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The 1981 UFO Chronology
![]() Jan. 8, 1981; Trans-en-Provence, France Map of sightings for 1981, courtesy of Larry Hatch's "U" Database (Pending) Created: December 15, 2007 This is currently a 14-page chronology of UFO incidents and events for 1981. Our thanks for these chronologies must go to Richard Hall (the original 1981 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). Francis Ridge NICAP Site Coordinator The 1981 UFO Chronology ___________________________________________________________________________________ Jan. 6, 1981; Payson, AZ
Four silvery discs executed turns, maneuvers, in a diamond formation. Objects flashed in sunlight as they turned, crossed western sky (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Sections V, X). Jan. 8, 1981;
Trans-en-Provence, France
5:00 PM. Perhaps the best documented and most thoroughly
investigated case of physical effects from a UFO occurred on this day
in Trans-en-Provence, France. At five p.m. Mr. Nicolai, a gardener, saw
a metallic disc-shaped object making a whistling sound land hard in a
garden. It was estimated to be eight feet by six feet in size, and had
four openings on the underside. It also had a thick band around the
middle section of the object. The case quickly came to the attention of
the police and was soon investigated by GEPAN, the French government's
scientific team of UFO investigators. The physical traces included
evidence of vegetation and soil heating, skid marks, and circular
ground marks. The chemical analysis revealed that the soil had been
heated to temperatures not in excess of 600 degrees Celsius. (Source:
Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact,
p. 104).
Jan. 8, 1981; near Flinders Island, Tasmania
11:00 PM. On a boat near Flinders Island two men saw two
nocturnal lights exchange light beams. The sea was illuminated by the
UFO display, and the batteries on board the boat were found to be dead.
(Source: UFO Research Australia Newsletter, May 1982, p. 7 citing
Tasmania UFO Investigation Centre, report dated March 6, 1982).
Jan. 9-March 7, 1981; N. California
Local concentration of sightings (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section VIII). Jan. 13, 1981; Halt doc, Good,
456
Jan. 25, 1981; Chatsworth, CA
Hovering cigar or spindle-shaped object, disc with dome, darting motions, numerous photographs taken (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section VII). January 28, 1981; Colle Maddalena, Italy
5:30 AM. A disc was sighted maneuvering over some woods and landing
behind some trees in Colle Maddalena, Italy. A burnt circle of grass
and some charred tree branches were found at the landing site. (Source:
ITACAT Italian UFO Catalogue).Feb. 1981; Quindira Brazil
2:00 AM. A woman was awakened by a loud engine type noise
coming from outside, she ran out and watched a round object hovering
nearby and emitting multi-colored beams of light. Three human like
beings cold be clearly seen inside, one them glanced briefly at the
witness then the object rose and disappeared. The next day two dead
bloodless horses were found on the field where the object had hovered.
(HC addition # 1383, Source: National Enquirer UFO Report Type: A)Feb. 3, 1981; Ross, Tasmania
9:40 PM. A luminous ovoid object maneuvered at 30 meters
altitude in Ross, Tasmania and paced a car. When the car approached a
hotel, it shot straight up and out of sight. (Source: Keith Roberts,
UFO Research Australia Newsletter, May 1982, p. 6).
Feb. 9, 1981; San Jose, CA
Red-lighted object made pass at aircraft, instant relocation; "very tight turns," hovered, accelerated away at "extremely high rate of speed." (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section I). Feb.10, 1981; Auburn, WA
11:35 PM. The witness had parked her car in her apartment
parking lot when she saw a huge lighted object with a ring of flashing
lights. The UFO left but a second smaller craft appeared and descended
with a falling leaf motion. The witness ran to her apartment and
apparently blacked out. Under hypnosis she recalled that a light shone
on her and she suddenly found herself in a domed room with smooth white
floors, walls and ceiling. The room contained a desk-like object with
lights and an examination table. She undressed and two beings entered,
held her by her arms and pressed her down on the table. A third being
examined her abdomen. The beings were humanoid with light bulb shaped
heads and with large unblinking eyes, small noses and ears, and
slit-like mouths. They were thin with sloping shoulders, long hanging
arms with 4 long fingers and had grayish skin. They wore metallic blue
coverall uniforms with an insignia of a triangle inside a circle on the
chest. Another being wore a reddish orange colored uniform. They
conversed with the witness by using telepathy. (Source: Thomas E
Bullard, UFO Abductions: The Measure of A Mystery; Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database, case # 463).
Feb. 13, 1981; Fuentecen Spain
2:30 AM. The witness had finished closing up his canteen, which
was connected to his ranch house and was walking back to the house when
he observed several golden lights on a nearby field. He approached the
lights but these suddenly rose up, circled, and landed again, this time
closer to his home. The witness went inside and woke his wife and son,
they then all observed an object on the ground that gave off bright
flashes of light at times. At the same time his dogs were going
berserk. His wife became frightened and went to bed. Later he heard
footsteps and his dog attracted him to a "figure" standing by the
fence. The figure was a meter and a half tall, square in shape and
metallic almost robotic in nature; it lacked a head, arms or feet. The
dog approached the figure and began barking, and then both witnesses
heard a strange barking "echo" that seem to come from the figure
itself. The witness grabbed a flashlight and ran out, he then heard a
loud "crackling" sound. The figure by now had disappeared; he then saw
an object with rotating red lights rise from a nearby field and leave
at high speed. A scorched area was found on the ground by government
authorities. (HC addition # 641, Source: J J Benitez, La Quinta
Columna, Type: C)Feb. 14, 1981; Greensburg, PA
1:45 AM. A 17-year old girl was baby-sitting when she spotted
an object hovering at treetop level about 50 feet away. The object was
silent and had three white lights forming the point of an equilateral
triangle. It appeared to be a triangular object made out of a dark
colored metal. Above one of the lights there was a large transparent
window, separated by thin metallic-like partitions. A dull beam of
light descended slowly from the object's bottom and to the ground.
Inside the craft two humanoid beings could be seen. These were
described as having very large heads, oriental like eyes, gill like
ears, and two holes instead of a nose. One appeared to be sitting and
the other standing behind an instrument panel. The panel was white and
had several black and grayish circular controls. The humanoid that was
standing had a long thin neck, smooth white skin, and normal looking
arms; he stared at the witness with pupil-less white eyes. The witness
became spellbound and felt compelled to stare at the beings for 15
minutes, she then reluctantly went back to the living room and did not
see the object depart. (HC addition # 724 Source: Bob Gribble,
Mufon Journal # 274,Type: A)Feb.15, 1981; Franklin, OH
2:00 AM. A brilliant white light that began filling her room
awakened the witness. She got out of bed and through her window saw a
bright hovering disc shaped object. Under hypnosis she recalled being
taken onboard by several seven-foot tall humanoids with pointed chins
and yellow cat like eyes. She was examined onboard and was told by the
aliens that they had come from a planet called "Antares." (HC addition
# 1092, Source: Brad Steiger, The UFO Abductors, Type: G)Feb.18, 1981; Manzano Amargo, Neuquen Province, Argentina
4:00 AM. Jose Fermin Albornoz, an illiterate shepherd, awoke
at 4:00 a.m. to the sounds of his animals causing a commotion. Looking
out from his hut he saw a "beautiful" blue light hovering over a field
about 20 meters away. He woke up another shepherd, but his companion
became extremely afraid, screamed out and hid under his blanket. He
then heard a loud buzzing sound that appeared to originate from
overhead. This was followed by something like the sound of a diesel
truck, although the remote mountainous area of Manzano Amargo, Neuquen
Province, Argentina that they were in was only accessible by horseback.
Suddenly two short humanoid entities appeared out of nowhere, standing
side by side. The beings spoke to him in an unknown, unintelligible
language. Terrified, Jose now became confused and his next memory was
of seeing a bright light quickly flying away. He described the
humanoids as about one meter in height with extremely wide shoulders.
They seemed to have normal hands and feet, but he could not make out
any facial features. They wore helmets and tight fitting, dark blue
outfits. During the incident some nearby horses stampeded away from the
area, apparently terrified. Albornoz said the spherical light was
bluish in color, and it did not illuminate the surroundings. (Source:
Carlos Ferguson, UNICAT database, case 463).
Feb. 25, 1981; northwest of Tallinn, Estonia
9:24 PM. An Aeroflot YAK-40 airliner flying northwest of Tallinn,
Estonia was paced by two orange, elongated objects at 9:24 p.m. The
UFOs flew parallel to the plane and then approached from 70 degrees to
the right. The crew saw four orange lights on the first object and 3
lights on the other one. After three minutes the first object executed
a turn to the right, then to the left. The second object repeated the
maneuver and followed after the first some six to eight minutes later.
(Source: Richard F. Haines, Project Delta: A Study of Multiple UFO, p.
176).March 1981; Birstall West Yorkshire, England
Late night, Jane Murphy had gone to bed late when she suddenly
woke up standing in a field feeling very cold and wet. She then noticed
a huge metallic object hovering over the field, suddenly a group of
figures, as many as 10 approached her. The figures were vaguely
humanoid, but for some reason Jane could not focus on them. One of the
figures had a cloth in his hand and put it over the witness face. She
pretended to be unconscious but they injected her and she blacked out.
When she woke up she was on a bed in a strange room. Several figures
were around her communicating via telepathy telling her to look at
them. One of the entities was seven-foot tall, human looking with
totally black eyes. She was told to bathe and then entered a plastic
looking object that fitted around her taking the shape of her body. She
was then helped back on to the table in the center of the room and now
noticed that all but the tall humanoid with the black eyes had left the
room. The tall being proceeded to lie on top of her and have sexual
intercourse in a very unemotional manner. After awhile the tall
humanoid left the room while, others, including female humanoids had
now entered the room. She was then given an extensive gynecological
examination. Later she was shown a table covered with a number of
brightly colored pills of geometric shapes and was invited to take one.
She was given a tour of the ship where she saw other humans. Her next
recollection was waking up back in her bed. She was plagued for the
next three months with a strange vaginal infection. (HC addition #
1992, Source: Carl Nagaitis, Philip Mantle, Without Consent, Type:
G)March 1981; Near Algeciras, Spain
10:30 AM. A truck driver was delivering produce to a nearby
village when he noticed strange lights on a nearby field behind a row
of eucalyptus trees. He then drove his truck off the road and got out
to investigate. As the witness entered the field he spotted a large
metallic dome shaped craft on the ground about 50 yards away. The
object seemed to be supported by three "telescopic" legs like
protrusions. It had three large round windows on the front. As he
attempted to approach there was a brilliant flash form the top of the
craft that struck him, causing extreme head pain and partial paralysis.
He then noticed several man-like figures sitting behind the windows,
these were human like, wore helmets and brown uniforms. They started
intensively at the witness, who every time he attempted to approach he
would get struck by a flash of light that would paralyze him for a few
moments. At one point a ladder was lowered from the object but no one
came out. The craft finally left silently at high speed. It first
retracted the telescopic legs then shot away. Some ground traces were
found on the site. (HC addition # 683, Source: J J Benitez, La Punta
Del Iceberg, Type: A)March, 1981; Memphis, TN 4:40 PM. 5-min duration, two witnesses. Responsible woman, secretary in an executive office, was out driving, which she said was most unusual for her. She had intended to stop for coffee when she sees three shining objects in the sky, and so engrossed in them drives right past the local Pancake House. Suddenly the objects disappear into "what looked like puffs of smoke." A minute later one reappears "directly over the street in front of me, so close that I could have counted the lights on the bottom of the object, had I not panicked." She turns into the parking lot of the nearby Admiral Benbow Inn, rushes to the door and summons the night watchman. He also sees the object. She would not go back outside but the watchman observed it hover over her car and rise above the inn. Sighting was reported to police. (IUR-3,5) March 10, 1981; near Skipton, North Yorkshire, England
At Carleton Moors, two uniformed police officers observed a
large glowing oval shaped UFO as it moved over the moors. (Source:
Yorkshire Post, The 5TH ANNUAL PRUFOS POLICE REPORT 2006 by Detective
Constable 1877 HESELTINE British Transport Police).March 30, 1981; Magny, France
11:20 AM. A metallic sphere descended from the sky at a
45º angle and stopped over a house in Magny, France. It then shot
straight up and away. A check with authorities showed there were no
scheduled balloon releases at that time. (Source: Lumieres dans la
Nuit, October 1981).
March 30, 1981; Alton, IL 10:00 PM. Huge bright light went to very dim, had lights on the bottom as it hovered over trees for ten minutes. Object moved towards witnesses at about 10 mph. Frogs stopped croaking and dogs began barking excitedly. Then it was right over the two witnesses. Object appeared circular and was black except for the lights on the circumference. The most unusual thing (other than the fact the object was noiseless) was a large circular opening in the bottom of the black disc. Inside the opening they saw "this churning motion of bright white light with yellow and orange colors in it...like gases rolling around in there." The UFO was more oval than round in shape, and was smooth-edged. After about 20-30 minutes the object took off rapidly. Shortly thereafter a jet flew over, and shortly after that another similar UFO was observed coming across the trees a good five minutes later with the same results. (IUR-3,5) April,
1981;
Peking, China, drawing
Drawing of an object seen over Peking in April 1981, identical to a UFO seen over London in December 1980 (UFOs over Modern China by Paul Dong and Wendelle Stevens) April 1, 1981; Mount Vernon, OR
7:30 PM. The main witness and a friend were driving back home
when they noticed three bright lights above the highway. As they
approached the top of a hill another larger light appeared. The witness
pulled off to the side of the road and then saw a huge lighted bowl
shaped object. They both attempted to leave the area but they
apparently went into a trance and lost consciousness. The next thing
they remembered was sitting in their vehicle and noticing something
moving quickly away from the car, moments later a flash of light shot
up into the sky. Later under hypnosis the main witness remembered the
object hovering over the car and engulfing it in white light. Several
beings now appeared in front of the car. The beings were described as
about five-foot two inches tall, with large hairless heads, gray white
skin and huge dark almond shaped eyes. They appeared to be frail and
had long thin arms. Both men were then invited onboard the object and
entered through a triangle-shaped doorway. They were then led in
different directions. The main witness was taken to a room and examined
on a thick table consisting of solid light. He remembers one of the
beings sitting at a console with a screen and looking at what he
thought was the space shuttle Columbia orbiting the earth. (Columbia
was in fact launched on April 2. For some reason the witness was left
with the clear impression that these beings had the ability to travel
through time.) (HC addition # 1176, Source: Aileen Edwards, On The
UFO Road Again, Type: G)April 8, 1981; San Luis Reservoir, Merced County, CA
3:00 AM. The complete failure of an aircraft's electronics,
including the transponder, DME, navigation equipment, and two-way
radios, occurred when a bullet-shaped UFO passed within 500 feet of an
airplane being flown by Mr. Dennis, a flight instructor, while flying
over San Luis Reservoir, Merced County, California at 3:00 a.m. The
electronics recovered after the UFO had gone. The object was described
as 35-50 in length, with a pulsating orange front end, and having a
blue ring perpendicular to the craft. The object was said to be
whirling, and made an instantaneous 90 degree turn. (Sources: J. Allen
Hynek, International UFO Reporter, January 1982, p. 6; UNICAT database,
citing Tom Page, case 34; Dominique Weinstein, Aircraft UFO Encounters,
p. 43).
April 12, 1981; Goodhue, MN
Two-foot diameter aluminum-like disc hovered a few feet off road about 40 feet away; climbed rapidly through sky and disappeared in distance (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section IV). Between April 15 to 20, 1981; Catania, Sicily, Italy
12:20 AM. Two police officers in their car saw a strong reddish
light descending from the sky. The engine and electrical components to
their vehicle become inoperative as a saucer about 3 m in diameter and
1 m in height lands on the street about 50 meters away from their
vehicle. A small door opened on the saucer and the witnesses see two
human forms emerge; the figures began gesticulating and "jumping"
around. In the place of their eyes they have balls of light, and sparks
around their head and hands. The head, compared to the rest of the body
appears to be large. After a few minutes the beings appeared to
converse among themselves. Then the entities jump into their saucer,
and the door closes. A few seconds later the saucer rotates four times
and accelerates up into the sky emitting a very loud noise, it quickly
disappears from sight. At this point the shocked agents are able to
start their vehicle and leave the area. (HC addendum, Source: CISU,
UFO Notizie # 48)April 15, 1981; Mount Sunapee, NH
7:25 PM. A huge metallic triangular object with several red
lights on the sides and very bright white light on the leading edge
flew over Mount Sunapee, New Hampshire. It flew very low to the ground,
and passed over a car flying off to the west. (Source: Philip J.
Imbrogno, Contact of the 5th Kind, p. 24).
April 20, 1981; Reno, NV
Small, shiny object below private plane; object fluttered or tilted, accelerated rapidly, sped away (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Sections III, IX). May 1981; Mennecy, France
3:00 AM. Traveling on a road, 3 women, 34-year old Sandra,
Viviane and Marie France see a horizontal orange cigar-shaped object,
hovering on the right side of the road. As they drove to the top of the
hill the cigar vanishes. Soon a white sphere follows their vehicle. The
cigar appeared to have black dot-like openings. Later under hypnosis
Sandra remembered seeing humanoids inside the object, described as of
normal size, elongated eyes, thin bodies and wearing white coveralls
from head to toes. (HC addendum, Source: LDLN # 195) May 1981; Near Toppenish Ridge, Yakima, WA
Late night. The main witness had seen for the past 2 months numerous slow flying UFOs and strange lights over the area. That night she woke up to go to the bathroom and noticed that the electricity was out in the house. She felt a breeze coming from the kitchen area and walked down the hallway calling for her husband. He came to her and stepped around her to shut the kitchen window. She then heard a sound similar to a sewing machine, she turned around and saw the figure of a "feminine appearing" man with small rounded narrow shoulders, a thin head and thick turtle like neck. She could not make out any eyes, legs, or arms. The next thing she remembered was floating through the air over the cornfields behind her house. The last thing she was able to recall was a large whitish discs shaped object with a dome on top hovering above the cornfield. She remembers floating up into the object through an "ultra violet" type of light, her memory then ended. (HC addition # 1632, Source: Greg Long, Examining The Earth Lights Theory They Yakima UFO Microcosm) Type: G? May 1, 1981; Clark County, WA
4:00 AM. A 26-year-old woman reported a large white glowing
disc-shaped object just 150 feet from her home in Clark County,
Washington. It made a humming sound and flew off to the south toward
Oregon. The incident lasted slightly less than a minute. (Source: Greg
Long, MUFON UFO Journal, December 1981, p. 16).
May 4, 1981; Minas Gerais state, Brazil
10:40 PM. a bright disc landed on the ground in Belo Horizonte,
Minas Gerais state, Brazil and then vanished. A witness felt pulled
toward the spot. Burnt grass was found at the site. (Source: Bob Pratt,
UFO Danger Zone: Terror and Death in Brazil--Where Next? p. 229).May 12, 1981; near Clatskanie, OR
5:00 AM. A man and a woman, a truck driver and a cashier,
were driving near Clatskanie, Oregon. A large delta-shaped UFO
surrounded by a turbulent fog or mist "like smoke from a chimney"
followed their truck for 15 miles. It had a white light and two orange
lights. As it directed a beam of light at their vehicle the truck lost
power, and they smelled an odor like antifreeze. (Source: MUFON UFO
Journal, January 1982, p. 15).
May 14, 1981; in space, from onboard the Soyuz T-4 spacecraft
Cosmonauts Savinikh and Kovlenok observed a strange object from
their space station. At first the object was 1/2 mile away but it
eventually approached to a distance to 300 feet. Inside the cosmonauts
saw three brown skin beings with slanted bright blue eyes. straight
noses and bushy eyebrows. At a distance of 100 feet, the witnesses
thought that the beings resembled mechanical robots. The beings facial
expressions remained quite emotionless. The beings onboard the object
requested close contact with the Soviet craft but this request was
denied. Their craft shifted around erratically and from time to time it
would vanish, but then reappear in an instant. Their craft seemed to be
metallic, but it had no doors no solar batteries, no optical systems,
no antennae and no marks or writing of any kind, it was spherical with
eight windows and 16 other strange transparent illuminated spheres
arranged throughout the hull. The cosmonauts also noticed quite normal
looking armchairs, some devices, and walls inside the craft. Using a
pair of powerful binoculars the cosmonauts saw the beings showing them
what appeared to have been a star map. (HC addition # 3252, Source:
Paul Stonehill, The Soviet UFO Files)May 16, 1981; near Cocklebiddy, Western Australia
A couple named Winsome were driving in the desert when they
noticed a red glowing dome low on the side of the road. It vanished as
the car approached, but a glowing light flew off to the west. (Source:
Australian CUFOS Bulletin, August 1981).
June 6, 1981; Little Rock, AR
1:00 AM. Two teenagers in Little Rock saw a small, four-foot
long rectangular UFO and a small disc cavorting over a backyard garage
and shed. They came very close and the leaves on some trees were
withered. (Source: MUFON UFO Journal, June 1982, p. 6).
June 12, 1981; near Alice, TX
2:10 PM. Robert Gomez, a vacuum truck driver, was headed
west on highway FR 665 toward Alice, Texas after finishing a job. His
vehicle had about 165 gallons of water in the tank and no pressure. He
saw a bright object in the sky that he first thought was an airplane.
It increased in brightness and stopped in midair. The object was domed
disc-shaped, brilliant white in color and with a dark ring around the
rim and another dark ring around its center. Gomez felt the truck
slowing down and tried to accelerate. The truck's exhaust stacks were
blowing smoke, but the truck had apparently been lifted a foot off the
ground. Although his AM radio quit working, his CB radio was still
working, so he reported what was happening to his dispatcher. Shortly
later the UFO disappeared into the clouds. Smoke was discovered coming
out of the water tank valve, which now showed 55 pounds of pressure on
the gauge. He opened the valve to drain the remaining water, but only
steam came out. (Sources: Richard Hall, Uninvited Guests, pp. 313-314;
MUFON UFO Journal, January 1982; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence,
Volume II: A Thirty-Year Report, p. 276).
June 13, 1981; Chia-Li, Taiwan
12:20 AM. A spinning transparent cone, 3 meters in length,
touched down on the ground in Chia-Li, Taiwan. It expelled a mist, then
took off and shot away to the north. (Source: Paul Dong and Wendelle
Stevens, UFOs over Modern China, p. 272).
July 4, 1981; Over Lake Michigan
Major airline L-1011 jumbo jet en route from San Francisco to New York City encountered silvery disc-shaped object (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section III). July 11, 1981; Dunedin, New Zealand
6:15 PM. An elderly woman reported seeing a metallic football
shaped object on a nearby paddock. It glowed and had a bright light on
its lower half. Two figures were clearly visible within. One appeared
to be operating controls at a clear glass cabin on the front of the
craft, while the other was standing in a central glass tube, which
extended beyond the top of the object. Both were dressed in gray
coveralls and were described as having white skin and no hair. A second
witness later arrived and saw the object and the beings. (HC addition #
221, Source: Keith Basterfield, Mufon Journal # 177)July 11, 1981;Port Byron, IL 10:30 PM. 5-1/2 mins duration. Girl Scout supervisor at camp headquarters suddenly hears his dog barking in a warning manner. Through the trees that screen the camp swimming pool, he sees the bright lights. Unusual. Someone slipping in for a late night swim would hardly turn on the pool floodlights. The witness moves to an unobstructed view of the pool and notices the pool lights are not on. Instead, directly above the pool, and higher than the regular lights, is a brilliant light. Suddenly the lights go out. He hears a whirring noise that rises in pitch as it apparently rises into the sky. When he turns on the lights he noticed the pump is not running and the water level is down three feet!!!! (IUR-3,6) July 12, 1981; South Canterbury, New Zealand
12:50 AM. Five observers driving in a vehicle, including a
college professor and a social worker, in South Canterbury, New Zealand
saw a brightly lit domed disc-shaped craft with gold, red and green
lights. It paced their car along a back road, making no sound. The
object had several brightly lit windows and slot like indentations on
its surface. A heavyset squat figure was seen at one of the windows.
(Sources: APRO Bulletin, May 1982, p. 3; Richard Hall, The UFO
Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty Year Report, p. 26, citing the Timaru
Herald, July 31, 1981; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database
1981, case # 2438, citing the MUFON)
July 16, 1981; Near Atcham, Shropshire, England
2:00 AM. Three women were on their way back home on the A5
expressway when they all suddenly experienced a strange mood change,
they all sat very quiet going into some type off limbo state. Then
across an open field besides the road four white and two red lights
appear. They seemed to be attached to a dark object. The object was
round and began pacing the vehicle. At this point the vehicle seem to
lose power and would not accelerate. All the witnesses panicked and
were somewhat confused when the object and lights suddenly vanished.
There was an apparent time lapse noted when they reached their
destination. Later under hypnosis one of the women recalled the car
being floated up to the sky and entering the bottom of an object
through two large double doors. She was held down on a reclining chair
and medically examined by several 4-foot tall figures, without hair,
deep set dark eyes, very thin arms, and strange noses. They wore green
cloaks. The second woman only recalled being in a large room when
several 4-foot tall robot like entities with round heads, no facial
features and wheel-like feet rolled in, she was not examined. The third
woman remembers being hit by a beam of light, she felt pain and floated
into a room, there she encountered two six-foot tall humanoids, one
male the other female, both wearing green cloaks. They both had dark
shoulder length hair, vivid blue eyes and extremely white skin. They
seemed very friendly and appeared intrigued with the witness clothing.
(HC addition # 526, Source: Jenny Randles, Abduction).July 18, 1981; Patras, Greece
Afternoon. Two students in Patras, Greece took a photograph
of a silver, saucer-shaped object performing maneuvers over some nearby
islands. (Source: Larry Hatch, U computer database, case 13718).
July 24, 1981; Zigong, Henan Province, China
Evening. A huge silent disc-shaped UFO was seen for three to
ten minutes by thousands over Ningsia, China. It flew at a very high
altitude and left a spiral trail. It made no sound. About ten minutes
later in Qinghai, China a huge lens-shaped disc with portholes was seen
by thousands. It flew from the northeast to the southwest. Photographs
of the object were taken, and several drawings were published. In
Zigong, Henan Province, China at 11:00 p.m. thousands saw a domed
disc-shaped UFO for up to two hours. (Sources: Wendell Stevens &
Paul Dong, UFOs over Modern China, p. 226-227; Lumieres dans la Nuit,
issue 235; John Wallace Spencer & Hilary Evans, Phenomenon: Forty
Years of Flying Saucers, p. 62).
July 25, 1981; between Valencia and Barcelona, Spain
4:00 AM. A bright silver disc with six round portholes was
seen by the crew of an Iberia B-727 airliner as it flew between
Valencia and Barcelona, Spain. It appeared to be reflecting sunlight in
the dawn sky.
July 31, 1981; Lieksa, Finland
Black sphere and satellite lights seen, two approached motorboat, one surrounded by "fog." Paralysis felt, missing time, physiological effects (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section VII). Aug. 1, 1981; Newport, DE (Possibly 1980) 6:00 PM. On a clear night in a suburban setting, a woman and her daughters, 12 and 18, noticed colored lights as they left a store and drove home, where they apparently observed the object pass over their home. They described a reflective silver domed disc with the center of the disc domed downward. Red and red-orange lights were flashing on or near the rim. It’s size was estimated as larger than their house, its lowest altitude at 500 feet or less, and its nearest distance between 100-500 feet away [but I would assume at the point the object passed over the house, it was then overhead relative to the dog—jw]. The object disappeared when they went inside to get their father, who would not wake up. (MUFON UFO DATABASE, Portion of Reports from the Files at MUFON Headquarters, July 1999, Sequin TX, CD-ROM, Case Log #930104E by Raymond Gurczenski). Aug. 8, 1981; San Jose, CA
A teardrop shaped UFO with a spinning ring paced an airplane
off its left wing over San Jose, California on this day. Instruments
onboard the plane experienced failures, but the effects ended when the
object departed upwards. The aircraft briefly disappeared from FAA
radar during the encounter. (Source: Richard H. Hall, MUFON UFO
Journal, February 1984, p. 14).
Aug.10, 1981; Apple Valley, MN
3:30 AM. Russell Matson and another man were driving down a
road in Apple Valley when they sighted a hexagonal object nearly
overhead, at perhaps a distance of 500 feet. It had two green, two red,
and white lights on its corners. It was estimated to be between 60 and
90 feet across. The object pivoted, making a 90 degree turn while
stationary, then descended and approached the witnesses. It made a soft
"whoosh" sound as the object passed, like gas escaping from a propane
tank. (Sources: Northfield News, August 20, 1981; J. Allen Hynek,
International UFO Reporter, January 1982, p. 13; John F. Schuessler,
MUFON UFO Journal, November 1982, p. 3; UNICAT database, case 35, citing
J. Allen Hynek).
August 16, 1981; Near Winnipeg, British Columbia, Canada
Midnight, the witness was driving alone outside of Winnipeg
when he saw a huge UFO gliding over the roadway. It had a central core
from which were emanating long and slender filament-like projections
that gave off an extremely bright, neon-like glow of a luminous
red-orange color. The filaments were at least 50 ft in length each and
numbered about two dozen, giving the object the appearance of a
jellyfish with spikes. The "tentacles" were arrayed equidistant from
another and formed a conical shape beneath the central mass and an
inverted conical shape above it. The object then hovered 150 ft above a
farmer's field. The witness parked his vehicle then ran towards the
object, which then glided majestically above the roadway. Dimly
outlined from the glow inside the "windows" of the central mass were
two or three figures, whose features were not discernible, but whose
heads and shoulders indicated they were humanoid in shape. The witness
waved at the object, which responded first with a flash of red light
and then a green one from inside the hull. The object then flew away.
(Right before this encounter the witness had heard an "enchanting
melody of an unknown source over the radio). He has been involved in
other encounters as well (HC addendum, Source: Chris Rutkowski,
Abductions & Aliens What's really going on?).August 19, 1981; Franklin, OH
Daylight. The witness was driving along a highway when a
brilliant silvery object descended over her vehicle and forced her to
pull off the side of the road. She was then taken onboard by several
seven-foot tall humanoids and examined. She was able to describe their
faces as having large slanted yellow eyes, no ears, long thin noses,
pointed chins, and very thin lips. She was placed in a room and saw
what appeared to be electronic equipment everywhere. She was given a
glass of greenish liquid to drink and later she awakened back in her
car unharmed. (HC addition # 1093, Source: Brad Steiger, The UFO
Abductors)Aug. 30, 1981; El Cajon, CA
UFO brightly illuminated car, witness badly frightened, memory loss. Fired pistol at object circling the car, fled at high speed. Red dots like puncture marks found on wrists (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section IV). Aug. 30 1981; near Alpine, CA
10:30 PM. A reserve police officer was driving near town when
he encountered a huge dark disc shaped object hovering 15 feet above
the roadway. The witness vehicle suddenly stopped on its own accord.
There was a bright flash, then moments later two small beings
approached and took him from his vehicle. He then found himself back in
the vehicle 15 minutes later and saw the dark disc rising rapidly,
shining a beam of white light towards the ground. The witness fired
four shots at the object and then drove home at high speed. Magnetic
cassette tapes in the witness vehicle were partially erased. (HC
addition # 695, Source: Bob Gribble, Mufon UFO Journal # 280) Type: GSept. 1981: Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England
Over several nights over 20 members of the public saw a cigar
shaped UFO over the town of Todmorden in West Yorkshire. On one of
those nights two uniformed police officers also saw the object.
(Source: Daily Star 30/03/82, The 5TH ANNUAL PRUFOS POLICE REPORT 2006
by Detective Constable 1877 HESELTINE, British Transport Police)Sept. 1981; Dusheti, Georgia (Russia)
In the evening the main witness was coming back from school
when she saw a man pointing up to the sky. She looked up to see a ball
shaped object about 3 meters in diameter slowly descending over them.
The object stopped at about 5 meters above the pair. It was described
as white in color with some visible figures on its surface. One of the
figures was of a short man like being, the other a rhombus and the
third what appeared to be a horse. After 15 minutes of hovering the
object left. Later they saw a wedge shaped object rising slowly over
the area. Others saw bright lights in the sky. (HC addition # 3440,
Source:
GUFOA)Sept. 1981; Meinau Island, Bodensee, Germany
Midnight the witness was vacationing in the area and had camped
on the south side of the lake. While he slept that night a very loud
noise awakened him, looking out of the tent he saw a bright sphere
descending rapidly overhead. Through an open port he was briefly able
to see a humanoid figure apparently wearing a green outfit. Then the
craft rapidly zigzagged away from area and vanished. (HC addendum,
Source:
UFO Nachrichten # 279, In Project Becassine)Sept. 12, 1981; Trino Vercellese, Piemonte, Italy
After having a late dinner with some friends, Mauricio
Cavallo decided to drive around Monferrato hill in Trino Vercellese,
Piemonte, Italy. He parked his vehicle and proceeded to explore on
foot. He soon saw a bright football-shaped light that appeared to
descend into the thick woods. After checking where he thought the light
had landed, and failing to find anything, he decided to drive home. At
home he felt uneasy and could not sleep. Inexplicably, around three
a.m. he decided to drive back to the site where the light had come
down. When he arrived he was overcome by a strange malaise, and soon
saw a reddish orange yellow light floating about 100 meters away.
Terrified, Cavallo felt himself being levitated up towards the light.
His next recollection was of being inside a sphere where he was able to
perceive numerous lights and movement around him. He then heard a
metallic voice in his head tell him not to be afraid. Soon a tall
woman, about 1.90 meters in height, appeared in front of Cavallo. She
had black hair in a bun, Oriental shaped eyes, and she lacked any
fingernails. She wore a long sleeveless habit with white boots. Among
other things, the woman told Cavallo that she hailed from the planet
Clarion and that her name was Ciama. (Source: Albert S. Rosales,
Humanoid Contact Database 1981, citing Moreno Tambellini, Alieni in
Italia).
Sept. 18, 1981; Conejo Valley, CA
Triangular objects with body lights, humming sound, observed three times over freeway and valley area (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section VI). Oct. 1981; Texas Gulf Coast
Local concentration of sightings (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section VIII). Oct. 8, 1981; Vancouver Island, B.C., Canada
Daylight disc photo (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section VII). Oct. 31, 1981; Marcos-Juarez, Argentina Two airliners report object. Nov. 1981; Hessdalen, Norway
Localized concentration began, continuing off and on for several years. Many structured object cases, photographs (January-February 1984). Nov. 8, 1981; Praglia, Italy
3:00 PM. Six boys were racing dirt bikes near a lake when one of them
fell and hit his head. Two of the other boys went to assist him, when
suddenly a bright green light was seen descending over the surface of
the lake. Inside the light appeared to be a gray metallic oval shaped
craft that descended on telescopic like legs near the witnesses. A door
became visible on the craft and a tall human like figure then appeared,
his arms seemed to be extended up into the air. It wore a loose fitting
silvery outfit, its arms were very long, and its feet resembled oval
appendages. The being seemed to have no neck and a triangular shaped
head with normal looking eyes. The being proceeded to walk towards the
lake and then apparently was able to walk on the surface of the water.
Moments later he returned back into the object, which took off at high
speed disturbing the water on the lake. (HC addition # 1523, Source:
Mauricio Verga, ITACAT)Nov. 9, 1981; Esengul, Karasu Region, Kazakhstan
A large boat shaped, green colored UFO with an open cab or
hatch fell into Lake Zaysan. Four humanoid wearing the same color green
coveralls were apparently inside. Apparently the craft and its
occupants were damaged upon impact. Local residents found fragments and
called the local militia. Inspectors from the KGB arrived from Alma
Alta. Fragments of the UFO and body parts of the humanoids were taken
to Moscow and hidden on an underground bunker-laboratory. The remaining
bodies were concealed and buried in the area. Local residents were told
that a foreign spy aircraft had crashed and ordered to forget
everything. (HC addendum, Source: Anton "Cade" Belousov, Soviet X
Files list, High Strangeness Index: 8, Reliability of Source: 8)Nov. 21, 1981; west of Naveksvarn, Sweden
Mid-afternoon. An eight-meter wide red disc, giving off a weak blue
glow, flew at treetop level west of Naveksvarn, Sweden towards the
east. Photographs were taken. (Source: AFU Sweden).Nov. 24, 1981; Marshall, near Darco, TX 9:30 PM. Dale Spurlock saw a red pulsating domed disc at
treetop level while driving near Darco. It was seen near a small lake
and some power lines, and had four colored lights--a row of red, blue,
green, and amber lights--at the base of the dome. It made no sound as
it passed left to right just above the tress, and then hovered. The
object tilted, and two headlights from the front of the UFO shown
directly down on his pickup truck. The object was revolving
counterclockwise, and left toward the east. The truck's electrical
system (alternator and battery) was damaged. (Sources: John Combest,
International UFO Reporter, May 1982, p. 5; Richard H. Hall, MUFON UFO
Journal, February 1984, p. 14; UNICAT database case # 027, citing John
Combest; Richard H. Hall, The UFO Evidence, Volume II: A Thirty-Year
Report, pp. 205, 374 & 383).
Nov. (end),1981; Fuenlabrada, Spain
1:30 AM. The witness, Magdalena Sobrino, was out in her yard
hanging clothing when she noticed a bright light approaching over the
nearby Coca-Cola factory. The light became bigger as it approached her
position. It came closer without emitting any noise until the witness
was able to notice what appeared to be a transparent cabin-like
section. Inside the cabin she could see two figures, human in shape
that wore gray colored tight-fitting coveralls. They appeared to be
tall, about 2 meters in height and thin. They appeared to be standing
up with their arms outstretched to the front apparently operating some
type of equipment. Stunned she watched the craft fly silently behind a
nearby building and out of sight. (HC addendum, Source: Ciudad
Futura.com, Type: A)Dec. 1, 1981; Hessdalen Valley, Norway
On this night a bullet-shaped object, a sphere, and several
nocturnal lights were sighted flying to the north over Hessdalen
Valley, Norway toward Trondheim. According to John Spencer, this report
was the first of a four-year wave of reports from the Hessdalen Valley.
(Source: John Spencer, UFO Encyclopedia, p. 143).
Dec. 4, 1981; Hartford, CT 7:10 PM. Two groups of witnesses about twenty miles east of Hartford, CT, saw strange lights or objects travel at a rather slow speed from east to west along a path north of the witnesses. Known as The Case of the Flying Christmas Tree. (Complete report by Bruce Maccabee). (On Dec. 22, 1989 there was a similar event at Vernon, IN) Dec. 8, 1981; south of Reserve, NM
7:30 PM. An enormous UFO shaped like an orange ball, and
estimated to be 750 feet in length, made a number of turns in the sky
south of Reserve, New Mexico and then executed a ninety-degree turn near
Luna Mountain. The five witnesses said they saw a jet aircraft chase
the UFO out of sight. (Source: International UFO Reporter, June 1982,
p. 15).
Dec. 15, 1981; San Luis Del Palmar, Argentina
3:30 AM. A 42-year old Ruben Meneses was driving a dump truck
on a dirt road. Suddenly he observes a bright object that approaches
the truck, the truck begins to vibrate, and he is filled with a
tingling sensation all over the body. He was not able to move as the
truck rises up in the air and apparently becomes transparent. Meneses
apparently then passes out. Later he wakes up at a location about 55
miles from where he was, originally. He does not remember how he got
there. Later under hypnotic regression he remembered being taken inside
a room with mirror like walls, he was made to lie down on a cot-like
bed. He saw three short thin humanoids with dark gray skin, extremely
long arms and thick wrinkles on his forehead. The little beings
communicated with Meneses by using telepathy. His next recall was of
sitting confused in his truck. (HC addition # 3461, Source: Eduardo
Alfredo Lopez, Type: G)Dec. 17, 1981; Bladenboro, NC
2:40 AM. Daniel Edwards was awakened by the furious barking of
his dog towards a pine forest behind his house. He walked out of the
house and was startled to see a huge fire like light, illuminating a
mass clump of trees a few hundred yards away. Believing that it was a
forest fire he ran towards the area and alerted the rest of the family.
As he reached the area, he came upon an opening in the trees, there he
saw a large black disc shaped object with hundreds of small red lights
rotating in the center of the object, which was slightly larger that a
bus. Several dark, shadowy figures were seen walking around the object.
The terrified witness ran away from the area and was able to see the
object slowly rising and leaving at high speed. (HC addition # 2197,
Source:
UFO Journal May 1982, Type: C)Dec. 19, 1981; Areal, Brazil
Silo-shaped object swooped over vehicle, blocked road ahead of car. (Volume II, The UFO Evidence, Section XII). Dec. 29, 1981; Brooklyn MI
Evening. Two boys playing in a snow fort behind their house
heard a humming sound then saw a lighted disc shaped craft with red
lights shining on its top and multicolored lights on the bottom fly
overhead and disappear from sight. Moments later as the boys decided to
go and slide down a nearby hill they saw a four-foot tall human like
figure float over a nearby fence and come towards them. One of the boys
yelled at the figure and ran away, while the other stood stunned
looking at it completely unable to move. The figure continued its path
towards the boys and at one point bumped into a clump of trees then
retraced its route. The boy that had been unable to move finally was
released from his paralysis and joined his friend as they ran towards
home, with the floating figure close behind them. As the creature
reached the edge of the yard it stopped an opened a diamond shaped red
area of its "face" apparently emitting a moaning like sound, it then
began spinning emitting flashes of light from its top and bottom. Its
head was described as small and round with green colored wrinkled skin.
Originally one of the boys had seen a green "smog" or "cloud" on top of
the hill and several "shapes" within it, one that seemed to be wearing
a gas mask. (HC addition # 1169; Source: Dr. Ron Westrum, Type: C)References: 1. Volume II, The UFO Evidence, A Thirty-Year Report - Richard Hall, 2000 2. CUFOS report, Rodeghier
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