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Visalia · CA, USA
Witnesses in Visalia, California reported three disk-shaped objects seen at close range in broad daylight during a one-minute sighting in May 1972.
Schaumburg · IL, USA
UFO Lands In Mrs Larson's Backyard
Wilmington · DE, USA
Witnesses in Wilmington, Delaware reported a gigantic, glowing object hovering over Concord Mall in 1972, describing stopped cars, deafening silence, and a sense of lost time.
Indianapolis · IN, USA
Witnesses in Indianapolis, Indiana reported a multicolored, round disk-shaped object that was reportedly pursued by fighter jets, during a sighting lasting about an hour around 1972 to 1974.
Sulphur Springs · TX, USA
Witnesses in Sulphur Springs, in northeast Texas, reported a saucer-shaped object during a ten-minute sighting dated around 1971 to 1972.
Seattle · WA, USA
Sighting: Distance was 1500-2000 feet in altitude, and was around 60 degrees off the horizon. Weather conditions were clear with some l
Salinas · CA, USA
Huge object. At least 2 football fields long. Altitude approx. 500 ft. Observed moving slowly westerly direct. No lights. No sound. Und
Scottsville · KY, USA
Flying Disk Lands in Field.
Chicago · IL, USA
Witnesses in Chicago, Illinois reported a strangely shaped object in the sky near Midway Airport during a ten-minute sighting in March 1972.
Los Lunas · NM, USA
A witness in Los Lunas, New Mexico reported an object with an unusually bright light and flight capabilities described as beyond current technology, over about twenty minutes in March 1972.
Panama City · FL, USA
A witness in Panama City, Florida reported a spherical object that lit up and went dark intermittently, moved fast and silently, and came close during a five-minute sighting in March 1972.
Millers Falls · MA, USA
Alien sighting
Anaheim · CA, USA
A witness in Anaheim, California reported a cylindrical craft that hovered and moved very fast, during a twenty-to-thirty-second sighting in March 1972.
San Diego (Marine Base Camp Pendleton) · CA, USA
In the 1970s I was a watch commander or Marine base military police Although I didn’t see it my officers reported a pulsating object mo
Boca Raton · FL, USA
30'L,10'W: plated chromium sheets (mirror finish). 2'wide streching fore to aft. A slight shadow effect where the windshield should be.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
Very intense encounter
Seattle · WA, USA
A witness in Seattle, Washington reported hearing a woman scream before turning to see a large triangular object in the sky, in a brief sighting around 1972.
Huntsville · AL, USA
A witness in Huntsville, Alabama reported three lights moving at extremely high speed, silently making a 90-degree turn, during a two-minute sighting in January 1972.
Gering · NE, USA
A witness in Gering, Nebraska reported a fast-moving light that darted and then hovered in the sky, emitting a beam of light, during a two-to-three-minute sighting in January 1972.
Malmstrom AFB · MT, USA
UFO on USAF base 1972 or 1973
Blacksburg · SC, USA
Four witnesses in a vehicle near Blacksburg, South Carolina reported chasing unidentified lights in the sky for about two hours in January 1972.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Witnesses reported circular objects hovering above an elementary school in Los Angeles, California on multiple occasions around 1972, each for about two minutes.
Mountainview · CA, USA
A witness in Mountain View, California reported a triangular craft partially hidden behind a cloud, with a large observation window clearly visible, hovering for about ten minutes in December 1971.
Oxnard · CA, USA
big blue fireball very low