Incidents and Encounters listed by the (CE) CLOSE ENCOUNTER system invented by J. Allen Hynek for Project Blue Book.
In April 2023, multiple witnesses in Dead Horse Point, Utah, reported seeing a glowing spherical object that hovered above the desert for over an hour. The object caused electrical disruptions and left physical traces, marking this as a Close Encounter of the Second Kind.
The Brown Mountain Lights are glowing orbs seen near Brown Mountain, North Carolina, for over a century. While scientists have proposed various theories, no one has definitively explained this phenomenon.
On April 17, 1897, a mysterious airship reportedly crashed into a windmill in Aurora, Texas. The pilot, described as "not an inhabitant of this world," was allegedly recovered and given a Christian burial in the local cemetery. Over a century later, the incident remains one of the most intriguing and debated UFO cases in history.
On the night of October 4, 2001, in Gundiah, Queensland, Australia, 22-year-old Amy Rylance was reportedly abducted from her home by a mysterious beam of light. Witnesses claimed she was transported through a window into the night sky, only to reappear hours later, disoriented and far from home.
Between August and November 1977, Colares Island in Brazil was the site of alarming UFO sightings and encounters. Residents reported being attacked by intense beams of light from mysterious flying objects, resulting in physical injuries. The escalating situation prompted the Brazilian Air Force to launch Operation Saucer to investigate these unexplained events.
In April 1966, deputies from Portage County, Ohio, engaged in a high-speed pursuit of a bright, metallic disc-shaped object, leading them across state lines into Pennsylvania. The incident remains one of the most documented and debated UFO encounters in history.
On November 20, 1952, George Adamski claimed to encounter a UFO and its occupant, Orthon, in the California desert. Witnessed by several others, this event remains a pivotal moment in UFO history.
In 1949, Naval Commander R.B. McLaughlin and several military personnel witnessed a disc-shaped UFO at White Sands, New Mexico, traveling at extreme speeds. The incident remains one of the more credible early UFO sightings.
In 1950, PAUL and EVELYN TRENT of McMinnville, Oregon, captured two photographs of a disc-shaped UFO. Despite numerous investigations, the incident remains unexplained, making it one of the most enduring UFO cases in history.
On March 13, 1997, thousands of witnesses across Arizona observed a series of mysterious lights in the sky. Despite official explanations attributing the phenomenon to military exercises, many remain convinced that the event was an encounter with something otherworldly.
