List of UFO sightings

This article is a list of alleged UFO sightings, including supposed cases of reported close encounters and abductions.

19th Century

Date Name City, State Country Description Sources Hynek Scale
1883-08-12 José Bonilla Observation Zacatecas Observatory Mexico On August 12, 1883, the astronomer José Bonilla reported that he saw more than 300 dark, unidentified objects crossing the sun disk while observing sunspot activity at Zacatecas Observatory in Mexico. He was able to take several photographs, exposing wet plates at 1/100 second. It was subsequently determined that the objects were highflying geese. [1] 0
1886-10-24 Maracaibo Incident Maracaibo Venezuela In a letter printed in the December 18, 1886 issue of Scientific American, page 389, the US consul of Venezuela in Maracaibo reported a UFO sighting. A bright object, accompanied with a humming noise, appeared during a thunderstorm over a hut near Maracaibo, causing its occupants to display symptoms similar to radiation poisoning. Nine days later the trees surrounding the hut withered and died. [2][3][4][dead link] 2
1896-1897 Mystery Airships United States Numerous reports of UFO sightings, attempted abductions that took place around the United States in a 2-year period. [5] 1,2 and 3
1897-04-17 Aurora Texas UFO Incident Aurora, Texas United States A tale of a UFO crash and a burial of its alien pilot in the local cemetery was sent to newspapers in Dallas and Fort Worth in April 1897 by local correspondent S.E. Hayden [6][7] 3

20th Century

Date Name City, State Country Description Sources Hynek Scale
1908-06-30 Tunguska event Podkamennaya Tunguska River Russian Empire The explosion is believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large meteoroid or comet fragment at an altitude of 5--10 kilometres (3--6 mi) above the Earth's surface. Different studies have yielded varying estimates of the object's size, with general agreement that it was a few tens of metres across.The Tunguska event is the largest impact event over land in Earth's recent history. Impacts of similar size over remote ocean areas would most likely have gone unnoticed before the advent of global satellite monitoring in the 1960s and 1970s.UFO conspiracy theorists however class it as an exploding UFO. [8] 0
1909 Mystery Airships Otago New Zealand Strange moving lights and some solid bodies in the sky are seen around Otago and elsewhere in New Zealand, and are reported to newspapers [9][10]
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10-13		 Miracle of the Sun Fátima Portugal Thousands of people observed the sun gyrate and descend. This was later reinterpreted by Jacques Vallée, Joaquim Fernandes and Fina d'Armada as a possible UFO sighting, but not recognized as such due to cultural differences. [11][12][13]
1940s The Foo Fighters Small metallic spheres and colorful balls of light repeatedly spotted and occasionally photographed worldwide by bomber crews during World War II. [14][15] 1
1942 Hopeh Incident Hopeh China A UFO was spotted and photographed. [16] 0
1942-02-24 Battle of Los Angeles Los Angeles, California United States Unidentified aerial objects trigger the firing of thousands of anti-aircraft rounds and raise the wartime alert status. [17] 2
1946 The Ghost Rockets Scandinavia Numerous UFO sightings were reported over Scandinavia; Swedish Defense Staff expressed concern. [18] 2
1946-05-18 UFO-Memorial Ängelholm Ängelholm Municipality Sweden Gösta Karlsson reports seeing a UFO and its alien passengers. A model of a flying saucer is now erected at the site. [19] 3
1947-06-21 Maury Island incident Washington United States Harold A. Dahl reported that his dog was killed and his son was injured by encounters with UFOs. He also claimed that a witness was threatened by the Men in Black. [20] 2
1947-06-24 Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting Washington United States The UFO sighting that sparked the name flying saucers. This sighting is considered as the start of the "Modern UFO era". [21] 1
1947-06 1947 UFO sightings Washington United States Several UFO sightings reported a few hours after the sighting of Kenneth Arnold. [22] 1
1947-07-08 Roswell UFO crash Roswell, New Mexico United States United States Army Air Forces allegedly captures a crashed saucer and its alien occupants. [23] 3
1948 The Green Fireballs United States Objects were reported over several United States military bases; an official investigation followed. [24] 2
1948-01-07 Thomas Mantell Kentucky United States US Air Force sent a fighter pilot to investigate a UFO sighting over Fort Knox, Kentucky; the pilot was killed while pursuing the UFO. [25] 2
1948-07-24 Chiles-Whitted UFO Encounter Alabama United States Chiles and Whitted, American commercial pilots, reported that their aeroplane had nearly collided with a UFO [26] 1
1948-10-01 Gorman Dogfight North Dakota United States A US Air Force pilot sighted and pursued a UFO for 27 minutes over Fargo, North Dakota. [27][28] 2
1949 Frank Scully New Mexico United States An alleged retrieval of a grounded UFO and its occupants from a plateau in New Mexico 3
1950-04 Varese Close Encounter Varese Italy A factory worker sighted 3 Humanoids near a craft. One of the entities saw him and shot him with a beam, although it did not do any harm to the man. [29] 3
1950-05 Dr. Alexandro Botta UFO incident United States A famous controversial case wherein Doctor A. Botta claimed to have entered a crashed UFO over a plateau. [30] 3
1950 Mariana UFO Incident Great Falls, Montana United States The manager of Great Falls' pro baseball team took color film of two UFOs flying over Great Falls. The film was extensively analyzed by the US Air Force and several independent investigators. [31] 0
1950-05-11 McMinnville UFO photographs McMinnville, Oregon United States Two farmers took pictures of a purported "flying saucer." These are among the best known UFO pictures, and continue to be analyzed and debated to this day. [32] 1
1951-08-25 Lubbock Lights Lubbock, Texas United States Several Lights in V-Shaped formations were repeatedly spotted flying over the city. Witnesses included professors from Texas Tech University and photographed by a Texas Tech student. [33] 1
1952-07-13 1952 Washington D.C. UFO incident Washington, D.C. United States A series of sightings in July 1952 accompanied radar contacts at three separate airports in the Washington area. The sightings made front page headlines around the nation, and ultimately lead to the formation of the Robertson Panel by the CIA. [34] 1
1952-07-24 Carson Sink UFO incident Nevada United States Two pilots saw three unusual Delta-wing aircraft flying in a V-formation over Carson Sink. [35] 1
1952-09-12 The Flatwoods Monster Flatwoods, West Virginia United States 6 local boys and a woman report seeing a UFO land, and saw a spade-headed creature near the landing site. [36][37][38] 3
1953-05-21 Prescott Sightings Prescott, Arizona United States Three Prescott residents sight a total of eight craft at Del Rio Springs Creek, 20 miles north of Prescott. [39] 0
1953-08-12 Ellsworth UFO Case Bismarck, North Dakota United States A UFO appearing as a red glowing light is witnessed by 45 people. The sighting takes place over a two night period. [40] 1
1953-11-23 The disappearance of Felix Moncla Lake Superior United States - Canada U.S Air Force Pilot disappears while pursuing a UFO. [41] 2
1955-08-21 Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter Kentucky United States A group of strange, goblin-like creatures are reported to have attempted to attack a farm house. The family shot at them several times with little or no effect. [42] 3
1957 Antonio Villas Boas São Francisco de Sales Brazil Antonio Villas Boas claimed to have been abducted and examined by aliens. He also claimed to have had sex with an alien woman while aboard the UFO. [43]
1957-05-03 Edwards Air Force Base UFO California United States Jack Gettys and James Bittick, who were filming base installations on behalf of Gordon Cooper, observed the landing and departure of a flying disk. Their film evidence was sent to Washington. [44] 1
1957-05-20 Milton Torres 1957 UFO Encounter East Anglia United Kingdom US Air Force fighter pilot Milton Torres reports that he was ordered to interecept and fire on a UFO displaying "very unusual flight patterns" over East Anglia. Ground radar operators had tracked the object for some time before Torres' plane was scrambled to intercept. [45] 2
1957-09 Ubatuba UFO Explosion Ubatuba Brazil Two Fishermen watched a UFO crash and explosion, and retrieved fragments of the object. [46] 2
1957-10 Antonio Villas Boas Abduction São Francisco de Sales Brazil One of the very first abduction claims. [47] 4
1957-11-02 Levelland UFO Case Levelland, Texas United States Numerous people describe seeing a glowing, egg-shaped object and a cigar-shaped object which caused their vehicle's engines to shut down. [48] 2
1957-11-04 Fort Itaipu UFO Invasion Praia Grande, São Paulo Brazil UFO attacks the sentinels of military unit. [49] 2
1957-12 Old-Saybrook UFO incident Connecticut United States 3 separate sightings possibly describing the same cigar-shaped object, all of which whom sighted the occupants inside. [50] 3
1958-01-16 Trindade UFO Incident Trindade Island Brazil 9 Separate sightings and 7 photos of UFO's were reported in the Trinidade Island during the meteorological and geological expeditions in the island. [51] 2
1959 Dyatlov Pass incident Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Mysterious deaths of experienced skiers in the Urals is believed to have been caused by "unidentified orange spheres" and an "unknown compelling force". [52] 2
1959-06-26&27 Father William Booth Gil sighting Boianai Papua New Guinea Missionary and 25 independent witnesses saw a UFO being repaired by 4 human-like occupants. [53] 3
1961-09-19 Betty and Barney Hill abduction New Hampshire United States The first widely publicized alien abduction experience. [54] 4
1964-04-24 Lonnie Zamora Socorro, New Mexico United States Police officer Zamora reports a close encounter. [55] 3
1964-09-04 Donald Shrum Cisco Grove, California United States The hunter got lost in a forest and took shelter in a tall tree. After flashing a flashlight in the air, a UFO approached the tree and 2 Humanoids and 1 Robot repeatedly attempted to climb the tree and abduct him, he stopped the entities by shooting them with arrows. [56] 3
1965-03-09 The Incident at Exeter Exeter, New Hampshire United States Numerous reports of UFO's in Exeter, New Hampshire. [57] 2
1965-12-09 Kecksburg UFO incident Kecksburg, Pennsylvania United States Mass sighting of a falling UFO, followed by a cordoning-off of the crash site. [58] 2
1966 The Mothman Prophecies Point Pleasant, West Virginia United States A wave of sightings of a winged humanoid is reported to be connected to other mysterious events including sightings of UFOs. [59] 3?
1966-04-06 Westall UFO Clayton South, Victoria Australia A sighting by hundreds of people. Witnesses of "The Clayton Incident" still gather for reunions. [60] 0
1966-04-17 Portage County UFO chase Ohio United States Several police officers pursue a UFO for 30 minutes. [61] 1
1966-10-11 The Grinning Man Elizabeth, New Jersey United States A tall man with no nose or ears is sighted in a neighborhood shortly after UFO sighting. [62] 3
1966 Indrid Cold Point Pleasant, West Virginia United States The Sightings of the Grinning Man in Point Pleasant. [63] 3 and 4
January 25, 1967 Betty Andreasson Abduction South Ashburnham, Massachusetts United States An alleged abduction of 11 persons by pear-shaped-headed creature from a red UFO. [64] 4
1967-05-20 Falcon Lake Incident Falcon Lake, Manitoba Canada A UFO's exhaust allegedly burns a man. [65] 2
1967-08-29 Close encounter of Cussac Cussac, Cantal France A young brother and sister claim to have witnessed a UFO and its occupants. [66] 3
1967-09-01 Snippy the Horse Mutilation San Luis Valley, Colorado United States Alien related animal mutilation - widely considered to be the first claimed and documented unusual animal death case, related to UFOs and Aliens. [67] 2
1967-10-04 Shag Harbour UFO Crash Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia Canada A UFO was seen crashing into Shag Harbor. A Canadian naval search followed, and officially referred to the incident as a UFO crash. [68][69] 2
1967-12-03 Herbert Schirmer Ashland, Nebraska United States Sergeant Herbert Schirmer claimed that he was abducted. [70] 4
1968-08 Buff Ledge Camp Abduction Lake Champlain United States 2 teenagers sighted a UFO over the Lake Champlain and experienced Missing Time [71] 4
1969 Jimmy Carter UFO incident Leary, Georgia United States Jimmy Carter's sighting. [72] 2
1970-01-01 Cowichan District Hospital UFO Incident Cowichan Canada several nurses and patients sighted a UFO and masked occupants. [73] 3
1973-05 The Judy Doraty Abduction Texas United States 4 Persons were abducted by egg-shaped headed aliens. An actual cattle mutilation was witnessed by the witnesses, who claimed to be abducted while they are on their car. [74] 4
1973-10 Skylab 3 UFO Encounter Outer Space Outer Space [75] 1
1973-10 The Alabama Close Encounter Alabama United States A policeman describes seeing an alien which he described as being created out of "Tin Foil" [76] 3
1973-10-11 Pascagoula Abduction Mississippi United States 2 men fishing on the Pascagoula River claimed to be abducted by strange looking humanoids. [77] 4
1973-10-17 Eglin Air Force Base Sighting Florida United States An unidentified object was tracked by a Duke Field radar unit during the same time period, and within the same area, that 10 to 15 people observed four strange objects flying in formation between Milton, Florida, and Crestview, Florida, along Interstate 10, according to Eglin officials. Reports from the base indicated that a bright glowing ball of light could be seen travelling parallel with an Air Force C-130 aircraft but at a much higher altitude. [78] 2
1974-01-23 Berwyn Mountain UFO incident Llandrillo, Merionethshire, North Wales United Kingdom An alleged UFO crash involving lights in the sky moments before a large impact shock. The cause of the incident was however soon revealed as a 3.5 magnitude earthquake. [79][80] 0
1975-11-05 Travis Walton Arizona United States Logger Travis Walton reports being abducted by aliens for five days. Walton's six workmates claimed to have witnessed the UFO at the start of his abduction. Walton described the event and its aftermath in the book The Walton Experience, which was dramatized in the film Fire in the Sky. [77] 4
1976-06-22 1976 Canary Isles sightings Canary Islands Spain Several lights and a spherical transparent blue craft, piloted by two beings was reported. [81] 3
1976-08 Stanford Abduction Kentucky United states 3 Women were alleged to be abducted and harassed by aliens. [82] 4
1976-08-20 Allagash Abductions Maine United States Four campers claimed to have been abducted by alien beings in the Allagash wilderness. [83] 4
1976-09-19 1976 Tehran UFO incident Tehran Iran A UFO disabled the electronic equipment of two F-4 interceptor aircraft, along with ground control equipment, a event thoroughly documented in the U.S. DIA report. The Iranian generals involved in the incident claimed the object was extraterrestrial. [84] 2
1977 Colares UFO flap Colares Brazil A bewildering account of an island attacked by UFOs shooting harmful beams of radioactive light at the residents. [85] 2
1978-05-10 Emilcin Abduction Emilcin Poland A man in Emilcin, Poland is said to have been abducted by "grays." There is now a memorial at the site. [86] 4
1978-10-21 Valentich Disappearance Victoria Australia Contacting air traffic control, an Australian pilot reported seeing a UFO before his aircraft vanished. [87][88] 2
1978-12-21 Kaikoura lights South Island New Zealand A series of sightings by a Safe Air freight plane; the airplane was escorted by strange lights that changed color and size. [89] 1
1979-08-27 Val Johnson Incident Marshall County, Minnesota United States A deputy sheriff spotted a bright light which appeared to have collided with his patrol car and damaged it. The deputy also suffered temporary retinal damage from the "light". [90][91] 2
1979-11-09 Dechmont Woods Encounter Livingston, Scotland United Kingdom A forester, Bob Taylor, was pulled by two spiked globes towards a UFO, which stood on a clearing. He lost consciousness and afterwards had trouble walking and speaking. He was also constantly thirsty for several days. [92] 4
1979-11-11 Manises UFO Incident Valencia Spain Three large UFOs forced a commercial flight to make an emergency landing at Manises Airport. [93] 2
1980-12-28 Rendlesham-Woodbridge Incident Suffolk, England United Kingdom A sighting by military personnel, which at first appeared to be a downed aircraft. [94] 2
1980-12-29 Cash-Landrum incident New Caney, Texas United States A huge diamond-shaped UFO irradiates three witnesses, who all required treatment for radiation poisoning. The UFO was escorted by military helicopters. The victims have since sued the US Government. [95] 2
1981-01-08 Trans-en-Provence Case Trans-en-Provence France Renato Nicolai, a farmer, saw an object which had the shape of two saucers, one inverted on top of the other. The UFO left physical evidence on the ground, in the form of mechanical pressure and burnt residue on the grass. [96] 2
1981 Hudson Valley Sightings Hudson Valley United States A Wave of UFO cases in the Hudson Valley. [97] 2,3 and 4
1983-06 Copely Woods Encounter Indiana United States Hundreds of Basketball-Sized ball of lights were sighted around a neighborhood, leaving unusually obvious marks behind. [98][dead link] 2 or 4
1985 Whitley Strieber New York United States The abduction that took place in Whitley Strieber's Apartment. [99] 4
1986-05-19 São Paulo UFO sighting São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Brazil Brazilian Air Force detect and intercept UFOs on southeastern Brazil. As many as twenty UFOs were seen and tracked by ground radar and at least six airplanes during the night of May 19. [100][101] 2
1986-11-17 Japan Air Lines flight 1628 incident Alaska United States A group of UFOs flew alongside Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 for 50 minutes above Northeastern Alaska. One of the objects trailing the Boeing 747 was detected by military radar. [102] 2
1987-11-11 Gulf Breeze UFO incident Florida United States Ed Walters, a building contractor, saw a UFO and took photos of it. Walters continued to see UFOs for three weeks and he documented the sightings taking photos. Today most investigators think that the Walters' photos are fake, but other people in Gulf Breeze claimed UFO sightings during the same period. [103] 2
1990-03-30 Belgian UFO wave Ans, Wallonia Belgium Mass sighting of large, silent, low-flying black triangles, which were tracked by multiple NATO radar and jet interceptors, and investigated by Belgium's military. Photographic evidence exists. [104][105] 1
1991-09-15 STS-48 incident Space Shuttle Discovery while in orbit Outer space Video taken during mission STS-48 shows a flash of light and several objects, apparently flying in an artificial or controlled fashion. NASA explained them as ice particles reacting to engine jets. Philip C. Plait, in his book Bad Astronomy, agreed with NASA, but Jack Kasher proposed five arguments against them being ice particles. James Oberg disputed these, and Lan Fleming argued that the shuttle's exhaust plume as not the cause of the flash of light that preceded the objects' abrupt change of course. Mark J. Carlotto noted that one of the objects apparently had three lobes arranged in a triangular pattern. [106][107][108][109][110] 0
1993-03-26 Kelly Cahill Dandenong Australia 8 Witnesses described seeing a large glowing UFO shortly after midnight. They also encountered 7 feet (2.1 m), void-colored aliens with glowing red eyes. [111][112] 5
1994-06 Meng Zhaoguo Incident Wuchang China Meng claimed to have been abducted and forced to have sexual intercourse with a 10 feet (3.0 m), six fingered, female alien with braided leg fur. [113] 5
1995-5-25 America West Airlines Flight 564 Bovina, Texas United States A 300-400 foot long cigar-shaped UFO with rotating strobe light followed an America West Boeing 757 [114] 2
1996-01-20 Varginha UFO incident Varginha, Minas Gerais Brazil Multiple sightings and the alleged capture of an alien by the Brazilian military. [115] 3
1996-12-02 STS-80 incidents Space Shuttle Columbia while in orbit Outer space A video taken during mission STS-80 of the Space Shuttle Columbia was analyzed by Mark J. Carlotto. It included three unusual phenomena: two slow-moving circular objects; a strange rapidly moving burst of light near the Earth's surface; and a number of object traces near the shuttle. The first two may be shuttle debris and an unusual atmospheric phenomenon. An analysis of the object traces near the shuttle suggested they were not shuttle debris or meteors, though James Oberg deemed them to be nearby sunlit debris. [116][117] 2
1997-03-13 Phoenix Lights Phoenix, Arizona United States Lights and craft of varying descriptions, most notably a V-shaped pattern, were seen by thousands of people between 19:30 and 22:30 MST, in a space of about 300 miles, from the Nevada line, through Phoenix, to the edge of Tucson. [118] 1

21st Century

Date Name City, State Country Description Sources Hynek Scale
2001-03-19 STS-102 The Washington Sequence Space Shuttle Discovery while in orbit Outer space Video broadcast during mission STS-102, allegedly recorded by Jeff Challender, shows a flash of light and three objects which performed movements which included starting, stopping, accelerating, and making sudden angled turns. Lan Fleming compared the timing of the flash of light and a course change of one of the objects to the timing of shuttle thruster firings and alleged that the flash and movements could not have been caused by thruster firings. [119][120][121][122] 0
2001-07-15 NJ Turnpike/Carteret Lights Incident Carteret, New Jersey United States At least 15 people, including 2 police officers, stopped their cars along the New Jersey Turnpike to view light formations in the night sky. [123][124] 1
2004-03-05 2004 Mexican UFO Incident Mexico A drug-smuggling air patrol recorded on infrared camera what some claimed to be UFOs. The footage was released by Jaime Maussan. The objects were however convincingly correlated with the burn-off flares of oil platforms. [125] 0
2004-10-31 The Tinley Park Lights Tinley Park, Illinois United States A sequence of five mass UFO sightings, first on August 21, 2004, two months later on October 31, 2004, again on October 1 of 2005, and once again on October 31, 2006, in Tinley Park and Oak Park, Chicago. [126][127][128] 1
2006-11-07 Chicago O'Hare UFO sighting 2006 Chicago, Illinois United States United Airlines employees and pilots claimed sightings of a saucer-shaped, unlit craft hovering over a Chicago O'Hare Airport terminal, before shooting up vertically. [129] 1
2007 Charles Hall Nevada United States Charles Hall claimed to have met and befriended several tall, pasty-white extraterrestials while working on the Nellis Air Force Base [130][131] 3
2007-04-23 2007 Alderney UFO sighting Bailiwick of Guernsey Crown Dependency Two airline pilots on separate flights spot UFOs off the coast of Alderney. [132] 1
2007-09-25 Kodiak Island UFO incident Kodiak, Alaska United States On September 25, 2007, several Kodiakans saw something fall from the sky Tuesday morning that may have landed in mountainous terrain on Kodiak Island. The incident prompted 911 calls and a helicopter search was launched from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, but no crash site was found. [133] 1
2008-01-08 to 2008-02-09 Stephenville, Texas UFO sightings Stephenville, Texas, Dublin, Texas, Crawford, Texas United States UFOs were, and are sometimes still reported from this area. One was an object described as 1 mile (1.6 km) by 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in size, spotted over Bush Ranch in Crawford, Texas. The Air Force has identified the objects as training fighter jets that went unreported due to a "communications problem". [134] 1
2008-05 to 2008-09 2008 Turkey UFO Sightings Istanbul Turkey Over a four month span in 2008, a night guard at the Yeni Kent Compound videotaped one or more UFOs over Turkey at nighttime. Many witnesses confirmed the two and a half hours' worth of video, leading the Sirius UFO Space Science Research Center to dub it the "most important images of a UFO ever filmed". [135] 0
2008-06-20 Wales UFO sightings Different cities, Wales United Kingdom According to media reports, a police helicopter was almost hit by a UFO, before it tried to pursue it. Hundreds of people reported to have witnessed a UFO on the same or preceding days, from different areas of Wales. [136] 2
2008-06-21 Moscow UFO sightings Moscow Russian Federation Different people and media (including state-owned) reported sightings of 11 orange UFOs. Further confirmation came from Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk. On June 25 a similar report, now with 13 objects, was claimed from the UK. [137][138][139] 2
2009-12-09 2009 Norwegian spiral anomaly Finnmark Norway and Sweden A large, circular spinning white light, trailed by a long blue tail over the skies of Norway was spotted by thousands for two minutes around 8:45 am on December 9. The Norwegian media and space center were swamped with calls, and the phenomenon was held to be anything from a UFO to a unique aurora borealis event. The following day Russian authorities confirmed a failed Bulava launch, explaining the anomaly. [140][141] 1
2010-01-25 Harbour Mille incident Harbour Mille, Newfoundland and Labrador Canada At least three UFO's were spotted over Harbour Mille. The objects looked like missiles but emitted no noise. [142] 1
2011-01-28 Jerusalem Dome of the Rock UFO incident Jerusalem Israel A single lighted object was spotted and filmed in the middle of the night, apparently by several different tourists, descending over Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock, hovering briefly, producing a flash of light, and then ascending into the sky. [143][144]
2011-02-20 Vancouver Washington UFO Sighting Vancouver, Washington United States Stationary green and red blinking lights with limited sideways movements, were recorded on video and still photography. They were witnessed by several residents who live off Southeast 192nd Avenue in Vancouver, Washington. [145] 1

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See also

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