled a car being driven by two
teenage girls. The craft circled the
car "close enough to have touched it."
It had two parallel tubes and one
perpendicular tube but no windows. It
took off fast toward the east. The
father of one of the girls, Ralph
Brashear, reported the incident to the
police.( London Mills (IL) Times,
December 21, 1978).
Dec. 14, 1978; Pomeroy, WA
A large UFO paced a car with three
women inside. The object had two
transparent blue lights and followed
them to one of their homes. It circled
around their car once, and then sped
off to the west. (Source: George
Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of
Anomalies; Pomeroy East Washingtonian,
December 21, 1978).
December 14, 1978; Sarandi del Yi,
Uruguay
A UFO with bright red lights
suddenly appeared and started to
circle the car driven by Mr. La
Bandera and his two passengers. It
circled at a distance of only 10
meters (33 feet). It changed color to
a deep green when it crossed the
highway and made a steep climb into
the sky. (Source: UFO Newsclipping
Service, March 1979, p. 14).
Dec. 15, 1978; Ragusa, Italy
11:50 PM. A truck driver suddenly
experienced radio interference and
stopped to fix it. He then saw two
very tall humanoids standing only five
meters away. They were dressed in
black, tight-fitting coveralls and
helmets. They helmets had short
protuberances like antennae on the
sides and they had transparent face
plates. Inside human-like faces could
be seen. Two bright beams of light
were emitted from their helmets that
illuminated the cab of the truck. The
beings came closer and uttered
unintelligible sounds, then turned and
left. Seconds later the witness saw a
dome-shaped craft take off with a
bright flash. A strong smell of
sulphur was noticed in the vicinity.
(Source: Richard Hall, MUFON UFO
Journal, issue # 153).
Dec. 15, 1978; Catania, Italy
12:15 p.m. Two young boys were playing
in a yard on the island of Sicily,
near a large TV antenna. The sky
darkened and then a large disc-shaped
craft approached and tilted at an
angle, just above the TV antenna. The
object emitted multicolored rays of
light and had an open hatch in its
center section. A bright beam of light
shot out of the opening and a strange,
1.5 meter tall "monster" descended
within the beam. The being was
described as "ugly" with two large
eyes and two antenna-like protrusions
on its head. A second similar being
reportedly descended carrying a
"laser" type gun and shot at a rock
causing it to burn and explode. He was
seen to bend down, touch the ground,
and then spill a black liquid on it.
Moments later a beam of light
transported the beings back into the
craft. The craft then shot away at
high speed. Ground traces were
reportedly found. (Source: Maurizio
Verga, ITACAT Italian UFO Catalogue).
Dec. 16, 1978; Francavilla, Italy
2:30 AM. A college coed saw an
ovoid UFO surrounded by a white mist.
She was standing in her living room by
a balcony overlooking the sea when she
noticed a gaseous form, white in color
with two pulsating lights, a red one
at one end, a green one at the other
end. It descended onto the surface of
the sea and became a very bright
fluorescent white light that reflected
off the surface of the water. She
attempted to wake her parents but they
continued to sleep. She next noticed
two short figures standing in the
garden at the adjacent apartment. They
were very thin with large squarish
heads and large feet. Both were
wearing dark gray tight-fitting
uniforms. They turned a corner moving
as if in slow motion and in a limping
manner, disappearing down an alleyway.
Moments later the bright white light,
now very near the breakwater,
vanished. (Sources: Lumieres dans la
Nuit, issue # 218; Maurizio Verga,
ITACAT - Italian UFO Catalogue).
8:20 PM. Five witnesses. (Repeated sightings for perhaps over an hour.) These sightings took place in the vicinity of Abbington to the witnesses who were in an auto. Dark object three times the size of a moon came over low above trees and hovered near auto causing its motor and radio to stop. As it hovered in front of the auto three red lights were seen and a large white light was on the rear. Object departed with a whooshing sound. Later on the Brownsville road first one then two then three objects appeared and seem to follow the auto. Objects sped off when witnesses reached their home in Abbington. P Drew. (Worley files) Dec. 16, 1978; Calama, Chile
Shortly after Midnight. Near the city of
Antofagasta in northern Chile a Chilean Air
Force jet sighted and tried to intercept a
huge luminous rectangular flying object.
(Source: Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO
Encounters, p. 42 citing the MUFON UFO
Journal, December 1978).
Dec. 16, 1978; Caracas, Venezuela
Early morning, predawn hours five UFOs
emitted different colors, made a
semi-circular turn, and then hovered over a
mountain for several minutes before finally
shooting away. (Source: Jane Thomas, UFO
News clipping Service, March 1979, p. 14
citing Cronica, December 16, 1978).
Dec. 16, 1978; McCarran Airport in Las
Vegas, NV
5:30 a.m. At McCarran Airport a married
couple and a child saw a disc-shaped object
with glowing white lights. The UFO made
several falling leaf movements. An airline
pilot flying in the vicinity also reported
that a UFO streaked by his airliner although
the UFO did not appear on radar. (Source:
Las Vegas (Nevada) Sun, December 17, 1978).
Dec. 19, 1978; Montebello di Bertona,
Italy
6:00 AM. A single witness reported that a
UFO shaped like a cylindrical space capsule
landed and then lifted off again. It had
rotating lights. (Source: Lumieres dans la
Nuit, issue 216).
Dec. 20, 1978; Sorrento, Italy
5:00 AM. Three people on the balcony of
their house south of the city watched a huge
sphere low in the sky over the shoreline of
the Mediterranean. It made an odd noise like
radio static, and vanished. (Sources:
Lumieres dans la Nuit, issues 216 and 240;
D. N. Mansell)
Dec. 21, 1978; Resistencia, Argentina
Shortly after two oclock in the morning
several witnesses saw 6-7 objects moving in
formation through the sky at great speed.
The UFOs were radiating a bright, light blue
light but made no sound. Power outages were
reported throughout the city.
Dec. 21, 1978; La Rioja, Argentina At 2:45 a.m. a very large glowing disc-shaped UFO headed a formation of three other craft that flew from north to south at an estimated 1000 meters altitude. They reportedly lit up the sky like day. Each object was white in color with a green halo, and they left behind a bluish trail. A truck driver said his trucks radio stopped working at the time. Dec. 21, 1978; Santa Fe, Argentina 2:55 PM. A giant light was observed in the western sky. It was blue and green in color, and spewed fiery particles, resembling an airplane on fire. Smaller objects surrounded it. (Sources: Jane Thomas, UFO News clipping Service, March 1979, pp. 14-15, citing La Razon, December 22, 1978 and El Independencie, December 22, 1978). Dec. 21,1978; New Zealand 3:38 AM. Foreign commercial aircraft with two observers at 2500', 2-3 nearby UFOs. 11 minutes. (Haines printout). Dec. 21-22, 1978; New Zealand Near midnight. Foreign commercial aircraft with two witnesses, unknown altitude. (Haines printout). Dec. 25, 1978; Cicagna, Liguria, Italy
4:30 AM. A three-meter long, oddly shaped
UFO was seen at a low altitude over Cicagna,
Liguria, Italy. It had what looked like iron
claws on one end of the object. The UFO
fired a beam of light, then shot off toward
the south. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit,
issue 216).
Dec. 30,1978; New ZealandDec. 25, 1978; San Bernardino County,
CA
7:18 PM. Two huge UFOs came screaming
over Lake Arrowhead. They made a sound
similar to ambulances. There were two sets
of independent witnesses to the fly-by,
for a total of five witnesses. (Source:
George Eberhart, A Geo-Bibliography of
Anomalies, p. 112, citing Mountain News
& Mountaineer, December 28, 1978).
Dec. 25, 1978; San Martin
department, Peru
Evening. A fleet of six UFOs was seen
by Peruvian fishermen over the Caynarachi
River. They first noticed a brightly
illuminated rhomboid object that passed
over from south to north. It was followed
by five more objects in formation. The
UFOs had yellow, amber, and violet lights.
The men fled in fright. (Source: Jane
Thomas, UFO News clipping Service, April
1979, p. 13, citing Cronica, December 26,
1978).
Dec. 26, 1978; Hackney Marshes, East
London area, UK
5:15 PM. A couple was driving alongside the marshes when the wife noticed what appeared to be a "window" in the sky. It was quite long and narrow, and well defined. Its color was bright white. Its long axis lay horizontally, and had 4 lights mounted along its edges [two along the top, and two along the bottom]. These lights were red and green. It just hovered there. The husband halted the car and jumped out. The object then disappeared behind a cloud. Now, this is the odd part: the wife then asked her husband where he thought the colored lights were placed exactly on the rectangle as she was sketching it. He said essentially: what lights? He saw no lights at all, but "worse", he saw no rectangle. What he saw was an egg-shaped object composed of triangular windows in top and bottom halves, and with a "band around the middle". The triangular windows were varicolored and gave the object a beautiful merry-go-round appearance. Well, we are not told in the report how long the couple spent checking each other's sanity, as their observations are almost a complete mismatch. This case is one of a rare type that UFO researchers get, wherein the object seems to be projecting a different appearance to the witnesses depending upon their angle of view. This would be a particularly spectacular instance of that. Such cases have caused some analysts to suspect that such events may involve optical displays rather than "normal" solid three dimensional objects, or some spatial situation which would allow of such different versions of what two thoroughly believable observers report. (Mike Swords; BUFORA Journal, 8 (3), June 1979 [investigator: M.Weaven}. Dec. 28, 1978; Hemel Hempstead, England
Afternoon. A round orange object with
six lights underneath flew over Hemel
Hempstead. It was the size of a double
Decker bus, and emitted a zooming sound.
(Source: UFO Newsclipping Service,
February 1979, p. 13, citing the Luton
Evening Post).
Dec. 28, 1978; off Santa Tecla, Italy
5:30 PM. The sea was seen roiling off
of Santa Tecla and a dark disc shaped
object rose from the sea surface and flew
to the west. Rays of light beamed down
from the object, and several metallic
satellite objects jumped around it.
(Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue
216).
Dec. 28, 1978; L'Aquila, Italy
Night. A luminous object surrounded
by a red halo stopped several hundred
meters over an electric power generating
plant in L'Aquila. It was seen by
several of the power plant technicians.
The generator stopped working for five
minutes, and the central power plant
instruments went "haywire". Several had
to be re-adjusted after the incident.
(Source: Jane Thomas, UFO News clipping
Service, April 1979, p. 14).
December 28, 1978; Marzano Di
Torriglia, Italy
11:48 PM. Fortunato Zanfretta was
out patrolling a housing complex in
Marzano Di Torriglia when he suddenly
yelled over his radio that he had lost
control of his vehicle. It sped down a
mountain road on its own accord. When
the car finally stopped, he got out to
investigate a nearby strange light in
the sky. He was later found lying
incoherent next to his car. His pistol
had been fired six times, and giant
footprints were found at the site.
Under hypnosis he later recalled being
taken onboard an object by giant
humanoids, and examined with strange
devices. He was asked several
questions and was told that they would
be back. (Source: Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1978
[electronic version], citing Paolo
Fiorino, UFO Universe,
October-November 1991).
12:12 AM. Foreign commercial aircraft, 4 witnesses at 10-14,000', 53 minutes. (Haines printout) December 31, 1978; England and Scotland
7:00 PM. In Bayford, England Mr. and Mrs.
Mason sighted a cigar-shaped object moving
silently through the sky from the west to the
east. The UFO had a long body with lots of
tiny lights. Before losing sight of it two
strong lights came on, one in the middle and
one at the end. At the same time a silver
triangle crossed the sky from west to east in
Carlisle, England in Cumbria. Two minutes
later a triangle with a grayish hue crossed
the sky from west to east in Edinborough,
Scotland, and three minutes after that another
huge triangle was seen flying in the same
direction over Hull, England. Dec. 31, 1978; S. Island, New Zealand Early morning hours shortly after midnight, a famous motion picture film was taken by a news crew while flying off the eastern coast of South Island, New Zealand near the town of Kaikoura. The luminous UFO was seen by everyone on board the aircraft and was tracked by radar at the same time. It was somewhat cone shaped, and was not a Japanese shrimp fishing boat, as claimed by debunkers. (Sources: International UFO Reporter, July 1979, p. 6; APRO Bulletin, May 1980, p. 2). Dec. 31, 1978; Posada, Italy 1:00 AM. A 3-meter in diameter glowing sphere appeared over a marsh. It had dark triangular spots that moved back and forth on the surface of the object. Dec. 31, 1978; Bayford, England 7:00 PM. Mr. and Mrs. Mason sighted a cigar-shaped object moving silently through the sky from the west to the east. The UFO had a long body with lots of tiny lights. Before losing sight of it two strong lights came on, one in the middle and one at the end. Dec. 31, 1978; Carlisle, England in Cumbria 7:00 PM. A silver triangle crossed the sky from west to east. Dec. 31, 1978; Edinborough, Scotland 7:02 PM. A triangle with a grayish hue crossed the sky from west to east. Dec. 31, 1978; Hull, England 7:05 PM. A huge triangle was seen flying in the same direction. (Sources: Maurizio Verga, ITACAT Italian UFO Catalogue; UFO News clipping Service, February 1979, p. 13 citing the Hertfordshire Mercury, December 31, 1978; D. N. Mansell, Awareness, April 1979, p. 12). Dec. 31, 1978; Homestead, FL
3:00 PM. EST. Three men saw a silver disc hovering only one block away from one of their residences in Homestead. Mr. Betancourt, age 37, described the UFO as being between 40-50 feet in diameter and having no visible engine or wings, and making no noise. It hovered over a neighbors backyard for about 30 seconds before flying off. Dec. 31, 1978; Zermatt, Switzerland 10:00 PM European. Two people witnessed a luminous round object over the alpine glacier, brightly illuminating the ice. Later that night, at 2:30 a.m. the next morning (Jan 1, 1979), a big electrical power outage occurred in the city. (Sources: Dade News-Leader, January 3, 1979; Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 13046). References:
1. Volume II, The UFO Evidence, A Thirty-Year Report - Richard Hall, 2000 2. CUFOS report, Rodeghier, Back to NICAP Chronology Home Page
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