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Eddington · ME, USA
A witness in Eddington, Maine reported a black, circular object dimly lit around its perimeter that appeared able to stop dead in the air, during a one-minute sighting in December 1972.
Osowatomie · KS, USA
In 1972 my ex-husband and I were returning from Christmas shopping. I noticed an object following us and coming closer to our car. When
Ireland (not sure which town) · Ireland
A witness in Ireland reported a light descending from the sky, joined by two smaller lights, before all three ascended together, during a roughly five-minute sighting in December 1972.
Port Elizabeth (South Africa) · South Africa
WE WERE CAMPING OUT NEAR SARDINA BAY 65 MILES FROM P.E. IN A PARTY OF ABOUT 12 OTHERS, MY DAD NEEEDED SOME GEAR FROM HOME I WENT WITH
Gravesend (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness in Gravesend, England reported three lights on a triangular object moving horizontally for about a quarter to half mile before shooting upward at high speed, in December 1972.
Colorado Springs · CO, USA
A witness outside Colorado Springs, Colorado reported a disk-shaped object during a two-minute sighting on Christmas Eve, 1972.
? · AL, USA
ufo over mountians,two men went missing
Winding Stair Camp Ground · OK, USA
We could see the very bright white light outside our camper but no shadows only objects in the light and carbled lanquage
Trinidad · CA, USA
A witness in Trinidad, California reported a light initially thought to be a satellite that changed directions too quickly for normal orbital motion, during a ten-minute sighting in November 1972.
Crescent City · CA, USA
A witness in Crescent City, California reported high-pitched tones during what they believed was an unidentified object encounter, in a brief thirty-second sighting in the early 1970s.
Hiawassee · GA, USA
A witness in Hiawassee, Georgia reported a red, glowing, circular object over the North Georgia mountains during a two-minute sighting in November 1972.
Ottawa (Canada) · ON, Canada
I have lived with this event my whole life and to this day even as a retired Military Air Traffic Controller, I remember the event like
Tucson · AZ, USA
A witness in Tucson, Arizona reported a dark triangular object that seemed to be searching for something and reportedly approached an Air Force base's security perimeter, in November 1972.
Lebanon · TN, USA
A witness in Lebanon, Tennessee reported an oval-shaped object over a friend's house at 9 p.m. on November 20, 1972, during a sighting lasting about an hour.
Sweet Home · OR, USA
A witness in Sweet Home, Oregon reported lightning-like flashes from a hovering cloud formation, with waves of cloud moving in and out silently, during a sighting in October 1972.
Potwin · KS, USA
Iwas abducted around age 7 or 8. They came will I WAS Asleep. they look into my room from the hall. They took me to a room. I think the
Denton · TX, USA
A witness in Denton, Texas reported a slow-moving object that split into two parts, one speeding away while the larger part moved slowly in the opposite direction, in October 1972.
Convoy · OH, USA
Bright object followed close behind our car. It was above the road, then up in the air hovering Made no sound. Vanished!
Mosheim · TX, USA
A witness in Mosheim, Texas reported a classic, saucer-shaped disk object during a sighting lasting twenty to thirty minutes, dated around October 1972.
New Washington · OH, USA
A witness in New Washington, Ohio reported a white, oval-shaped object initially mistaken for a street light, during a two-minute sighting in October 1972.
Monroe · WA, USA
A witness in Monroe, Washington reported a rectangular object about the size of a large car, with no windows, moving in a stop-and-go pattern, during a fifteen-minute sighting in October 1972.
Pickens/Pumpkintown · SC, USA
Witnesses in the Pickens/Pumpkintown area of South Carolina reported a slow boomerang-shaped object with four bluish-white lights per edge, emitting a hum, over thirty-plus minutes, October 1972.
Greenville/Florence · SC, USA
A witness in the Greenville/Florence area of South Carolina reported being followed at night by a bright light while driving, in incidents involving a car and a truck, each about five minutes.
Fortuna (foothills) · CA, USA
Witnesses in the foothills near Fortuna, California, reportedly hundreds of people, described a huge, self-illuminated sphere with a translucent field, during a ninety-minute sighting, October 1972.