Jan. 8, 1976; Shale Plant on "Bootlegger", MT
5;30 p.m. Several saucer shape (UFO 51 NIDS)

Jan. 10, 1976; NE of Belt, MT
11:00 p.m. Two pulsating red lights at 500' (UFO 48 NIDS)

Jan. 17, 1976; 15 miles W. of Augusta, MT
5:30 p.m. 70' altitude, light bulb shape (UFO 55 NIDS)

Jan. 17, 1976; Great Falls, MT
5:40 p.m. UFO. NORAD did not confirm. (UFO 54 NIDS)


Jan. 21, 1976; Cannon AFB, NM
Sometime before 3:55 a.m. MST. NMCC Memo: The following information was received from the Air Force Operations center at 0555 EST: "Two UFOs are reported near the flight line at Cannon AFB, New Mexico. Security Police observing them reported the UFOs to be 25 yards in diameter, gold or silver in color with blue light on top, hole in the middle and red light on the bottom. Air Force is checking with radar. Additionally, checking weather inversion data."  (Actual FOIA document) Among other UFO researchers who arrived in Clovis were several members of the "UFO Study Group," which has about 40 members, mainly employees of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratories ­ the facility where the atomic bomb was developed in World War II. Police said scores of sightings were reported between 6 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Friday an hour before the Los Alamos observers arrived. (Las Cruces SUN NEWS, Sunday Morning, Jan. 25, 1976)

 
Jan. 21, 1976; Fairfield, MT
9:00 p.m. 300' craft on ground with others. (UFO 52 NIDS)

8:09 p.m. A Sheriff's deputy was driving with his family when an object started coming toward the car. The deputy immediately stopped the car and turned off the headlights. The object appeared to be the size of a semi-truck and had rotating lights of many different colors. The center of the object was a bright light. As the object came closer to the car, the officer felt that "It was trying to catch us," and he tried to turn his car around. When he was unable to turn on the narrow road, he started backing away from the UFO. After traveling for almost a mile, he reached a point where he could turn around. By this time the object was about 100 yards from the car and about 10 feet off the ground. As the officer was attempting to turn his car, the UFO was lost from sight. Later the witness returned home and got into a truck in order to search for the UFO away from the main roads. Upon his return to the valley where he had seen the UFO first, a "bright light" rose swiftly and soon disappeared from view. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, May 1976, page 1)

4:25 a.m. Mrs. Rosemary Heitmeyer was still awake looked out her hall window and observed three objects that looked like upside down soup bowls with domed tops. The objects were bobbing and moving very slowly. Underneath the objects there were square windows glaring an orange-red color. Mrs. Heitmeyer woke up her husband and he joined her outside the house. The three objects were still moving slowly, but soon started moving rapidly away. Mr. Heitmeyer, a retired Navy chief petty officer and former employee of the Cape Kennedy Missile Test Center, confirmed his wife's observations. He estimated that the objects were about one half mile away. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, April 1976, page 3)

Jan. 31, 1976; Eglin AFB, FL

Feb. 1976 (date unknown); Woodlawn, OH
Humanoid report. No details. (SR,89)

Two women saw a dark domed disc with red and white lights through a second floor bedroom window. Inside the transparent dome they could see two human like figures. They had tight fitting hoods on their heads. The UFO flew away over an orchard. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1861, citing Joel Mesnard).

9:48 p.m. UFO landed near ranch house, 300' long. (UFO 57 NIDS) A report of a UFO landing came in from the Simms area February 5, 1976, and for the first time in their long and frustrating investigation, officers arrived on the scene in time to see the object for themselves. But they were thwarted in their attempts to get a closer look. The call came in from a woman who was caring for some neighbor children while their parents were on a trip. She said she and her own two daughters were returning home from Simms when they saw a bright light behind the house and up on top of the hill. The woman stopped the car and they watched the light, which was very intense and pulsated when it was moving. It appeared to change color from a dull glow to a bright reddish orange. She described the object as about 300 feet long with rows of continuous lights along the top and bottom. She said the bottom lights pulsated alternately from left to right. One of the girls she was caring for, a 16-year-old, saw the glow from a second floor window of her home. After moving back and forth, the object left in a southwesterly direction, disappearing behind some buttes. Shortly after officers arrived on the scene, they received a radio message from Sheriff Pete Howard, saying the lights were visible in the Sunny Slope area near Fairfield, not far from where the rancher and his two sons had watched the UFOs. They were able to see the light, but, because of the hilly terrain, could not get closer to it. After two hours of trying to get closer, they lost sight of it entirely. (Reference: MYSTERY STALKS THE PRAIRIE by Roberta Donovan and Keith Wolverton, pages 48-49)

Feb. 7, 1976; Farmersville, IN
5:15 a.m. The middle-aged couple lived in a mobile home. The dog had been barking and woke them up, so the man looked out the window and then went out on the porch. The sky was clear. He went out immediately when the dog started barking to check on this and some equipment, a backhoe, dump truck, 4-wheel drive, etc., and "saw the glow from the object. The whole area was lit up "like a dusk to dawn light that wasn't supposed to be there."  He was at the back of the trailer looking south at the object, which was less than 200' off the ground and 500-600 yards distant at first. It was stationary in the beginning, then moved slowly east, climbing gradually. The object headed further east toward a point south of his son's trailer, which was about 500-600 yards from his trailer, across the field and a gulley. The object was actually long, somewhat rectangular-shaped with blunt ends and flat on the bottom, with a strong yellow-greenish beam of light that they could actually see moving very slowly across field. "I could see the ground out there, the grass, the weeds...clear as a bird...good'n daylight (like)."....a little later just south of his son's trailer was a round object. It was a darker green than the rectangular thing and looked like it was right in the fence-row. This one looked like it might have been 8 or 10 feet in diameter and on, or very near, the ground. It changed color from pale green to bright blue and back to to pale green. When the larger rectangular object got over in the area of the trailer and a little south, the smaller sphere moved up to the bottom of the big object and "went out like a light." The single remaining object departed slowly to the East.  The big one was moving very slow. Duration: 20 mins. No sound. (Ridge files, UFO Filter Center)

Feb. 8, 1976; Manchester, MT
5:30 p.m. Two domed objects, white and blue. (UFO 70 NIDS)

At 10:30 p.m. a silvery white disc-shaped object flew over at less than 300 meters altitude, making a whistling noise. (Source: NICAP UFO Investigator, May 1976).

Feb. 10, 1976; High Spring, FL
11:00 p.m. A woman living near Lake City called the sheriff's office to report a "flying saucer." Sheriff deputies were dispatched to investigate and reported seeing a UFO hovering about 500 to 600 feet in the air. Different colored lights were flashing from what looked like a glass dome. Florida highway patrol troopers also observed the object before it moved out of sight. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, July 1976, page 1)

On Denslow Hill two 14-year-old teenagers, Grey and Barnet, saw two very short humanoid beings shuffle rapidly across a road. They wore purple-colored luminous one-piece suits and their waists were 20-22 inches above the ground. When the boys followed them a bright white, lemon-shaped UFO blinked on, and took off into the air only 15 feet away from them. (Source: James P. Barrett, case investigation files, and HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Encounters, case A1457).

Feb. 14, 1976; Fort Benton, MT
7:20 p.m. Black Horse Lake. UFO, 500' high, landed near lake. (UFO 59 NIDS)





Feb. 19, 1976; Marysville, CA
7:00 p.m. Sutter County sheriff's office received a call reporting a UFO being observed by two witnesses. Deputy Gerald Teplansky was dispatched to the scene and was able to observe the objects for about five minutes. The deputy stated he saw three red-orange glowing objects hovering in a triangular formation. He soon saw another object streak northward across the sky before all four objects disappeared.
9:15 p.m. Numerous witnesses reported a strange object to the Parsipany Police Department. The object was a large rectangular shaped object seen hovering in the vicinity of Jersey City Reservoir. The object was estimated to be about 50 feet long with a small turret or dome-like top and a bright diamond shaped light on the bottom. Two very bright lights were seen at each end of the object and in its center. All the witnesses reported two separate similar objects. The first moved at a rapid rate of speed from west to the east. The second object followed the first but moved more slowly. It hovered over the reservoir for approximately four minutes before moving out of sight at a high rate of speed. The hovering UFO made a sound described as a low fluctuating hum. Mr. Walter Kahl observed the UFO with the aid of binoculars and could not observe any recognizable markings on the object. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, April 1976, page 1)



Feb. 25, 1976; Kettering, Tasmania 

Feb. 25, 1976; Nashville, IL
Evening. Humanoid report. Woman encountered two "beings" while driving on a country road NW of Nashville. The being flashed a blue light at her before she sped away. Beings described as very tall "with large feet and no necks." (MUFON 100-7, CUFOS-AP)

Feb. 25, 1976; Location unknown, MT
8:30 p.m. UFO photos, daylight sighting. (UFO 66 NIDS)

6:15 P.M. Mrs. Audrey Manny observed a large dome shaped object hovering to the south of her home. After about three minutes it started moving toward her at a rapid rate of speed. As it passed overhead, Mrs. Manny saw patterned lights underneath the object. There were four white lights in front and four red lights in the rear, each arranged in a diamond shaped pattern. There seemed to be 6 to 9 windows on the side of the object. A brilliant white light was coming from these windows. Then altitude was estimated to be between 1000 and 1600 feet. The craft was described as being very large. The object traveled north before shooting straight up and disappearing. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, April 1976, page 3)

March 2, 1976; Theville, France  Night. French AF T-33, object illuminates aircraft. Testimony of French fighter pilot Colonel Claude Bosc. On night training flight in a T-33, Bosc saw a bright light approach at high speed on a collision course. His jet was then enveloped in green phosphorescent light for several seconds. Radar showed nothing, but two other pilots saw the encounter from a distance.

March 5, 1976; Redmond, OR 


May 20, 1976; Jamestown, TN
C1, one witness, no details. (EGBA,494)

May 21, 1976; near Alamogordo, NM
A luminous UFO shaped like coolie hat paced a car in the desert near Alamogordo, containing three occupants. One of the passengers, a 28-year-old woman named Bryant, experienced five hours of missing time and later related an abduction experience. She reported being taken aboard the UFO where she was given intensive medical examinations and had several body samples taken. Among other procedures they scraped her skin, and drew fluid from one of her eyes. The occupants were short, about four feet tall, and had large hairless heads with large dark almond-shaped eyes. They also wore uniforms that resembled police uniforms. (Sources: Thomas E. Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of a Mystery, case 093, citing the San Antonio (Texas) Light, March 20, 1983; John F. Schuessler, Physiological Effects from UFOs, p. 70).

May 23, 1975; Sedona, AZ
9:00 p.m. A dog and cat reacted with panic when a bottle-shaped silver UFO flew near a mountainside in Sedona. There were separate witnesses to the nocturnal fly by. (Source: APRO Bulletin, May-June 1976, p. 5).

June 3, 1976; Troy, MI 
June 5, 1976; Merced, CA 
June 7, 1976; Cincinnati, OH
C2, one witness. (CUFOS, 9/76)

June 11, 1976; Le Martinet, Drome, France
Orange dome-shaped object hovered above road and over bridge, E-M effects on car; missing time, abduction (Ref. 1, Section XIII).

June 15, 1976; Strathmore, CA
Dog alerts to huge cigar then hides

June 22, 1976; Galdar, Canary Islands off W. Africa
10:30 p.m. Spherical object, transparent, huge, brightly luminous, no sound. Two human-like beings over 6' tall, flesh color, large bright eyes. Pointed wing-like appendages for hands. Brilliant red suits covered body, halo around heads. Object moved in, hovered, made 90-degree turns. Diameter varied greatly. Occupants visible inside object operating instrument panel. Object departed out to sea. (Bruno Molon CEIII study)

June or early July, 1976; Liberty, IN
7:20 a.m. Father driving girl student to school. Object sitting in sky somewhere beyond train that was passing. Grey-silver metallic bar bell shaped object with a few black places she thought were windows. In bar between the two balls was open space. Witness could not tell distance but got impression object was at least as large as a football field. One small tree obstructed view and in this brief interval the object vanished. K. Barlow (Worley files)




DC-10 encountered object with windows.

July 30, 1976; Fort Ritchie, MD
0345 EDT. NMCC in Washington, DC put out this memo at 0545 EDT: 1. At approximately 0345 EDT, the ANMCC called to indicate they had received several reports of UFO's in the vicinity of Fort Richie. The following events summarize the reports (times are approximate) 0130 - Civilians reported a UFO sighting near Mt. Airy Md. This information was obtained via a call from the National Aeronautics Board (?) to Fort Richie Military Police. 0255 - Two separate patrols from Site R reported sighting 3 oblong objects with a reddish tint, moving east to west. Personnel were located at separate locations on top of the mountain at Site R.   0300 - Desk Sgt. at Site R went to the top of the Site R mountain and observed a UFO over the ammo storage area at 100-200 yards altitude. 0345 - An Army Police Sgt. on the way to work at Site R reported sighting a UFO in the vicinity of Site R. 2. ANMCC was requested to have each individual write a statement on the sightings. One individual stated the object was about the size of a 2 1/2 ton truck. (Actual FOIA document) 

A number of objects were observed at Penticton Tower. The objects had steady flashing green and red lights and were seen by civilians and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (Reference: Fawcett and Greenwood, Clear Intent, page 47)

Aug. 15, 1976; Connersville, IN
10:55 p.m. Object (repeat appearance three days later with artifact.), vacuum cleaner sound, 2.5 mins. Site of events was creek bed off Harrisburg road. Wife of rural family out in backyard notices wide band of white light in creek bed under trees. Family watches glowing white oval slowly rise up and fly away to the northeast where it assumed a dark oval shaped with white green and red lights revolving around its edge or middle. Wife saw hump on top. Lucas (Worley files)

8:30 p.m. A family of four was traveling about 30 miles outside of Orlando, Florida. Suddenly they noticed a saucer-shaped craft appear at a very close altitude of approximately 1000 yards over their auto. The driver stopped his car and opened the windows to see the object more clearly. There was no sound emitting from the object. The driver of the car is an amateur pilot and is trained to observe and report accurately. All of the witnesses stated that the UFO appeared to have a dome-shaped red light on the top and white window-like lights around the saucer-shaped craft. Their CB radio broadcast nothing but static and because of this effect, they were unable to transmit or receive. The UFO was making movement and turns that would be impossible for conventional craft to perform. The family observed the phenomenon for about thirty minutes before losing sight of the craft behind the tree line. They drove directly to the nearest town and reported their experience to the local police. The officer told the witnesses that there had been several other reports describing similar craft. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, September 1976, page 2)

Aug.18, 1976; Fayette County, IN
11:15 p.m. Object, no sound, 2.5 mins., five witnesses. Lady, out shaking rug on porch and sees glow in creek bed. Family watches as object again (See Aug. 15) rises from same place near creek and take the same route into the sky and away. Father watched what he described as luminous ball through his 4-15 power scope on rifle. Father, who had been called , watched object en route to scene. Another witness phoned the radio station who had seen it. (Worley files)

Sept. 1, 1976; Missile M-1, MT
12:38 a.m. UFO described as two red lights on top, silver bottom. (UFO 105 NIDS)

Sept. 5, 1976; Cape Girardeau, MO
10:30 a.m. A fast-moving disc with dome was observed, vertical ascent. One witness. (Rutledge, PID,200)