Great Airship Wave: The Midwest, April 1897
After California went quiet, a second and much larger airship wave began in Nebraska in February 1897 and rolled east through the spring. Lights and occasionally dark…
Alexander Hamilton's Cattle-Rustling Airship, Le Roy, Kansas, 1897
In late April 1897 the Yates Center Farmer's Advocate published a sworn statement from Alexander Hamilton, a farmer and former Kansas legislator. He said that on the…
Ghost Rockets over Sweden, 1946
In the summer of 1946, a year after Germany's V-weapons fell silent, Swedes began reporting 'ghost rockets': fast rocket- or cigar-shaped objects, sometimes winged…
Chiles–Whitted Encounter, Alabama
In the small hours of 24 July 1948 an Eastern Air Lines DC-3 bound from Houston to Atlanta was cruising near Montgomery when Capt. Clarence Chiles saw a dull red glow…
Florence Stadium "Angel Hair"
Early in the second half of a reserve match between Fiorentina and local rivals Pistoiese, the 10,000 people inside Florence's concrete stadium stopped watching football…
Levelland, Texas
Late on 2 November 1957, a month after Sputnik, farm workers Pedro Saucedo and Joe Salaz phoned the Levelland, Texas, police: driving west of town they had seen a blue…
Falcon Lake (Stefan Michalak)
Stefan Michalak, a Winnipeg industrial mechanic prospecting for quartz and silver in the Precambrian rock near Falcon Lake, said a clatter of geese made him look up to…
Coyne Helicopter Encounter, Mansfield, Ohio
An Army Reserve UH-1H 'Huey' was flying home from Columbus to Cleveland at 2,500 feet when the crew chief spotted a red light on the eastern horizon. Within seconds it…
Broad Haven School, Wales
At lunchtime on a wet Friday, a group of boys playing football at Broad Haven Primary School spotted something in the fields behind the playground: a long, shiny silver…
Chulucanas Lights, Peru
Chulucanas, a town in Peru's northern Piura region known for its pottery, has a long reputation for strange lights. On 13 October 2001, according to the account given by…
Alderney Pilots (Aurigny)
On the afternoon of 23 April 2007, Aurigny Air Services captain Ray Bowyer, a pilot with 18 years' experience, was flying a Trislander from Southampton to Alderney at…