• Algeria, Ainel Turck: A
small man with strange glowing eyes was seen on the
Mediterranean shore.
• Algeria, Lavarande: A large disk flying very low over a
road scared two truck drivers, Messrs. Gaston Breau and
Amoura, who stopped their gasoline truck and ran away into
the fields while the object flew on toward Medea in
silence.
• Australia, East Dandenong: Janet Brown, 16, and a
13-year-old friend heard a loud noise and saw a large, dark
object that "burst into light" hovering 20 m away at the
height of a factory gate. It was cylindrical, 10 m long, 5 m
high, with a canopy on top. It flew away and was lost to
sight behind some trees.
• Australia, Todd River Downs: A native was riding a horse
over a low ridge when a spherical object about 13 m in
diameter "nearly skittled me off my horse." It went up
suddenly with a heavy wind, rumbling and emitting four
columns of smoke.
• Azores, Santa Maria Airport: A guard saw a craft, 3.5 m in
diameter and 1.5 m thick, land on the airfield. The witness,
Vitorino Lourenco Monteiro, said a figure emerged from the
craft and said something he could not understand, before
taking off again. There were antenna like protrusions on
top of the object.
• Belgium, Bois de Villers: Two villagers reported the
landing of a 2m high "flying egg" in a pasture. Screams
seemed to emanate from it.
• Belgium, Huy: A mailman saw a cigar-shaped object land.
Two silhouettes "approximately human" were seen aboard.
• Belgium, Wasmes: Approximate date. Marcel Pipers a
gardener saw a craft resting near the road give off a very
bright light. His clothing was partially burned when he went
close to it.
• Brazil, Curitiba: A lens-shaped object was seen on the
railroad tracks. Near it, three dwarfs wearing tight-fitting
suits were looking at the tracks with a light. When the
witness approached, the machine took off very fast.
• Brazil, Linha Bela Vista: A farmer, O. da Costa e Rosa,
observed a stranger standing near a machine -shaped like "a
tropical helmet, " cream-colored, surrounded with haze,
making the same noise as a sewing machine. Another man was
looking at a fence, and the head and arms of a third one
were visible inside the craft. As the witness dropped his
hoe, the man smiled, picked it up, and gave it back to him,
after which they motioned him to stay away and took off.
They were of average height, had broad shoulders, long hair,
very white skin, and slanted eyes. They wore brown coveralls
ending with shoes without heels.
• Brazil, Linha Bela Vista: Near the site of Case 349, Pedro
Morais saw two human beings dressed in "yellow bags" take a
tobacco plant and a chicken, then go away. Their craft "had
a bottom like an enormous polished brass kettle, " hovered
with an oscillating motion, and made a noise like a sewing
machine. Its upper part resembled a jeep hood.
• Brazil, Pontal: Jose Alves was fishing in the Pardo River
when he suddenly saw a craft approach with a wobbling motion
and landing near him. shaped like two washbowls placed
together, it was about 4. 5 m in diameter. Too terrified to
move, the witness saw three little men, dressed in white,
wearing tight-fitting skullcaps, with dark skin, come out of
the craft, gather vegetables and water and fly away.
• Brazil, Porto Alegre: An agronomist and his family in
their car saw a landed disk from which two men, normal in
height, with long hair and coverall-like clothes, emerged
and came toward the car with arms raised. As the frightened
witnesses sped away, they saw the men reenter the disk,
which rose and flew off at very great speed.
• Brazil, Santa Maria: Rubem Hellwig was driving when he saw
a football-shaped machine, the size of a Volkswagen, on the
ground. He walked toward it and met two men of slim build,
normal height, their faces brownish, wearing no helmets. One
was inside the object while the other collected grass
samples. They spoke to Hellwig in a strange language, and
yet he said he understood they were asking for ammonia. He
directed them to a nearby town. The craft vanished silently
and instantly with blue and yellow flames.
• Brazil, Santa Maria: A radio operator at the local air
base saw a huge, dark object about 30 m in diameter hovering
at treetop height. With four other persons he saw it for
several hours, sometimes softly glowing, sometimes coming
down almost to the ground.
• Canada, Boston Creek: A wingless flying object was seen by
Bill Supa, an employee of the Caswell Construction Co. It
landed about 2 km way from the witness, who approached
within 300 m before it took off and flew away. Grass was
flattened where it had landed.
• Canada, Garson: A miner saw a landed object and a giant
man with strange, burning eyes. He fainted. When he
regained consciousness, object and entity had vanished.
• Canada, Hemmingford: The Coupal childrm said that a
brightly lighted object followed them to the farm. Mr.
Coupal and his oldest son went to the field where the
children had been playing and saw an orange object rise and
speed off to the west. Grass was flattened over 15 m, with
two tracks about 5 m long.
• Canada, North Bay: Sgt. Durdle saw a brilliant, circular
object flying across Lake Nipissing toward the Royal
Canadian Air Force base. An oblong canister was hanging down
from a central section, which supported a long cone with a
spinning globe on top When it tilted, the witness was able
to observe regulatorlike devices inside the machine through
a vertical lighted slit. Six brilliant appendages, which
looked like necklaces, were hanging from the craft. Durdle
woke up four Air Force men, who observed the object
spiraling away.
• Canada, Quebec: Two boys saw a craft land and two or three
men come out. No details given.
• Canada, Ridgeway: Mr. and Mrs. Guy Baker saw a disk, about
14 m in diameter, with a dome and several rotating lights.
They had to push their car, which could not be started until
the object left the ground. They found a large, brown,
circular spot in the pasture where the disk had been
resting.
• England, Bruton: Nigel Frapple was cycling home from a
dance in Wincanton. At Redlynch crossroads, he saw an orange
glow in a field and observed it from a hedge. It came from a
huge object 35 m away, less than 7 m above the ground, which
made a throbbing sound. After 1 min, it moved toward the
northwest, accelerating and climbing.
• England, Ranton: Near Shrewsbury, Jennie Roestenberg and
her two children observed a disk-shaped, aluminium object
hovering above the house. Through two transparent panels
they saw two men with white skin, long hair to their
shoulders, and very high foreheads. They wore transparent
helmets and turquoise-blue clothing, resembling ski suits.
The object hovered at a tilted angle while the two occupants
looked at the scene "sternly, not in an unkind fashion, but
almost sadly, compassionately. "
• England, Southend: Patricia Hennessey ran away when she
saw an object land on the road in Woodgrange Drive, Southend
at the entrance to Southchurch Hall Park. It had
vanished silently when she looked back.
• France, Acquigny: Two men riding motorcycles saw a
bell-shaped craft about 2. 5 m high, hovered 1 m above the
Evreux-Louviers railroad line. The lower part was ringlike,
and the object gave off reddish and greenish sparks. A burst
of orange light was seen as it jumped about 10 m high, then
it remained motionless for about 1 hr, during which time a
third witness joined the first two. It ultimately turned
brighter and flew away toward the east.
• France, Angles: A farmer saw a bright object, which came
almost to the ground. When he tried to approach it the
object produced an intense "screen of light" and vanished
without a noise. Several persons in Angles observed the
scene.
• France, Angouleme: Vincent Casamajou and his wife saw a
large cauldron-shaped craft, the size of a truck (about 7 m)
at 50 m distance, near the road, 18 km from this town, going
toward Paris. It took off without noise, leaving a white
trail.
• France, Arrayeet Han: G. Mahou, municipal councilor, 30,
saw a phosphorescent craft -shaped like a brooder, about 2 m
in diameter, 1 m high, rise vertically from the road,
leaving a luminous trail.
• France, Baillolet: Dr. Robert, while driving through this
village, saw four objects, at about 300 m altitude, flying
slowly in echelon formation. Suddenly one of them dropped to
the ground with a dead leaf motion, 100 m away. The witness
felt an electric shock as engine and headlights died, and
the car stopped when the object touched the ground.
Incapable of moving, Dr. Robert saw a figure about 1. 2 m
tall moving in the light of the object, then all went dark.
Some time later the headlights resumed operation by
themselves, and Dr. Robert saw the craft take off toward the
north.
• France, Bassoues: A 39yearold civilian saw an oval light,
very bright, illuminating the countryside. After some
maneuvers and oscillations in midair, it landed for a couple
of minutes less than 3 km away, then flew off to the east.
• France, Bauquay: A large red object was seen flying very
fast at treetop level while cattle panicked. Three
witnesses.
• France, Beaumont: Ten km from here, several persons saw an
object coming toward them and getting brighter. When it was
about 150 m away, they felt "a strange sensation" and found
themselves unable to move. The object left a smell compared
to that of nitrobenzine.
• France, Becar: Two women (Widow Geoffroy and Miss Gisele
Fin) made independent reports of a dark gray disk, 6 m in
diameter, 1 m high, seen in a clearing. A man of normal
height was standing close to it. He wore dark clothes and a
kind of cap. Miss Fin came within 30 m of the craft and
stated the man was repairing it. Traces were found on the
grass.
• France, Benet: Near La Rochelle. Mr. and Mrs.Guillemoteau
saw an object, 2.5 m high, 5 m diameter, hover for several
minutes 1 m above ground, then rise vertically. Oily marks
were found at the spot.
• France, Berck: Near the local airport, Mr. Davril saw a
craft like a round hut 300 m away. It took off without
noise.
• France, Bergerac: Returning home, fireman Jean Dufix, 26,
saw an oval light in the sky and thought it was a shooting
star. Later he was alarmed when his yard seemed to be
ablaze. Rushing out again, he saw a disk rise from the
ground with a whistling sound. It flew off, became luminous
again, and took off at fantastic speed. A neighbor, Jean
Labonne, 61, saw the disk, 3 m in diameter, resting on three
legs in the yard.
France, Bersaillin: A woodsman from Poligny saw a very
bright light on the road, first thought it was an American
car with its headlights on, but soon observed it came from a
dark craft about 80 m away. The light turned brighter; the
witness felt an intense heat wave and thought he was going
to die. Finally, the light went away.
• France, Beruges: A farmer, Mr. Thebault, saw a luminous
object, 2 or 3 m in diameter, emitting a beam of light which
swept the countryside. • France, Bompas: Mr. Sebelli saw an
object land in the village. He called his neighbors, and
they observed the departure of the craft.
• France, Biot: A municipal employee, Jose Casella, was
riding home when he suddenly found in front of him on the
road an oval-shaped aluminium object about 5. 5 m in
diameter, 1 m high. As he applied the brakes, the object
took off at very high speed. Several persons confirmed the
sighting. The disk was gray, supported a dome, and emitted a
soft whistle. It took off when Casella was only 6 m away.
• France, Biozat: Between Biozat and Effiat, on the road
from Clermont to Vichy, the engine of a motor scooter died
as an egg-shaped object took off from the side of the road
and rose without noise, leaving a bright trail behind.
• France, Birac: Four persons, among them Julia Juste, Maria
Barbeau, and Marion Le
• France, Blanzy: Two bricklayers, Sebastiani and Buratto,
approached a cigar-shaped object 3 m long, 80 cm wide, which
took off from the ground with a whistling sound. The pointed
section of the object was yellow, the rest brown. From the
fore part, two appendages extended to the ground.
• France, Bourrasole: Messrs. Olivier and Perano and a third
man saw a reddish disk about 4 m diameter with a small being
close by, about 1. 2 m tall, wearing a diving suit: "His
head was large with respect to the rest of the body and he
had two enormous eyes. The suit was bright and shiny like
glass. " The craft was surrounded by a sort of misty glow.
One of the men came within 20 m of it and found himself
paralyzed. The craft took off, throwing him to the ground,
and rose very fast.
• France, Bouzais: At "Le Grand Tertre" Mr. Mercier observed
that someone had stolen grapes from his vineyard. He decided
to stay late and catch the "robbers." He was amazed when he
saw a luminous mass fall from the sky about 50 m away, and
found himself "paralyzed" as three figures emerged from the
light and moved about. He lost consciousness. When he came
to his senses, everything had vanished.
• France, Branges, near Louhans: Coming home at night,
Gilbert Prudent saw a lighted object on the side of the
road. It had a flat section and a sort of "mushroom" on top.
As he approached it, the object became dark and took off
vertically with a soft whistling sound.
• France, Bru: Mr. Gamba saw an oval red object 50 m away.
When he tried to approach it, he found he was unable to
move. As soon as this "paralysis" subsided, he ran to get
his brothers and came back to the craft, which turned white,
then red. It rose and flew away toward the east. It had been
on the ground for at least 15 min. Strange traces were
found, as if the ground had been dug up. Small trees near
the river were found damaged, as if they had been cut with a
knife.
• France, Brest: At sea between Brest and Roven, the crew of
the tanker "Port Lyautey" observed an object touch the
surface of the sea, then take off vertically and give off a
red flame before being lost to view. •
France, Bry: A man and his dog were "paralyzed" as a
luminous white object dived toward them and climbed again.