This is a Military, Airline and Private Pilot UFO sightings from 1942 to 1996 listing, compiled and © 1997 by Dominique Weinstein.
You can find a lot of information about aircraft and UFO encounters or incidents in the Air Miss section of this site.
Aircraft:
M Military aircraft
A Airliner
P Private aircraft
Radar:
AR Airborne Radar
GR Ground Radar
RO Radar Only
Codes:
G Ground witnesses
X More than one plane involved
E Effects on plane - EME, engine failed, ...etc or on pilot's health
Time:
LT Local Time
GMT Greenwich Meridian Time - Zulu Time
| Date and time: | Country: | Location: | Type of plane and witness: | UFO description: | Radar: | Codes G X E |
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| 25 March 1942 Midnight |
Holland | Zuiderzee | M | An RAF bomber crew | One luminous orange disc | 357 | |||||
| 44.11.23 22h00 |
France | north of Strasbourg | M | A USAAF P-70 fighter (415th NFS) crew | several luminous spheres with pulsating light | 303/352/357 405/03/22 |
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| 44.11.27 Midnight |
Germany | Speyer | M | A USAAF P-70 fighter (415th NFS) crew | A huge orange sphere | 03/22/352 | |||||
| 45.02.mid 10h00 |
USA | Texas | M | USAAF C-47 (2nd AF headquarters) pilot + 2 passengers | A cylindrical shaped object, dull flat grey, traveled in straight line, 30 ft long | 03 | |||||
| 45.05.02 | Pacific Ocean | Fala Island, Truck Atoll | M | A B-24 bomber pilot | 2 cherry red objects changing color, followed aircraft through evasive actions | 0320 | |||||
| 45.07. mid noon |
USA | Hanford Nuclear Plant, Richland, Washington | M | 6 US Navy F-6F Hellcat pilots | A huge pinkish oval-shaped object, hovering 20 minutes, at about 65,000ft | GR | X | M344 | |||
| 46.08.01 | USA | Tampa, Florida | M | A USAAF C-47 crew | A cigar-shaped object with portholes followed by a trail of fire | 115/303 | |||||
| 47.06.24 15h00 |
USA | Mount Rainier, Washington | P | A private plane pilot (Kenneth Arnold) | A formation of 9 saucer-shaped objects, reflecting the sunlight | 34/103/303/ 310/339/357 |
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| 47.07.04 21h12 |
USA | Emmett, Idaho | A | An United Airlines DC-3 (flight 105)pilot and crew | two formations of 5 and 4 dark grey discs flying along the plane on the same course | L325/103/116 303/310/337 339/342/359/ |
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| 47.08.18 12h00 |
USA | near Mountain Home, Idaho | A | United Airlines flight 147pilot - copilot | 2 objects shaped like "skeet target" seen flying under plane | 03 | |||||
| 48.01.07- afternoon |
USA | Fort Knox, Kentucky | M | 3 Air National Guard P-51 Mustang pilots + several thousands witnesses | A huge circular metallic object hovered, chased by 3 planes, one P-51 crashed | G | X | E | A25.12/115 303/347/355 A26.1/357 |
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| 48.06.16 | USSR | Baskuschak area | M | experimental plane test pilot | A banana-shaped object with beams of light | GR | E | 325/406 03/418 |
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| 48.10.15 23h05 |
Japan | Fukuoka | M | P-61 "Black Widow" (68th F.S.) pilot and radar operator | A dark cigar-shaped object | AR | 255/303 342 |
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| 49.05.21 | USA | Hanford, Washington | M | F-82 USAF pilot | One silvery disc hovered above radar station | GR | G | 255 | |||
| 50.03.08 Morning |
USA | Dayton, Ohio | AM | 2 TWA airliners + 2 F-51 fighters - pilots + ground observers | A huge round and metallic-looking object hovered then climbed away | GR | G | X | 303 | ||
| 50.09 07h00 LT |
North Korea | 40°N/127°E | M | A US Navy night fighterpilot | 2 large flying discs, with a silver mirror surface, 600-700 ft diameter | AR | E | 03/406 418 |
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| 51.09.18 00h20 |
Canada | Goose Bay, Labrador | M | A USAF B-36 bombercrew | several saucer-shaped objects during 20 minutes | ARGR | 386 400/418 |
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| 52.03.22 18h05 LT |
USA | 20 miles south of Yakima, Washington | M | An F-94 pilot + radar operator | A stationary red fire-ball seen by pilot several times | GRAR | 342 418/434 |
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| 52.05.26 03h20 LT |
North Korea | Above North Korea | M | An F-94C pilot + Radar operator | One bright white object, accelerated at tremendous speed | ARGR | 369 418 |
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| 52.05.31 03h45 LT |
Korea | south of Chorwon | M | An F-94 fighter pilot (319th Fighter squadron) | One white-bluish round object, tracked on airborne radar, not on ground radars | AR | G | 20 369 |
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| 52.06.07 11h18 |
USA | Albuquerque, New Mexico | M | A B-25 bombercrew | rectangular-shaped object, aluminium in color, followed the plane's course | 342 03/21 |
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| 52.07.05 06h00 |
USA | near Richlands, Washington | A | A Corner Airlines airliner - 2 pilots + 2 copilots | A perfect circular white disc above Hanford atomic site | GR | 303 408 |
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| 52.07.13 | USA | 60 miles southwest of Washington D.C. | A | A National Airlines airliner pilot | One white-blue light approached the plane, hovered, then moved away | GR | 303 408 |
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| 52.08.01 10h51 |
USA | Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio | M | 2 USAF F-86 fighters (97th FIS) - pilots | A bright round object maneuvered above the fighters | GRAR | X | 303/347/24 353/105 |
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| 52.09.19 16h14 |
England | Topcliffe, Yorkshire | M | An RAF Meteor fighter pilot (Operation Mainbrace) | A silver disc chased the plane | 303/324 400/413/03 |
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| 52.12.06 05h24 |
Mexico Gulf | 100 miles south of Louisiana coast 20°18N/92°W | M | A B-29 bombercrew | 5 small objects flew around plane, became one larger object tracked at 9000 mph | AR | 34/M236/24 303/347 |
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| 53.01.28 21h00 |
USA | Newport Beach, California | M | A Marines jet fighter (El Toro AB) - pilot + radar operator | A red fiery disc moved at great speed and chased by the fighters | GR | G | X | 400 411/432 |
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| 53.03.14 23h45 LT |
Japan | north of Hiroshima37°25N/132°25E | M | A US Navy patrol P2V-5crew (10) | several groups of 5-10 lights flying slowly on the left of the plane | AR | 342 03/20/21 |
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| 53.08.05 night |
USA | Rapid City, South Dakota | M | 2 F-84 fighterspilots + ground observer | dogfight between a ufo and two fighters (photo taken) | ARGR | G | X | 034/303/24 M244/400 |
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| 53.10.18 | Greenland | Over Sondrestrom AB | M | A USAF C-47 6621st Air Squadronpilot + copilot + ground observer | A white light flying in a easterly direction, passed above the left side of aircraft | GR | G | 03 | |||
| 53.11.23 18h41/20h00 |
USA | Lake Superior, 70 miles east of Keeneenaw Point, Michigan | M | A F-89-C (433rd FIS) Kinross AFB2 crew members | UFO tracked by GCI, one interceptor scrambled, UFO and plane disappeared | GR | 303/355/358 03/400/L257 370/434 |
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| 54.06.23 20h00 |
USA | Between Colombus and Dayton, Ohio | M | An ANG F-51 Mustang fighter - pilot + Control operator | A white round light chased the plane | AR | G | M254/03 303 |
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| 54.10.14 16h15 |
England | North Weald, Essex | M | An RAF Meteor Mk8 fighter pilot | A golden and a silver circular objects joined by a third silver disc | F30.2/303 324/356/413 |
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| 55.01.01 06h44 LT |
USA | 30 miles east of Cochise, New Mexico | M | A USAF training bomber TB-25instructor pilot + student pilot | A metallic disc, looking like 2 inverted plates passed the plane | 342 03/20 |
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| 55.03.16 09h24 |
USA | 30 nautical miles north of Salton Sea, California | M | A B-47 (SAC) pilot | A silver circular object, on a steady course toward south, faded in distance. | 03 20 |
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| 55.03.24 14h30 |
Japan | Ryukyu Islands, between Japan and Formosa | P | A Beechcraft pilot instructor+ student | A hat-shaped object, with 3 windows on the top section, flew in front and under plane | E | 03/400/412 406 |
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| 55.07.05 07h05 GMT |
Canada | Pepperell AFB, New Foundland | M | 2 army KC-93 pilot | An object maneuvered in the sky (according to Bluebook: planet Venus) | GR | 324 400/03/20 |
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| 55.08.23 23h50 |
USA | Cincinnati, Ohio | M | several fighter pilots | 3 round and disc-shaped objects made evasive maneuvers | GR | X | 303 400 |
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| 56.01 | Atlantic Ocean | near Newfoundland | M | US Navy Super Constellation R7V-2 pilot + crew | A giant disc maneuvering near the plane | GR | M273 361 |
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| 56.01.22 | USA | Mexico Gulf, near New Orleans | A | A Pan Am airliner - a crew member | A big elongated object with yellow lights | 303 | |||||
| 56.02.12 23h25 |
Canada | Goose Bay, Labrador | M | An F-89 fighter pilot + radar operator | A green and red object flew around the plane | AR | 342 03 |
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| 56.02.15 | USA | Riverside, California | M | A USN planepilot | One cigar-shaped object, brown with no apparent details, straight and level course | 03/20 | |||||
| 56.02.17-18 - 22h50 |
France | Orly airport, Paris | A | An Air France DC-3 - pilot + radio operator | A huge red blinking light flew erratically | GR | 303/L132/03 324/L247/105 20/21 |
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| 56.10.28 03h00 |
USA | 30 miles northwest of Minot AFB, North Dakota | M | A USAF B-52 crew | A bright red-orange object | GRAR | G | E | M282 | ||
| 57.07.24 10h00 |
Japan | Nemuro Strait | M | 2 USAF F-86 fighters - pilots + ground witnesses | 2 F-86 scrambled after a disc-shaped object | GR | X | M291 400 |
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| 57.08.14 20h55 |
Brazil | Santa Catarina, near Joinville | A | A Varig C-47 cargo pilot, copilot + 2 crew members | A saucer-shaped object with a green dome or cupola, passed the plane | E | M292/400 303/406/03 |
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| 57.10.21 21h18 |
England | Gaydon RAF Base, Warwickshire | M | An RAF Meteor fighter pilot | near-collision with a UFO, 6 lights came from the object when the pilot approached | GR | 255/413 324/03/20 |
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| 59.08.13 | USA | between Hobbs and Albuquerque, New Mexico | P | A Cessna 170 pilot | three grey round objects circling around the plane, pilot interrogated by USAF | E | 115/324 400/413 |
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| 59.09.13 16h00 |
USA | Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana | PM | A Mooney + a USAF T-33 pilots + 2 control tower operators | A white pear-shaped object, metal looking, with a tail maneuvered during 3 hours | GR | G | X | 342 | ||
| 59.09.24 05h00 |
USA | Redmond, Oregon | M | 6 USAF F-102 + 1 USAF B-47 + 1 USAF F-89/pilots + ground observer | A huge disc hovered over the city | GR | G | X | E | M257 | |
| 61.05.20 Morning |
USA | Tyndall AFB, Florida | M | A fighter and a helicopter pilots4756th Air Police Squadron | A white-orange round object manoeuvring, disappeared when plane approached | GR | G | X | M277 | ||
| 65.03.18 19h06 |
Japan | Dishima Island, between Osaka and Hiroshima | AP | Toa Airlines Convair 240, pilotPiper Apache pilot + ground witness | 3 ellongated objects + one circular object (diameter: 15 meter) | G | E | M263 01 |
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| 68.09.05 23h00 LT |
Spain | Madrid | MA | A Spanish air force F-104 fighter pilot + other pilot + 100 witnesses | A triangular-shaped object flying slowly | GR | G | X | 324 07 |
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| 69.04.12 noon |
Finland | Rissala AFB, near Kuopio | M | Finnish fighter pilots + ground witnesses | 7 balloon or disc- shaped objects, hovered over air base, | GR | G | X | 03 | ||
| 70. spring 19h00 |
USA | Loring AFB, Maine | M | A KC-135 and a Pan Am B707 pilots | On final approach, pilots saw a big orange ball off his left wing | GR | G | X | 03 | ||
| 70.06 | USA | San Juan de Puerto Rico | AM | Pan Am and Caribair airliner + a USAF F-104 + T-33 + B-52 | A huge object (40 meters long), flying slowly against wind | GR AR | G | X | 07 M266 |
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| 72.09.14 06h00 |
USA | West Palm Beach Airport, Florida | AM | An Eastern Airlines airliner pilot + 2 USAF F-106 + ground observers | A bright cigar, disappeared when interceptors approached | GR AR | G | X | 07/25 115 |
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| 73.10.18 23h00 |
USA | near Mansfield, Ohio | M | Army Reserve Huey helicopter crew (4) + ground witnesses |
A cigar emitting a green beam, pilot lost control, radio out of work | G | E | L321/F22.4 255/317/01 413/384/324 |
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| 73.11.15 | Nicaragua | Managua | AM | An airliner pilot + a military helicopter pilot + ground observers | A UFO with blue red and green flashing lights | GR AR | G | X | L132 | ||
| 73.11.30 19h00 |
Italy | Turin Airport | PA | A Piper Navajo pilot + 2 Alitalia DC-9 pilots + ground observers | A luminous blue-red sphere, moved erratically, darting back and forth | GR | G | X | L133/P38 01 |
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| 74.06.09 | Japan | Above Japan | M | A Japanese Air Force F-4EJ pilot + copilot + ground observers | A red disc maneuvering around the plane, finally the UFO ran into the plane | GR | G | E | 367 07 |
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| 75.05.03 13h34 |
Mexico | Above Tequesquitengo Lake near Mexico city | P | Piper PA-24 - pilot | 3 domed-discs approached the plane and flew around, plane out of control | GR | E | 317/F21.5 M265/01/03 |
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| 75.08.14 | USA | Stockton airport, California | M | An ANG helicopterpilot + air traffic controlers | A disc emiting a bright orange light became dark red when climbing at great speed. | GR | G | 262 01 |
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| 76.09.19 01h30 |
Iran | Teheran | M | 2 Iranian Air Force F-4 interceptor pilots | A bright object. Smaller object emerged from the bigger one. | AR | G | E | A25.3/317 /25/362/ 01/PH23 P51/ 415/ 413 |
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| 76.11.04 19h00 |
Australia | near Brisbane, Queensland | A | An Electra aircraft crew + an air traffic controller | A light changing colour green to red to green again, appeared to move up and down | GR | G | X | 03 430 |
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| 77.01.21 night |
Colombia | West of Bogota | A | An Avianca airliner crew | A light followed the plane, in a zig-zag flight, reacted to flashing landing lights | GR | U3.1 01 |
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| 77.05.05 09h15 |
Colombia | Tabio | P | A Cessna 150 - a trainee pilot | A white inverted object, looking like an inverted plate, effects on plane and pilot | E | 317 L167 |
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| 77.10.26 17h00 |
USA | between Abilene and Dallas, Texas | PM | 2 private planes + 2 USAF T-38 4 pilots | A bright red sphere hovering then climbing, changed to white and shot straight up | X | E | M181 01 |
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| 77.12.09 17h30 |
Australia | Kunamura | P | A Cessna 206 - pilots | An apparently metallic oval-shaped object passed below the plane | 01/M147 400/03/430 |
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| 78.01.01 12h50 |
USA | Northwest of Santa Monica, California | P | Cessna 170A pilot | A metal-looking saucer with a clear dome and several "windows" | M122 U3.1/01 |
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| 78.11.15 | USA | Eastern Washington state | M | 4 military fighters - 3 pilots | A circular green object | GRAR | X | M186 07 |
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| 79.03.00 09h00 |
Korea | near Taeku Air Base | M | 2 ROKAF F-42 pilots | A disc-shaped object, radiating a bright golden light | 03/07 405 |
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| 79.06.18 11h30 |
Italy | Quinto, Treviso | M | Fiat G91-R (14th Fighter Group) - pilot + ground observers | A black cylindrical object | GR | G | F33.1/07 413 |
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| 79.11.11 23h08 LT |
Spain | Ibiza IslandAirway Mallorca-Valencia | A | TAE Supercaravelle (flight JK-297) - pilot | near collision with two bright red lights | GR | G | 324/413/25 01/07/400 |
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| 81.02.09 22h40 |
USA | San Jose airport, California | P | Cessna 150 - pilot + passenger | near-collision with a bright round object (diameter: 3 m) with a pulsating red light | G | M271 01 |
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| 81.07.04 16h45 |
USA | South of Michigan Lake, near Milwaukee | A | An L-1011 airliner pilot | A bright silver disc with 6 round portholes, reflecting the sunlight | F27.4 F27.5/01 |
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| 82.02.08 03h10 |
Brazil | between Petrolina and Rio de Janeiro | A | VASP airliner crew and most passengers and other planes's crews | followed by a bright disc with flashing red, blue, orange, yellow and white lights | GR | X | L269 | |||
| 84.04.13 21h40 |
China | Pixian area, Jiansu | AM | (flight CA982) + Chinese AF fighterscrew + several passengers | near collision with a milky white disc, 3 lights circled the plane, jets scrambled | GR | X | 142 | |||
| 84.07.26 night |
USA | North of Detroit, Michigan | A | Air France B747 crew + Olympic Airways and Lufthansa crews | Metal-looking sphere with a luminous trail passed the plane | GR | G | X | 134 161 |
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| 85.01.29 04h10 |
USSR | 120 km. from Minsk | A | plane TU-134A (flight 8352)crew | A glowing yellow object, shape changing from conical, to oval, then square. | GR | X | F30.5/413 03 |
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| 85.07.22 17h45 |
Zimbabwe | Bulawayo and 5 other towns, Matabeleland | M | 2 Hawk fighters (AF of Zimbabwe)pilots | A very bright round object with a short cone above it | GR | G | X | 413 07 |
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| 86.05.11 16h00 |
USA | Near Sedona, Arizona | P | Cessna 172 - pilot + his passenger | A dome-shaped bright object with a flattened bottom passed the plane (1.200mph) | 317 01 |
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| 86.05.19 20h45 |
Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | MA | ||||||||
