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The 1989
UFO Chronology
![]() This is currently a 14-page chronology of UFO incidents and events for 1989. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to Richard Hall (the original 1989 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; Rebecca Wise (Project Blue Book Archive) and Brad Sparks (Comprehensive Catalog of Project Blue Book Unknowns). Bob Gribble's entries are those filed with the National UFO Reporting Center in Seattle, Washington, now operated by Peter Davenport. Trace cases are now being entered with the help of Ted Phillips, Center for Physical Trace Research and retrofitted into previous chronologies as time permits. Since I was Indiana State Director (MUFON) at that time, many of our Indiana cases are listed here. Of possible interest, the MADAR Project (which I headed for 20 years) had 5 anomalistic EM readings which are listed chronologically here. Francis Ridge NICAP Site Coordinator The 1989 UFO Chronology ___________________________________________________________________________________ Jan. 1989; Moscow, OH 12:50 AM. While driving, witness observed giant triangular object at 500-1000', bottom lit brightly. Headlights on car got dimmer, radio static, engine stopped, humming sound heard. (Ref. 6) Jan. 12, 1989; Belleville, IL 10:00 PM. Close encounter one with two witnesses, a diamond-shaped object for 5 minutes and no sound. (MUFON Illinois) Jan. 17, 1989; Hicksville, IN 1:30 PM. Main witness enroute to Hicksville, Ohio from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The object (Exhibit 1L) was first noticed exiting Woodbridge Apartments, traveling East on St. Joe Center Rd. The object was then sighted South of Rt. 37, while traveling East. It maintained a parallel position with Rt. 37, approximately 1 mile South at tree-top height. Several miles before Hicksville, Ohio, the object arced across the road and positioned itself 50-75 yards in front of the witnesses vehicle (still at tree-top height). It followed in front of the vehicle with 3 lights shining down for approximately 1/2 mile. Driver pulled over to the right side of the road and stopped, and the UFO did the same. He got out of his truck and looked at the UFO, for approximately 15-20 seconds (as it shined it's 3 lights on him). The UFO moved to the far side of his truck and then back over the field from where it came. He went to Hicksville and got his roommate to go out and try to find the UFO. First sighting occurred at 1:30 a.m. he and his roommate left Hicksville at approximately 2:00 a.m. Traveling West on Rt. 37, they sighted the same 3-lighted UFO on their South side, while another UFO was to their North. They followed these to the outskirts of Fort Wayne, where one crossed the road (from North to South) and headed back toward Hicksville. They turned around on Rt. 37 and followed this back toward Hicksville. The UFO started to cross the road ahead of them, and they accelerated to intercept it. It came to Rt. 37, in a residential area of Fort Wayne, stopped and hovered, turned back to the West, and flew away arcing South. (MUFON Indiana, FI Haddox) Jan. 21, 1989; Corydon, IN 10:58 PM. Five witnesses observed an amber light approaching their car from the northwest. They got out and watched as the object passed almost directly overhead and made a turn, appeared to go over on its side as it headed south and away from them. The description of the object was described as "long, sort of butterfly-shaped". It disappeared over a hill and some trees, but not before one witness took several 35 mm shots. The object was estimated to be about 200' in the air and seemed to be moving at a rather slow speed. The time in sight, approximately three minutes. They all agreed on the number of large bright lights on the object which numbered eight and the color was a very light amber or almost white. One of the witnesses saw a series of multi-colored lights on the underneath; one remembers a large red light on the back part of it. None of the lights blinked. No sound reported. Photos showed nothing conclusive. (MUFON Indiana, FI Drescher) Jan. 18, 1989; Glen Allen, MS Forest animals freeze as cylinder passes overhead. (Cat 4) Jan. 18, 1989; Somerville, OH Barking dogs alert witness to domed objects. (Cat 4) Jan. 22, 1989; Greens Fork, IN
9:30 PM. The couple first observed a "low" object
described as a bright light that "cast a heavy light
(glow, no beam)". At the request of their daughter,
they rated the brightness from 1-10, the full moon
being 1 and the Sun being 10, Mr. Gilmer gave it a 7!
This was the third time in six days that the object
had been seen by Mrs. Gilmer. It was first observed by
Mrs. Gilmer only, on January 17th, at 9:00 PM with
accompanying smaller objects. It was next observed on
the 19th, at or after 6:30 PM. But this latest event
was the most remarkable and the closest the main
object ever got. (Note: The Super Bowl had just
ended). The initial range or distance of the main
object was estimated at 1,000 yards, heading from
south to northwest. They had contacted the neighbor by
phone. At that point, Mrs. Gilmer reportedly yelled at
her husband, "It's starting to move. It's coming this
way!" The object immediately departed and headed right
over the primary witness' home, low enough to be
classed as a CE-1 (within 500') and disappeared. The
satellite object reported was yellow in color. No
sound was ever heard. Duration: 5 minutes.
(MUFON Indiana, FI Mike Palmiter). (See Exhibit 2L)
Jan. 24, 1989; Valliant, OK
Two large triangular shaped objects that were
accompanied by 4-5 smaller bright objects were seen by
dozens over Valliant, Oklahoma for more than an hour.
The large objects had red, white, and blue lights.
They hovered and moved slowly at tree-top level. The
smaller lights maneuvered between them. (Source:
Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple
UFO, p. 109; McCurtain (Oklahoma) Daily, February 1,
1989).
Feb. 24, 1989; Butler, PA
8:00 PM. A multi-colored triangular shaped object
flew over the town of Butler, Pennsylvania making a
roaring sound. (Source: Stan Gordon, MUFON field
investigation file 900310).
Feb. 2, 1989; Olympia Fields, IL 9:30 AM. Two witnesses observed an object described as a cigar, "larger than a 747", for one minute on a controlled descent. There was no sound. (MUFON Illinois) Feb. 4, 1989; Lanesville, IN 3:00 AM. Object with lights observed by two-witnesses. Floated along at 300' from witnesses. Data missing on Form. (MUFON Indiana, FI Janet Reising) Feb. 6, 1989; Perm, Russia
On this night a woman in Perm, Russia saw a
bright disc-shaped object hovering over the area.
The craft brightened suddenly and the witness
became disoriented. She could only remember that
her own dog attacked her. Later, under hypnosis,
she recalled confronting two very tall figures
within a light. The beings touched her on the back
with a very cold metallic triangular device, which
had the effect of blocking her memory of the
experience. (Sources: Jacques Vallee, UFO
Chronicles of the Soviet Union; Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1989, case # 578, citing
Jacques Vallee).
Feb. 7, 1989; Sassovivo, Italy
10:30 PM. Several witnesses were driving
together along an isolated section of Route 4 in
Sassovivo, Italy when they started to see
intermittent circular flashes of light ahead of
them. As they got closer they saw five circular
objects on the ground alongside the road. The
vehicle's engine stalled as five humanoids, about
90 cm tall, emerged from the crafts and surrounded
the vehicle. The humanoids wore white, astronaut
like suits, and had black hair and large staring
eyes. They moved rapidly around the vehicle,
completely ignoring the witnesses. For some time
their vehicle was prevented from moving. After
awhile the humanoids went back into their circular
objects and then these craft disappeared from
sight. The source indicated that the driver died
soon after the encounter, but provided no
information as to the cause of death. (Source:
Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1989,
citing CUN).
Feb. 8, 1989; Gulf Breeze, FL Dogs barked constantly as 2 small discs landed. (Cat 4) Feb. 9, 1989; DuQuoin, IL 6:30 PM. Three adults and two children observed 15 "big" stationary red lights in a horizontal straight line formation about 200 feet from their house. The lights were at treetop level. After about two minutes the lights broke formation and formed a cluster, moved about the area, then moved out of sight. At no time during the four minute encounter did any of the witnesses hear any sound. (NUFORC) Feb.10, 1989; Fyffe, AL
Part of a local concentration of sightings in
February. A lighted triangular-shaped object with
rounded corners flew around in the sky and was
watched for more than an hour by four witnesses,
including police. It flew over the police cruiser
at an estimated distance of 1,500 meters at a
steady speed, and made no sound. There were other
sightings in surrounding communities, including De
Kalb City, Dawson, Dog Town, and Lick Skillet.
(Source: Rheta Grimsley Johnson, Commercial
Appeal, March 15, 1989).
Feb. 11, 1989; San Antonio, TX
11:15 PM. A woman at home on a foggy evening
in San Antonio, Texas was attracted by a humming
sound she heard outside. She then saw a hovering
orange, oval-shaped disc that emitted a strong
blue beam of light. The beam of light
extinguished the closest street light. The next
odd thing that happened is that a firetruck
appeared driving down her street. (Sources:
Robert E. Morgan, MUFON field investigation case
files, case #890402; MUFON UFO Journal, February
1990, p. 15).
Feb. 25, 1989; Benayeo, Victoria, Australia
7:30 AM. In Benayeo, Victoria, Australia near
Edenhope, a large oblong UFO with a dome at the
rear end hung in the sky, and then vanished in
place. (Source: Timothy Good, The UFO Report 1991,
p. 218).
March 1, 1989; Union City, OH 8:03 PM. While driving home, a 37-year-old mother and her 19-year-old daughter spotted a triangular-shaped object stationary in the sky, about halfway between their car and their house. The car was about 1/4th of a mile from the house at the time. The driver stopped the car and the two women stared in disbelief. The mother described the vehicle as being "gigantic" in size, five to six times larger than their house, which is 95 feet long. Suddenly the craft started to move toward the two women. Moving at a "slow speed" the vehicle passed overhead at an altitude of about 40 feet. At this point the two ladies got a good look at the surface of the craft which looked "very metallic". During their 10-minute observation the two witnesses said they could hear a rumbling sound coming from the vehicle. Both women said they were terrified by the experience. (NUFORC) March 2, 1989; Shrub Oak, NY
9:35 PM. A 60-year-old man in Shrub Oak,
Westchester County, New York reported that a huge
metallic boomerang-shaped UFO with many lights in
front came overhead, just fifty feet above the
ground. Later he could not account for about 20
minutes. (Source: Paul Ferrughelli, Computer Catalog
of UFO Reports, case 246, citing Robert Gribble, UFO
Reporting Center).
April, 1989; Kent, CT 10:00 PM. Huge "V" or Chevron shaped craft with
no fuselage and 5 white lights underneath seen
moving extremely slowly and without any sound.
Witnesses: 4, duration: approx. 2 minutes. Lights
underneath, the lights were arranged one at the
front or apex of the chevron and then two equally
spaced down each wing. Nothing more than this could
be discerned. Relative size was at least 12
inches.Actual size estimated at 300 to 500 ft in
wingspan. Height off the ground looked to be about
300 ft. and it was no more than 1/4 mile away.
(ufoevidence.org, unverified)
April 5, 1989; Cantonment, FL Excited barking as disc emitted light beam and stirred tree. (Cat 4) April 5, 1989; Plainfield, IN 3:00 AM. Described as a brightly lighted craft (Exhibit 3L) by first witness. There was another person, this one an independent witness, a neighbor, who was contacted by the primary witness. Primary witness had awakened and looked out window but did not remember the sighting until Thursday evening when she was in bed. Second witness reported dog had been growling and woke him up that morning. He thought it was 2:00-2:30 AM. Interesting that we have triangulation in this case. He saw it in the northwest; she saw it in the west, exactly as they should have if the object was in the position or area as noted on the drawing they provided. Strangeness factors include the gentleman's finding himself in the living room and the soreness they (he and his wife) reported the next day. Also, the primary witness under-reacted somewhat by simply going back to sleep! The man stated that at first he thought it may have been the moon reflecting on clouds, but realized that there was a new moon that night. Weather Bureau said New Moon rose at 5:15 AM. (MUFON Indiana, FI Norma Croda) April 8, 1989;
Baton Rouge, LA
Dogs are unaffected by fly over of three amber lights in formation. (Cat 4) April 11, 1989; Lebanon, MO 10:30 PM. After watching the news the farmer drove his pickup out to to check on an Angus heifer which was past due on delivery of her calf. When he got there he heard the cows bawling a lot more than usual. He found the entire herd gathered in the southeast corner and the Angus standing beside her newborn bull calf. He turned off the engine and lights because the battery wasn't very good and noticed a red glow through the trees to the north and thought it was a campfire somebody had left. When he got out of the truck he heard a crackling sound coming from that direction. Since the fire appeared to be most certainly on his property and much closer he went back to the pickup and grabbed a flashlight. When he turned around he got "about the biggest shock of my life." Above the trees was a huge red ball about 20-35 feet in diameter less than 50 yards away from him. When yellow speckles would show up on the surface the crackling sound could be heard. After hovering there, bobbing slightly up and down. After a few minutes the object started to move off and then rapidly, climbing at a steep angle to the northwest, slowly at first, then a distant dim red star in 10-12 seconds. A moment later it was gone. See 6-page report pdf file. (AUN 03/94) April 19, 1989; Fayette County, PA
Evening. A 10-year-old girl saw two
short white glowing figures, whom she called
angels, near a large glowing UFO. An adult
witness saw the UFO shot straight up into the
sky when it departed. (Source: Albert S.
Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1989, case
925, citing Stan Gordon, PASU Data Exchange,
August 1989).
April 21, 1989;
Crestview, FL
Barking alerted witness to disc, which put light on witness. Witness aimed rifle at hovering disc, brilliant white light on underside, humming sound. Light beam engulfed him, rifle misfired, object sped away (UFOE Vol. II, Section IX). April 22, 1989; St. Louis, MO 9:22 PM. Two witnesses on a balcony witnessed an OBOL (Orange Ball Of Light) in the east. Then, the object appeared in front of the witnesses, between buildings. It was described in the preliminary report as disc-shaped, without tapered edges, an orange dome on top, orange stripe around mid-section, and a black bottom with many blue lights underneath (Exhibit 4L). The witnesses ran into the street and watched the object fade westward. Total observation: 20-30 seconds. (Ref. 5) April 24, 1989; Seville, OH 2:30 PM. While looking out a window, a 76-year-old lady observed a "real bright gold" object on the ground in a neighbor's field. The craft appeared to be octogon-shaped and 3-4' in diameter. After watching it for about two minutes, the vehicle ascended slightly and moved to within 300' of the woman's house, and landed. Shortly thereafter the craft moved back to its original landing site, then moved about in that area for several minutes. After watching the vehicle for a total of seven minutes, it ascended and moved out of sight. She heard no sound coming from the craft. (NUFORC) April 24, 1989; Kharovsk, Russia
10:45 PM. Sveral witnesses, including
53-year-old A. D. Golovatskaya, watched a
fiery green elongated craft fly low over the
rooftops of Kharovsk, Russia. It had a blunt
nose and a fish-shaped tail. The craft was
silent and appeared to be made of crystal.
Four figures wearing silvery, tight-fitting
uniforms were seen inside the object, two in
the rear and two at the front apparently
operating some controls. (Source: Albert S.
Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1989, case
# 668, citing V.D. Musinskiy, FSR, Volume 35,
No. 3).
April 30, 1989; near Moscow, Russia
Evening. A family of nine was spending a
night at an abandoned cemetery near Moscow,
Russia by the river's shore, when a strong
light suddenly woke them in the middle of the
night. They watched as a large sphere landed
on the riverbank. Two figures then appeared in
front of the sphere. The lower part of their
bodies were black and the upper parts were
yellow in color. The sphere and the humanoids
suddenly vanished in plain sight. (Source:
Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database
1989, case # 717, citing Richard F Haines,
Joint USA-CIS Aerial Anomaly Federation
Report).
May 1, 1989; Metcalf, IL
2:30 AM.. The abductee from previous years reported another encounter with humanoids. His mother had gotten up to go to the bathroom that morning and noticed that the electricity was off. She saw something at the window and screamed, waking the witness who fired 4-5 times with shotgun at the creature at the window. Four other humanoids were observed near a power pole. Power came on as soon as this brief event was over. (MUFON Indiana) May 2, 1989; Louisville, KY
5:15 AM. A 31-year-old male was working on his morning paper route when he spotted a "big, bright light" stationary in the sky under the cloud layer. He continued to watch the light as he delivered his papers but, when he finished his route he noticed that the light was now moving in a circular pattern. As he got back into his truck he noticed that the light was now heading toward him at a "pretty fast speed" and was about 125' from his truck. When he started the engine and turned on the headlights for a quick exit from the area, the light "stopped in an instant" about 100 feet from the witness. In about five seconds the light then moved from right to left in front of the truck and moved out of sight. (NUFORC) May 10, 1989; Farmington, MI
Midnight +. A 38-year-old male and a 16
year-old female driving in Farmington,
Michigan were pursued by a silvery disc with
a greenish tinge. Electromagnetic
interference effects were reported. (Source:
Paul Ferrughelli, Computer Catalog of UFO
Reports, 1988-1994, citing Robert Gribble,
National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle).
May 12, 1989; Hubei Province, China A huge disc-shaped UFO was seen in
Hubei Province, China. It illuminated the
surrounding landscape a red color, and
hung silently low in the sky for 20
minutes. It then rose to an estimated 100
meters and shot off. (Source: Timothy
Good, The UFO Report 1991, p.
128).
May 27, 1989; Charovsk, Russia
11:00 PM. A car experienced brief
electrical system failure, then recovered
when a very strange looking UFO was sighted.
The object was mushroom shaped on one side,
but looked crablike on the other side.
(Source: Richard F. Haines, JUSA-CISAAF
Translations, p. 213).
MADAR Anomaly
No. 20
On May 30th,
at 10:39 PM, the MADAR Project at Mt.
Vernon, IN logged another MADAR
anomaly. This was a one pulse deviation of
the magnet variometer. No other data and no
visual sightings reported.
MADAR Anomaly
No. 21
A half hour
later, at 11:14 PM. No. 21 occurred. Three
pulse magnitude, 3-second duration. No visual
data.
June 4, 1989; Palmdale, CA
7:45 PM. A security guard and an air
traffic controller at Air Force Facility 42 in
Palmdale, California witnessed a silver flying
object and three orb-shaped UFOs during
testing of the B1-B bomber. There was also a
rumor of an abduction occurring on this date
at the same facility. (Source: MUFON UFO
Journal, November 1990).
June 6, 1989; Konantsevo, Vologda, Russia Several school children near the
river in Konantsevo, Vologda, Russia
watched a bright sphere descend and
land. It rolled a short distance and
then split in half. A headless humanoid
in a dark uniform, with long arms
emerged. Three more objects repeated the
descent and landing. The children
experience an episode of missing time.
(Sources: Richard Haines, Project Delta:
A Study of Multiple UFO, p. 127; Jacques
Vallee, UFO Chronicles of the Soviet
Union: A Cosmic Samizdat, p. 11; Michael
Hall, UFOs: A Century of Sightings, p.
330).
June 11, 1989; near St. John's,
Newfoundland
7:00 AM. A Canadian Airlines
International crew watched a dark grey or
black ovoid object, estimated to be about
2 meters in length, make complex maneuvers
in the sky not far from St. John's,
Newfoundland for three minutes. (Source:
Chris Rutkowski, International UFO
Reporter, July 1990, p. 10).
June 13, 1989; Frankfort, KY 11:30 PM. While driving on the Express Connector roadway, a 36-year-old female observed two, large bright white lights moving in her direction. She stopped her car for a better look, and as the lights got closer she could tell that they were attached to a rectangular-shaped object, "massive in size." The woman got out of the car in time to see the craft stop directly overhead and remain in that spot for about two minutes. During that period she could see what appeared to be numerous pipes laying flat against the underside of the vehicle which was illuminated by several lights. (NUFORC) The The witness experience an episode of missing time. (Source: Paul Ferrughilli, Computer Catalogue of UFO Reports, 1988-1994, case #265). June 16, 1989; Queensland, Australia
Night. Two brothers were engaged in opal
mining in an isolated area of Queensland,
Australia on this night, with the nearest
community being Yowah. They sighted a large
disc-shaped craft accompanied by six smaller
objects hovering over the area. A
twenty-minute time lapse was reported.
Hynoptic regression at a later date revealed
an abduction scenario that involved small
Grey type entities and tall human-looking
beings with long blond hair. There seemed to
the brothers that a struggle ensued between
the two different groups of beings. (Source:
Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database
1989, case #1821, citing Keith Basterfield).
July-Oct.; Soviet Union Several abduction cases. (Vallee, 1992). July 6, 1989; Hakui City, Kanazawa
Prefecture, Japan
Video recorder film taken of a white, Saturn-shaped object with squarish ring that changed direction, rose at a steep angle at high speed (UFOE Vol. II, Section VII). July 12, 1989; Southend, Essex,
England
Night. At least six witnesses in
Southend, Essex, England reported that a
cone-shaped UFO paced a car. Lights on
object turned counter-clockwise. The object
shot off when the car stopped. (Source:
Timothy Good, The UFO Report 1991, p. 228).
July 15, 1989; Sioux Falls, SD 8:20 PM. The man, his wife, and 15 year old daughter and her friend, were traveling north on Interstate 29 and were approximately 30 miles south of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The wife was driving and he was scanning the horizons looking for buildings, etc. that would indicate that they were approaching the outskirts of the city. It was at this point that he noticed a dark, cylinder-shaped object (apparently flat on both ends) in a vertical position to the north and west of their location on the highway. It appeared to be elevated at about 20 to 25 degrees above the western horizon. Although he couldn't determine its actual size or real distance, it appeared to be about as large as a typical farm grain storage silo would be when viewed from about a quarter of a mile away on the ground. He pointed the object out to the group and joked that it was an "oddball UFO". At first they all laughed because of the odd shape and position of the object. The girls said it looked like a flying garbage can; the wife said it looked like a soup can and He said it looked like a flying silo. However, because it was in plain sight (and appeared not to move) they all became curious about it and tried to determine exactly what it was. He was able to view the object through small binoculars (8x21) and kept it in sight for several seconds at a time on several occasions. The girls also looked at it through the binoculars. During the entire episode, the object remained in a vertical position at the same angular elevation above the horizon and appeared to remain totally stationary in the sky as we moved north on 1-29. He was not able to discern any markings, protrusions or lights on the object. He also could not see (even with the binoculars) any signs of ropes, cables or other objects (including balloons, airplanes, helicopters, etc.) either above or below the object. It appeared to be located above a large, open field. The sky conditions were clear to partly cloudy with little or no wind and the sun was setting in the west. (MUFON Indiana, FI Roger Lamberson) July 16, 1989; New Harmony, IN 10:15 PM. The huge, bright, round object had exhibited some detail during the 2-minute-plus observation, and had illuminated the witness' driveway, alley & pool area. The object reportedly hovered at tree-top level, overhead, and produced no sound, then floated toward the end of the street to the east before it disappeared. Another person present was unable to get out of her van during this period and never saw the object. The witness later said that it was so big that it looked like "one of those TV dishes", referring to a satellite dish. "It was (had been) right over the top of me. It was so huge! It was white as day (outside), no sound at all. It hovered, kind of hesitated. It didn't fly, it just floated. And it was huge." When asked if the lights on it were hard to see because the light was so bright, she replied in the negative. Where was the bright light cowing from? "Underneath! And it had a few little spokes like you'd hold your arm out from under a plate (depth perception). And they weren't bright." There was only one problem with this case. It may have been just a coincidence, but there had been a spectacular Russian satellite re-entry at the time of the sighting. The lady was sincere, however it was hard to nail down a description that could be drawn in detail. (MUFON Indiana, FI Fran Ridge) July 22, 1989; Trenton, ME
3:30 PM. Over Blue Hill Bay -- At 3:30
p.m. Randy Rhodes, a police dispatcher for
the City of Ellsworth, and Bill Reiff, an
attorney, took off in a Beechcraft Bonanza
from the Bar Harbor-Trenton airport. At
around 3:45 p.m. they spotted a huge
metallic disc, shining like polished
aluminum, at the 9 o'clock position. It
was at the same altitude as their
plane--approximately 5100-5200 feet. The
object suddenly moved dead ahead to the 12
o'clock position and it took on a reddish
or rose color. Not very enthusiastic about
continuing on with this thing in front of
them, they turned back for the Bar
Harbor-Trenton airport. The Aerial
Direction Finder was working at the time
but the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment)
was not receiving. It had never before
given them a problem, and 3-4 minutes
after the object disappeared the DME came
back on. When they landed they discovered
that there had been power surges and
outages on the ground, and they recalled
that when they last observed the object it
was headed in the direction of the Maine
Yankee Nuclear Power plant in Wiscasset.
However, a spokesman for the Bangor
HydroElectric Company later reported that
three limbs falling over a transmission
line when a resident cut down a tree
caused the outage. (Source: UFOE Vol. II,
Section III; Leland Bechtel, MUFON UFO
Journal, November 1989, p. 19)
July 28, 1989; Kapustin Yar,
Astrakhan, Russia
11:20 PM. A domed disc-shaped object
was seen over a high security rocket
weapons depot in Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan,
Russia, by four military witnesses,
including the two main witnesses named
Voloshin and Tishchayev. The UFO glowed a
phosphorescent green. It circled the depot
three times, accelerated and then stopped
abruptly. It shot away when a Soviet
fighter jet appeared. (Sources: Paul
Stonehill, The Soviet UFO Files, p. 79;
Don Berliner, Marie Galbraith, &
Antonio Huneeus, (editors), Unidentified
Flying Objects Briefing Document: The Best
Available Evidence, p. 103; Dennis Stacy,
Field Guide to UFOs, p. 58).
Aug. 10, 1989; Estepona, Spain
Videotape taken of hovering object that rotated, split in two, then faded or "dissolved." (UFOE Vol. II, Section VII). (Note: IFO: It was the flight of a Transmediterranean research balloon, in a joint operation by CNES (France), INTA (Spain) and the Italian counterpart. Launched in Italy and monitored up to its retrieval in South Spain. - Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos) Aug. 10, 1989; Nr. Prohlandynt, Russia 1:00 AM. An unsubstantiated UFO case
comes to us from Russia. According to the
reports, not far from the city of
Prohlandnyi, Soviet military radar
units picked up an unidentified flying
object. An attempt was made to contact the
craft, without success. The UFO was
classified as "hostile." Russian defenses
were put on alert, and Mig-25s were put in
the air to find and identify the UFO. The
Migs were given the authority to use weapons
if necessary. When the UFO refused to answer
hails, the Migs fired, hitting the UFO. It
soon ditched over the Caucasian Mountains,
and a search and retrieval team was
dispatched. A crew aboard an M1-8 located
the disc-shaped UFO outside of Nizhnizy
Chegem. The area was completely cordoned off
to everyone except military personnel. The
case has a similar ring to America's Roswell
crash of 1947. (ufocasebook.com,
unsubstantiated)
Aug. 13, 1989; Mansura, LA
10:30 AM. An 84-year-old man went into
his backyard and saw a small yellow oval
or disc-shaped object close by at ground
level. He called a second, female witness,
who watched from the back door of the
house. The 3-foot wide object hovered and
moved about at ground level for
approximately five minutes, 30 feet away,
circled a tree, then flew off vertically
and was quickly gone from sight. It made
no sound as it flew, and left some ground
traces on the lawn. (Sources: Hal Price,
MUFON Field Investigations Database, case
890806; Dan Wright, MUFON UFO Journal,
December 1992)
Aug. 13, 1989; Mansura, LA Dog reacted as oval bobbed near ground. (Cat 4) Aug. 19,
1989; Cantonment, FL
Normally noisy dogs silent as disc hovers across the street. (Cat. 4) Aug. 31, 1989; Butler Township. PA
Luminous mushroom-shaped object hovered over field, two smaller objects with red lights emerged, operated independently, departed at high speed (UFOE Vol. II, Section X). Aug. 31, 1989; Ipswich, Dog in house curious/alert to disc outside. (Cat 4) Sept. 11,
1989; Kalamazoo, MI
Dogs excited as cigarshaped with wings hovers over houses. (Cat 4) Sept. 14, 1989; Cantonment, FL Dogs hid while diamond shaped object passed over. (Cat 4) Sept. 16, 1989; north of Zaostravka,
Perm, Russia
Night. Witnesses north of Zaostravka,
Perm, Russia watched several disc-shaped
objects engaged in what looked like an
aerial battle or "dogfight" with another
gold-colored disc. After several
explosions the electrical power in
Zaostravka went off. The gold-colored
disc was seen crashing into a swamp.
Several military personnel tried to get
near the crash site, but the isolated
location seemed impossible to access.
The zone was declared off limits by the
local military, several families living
nearby were displaced, and a barbwire
fence was installed in the area.
Aircraft flying over the area afterwards
reported equipment malfunctions and were
diverted to other flight paths. The
downed object was described as mushroom
shaped-shaped with a greenish-gold dome
and a matt black rim with a narrow base.
(Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid
Contact Database 1989, citing F.
Bachurin, N. A. Subbotin and Anton
Anfalov).
September 16, 1989; Nikolayev,
Russia
Night. A female employee of a local
meat packing plant in Nikolayev,
Russia had stepped outside for a quick
break when a beam of light struck her
from above. Looking up, she saw a
hovering disc-shaped craft which the
beam had emanated from. The object was
about 40-60 meters in diameter. She
reported that she felt no fear and
indeed had a euphoric feeling as she
began rising up nto the air towards
the object. She also heard a voice
extolling her to "fly with them."
Other workers came to the scene and
began yelling and ran towards the
woman. The beam disappeared the the
UFO flew away. (Source: Albert S.
Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database
1989, citing Mikhail Gershtein,
Immense Invasion).
Sept. 28, 1989; Tillamook county,
OR
10:00 PM. Ten calls were received
by the Coast Guard and KTIL radio
reporting small explosions and red and
white flying lights in Tillamook
county, Oregon. Sightings occurred in
Oceanside, Oregon and for seventy
miles north along the coastline. In
Tillamook Bay a circle of nocturnal
lights were seen moving toward the
northwest. Each nocturnal object
consisted of a ring of light.
(Sources: field investigator Skip
Schultz, MUFON investigation files
database, case #891206W; UFO
Newsclipping Service, October 1995).
Sept. 21, 1989; Mt. Vernon, IN
8:15 PM. Two young boys (ages 8) had
seen them first. Once the Filter Center
was alerted, Fran Ridge observed them
with binoculars. By this time all three
witnesses observed an object composed of
red lights that looked like a Christmas
tree lying on its side, westbound just
like the original sighting, but this
time lower on the horizon. By contacting
the ARTC at Evansville and talking to
controller, Gary O'Niel, it was
discovered that nothing was being
tracked on their radar. (UFOFC, Fran
Ridge)
Sept. 21-Oct. 7, 1989; Voronezh, USSR
UFO sighting concentration in vicinity. Four landings and three different kinds of entities reported (UFOE Vol. II, Sections VIII, XII); geodesic engineer saw maneuvering airship-like object September 24 (UFOE Vol. II, Section IV). September 23, 1989; Voronezh,
Russia
9:00 PM. A boy named Torshin
returning home late in the evening
from school in Voronezh, Russia
noticed a large round red object
with a black, door-like hatch
hovering close to the ground. It
suddenly landed on four legs and the
hatch opened. A ladder descended and
a square, robot-like being emerged.
The witness did not stay around.
(Sources: Jacques Vallee, UFO
Chronicles of the Soviet Union: A
Cosmic Samizdat, p. 202; Albert S.
Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database
1989, case # 535, citing Gordon
Creighton, in Timothy Good (ed.),
The UFO Report 1991).
Sept. 26, 1989; Voronezh, Russia
7:00 PM. A young witness saw an
object with portholes on the ground. A
figure more than three meters tall
emerged from it. The entity had two
large eyes on its head and a red light
on top. On its chest it had a silvery
disk with three round spots of
different colors. Below that it had a
rectangular box that protruded out.
The being also wore large silvery
boots. (Source: Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1989, case #
536, citing Gordon Creighton, in
Timothy Good (ed.), The UFO Report
1991).
Sept. 27, 1989; near Tillamook, OR
4:20 PM. A woman was called by her
granddaughter to look at something
unusual outside. She stepped out of
her house near Tillamook, Oregon and
was confronted by an object resembling
an inverted toy top, hovering just
above the ground. It was 20 to 30 feet
in diameter and had a flat bottom and
a bright yellow-white light shining at
both ends. The woman approached to
within 30 feet of the craft when a
door opened revealing a blond
human-like entity of average height
with fair skin and blue eyes. He was
wearing a silvery coverall uniform.
The woman then noticed at a window
next to the door a large hairy,
Sasquatch type creature apparently
seated and only visible from the chest
up. The woman stared at the object and
beings for a few minutes, and then the
UFO suddenly vanished from plain
sight. (Sources: Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1989, case
#116; MUFON UFO Journal, April 1990).
Sept. 27, 1989; Voronezh, Russia
6:30 PM. Several children playing
at a local park, first observed a
pinkish glow approaching in the sky.
As it came overhead they could see
that it was a deep red, ball-shaped
object. The object flew around in
circles for a few minutes and then
left. When it returned it hovered
briefly, and then descended very close
to the ground. A hatch opened and a
heavy set figure emerged. The being
moved very slowly and looked around,
he had a very small head resembling
that of a doorknob, set in between its
shoulders. It had three luminous eyes,
the middle one moving around
like"radar." On its chest there was a
shield-like object. The being then
closed the hatch and the object landed
gently on four legs. The hatch opened
again and three huge humanoids with
small knob-like heads stepped out.
These wore silvery coveralls and
bronze colored boots. A strange
robot-like creature accompanied the
giants. All four of them walked around
the object several times. A beam of
light came out of the chest of one of
the beings and struck the ground,
creating several luminous triangles
that later faded away. At one point
the craft and beings became briefly
invisible but then reappeared. One of
the boys screamed in fear. Then one of
the beings looked at the boy and
pointed a tube at him. A luminous beam
came from the tube and hit the boy,
which made him disappear. The boy
later reappeared after the beings and
the objects had gone. Subsequent
information revealed that on of the
craft's hull and on the landing prop
of another craft was the letter or
symbol "Zhe," reported to have been
similar to the "UMMO" insignia
reported in Western Europe in the
1970s. (Source: Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1989, case #
534, citing Gordon Creighton, in
Timothy Good (ed.), The UFO Report
1991).
Sept. 27, 1989; Nashville, TN Night. These photographs were allegedly taken near Nashville and used to build a model for theatrical events. The photographs show strong circular columns of light shining down from the craft that suddenly stop in mid-air. Our spotlights do not function in this manner. (Photo at top of page. Unverified information, ufocasebook.com) Sept. 28, 1989; Tillamook county,
OR
10:00 PM. Ten calls were received
by the Coast Guard and KTIL radio
reporting small explosions and red and
white flying lights in Tillamook
county, Oregon. Sightings occurred in
Oceanside, Oregon and for seventy
miles north along the coastline. In
Tillamook Bay a circle of nocturnal
lights were seen moving toward the
northwest. Each nocturnal object
consisted of a ring of light.
(Sources: field investigator Skip
Schultz, MUFON investigation files
database, case #891206W; UFO
Newsclipping Service, October 1995).
Oct. 1989-May 1990; Belgium
Concentration of triangular UFO sightings, jet interceptor chases, radar-visual sightings (see November 29, 1989; March 30, 1990). Oct. 9,
1989; Gulf Breeze, FL
Dogs barking at hum of boomerang. (Cat 4) Oct. 20, 1989; Huntsville, AR
Early morning. A red-orange oval object
encountered alongside the road, Paced
alongside a truck. Physiological
aftereffects on witnesses, and odd
mental imagery. (MUFON report forms.)Oct. 24, 1989; From northwestern Indiana To Lake Erie 6:20 AM. An aircraft was heading from Chicago to Indianapolis at Flight Level 350 and reported a UFO to Chicago Center. Connair 440, "November 455GA", had first sighted the object 50 nautical miles south of Ord in northwest Indiana. The object was observed by the pilot and co-pilot. They reported to Chicago Center that the object was passing over them, heading southwest to northeast, with a beam of light shining down as if out of a wheel well. (Exhibit 5L) The outline of the object looked like a B-2, which is boomerang-shaped. It was traveling at a high rate of speed. Chicago Center did not have it on their radar. The controller said they had several previous reports on this but had been unsuccessful in tracking it on radar. One pilot heard the term "Kitty Hawk Freighter" and thought that that was the call sign of the reporting aircraft. The FI contacted the Kitty Hawk Airlines dispatcher in Dallas, Texas, and she remembered the incident immediately! The pilot/witness later called the FI and stated that he had been flying most of his life and did not believe in UFOs, but he could not explain what he saw the morning of October 24th. He was traveling from Chicago to Indianapolis at 9,000' in Convair 440. He reported the object passing overhead at 0620 EOT which was about 5-minutes earlier than the original report. (Obviously this was not the aircraft had overheard. No other report could be found). The object was traveling southwest to northeast at a very high rate of speed (much faster than any aircraft he had ever seen). Sighting time from horizon to horizon (this particular witness) was 40-seconds. Co-pilot would not file a report. Other aircraft witnesses never were located. FI note: "The B-2 is a subsonic a/c which is not capable of the high speed reported. There is only one prototype of this a/c at this time and the AF says it is undergoing flight tests only in California." (Ohio Group, FI Franklin Reams) Oct.
30, 1989; Fort Walton Beach, FL
Insects silent as lights are seen. (Cat 4) Nov. 1989; Newburgh, IN
Sometime in the evening, possibly the 1st of November, an object near a power plant at Newburgh reportedly "scared the hell of the witnesses." The witnesses refused to file a report. (UFOFC, Ridge). Nov. 1989; Creve Cover, MO 9:00 AM. A witness just glanced up and saw three rectangular objects at the same time, no lights or sound, about 25-degrees up. She pulled off the road to watch. Observed about 30-seconds in the east before objects went into the clouds. (Ref. 5) Nov. 1, 1989; Gulf Breeze, FL Dogs barking excitedly at hum of 3 bell-shaped objects. (Cat 4) Nov. 7, 1989; Western KS
Double abduction case investigated by John Carpenter (UFOE Vol. II, Section XIII). Nov. 12, 1989; Fort Wayne, IN 9:15 PM. Preliminary report provided by CUFOS' Mark Rodeghier. We were never able to get a signed report. A couple from Zionsville (near Indy) were on 1-69, 20 miles south of Fort Wayne, and saw a very unusual domed-shaped object for 7-8 minutes. (UFOFC, Ridge) Nov. 19, 1989; Northwestern, AR 1:35 AM. Shocking and extremely interesting close encounter witnessed by five people, one a deputy sheriff. See full report. (AUN-3,1) Nov.
29, 1989; Eupen, Belgium
Police patrol car illuminated by brilliant light beam, hovering dark triangular object, humming noise, alternately moved and hovered (UFOE Vol. II, Section I; source link ufocasebook.com info not verifed). Nov. 30, 1989; New York City, NY Linda Cortile's (pseudonym) abduction from 12th floor apartment, allegedly witnessed by international figure and security guards (Hopkins, 1996). Dec. 1, 1989; Indianapolis, IN 9:00 PM.. Several persons reported a white boomerang-shaped object, which appeared to be about 3" at arm's length, being pursued by black helicopters (Exhibit 6L). Four Hughey-type copters were flying from the northwest turning south with a brightly-lit object in front being followed or escorted. The object had also been seen on October 11th. Primary witness: "I was called by my son because of (the) helicopters. When we went out to see (them), there was the UFO, followed by four helicopters. I at first thought it was a huge (air)plane, then realized it wasn't (no fuselage). I was excited and upset because I couldn't get neighbors to see it. Object floated more than flew. It went south behind the woods." Object was never closer than 2-3 blocks but appeared to be about 600' from the ground. MADAR
Anomaly No. 22
December
15th, 6:03 PM. This event occurred
with a momentary power outage, so
brief that there was no loss of
stored information. It was merely
a flicker of lights and power, but
the magnet variometer deviated
from north, cycled back in
18-seconds, then deviated again in
the opposite direction (2-pulse,
18-second on first pulse, no
return on second), resting away
from north indefinitely! The
sensor housing had to be
physically rotated to get it back
to north! Channel 14 TV at
Evansville, just 20 miles east of
the MADAR HQ at Mt. Vernon, IN,
lost all their computer graphics.
It was thought that this was
related to earthquake phenomenon,
but there was no reported quake.
MADAR
Anomaly No. 23
December
17, 9:14 AM. This time there was no
additional pulse (besides the
"phantom" or unrecorded initial
pulse) to show a swing back to and
past north. This was a "no return"
situation, again. This had never
happened before, at least at this
station in the 20-years we have been
in operation.
Dec. 21, 1989; Martinsdale, Indiana Bt. 1:00 & 2:00 AM. After their first brief sighting the couple was several miles down the road, discussing what had just happened while the lady was searching the sky. On her side of the road (east) there was a craft that was huge that hung in the air. It was a large craft like an aircraft carrier or barge. that was angled or tilted toward them. It had a dome on the back and a long flat area on the front with two huge searchlights. They stopped the car and she rolled down the window, but couldn't hear any noise except her heart beating very fast. They sat and watched it, then it began to move toward them. They continued to watch it until she could not see it anymore. She described the second craft as "very industrial looking, too heavy to be hanging in the sky. Industrial metallic with intricate squares on the outer sides, metal working that might have been indentations." Dome, somewhat shallow, was described as smooth looking, iridescent, illuminated from inside. [See detailed account below] (MUFON Indiana, FI Norma Croda) MADAR
Anomaly No 24
December 22nd, 10:49 PM. One pulse. Again, no return to North! Dec. 28, 1989; Mt. Vernon, IN 8:10 PM. The family was watching television. The nine-year-old son's Christmas gift, a remote controlled car, was acting as if it had a mind of its own, and he was having trouble controlling it. Then, within a minute or two, the "touch-light" in the family room went out, then came on. At that point the front door burst open and the 13-year-old daughter and her two friends came screaming in. "Dad, come out here quick!" There in the east, just two-three blocks away, was the most brilliant reddish-orange navigation light he'd ever seen, and he had seen DC-10's on the runway. This was brighter! In the binoculars the bright red-orange light was alone except for a white strobe which was in the lead as the object (shape of which he couldn't see) made a turn toward the southeast. There was no green wing light observed (could have been obstructed), and no white navigation light at all on this craft. Most noticeable was the fact that if this was an airplane of helicopter, there WAS NO SOUND! It was very low, approximately 10-degrees, and close enough that there should have been a jet or prop engine, or helicopter blade noise. Also, this was NOT an ultralight. The object, based on its departure path, must have passed almost directly over the house at low level, going west to east, then turning southeast. The object must have been in close proximity about the time of the interference, unless this was all a coincidence. The object faded low in the distance heading southeast. The very next day the neighbor, frustrated with his new garage door opener which appeared to be faulty when the door kept going up and down the night before, tore it out and installed another one! (MUFON Indiana, FI Fran Ridge) References:
1. Volume II, The UFO Evidence, A Thirty-Year Report - Richard Hall, 2000 2. CUFOS report, Mark Rodeghier, 3. Ted Phillips, Center for Physical Trace Research. 4. Regional Encounters: The FC Files, Francis Ridge 5. UFORN, UFO Research Network, St. Louis, Barbara Becker 6. MORA, Mid-Ohio Research Associates |