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30 well-documented UFO/UAP encounters of the kind “mass sighting”, 1909 to 2024: 17 disputed, 6 explained, 5 unresolved, 2 identified. Each case has its sources, timeline and the official or best explanation.
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The 1909 New Zealand airship scare 23 July 1909 · Kelso, West Otago, and across the South Island, New Zealand DISPUTED The South African “phantom monoplane” 11 August 1914 · Across the Union of South Africa: the Transvaal, Natal, the Cape and the Free State DISPUTED Fátima — the “miracle of the sun” 13 October 1917 · Cova da Iria, near Fátima, Portugal DISPUTED The green fireballs of New Mexico 5 December 1948 · Over northern and central New Mexico, near Los Alamos, Sandia and White Sands DISPUTED Farmington “armada” — a town watches discs for three days 17 March 1950 · Farmington, New Mexico DISPUTED Oloron-Sainte-Marie "angel hair" 17 October 1952 · Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques DISPUTED Florence stadium sighting 27 October 1954 · Stadio Comunale (Artemio Franchi), Florence DISPUTED Deception Island — the Antarctic sightings 3 July 1965 · Argentine station, Deception Island, South Shetland Islands UNRESOLVED August 1965 — lights over Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas 1 August 1965 · Oklahoma City and across Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and New Mexico DISPUTED Michigan "swamp gas" sightings 20 March 1966 · Dexter and Hillsdale, Michigan EXPLAINED Westall school sighting 6 April 1966 · Westall High School, Clayton South, Melbourne DISPUTED Jimmy Carter’s light at Leary, Georgia 6 January 1969 · Outside the Lions Club meeting, Leary, Georgia DISPUTED Canary Islands sphere 22 June 1976 · Canary Islands (Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura) DISPUTED Petrozavodsk phenomenon 20 September 1977 · Petrozavodsk, Karelia, USSR DISPUTED Gujan-Mestras — the light that put out the street lamps 19 June 1978 · Gujan-Mestras, Arcachon basin, Gironde EXPLAINED Pranles — the yellow light with a turning blue beam 21 July 1979 · Pranles, near Les Ollières-sur-Eyrieux, Ardèche UNRESOLVED The spiral over south-west China 24 July 1981 · Sichuan and Yunnan, and across south-west, north-west and south-central China DISPUTED Brest-Guipavas airport — the fireball by the runway 22 November 1981 · Brest-Guipavas airport, Finistère EXPLAINED Morenão stadium sighting 6 March 1982 · Estádio Morenão, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul UNRESOLVED Hudson Valley "Westchester boomerang" 24 July 1984 · Brewster, Putnam County, New York EXPLAINED Villa Urquiza Christmas sighting 25 December 1988 · Villa Urquiza, Buenos Aires UNRESOLVED Montreal — lights over the Bonaventure Hotel 7 November 1990 · Hôtel Bonaventure, downtown Montreal, Quebec UNRESOLVED The Yukon “mothership” 11 December 1996 · Along the Klondike Highway from Fox Lake through Carmacks to Pelly Crossing, Yukon DISPUTED Phoenix Lights 13 March 1997 · Henderson, NV → Phoenix → Tucson, Arizona EXPLAINED Howden Moor — sonic booms and the search for a crash 24 March 1997 · Howden Moors, Dark Peak, on the Derbyshire–South Yorkshire border DISPUTED Southern Illinois police sightings 5 January 2000 · Highland → Lebanon → Shiloh → Dupo, Illinois DISPUTED Stephenville, Texas 8 January 2008 · Stephenville / Dublin, Erath County, Texas DISPUTED Santiago — the silver spheres over the Paseo Bulnes 11 May 2012 · Paseo Bulnes, central Santiago IDENTIFIED The Los Angeles “UFO” — SpaceX Iridium-4 launch 22 December 2017 · Vandenberg Air Force Base; seen across Southern California and as far as Arizona IDENTIFIED The Miami mall “alien” 1 January 2024 · Bayside Marketplace, downtown Miami, Florida EXPLAINED
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