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1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Incident:
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident (sometimes called the "Washington Flap" or the "Washington National Airport Sightings") was a series of UFO sightings over Washington, D.C., primarily on the nights of July 19–20 and July 26–27, 1952. The case is one of the most significant ever investigated by Project Blue Book and directly triggered the formation of the Robertson Panel.

1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Incident Case Files:
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident (sometimes called the "Washington Flap" or the "Washington National Airport Sightings") was a series of UFO sightings over Washington, D.C., primarily on the nights of July 19–20 and July 26–27, 1952. The case is one of the most significant ever investigated by Project Blue Book and directly triggered the formation of the Robertson Panel.

Aurora Texas UFO Incident Case Files:
The Aurora, Texas, UFO incident reportedly occurred on April 17, 1897, when, according to locals, a UFO crashed on a farm near Aurora, Texas. The incident (similar to the more famous [Roswell UFO Incident] 50 years later) is claimed to have resulted in a fatality of the pilot. The pilot was "not of this world" and was said to be an alien. The pilot was buried at the Aurora cemetery. A stone was placed as a marker for the grave, but has since been removed.

Aztec UFO Case Files:
A saucer of about 100 feet in diameter was discovered by oil workers sent to Hart Canyon to extinguish a brush fire threatening oil wells in the area. Nearby was a strange craft resting on a mesa. The oil workers inspected the craft, which appeared to be made of a light but extremely strong metal without seams or fasteners of any kind. A small broken porthole was located and the workers could see a number of small occupants that seemed to be burned or charred.

Bradshaw Ranch Case Files:
Bradshaw Ranch is a 90-acre property located approximately 12 miles west of Sedona in the Verde Valley of Arizona, situated between Hartwell Canyon wash and Loy Canyon wash, approximately 4 miles southwest of Secret Mountain and 1.5 miles west of the Palatki Heritage Site, within the Coconino National Forest. The property gained national attention through the 1995 book "Merging Dimensions: The Incredible Saga of Bradshaw Ranch" by Linda Bradshaw and UFO investigator Tom Dongo, which documented a range of claimed anomalous phenomena beginning in 1992: orbs, luminous aerial objects, humanoid entities, electromagnetic disturbances, dimensional portal effects, interdimensional beings, and multiple UFO encounters.

Calvine Photo Incident Case Files:
The two witnesses had finished their evening shift at a hotel in Pitlochry — believed to be Fisher's Hotel or the Atholl Palace — and were cycling in the hills above Calvine, approximately 13 miles to the northwest. The date was a Saturday evening; the time approaching 21:00; the visibility clear and good. This was a leisure ride after work, not a planned sky-watching or photography expedition.

Devils Den UFO Incident Case Files:
The "Devils Den UFO" incident refers to a 1977 event where Terry Lovelace and a friend reported seeing a large, triangular UFO while camping at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas. The encounter led to a suspected abduction, missing time, injuries, and subsequent government investigation, though Lovelace initially kept the story secret for decades. He later detailed the experience in his book Incident at Devil's Den and has since shared his story publicly, noting a connection to other abduction accounts.

Exeter Incident:
The Exeter Incident (also known as the Exeter UFO Sightings or the 1965 Exeter, New Hampshire UFO Sighting) was a series of UFO sightings near Exeter, New Hampshire, in September 1965. The case was investigated by Project Blue Book, which was unable to provide a satisfactory conventional explanation, and it became one of the most widely publicized UFO cases of the 1960s.

Kecksburg UFO Incident Case File:
Residents of Kecksburg reported a crash sight of a bright object moving at cosmic speed. Witnesses say they saw military personnel around the crash sight shortly after the incident, but no explanation of what the thing was was given. Prepare to be captivated by an astonishing exploration into the enigmatic and little-known Kecksburg Incident, an extraordinary UFO crash that sent shock waves through the world in the 1960s.

Kenneth Arnold Sighting:
On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold departed from Chehalis, Washington, aboard a single-engine Call Air A-2 aircraft, bound for an air show in Pendleton, Oregon. En route, Arnold detoured to assist in the search for a United States Marine Corps transport plane that had reportedly crashed on the southwest slopes of Mount Rainier, Washington.

Linda Napolitano Abduction Case File:
The case of Linda Napolitano (or Linda Cortile) is one of the most important UFO events of the 20th century. Commonly referred to as "The Manhattan Alien Abduction” or “The Brooklyn Bridge Case,” the alleged abduction of Linda Cortile in 1989 is much more controversial and even suspicious to many.

Lubbock Lights:
The Lubbock Lights were a series of UFO sightings that occurred in and around Lubbock, Texas, in August and September 1951. The case is one of the most significant and most discussed investigated by Project Blue Book, in part because of the credibility of the witnesses and the existence of photographs.

Mantell UFO Incident:
The Mantell UFO Incident refers to the death of Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Captain Thomas F. Mantell on January 7, 1948, while pursuing an unidentified flying object over Godman Field, Kentucky. It is one of the earliest and most widely studied cases associated with Project Blue Book and its predecessor programs.

Maurey Island Incident Case Files:
The Maury Island UFO Incident is a bizarre mystery case spanning several months in the summer of 1947 in the Puget Sound area of Washington State and involved the Air Force’s first military plane crash and a direct links to JFK Assassination.

Nash-Fortenberry Sighting:
The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting was a UFO incident that occurred on July 14, 1952, near Newport News, Virginia, and was investigated by Project Blue Book. It is considered one of the most credible sightings of the early 1950s due to the professional background of the witnesses.

Phoenix Lights Case File:
The Phoenix Lights (sometimes called the "Lights Over Phoenix") were a series of widely sighted unidentified flying objects observed in the skies over the Southwestern United States of Arizona and Nevada on March 13, 1997.

Portage County UFO Chase:
The Portage County UFO Chase was a UFO incident that occurred in the early morning hours of April 17, 1966, beginning near Ravenna, Ohio, in Portage County, and resulting in a pursuit by multiple law enforcement officers across approximately 85 miles to Freedom, Pennsylvania. The case was investigated by Project Blue Book and became one of the most controversial in the project's history.

Skinwalker Ranch Case Files:

The Rendlesham Forest Case Files:
Perhaps the best-documented close encounter of the third kind took place on 27 December 1980, when airmen at two RAF stations in East Anglia witnessed something extraordinary. First radar operators at RAF Watton in Norfolk picked up an oddity on their screens. Then RAF Phantom pilots reported seeing intense bright lights in the sky. Former radar operator Mal Scurrah said: "As the Phantoms got close the hovering object shot upwards at phenomenal speed " monitored at more than 1,000 mph.'

The Roswell UFO Incident Main Page:
In July 1947 a flying saucer crashed near Corona, New Mexico during a violent night-time thunderstorm. The next morning, Mac Brazel found some wreckage on his ranch spread over about half a mile which neither he nor his family could identify.