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UFO Case Files

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UFO Depiction

UFO Depiction

B J Booth
1980-The Rendlesham Forest UFO Landings

Several glowing unknown objects appear over the Bentwaters-Woodbridge AFB. Military police investigate the objects. They see objects moving through the forest. One triangle UFO is seen on the ground. One officer actually touches the outside of the UFO, before it slowly moves away through the forest.

1980-Cash / Landrum UFO Encounter

An extremely compelling UFO sighting was an event which took place in the Piney Woods of Texas, near the town of Huffman. On the chilly night of December 29, 1980, two women and one child encountered a craft of unknown origin, and all three suffered not only emotional trauma, but severe physical injury as well.

1981-The Trans en Provence UFO Incident

A man's attention is attracted by a slight noise, a sort of faint whistling. He sees a device in the air at the height of a big pine tree at the edge of the property. The device was coming lower toward the ground. He clearly sees the device resting on the ground. Right away it lifted off, still emitting a slight whistling sound. Reaching a point above the trees, it left at high speed toward the forest of Trans.

1981-The Hudson Valley Sightings

The Hudson Valley UFO account is made up of many sightings, all similar, and all pointing to one conclusion. There was something "unexplained" going on only an hour's drive north of New York City. The UFO lights were a brilliant red, green, and white. What was the strange craft? This would be the question that many would try to answer.

1987-The Gulf Breeze Sightings

A series of UFO sightings beginning in 1987 would make the small town of Gulf Breeze, Florida a UFO hot spot for years to come. Ed Walter's unusually clear photographs would start the ball rolling. UFO investigators from all over the world would descend on this peaceful community to try to solve the mystery of the Gulf Breeze UFOs.

1988-Coast Guard Encounters UFOs

In 1988, the United States Coast Guard has a close encounter. They receive report of a large UFO hovering over the frozen Lake Erie. After a close observation, they see the object nearly on the ice, with smaller triangle UFOs coming to and fro around the large UFO. A true, unsolved mystery.

1989-The Belgian Triangle Incident

One of the most profound and well documented UFO waves. All of the reports related a large object flying at low altitude. The craft was of a flat, triangular shape, with lights underneath. This giant craft made not a sound as it slowly moved across the landscape of Belgium. There was free sharing of information as the Belgian populace tracked this craft as it moved from the town of Liege to the border of the Netherlands and Germany.

1995-American West Airline 564 UFO

A cigar-shaped object with a row of brightly flashing lights along its length was observed over the Texas panhandle by the crew of a westward bound America West B-757 airliner on May 25, 1995. The case was thoroughly investigated by Walter N. Webb on behalf of the UFO Research Coalition, who interviewed the crew and air traffic controllers. Webb also obtained a copy of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) voice tapes of conversations between airplane and ground during the sighting.

1997-The Phoenix Lights

Like a scene from a science fiction movie, a huge, circular object slowly moved over the city of Phoenix and surrounding areas. Numerous photographs, and an abundance of video film make this one of the best documented cases in UFO history. Numerous eye witness accounts describe a large, slow moving triangular shaped UFO.

2004-The Mexican Military UFO Footage

An extraordinary video film taken by Mexican military pilots stunned the world. According to Mexican officials, the encounter occurred on March 5, when an aircraft belonging to the Mexican Air Force, a Merlin C26/A, was engaged in drug interdiction patrols. At around 17:00 hours it detected the presence of 11 objects following it. The routine flight took place between Copalar, Chiapas and the State of Campeche.

2006-The O'Hare Airport UFO

On November 7, 2006, one of the nation's busiest airports, O'Hare in Chicago was visited by a UFO which blasted an "eerie" hole in the cloud cover. The UFO was seen for several minutes, according to eyewitness accounts of United Airlines employees.

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