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The UFO Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition: The Phenomenon from the Beginning

Jerome Clark · author

Jerome Clark's 2018 revised omnibus reference work covering UFO history, sightings, close encounters, entity reports, investigations, terminology, organizations, debates, hoaxes, and source bibliographies. The entity morphology data used here comes primarily from Thomas E. Bullard's credited “Abduction Phenomenon” entry.

DOCUMENTED EDITIONS
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PUBLISHED CLAIMS
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ARCHIVE TARGETS
162
PRIMARY CLAIM LINKS
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INGESTION BATCHES
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Reliability tiers describe the source/edition layer only. They do not automatically make every claim in the source corroborated. Read the source methodology →
// EDITIONS & BIBLIOGRAPHY
SRC-002099Tier 3

Third Edition, 2018 Omnigraphics e-book/PDF edition

Publication: 2018-01-01
Publisher: Omnigraphics · United States
Language: en
Edition verification: reported
ISBN: 978-0-7808-1660-2
// CLAIM PROVENANCE
1065 CITATION LINK(S)
CLAIM-100010 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Keel reproduces Captain James Hooton's historical account of an airship with a knife-like forward edge, large side wheels or rotating structures, wing-like surfaces and a hissing sound as it rose.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in the Nineteenth Century” → “Homan, Arkansas — James Hooton account”, PDF p. 253CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130001 · Physical Characteristics
“In Thomas E. Bullard's “Abduction Phenomenon” entry, the predominant humanoid report type is described as short, hairless and gray-skinned, with a bulging cranium, narrow jaw, very large elongated eyes, a slit mouth, vestigial nose and ears, a thin or frail build, and hands often described with fewer than five digits.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—The Occupants”, PDF pp. 98–101CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130002 · Entity Height
“Bullard states that the recurrent short/standard Grey-type humanoids in abduction reports range from approximately two and a half to five feet tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—The Occupants”, PDF p. 98CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130003 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Across the abduction reports summarized by Bullard, Grey-type entities are commonly described as communicating telepathically; movement may be by gliding, floating or levitation, and their treatment of captives is more often characterized as cold and businesslike than warm.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → entity behavior discussion and Table 3, PDF pp. 98–101CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130004 · Entity Height
“Bullard distinguishes Tall Grays from the short/standard type, describing them as approximately five to six feet tall while retaining the same general Grey morphology.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—The Occupants” and Table 3, PDF pp. 98–99CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130005 · Reported Entity Behavior
“In mixed-crew abduction reports summarized by Bullard, taller Grey entities are sometimes assigned supervisory functions such as leader, examiner, teacher or liaison, while shorter Greys perform more routine tasks.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → mixed-crew/social-structure discussion, PDF pp. 98–99CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130006 · Physical Characteristics
“Bullard notes an insectoid or “mantis” entity category in abduction reports: tall, spindly humanoid figures compared to a praying mantis. The type is uncommon in his tabulated report samples.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → entity type discussion and Table 3, PDF pp. 98–99CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130006 · Physical Characteristics
“Bullard notes an insectoid or “mantis” entity category in abduction reports: tall, spindly humanoid figures compared to a praying mantis. The type is uncommon in his tabulated report samples.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Divisions”, PDF p. 70CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130007 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The encyclopedia records some abduction accounts in which tall mantis-like or insectoid figures appear to be in charge of smaller humanoids, although the source does not present this as a universal hierarchy.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → mixed-crew leadership discussion, PDF p. 99CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130008 · Physical Characteristics
“Bullard summarizes a Reptoid/Reptilian abduction-report type as large, muscular bipedal reptile-like entities with scaly skin and a frightening or aggressive appearance; the category is comparatively rare in the tabulated samples.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → entity type discussion and Table 3, PDF pp. 98–99CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130008 · Physical Characteristics
“Bullard summarizes a Reptoid/Reptilian abduction-report type as large, muscular bipedal reptile-like entities with scaly skin and a frightening or aggressive appearance; the category is comparatively rare in the tabulated samples.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Divisions”, PDF p. 70CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130009 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Where reptilian entities appear in the abduction material summarized by Bullard, they are generally characterized as muscular and aggressive rather than as the principal intellectual or command figures of the reported operation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → mixed-crew leadership discussion, PDF p. 99CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130010 · Physical Characteristics
“Table 3 in the “Abduction Phenomenon” entry includes “Hybrid (human-humanoid alien mix)” as a recurring descriptive category. Its reported frequency varies substantially across the different datasets summarized in the table.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → Table 3, PDF p. 100CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130011 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark's “Daylight Discs” entry describes the daylight-disc category as structured, craft-like, saucer-shaped objects observed in daylight; historical reports summarized in the entry include silvery or metallic discs, domed discs, and occasional reports of windows or occupants.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs”, PDF pp. 969–972CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130012 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In Bullard's synthesis of abduction reports, the most common exterior craft family is the flying-saucer form: circular craft, thin or thick disks, domed disks, and Saturn-shaped vessels. He states that this broad saucer family accounts for roughly two-thirds to three-fourths of descriptions across the compared periods.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—the Craft” and Table 4, PDF pp. 102–104CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130013 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark defines the classic “cloud cigar” report pattern by three linked elements: a huge cigar-shaped structure, partial concealment in cloud or luminous mist, and smaller disc-shaped objects reported entering or departing the larger structure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cloud Cigars”, PDF pp. 773–775CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130014 · Reported Craft Appearance
“For the August 23, 1954 Vernon, France report, Clark recounts Bernard Miserey's description of an enormous vertically oriented cigar-like object, possibly about 300 feet long, from which several luminous disc-shaped objects emerged in sequence.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cloud Cigars” → Vernon, France report, PDF p. 774CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130015 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark cites the October 4, 1960 Cressy, Tasmania report in which Lionel and Mary Browning described a roughly 300-foot dull-gray cigar just beneath a cloud bank while five or six smaller disc-like objects moved rapidly near the larger object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cloud Cigars” → Cressy, Tasmania report, PDF p. 775CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-130016 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Bullard includes Saturn-shaped vessels within the broader saucer/disc family reported in abduction accounts, alongside circular, thin- or thick-disc, and domed-disc forms.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—the Craft” and Table 4, PDF pp. 102–104CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131001 · Physical Characteristics
“In Bullard's synthesis, the distinctive “Nordic” abduction-report type is described as a tall, blond, blue-eyed, attractive and graceful human-looking entity.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—The Occupants / Table 3”, PDF pp. 98–100CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131002 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Bullard describes Nordics as comparatively friendly in demeanor and notes that, in some mixed-crew reports where Nordics and Greys appear together, abductees assign the Nordics a command role.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—The Occupants”, PDF pp. 98–99CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131003 · Reported Entity Clothing
“Bullard says the standard short Grey-type humanoid is usually reported wearing a coverall or one-piece jumpsuit, often so skin-tight that the entity may appear nearly nude.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—The Occupants / Table 3”, PDF pp. 98–101CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131004 · Reported Craft Interior
“Across the abduction samples summarized by Bullard, the examination room is the most consistently described interior. It is usually round or domed with smooth surfaces, commonly has diffuse indirect lighting, often a cold/damp/misty atmosphere, and almost always a table, bed, or recliner.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—the Craft / Table 4”, PDF pp. 103–104CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131005 · Reported Craft Interior
“Bullard records a broader set of reported interior spaces including antechambers, examination rooms, conference or lecture areas, nurseries/incubatoria, control rooms, engine rooms, and tunnel-like connecting corridors; furnishings are described as sparse.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Abduction Phenomenon” → “Descriptive Content—the Craft”, PDF pp. 102–103CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131006 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark recounts Adamski's November 20, 1952 claim that a small craft descended about half a mile away and landed partly below a ridge; Adamski later called it the “Scout Ship” and claimed to approach it with a Venusian contact.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Adamski, George” → “Enter the Space People”, PDF pp. 152–153CLAIM STATUS: HOAX
CLAIM-131007 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark captions one of Adamski's alleged Venusian scoutcraft photographs as an object believed by most observers to be a small model or lantern.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Adamski, George” → “Scoutcraft photograph caption”, PDF p. 154CLAIM STATUS: HOAX
CLAIM-131008 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark summarizes later photoanalysis that estimated one Adamski “UFO” at less than eight inches across and characterized it as a crude hoax; he also cites William L. Moore's finding that the scoutcraft photographs depicted a model closely matching a spacecraft design published months before the alleged encounter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Adamski, George” → “William L. Moore model comparison”, PDF p. 163CLAIM STATUS: HOAX
CLAIM-131008 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark summarizes later photoanalysis that estimated one Adamski “UFO” at less than eight inches across and characterized it as a crude hoax; he also cites William L. Moore's finding that the scoutcraft photographs depicted a model closely matching a spacecraft design published months before the alleged encounter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Adamski, George” → “Critical investigations and photoanalysis”, PDF p. 162CLAIM STATUS: HOAX
CLAIM-131009 · Physical Characteristics
“Within Adamski's contact claim, the alleged Venusian later known as Orthon was described as about five and a half feet tall, beautiful and human-looking, with long blond hair and an unusually high forehead.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Adamski, George” → “Enter the Space People”, PDF p. 153CLAIM STATUS: HOAX
CLAIM-131010 · Consciousness & Telepathy
“Adamski claimed that communication with the alleged Venusian proceeded through gestures, sign language, a few spoken words, and telepathy. Clark later summarizes extensive evidence against the authenticity of the encounter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Adamski, George” → “Enter the Space People”, PDF p. 153CLAIM STATUS: HOAX
CLAIM-131010 · Consciousness & Telepathy
“Adamski claimed that communication with the alleged Venusian proceeded through gestures, sign language, a few spoken words, and telepathy. Clark later summarizes extensive evidence against the authenticity of the encounter.”
CONTEXTUALIZES
SRC-002099 · “Adamski, George” → “Critical assessment of Adamski contact claims”, PDF pp. 161–163CLAIM STATUS: HOAX
CLAIM-131011 · Reported Craft Appearance
“For the July 30, 1909 Waikaka Valley report, Clark recounts two dredge workers describing a narrow boat-shaped aerial craft with a light at each end and two visible figures inside; it reportedly rose and fell like a bird, made abrupt speed changes, and disappeared into mist leaving a yellow glare.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in New Zealand and Australia” → “Waikaka Valley, July 30, 1909”, PDF p. 218CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131012 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark quotes an August 3, 1909 Waipawa report of a large gray torpedo-shaped aerial structure with three visible persons, one reportedly shouting in an unknown language, and lights at the prow and stern.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in New Zealand and Australia” → “Waipawa, August 3, 1909”, PDF pp. 218–219CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131013 · Sound Emission
“In the same Waipawa-area reporting, another witness described a ship-like aerial structure high in the air that emitted a loud humming sound; another resident independently asked about the humming noise.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in New Zealand and Australia” → “Waipawa-area humming report”, PDF p. 219CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131014 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark's nineteenth-century airship synthesis notes that structured objects were frequently reported, with cigar forms common; many carried body lights or sweeping searchlights but otherwise appeared dark, and detailed reports often described period-like ships rather than sleek rocket-shaped craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in the Nineteenth Century” → “Discussion of structured airship reports”, PDF p. 249CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131015 · Craft Length
“In an April 1897 Birmingham, Iowa report summarized by Clark, the landed airship was described as approximately 100 feet long and about 20 feet high at its center.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in the Nineteenth Century” → “Birmingham, Iowa”, PDF p. 251CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131016 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark summarizes the Birmingham, Iowa report as a roughly 100-foot airship with two men visible inside; one reportedly waved a lantern as the craft rose while a loud whirring sound was heard.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in the Nineteenth Century” → “Birmingham, Iowa”, PDF p. 251CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131017 · Craft Length
“Clark recounts a Peru, Nebraska landing report in which the alleged airship was described as about 200 feet long while crew members repaired a searchlight.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in the Nineteenth Century” → “Peru, Nebraska”, PDF p. 253CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131018 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In an Elburn, Illinois account, Clark reports farmers encountering a landed airship described as made of a light material resembling aluminum while its operators attended to the craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in the Nineteenth Century” → “Elburn, Illinois”, PDF p. 253CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131019 · Craft Length
“Clark recounts J. R. Ligon's April 1897 Beaumont, Texas story of an airship estimated at roughly 130 feet long and 20 feet wide.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in the Nineteenth Century” → “Beaumont, Texas — J. R. Ligon account”, PDF pp. 255–256CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131020 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In the Ligon account summarized by Clark, the roughly 130-by-20-foot craft had four large wings, with two extending from either side, and propellers at the bow and stern; the witness was told the apparatus was powered by electricity.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in the Nineteenth Century” → “Beaumont, Texas — J. R. Ligon account”, PDF pp. 255–256CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131021 · Physical Characteristics
“Under hypnosis in 1977, Betty Andreasson described five approximately four-foot gray-skinned humanoids with oversized heads, large slanted wraparound eyes, holes for nose and ears, slit-like mouths, and gloved three-digit hands; one leader was slightly taller.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “The Story Emerges”, PDF p. 341CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131022 · Reported Entity Behavior
“In Andreasson's hypnosis-derived account, the humanoids addressed her telepathically, appeared comparatively friendly, moved by floating or a suction-like motion, and followed a slightly taller leader called “Quazgaa.””
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “The Story Emerges”, PDF pp. 341–343CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131023 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Andreasson's hypnosis-derived 1967 narrative describes a landed disc-shaped craft whose underside became transparent, revealing rotating crystalline globes associated in her account with the earlier pulsating light.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “The Story Emerges”, PDF p. 342CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131024 · Reported Craft Interior
“Inside the reported Andreasson disc, the hypnosis narrative includes an upper-deck domed room with mirrors, shields and symbols, a main deck reached by elevator, a wedge-shaped changing room, and an examination room illuminated from an unspecified source.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “The Story Emerges”, PDF pp. 342–343CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131025 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In a later hypnosis-derived childhood-memory sequence, Andreasson described the craft as a sphere resting on three legs, with sharply bounded beams of light from its top, a door, and a sunburst-like emblem.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “The Further Story”, PDF pp. 349–350CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131026 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Within the same hypnosis-derived 1950 sequence, Andreasson recalled that the craft plunged into a body of water and then rose above it. Clark presents this as part of the recovered-memory narrative rather than independently verified transmedium performance.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “The Further Story”, PDF pp. 349–350CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131027 · Physical Characteristics
“During a hypnosis-derived visionary journey, Andreasson described headless creatures with two eyeballs on stalks extending from the tops of their bodies, independently movable stalks, skinny arms and legs, and a compact full body.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “Fantastic Voyage”, PDF p. 345CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131028 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Andreasson said the stalk-eyed creatures crawled over buildings, climbed through windows, and could climb with monkey-like agility; the beings accompanying her reportedly declined to identify them.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “Fantastic Voyage”, PDF p. 345CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131029 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Within the Andreasson case history, Clark recounts Bob Luca's separate 1967 claim of two large cigar-shaped objects hovering over woods while two smaller oval devices dropped from one of them; no cloud component is described in this account.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “Bob Luca”, PDF p. 353CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131030 · Reported Craft Behavior
“In a later hypnosis-derived 1973 narrative, Andreasson described a larger craft hovering silently over a smaller craft, appendages clamping to the lower vehicle, a central structure rotating between them amid fog/lightning effects, and the smaller craft subsequently appearing to shrink to automobile size before departure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “The Further Story”, PDF pp. 351–352CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131031 · Physical Characteristics
“In the same 1973 hypnosis-derived sequence, Andreasson reported entering a biosphere-like area aboard a craft and seeing tiny but otherwise perfectly proportioned humanoids.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Andreasson Abduction Case” → “The Further Story”, PDF p. 352CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131032 · Craft Length
“In the AATIP entry credited to Brad Sparks, the November 14, 2004 USS Nimitz/USS Princeton objects are described as “Tic Tacs” because fighter pilots compared their shape to the candy; their estimated size is given as about 30–46 feet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program: Pentagon UFO Study” → “USS Nimitz / USS Princeton Tic Tac description”, PDF p. 177CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131033 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The same AATIP entry says the USS Princeton reportedly tracked the 2004 Tic Tac objects at an initial altitude of about 80,000 feet, or a higher classified altitude, before they descended to near-surface level.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Advanced Aviation Threat Identification Program: Pentagon UFO Study” → “USS Princeton tracking summary”, PDF p. 177CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131034 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In the Bill Chalker-credited airship entry, Frederick William Birmingham explicitly characterized his 1868 account as a “dream—a vision.” He described an ark-like aerial machine moving in a zigzag path, descending gently, with a brown or rubber-like exterior, faint steel-blue scale-like surface effects, and cylinders at the front and rear.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in New Zealand/Australia” → “Frederick William Birmingham — 1868 dream/vision”, PDF pp. 206–207CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131035 · Reported Craft Interior
“Within Birmingham’s explicitly visionary 1868 account, the machine contained a pilot house about three and a half feet below the deck, reached by steep steps, with a table about five by three and a half by two and a half feet covered by oilskin- or rubber-like material; he described the sides as roughly six inches thick.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in New Zealand/Australia” → “Frederick William Birmingham — pilot-house interior”, PDF pp. 207–208CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131036 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Bill Chalker-credited entry recounts an August 13, 1909 Glen Innes report in which several residents described a balloon-like object that appeared through a night glass to be shaped like an inverted top. Its lower portion was illuminated, its body revolved, a small searchlight-like beam swept the ground, and the upper portion remained dark.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in New Zealand/Australia” → “Glen Innes — August 13, 1909”, PDF p. 219CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-131037 · Reported Craft Appearance
“For the October 25, 1910 Minderoo Station report, the Chalker-credited entry quotes Mrs. A. J. Roe describing a compact object resembling a dirigible but squarer and more aeroplane-like, dark brown or black, with flashes like sunlight reflecting from a revolving component or metalwork.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Airship Sightings in New Zealand/Australia” → “Minderoo Station — October 25, 1910”, PDF pp. 220–221CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark’s Angel Hair entry recounts the 1952 Oloron report as a large cigar-like structure accompanied by numerous smaller aerial objects; the witness description places the larger structure above a strange cottony cloud.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Angel Hair” → “Oloron — October 17, 1952”, PDF pp. 365–366CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132002 · Reported Craft Behavior
“In the Oloron account, smaller objects moved around and ahead of the large cigar, sometimes in pairs and zigzagging, while filament-like material descended through the area.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Angel Hair” → “Oloron — October 17, 1952”, PDF pp. 365–366CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132003 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Clark also lists a 1954 Jerome, Ohio school sighting in which a cigar-shaped object was associated with falling filament-like material and then departed at high speed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Angel Hair” → “Jerome, Ohio — October 22, 1954”, PDF p. 369CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132004 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark summarizes Angelucci’s 1952 contact claim as beginning with a red glowing oval-shaped object that he followed at close range.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Angelucci, Orfeo Matthew (1912–1993)” → “July 23, 1952 contact claim”, PDF p. 375CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132005 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Angelucci claimed the red oval hovered briefly, allowed him to approach to roughly 30 feet, and then accelerated away rapidly.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Angelucci, Orfeo Matthew (1912–1993)” → “July 23, 1952 contact claim”, PDF p. 375CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132006 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The same contact narrative says two smaller softly fluorescent green globes, each on the order of three feet across, appeared in association with the main object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Angelucci, Orfeo Matthew (1912–1993)” → “Contact sequence”, PDF pp. 375–376CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132007 · Reported Craft Interior
“In a later episode that Angelucci himself characterized as a semi-dream state, he said he entered a huge misty bubble-like object with an iridescent, self-luminous mother-of-pearl-like interior.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Angelucci, Orfeo Matthew (1912–1993)” → “Semi-dream / bubble-like object episode”, PDF pp. 376–377CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132008 · Physical Characteristics
“In a cattle-mutilation account explicitly described as occurring while the witness was apparently in an out-of-body state, Clark reports two short gray-skinned figures with large eyes and enlarged heads.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Doraty account”, PDF pp. 396–397CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132009 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The same altered-state Doraty narrative says the two gray figures were seen cutting a calf and communicating in unusually fast, nasal, sing-song speech.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Doraty account”, PDF pp. 396–397CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132010 · Physical Characteristics
“Clark recounts a 1980 Waco-area rancher’s claim of two roughly four-foot greenish humanoids with almond-shaped eyes and heads shaped like eggs tapering downward.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Waco, Texas — April 1980”, PDF pp. 397–398CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132011 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Waco-area rancher said the two short greenish figures were carrying a calf when he encountered them.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Waco, Texas — April 1980”, PDF pp. 397–398CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132012 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark recounts the Watsons’ 1983 claim of a green cone-shaped object with a visible door and a platform extending from its side.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Watson account — July 1983”, PDF pp. 398–399CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132013 · Physical Characteristics
“In the Watson account, a bipedal “lizard-type” figure reportedly stood beside the green cone-shaped object; the witnesses emphasized large green eyes and a leaf-like or camouflage-like surface appearance.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Watson account — July 1983”, PDF pp. 398–399CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132014 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In the 1978 Frodsham/River Weaver report, Clark describes a silver spherical object about 15 feet across, with rectangular windows around its midsection and a skirt- or rim-like lower edge.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Frodsham / River Weaver — 1978”, PDF pp. 400–401CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132015 · Sound Emission
“The Frodsham/River Weaver object was reported to emit a faint humming sound together with a rushing-wind-like noise while moving low over the water.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Frodsham / River Weaver — 1978”, PDF pp. 400–401CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132016 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Frodsham/River Weaver report describes a humanlike occupant wearing a silver one-piece suit and a helmet fitted with a lamp-like device.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Frodsham / River Weaver — 1978”, PDF p. 401CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132017 · Physical Characteristics
“Clark includes a 1991 Palmarejo report of two three-to-four-foot gray beings with large heads, large black eyes, an almost imperceptible nose and a narrow slit-like mouth.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Animal Mutilations and UFOs” → “Palmarejo — 1991”, PDF pp. 403–404CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132018 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark’s Arnold entry says that in the 1947 Mount Rainier sighting, all but one of the nine reflective objects appeared as flat discs; one darker object resembled a crescent.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Arnold Sighting” → “June 24, 1947 morphology”, PDF p. 477CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132019 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Arnold described the objects as moving together in a chain-like formation, flipping or dipping in unison so their surfaces flashed in the sunlight.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Arnold Sighting” → “June 24, 1947 motion”, PDF pp. 477–478CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132020 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Baleia entry describes a huge brown mushroom-shaped object about 65 feet in diameter, with a row of watch-like openings and a flat base displaying intermittent red, yellow and blue light streaks.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Baleia Case” → “Fábio Diniz sighting”, PDF p. 494CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132021 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Diniz further reported a transparent screen descending from the edge of a glass-like dome and a shiny black cylindrical lower structure nearly 10 feet wide and more than six feet high.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Baleia Case” → “Dome and lower cylinder”, PDF p. 495CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132022 · Physical Characteristics
“The Baleia occupants were described as two tall human-shaped beings; their covered hands appeared to have thick fingers, with four fingers visible on each hand.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Baleia Case” → “Occupant morphology”, PDF pp. 495–496CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132023 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Baleia figures were said to wear green diver-like suits, helmets with a protruding mouth/nose device, and tubing running down the body and back toward the neck.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Baleia Case” → “Occupant clothing/equipment”, PDF pp. 495–496CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132024 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the occupants re-entered, the Baleia object reportedly rose slowly in a vertical direction and then departed on an oblique flight path.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Baleia Case” → “Departure”, PDF p. 496CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132025 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In the Barroso case, Clark reports a flying object about 10 feet in diameter that positioned itself above the witness and then descended nearby.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Barroso Case” → “Fernandes encounter”, PDF p. 502CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132026 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Barroso object reportedly projected a beam that immediately immobilized the witness and his donkey.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Barroso Case” → “Beam effect”, PDF p. 502CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132027 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Clark says two small beings emerged from the Barroso object; one used a flashlight-like device to direct another beam at the witness’s face before he lost consciousness.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Barroso Case” → “Occupants and handheld device”, PDF pp. 502–503CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132028 · Physical Characteristics
“The Bauru narrative describes three broadly humanlike intruders. Two had partially masked heads and dark clothing; a third had light skin, roughly cut hair and lighter clothing, and spoke in an unknown language.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bauru Case” → “Intruder morphology”, PDF pp. 507–508CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132029 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Bauru witness compared the landed object to a Volkswagen van and described a light-blue exterior with a bluish glow visible inside.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bauru Case” → “Landed object”, PDF pp. 508–509CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132030 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark preserves sharply different Bauru size estimates: the witness’s reconstruction implied a much larger vehicle than a later military reconstruction, which put it at roughly 16 feet high and 10 feet across.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bauru Case” → “Competing size reconstructions”, PDF pp. 509–510CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132031 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Bauru object was described as landing quietly, then making a frying-like sound during departure and leaving in a zigzag trajectory.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bauru Case” → “Departure behavior”, PDF pp. 509–510CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132033 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Bebedouro captors reportedly wore shining light-colored suits and masks with two eye openings; tubing ran from each mask to a small metal container on the back.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bebedouro Abduction Case” → “Captors”, PDF p. 513CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132034 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Da Silva described the Bebedouro vehicle as two saucer-like plates joined by a thick vertical cylinder, with regularly spaced rods slanting from the upper plate toward the cylinder base; the cylinder was gray and the plates black.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bebedouro Abduction Case” → “Exterior craft morphology”, PDF p. 513CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132036 · Reported Craft Interior
“The first Bebedouro interior was described as a quadrangular room with smooth dark-gray stone-like walls and intense source-less mercury-vapor-like illumination.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bebedouro Abduction Case” → “Interior”, PDF pp. 513–514CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132037 · Reported Craft Behavior
“During the alleged journey, the vehicle seemed to rotate about 90 degrees on its lateral axis while the seats automatically adjusted to the changed orientation and later returned.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bebedouro Abduction Case” → “In-flight behavior”, PDF pp. 513–514CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132038 · Physical Characteristics
“After helmets were removed, the Bebedouro figures were described as extremely hairy; the apparent leader had waist-length red hair and beard, pale skin, thick eyebrows, large deep-set greenish eyes, a long pointed nose, large rounded ears and a fishlike mouth with no visible teeth.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bebedouro Abduction Case” → “Unmasked morphology”, PDF pp. 514–515CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132039 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Bebedouro account describes guttural speech among the figures and later attempted communication with Da Silva through gestures and drawings on a slate.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bebedouro Abduction Case” → “Communication”, PDF pp. 513–515CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132040 · Physical Characteristics
“Clark summarizes Bethurum’s contact claim as involving a group of small men of broadly Mediterranean/Latin appearance and a female captain, Aura Rhanes, described as shorter than the men with black hair and an olive complexion.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Bethurum Contact Claims” → “Occupant claim”, PDF pp. 528–529CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132042 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The BOAC entry recounts a 1954 airliner crew report of a large gray cigar-like object accompanied by six smaller black oval or globular objects. The objects were described as opaque and sharply defined, without visible flames or lights.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “BOAC Sighting” → “June 29, 1954”, PDF pp. 534–535CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132043 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The BOAC crew reported that the large object slowly changed apparent shape while the smaller objects maneuvered nearby.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “BOAC Sighting” → “Object behavior”, PDF pp. 534–535CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132044 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The navigator’s account said the smaller objects appeared to enter the large cigar before the larger object diminished or disappeared as an interceptor approached.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “BOAC Sighting” → “Departure / smaller-object relationship”, PDF p. 535CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132045 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At Brands Flats, Clark reports two saucer-like objects estimated at roughly 80 feet and 20 feet across; the smaller one descended rapidly and landed close to the witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brands Flats CE3” → “Craft morphology”, PDF p. 536CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132046 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The smaller Brands Flats object reportedly descended rapidly and silently; a door then opened with a slight noise and light was visible inside.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brands Flats CE3” → “Landing”, PDF p. 536CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132047 · Physical Characteristics
“Three figures about three feet tall reportedly emerged at Brands Flats. They were humanlike with reddish-orange skin and penetrating eyes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brands Flats CE3” → “Occupants”, PDF pp. 536–537CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132048 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Brands Flats figures were said to wear tight suits matching the reddish/orange color associated with the craft and occupants; the witnesses heard unintelligible speech and later thought the figures moved just above the ground.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brands Flats CE3” → “Occupant clothing/behavior”, PDF pp. 536–537CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132049 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark’s Brazilian pilot survey records a September 1976 VARIG report of a discoidal object estimated at about 40 meters in diameter, observed in daylight and reportedly associated with radar detection.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brazilian Pilot Sightings” → “VARIG — September 1976”, PDF pp. 540–541CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132050 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A July 1, 1995 VARIG crew report in the same entry describes a bright discoid estimated at roughly 66 meters in diameter and emitting intense white light.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brazilian Pilot Sightings” → “VARIG — July 1, 1995”, PDF pp. 550–551CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132051 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Pilot Haroldo Westendorff reported an enormous pyramidal object in October 1996, described as roughly the size of a football stadium, about 165 feet high, with eight sides and multiple dome-like protrusions.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brazilian Pilot Sightings” → “Haroldo Westendorff — October 5, 1996”, PDF pp. 553–554CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132053 · Reported Craft Behavior
“According to Westendorff, an opening appeared near the top and three smaller disc-shaped objects emerged; reddish light rays were also reported before the large object accelerated upward.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brazilian Pilot Sightings” → “Haroldo Westendorff — October 5, 1996”, PDF pp. 553–554CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132054 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark also includes a December 1, 1988 Recife pilot report of a discoid object whose central red light intensified during the encounter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brazilian Pilot Sightings” → “Recife — December 1, 1988”, PDF pp. 560–561CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132055 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The earliest Brooksville narrative describes a reddish-purple/bluish-green low object roughly 20–30 feet across and about six feet high, standing on four legs. Clark’s later assessment emphasizes serious credibility problems in the overall story.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brooksville Incident” → “Initial March 2, 1965 narrative”, PDF pp. 566–568CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-132056 · Physical Characteristics
“The initial Brooksville story included a roughly five-foot humanlike figure with a dark-tanned face, which the witness described in robotlike terms.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brooksville Incident” → “Initial occupant description”, PDF pp. 566–568CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-132057 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Brooksville figure was described as wearing silver-gray canvas-like clothing, white gloves and metallic-looking boots.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brooksville Incident” → “Initial occupant clothing”, PDF pp. 566–568CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-132058 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Clark concludes that the Brooksville narrative developed major credibility problems and offers hallucination or fabrication as possibilities; the archive therefore retains its craft details as disputed testimony rather than corroborated morphology.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brooksville Incident” → “Assessment”, PDF pp. 582–583CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-132059 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Brusque close encounter describes a gray deep-dish-like object with a flattened upper section, approximately 10 feet in diameter and slowly rotating counterclockwise.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brusque Close Encounter” → “Craft morphology”, PDF pp. 585–586CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132060 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Brusque object’s upper light reportedly shifted color with apparent speed, from red through orange/yellow/green toward white, while becoming dimmer when stationary.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brusque Close Encounter” → “Light behavior”, PDF pp. 585–586CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132062 · Reported Entity Behavior
“One Brusque figure reportedly used a staff-like device to direct a bluish-white beam toward the witness; the account associates the beam with collapse or temporary paralysis.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Brusque Close Encounter” → “Directed-beam episode”, PDF pp. 588–589CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132063 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Buff Ledge narrative begins with a distant white glowing cigar-like object from which three smaller white objects reportedly emerged.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Buff Ledge Abduction Case” → “Initial sighting”, PDF p. 590CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132064 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At closer range, one of the smaller Buff Ledge objects was described as a domed disc about 40–50 feet across, with colored lights around its perimeter and a transparent dome.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Buff Ledge Abduction Case” → “Close-range craft”, PDF p. 591CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132065 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The close Buff Ledge disc reportedly entered the water broadside, later resurfaced and hovered roughly 15 feet above the water near the witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Buff Ledge Abduction Case” → “Water transition / hover”, PDF pp. 591–592CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132066 · Physical Characteristics
“Before hypnosis, the witnesses said they could see two short figures inside the transparent dome with enlarged heads, oversized oval eyes and small mouths, wearing gray or silver uniforms.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Buff Ledge Abduction Case” → “Visible occupants before hypnosis”, PDF pp. 591–592CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132067 · Physical Characteristics
“Under hypnosis, the Buff Ledge witnesses described humanoids slightly over five feet tall with elongated heads, large oval eyes, no visible ears, nostril-like openings and a slit-like mouth.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Buff Ledge Abduction Case” → “Hypnosis-derived occupant morphology”, PDF p. 593CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132070 · Reported Craft Interior
“Hypnosis-derived portions of the Buff Ledge narrative describe the smaller disc as entering or docking inside a much larger cigar-like craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Buff Ledge Abduction Case” → “Hypnosis-derived mothership sequence”, PDF pp. 593–594CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132071 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark describes the Cash-Landrum object as an intensely bright, dull metallic-silver upright diamond about the size of a water tower, with the top and bottom truncated flat.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cash-Landrum CE2” → “Object morphology”, PDF p. 602CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132072 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Small blue lights reportedly formed a ring around the center of the Cash-Landrum object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cash-Landrum CE2” → “Lighting”, PDF p. 602CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132073 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Witnesses said repeated flame bursts projected downward from the Cash-Landrum object, spreading into a large cone; between bursts the object drifted lower and then rose again when the flame resumed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cash-Landrum CE2” → “Flame / vertical motion”, PDF pp. 601–603CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132074 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Cennina witness described an upright spindle or double-cone object more than two meters high and about one meter wide at the swollen middle, tapering to points at both ends.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cennina CE3” → “Craft exterior”, PDF p. 608CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132077 · Physical Characteristics
“Aside from their small stature, the Cennina figures were described as human in form and proportion and as appearing somewhat old.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cennina CE3” → “Occupant morphology”, PDF pp. 608–609CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132078 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Cennina occupants reportedly wore gray full-body suits from neck to feet, waist-length cloaks and red leather-like helmets.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cennina CE3” → “Occupant clothing”, PDF pp. 608–609CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132079 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Cennina figures spoke continuously in an unknown language and behaved in a nonthreatening, even jovial manner.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cennina CE3” → “Occupant communication/behavior”, PDF p. 609CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132080 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Ceres account compares the landed object to two superimposed plates separated by a central strip containing a door. Clark’s text contains internally inconsistent dimensional figures, so those numbers are not normalized here.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ceres Case” → “Craft morphology”, PDF pp. 611–612CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132083 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the Ceres crew re-entered and the object rose, a smaller object reportedly detached from the larger craft and departed separately.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ceres Case” → “Departure”, PDF p. 612CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132084 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Chiles-Whitted entry describes a fast-moving wingless torpedo-shaped object with two rows of large square windows or ports.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Chiles-Whitted Sighting” → “July 24, 1948 morphology”, PDF pp. 623–624CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132085 · Craft Length
“Chiles and Whitted estimated the object at roughly 100 feet long.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Chiles-Whitted Sighting” → “Length estimate”, PDF p. 624CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132086 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The pilots reported bright interior illumination through the windows, a blue glow beneath the body and a long red/orange flame- or wake-like feature extending behind it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Chiles-Whitted Sighting” → “Lighting / wake”, PDF pp. 623–624CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132087 · Sound Emission
“Despite the close pass, Chiles and Whitted said they heard no noise and felt no turbulence from the object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Chiles-Whitted Sighting” → “Acoustic/aerodynamic observation”, PDF p. 624CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132088 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At close range in the Cisco Grove account, the hovering object was said to show three glowing, shimmering rectangular panels arranged vertically in a stepped-down configuration.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cisco Grove CE3” → “Close-range craft appearance”, PDF p. 630CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132090 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The two non-robotic Cisco Grove figures were described as wearing light-colored, silver or whitish uniforms with bellows-like sections at the elbows and knees.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cisco Grove CE3” → “Humanoid clothing”, PDF pp. 630–631CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132091 · Physical Characteristics
“The Cisco Grove humanoids had very large dark eyes compared to welder’s goggles; later the witness said their faces looked dark or black and partly covered by suit or hood material, with few other features visible.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cisco Grove CE3” → “Humanoid morphology”, PDF pp. 630–633CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132093 · Physical Characteristics
“The robotlike Cisco Grove figure was described with a square metallic face, two bright fire-colored eyes and a square hinged mouth hanging slightly open.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cisco Grove CE3” → “Robot morphology”, PDF p. 631CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132094 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The robot reportedly walked stiffly and emitted a white vapor from its mouth area; the witness associated exposure to the vapor with brief unconsciousness and nausea.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cisco Grove CE3” → “Robot behavior / vapor”, PDF pp. 631–632CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-132095 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Near dawn, two robotlike figures reportedly faced each other and produced repeated arc-like flashes between them, generating fog that obscured the witness’s view.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cisco Grove CE3” → “Robot-to-robot flashing”, PDF p. 633CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In the Mato Grosso car-chase account, two luminous spheroidal objects were described with Saturn-like equatorial rings; the upper hemispheres and rings appeared fiery red while the lower hemispheres shone silvery white.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Mato Grosso car chase”, PDF p. 650CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133002 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The same pair reportedly flew side by side, wobbled and spun on their axes, then alternated coordinated close approaches, circling, illumination and low-altitude chase maneuvers around the witnesses’ jeep.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Mato Grosso maneuvering”, PDF pp. 650–651CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133003 · Reported Craft Diameter
“During one low landing or hover, the witness described one object as a polished metallic sphere about fifteen feet in diameter with a large rotating ring around its center.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Mato Grosso close-range dimensions”, PDF p. 651CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133004 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At close range the Mato Grosso object was described as polished silvery metal with no visible doors, portholes or protrusions, apart from the central rotating ring.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Mato Grosso close-range appearance”, PDF p. 651CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133005 · Sound Emission
“The landed or very low Mato Grosso object was reported to produce no sound; the witness also reported no heat or smell at close range.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Mato Grosso close-range effects”, PDF p. 651CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133006 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the second reported landing, returning witnesses described a faint phosphorescent mist hovering at the site and slowly dispersing in the wind.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Mato Grosso landing-site haze”, PDF p. 652CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133007 · Craft Length
“At Lovasen in Lapland, witnesses described a dark cigar-shaped structure between about eighty-two and one hundred thirty feet long.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Lovasen cigar dimensions”, PDF p. 653CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133008 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Lovasen cigar reportedly hovered about eight meters above the ground with a slight axial wobble, then accelerated northward with a whistling sound after a kitchen light was switched on.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Lovasen cigar behavior”, PDF p. 653CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133009 · Reported Craft Diameter
“A smaller silvery metallic globe reported after the Lovasen cigar departed was estimated at roughly twenty to forty feet in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Lovasen companion sphere dimensions”, PDF p. 653CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133010 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Lovasen globe was described with a trailing exhaust-like tail, returning toward the farm, stopping above a power line and hovering for about four minutes before departing northeast.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Lovasen companion sphere behavior”, PDF p. 653CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133011 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At Camp Delaware near Winsted, Connecticut, witnesses described a silvery flat-bottomed saucer about fifteen to twenty-five feet across, surrounded by purple haze and topped by a red glow interpreted by some as a dome.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Camp Delaware”, PDF p. 654CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133012 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Camp Delaware object reportedly hovered at a steep angle while a high-pitched whine was heard, then ascended so rapidly that some witnesses perceived it as vanishing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Camp Delaware behavior”, PDF p. 654CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133013 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Near Bristol, Wisconsin, a very large triangular object was reported about thirty feet above the road, with lights along its edges and a gridlike structure visible on the underside.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Bristol triangle”, PDF p. 655CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133014 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Bristol triangle reportedly remained almost stationary above the roadway before drifting slowly toward the southeast.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the First Kind” → “Bristol triangle behavior”, PDF p. 655CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133015 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Near Lome, Togo, two witnesses reported an unlighted cylindrical object moving just above the sea before stopping offshore.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Second Kind” → “Togo parted-waters report”, PDF p. 665CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133016 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Togo cylinder reportedly stopped within about five hundred feet, projected powerful beams, and coincided with violently disturbed water described as a deep trough while the witnesses felt temporarily unable to move.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Second Kind” → “Togo beams and water effects”, PDF p. 665CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133017 · Reported Craft Diameter
“The Columbia, Missouri, object was estimated at approximately twelve to fifteen feet in diameter while hovering at very low altitude.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Second Kind” → “Columbia oval dimensions”, PDF p. 669CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133018 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Witnesses described the Columbia object as an intensely bright oval with an aluminum-colored appearance; after it dimmed somewhat, a blue band and orange edge glow became visible.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Second Kind” → “Columbia oval appearance”, PDF p. 669CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133019 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Columbia object was associated with two narrow silver-white beams, moved below treetop level in silence, hovered at several positions and finally appeared to diminish in size until it disappeared without visible translational motion.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Second Kind” → “Columbia oval behavior”, PDF pp. 669–670CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133020 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Investigator Ted Phillips documented multiple deep ground impressions and fresh tree damage along the reported Columbia flight path, including broken limbs and leaves showing damage or scorching.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Second Kind” → “Columbia site traces”, PDF p. 670CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133021 · Reported Craft Appearance
“In Mark Rodeghier’s 441-case vehicle-interference catalogue as summarized by Clark, roughly one-third of the reported objects were described as discs, commonly estimated at ten to thirty feet in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Second Kind” → “Rodeghier vehicle-interference synthesis”, PDF p. 673CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133022 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Rodeghier reported a statistically associated cluster in his vehicle-interference sample involving metallic appearance, disc shape, landing and sound; Clark presents this as a sample correlation rather than a universal craft property.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Second Kind” → “Rodeghier correlation cluster”, PDF pp. 673–674CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133023 · Reported Craft Diameter
“In the retrospective Christchurch 1944 report, the landed upturned-saucer object was estimated at about twenty feet across.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Christchurch 1944 craft”, PDF p. 703CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133026 · Physical Characteristics
“The Christchurch beings were described as green or green-clad, each inside a transparent oblong enclosure; the head region appeared to occupy nearly half of the body and no arms or legs were apparent.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Christchurch 1944 occupants”, PDF p. 703CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133027 · Reported Entity Behavior
“After the outside Christchurch figure noticed the witness, its helmet reportedly shifted automatically and the figure drifted through the open hatch before the craft rose vertically.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Christchurch 1944 occupant behavior”, PDF p. 703CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133028 · Reported Craft Diameter
“In the 1946 Oklahoma City report, a metallic lens-shaped object was estimated at about seventy-five feet in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Oklahoma City 1946”, PDF p. 704CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133029 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Oklahoma City object was described with twelve to fourteen square windows on its lower side, each showing a head-and-shoulders figure against a dark interior.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Oklahoma City 1946”, PDF pp. 704–705CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133030 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Oklahoma City object reportedly rotated about ninety degrees around its vertical axis and then departed silently toward the northwest within seconds.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Oklahoma City 1946 behavior”, PDF pp. 704–705CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133031 · Entity Height
“The two figures reported in the 1946 Johannesburg saucer were described as approximately seven feet tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Johannesburg 1946 occupants”, PDF p. 705CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133032 · Physical Characteristics
“The Johannesburg figures were described as fair-complexioned, broad-shouldered, short-haired and unusually attractive, appearing nearly identical to each other.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Johannesburg 1946 occupants”, PDF p. 705CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133033 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Johannesburg figures reportedly wore white uniforms with stiff collars and broad belts.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Johannesburg 1946 clothing”, PDF p. 705CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133034 · Entity Height
“Bill Schuening’s 1947 Oregon report described two small occupants at approximately three feet tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Schuening 1947”, PDF p. 706CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133035 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Schuening figures were described as wearing green suits and white helmets beneath a hovering silvery sphere.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Schuening 1947 clothing”, PDF p. 706CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133036 · Physical Characteristics
“The 1950 Lago, Argentina, report described four tall pallid-faced men visible in a transparent cabin of a landed disc.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Lago 1950”, PDF p. 707CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133037 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Lago occupants were described in a transparent or cellophane-like form of clothing while working with instruments.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Lago 1950 clothing”, PDF p. 707CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133038 · Reported Entity Clothing
“At Abbiate Guazzone in 1950, three or four pale humanlike figures were reported inside a landed disc wearing diving-suit-like clothing and helmets with transparent faceplates.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Abbiate Guazzone 1950”, PDF p. 707CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133039 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Abbiate Guazzone figures reportedly moved slowly, responded to the witness with growling sounds, and one aimed a small camera-like device whose beam knocked the witness down.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Abbiate Guazzone behavior”, PDF p. 707CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133041 · Physical Characteristics
“The Oregon figure was described as heavily built with a pale face and extremely large round luminous eyes containing filament-like reticulation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Oregon 1952 morphology”, PDF p. 708CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133042 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Oregon figure reportedly wore an Arab-style headdress and a fine metallic-mesh uniform with gloves, boots and a ribbed belt.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Oregon 1952 clothing”, PDF p. 708CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133043 · Physical Characteristics
“The 1954 Linha Bela Vista occupants were described as pale-skinned men with slanted eyes and long blond hair.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Linha Bela Vista 1954”, PDF p. 709CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133045 · Reported Entity Behavior
“One Linha Bela Vista figure reportedly smiled, returned the witness’s dropped hoe, and the group collected plant samples before departing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Linha Bela Vista behavior”, PDF p. 709CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133046 · Entity Height
“In the Quarouble report, two diving-suit-clad figures were described as less than three and a half feet tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Dwarfs in diving suits — Quarouble”, PDF p. 712CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133047 · Reported Entity Clothing
“Clark groups several 1954 French and Italian reports in which small humanoids were described in diving-suit-like or metallic diving-suit clothing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Dwarfs in diving suits”, PDF p. 712CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133048 · Reported Entity Behavior
“In the Quarouble account a light associated with the object reportedly blinded and temporarily paralyzed the witness while the two small figures returned to the craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Quarouble behavior”, PDF p. 712CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133049 · Physical Characteristics
“The 1956 Conashaugh report described two fair-complexioned humanlike little men, approximately three and three-and-a-half feet tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Human dwarfs — Conashaugh”, PDF p. 713CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133050 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Conashaugh figures reportedly wore tight-fitting silvery suits and helmets.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Conashaugh clothing”, PDF p. 713CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133051 · Physical Characteristics
“Near House, Mississippi, in 1957, two men and a woman were described as about four and a half feet tall with dark hair and unusually pale or pasty-looking faces.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Human dwarfs — House, Mississippi”, PDF p. 713CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133052 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The House, Mississippi, figures reportedly communicated with a chattering sound; one attempted a human-style handshake before the group reentered an egg-shaped craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “House, Mississippi behavior”, PDF p. 713CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133053 · Entity Height
“In the Old Saybrook report, figures visible through illuminated portholes were later estimated at about four feet tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Old Saybrook 1957”, PDF p. 714CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133054 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Old Saybrook figures were described in light-colored uniforms inside a close, cigar-shaped object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Old Saybrook clothing”, PDF p. 714CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133055 · Physical Characteristics
“The 1954 Lewarde-Erchin report described a squat furry being with an oversized head, large slanted protruding eyes, a flat nose and thick red lips.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Hairy dwarfs — Lewarde-Erchin”, PDF p. 715CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133058 · Reported Entity Behavior
“In the Petare report, the being allegedly pushed a man several yards and a knife glanced off its body; two similar figures later joined it and all three fled into a glowing sphere.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Petare behavior”, PDF p. 715CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133059 · Reported Entity Behavior
“At Valencia, Venezuela, six small hairy figures were reported loading rocks into a hovering disc; one allegedly used a violet beam that temporarily paralyzed a witness.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Valencia behavior”, PDF p. 715CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133061 · Physical Characteristics
“The Branch Hill figures were described with gray skin, wide lipless mouths, deep head wrinkles instead of hair, and asymmetrical chests with a pronounced bulge on the right.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Branch Hill morphology”, PDF p. 716CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133062 · Physical Characteristics
“The Stockton, Georgia, report described sub-four-foot gray-skinned figures with very large pupil-less eyes; the nearest figure also had clawlike hands, a long pointed nose and a small lipless-looking mouth.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Gray dwarfs — Stockton”, PDF p. 716CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133064 · Entity Height
“The 1950 Canby, Oregon, little-person report described a figure only about twelve inches tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Tiny dwarfs — Canby”, PDF p. 717CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133065 · Physical Characteristics
“The Canby figure was described as stocky with a deeply tanned face, wearing ordinary-looking overalls, a plaid shirt and a skullcap.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Canby morphology/clothing”, PDF p. 717CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133066 · Physical Characteristics
“The 1953 Villares del Saz report described three beings no more than two feet tall with narrow eyes and humanlike faces.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Tiny dwarfs — Villares del Saz”, PDF p. 717CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133067 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Villares del Saz figures were reported in blue suits with peaked caps.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Villares del Saz clothing”, PDF p. 717CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133068 · Physical Characteristics
“At Chehalis, Washington, in 1948, witnesses reported a human-shaped figure equipped with long silver wings, flying upright while operating instruments strapped to its chest.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Flying entities — Chehalis”, PDF p. 718CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133069 · Physical Characteristics
“Near Grassy Butte, Oregon, in 1948, two flying persons were described with narrowed rounded-tip wings that did not flap and with unusually short legs.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Flying entities — Grassy Butte”, PDF p. 718CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133070 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The 1954 Chicago report described a small green-suited man using an expandable parachute-like device that contracted after landing and expanded again before a rapid departure over Lake Michigan.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Flying entities — Chicago”, PDF p. 718CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133071 · Reported Entity Clothing
“Near Coldwater, Kansas, a small dark-complexioned figure was described in shiny clothing with two long cylinders on its back before it floated toward a nearby disc.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Flying entities — Coldwater”, PDF p. 718CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133073 · Physical Characteristics
“The Derry being was described with a high forehead, floppy ears, a bloodhound-like face, lidless reptilian eyes and loose folded skin on an unclothed green body.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Derry morphology”, PDF p. 719CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133074 · Reported Entity Behavior
“After watching the witness for several minutes, the Derry figure reportedly approached while making a screeching sound, prompting the witness to flee.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Derry behavior”, PDF p. 719CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133075 · Reported Entity Behavior
“In Isabel Davis’s comparison of 1950s little-humanoid reports with contactee narratives, the former are characterized as unexpected and frightening, with behavior that witnesses found difficult to interpret and communication usually absent or unintelligible.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “Isabel Davis comparison”, PDF p. 720CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133076 · Physical Characteristics
“Clark’s CE3 survey notes that humanlike and humanoid figures dominate occupant reports in the historical sample, while also emphasizing major variation within those categories.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” → “CE3 historical synthesis”, PDF pp. 706–707CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133077 · Physical Characteristics
“Clark characterizes the classic contactee-literature “Space Brother” archetype as strikingly handsome or beautiful and usually long-haired and blond; this is presented as a belief/literary archetype, not an independently observed species.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Contactees” → “Space Brother archetype”, PDF p. 784CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133078 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The same contactee archetype is described as benevolent, wise and patient, contrasting with the more enigmatic occupants reported by noncontactees.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Contactees” → “Space Brother archetype”, PDF p. 784CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133079 · Reported Craft Diameter
“APRO investigators reconstructed the close Colusa object at approximately eighty-five feet in diameter from the witness’s position and description.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Colusa CE1” → “Close-range dimensions”, PDF p. 777CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133080 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Colusa disc was described with a ribbed silver-gray dome, a porcelain-like underside and a stainless-steel-like outer rim rotating clockwise.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Colusa CE1” → “Close-range structure”, PDF pp. 776–777CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133081 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A roughly ten-foot-wide central area on the Colusa underside reportedly emitted a translucent gray-white light shaft that ended several feet below the craft without reaching or reflecting from the ground.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Colusa CE1” → “Central light shaft”, PDF p. 777CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133082 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Colusa witness described two hooklike arms and six cable-like appendages hanging from the craft; as the object moved away the cables retracted and the hooks rotated upward and inward.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Colusa CE1” → “Appendages”, PDF p. 777CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133083 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After moving away, two hatches reportedly opened and spotlight-like lamps extended on fixtures, projecting sharply directed beams toward the ground.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Colusa CE1” → “External lights”, PDF p. 777CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133084 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Two more distant Colusa objects were reported over transmission towers, projecting blue beams onto the tower tops while portions of nearby power lines appeared to glow red.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Colusa CE1” → “Distant companion objects”, PDF p. 778CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133085 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The primary Colusa object ultimately departed upward so rapidly that a later witness estimated it disappeared within about half a second.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Colusa CE1” → “Final departure”, PDF pp. 779–780CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133086 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Conklin boys described a shiny, dome-shaped object resting in tall grass, with about six feet of the structure visible above the vegetation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Conklin CE3” → “Craft appearance”, PDF p. 781CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133088 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Conklin figure reportedly wore a shiny black short-sleeved shirt and long pants plus a black helmet with two antenna-like wires and a transparent lens over the eye area.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Conklin CE3” → “Humanoid clothing/equipment”, PDF p. 781CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133089 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Conklin figure was associated with continuous whistling apparently coming from the stomach area, moved stiffly, and after falling backward from a tree was reported to float slowly into the bushes before crawling toward the object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Conklin CE3” → “Humanoid behavior”, PDF pp. 781–782CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133090 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The witness’s mother later found a circular area of flattened grass with broken bushes, dried yellow moss and displaced moss clumps; investigators reported that traces remained visible months later.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Conklin CE3” → “Ground traces”, PDF p. 782CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133091 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Walter Correa do Prado and his wife reported a wingless cigar-shaped object hovering in a vacant lot about one hundred sixty-five feet away and roughly twenty feet above the ground.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Correa Abduction Case” → “Conscious cigar observation”, PDF p. 812CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133092 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Correa cigar was described with orange and green window-like features and lower lights of the same colors that blinked at regular intervals.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Correa Abduction Case” → “Lighting”, PDF p. 812CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133093 · Sound Emission
“The Correa cigar was reported to hover silently for about twenty minutes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Correa Abduction Case” → “Acoustic observation”, PDF pp. 812–813CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133094 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The day after the Correa cigar sighting, the witnesses reported a circular burned area in the grass beneath where the object had hovered.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Correa Abduction Case” → “Reported ground trace”, PDF p. 813CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133095 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Coyne helicopter crew described a structured metallic cigar-shaped object with a red light at the nose and a white light at the rear, lacking visible wings, tail or identifying marks.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Coyne CE2” → “Close approach morphology”, PDF p. 816CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133096 · Reported Craft Behavior
“A green pyramid-shaped beam was reported sweeping through roughly ninety degrees beneath the Coyne object and illuminating the helicopter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Coyne CE2” → “Green beam”, PDF p. 816CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133097 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Coyne crew estimated the approaching object at roughly six hundred knots before it appeared to stop and hover silently for about ten to twelve seconds near the helicopter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Coyne CE2” → “Approach and hover”, PDF p. 816CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133098 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The crew reported that their helicopter climbed unexpectedly from about 1,700 to 3,500 feet while the collective remained fully down; the climb ended after a slight bump near 3,800 feet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Coyne CE2” → “Helicopter flight effect”, PDF p. 817CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133099 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Independent ground witnesses later compared the Coyne object to a blimp with a dome, approximately school-bus sized, and described the surrounding area as illuminated green.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Coyne CE2” → “Ground-witness morphology”, PDF pp. 817–818CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133100 · Entity Height
“Stringfield published an anonymous doctor’s statement giving the alleged specimen’s length as four feet three and three-eighths inches.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “Stringfield anonymous autopsy claim”, PDF p. 892CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133101 · Physical Characteristics
“The anonymous Stringfield source described an oversized pear-shaped head, recessed upward-slanting eyes without visible eyelids, a slitlike mouth, no external ear lobes, no hair follicles and grayish mobile-looking skin.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “Stringfield anonymous anatomy”, PDF p. 892CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133102 · Physical Characteristics
“The same alleged specimen was described with disproportionately long arms and no thumb, short thin legs, and feet with no external toes despite reported underlying bone structure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “Stringfield anonymous anatomy”, PDF p. 892CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133103 · Physical Characteristics
“Stringfield’s anonymous source later characterized the alleged skin tissue under magnification as having a mesh- or grid-like pattern.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “Stringfield tissue claim”, PDF p. 892CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133104 · Reported Craft Appearance
“An anonymous pilot interviewed by H. E. Puthoff in 1993 said that the relatively intact front of a craft he allegedly found in New Mexico in 1947 looked egg-shaped.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “New Mexico Redux craft”, PDF p. 895CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133106 · Physical Characteristics
“The anonymous New Mexico Redux account described hairless oversized heads, large black eyes without visible pupils and faintly blue skin, which the witness speculated might reflect decomposition.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “New Mexico Redux morphology”, PDF p. 895CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133108 · Reported Craft Interior
“The New Mexico Redux witness described an extremely plain interior with a bench seat, no ordinary switches or levers, and a smooth table-like wall projection that he later compared to a touch-screen interface.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “New Mexico Redux interior”, PDF p. 895CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133109 · Reported Craft Interior
“At the torn edges of the alleged New Mexico craft, the witness described strong plastic-like threads later compared to optical fibers, routed toward six small gimbaled devices around the cabin floor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “New Mexico Redux internal structure”, PDF p. 895CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133110 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The New Mexico Redux source described lightweight one-inch porcelain-like walls faced inside and outside by thin metallic foil; the material was claimed to resist tearing, burning and permanent deformation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “New Mexico Redux material claim”, PDF p. 895CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133111 · Entity Height
“In an Australian crash/retrieval story collected by Bill Chalker, two alleged occupants were described as approximately five feet tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “Down Under — Nullarbor allegation”, PDF pp. 896–897CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133113 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Australian soldier’s story said one occupant was dead and another alive, making a soft squealing sound when he entered the crashed object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “Down Under — Nullarbor occupant state”, PDF pp. 896–897CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133115 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Karelia retrieval story described a grayish-tan tube-shaped object about sixteen feet wide and nine feet high, smooth and seamless in appearance but rough to the touch, with fins extending from the middle toward the rear and triangular features at the blunt nose.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “Russian Retrieval — exterior”, PDF p. 898CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133116 · Reported Craft Interior
“According to the same disputed account, investigators later found a very small cockpit with two armchairs, two steering wheels and a control-panel-like surface lacking ordinary dials, buttons or switches.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crashes and Retrievals of UFOs in the Twentieth Century” → “Russian Retrieval — alleged cockpit”, PDF p. 898CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-133117 · Craft Length
“In the dedicated Cressy entry, Rev. Lionel Browning estimated the dull gray cigar-shaped object at about one hundred feet long, slightly longer than aircraft he routinely saw in the area.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cressy Sighting” → “Browning craft dimensions”, PDF p. 914CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133118 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Browning described four or five dark vertical bands around the cigar’s circumference and a short antenna-like array projecting outward and upward from one end.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cressy Sighting” → “Browning exterior description”, PDF p. 914CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133119 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Cressy cigar reportedly moved level at roughly sixty to seventy miles per hour around four hundred feet altitude, stopped abruptly, and was then joined by five or six smaller saucer-like objects.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cressy Sighting” → “Browning movement and companions”, PDF p. 914CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133120 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After briefly holding positions around the larger Cressy object, the smaller saucers reportedly accompanied it in an abrupt reversal back into the rain squall from which it had emerged.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Cressy Sighting” → “Cressy departure”, PDF p. 914CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133121 · Reported Craft Diameter
“The Crixás object was described as resembling an upside-down basin and was estimated at roughly one hundred fifteen feet in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crixás CE2/CE3” → “Craft dimensions”, PDF p. 917CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133122 · Physical Characteristics
“The three Crixás occupants were described as looking like ordinary human beings except that they appeared bald.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crixás CE2/CE3” → “Occupant morphology”, PDF pp. 917–918CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133124 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Crixás witness described the figures as silently joking or playing like children before pointing toward the witnesses and running in their direction.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crixás CE2/CE3” → “Occupant behavior”, PDF pp. 917–918CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-133125 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the witness fired a shotgun, a green light or beam was reported leaving the Crixás object and striking him on the left side of the chest.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Crixás CE2/CE3” → “Green beam”, PDF p. 918CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“McCoy described the close Damon object as a dark-gray triangular structure with a brilliant purple light at one end and a smaller blue light at the other, approximately 200 feet wide and 40-50 feet thick at the center, tapering toward both ends.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Damon CE2” → “Close-range morphology”, PDF p. 921CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134002 · Sound Emission
“At close range the Damon object was reported to make no noise and leave no trail.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Damon CE2” → “Acoustic observation”, PDF p. 921CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134003 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Damon object reportedly crossed several miles toward the deputies within seconds, remained near them briefly, then returned toward its original position at very high speed and finally rose nearly straight upward out of sight.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Damon CE2” → “Approach and departure”, PDF pp. 921–922CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134004 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The bright purple Damon light illuminated the ground, highway and patrol-car interior; Goode reported feeling heat through his clothing, while tall grass beneath the object appeared undisturbed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Damon CE2” → “Close-range effects”, PDF p. 921CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134005 · Reported Craft Behavior
“On a second observation later that night, the smaller blue light again appeared from or behind the larger purple light and repeated the earlier positional pattern before the witnesses left.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Damon CE2” → “Repeated light behavior”, PDF p. 922CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134006 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Richmond Weather Bureau observers in April 1947 reported a silvery ellipsoidal object with a flat bottom and a dome visible through a theodolite.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Richmond Weather Bureau 1947”, PDF p. 970CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134007 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Richmond object remained visible for roughly fifteen seconds before departing rapidly toward the west.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Richmond Weather Bureau 1947”, PDF p. 970CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134008 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Near Beaufort, South Carolina, a physician reported four silent highly polished discs spinning on their axes; the undersides had a circular rim or projection roughly one-quarter of the way in from the edge.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Beaufort formation 1947”, PDF p. 970CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134009 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Prospector Fred M. Johnson reported five or six round metallic-looking discs about thirty feet in diameter, with tails or fins, banking roughly 1,000 feet overhead.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Fred Johnson / Cascade Mountains 1947”, PDF p. 970CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134010 · Reported Craft Behavior
“During Johnson's observation his compass needle reportedly oscillated back and forth and returned to normal when the discs departed southwest.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Fred Johnson compass effect”, PDF p. 970CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134011 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At Rogue River, Oregon, four witnesses including two aeronautical engineers described a shiny thirty-foot disc like a silver dollar with a milled edge and a small fin on the upper rear surface.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Rogue River 1949”, PDF p. 973CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134012 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Rogue River object reportedly moved slowly at first and then accelerated suddenly until it disappeared in the distance.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Rogue River 1949”, PDF p. 973CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134013 · Reported Craft Appearance
“USAF pilot George Kinman reported a white, thick disc roughly twice the size of his aircraft with no visible protrusions.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Augusta USAF encounter 1951”, PDF p. 977CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134014 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Kinman said the disc repeatedly approached head-on at high speed, dipped under his aircraft and returned for several similar close passes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Augusta USAF encounter 1951”, PDF p. 977CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134015 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Between Harponville and Contay, France, two witnesses described a bluish-gray roughly thirty-foot disc like an upside-down plate over a haystack, with a door-like plate on the underside.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Harponville-Contay 1954”, PDF p. 977CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134016 · Reported Craft Behavior
“As the Harponville-Contay witnesses approached, the landed or very low disc reportedly rose on a slant for about fifty feet and then climbed straight upward.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Harponville-Contay 1954”, PDF pp. 977–978CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134017 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Near Great Meadows, New Jersey, a witness described a huge uniformly white derby-hat-shaped object with a rounded dome thirty to forty feet high, at least fifty feet across, and a curled-up brim extending outward from the lower crown.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Great Meadows 1957”, PDF p. 978CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134018 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Great Meadows object reportedly rocked gently like a boat at anchor and displayed intermittent tinsel-like streamers or lines beneath it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Great Meadows 1957”, PDF p. 978CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134019 · Sound Emission
“The Great Meadows object was reported to make a low rumbling sound while hovering.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Great Meadows 1957”, PDF p. 978CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134020 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Off Saude, Brazil, witnesses reported a three-part disc: a small illuminated dome, an aluminum-colored inverted bowl, and a darker upright bowl joined at the lips, with a band of square portholes emitting red light.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Saude Brazil 1958”, PDF p. 979CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134021 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Saude disc reportedly hovered about fifty feet above the ocean, moved up and down intermittently, and coincided with water beneath it appearing to boil or otherwise become disturbed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Saude Brazil 1958”, PDF p. 979CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134022 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At Pittsburg, Kansas, William Squyres described a hovering object like two bowls joined end to end, approximately seventy-five feet long, forty feet wide and fifteen feet high, with small propellers mounted around the outer edge and a window showing a human figure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Pittsburg Kansas 1952”, PDF p. 979CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134023 · Physical Characteristics
“In the Pittsburg, Kansas, daylight-disc report, the head and shoulders of a motionless human figure were said to be visible through a window.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Pittsburg Kansas occupant”, PDF p. 979CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134024 · Reported Entity Clothing
“At Linha Bela Vista, Brazil, two small figures near a hovering disc were reported as covered from head to toe in yellow-colored sack-like garments.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Linha Bela Vista occupants”, PDF p. 979CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134025 · Reported Entity Behavior
“One Linha Bela Vista figure reportedly ran toward the witness while the other raised an arm as if warning him back; one then pulled a tobacco plant from the ground before both returned to the craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Daylight Discs” → “Linha Bela Vista occupant behavior”, PDF p. 979CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134028 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The Delphos object was described as slightly domed on top, bulging through the middle and flat-bottomed, like a mushroom head with a short thick stem; blue, red and orange illumination covered the structure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Delphos CE2” → “Exterior morphology and lighting”, PDF p. 1028CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134029 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Delphos object reportedly hovered about two feet above the ground for several minutes before the base glow intensified and it departed at an angle, narrowly clearing a shed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Delphos CE2” → “Hover and departure”, PDF pp. 1028–1029CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134030 · Sound Emission
“Before departure the Delphos object made a rumbling sound compared to an old vibrating washing machine; during takeoff this changed to a high-pitched jet-like wail.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Delphos CE2” → “Acoustic report”, PDF pp. 1028–1029CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134031 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Immediately after the event the reported hover site appeared as a glowing gray-white ring; witnesses said the ring soil felt crystallized and contact with residue caused temporary numbness.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Delphos CE2” → “Immediate ground trace”, PDF p. 1029CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134032 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Investigators described a persistent dry ring roughly eight feet across amid wet soil, broken and discolored vegetation, and a light-colored ring surface that resisted water penetration.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Delphos CE2” → “Documented physical trace”, PDF pp. 1030–1031CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134033 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Laboratory comparisons summarized by Clark found the ring soil hydrophobic, luminescent and anesthetic, with altered chemistry and unusual organic coatings, while the ultimate cause remained unresolved.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Delphos CE2” → “Laboratory findings”, PDF p. 1032CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134034 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Derenberger compared the road-blocking object to two halves of old kerosene-lamp glass covers joined at their broad ends and laid on their side; he described a smooth dull-charcoal surface.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Derenberger Contact Claims” → “Initial craft morphology”, PDF p. 1035CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-134035 · Reported Craft Behavior
“In Derenberger's initial account, the object hovered eight to ten inches above the road with a small fluttering sound, opened a door, then rose vertically to an estimated fifty to seventy-five feet and remained stationary.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Derenberger Contact Claims” → “Initial craft behavior”, PDF p. 1035CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-134037 · Physical Characteristics
“Cold was described as a smiling human-looking man with dark or deeply tanned skin and dark hair slicked back.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Derenberger Contact Claims” → “Indrid Cold appearance”, PDF p. 1036CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-134039 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Derenberger said Cold communicated without visibly moving his lips and that he perceived the communication directly, later characterizing it as telepathic.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Derenberger Contact Claims” → “Indrid Cold communication”, PDF pp. 1035–1039CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-134040 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Dr. X reported two similar luminous cylindrical objects, silvery white on their upper halves and deep red below, each carrying a vertical upper antenna and a second antenna angled about forty-five degrees from the lower portion.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Dr. X Case” → “Twin-cylinder morphology”, PDF p. 1055CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134041 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Each Dr. X object reportedly projected a vertical column of deep-white light downward while flashes appeared between antennas and an unseen point; the entire display was described as silent.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Dr. X Case” → “Beams and electrical-looking flashes”, PDF p. 1055CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134042 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The two Dr. X cylinders reportedly moved into alignment, their light beams crossed and became one, horizontal antennas touched, and the objects then merged into a single larger object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Dr. X Case” → “Reported merger”, PDF pp. 1055–1056CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134044 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The merged Dr. X object reportedly aimed its beam directly at the witness's balcony and then vanished with an explosive bang, leaving a short-lived white fleecy form and a luminous thread-like feature that shot upward.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Dr. X Case” → “Final beam and disappearance”, PDF p. 1056CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134045 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Tom Drury reported a silvery object emerging from a small cloud over Port Moresby; later enlarged prints were interpreted by Edgar Jarrold as showing a shiny featureless disc-like object, but Clark notes the surviving imagery is poor and does not permit firm shape analysis.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Drury Film” → “Film-object appearance”, PDF pp. 1069–1072CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-134046 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Drury said the object climbed very rapidly with a visible vapor trail. Claims of abrupt right-angle turns came from Jarrold rather than Drury and are treated by Clark as unconfirmed interpretations.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Drury Film” → “Reported motion and disputed turn claims”, PDF pp. 1069–1072CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-134047 · Entity Height
“Rivalino Mafra da Silva reported two small beings approximately three feet tall digging a hole near Duas Pontes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Duas Pontes Case” → “August 17 small beings”, PDF p. 1074CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134048 · Reported Craft Appearance
“After the two small beings fled into bushes, Rivalino reported a hat-shaped flying object rising from the vegetation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Duas Pontes Case” → “August 17 craft”, PDF p. 1074CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134050 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Raimundo later described two large ball-like objects hovering side by side: one black and one black-and-white, each with an irregular antenna-like protrusion and a small tail.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Duas Pontes Case” → “August 20 sphere morphology”, PDF p. 1075CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134051 · Sound Emission
“The Duas Pontes spheres were reported to emit a humming sound while fire-like light flickered rapidly through an opening.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Duas Pontes Case” → “Sphere acoustics and light”, PDF p. 1075CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134052 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The two spheres reportedly hovered about two meters above the ground, roughly one meter apart, then merged into a single larger sphere that raised dust and released yellow smoke.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Duas Pontes Case” → “Reported merger and smoke”, PDF p. 1075CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134053 · Reported Craft Behavior
“An independent witness, Antonio Rocha, said he had seen two ball-shaped objects circling low over Rivalino's house on the evening before the disappearance account.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Duas Pontes Case” → “Independent sphere sighting”, PDF p. 1076CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134054 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Simonton described the Eagle River vehicle as a bright-chromium, windowless disc resembling two saucers joined one above the other; a hatch opened like a car trunk.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Eagle River CE3” → “Craft exterior”, PDF p. 1078CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134055 · Reported Craft Interior
“Looking through the Eagle River hatch, Simonton described a dim dull-black interior containing three control boards, a flameless cooking grill and cable-like restraints or stabilizers attached near the crew stations.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Eagle River CE3” → “Visible interior”, PDF pp. 1078–1079CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134057 · Physical Characteristics
“Simonton described the Eagle River occupants as young adult, proportionately built human-looking men with very fine complexions, comparing their general appearance to men of Italian descent.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Eagle River CE3” → “Crew appearance”, PDF p. 1079CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134058 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The Eagle River crew reportedly wore black two-piece jersey-like suits about half an inch thick, turtleneck-style jackets and tight caps reaching nearly to the ears and eyebrows; one figure had a narrow white trouser stripe.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Eagle River CE3” → “Crew clothing”, PDF p. 1079CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134059 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Communication in the Eagle River report was nonverbal: one occupant gestured for water, another tended the controls, a third cooked, and the apparent officer exchanged a hand salute with Simonton.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Eagle River CE3” → “Crew behavior”, PDF pp. 1078–1079CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134060 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Eagle River craft reportedly sounded like a large generator or electric motor, rose about twenty feet, tilted upward approximately forty-five degrees and then accelerated out of sight within seconds, producing a blast of air.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Eagle River CE3” → “Departure”, PDF p. 1079CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134063 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Flynn described a broad upside-down cone made of metallic four-by-four-foot plates apparently held with rivets, with four tiers of square windows near the top and an orange-red glow extending downward around the base.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Everglades CE2” → “Craft structure and lighting”, PDF pp. 1122–1123CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134064 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Everglades object reportedly made repeated departures and returns, finally hovering about four feet above the ground; Flynn described a strong counterclockwise-moving blast of air near the craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Everglades CE2” → “Hover and airflow”, PDF pp. 1122–1123CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134065 · Sound Emission
“As Flynn approached, the Everglades object reportedly produced a deafening high-pitched ringing or transformer-like sound that distressed his dog.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Everglades CE2” → “Acoustic report”, PDF p. 1123CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134066 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Flynn reported a narrow light like a welder's torch projecting from beneath a window and striking his forehead, after which he lost consciousness and temporarily lost vision.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Everglades CE2” → “Directed-beam effect”, PDF pp. 1123–1124CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134067 · Reported Craft Behavior
“At the reported hover site Flynn and companions later described a clean burned circle roughly seventy-two feet across, multiple scorched cypress trees and fresh bark damage on additional trees.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Everglades CE2” → “Ground and vegetation traces”, PDF pp. 1123–1125CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134068 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Muscarello initially saw five powerful flashing red lights arranged along a roughly sixty-degree arc, apparently on the rim of a structure he estimated at eighty to ninety feet in diameter, though the hull itself was difficult to see.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Initial appearance”, PDF pp. 1127–1128CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134069 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Exeter lights reportedly moved silently over the field with a floating-leaf rise-and-fall motion; the five lights pulsed sequentially from one end to the other and back.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Muscarello motion and light sequence”, PDF p. 1128CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134070 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Officer Bertrand later described a huge dark object roughly barn-sized, bright red with a halo effect, approaching at a tilt while barely clearing sixty- to seventy-foot pine trees.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Police close observation”, PDF p. 1129CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134071 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Bertrand, Muscarello and Hunt reported the Exeter object hovering about one hundred feet away and roughly one hundred feet high, rocking or swaying and then moving erratically with sudden darting turns.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Police-observed maneuvering”, PDF pp. 1129–1130CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134072 · Sound Emission
“In a follow-up letter Bertrand and Hunt emphasized that the Exeter object was absolutely silent at very low altitude, with no jet or rotor rush; they also reported no wings or tail.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Officers follow-up description”, PDF p. 1133CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-134073 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Bertrand and Hunt said the object illuminated the entire field and two nearby houses red, stopped and hovered, and could turn extremely sharply.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Exeter CE1” → “Officers follow-up behavior”, PDF p. 1133CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Michalak first described two red glowing cigar-shaped objects; as they descended at about 45 degrees they appeared increasingly oval or disc-like, and one landed nearby.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Approach and shape”, PDF p. 1213CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135004 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The landed saucer was said to carry a roughly three-foot-high cupola and to shift from red through orange and gray before taking on an appearance compared to hot stainless steel.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Cupola and exterior”, PDF p. 1213CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135005 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Brilliant purple light reportedly shone through 12-inch horizontal slits in the cupola and nine vent-like openings on the lower craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Lighting and openings”, PDF p. 1213CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135006 · Sound Emission
“At close range the object reportedly emitted both whirring and hissing sounds while warm air and a sulfur-like odor came from it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Acoustic and atmospheric effects”, PDF p. 1214CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135007 · Reported Craft Interior
“A side opening approximately two by three feet reportedly exposed a brightly lighted interior; when Michalak looked inside he described a maze of horizontal and diagonal light beams and flashing lights.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Door and interior”, PDF p. 1214CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135008 · Reported Craft Interior
“Michalak estimated the craft wall at roughly eighteen to twenty inches thick while looking through the opened side section.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Wall construction”, PDF p. 1214CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135009 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The lower grid-like exhaust was described as about nine inches high by six inches wide and made of a regular pattern of small round holes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Exhaust grid”, PDF p. 1214CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135010 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Michalak said a blast of hot gas erupted from the perforated grid, after which the object ascended in a rush of air and departed in the same direction as the first object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Exhaust and departure”, PDF p. 1214CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135011 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the object cleared the treetops, Michalak said it again looked cigar-shaped; the alleged landing spot was a swept-clean area surrounded by a roughly 15-foot circle of natural debris.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Falcon Lake CE2” → “Departure and site trace”, PDF pp. 1214–1215CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135014 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The object was described as circular with six concentric sloping tiers that decreased in diameter toward a dome on top, giving it the appearance of a gigantic beehive.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fisherville CE2” → “Craft morphology”, PDF pp. 1245–1246CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135015 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Burns reported a dull metallic exterior with no visible markings, seams or windows and a sharp-edged bluish-white luminous band around the base.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fisherville CE2” → “Surface and lighting”, PDF p. 1246CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135016 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The landed object reportedly rested lightly on the ground on a convex undersurface rather than visible landing legs.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fisherville CE2” → “Underside”, PDF p. 1246CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135017 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After remaining on the ground for roughly 60 to 90 seconds, the craft reportedly rose vertically several hundred feet, produced a rushing-air sound, tilted its top slightly forward and accelerated rapidly northeast.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fisherville CE2” → “Takeoff and departure”, PDF p. 1246CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135018 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Burns reported that his car engine abruptly stopped as the enormous object crossed the highway and landed, and operated normally again after the object departed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fisherville CE2” → “Vehicle interference”, PDF pp. 1245–1246CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135019 · Physical Characteristics
“Sanderson’s early interviews described the Flatwoods entity as enormous-man-sized down to the waist, with no visible arms and a distinct ace-of-spades-shaped head or enclosure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Flatwoods Monster” → “Early witness morphology”, PDF pp. 1251–1252CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135020 · Physical Characteristics
“The ace-of-spades-shaped region reportedly contained a large circular translucent panel with two fixed pale-blue beam-like lights behind it that witnesses interpreted as eyes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Flatwoods Monster” → “Head / luminous features”, PDF pp. 1251–1252CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135021 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Witnesses said the entity moved with an odd circling motion and seemed to glide evenly rather than walk or jump, first toward them and then toward the nearby pulsing object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Flatwoods Monster” → “Movement”, PDF pp. 1251–1252CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135022 · Reported Craft Diameter
“In Desvergers’s initial statement, the overhead round object was estimated at about 30 feet in diameter and only eight to ten feet above him.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Initial craft description”, PDF p. 1257CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135023 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Desvergers described a roughly three-foot-thick lower edge with continuous porthole-, exhaust-port- or opening-like features and said he could see a dome or top against the sky.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Initial craft morphology”, PDF p. 1257CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135025 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Desvergers alleged that he became unable to move beneath the object and that a red fiery or hot-air-like burst from above struck him before he blacked out.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Claimed beam / physiological effect”, PDF p. 1257CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135026 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Clark notes that despite severe credibility problems and escalating later stories, laboratory examination found the cap burns compatible with an electric spark and investigators reported charred grass roots with relatively unaffected surface grass.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Florida Scoutmaster Case” → “Physical evidence and credibility”, PDF pp. 1258–1259CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135027 · Reported Craft Diameter
“Witness size estimates for the Fort Beaufort sphere ranged widely from about a quarter-meter to two meters; Smit and a police officer commonly described it as about 76 cm across.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fort Beaufort CE2” → “Size estimates”, PDF pp. 1286–1287CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135028 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The object was first described as a fiery red ball, then bright green and whitish yellow; after gunfire it was reported as dark gunmetal or black and shiny, and later grayish white.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fort Beaufort CE2” → “Appearance and color changes”, PDF pp. 1286–1287CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135029 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The sphere reportedly moved sideways about 250 meters when shouted at and repeatedly moved away or hid behind bushes when people approached it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fort Beaufort CE2” → “Avoidance behavior”, PDF pp. 1286–1287CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135030 · Sound Emission
“Smit reported that the object finally veered away over the treetops with a loud whirring noise.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fort Beaufort CE2” → “Departure sound”, PDF p. 1287CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135031 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Investigators found nine circular impressions about seven centimeters in diameter in damp clay, arranged in sets of three, at the reported departure area.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Fort Beaufort CE2” → “Ground traces”, PDF pp. 1287–1288CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135033 · Physical Characteristics
“Ferro described the small beings’ visible faces as smooth and tan, without wrinkles; tall grass prevented him from seeing much of their clothing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Garanhus CE3” → “Occupant morphology”, PDF p. 1311CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135034 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Garanhus figures reportedly inspected a tomato, exchanged unintelligible words, smiled at the witness and returned to two metallic devices that departed in synchronized flight with a slight squeak.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Garanhus CE3” → “Occupant behavior”, PDF p. 1311CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135035 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark emphasizes that the 1946 ghost-rocket reports were heterogeneous: many were light phenomena, while others were described as bright balls, cylinders, cigars, torpedoes or rocket-like objects.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “1946 morphology synthesis”, PDF pp. 1312–1316CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135036 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At Landskrona-Pasten on May 24, 1946, witnesses reported a wingless cigar-shaped object that spurted bunches of sparks from its tail.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Landskrona-Pasten report”, PDF p. 1312CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135037 · Reported Craft Behavior
“At Katrineholm on May 31, a giant wingless metallic cigar reportedly flew at about 1,000 feet, produced a rumbling sound and executed a turn toward the west.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Katrineholm report”, PDF p. 1312CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135040 · Reported Craft Behavior
“During the August 11 Swedish wave, some witnesses said smaller silver balls emerged from larger objects described as cylinders or broad-nosed torpedoes with fire-spurting tails.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “August 11 Swedish reports”, PDF p. 1314CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135041 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The British Directorate of Intelligence summary recorded reports ranging from glowing balls and fiery rods to dark rockets and wingless burning torpedo-like bodies, underscoring that “ghost rocket” was not one uniform morphology.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “British intelligence synthesis”, PDF p. 1316CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135044 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Puckett reported the cylinder veering across the C-47’s path, trailing a rear stream of fire about half the object’s length and traveling at an estimated 2,000 mph before disappearing over the horizon.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ghost Rockets” → “Puckett report”, PDF p. 1324CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135045 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Gill and other witnesses described the principal June 26 object as a large four-legged disc-shaped structure; Gill later compared its angular size to about five full moons lined up end to end.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Gill CE3” → “June 26 mother ship”, PDF p. 1332CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135046 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The principal Boianai object reportedly hovered overhead and later ascended into clouds; smaller objects also appeared during the multi-hour observation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Gill CE3” → “June 26 behavior”, PDF p. 1332CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135048 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The four figures appeared occupied with an unknown task and at intervals one or more disappeared below the deck and later reappeared.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Gill CE3” → “Occupant activity”, PDF pp. 1332–1333CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135049 · Reported Entity Behavior
“On June 27 Gill and companions waved at the visible occupants and reported that the figures waved back in apparent response.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Gill CE3” → “Reciprocal signaling”, PDF p. 1333CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135050 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After Gill directed flashlight dashes toward the object, he said it responded with several side-to-side wavering or pendulum-like motions.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Gill CE3” → “Flashlight interaction”, PDF p. 1333CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135052 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Guimarães claimed, without independent verification or supporting evidence, that a disc-shaped object emerged from the sea and landed a few meters away on the Brazilian coast.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Guimarães Contact Claim” → “Initial encounter”, PDF p. 1364CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135053 · Physical Characteristics
“In the uncorroborated Guimarães account, two tall human-looking men emerged from the disc with fair hair and clear, serene eyes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Guimarães Contact Claim” → “Claimed crew morphology”, PDF p. 1364CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135054 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The two claimed Guimarães crewmen were described in green jumpsuits closed at the wrists, ankles and neck.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Guimarães Contact Claim” → “Claimed crew clothing”, PDF p. 1364CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135055 · Reported Craft Interior
“After entering the craft, Guimarães said he saw a third crew member and multiple compartments that nevertheless remained within a single interior environment.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Guimarães Contact Claim” → “Claimed interior”, PDF pp. 1365–1366CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135056 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Guimarães said one crew member eventually answered him nonverbally or telepathically after ordinary speech in several languages failed to elicit a response.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Guimarães Contact Claim” → “Claimed communication”, PDF p. 1365CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135057 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The crew allegedly attributed water droplets on the window to “opposite rotation” of parts of the craft and later said the vehicle moved in response to magnetic forces.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Guimarães Contact Claim” → “Claimed propulsion explanation”, PDF pp. 1365–1367CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135058 · Reported Craft Interior
“Guimarães reported observing the exterior through windows during the alleged trip and said the crew described a radiation-protection system around the craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Guimarães Contact Claim” → “Claimed onboard systems”, PDF pp. 1366–1367CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135059 · Physical Characteristics
“Under hypnosis Hermann described three humanoids not quite five feet tall with large hairless heads, oversized dark eyes that rarely blinked, pale skin, small mouths and slit-like noses; Clark later characterizes the overall contact story as dubious.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hermann Contact Claims” → “Hypnosis-derived morphology”, PDF pp. 1421–1422CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135060 · Reported Entity Clothing
“Hermann’s hypnosis-derived figures were described as wearing red suits.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hermann Contact Claims” → “Hypnosis-derived clothing”, PDF p. 1421CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135061 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Hermann said the leader addressed him in apparently perfect English while its mouth did not move; this detail comes from a hypnosis-derived narrative Clark says became generally viewed as dubious.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hermann Contact Claims” → “Hypnosis-derived communication”, PDF pp. 1421–1422CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-135062 · Physical Characteristics
“In Higdon’s fuller narrative, partly elicited under hypnosis, the humanoid was more than six feet tall and generally humanlike but had no chin, six visible teeth, a flat nose and no visible ears or eyebrows.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higdon Contact Claim” → “Mixed conscious/hypnosis morphology”, PDF pp. 1432–1433CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135064 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The humanoid was described in a black coverall and black shoes, with two belts crossing the chest and a waist belt carrying a star-like emblem.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higdon Contact Claim” → “Clothing and equipment”, PDF p. 1433CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135065 · Physical Characteristics
“Higdon said no left hand was visible and that a cone-shaped device projected from the position where the right hand would normally have been.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higdon Contact Claim” → “Limb / device description”, PDF p. 1433CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135066 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The figure reportedly moved its lips only slightly when speaking and later used the cone-shaped device to make objects move or operate without visible contact.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higdon Contact Claim” → “Communication and device behavior”, PDF pp. 1433–1434CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135067 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Higdon described a thin-outlined illuminated transparent cubicle that appeared to measure about seven by five feet and seven feet high.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higdon Contact Claim” → “Cubicle appearance”, PDF p. 1433CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135068 · Reported Craft Interior
“Despite its small apparent dimensions, the cubicle was said to contain two humanoids, Higdon, elk in a cage, four seats, a control panel, a mirror and something he took to be a map.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higdon Contact Claim” → “Cubicle interior”, PDF p. 1433CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135069 · Reported Craft Diameter
“Higgens described the gray-white discoidal craft as about 30 meters in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higgens CE3” → “Craft dimensions”, PDF pp. 1437–1439CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135071 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The craft was described as crossed by tubes in several directions, supported on curved rods or feet, with a small glass window and several round portholes near the lower protruding rim.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higgens CE3” → “Craft structure”, PDF p. 1439CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135072 · Sound Emission
“Six tubes reportedly emitted a low hissing sound without visible smoke; the craft later departed with the same hiss.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higgens CE3” → “Acoustic / propulsion report”, PDF pp. 1437–1439CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135074 · Physical Characteristics
“The occupants were described as bald with large round heads, large round eyes with pronounced brows and lashes, no beard, and legs proportionally longer than human norms familiar to the witness.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higgens CE3” → “Occupant morphology”, PDF p. 1439CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135075 · Reported Entity Clothing
“Higgens reported transparent inflated-looking outer overalls enclosing the head and body, an integrated metal backpack, and visible inner shirts, shorts and sandals made of a glossy-paper-like material.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higgens CE3” → “Occupant clothing/equipment”, PDF p. 1439CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135076 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The figures reportedly spoke to one another in an unknown but sonorous language and moved with unusual agility and lightness despite their tall build.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Higgens CE3” → “Occupant communication/behavior”, PDF pp. 1439–1440CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135077 · Reported Craft Appearance
“During the conscious roadside observation, the Hills described a band of lights along the edge of a disc-shaped structure with a red light on either side.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Conscious craft observation”, PDF pp. 1446–1447CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135078 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Before the closest approach, the object reportedly moved in a step-like pattern, tilting vertically as each step began while spinning; Barney repeatedly noted that he could hear no sound.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Conscious flight behavior”, PDF pp. 1446–1447CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135079 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At close range the Hills described the object as a flattened circular disc with a blue-white fluorescent glow shining through a row of side windows.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Conscious close-range appearance”, PDF p. 1447CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135080 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The disc reportedly hovered less than 100 feet above a clearing and a few hundred feet away, later moving to roughly 75 feet from Barney while maintaining a slight tilt.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Conscious close hover”, PDF p. 1447CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135081 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Barney compared the close object’s overall size to that of a four-engine aircraft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Conscious size estimate”, PDF p. 1447CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135082 · Physical Characteristics
“During Barney’s conscious binocular observation he reported perhaps as many as eleven humanlike figures visible through the craft windows, standing in a corridor that encircled the craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Conscious occupant observation”, PDF p. 1447CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135083 · Reported Entity Clothing
“In the Hills’ early conscious account, the figures seen through the windows appeared to wear some type of shiny black uniform.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Conscious occupant clothing”, PDF pp. 1443–1444CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135084 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At closest approach Barney said the two red side lights moved outward and were revealed to sit on the tips of pointed fin-like structures sliding out from the sides of the craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Conscious deployable structures”, PDF p. 1447CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135085 · Physical Characteristics
“In Betty Hill’s later recurring dreams, the figures were slightly over five feet tall with oversized chests and noses, black hair, dark eyes and gray skin.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Betty Hill dream morphology”, PDF pp. 1451–1452CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135086 · Reported Entity Clothing
“Betty’s dream figures wore trousers, short jackets, slip-on shoes or boots and caps she compared to Air Force caps.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Betty Hill dream clothing”, PDF p. 1452CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135087 · Physical Characteristics
“Under hypnosis Betty’s account largely resembled her dreams but she now described the beings as lacking the hair and large noses that had appeared in the dream version.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Hypnosis-derived morphology”, PDF p. 1458CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135088 · Physical Characteristics
“The post-hypnosis synthesis records agreement on figures slightly over five feet tall with oddly shaped heads, broad foreheads, grayish skin and large eyes; Barney recalled the eyes as extending toward the sides of the head.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Hypnosis-derived morphology synthesis”, PDF pp. 1459–1460CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-135089 · Reported Entity Behavior
“In the hypnosis-derived accounts the beings’ own speech was described as humming or mumbling, while both witnesses came to interpret at least some messages as thought transfer; Clark also notes that Barney did describe slit-like lips rather than literally mouthless beings.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Hill Abduction Case” → “Hypnosis-derived communication and mouth detail”, PDF pp. 1460–1470CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The first Tehran controller described blue lights on both sides and a red flashing central light; the object changed colors and apparent shape while moving erratically.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Initial visual description”, PDF pp. 1557–1558CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136002 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The first F-4 repeatedly lost instrumentation and communications whenever it closed to roughly 20-25 nautical miles, with function returning when it withdrew.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “First intercept interference”, PDF p. 1558CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136003 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The second F-4 radar return suggested a target about the size of a 707 tanker, while intense brilliance made visual size difficult to judge.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Radar size estimate”, PDF p. 1558CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136005 · Reported Craft Behavior
“A bright secondary object reportedly emerged from the primary, rapidly approached the F-4, followed its evasive turn and then made a perfect rejoin with the primary.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Secondary-object maneuver”, PDF pp. 1558–1559CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136006 · Reported Craft Behavior
“When the pilot attempted to fire an AIM-9, the weapons panel and communications reportedly failed; later UHF and INS interference recurred in the same area.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Electromagnetic interference”, PDF p. 1559CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136007 · Reported Craft Behavior
“A second object reportedly descended rapidly from the primary, appeared to settle gently on the ground and illuminated an area about two to three kilometers across.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Descending secondary object”, PDF p. 1559CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136008 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Gen. Azerbarzin later relayed a pilot description of the principal object as saucer-like with a ball or half-ball cockpit whose lighting was yellowish and different from the exterior.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Pilot morphology relayed by Azerbarzin”, PDF pp. 1559–1560CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136009 · Reported Craft Appearance
“During final approach the F-4 crew reported a cylinder-shaped object approximately the apparent size of a T-bird jet trainer at ten nautical miles.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Cylinder object”, PDF p. 1559CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136010 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The cylinder reportedly carried bright steady lights on both ends and a flashing light in the middle.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Cylinder lighting”, PDF p. 1559CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136011 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The cylinder passed over the F-4; the tower did not initially see it but reportedly acquired it visually after the pilot directed observers toward the mountains and refinery.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Iran CE2” → “Cylinder passage”, PDF p. 1559CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136012 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The two close objects appeared as rectangular-to-square arrays of amber and whitish lights with luminous jets directed toward a dark vertical central panel.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “JAL Sighting” → “Close companion morphology”, PDF p. 1569CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136013 · Reported Craft Appearance
“After several seconds the jet-like emissions ceased and the luminous structures appeared as many small circular lights compared to numerous exhaust pipes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “JAL Sighting” → “Light-array transformation”, PDF p. 1569CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136016 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Terauchi reported unusually difficult VHF transmission and reception for roughly 10-15 minutes while the smaller objects were near the 747.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “JAL Sighting” → “Communications interference”, PDF p. 1570CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136017 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The JAL crew later saw the silhouette of an enormous object behind and to the left of the aircraft, which Terauchi described as Saturn-shaped.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “JAL Sighting” → “Mothership morphology”, PDF p. 1571CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136021 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Airborne and ground radar records included intermittent anomalous returns in the vicinity, although the FAA later proposed split radar returns for at least some data.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “JAL Sighting” → “Radar context”, PDF pp. 1570–1572CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136030 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Close shotgun impacts reportedly sounded like pellets striking a metal bucket, and the figures appeared to continue moving without obvious injury.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Kelly-Hopkinsville CE3” → “Response to gunfire”, PDF p. 1596CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136045 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Khoury perceived the second woman as receiving direction from the Nordic-looking figure rather than leading the interaction.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Khoury Case” → “Pair hierarchy”, PDF p. 1618CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136046 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Press accounts described the November 10 object as a cylinder-shaped structure with a large dome and flashing lights.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “November 10 morphology”, PDF p. 1643CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136050 · Reported Craft Behavior
“A senior Kuwait Oil Company official reported that automatic pumping equipment shut down at the object’s appearance and restarted by itself when it vanished.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “Equipment interference”, PDF pp. 1642–1643CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136051 · Reported Craft Behavior
“A November 21 oil-field sighting was accompanied by reported loss of long-distance communications while the internal phone system continued working.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Kuwait Sightings” → “Communications effects”, PDF p. 1643CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136053 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object remained stationary in a pasture for at least about twenty minutes between the witness’s first and second observations.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Landings in Tennessee: 1907, 1957” → “1957 ground presence”, PDF p. 1661CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136056 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Reporters later found a five-foot-wide by twenty-five-foot-long exterior outline in the pasture grass, compared to a large cigar-shaped frame.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Landings in Tennessee: 1907, 1957” → “1957 ground trace”, PDF p. 1662CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136060 · Reported Entity Behavior
“One man tried to grab the witness’s terrier and picked up another small dog, which bit him.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Landings in Tennessee: 1907, 1957” → “1957 animal interaction”, PDF p. 1661CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136066 · Reported Craft Behavior
“All five were reported spinning while hovering roughly one to one-and-a-half feet above the ground, with grass beneath each moving clockwise.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Langenburg CE2” → “Hover and rotation”, PDF p. 1663CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136068 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The five craft reportedly rose in rapid stepped sequence, stopped abruptly around 200 feet and formed a straight horizontal line.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Langenburg CE2” → “Ascent formation”, PDF p. 1663CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136069 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After rotation ceased, two objects emitted six-foot dark-gray vapor puffs from exhaust-like base extensions, followed by a gust that flattened crop below.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Langenburg CE2” → “Exhaust-like effects”, PDF p. 1663CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136071 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Parham described a giant top-shaped object with its upper section rotating clockwise and lower section counterclockwise.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lavonia CE2” → “Core morphology”, PDF p. 1674CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136075 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A sharp steeple-like cone rose from the top midsection, surrounded at its base by a dark band and evenly spaced vanes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lavonia CE2” → “Upper structure”, PDF p. 1674CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136076 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object repeatedly moved to within feet of Parham’s car and on one pass remained just ahead of the headlights for about a mile.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lavonia CE2” → “Close pacing”, PDF pp. 1674–1675CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136077 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After one departure, Parham reported a strong chemical-like odor, gaseous vapor and oily residue on the car.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lavonia CE2” → “Reported residue and odor”, PDF pp. 1674–1675CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136078 · Reported Craft Behavior
“When Parham stopped and switched off the headlights, the spinning object reportedly turned and departed upward extremely rapidly.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lavonia CE2” → “Final departure”, PDF p. 1675CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136079 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Laxson described a large fish-shaped structure blocking the highway at roughly a 45-degree angle.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Laxson CE3” → “Basic morphology”, PDF pp. 1680–1681CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136083 · Reported Craft Interior
“An open forward door with a ladder exposed a lighted interior, though Laxson saw nothing inside the doorway.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Laxson CE3” → “Door and interior”, PDF p. 1681CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136084 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The body appeared supported about three feet above the ground; one support was visible and Laxson inferred additional supports.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Laxson CE3” → “Ground supports”, PDF p. 1681CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136085 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The craft had four brilliant side lights and a light-transmitting forward plastic-like bubble about three feet in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Laxson CE3” → “Exterior lighting and bubble”, PDF p. 1681CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136088 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The craft rose about fifty feet and then accelerated so rapidly that it was more than a mile away within roughly five seconds, according to Laxson.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Laxson CE3” → “Departure”, PDF p. 1681CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136091 · Reported Entity Clothing
“He wore a mechanic-style cap with the bill turned upward and green coveralls or a two-piece fatigue-like suit.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Laxson CE3” → “Occupant clothing”, PDF p. 1681CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136092 · Reported Entity Clothing
“Laxson recalled what looked like three stripes arching over the shoulder, comparable to military rank markings.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Laxson CE3” → “Shoulder insignia”, PDF p. 1681CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136093 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The figure was initially kneeling under the craft and hurried up the ladder after apparently noticing Laxson.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Laxson CE3” → “Occupant behavior”, PDF p. 1681CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136103 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Cintra reported a saucer floating about one to two feet above the sanatorium grass.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lins Case” → “Craft morphology”, PDF p. 1688CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136105 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Cintra reported feeling an invisible rotating movement shortly before the craft rose away.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lins Case” → “Rotational effect”, PDF p. 1688CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136107 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Investigators reported scorched grass and a ground depression about 15-20 centimeters deep that remained evident after the event.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lins Case” → “Ground trace”, PDF p. 1689CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136108 · Reported Craft Diameter
“Investigators inferred from the ground depression that the responsible vehicle was about two meters in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lins Case” → “Trace-inferred size”, PDF p. 1689CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136109 · Reported Craft Behavior
“A patient separately reported a luminous vehicle landed about 80 meters from the fence for roughly 15 minutes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Lins Case” → “Additional witness”, PDF pp. 1689–1690CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136117 · Reported Craft Behavior
“At roughly 75 feet from the bridge, the witnesses’ car engine and entire electrical system reportedly failed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Loch Raven Dam CE2” → “Vehicle interference”, PDF p. 1691CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136118 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After hovering for roughly 30-40 seconds, the object emitted an intense white flash and the witnesses felt heat on their faces.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Loch Raven Dam CE2” → “Flash and heat”, PDF p. 1691CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136120 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object rose vertically, became increasingly bright and diffuse, and disappeared within roughly five to ten seconds; the car restarted immediately afterward.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Loch Raven Dam CE2” → “Departure and recovery”, PDF p. 1691CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136124 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The witnesses described a flat-bottomed disc with a superstructure, comparing its overall profile to a parachute canopy without strings.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “McMinnville Photos” → “Detailed shape”, PDF p. 1728CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136128 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The witnesses initially saw a disc-shaped object about 100 meters above the pond, with its shape reflected on the water.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Maraponga Case” → “Initial aerial observation”, PDF p. 1747CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136129 · Reported Craft Appearance
“When it landed, the object was described as a metallic disc with large round windows and a brightly lit interior.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Maraponga Case” → “Landed craft morphology”, PDF p. 1748CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136130 · Reported Craft Interior
“Human-looking beings were reportedly visible moving inside the illuminated craft and looking out through the windows.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Maraponga Case” → “Visible interior occupants”, PDF p. 1748CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136131 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Witnesses said the craft blinked repeatedly and seemed to disappear and reappear like a mirage before vanishing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Maraponga Case” → “Visibility behavior”, PDF p. 1748CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-136132 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Another object, or possibly the same one, reportedly appeared overhead and generated a strong gale before disappearing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Maraponga Case” → “Reported atmospheric effect”, PDF p. 1748CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark summarizes sixteen Minot-area military witnesses reporting a very large, brightly illuminated aerial object alternating brilliant white, orangish-red and green.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Initial multiwitness description”, PDF p. 1834CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137002 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The opening summary credits the object with hovering, rapid acceleration and abrupt changes of direction.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Initial multiwitness description”, PDF p. 1834CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137003 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Robert O’Connor compared the object to a big ball of white light that changed to dim green and then dim amber; he could not determine a definite shape because of the brightness.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “O’Connor visual report”, PDF p. 1836CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137004 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Multiple dispersed observers reported two similar objects moving with respect to one another, including separation, opposite-direction movement and passing under each other.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Multiple-object observations”, PDF pp. 1836–1837CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137005 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Joseph Jablonski described a self-luminous object with alternating orange-red, white and green colors that appeared solid, relatively slender and fuzzy-edged, while the lights were too bright to determine exact shape.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Jablonski AF-117 description”, PDF p. 1861CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137006 · Craft Length
“B-52 copilot Bradford Runyon estimated the very large object at about 200 feet by 100 feet; Clark notes other observers likewise considered it too large to be an ordinary aircraft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Witness size estimates”, PDF p. 1862CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137007 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The B-52 radar crew reported a bright radar echo near the aircraft, with the target pacing the bomber during part of its approach.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “B-52 airborne-radar encounter”, PDF pp. 1838–1840CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137008 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Clark reports that the radar target continued pacing the B-52 at roughly three miles, then closed to about one mile as the aircraft began its descent.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “B-52 radar pacing”, PDF p. 1863CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137009 · Reported Craft Behavior
“At the same time the radar target closed to about one mile, the B-52 reportedly lost UHF transmission while reception and the IFF/SIF identification function remained unaffected.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Reported electromagnetic interference”, PDF p. 1863CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137010 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Ground observers at separated missile facilities described the luminous object pacing vehicles or appearing over missile sites during the event.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Ground-observer movement”, PDF pp. 1835–1837CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137011 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Some observers compared the scale of the lights/object to a KC-135 or to something much larger than a house, while exact dimensions remained uncertain.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Scale comparisons”, PDF pp. 1836–1862CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137012 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The entry treats the Air Force plasma explanation and later ionization interpretations as hypotheses; the witness/radar observations themselves remained anomalous in Clark’s account.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Minot Air Force Base Radar/Visual Case” → “Assessment boundary”, PDF pp. 1856–1864CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137013 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Ferreira first noticed a luminous red sphere descending toward a clearing beside the furniture factory.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Initial observation”, PDF p. 1865CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137015 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The initial trio wore tight overalls covering everything except their heads and respiratory-style helmets that prevented Ferreira from seeing their faces.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Initial humanoids”, PDF p. 1865CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137018 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The object was described as light-gray metallic, supported on a tripod, without windows, and with a small rectangular entrance.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Exterior morphology”, PDF p. 1866CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137021 · Physical Characteristics
“Inside the account, all beings were said to be about three feet tall with large heads, but the witness described more than one morphologic type.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Interior humanoid types”, PDF p. 1866CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137022 · Physical Characteristics
“One described subgroup had chocolate-colored skin, large black slanted eyes and no eyelashes or eyebrows.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Subtype A”, PDF p. 1866CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137023 · Physical Characteristics
“A second subgroup is described with greenish skin, large flat noses, thick lips, green eyes and thin pointed chins; the source wording also contains internally inconsistent hair-color details, which ANOMALY does not reconcile.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Subtype B”, PDF p. 1866CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137024 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The police investigation found a circular area in the dusty yard described as swept clean, with singed grass around it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Reported landing trace”, PDF p. 1867CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137025 · Reported Craft Behavior
“A second guard about 350 meters from the site reportedly saw the UFO descend and gave a craft description said to match Ferreira’s.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Corroborating witness”, PDF pp. 1867–1868CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137026 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The entry later states that regressive hypnosis had been used to recall previous abduction events; because it does not cleanly map every detail to a recall state, ANOMALY preserves the morphology as testimony rather than an unqualified conscious-observation record.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mirassol Abduction Case” → “Recall-method caveat”, PDF p. 1868CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137027 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Moody consciously reported a faintly luminous metallic disc descending in the desert near Alamogordo.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moody Abduction Case” → “Conscious craft observation”, PDF p. 1878CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137029 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object reportedly stopped its descent around 20 feet altitude, moved toward the car slowly and hovered about 70 feet from Moody.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moody Abduction Case” → “Conscious movement”, PDF p. 1878CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137030 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Moody reported an oblong window about five feet high by three feet wide, with shadowy human forms visible through it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moody Abduction Case” → “Window and occupants”, PDF p. 1878CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137031 · Sound Emission
“A brief high-pitched sound compared to a dental drill was reported while the object hovered nearby.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moody Abduction Case” → “Acoustic report”, PDF p. 1878CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137032 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Moody reported that his car engine would not start during the close encounter and worked again after the object departed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moody Abduction Case” → “Vehicle interference”, PDF pp. 1878–1879CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137034 · Physical Characteristics
“The recovered-memory figures were described as humanlike but with larger hairless heads, very small ears, slightly larger eyes, small noses and thin lips.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moody Abduction Case” → “Meditation-recovered morphology”, PDF p. 1879CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-137037 · Reported Craft Interior
“In reconstructed memory, Moody described source-less interior lighting, an operating-room-like cleanliness and a burned-sugar odor.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moody Abduction Case” → “Recovered-memory interior”, PDF p. 1880CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-137038 · Reported Craft Interior
“Moody’s reconstructed account included a central rod, glass-covered crystalline structures and a large black box said to be part of the vehicle interior/drive area.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moody Abduction Case” → “Recovered-memory drive area”, PDF p. 1880CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-137045 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A slowly pulsating bluish-green haze surrounded the object; when it dimmed, the surface looked like mirrored sunglasses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moore Case” → “Surface and glow”, PDF p. 1882CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137046 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Investigators reported unusual footprints/holes and an elevated Geiger reading localized around an area about 50 feet across at the alleged landing site.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moore Case” → “Reported physical traces”, PDF p. 1883CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137047 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Nearby reports included temporary television interference and another low, bright round object the following morning, but Clark treats the later Washington/military-secrecy story separately and controversially.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Moore Case” → “Associated reports and evidence boundary”, PDF pp. 1883–1885CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137048 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A U.S. embassy cable summarized reports from widely separated Moroccan locations of a silvery luminous circular object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Morocco Sighting” → “Embassy summary”, PDF p. 1886CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137049 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The reports broadly agreed on south-to-north or southwest-to-northeast movement roughly parallel to the Atlantic coast.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Morocco Sighting” → “Trajectory”, PDF p. 1886CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137051 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Descriptions fell into two broad categories: a silver luminous flattened/disc-like form and a large luminous tube-shaped form.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Morocco Sighting” → “Morphology ambiguity”, PDF p. 1886CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137053 · Reported Craft Appearance
“One witness initially perceived the object as a disc at distance and as a luminous tube when it came closer, supporting preservation of view-dependent ambiguity rather than two asserted craft types.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Morocco Sighting” → “View-dependent description”, PDF p. 1886CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137054 · Entity Height
“In the November 15, 1966 TNT-area encounter, Roger Scarberry estimated the gray man-shaped figure at roughly six and a half to seven feet tall.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mothman and Other Winged Entities” → “Scarberry/Mallette encounter”, PDF pp. 1899–1900CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137055 · Physical Characteristics
“Scarberry described a gray figure shaped like a large man, with humanlike legs, large wings folded against its back and two glowing red eyes.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mothman and Other Winged Entities” → “Scarberry/Mallette morphology”, PDF pp. 1899–1900CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137056 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The figure reportedly spread batlike wings, rose straight into the air and pursued the witnesses’ car while its wings did not flap.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mothman and Other Winged Entities” → “Flight behavior”, PDF p. 1900CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137057 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The Scarberry vehicle reportedly reached about 100 mph while the flying figure kept pace.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mothman and Other Winged Entities” → “Pursuit behavior”, PDF p. 1900CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137058 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Rita Mallette compared the creature’s vocalization to the squeak of a large mouse.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mothman and Other Winged Entities” → “Vocalization”, PDF p. 1900CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137059 · Physical Characteristics
“A November 16 TNT-area report described a large gray headless-looking form with two glowing red eyes positioned at the top of its trunk and wings unfolding.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mothman and Other Winged Entities” → “Bennett-area report”, PDF p. 1901CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137060 · Physical Characteristics
“Keel’s composite, as summarized by Clark, described reported Mothman figures as five to seven feet tall, gray or brown, broader than a man, with humanlike legs and a shuffling walk.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mothman and Other Winged Entities” → “Keel composite description”, PDF p. 1901CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137061 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Clark notes that only one Mothman sighting in the sequence explicitly linked the winged figure with a luminous UFO, so ANOMALY does not treat UFO association as a universal Mothman trait.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Mothman and Other Winged Entities” → “Evidence boundary”, PDF p. 1901CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137071 · Reported Entity Behavior
“After the reported impact, Morris saw the figures grouped around something lying in the road; fresh dents were later observed on his vehicle, though no extraordinary trace was found at the site.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Munroe Falls CE3” → “Aftermath”, PDF pp. 1906–1908CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137077 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The upper projections appeared to cross at intervals, suggesting slow rotation or oscillation; observers noted no smoke, flame, propeller arc or engine noise.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Muroc Air Base Sightings” → “Rogers Dry Lake movement”, PDF p. 1909CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137079 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Because the same-day observations differ materially in disc, sphere, oval and flat descriptions, ANOMALY stores them as a report cluster rather than one asserted craft design.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Muroc Air Base Sightings” → “Taxonomy boundary”, PDF pp. 1908–1910CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137082 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The objects resolved from crimson points into sharply edged reddish-orange circles arranged in a narrow stepped echelon.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Nash-Fortenberry Sighting” → “Appearance and formation”, PDF p. 1922CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137083 · Reported Craft Appearance
“When edge-on, the pilots thought the top surfaces looked flat while the edges and undersides appeared unlighted, giving a coin-like impression.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Nash-Fortenberry Sighting” → “Edge-on morphology”, PDF p. 1923CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137084 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The six leading objects reportedly flipped edge-on in unison, reordered their echelon and then flipped flat again without an arcing turn.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Nash-Fortenberry Sighting” → “Synchronized maneuver”, PDF p. 1923CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137086 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The pilots calculated about 50 miles of travel in 15 seconds, yielding their estimate of roughly 12,000 mph; this is preserved as a witness calculation, not an independently measured speed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Nash-Fortenberry Sighting” → “Speed calculation”, PDF p. 1923CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137096 · Physical Characteristics
“No eyes, ears, nose, mouth or hair were visible; because the garments covered the bodies, ANOMALY records this as obscured anatomy rather than literal absence of those features.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Newark Valley CE3” → “Visible-feature limit”, PDF p. 1934CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137098 · Reported Entity Behavior
“A voice was heard near the figures and seemed to emanate from around them or the chest area rather than from a visibly moving mouth; the claimed Mars origin is retained only as narrative context and not as a factual origin classification.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Newark Valley CE3” → “Communication and origin boundary”, PDF pp. 1934–1935CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137099 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Two hunters initially saw a glowing object descend and later described a “silo-appearing” craft near the ground with a glow around it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “North Dakota CE3” → “Initial craft observation”, PDF p. 2007CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137104 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The glowing silo-like object reportedly reappeared two miles down the highway and landed gently less than 150 yards away.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “North Dakota CE3” → “Second craft appearance”, PDF p. 2008CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137107 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The witnesses later reported an unexplained time discrepancy/missing interval, but the entry does not supply a clear observed craft mechanism for it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “North Dakota CE3” → “Recall boundary”, PDF p. 2009CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137108 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A civilian witness group reported an oblong-shaped object roughly 50–60 feet across, nearly the color of the moon, passing over their car.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ocala Radar/Visual Case” → “Civilian close report”, PDF p. 2012CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137109 · Reported Craft Diameter
“The initial civilian estimate put the object at roughly 50 to 60 feet in cross-section, although the source calls this a diameter despite the oblong shape.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ocala Radar/Visual Case” → “Civilian size estimate”, PDF p. 2012CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137113 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Radar locked onto a target roughly 50–100 feet above ground, with an echo as strong as or stronger than a nearby tower and an apparent scale compared to a jetliner.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ocala Radar/Visual Case” → “Radar track”, PDF p. 2013CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137114 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The target disappeared abruptly from sight and radar, then the same or a similar object reappeared north of the first position.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ocala Radar/Visual Case” → “Intermittent radar/visual observation”, PDF p. 2013CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137115 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Around midnight a radar/visual target reportedly moved above 500 knots, accelerated, executed a one-second hairpin reversal and covered about 15 miles in seven seconds before slowing sharply.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ocala Radar/Visual Case” → “High-performance maneuver”, PDF p. 2013CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137125 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Later fighter intercept accounts in the entry include radar targets that evaded approaches and showed extreme acceleration; those performance estimates are preserved as military testimony rather than independently measured capabilities.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Official Night of the UFOs” → “Fighter-intercept reports”, PDF pp. 2021–2027CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137126 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The entry summarizes the object as a gray disc some tens of feet in diameter, thicker than a Frisbee, hovering below the O’Hare cloud deck.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Entry overview”, PDF p. 2028CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137127 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object reportedly hovered beneath the cloud layer for at least about 15 minutes before a sudden ascent.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Hover and departure”, PDF pp. 2028–2029CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137128 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A ramp worker described a round, silent object apparently rotating under the clouds; the cockpit crew also reportedly watched it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Gate C-17 observation”, PDF p. 2028CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137130 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Witness descriptions included dirty aluminum, dark gray, metallic/elliptical, and a dark-gray-underneath/opalescent side appearance.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Surface/color”, PDF pp. 2028–2029CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137131 · Reported Craft Appearance
“One witness described rounded edges and a thickness-to-diameter ratio of roughly 1:3, with possible counterclockwise rotation and slight wobble.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Detailed morphology”, PDF p. 2029CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137132 · Reported Craft Diameter
“Investigator-derived witness estimates ranged from about 22 to 88 feet in diameter, while one witness estimated 25–30 feet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Size estimates”, PDF p. 2029CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137133 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Witnesses said the object sprang into the clouds without a visible buildup of speed, on a slightly eastward-angled ascent rather than a straight vertical climb.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Departure”, PDF p. 2029CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137134 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Multiple witnesses reported a sharply bounded circular hole in the cloud deck, about the apparent diameter of the disc, remaining open for several minutes after departure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Cloud-hole report”, PDF pp. 2029–2032CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137135 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Clark concludes that no convincing conventional solution resolves the sighting, while emphasizing that the evidence remains primarily eyewitness testimony and that radar/photographic support is inconclusive.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “O’Hare Airport Sighting” → “Evidence assessment”, PDF pp. 2032–2034CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137140 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The disc reportedly projected pulsating yellow illumination over the group five times at intervals of roughly two to three seconds.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Operação Prato (Operation Plate)” → “Pulsating light”, PDF p. 2054CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137144 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Hollanda stated that this cylindrical type had also been photographed; ANOMALY records the statement but does not treat the existence of a photograph as verification of morphology beyond the source.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Operação Prato (Operation Plate)” → “Reported documentation”, PDF p. 2057CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137151 · Reported Craft Behavior
“A caption in the entry states that the A2 military team photographed a yellow-reddish object with bluish reflections at Fazenda Jejú on December 17, 1977, taking 26 photographs; ANOMALY does not assume the captioned object is necessarily identical to every ellipsoid narrative object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Operação Prato (Operation Plate)” → “Fazenda Jejú photographic caption”, PDF p. 2062CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137157 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Later a blue-glowing object approached and, after its light faded, Hollanda identified the revealed structure as the gigantic ship seen earlier; this time no windows or sound were apparent.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Operação Prato (Operation Plate)” → “Later return”, PDF pp. 2067–2068CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137160 · Reported Craft Behavior
“ANOMALY does not convert the wider “chupa-chupa” medical narratives or Hollanda’s broader interpretation of intelligent intent into proven craft effects; only directly described morphology/behavior is canonicalized here.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Operação Prato (Operation Plate)” → “Evidence boundary”, PDF pp. 2035–2093CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137165 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Later the car engine stalled and the radio faded while the cylinder-like object hovered about 500 feet away, then shifted to another position.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Oxford Abduction Case” → “Vehicle interference”, PDF p. 2103CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137166 · Reported Craft Appearance
“About 45 minutes later, the witnesses reported two disc-shaped objects with colored lights.”
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SRC-002099 · “Oxford Abduction Case” → “Disc companions”, PDF p. 2103CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137167 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The witnesses called the first/largest cylinder a “mothership” as it rose while unusual fog appeared to lift with it; ANOMALY records the observation without asserting a physical fog-control mechanism.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Oxford Abduction Case” → “Fog/perceptual episode”, PDF p. 2103CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-137168 · Reported Craft Interior
“Under later hypnosis Stephens described a circular interior room about 15 feet high and 55 feet in diameter with shiny gray inward-curving walls; this is stored only as disputed hypnosis-derived interior testimony.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Oxford Abduction Case” → “Hypnosis-derived interior”, PDF p. 2106CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-137169 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Eight hypnosis sessions between December 1975 and March 1976 produced the abduction narrative; ANOMALY keeps that layer distinct from the conscious cylinder/disc observations.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Oxford Abduction Case” → “Recall-method boundary”, PDF pp. 2105–2106CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-137170 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The mushroom-headed, three-webbed-finger humanoid description appears only in the hypnosis section, so Batch 7 intentionally does not create an entity dossier from it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Oxford Abduction Case” → “Entity exclusion boundary”, PDF p. 2106CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-137171 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The entry also recounts later “men in black” style visitor stories, but these are kept out of the physical craft/entity taxonomy for this batch.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Oxford Abduction Case” → “Post-encounter evidence boundary”, PDF pp. 2105–2112CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-138001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark’s Papuda entry describes a bright oval-shaped object whose visible color changed from blue to red during the April 11, 1991 sighting.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Papuda Case” → “Visual appearance”, PDF p. 2129CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138002 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Lt. Damasceno reported that the object moved rapidly, remained no more than about 500 meters above the prison by his estimate, and flew upward, downward and horizontally while its light intensity varied.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Papuda Case” → “Maneuvers and altitude”, PDF p. 2129CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138004 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Petronius reportedly said the radar return appeared rectangular on his screen; this screen description is recorded separately from the witnesses’ oval visual description and is not treated as literal hull shape.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Papuda Case” → “Radar-return appearance”, PDF p. 2130CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138010 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object reportedly descended until it hovered about two feet above a clearing roughly thirty to forty yards behind the witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Pascagoula Abduction Case” → “Landing/hover behavior”, PDF p. 2174CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138012 · Sound Emission
“The approach was associated with a “zipping” sound; Parker separately remembered a whistling noise and a click during the episode.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Pascagoula Abduction Case” → “Acoustic reports”, PDF pp. 2174–2178CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138014 · Reported Craft Interior
“Inside the craft Hickson described a football-sized, eye-like object or instrument that floated from the wall toward his face.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Pascagoula Abduction Case” → “Interior instrument”, PDF p. 2178CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138015 · Physical Characteristics
“Hickson described three gray, wrinkled entities whose heads seemed to join directly to the shoulders without visible necks.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Pascagoula Abduction Case” → “Entity morphology”, PDF pp. 2177–2178CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138017 · Physical Characteristics
“A nose-like protrusion reportedly projected about two inches from the face, with similar protrusions located where ears would ordinarily be.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Pascagoula Abduction Case” → “Head and facial morphology”, PDF p. 2177CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138023 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The three figures reportedly floated from the craft rather than walking, and later glided back toward the pier while transporting the witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Pascagoula Abduction Case” → “Locomotion and behavior”, PDF pp. 2174–2178CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138024 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Serra first described a very bright round white light above the palm trees and later a round object with four ball-like structures on the bottom, one illuminated.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Penalva CE3” → “Exterior appearance”, PDF pp. 2186–2187CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138033 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Serra said the beings spoke loudly to one another in speech he could not understand and appeared very serious.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Penalva CE3” → “Communication and demeanor”, PDF p. 2187CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138034 · Physical Characteristics
“Serra said the suited figures “did not look human,” but the source describes no exposed anatomy because their suits and visors covered the whole body.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Penalva CE3” → “Witness impression”, PDF p. 2187CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138035 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Spaur and Neff described the close object as a perfect oval of brilliant blue-white light, bright enough to make Spaur’s eyes water and illuminate the ground like daylight.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Portage County Sighting” → “Initial close appearance”, PDF pp. 2202–2203CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138042 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object reportedly maintained separation from the police cruiser, accelerating when Spaur accelerated and repeatedly slowing when the police had to slow.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Portage County Sighting” → “Pacing behavior”, PDF pp. 2203–2204CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138043 · Reported Craft Appearance
“As sunrise improved visibility, the upper surface was described as domelike and satin-metallic, with an angled rear-center projection interpreted as an antenna or fin.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Portage County Sighting” → “Daylight structure”, PDF p. 2204CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138044 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Spaur estimated the possible antenna/fin-like projection as much as eighteen feet long and about one foot wide at its base.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Portage County Sighting” → “Projection dimensions”, PDF p. 2204CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138045 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Patrolman Huston compared the object to an ice-cream cone with a domed top but explicitly said the pointed lower region might have been light rays rather than solid material.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Portage County Sighting” → “Lower-region ambiguity”, PDF p. 2205CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138046 · Reported Craft Diameter
“Patrolman Panzanella independently described the object as half a football and estimated it at about twenty-five to thirty-five feet in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Portage County Sighting” → “Independent witness estimate”, PDF p. 2206CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138047 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Panzanella reported that the object moved to roughly one thousand feet, stopped, then rose vertically very rapidly to about 3,500 feet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Portage County Sighting” → “Vertical maneuver”, PDF p. 2206CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138048 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Clark summarizes the RB-47 case as involving an unidentified object or source correlated across visual observation, radar, and ELINT direction-finding during the July 17, 1957 flight.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Case evidence channels”, PDF pp. 2302–2303CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138049 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The RB-47’s ELINT equipment detected an apparently airborne radar-like source whose signal resembled some characteristics of a common air-defense radar while differing in others.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “ELINT signal characteristics”, PDF p. 2303CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138050 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The specific detection involved S-band direction-finding equipment; Clark notes that the source’s apparent signal strength was unusually high in the crew’s analysis.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Electronic emission”, PDF p. 2303CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138051 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Wing Intelligence report recorded a signal moving rapidly “upscope” on the direction-finding display, behavior interpreted by the operator as indicating a rapidly moving airborne source while the aircraft was flying straight and level.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Upscope signal”, PDF p. 2318CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138052 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At 5:39 a.m. the aircraft commander reported a huge light about 5,000 feet below the RB-47 in perfectly clear weather.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “First steady visual sighting”, PDF p. 2340CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138053 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The pilot could not determine the object’s shape or size but had the impression that the light emanated from the top of an object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Visual morphology limits”, PDF p. 2340CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138054 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The contemporaneous intelligence report described the visually observed steady object as red, while later pilot testimony referred to a huge red glow.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Visual color”, PDF pp. 2340–2344CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138055 · Reported Craft Behavior
“At about 5:42 a.m., as the RB-47 increased speed and turned to pursue, the visually/electronically tracked object reportedly pulled ahead.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Pursuit maneuver”, PDF p. 2342CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138056 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Duncanville air-defense radar station reportedly confirmed tracking an object at the location being reported by the RB-47 crew.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Ground radar correlation”, PDF pp. 2303–2304CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138057 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Crew testimony and the case reconstruction describe episodes in which the visual light, ELINT signal, and radar target disappeared at effectively the same time and were later reacquired.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Simultaneous loss/reacquisition”, PDF pp. 2303–2304CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138058 · Reported Craft Behavior
“During a later close approach, the crew estimated a range of about five nautical miles and an apparent object altitude near 15,000 feet before visual contact and ground-radar contact were again lost.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Second close approach”, PDF pp. 2352–2353CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138059 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the RB-47 turned for home, the contemporaneous report says ELINT continued to direction-find the source off the aircraft’s tail from 6:02 until about 6:40 a.m., when it faded near Oklahoma City; later testimony also described radar tracking behind the aircraft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “RB-47 Electronic Intelligence Case, 1957” → “Trailing contact”, PDF p. 2356CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138060 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Carson and Scott first saw the object at about 500 feet altitude, less than a quarter-mile away, descending at roughly a 45-degree angle.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Red Bluff Sightings” → “Initial approach”, PDF p. 2365CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138061 · Reported Craft Behavior
“When the object reached an estimated 100–200 feet above the ground, it reportedly reversed direction abruptly, rose about 500 feet and hovered.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Red Bluff Sightings” → “Reversal and hover”, PDF pp. 2365–2366CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138062 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The officers’ official report described a round or oblong object made visible within a surrounding glow.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Red Bluff Sightings” → “Body shape and glow”, PDF pp. 2365–2366CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138063 · Reported Craft Appearance
“They reported definite red lights at the ends/sides and, at times, about five white lights between them that looked like a row of windows.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Red Bluff Sightings” → “Exterior lighting”, PDF p. 2366CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138066 · Reported Craft Behavior
“One of the red endpoint lights at a time reportedly projected a brilliant red beam roughly six feet in diameter across the surrounding terrain.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Red Bluff Sightings” → “Directed light”, PDF p. 2366CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138068 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The officers described rapid backward and forward motion in multiple directions, alternating with slow floating or hovering.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Red Bluff Sightings” → “Maneuvering”, PDF p. 2366CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138072 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Carson and Scott felt the object responded to their actions, including darting away after Scott directed the patrol car’s red pursuit light toward it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Red Bluff Sightings” → “Interactive behavior”, PDF p. 2366CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138073 · Reported Craft Diameter
“The entry describes the Rio object as a flying disc approximately two to three meters in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Rio de Janeiro Sighting” → “Craft dimensions”, PDF p. 2375CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138074 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The source also prints a height figure of twenty to twenty-five meters despite the much smaller stated diameter; this internally unusual value is preserved as source wording rather than normalized as a reliable dimension.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Rio de Janeiro Sighting” → “Source dimension inconsistency”, PDF p. 2375CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138076 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Vânia described three luminous appendages or lights—yellow, blue and red—blinking rhythmically.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Rio de Janeiro Sighting” → “Colored lighting”, PDF p. 2375CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138077 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object reportedly hovered vertically above the witnesses near a light pole and then accompanied them overhead as they ran into the neighborhood.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Rio de Janeiro Sighting” → “Hover and pacing”, PDF pp. 2375–2376CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138078 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Vera reported the object descending to roughly two to three meters above a transformer, about five meters above the ground.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Rio de Janeiro Sighting” → “Low-altitude maneuver”, PDF p. 2376CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138079 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At close range Vera described a central body with luminous side axes and a third vertical light beam.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Rio de Janeiro Sighting” → “Structured lighting”, PDF p. 2376CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138080 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Before final departure the object reportedly rose obliquely and displayed an intense sequence of red-blue, then blue-yellow, then red coloration.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Rio de Janeiro Sighting” → “Departure and color changes”, PDF p. 2376CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138082 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object reportedly hovered about five feet above the ground while maintaining position in front of the moving car.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ririe CE3” → “Hover and pacing”, PDF p. 2377CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138084 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A transparent dome covered most of the top, allowing seated humanoid figures to be seen inside.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ririe CE3” → “Dome and visibility”, PDF p. 2377CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138085 · Reported Craft Behavior
“One side of the dome reportedly rose to allow an occupant to leave and later opened again for the figure’s return.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ririe CE3” → “Dome opening”, PDF p. 2377CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138086 · Reported Craft Behavior
“During departure the object reportedly flew away in a rapid zigzag motion while a flame-like beam projected from the bottom center.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ririe CE3” → “Departure”, PDF p. 2377CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138088 · Reported Entity Behavior
“One occupant reportedly floated out of the craft upright “like a bird,” entered the witnesses’ car, and later floated back into the object.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ririe CE3” → “Locomotion and behavior”, PDF p. 2377CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138097 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Begay reported that the figure spoke twice in a high-pitched rapid voice, later imitated as a chirruping or warbling sound; he could not understand it.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Ririe CE3” → “Communication”, PDF p. 2377CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138098 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Pilot Waldo Harris reported a disc-shaped object with no visible wings, tail or external control surfaces.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Salt Lake City Sighting” → “Primary morphology”, PDF p. 2403CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138099 · Reported Craft Diameter
“In his later written account Harris estimated the disc at roughly fifty to fifty-five feet in diameter.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Salt Lake City Sighting” → “Later dimension estimate”, PDF p. 2403CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138101 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Harris compared the surface to sand-blasted aluminum and reported no visible windows, doors, openings or landing-gear doors.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Salt Lake City Sighting” → “Surface and openings”, PDF p. 2403CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138102 · Reported Craft Appearance
“When the object rose above his aircraft, Harris said the underside appeared essentially the same as the upper side.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Salt Lake City Sighting” → “Underside”, PDF p. 2403CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138103 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object reportedly hovered with a slight rocking motion, then rose abruptly about one thousand feet as Harris approached.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Salt Lake City Sighting” → “Hover and ascent”, PDF p. 2403CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138104 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After a second hover, Harris reported the object departed on a climbing course and disappeared from sight within roughly two to three seconds.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Salt Lake City Sighting” → “Departure”, PDF p. 2403CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138106 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Other witnesses said the object looked oval when sunlit but dark and cigar-shaped at some angles through binoculars, while retaining aluminum-like reflections and clear edges.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Salt Lake City Sighting” → “Aspect-dependent appearance”, PDF p. 2404CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-138107 · Reported Craft Diameter
“In his immediate official interview Harris gave a smaller estimate of roughly thirty-five to fifty feet across and about four feet thick, later expanding the dimensions; both estimates are retained rather than silently reconciled.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Salt Lake City Sighting” → “Conflicting size estimates”, PDF p. 2404CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark records Schirmer’s initial conscious observation as a disc-shaped structure hovering at a slight tilt near the highway.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Schirmer Abduction Case” → “Initial conscious sighting”, PDF p. 2421CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139008 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The declassified account describes the first object as disc-shaped; the interview notes also call it circular, round and saucer-like.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Senator Russell Sighting” → “Declassified witness report”, PDF pp. 2456–2457CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139011 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Interview notes placed two lights near the upper interior portion of the disc; the lights remained stationary while the outer surface revolved.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Senator Russell Sighting” → “Structured appearance”, PDF p. 2457CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139013 · Reported Craft Behavior
“At an estimated altitude of about 6,000 feet, the first object reportedly turned north, accelerated rapidly and crossed the railroad tracks ahead of the train.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Senator Russell Sighting” → “First disc maneuver”, PDF p. 2456CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139017 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At close range Zamora described the hull as smooth, with no visible windows or doors.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Close observation”, PDF p. 2536CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139018 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Zamora reported a red marking or insignia in the middle of the object, roughly estimated at about two and a half by two feet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Close observation”, PDF p. 2536CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139019 · Sound Emission
“During liftoff, Zamora described a roar that began at low frequency and quickly rose in both pitch and loudness.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Departure acoustics”, PDF pp. 2535–2536CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139020 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A light-blue flame with an orange lower portion was reported beneath the object during liftoff, apparently centered under the hull; dust but no smoke was noted.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Departure emission”, PDF p. 2536CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139021 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Zamora estimated that the object rose vertically to roughly 20–25 feet in about six seconds.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Initial liftoff”, PDF p. 2537CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139022 · Sound Emission
“At the end of the roar, Zamora heard a brief high-to-low whine, after which the departing object was silent.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Departure acoustics”, PDF p. 2537CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139023 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After liftoff the object reportedly moved away very rapidly on a straight low-level path roughly 10–15 feet above the ground, without visible flame, smoke or sound.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Low-level departure”, PDF pp. 2537–2538CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139024 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The landing site contained four asymmetrically placed trapezoidal depressions interpreted by investigators as possible support or landing impressions.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Physical traces”, PDF pp. 2538–2539CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139025 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Stanford described the four wedge-like depressions as roughly 12–16 inches long, 6–8 inches wide and perhaps 4–6 inches deep.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Physical traces”, PDF p. 2539CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139026 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Contemporaneous site observations included burning or charred vegetation, though the entry does not establish a specific mechanism for the effects.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Physical traces”, PDF pp. 2538–2542CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139027 · Physical Characteristics
“In Zamora’s initial observation, two small figures near the object were described as roughly boy-sized and normal in overall shape.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Occupant observation”, PDF p. 2534CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139029 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The figures were seen beside the northwest side of the object as if inspecting it; one turned toward the approaching police car and appeared startled.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Socorro CE2/CE3” → “Occupant observation”, PDF p. 2534CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139033 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The side reportedly carried a row of vertical windows, each roughly one foot wide by four feet long, separated by about one foot.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Stonehenge CE3” → “Exterior structure”, PDF p. 2590CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139034 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The craft reportedly stopped over a playing field and hovered about 10 feet above the ground; during the figures’ return it was said to be about four feet above the ground.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Stonehenge CE3” → “Hover behavior”, PDF p. 2590CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139037 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the figures reentered, the craft reportedly rose and departed rapidly toward the north, disappearing within seconds.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Stonehenge CE3” → “Departure”, PDF p. 2590CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139049 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Two round lower pieces were visible beneath the brace and were interpreted by the witness as possible feet or landing gear, extending roughly 20 centimeters below the body.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Trans-en-Provence CE2” → “Lower structure”, PDF p. 2634CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139054 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The Gendarmerie documented two concentric circular ground traces, about 2.2 and 2.4 meters in diameter, forming a roughly 10-centimeter corona with visible dark striations.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Trans-en-Provence CE2” → “Physical traces”, PDF p. 2635CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139058 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Barauna reported intermittent glittering or flashing as the object approached, uncertain whether from reflected sunlight or its own luminosity.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Trindade Island Photographs” → “Approach”, PDF p. 2642CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139060 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After disappearing behind Desejado Peak, it reportedly reappeared larger, lower and closer, traveling in the opposite direction at higher speed.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Trindade Island Photographs” → “Maneuvering”, PDF p. 2642CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139062 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the brief stop, the object reportedly continued out over the sea, diminishing with distance until it disappeared at the horizon.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Trindade Island Photographs” → “Departure”, PDF p. 2642CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139063 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Pedley’s original RAAF report described a definite object rather than a light, with no visible illumination.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Tully and Other UFO Nests” → “Original RAAF report”, PDF p. 2648CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139070 · Reported Craft Behavior
“It reportedly rose to roughly 60 feet and then departed southwest on an approximately 45-degree climbing path.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Tully and Other UFO Nests” → “Departure”, PDF p. 2649CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139072 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The witness characterized its departure as extremely fast, faster than an airplane, while remaining on a straight climbing path.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Tully and Other UFO Nests” → “Departure”, PDF p. 2649CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139074 · Reported Craft Behavior
“At the point from which the object was seen rising, investigators documented a near-circular swamp-grass depression reported at about 32 feet long by 25 feet wide.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Tully and Other UFO Nests” → “Physical trace”, PDF p. 2649CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139075 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The grass in the depression was flattened to the surface of roughly four feet of water in clockwise curves.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Tully and Other UFO Nests” → “Physical trace”, PDF p. 2649CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-139076 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The original police report noted no combustion smell or scorching; the flattened grass was green when first seen and reportedly brown later that afternoon.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Tully and Other UFO Nests” → “Physical trace”, PDF p. 2649CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140001 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Masse described the landed object as about the size of a Dauphine automobile and shaped something like a rugby ball.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Valensole CE2/CE3” → “Initial craft observation”, PDF p. 2800CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140018 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Each figure reportedly carried a small case on the left and a larger one on the right, and one used a pencil-like device before both moved quickly back to the craft.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Valensole CE2/CE3” → “Entity behavior”, PDF p. 2801CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140019 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Valentich initially reported an unknown object passing above him at an estimated separation of at least about 1,000 feet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Valentich Disappearance” → “Radio transcript”, PDF pp. 2805–2806CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140030 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Valentich reported rough-running engine behavior while the object was nearby, but the dossier does not assign causation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Valentich Disappearance” → “Aircraft effects”, PDF pp. 2805–2806CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140039 · Reported Craft Behavior
“Hermelindo reported intense heat coming from the underside opening while he was being lifted; this is stored as testimony rather than a measured effect.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Vargem Grande Case” → “Close encounter”, PDF p. 2844CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140052 · Physical Characteristics
“Three young women described a thin, hairless, dark-skinned creature with visible dark veins.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Varginha Contact Incident” → “Three-witness entity report”, PDF p. 2851CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140055 · Physical Characteristics
“The head was described as huge, with three bony protrusions: one on each side and one in the center.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Varginha Contact Incident” → “Three-witness entity report”, PDF p. 2851CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140057 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The entity was reportedly crouched beside a wall and turned its head toward the witnesses.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Varginha Contact Incident” → “Three-witness entity report”, PDF p. 2851CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140058 · Reported Entity Clothing
“A later witness, Terezinha Gallo Clepf, reported a similar-looking being wearing a yellow helmet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Varginha Contact Incident” → “Later zoo-area report”, PDF p. 2855CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140059 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Clark’s editor’s note explicitly advises suspending judgment on the broader Varginha case pending clarifying developments.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Varginha Contact Incident” → “Editor's Note”, PDF p. 2858CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140063 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A feature on top reportedly rotated very rapidly and emitted sharp reddish fluorescent light that shifted toward green as the craft slowed to land.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Villas-Boas CE3” → “Landing observation”, PDF p. 2860CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140065 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The witness reported his tractor engine stopped a few seconds after the craft landed; this is stored without asserting a causal mechanism.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Villas-Boas CE3” → “Vehicle effect”, PDF p. 2860CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140086 · Reported Entity Behavior
“Villas-Boas later interpreted gestures and the encounter in reproductive terms, but this dossier stores only the reported interaction and does not canonicalize his origin/genetic interpretation.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Villas-Boas CE3” → “Witness interpretation”, PDF pp. 2861–2862CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140088 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The seven-person logging crew reported a luminous disc-shaped structure in a clearing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Initial seven-witness craft observation”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140089 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object hovered about 15 to 20 feet above a slash pile.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Initial seven-witness craft observation”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140090 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The crew first viewed the object from approximately 100 feet away.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Initial seven-witness craft observation”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140091 · Reported Craft Diameter
“Clark gives the reported craft width as approximately 20 feet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Initial seven-witness craft observation”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140092 · Craft Height
“Clark gives the reported craft height as approximately eight feet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Initial seven-witness craft observation”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140093 · Reported Craft Appearance
“The object cast a milky yellow glow through the clearing.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Initial seven-witness craft observation”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140094 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Dark silver vertical lines divided the surface into longer-than-wide panel-like geometric forms.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Initial seven-witness craft observation”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140095 · Reported Craft Appearance
“A thin band with an outward-protruding ring encircled the craft’s middle.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Initial seven-witness craft observation”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140096 · Reported Craft Appearance
“At close range Walton described the curving hull as extraordinarily smooth and unblemished.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Close approach”, PDF p. 2876CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140098 · Sound Emission
“Walton also described a distant industrial rumble like many turbine generators starting.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Close approach”, PDF pp. 2876–2877CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140099 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The object reportedly began wobbling slowly, then more rapidly as the sounds grew louder.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Close approach”, PDF p. 2877CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140100 · Reported Craft Behavior
“The coworkers said a bluish-green beam struck Walton; this is stored as witness testimony, not as an independently established mechanism.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Crew observation”, PDF p. 2879CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140101 · Reported Craft Behavior
“After the crew fled, Rogers later reported a white flash or streak ascending from the wooded area, which he interpreted as the craft’s departure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Reported departure”, PDF p. 2879CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140110 · Reported Entity Behavior
“When threatened, the beings held their hands outward in a stop/no gesture and then left through a nearby door.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Onboard entity behavior”, PDF p. 2901CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140112 · Physical Characteristics
“The figure was described as a deeply tanned, muscular Caucasian-looking man with sandy blond hair long enough to cover the ears.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Humanlike onboard figure”, PDF p. 2902CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140113 · Reported Entity Clothing
“The humanlike figure reportedly wore a tight bright-blue coverall, black belt/band, black boots and a transparent bubble helmet.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Humanlike onboard figure”, PDF p. 2902CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140115 · Reported Entity Behavior
“The first humanlike figure reportedly communicated only through gestures and a tolerant grin while guiding Walton through the structure.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Humanlike onboard figure”, PDF pp. 2902–2903CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140116 · Physical Characteristics
“Later Walton reported two more men and one woman with similar/family-like appearance and conventionally attractive human features.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Walton Abduction Case” → “Additional humanlike figures”, PDF p. 2903CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
CLAIM-140126 · Reported Craft Behavior
“More than a thousand witnesses were estimated to have seen a huge array of V-shaped lights flying slowly at altitudes ranging from about 2,000 feet to treetop level, sometimes hovering.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Westchester Sightings” → “March 24 1983 Westchester wave”, PDF p. 2981CLAIM STATUS: REPORTED
CLAIM-140135 · Reported Craft Appearance
“Clark nevertheless notes repeated close reports of a dark nonreflective metallic structure matching the boomerang light configuration, while leaving the exact role of conventional aircraft unresolved.”
SUPPORTS
SRC-002099 · “Westchester Sightings” → “Case assessment”, PDF p. 2987CLAIM STATUS: DISPUTED
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