James Lumley, a trapper, witnessed a bright object fly through the sky and crash in the forest of Montana. He traced the path of the crash and found an unexpected object with “curious hieroglyphics.”
In the middle of September 1865, just after sunset, a trapper named James Lumley claims to have witnessed a “bright luminous body in the heavens, which was moving with great rapidity in an easterly direction.”[2] As he recounted to the St. Louis Democrat, the object streaked through the sky for at least five seconds “when it suddenly separated into particles, resembling, as Mr. Lumley describes it, the bursting of a sky-rocket in the air.”[2]
Shortly after, he claimed to have heard a “heavy explosion”, and “rushing sound, like a tornado” through the forest. He said that the air was “filled with a peculiar odor, of a sulphurous character.”[2]
The following day, he found a wide path that had ripped through the forest, uprooting trees and tearing up the earth. As he traced this path of destruction, he discovered “an immense stone that had been driven into the side of a mountain.” He approached the “stone” and claimed that it was “divided into compartments, and that in various places it was carved with the curious hieroglyphics.”[2] He also noted that he found fragments of a “substance resembling glass” and dark stains, “as though caused by a liquid.”[2]
On this same night, what was assumed to be a meteor was observed in the Western U.S., specifically in Leavenworth, Galena and in St. Louis, Missouri. NOTE: The above image is C.G.I.
This report is quite possibly one of the more substantial UFO reports of the year. The witness wishes to remain anonymous due to the very public nature of her career with the city in which she works. On Sunday afternoon around 3 p.m. I received the phone call over the OUFOR Hotline. I was told of what happened and immediately got in my truck and drove to the residence in (deleted) from where I live in Salem. While there, I and State Director Skip Shultz investigated the area of the sighting with Shultz obtaining measurements from the home to the where the craft hovered and myself taking pictures. Here is the story along with pictures of the area. Drawing from the witness herself showing the size and relationship to the trees as seen through her window are being processed and will appear here within a day or two so please check back. The witness had laid down along with her husband in bed for the evening and was just getting comfortable. She lays on the edge of the bed closest to the window and her husband closer to the middle of the room toward the door. The blinds of the window were pulled up and the window was slid open to the left with the screen on the right allowing air into the room. At between 10 to 15 minutes after 10:00 p.m., she noticed a strong glow of light begin to appear from the top left corner of the window, coming from over the roofs edge and just beyond the thin line of trees which cover a 60 foot stretch between the house and a large expanse of open country just beyond those trees. She lay with her head on the pillow as, what she described as a “really large, plate like, fluorescent lit airborne craft” floated silently and slowly to the right, revealing itself for its size and brilliance as it continued to drift into view. Being extremely dark out the trees between the house and the object created an outline to track the slow movement. This picture was taken from the very spot where she layed as she watched the craft appear out the window.
During the first few moments of the sighting the women began yelling at her husband across the bed, “Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God,” and pointing. The husband rolled over and said “what?” Dumfounded by what she was looking at, and now about 6 seconds into the 10 second sighting she jumped out of bed and plastered her face against the screen and continued the watch as the now full view of the 100 foot wide glowing craft tilted slightly and came to a stop just beyond the trees some 60 feet away and 50 feet up. She reports that most of the disc was “glowing like the brightness of x-ray light” and that a dome like structure was the only part not illuminating, creating sort of a dark void area on the brightly lit craft. This picture was taken just outside the window for a clearer view of the area where this craft appeared just beyond the trees.
Her husband leaned over toward the window and again said “what?” He was still not close enough however to see what she was looking at as the craft was up too high at an angle. The wife was at this pointing watching the last 5 seconds of the 10 second sighting, only in the last few seconds getting beyond “Oh my God” long enough to blurt out “UFO!” and for him to get over and look at it. During this, she describes the craft as being totally motionless, but that the right side of the craft was beginning to disappear as if another dark, unseen object were traveling from right to left in front of it(between the lit craft and the trees) causing the object to black out of sight as it went. She watched until the left of the craft could no longer be seen and was convinced that the craft had not left but was still out there “floating” in the same spot as where she had last seen it. A short argument ensued over his not getting to the window in time to see it and they laid back down. The window was still open. A few moments later, the wife turned to her husband and said “shhhh” after hearing something outside. She got up and again pressed her ear to the screen. Just outside and strait ahead in the darkness she could hear the sound of footprints crunching through the leaves and coming toward the house…steady foot prints and coming from three separate locations in the darkness outside the window. This is a daytime photo taken during the investigation of the bushes and leaves under the trees where the sounds of crunching leaves were coming from. The window is directly behind the photographer.
She only listened for a short time… long enough to realize the steps were getting close to the house. She quickly closed the window, dropped the shades and jumped back in bed. The couple eventually fell asleep and nothing more was reported to have happened, as far as they know, for the rest of the evening. This home is in a very remote area where there is a great deal of country expanse in all directions and where but a few neighbors pepper the area up and down the country roads. A return trip will be made next weekend to speak with others in the area in hopes of finding more witnesses to this sighting. The location of this sighting is being withheld in case another report from this area comes in. NOTE: The above image is C.G.I.
Hell arrived in Japan on March 11, 2011. It was hit by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant meltdown, a 9-point earthquake and a devastating tsunami. Miraculously, the Enmyoin Buddhist Temple in the Fukushima Prefecture remained standing as everything around it was destroyed.
The temple’s high priest, Tomonori Izumi, survived that hellish day and observed multiple UFOs over the nuclear plant immediately after three of its reactors exploded. He made this statement about what he saw and felt that day:
“The UFOs appeared after the explosion. There were so many of them. I was shocked. Radiation was leaking everywhere. . . I believe the UFOs came to regulate the flow of radiation to save us. At least that’s my theory. I don’t know if it was some kind of god or some powerful being in the UFO, but I believe that some invisible force really came to save us.”
On the right is one frame from a brief video taken of multiple UFOs over the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant right after the explosions. At the end of the video, all the UFOs merge together.
On February 10, 1951, a United States Navy aircraft flying from Iceland to Gander, Newfoundland, reported a near-collision with a large, orange, circular UFO object. The object was described by the co-pilot as “almost literally flew circles around” the American aircraft before speeding away.
Co-pilot Graham Bethune reported that he and the pilot observed the orange, circular UFO object above the ocean for four to five minutes. Just after they called it to the attention of the rest of the crew, the UFO abruptly changed its angle of attack and moved toward the plane, leading to the near-collision.
The UFO object was reportedly detected by ground radar in Gander, corroborating the visual sighting from the aircraft.
A full, official report was filed and investigated by the government. According to UFO author Jerome Clark, the United States Air Force concluded that the UFO sighting was a high-altitude research balloon or the planet Venus.
Co-pilot Bethune, however, rejected the official explanation. He maintained that he had seen a gray UFO disc that hovered and then accelerated away with great speed and erratic maneuvers, unlike a weather balloon or a celestial object. He claimed that Navy commanders and Naval Intelligence officers also interviewed him and appeared convinced that the UFO object was real and unidentified. NOTE: The above image is C.G.I.
In October 2023, a U.S. Air Force ISR platform from the 50th Attack Squadron, operating out of Al Dhafra Air Base in the UAE under Operation Spartan Shield, observed two separate unidentified aerial phenomena during an approximately 17-hour mission over the Persian Gulf. The encounters occurred at 02:41Z and 03:22Z at roughly 24,300 feet altitude while the aircraft was on a heading of 280 degrees at 162 knots true airspeed.
The first UAP was estimated to be traveling at approximately 320 mph; the second at approximately 440 mph. Both objects registered as solid physical phenomena, with the first exhibiting a notably cold thermal signature against its background — an inversion of what conventional powered aircraft typically present on infrared sensors. Military personnel filed a formal MISREP, and the case was reported to AARO. An IR sensor recording was captured.
The case is significant for several reasons: the cold thermal signature is anomalous for a conventional craft, both observed velocities substantially exceed the aircraft’s own speed, the encounters occurred within a geopolitically sensitive airspace corridor near the Iranian border (the aircraft received a professional guard call from Iranian Air Defense the same mission).
Cold thermal signature
The first UAP in this encounter registered a ‘thermal cold’ signature on infrared — meaning it appeared colder than the surrounding background sky. This is the opposite of what any conventional propulsion system (jet engine, rocket, internal combustion) would produce, making prosaic explanations challenging.
Extraordinary velocities
Both UAPs were estimated at high speed — 320 mph and 440 mph respectively — by a trained military ISR operator while the observing platform was traveling at 162 knots (~186 mph) in cruise. Neither object was identified as a friendly or hostile platform, and no radar returns, RF emissions, or acoustic signatures were recorded.
October 23, 2023 – 00:15Z: ISR aircraft (callsign and tail number redacted) takes off from Al Dhafra Air Base (OMAM), UAE.
00:30Z: Aircraft handed over from the LRE (Long-Range Element) to operational control.
01:45Z: Aircraft receives one professional guard call from Iranian Air Defense, instructing it to ‘maintain safe distance from border.’ Operator responds it is conducting routine operations in international airspace. Contact with Iranian Air Defense ceases.
01:55Z: Aircraft goes on station. Mission type: Joint Surveillance Reconnaissance (JSR). Equipped with AN/DAS-1 MTS-B targeting pod (ANDAS1) and AH\GMESH data link.
October 24, 2023 — 01:55Z to 18:37Z: Aircraft conducts IMINT collection supporting NAVCENT under Op Spartan Shield. FMV collected and exploited by DGS-2 (Distributed Ground System-2). SIGINT also collected via Airhandler from 01:50Z to 20:19Z.
02:41Z: First UAP observation. Operator observes one solid UAP in vicinity of grid 39RYJ (Persian Gulf). Aircraft altitude: FL243. Aircraft speed: 162 KTAS, heading 280 degrees. UAP estimated velocity: 320 mph. UAP thermal signature: COLD (anomalous). Observer assessment: Benign. No RF detected, no engagement.
03:22Z: Second UAP observation. Operator observes one solid UAP in vicinity of grid 39RXK6 (approximately same operating area). Aircraft conditions identical. UAP estimated velocity: 440 mph. Thermal signature: UNK. Observer assessment: Benign. No RF detected, no engagement.
18:37Z: Aircraft cleared to return to base.
19:12Z: Aircraft goes off station.
20:19Z: Aircraft handed back to LRE.
20:58Z: Aircraft lands at OMAM (Al Dhafra Air Base). FMV exploited by DGS-2.
September 12, 2025: MISREP declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff.
May 8, 2026: MISREP and associated IR sensor video (DOW-UAP-PR27, 4 minutes 57 seconds) publicly released via PURSUE Release 1 on war.gov/UFO. NOTE: The above image is real but from another case file.
The Phobos program was an unmanned space mission consisting of two probes launched by the Soviet Union to study Mars and its moons Phobos and Deimos.
Phobos 2 became a Mars orbiter and returned 38 images with a resolution of up to 40 meters. Both probes suffered from critical failures.
Phobos 1 and 2 were of a new spacecraft design, succeeding the type used in the Venera planetary missions of 1975-1985, last used during the Vega 1 and Vega 2 missions to comet Halley.
Phobos 1 was launched on July 7, 1988 and Phobos 2 on July 12, 1988, each aboard a Proton-K rocket. They each had a mass of 2600 kg (6220 kg with orbital insertion hardware attached).
The program featured co-operation from 14 other nations including Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, France, West Germany, and the United States (who contributed the use of its Deep Space Network for tracking the twin spacecraft).
Phobos ll arrived in January 1989 and entered an orbit around Mars as the first phase towards its real destination, a small Martian moon called Phobos.
The mission was flawless until the craft aligned itself with the moon.
On March 28, 1989 an elliptical object was detected moving towards the satellite seconds before it failed.
All indications were that the elliptical object had attacked the satellite which was now dead and left spinning out of control.
On March 28, 1989 Tass, the official Soviet news agency stated:
“Phobos II failed to communicate with Earth as scheduled after completing an operation yesterday around the Martian moon Phobos. Scientists at mission control have been unable to establish stable radio contact.”
But the next day a top official of the Soviet Space Agency (Glavkosmos) said: “Phobos II is 99% lost for good.”
It is important to note that he stated the entire satellite was gone and not just contact with it.
Of great interest to Ufologists was an image captured either on, or above the surface of Mars. Commonly called the shadow, whatever caused this has never been determined. If it was indeed a craft, it was of immense size.
On March 31, 1989, headlines dispatched by the Moscow correspondents of the European News Agency (EFE) stated:
“Phobos 2 Captured Strange Photos of Mars Before Losing Contact With Its Base.”
Vremya revealed yesterday that the space probe Phobos II, which was orbiting above Mars when Soviet scientists lost contact with it on Monday, had photographed an UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT on the Martian surface seconds before losing contact.”
Scientists described the UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT as a thin ellipse 20 KILOMETERS LONG!
It was further stated that the photos could not be an illusion because it was captured by 2 different color cameras as well as cameras taking infrared shots.
One controller at the Kaliningrad control center concluded that the probe was now spinning out of control. It would seem that something struck or shot the Phobos II Probe.
In the October 19, 1989 issue of Nature Magazine, Soviet scientists concluded that the craft could be spinning because it was impacted.
It has long been rumored that Mars and its moon Phobos are alien colonies. The surface of Mars is covered with strange shapes/buildings that do not appear to be natural such as the pyramids, square buildings, runways, etc.
One structure shows the face of a man with a helmet looking into space. It can be seen at the National Space Science Data Center, Viking photo with catalog number 76-A-593/17384 Titled “HEAD.”
Another photo is 070-A-13. There are now eleven Viking photographs (and growing) of this obviously intelligently constructed monument on the surface of Mars.
The “HEAD” and other artificial features such as the pyramids were combined by electrical engineer and imaging specialist Vincent DiPietro and a Lockheed computer scientist.
The composite images seemed to show that the features on the surface of Mars had been artificially sculpted… Just maybe, WE ARE NOT ALONE!
Over the past few decades, numerous reports have surfaced regarding unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) sightings near nuclear submarines and naval vessels. These encounters, often shrouded in secrecy, raise significant questions about the nature of UAPs and their implications for national security. With an increasing number of credible witnesses and some declassified documents, the mystery deepens, challenging experts and authorities alike.
Historical Context and Recent Developments
UAP sightings near naval vessels are not a recent phenomenon. Historical records from as early as the Cold War era indicate unusual aerial activities around military installations, particularly those involving nuclear capabilities. However, recent incidents have drawn renewed attention.
For instance, a 2019 incident involving the USS Kidd, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, recorded anomalous radar signatures that were later scrutinized by the Pentagon. These signatures, which revealed high-velocity objects maneuvering with unprecedented agility, were corroborated by multiple radar systems and visual confirmations by naval personnel. UAP Radar Signatures: What Anomalous Tracks Reveal About UFO Encounters further explores these technological challenges.
Analyzing Witness Testimonies and Recorded Evidence
Credible witness testimonies from naval officers and submariners add weight to the UAP phenomenon. In a notable 2021 incident, a nuclear submarine operating in the North Atlantic reported a UAP that shadowed the vessel for several days. According to the crew, the object exhibited advanced propulsion capabilities and evaded radar detection with ease.
These accounts are supported by recorded evidence, including sonar data and infrared footage, which remain classified. The reluctance of military authorities to fully disclose these encounters only adds to the intrigue, prompting questions about the potential technological superiority of these phenomena.
Government Response: Transparency or Obfuscation?
The government’s response to UAP sightings around nuclear submarines has been characterized by a mix of acknowledgment and obfuscation. While some officials have recognized the need for further investigation, others have downplayed the incidents, attributing them to foreign drones or experimental technology.
This lack of transparency has sparked criticism from both the public and lawmakers. Notably, Sen. Marco Rubio: A Pivotal Figure in UAP Legislative Oversight, has advocated for greater openness and accountability in UAP investigations, urging the defense establishment to prioritize these matters.
Theoretical Implications and Security Concerns
The presence of UAPs in proximity to nuclear submarines raises significant security concerns. If these objects possess the ability to bypass advanced detection systems, they could pose a considerable threat to national defense. Furthermore, the potential for UAPs to interfere with nuclear capabilities adds another layer of urgency to the investigation.
Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain these phenomena, ranging from advanced foreign technology to non-human intelligence. Each theory presents its own set of challenges and implications, demanding a nuanced and comprehensive approach to UAP research.
Conclusion: Unraveling the UAP Mystery
The enigma of UAP sightings near nuclear submarines and naval vessels continues to confound experts and authorities. Despite witness testimonies and some documented evidence, the full extent of these phenomena remains elusive. As national security concerns mount, the need for rigorous investigation and greater transparency becomes ever more pressing.
Ultimately, the UAP phenomenon challenges our understanding of technology, security, and possibly even the nature of intelligence itself. As we delve deeper into the mystery, it remains to be seen whether these encounters will yield answers or continue to defy explanation. In the meantime, the pursuit of truth in the UAP realm demands our vigilance and curiosity.
We live a few blocks from the beach on a barrier island outside of Charleston. Around midnight, several nights a week, I spend an hour or so on our third floor deck listening to the ocean, looking for shooting stars and satellites (wondering about UFO’s). On January 17, 2003, at 12:30 AM, I saw a very bright (brighter than the brightest star/planet) orange light in the sky moving from the shore, inland WNW. It appeared lower than a plane when it is on approach and holding. Behind it was a jet. We live near an Air Force base and often see airplanes traveling in tandem, so I assumed it were a pair of Air Force jets although an object moving across the sky with nothing visible but a bright orange light looked quite peculiar. Less than a minute passed when I realized I was observing a jet in pursuit of the orange light. The two traveled back and forth and up and down, with the plane clearly following whatever the orange light was doing. It really looked like a rather slow chase. They were both moving at about the same speed of an airplane on approach. After about six minutes, the plane followed the orange light SE and out of my view. On 23 January at the same time of night, my boyfriend and I saw the same orange light in the sky moving inland from the ocean. It was a cloudy night and it disappeared behind some clouds in uunder two minutes. There were no airplanes in pursuit. NOTE: The above image is real but from another case file.
I was sky watching, scanning the distant pastures of the Buckland area through the powerful lens of my Nikon P900 Camera. I was searching the horizon for anything out of the ordinary when an unexpected flash of motion stopped me in my tracks and grabbed my full attention. Hovering slowly above the furthest field was a peculiar, stark-white, flying-saucer-shaped craft, crowned with a shifting, dark structure atop its dome.
I managed to quickly frame the anomaly and capture it in just two photographs before it vanished into thin air, leaving nothing behind in the empty sky. Having witnessed countless strange, unexplainable phenomena across this region of Devon, I’ve come to realize these sightings are a frequent occurrence—a reality that remains endlessly fascinating to me. The photograph was taken at 4:13 PM on the 28th of September 2025 at Newton Abbot, Devon, England.
SPECIAL THANKS TO JOHN MOONER ….HE IS THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR FOR WORLD UFO PHOTOS.
UFO object was spotted after midnight, while a B-29 bomber from the 468th United States Air Force Bomb Group, was returning from a bombing mission somewhere in Southeast Asia, targeting Japanese forces. The UFO was described as having “board wings,” vibrating, and having an intense red or orange color.
The UFO object followed the B-29 bomber for eight minutes at a constant distance of about 500 yards, while the plane was flying at 14,000 feet. After the pilot performed evasive maneuvers, the object flew away at a 90-degree angle, accelerating quickly.
The 468th was a United States Army Air Forces unit that flew B-29 Superfortress bombers in the China-Burma-India and Pacific theaters.
In August 1944, the group was operating from bases in India and China, striking Japanese targets in Southeast Asia and Japan itself. The day after the UFO sighting, the group participated in a raid on the iron and steel works at Yawata, Japan.
Throughout 1944, Allied pilots in both Europe and the Pacific reported seeing unexplained glowing UFO orbs and lights following their aircraft. Military intelligence investigated the sightings, suspecting they might be secret German or Japanese weapons. However, Axis pilots also reported seeing similar UFO objects. No conventional explanation, such as enemy aircraft or weather phenomena, could consistently account for the strange UFO objects. The mystery was never officially resolved during the war. NOTE: The above image is C.G.I.
Engulfed in the blackness of a late summer night, a teenage Navy recruit walked down the quiet country highway. Suddenly, a huge object loomed above him. Throwing himself to the ground to avoid being hit, he huddled against a stone wall. The blood drained from his face.
The time was around 2 a.m. The date was Sept. 3, 1965. Thus began the “Incident at Exeter,” a series of sightings officially qualified as a legitimate visit from an unidentified flying object.
In September and October 1965, several sightings in New Hampshire were carefully investigated and documented by local and federal offices.
The encounters that night took special precedence over other UFO sightings because of the credibility of Exeter police officers Eugene Bertrand and David Hunt, as well as Reginald “Scratch” Toland, who was dispatcher and supervising officer when the shaken teenager, Norman Muscarello, came to the police station claiming he had encountered a UFO.
A similar report substantiated his story. Earlier, Bertrand had come upon a lone woman parked on the side of Route 101 near an overpass two miles outside Exeter.
She said a huge, silent, red and brilliantly glowing airborne object had chased her from the town of Epping about 12 miles away. It had been only a few feet from her car before it departed at a tremendous speed and disappeared.
Bertrand saw nothing but a bright star and sent her home. Toland also spoke to the woman, who told him she had been chased by the “low-flying, large, round object with flashing red lights.”
An hour later, Bertrand received a call from Toland to report back to the station immediately because “a kid had come in who had seen a UFO.” The police officer picked up Muscarello at the station.
The teen led him back to the site where he’d seen the craft. After sitting in the parked cruiser for several minutes, Bertrand radioed the dispatcher to say they saw nothing unusual.
Bertrand, instructed to check out the field before heading back, proceeded to do so with Muscarello.
Horses in a nearby barn began to kick and whinny. Dogs in the neighborhood began to howl.
Muscarello shouted, “Look out, here it comes!” and they watched as something luminous rose from behind tall evergreens.
The aircraft, about 100 feet away, silently sped so close to Bertrand that he dropped to the ground and drew his service weapon.
“There was this huge, dark object as big as that barn over there with red flashing lights on it,” Bertrand later told an investigator. “It barely cleared that tree right there, and it was moving back and forth… It seemed to tilt and come right at us. Norman told me later that I was yelling, ‘I’ll shoot it! I’ll shoot it!’ I did drop on one knee and drew my service revolver, but I didn’t shoot.”
Bertrand, dragged Muscarello, frozen with fear, back to the cruiser.
From the car, the men saw no tail, no wings and heard no sound.
Already en route, Hunt arrived within minutes and saw the UFO as it “floated, wobbled and did things that no plane could do” before it darted away toward Hampton. They returned to the station to write their report.
Toland received a call shortly after from a Hampton telephone operator who said that a distressed motorist attempted to contact the police from a pay phone. He yelled at the operator, saying he was being chased by a flying saucer that came right at him and that it was still out there. He was then disconnected.
A Hampton Police Department’s blotter entry for that night reads: “September 3, 1965: 3 a.m. Exeter Police Department reports unidentified flying object in that area. Units 2, 4 and Pease Air Force alerted. At 3:17 a.m., received a call from Exeter operator and Officer Toland. Advised that a male subject called and asked for police department, further stating that call was in re: a large unidentified flying object, but call was cut off. Call received from a Hampton pay phone, location unknown.”
The official report to Project Blue Book from the director of administrative services of the Pease Air Force Base at Portsmouth concluded with this paragraph by the investigator: “At this time, have been unable to arrive at a probable cause of this sighting. The three observers seem to be stable, reliable persons, especially the two patrolmen. I viewed the area and found nothing in the area that could be the probable cause.”
Project Blue Book is a compilation by the U.S. government to repute the existence of extraterrestrial objects.
Peter Geremia, New Hampshire state director of the Mutual Unidentified Flying Object Network Inc., noted: “The police officers involved put their careers on the line. They courageously came forward and stated what they saw at a time when witnesses were not allowed any credibility on the subject.”
Geremia, who has appeared on national media programs including “Unsolved Mysteries,” presented chronological depiction of what happened the night of the Incident at Exeter.
His “decent rendition of what happened” matches the series of events starting with Muscarello being frightened by a UFO.
Bertrand, although an Air Force veteran, was never able to put a name to the UFO.
“What do you call a UFO? Was it from another planet? We just couldn’t identify it,” he noted.
He meticulously described it as a “huge, shapeless object with five sequentially pulsating-from-left-to-right bright red lights, so bright you couldn’t look at it.”
The Pentagon repeatedly denied the sightings, but the incident was read into the congressional record in April 1966 by Raymond Fowler, representative of the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena in Washington. It was the first open congressional hearing on UFOs.
Fowler, internationally renowned author of 11 books about UFOs, has studied UFO reports for decades.
In a recent interview, he shared his thoughts on the Exeter incident and the stories that followed.
“The second-hand speculation stories were varied and perhaps hypothesized,” Fowler said. “Muscarello’s mother purportedly saw confidential drawings of a UFO landing site pattern that was handcuffed to an Air Force investigator who visited her house. The neighboring farmer was instructed by the Air Force to plow under landing marks in his field.
“The hens in the neighborhood stopped laying eggs. The air-base intelligence officer was seen buying up all the newspapers carrying stories about Sept. 3. A base commander was seen in civilian clothes rather than uniform while investigating,” he related.
Then, there was the irrefutable. “There were major similarities with these area sightings that conform to documented cases. UFOs tend to be seen near swamps, major power lines or nuclear sources. Muscarello noticed the object coming from over a line of trees behind which were major power lines. There was a swamp in the area. Pease and the Navy yard both had nuclear power entities. And, when a Pease Air Force base commander attempted to disprove it was a UFO by simulating the incident by turning on runway lights, he failed,” noted Fowler.
Fowler, now retired from active investigation, noted in a letter to the United States Air Force, “The UFO sighted by Norman Muscarello was identical to the UFO seen later by Muscarello, Bertrand and Hunt.
“There is no question in my mind that the same or similar object was involved in both of these particular sightings.
“Since I did not interview the unnamed woman, I am not certain of the details… but according to Officer Bertrand, the object… was very similar to the UFO they sighted later… another witness, a male motorist, also sighted a similar object…”
Because of the viability of the testimonies of those involved on the night of Sept. 3, 1965, and because of Fowler’s testimony into the Congressional Record in April 1966, the United States Air Force admitted that indeed, the Incident at Exeter involved an unidentified flying object. NOTE: The above image is the witness rendering.
Occurred: 2026-03-06 12:47 Local Reported: 2026-05-31 21:40 Pacific Duration: about 5-6 seconds No of observers: 1 – Pilot
Location: Kaiminani, HI, USA Location details: spotted object “flying inland” while my aircraft was just leaving the coast shortly after takeoff.
Shape: Oval Color: sliver/chrome Estimated Size: approx 50+ feet(?) Viewed From: Aircraft Direction from Viewer: directly below me Angle of Elevation: 5 Heading: inland from the sea heading due South East Closest Distance: 700′-1000′ Estimated Speed: Countering our airspeed, approx 80mph
Approx 12:47pm a chrome oval-shaped craft flew inland beneath our commercial airliner. Had no discernible windows or propulsion.
I was seated in 17F of Hawaiian Air flight #HA1067. The weather conditions was sunny with no clouds. Shortly after takeoff at approximately 1000′ to 1500′ approaching the Kona coast, our aircraft was starting to gradually bank right out toward the coast. I was looking out of my starboard window at the algae farms below when I spotted a chrome oval-shaped object below us. It was oval and on its “side” as it was not vertical. It was cruising inland, in a straight line, about the same speed as our aircraft at about half the distance between our aircraft and the coast below. I could see it quite well as there weren’t any atmospheric clouds or particles between us. It was almost directly below our aircraft. I saw no apparent form of propulsion nor windows nor any wings/fins on it. I believe i only saw this object about 5-6 seconds, not long enough to pull out my mobile phone to take photo of it. NOTE: The above image is C.G.I.
Back in November 1989, my girlfriend Katie Francis, and her great aunt Janice had a stunning close encounter with a UFO while crossing the Brecon Beacons.
It is something that even after all these year they remember quite vividly. After interviewing them both about the incident I can now reveal to you what occurred.
At the time of the sighting, Katie was eleven years old and her brother Tim was five. They had been on holiday visiting Janice at Leamington Spa. She was driving them home to Neath in South West Wales. Their journey took them across the Brecon Beacons moor.
It was early evening and quite dark in the sky, but the moorland was still partially visible. The weather was clear and there was very little cloud.
The road was deserted and there were no other cars on it. Katie was sitting on the back seat next to her brother and staring out of the back window of the car.
She noticed in the sky an object with a row of coloured lights along it. The object was quite far away and high up. There were too many lights along it to be a normal aircraft.
They were flashing and changing colours, mostly white and red, but some other colours too. The object was moving slowly across the sky. Katie alerted her great aunt to the object, and she also glanced back at it. The object seemed to keep changing position in the sky. It was there one minute, gone the next, and it kept reappearing in different places in relation to the moving car.
Janice was trying to scare Katie and Tim about the object, saying it was going to come and get them. Suddenly, the object appeared much closer to the car and much lower in the sky, Katie estimates under 100 foot up. Both Katie and Janice could now clearly see that the lights were in a curved line as if along the edge of a large disc shaped object, however the main body of the object could not be seen.
Katie estimates that it was at least twice as big as a house. It was behind and to the right of the car hovering in the sky. At this point Janice decided to stop to get a photograph of the object as she was very interested in what it could be. She pulled up at the side of the road and got out. She went round to the back of the car and opened the boot to get her camera.
The object appeared to now be stationary and it was completely silent. Katie started to panic at this point and was screaming at Janice to get back in the car. Janice was also a little unnerved by the object, but mostly fascinated by it. She got the camera out but couldn’t work out how to use the night setting on it.
Because of this, and the fact that Katie was very frightened, she decided to get back in the car and continue driving. After this. neither witness looked back to see if the object was still following them so it was not seen again.
Janice also informed me of something else unusual which occurred. Shortly after they continued on their journey, there was suddenly a huge glow of bluish-white light that lit up the hills in front of the car. The glow lasted for up to ten seconds before dying away. Janice felt it was linked to the object which they had seen but because Katie was frightened she did not tell her about it.
On the night of November 2, 1957, going into the early hours of November 3, an extraordinary series of encounters unfolded on the highways around Levelland, Texas. Between roughly 11:00 PM and 1:30 AM, at least eight to ten separate motorists and law enforcement officers around Levelland reported coming upon a bizarre luminous object at close range – and each time, their vehicle’s engine sputtered or died, and the lights went out[2][3]. The first report came from Pedro Saucedo, a farm worker driving with a friend on Route 116 about four miles west of Levelland. Around 11:00 PM, Saucedo saw a sudden flash of light in a nearby field and then a large, blazing object rose up and rushed toward his truck. According to Saucedo’s signed statement, “it put my truck motor out and lights. Then I stopped, got out, and took a look, but it was so rapid and [gave off]some heat that I had to hit the ground… it looked like a torpedo, about 200 feet long”. He reported that as the fiery object zoomed away into the night, the truck’s headlights came back on by themselves and he was able to restart the engine. Deeply shaken, Saucedo drove to the nearest town (Whiteface) to telephone the police in Levelland.
About an hour later, around midnight, another motorist (Jim Wheeler) was driving east of Levelland when he encountered a brilliant egg-shaped object, roughly 200 feet long, sitting on the road and blocking his path. As Wheeler approached, his car engine died and his headlights went out, plunging him into darkness. He got out on foot, at which point the glowing object rose vertically and sped away, its lights extinguishing as it departed. The moment the UFO vanished, Wheeler’s car lights and engine came back to life on their own, just as in the Saucedo incident. NOTE: The above image is C.G.I.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following information is from Clark McClelland who worked at NASA for more than 30 years. He was an aerospace engineer, a trained astronaut and a Spacecraft Operator at the Kennedy Space Center. During his time at NASA, Clark became friends with Astronaut James Irwin who was the Lunar Module Pilot during the Apollo 15 Mission in 1971. Below is some of what James Irwin told Clark about things he saw on the Moon.
“Yes, Dave (Apollo 15 commander) and I observed several small whitish or metallic objects flying overhead. . . Whatever those things were, they had intelligence; performing tight angular dives and port and starboard sweeps above us. . . We heard no sound of thrust . . . They were very fast critters.”
“Yes, there were what we called ‘lunar tracks’ on the surface . . . just like vehicle tracks, which was very strange because we had not been traveling there in the Lunar Rover before we made this visit. They were not made by any other known craft of the USA or the USSR, for that matter. . . It almost appeared as exploratory mining activities into the lunar surface with a few what appeared as efforts of mine diggings, so to speak.”
“I also briefly saw what appeared to be as ‘structures’ in the far distance above and beyond the mountains of Hadley Rill . . . Structures that appeared like glass or crystalline; high above the lunar horizon. I had a good view of whatever it was or is.”
Clark explained that Irwin had taken 15 photos of the craft and structures he saw on the Moon, but NASA or the Department of Defense wouldn’t allow him to see his own photos.
“I was able to briefly view at least one of those photos supposedly showing those strange crystal structures and to my complete amazement, none of those structures was shown on that specific photo. It was as if all on the horizon was erased or replaced.”
UFO sightings observed by many witnesses are typically the best, most noteworthy cases, as the multiple witnesses’ testimony provides corroborating evidence. Although most sightings are not mass sightings, there are several high-quality cases involving many credible witnesses, and some of these mass sightings paint the best picture showing the mysterious reality of UFOs. One such sighting occurred in 1976 in the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of Africa.
The Canary Islands (Credit: Oona Räisänen/Wikimedia Commons)
In the mid-1990s, philanthropist Laurance Rockefeller financed a report that provided an overview of major UFO events and the evidence surrounding the UFO phenomenon. This report was intended to educate government officials about UFOs, and as such, it was sent to the White House and members of the U.S. Congress. The report, titled “Unidentified Flying Objects Briefing Document: The Best Available Evidence,” was drafted by Don Berliner, an aviation journalist and long-time ufologist. UFO journalist Antonio Huneeus and Marie Galbraith, the wife of investment banker Evan Galbraith (who was the U.S. ambassador to France during the Reagan administration, the Republican candidate for New York governor in 1994, and the chairman of William Buckley’s political magazine, National Review) also participated in the creation of this document. One of the incredible cases presented in the document is the mass UFO sighting that took place in the Canary Islands.
According to newspaper headlines, thousands of residents of the Canary Islands observed an unidentified luminous phenomenon on the night of June 22, 1976. The event was reported by witnesses on at least three different islands. The Spanish Air Force thoroughly investigated the incident. Although the files associated with this investigation were declassified in 1994, they had already been leaked back in 1976. For whatever reason, the classified air force reports were given to journalist Juan José Benítez in October 1976 by an air force general. Benítez included these in his book, UFOs: Official Documents of the Spanish Government.
Records indicate that the commanding general of the Spanish Air Force’s Canary Islands Air Zone assigned an investigative adjutant to the case on June 25, 1976. Depositions were taken of at least fourteen witnesses. The air force divided these witnesses into four categories, ranking them from most credible to least credible. People found to be mentally challenged, illiterate, or under the influence of drugs or alcohol were put into the very unreliable category, while people like astronomers, pilots, and aeronautical engineers were placed in the most credible category. The sighting reports, like the witnesses, were grouped into four levels to evaluate the quality and quantity of evidence for each.
The witness depositions and a review of the evidence allowed the investigative adjutant to piece together what transpired on June 22, 1976. Based on his report, the first UFO sighting of the night occurred at 9:27 p.m. The unidentified object was observed by the entire crew of the Spanish Navy vessel, the Atrevida, which at the time, was located near the coast of Fuerteventura. According to the Atrevida’s captain, he and his crew observed “an intense yellowish-blue light” moving from the island’s shore towards the ship. They initially assumed the object was an aircraft with active landing lights, but the UFO stopped and hovered in the sky. The captain further described that the light “went out and a luminous beam from it began to rotate. It remained like this for approximately two minutes. Then an intense great halo of yellowish and bluish light developed, and remained in the same position for 40 minutes, even though the original phenomenon was no longer visible.”
Occurred: 2024-03-15 12:30 Local Reported: 2024-03-15 14:36 Pacific Duration: 10-15 minutes No of observers: 1 – Military
Location:Springfield, OR, USA Location details: It flew directly over our farm heading N/NE
Shape: Sphere Color: A light burnt orange Estimated Size: 30 foot diameter Viewed From: Land Direction from Viewer: East/Southeast Angle of Elevation: 45 Heading: North/Northeast Closest Distance: 300 feet away Estimated Speed: 50 mph Characteristics: Changed Colo
30-50′ diameter light burnt orange sphere which came from the west/southwest over my farm, flew for 20-30 miles before disappearing.
At approximately 12:30pm on 3/15/2024 I was sitting on my couch speaking to my dad on the phone when plain as day in a completely unobstructed view a 30-50 foot diameter round object that was a light burnt orange color, approximately 200-300′ up in the air, flew from the back of my property, from the S/SW direction into my view looking South. It was heading North/Northeast. It was moving about 50 MPH. It was plain as day in a cloud free sky flying across the wide open 60 acre field directly across the road from me. I immediately went outside to video it from my Samsung Galaxy S21+ phone; while describing what i was seeing to my dad.
I noticed that it was a light burnt orange color, but at times would appear bright white and then back to its original color. I’m not sure if it was changing colors or if it was the sun reflecting off of it. It was flying in a upward angled trajectory increasing elevation as it flew heading North to Northeast. Once it was about 7-8 miles away from me it just disappeared; however just a few seconds later it reappeared a good mile or more to the left of its original flight path but was still heading in the same original direction. I was able to observe it for another minute or so before it was out of my view. I was the only one home at the time. I came back inside and was excited to send the video I just took to my dad. However when I opened my photo gallery there was no video there. I went back into my camera app, because I started panicking that I didn’t have the video.
I opened the camera app only to see a note saying “Video Cannot Be Recorded While Speaking On The Phone”. After finishing my phone call with my parents, I’m 57 & my parents are 74 & 75 years old, I contacted the local police departments Non-emergency line, they then directed me to the County Sheriff’s department and I made a report with them. I then called our local news station in hopes that someone had also seen it and reported it. The news station told me his hands were tied on stuff like this & that he was in the same boat as I am in reporting it. I then contact the airport to see if they had any reports of it. The airport executive office connected me to the tower control, I reported it to them. The control tower told me to contact you guys at the National UFO Reporting Center. I contacted by phone the N.U.F.O.R.C. and reported what I saw & they asked me to file a written report; which I’m now doing. It was the most thrilling & spectacular experience I’ve ever had the pleasure of viewing!
Of all the reports of UFO sightings, some of the most intriguing ones are those which come in flaps, or waves, have multiple witnesses, and photographs.
One of the most celebrated cases of this type was the Belgian flap which began in November of 1989.
The events of November 29 would be documented by no less than thirty different groups of witnesses, and three separate groups of police officers. All of the reports described a large object flying at low altitude. The craft was of a flat, triangular shape, with lights underneath.
This giant craft made not a sound as it slowly and fearlessly moved across the landscape of Belgium. There was free sharing of information as the Belgian populace tracked this craft as it moved from the town of Liege to the border of the Netherlands and Germany.
This first startling sighting would evolve into a wave over the next several months. On two occasions, a pair of F-16 fighters chased the mysterious object, but to no avail.
On March 30, 1990, a frantic call to military headquarters came from a Belgian national police Captain.
He marveled at a giant triangle passing over and simultaneously two ground radar stations were reporting an object of unknown origin on their screens.
One of these bases was NATO controlled near the city of Glons, southeast of Brussels.
After contacting other radar facilities, they learned that at least four other stations were also reporting the object on their screens. The object was moving across their screens slowly, and failed to send a transponder signal to identify itself.
Two F-16s were ordered to intercept and identify this phenomenon, and one of the jet’s radars locked the object in. It appeared as a small diamond on the pilot’s screen.
The pilot reported that only a few seconds after locking on the target, the object began to pick up speed, quickly moving out of radar range.
An hour long chase ensued, during which time the F-16s picked up the strange craft’s signal two additional times, only to see it fade from view.
The triangular craft seemed to be playing a cat and mouse game, and finally was lost in the night lights of Brussels.
The pilots of the fighters reported that the UFO had made maneuvers at speeds beyond the capability of their technology, and once the radar showed the craft drop from 10,000 to 500 feet in 5 seconds!
The extraordinary sightings continued for months as the triangular invader was witnessed more than 1,000 times, both day and night. The object dipped low enough to easily be seen with the naked eye, and the event became one of the biggest stories in the Belgian media.
Another unusual occurrence associated with the Belgian flap was the inability to take a clear photograph of it. Many observers had their cameras ready, and took what they thought would be clear images, but when the film was developed, the image was blurred, and the craft’s outline was vague at best.
This anomaly was addressed by physics professor Auguste Meessen, who was employed by the Catholic University at Louvin. Meessen’s investigation produced a theory that infrared light must be the reason that almost all the images were unclear. To put his theory to test, he exposed film to infrared, then photographed objects in regular light. The results were the same as the photographs of the triangle-shaped UFO.
One good image was finally captured on video tape in April 1990. This image showed the underbelly of the craft with spotlights on the three corners. A still frame from this tape has been seen worldwide, and is a classic UFO photograph.
The Belgium wave has obtained classic status in UFO lore. With over 1,000 witnesses, confirmed radar sightings, plane radar lock-ins, and military confirmations, the fact that an unknown craft moved across the country of Belgium cannot be denied.
The case is also important for its unique information sharing. Civilian and Military officials were forthcoming with the reports, and set a model for others to follow in their pursuit to uncover the mystery behind the UFO enigma.
`Occurred:2025-12-24 05:40 Local Reported: 2025-12-29 15:45 Pacific Duration: 7 Mississippi’s No of observers: 1
Location:Ellicott City, MD, USA Location details: I was passenger, driving down route 100 in/towards Ellicott city Maryland, near executive park dr
Shape: Triangle Color: Black Estimated Size: Two SUVs Viewed From: Land Direction from Viewer: In front of me, then directly above me, then behind me. Extremely close. Angle of Elevation: 74 Heading: West to East? The opposite direction of me. Closest Distance: 10ft Estimated Speed: 60-90 mph Characteristics: Lights on object
Driving, triangle craft appeared in front of me headed towards my vehicle, looked to pull itself up and flew right above me & kept goin
While driving down Route 100 towards Ellicott City, MD, as the passenger at approximately 5:40 am on Christmas Eve, I observed a triangular-shaped craft with three red lights, one on each point, hovering about 25 ft above the ground. At first it seemed to appear out of nowhere in front of us headed toward my vehicle while driving down the hwy, looked to pull up to go above us and that’s when I saw it, the lights etc … The material seemed to reflect the street lights. The object was silent and roughly the size of two SUVs. Initially, it appeared solid, but as it passed behind me, I saw a translucent or see-through triangular center section for a brief moment… which to be honest confused me.. that part I’ve been second guessing… Everything else is absolute fact.
At the time, there was significant police activity on the other side of the road, including a drone, but the object I saw 1000 % was not the drone – it was much larger and completely silent with no obvious sign of propulsion- no blades, propellers etc … I’m reporting this as it was a clear, unusual sighting that my driver, who was distracted by the police activity, did not see… Which is literally making me feel crazy because it was that large and obvious.. the equivalent to a stealth bomber flying right at your vehicle and then going above you, and continuing down the Rd till it was out of sight. Except it was a perfect triangle, silent etc……. but I have never seen anything like this before. I practically jumped into the windshield out of pure shock and excitement and when I yelled the driver looked at me and double downed looking at the cops as if that’s what I was referring to. Was incredible. I saw it for a good 3 Mississippi’s while it was going above me, and for about 7-8 Mississippi’s from start to finish untill it was out of sight. If I were standing on the roof of my car I could probably almost touch it… It was that close. NOTE: The above image is C.G.I.
Went to JC Penney with my father and younger brother it was in Governor prince boulevard I was 9 brother 7 my dad wanted to get film for his Polaroid camera we all went inside my dad being very strict British man did not like us talking at the counter while he was doing business and we were sent out to the car to wait which we did while sitting in car waiting we saw a object come over shops into our view with beautiful lights seemed to be glowing against the dark sky it was about dusk to dark 7 pm I guess I was in front seat of the car and it came closer only about 300 feet above the shops but came over towards us it was crazy. I was young and all I could think of was the Delaware jacees were putting on some kind of show for me and my brother it got to about 2 car lengths to the left of our car and now was only about 80 feet above the ground. It was so close to us but completely silent I was not afraid as I thought it was being done by my dad and Jaycees the stared at it in Awe because the lights were so pretty I felt no fear it stayed there for a good 5 or six min like it was putting on a light show hovering silently besides a few vacuum sounds is how I can describe it it was about 20 feet in diameter and 40 circumference and the lights seemed to be going around the middle bottom part like all red lights then all the orange then all the blue giving the illusion of rotating being so close it appeared to be made of a pearlescent metal you could not see inside looked like metal with tiny holes so they could see out maybe but we could not see in I had no fear just thought it was beautiful, as my father got ready to come out of the store it had taken off at a extremely high speed and reached way up in the sky very fast seconds we started yelling follow that thing by then it was not.
Visible to him he states that he heard a very loud boom like a car backfiring when he exited the store when we got home my father being a artist had us both draw what we saw in separate room both drawings were almost identical the next day In The newspaper it said strange lights seen over Delaware bay which was on the other side of the shopping center this is very close to the old Dupont company on Gov. Prince boulevard Delaware by claymont we my family and I spoke of it sometimes but through those years people would not believe it so we kept it to ourselves mostly my brother went on to be retired from the Air force and once I tried to speak to him about it over the computer but he was afraid to speak on there because of his job only In person would be talk of it my father has the drawings and the newspaper article about strange light seen above bay but it wasnt over the bay it was in shopping center about 400 ft from the bay yes 51 years but needed to tell someone as I am 63 now never again did I ever see anything like it since but moved to Dover area near the airbase but wished i could see it again i felt no fear like they were deliberately entertaining us so we wouldn’t be afraid back in 73 we did not have the technology to hover in place for a good 5 minutes completely silent still can’t and go so fast with a sonic boom sound thought it was time to leave this information. NOTE: The above image is real but from another case file.
