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1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Incident

Washington, D.C.; Washington National Airport; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland

Radar controllers, pilots, and military personnel reported unexplained targets and lights around Washington during two dramatic weekends in July 1952.

Alien Types & Beings

Alien Hybrids

Not place-specific

Stories of human-alien hybrids grew out of modern abduction narratives in which experiencers described reproductive procedures and encounters with supposedly mixed offspring.

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Allagash Abductions

Eagle Lake area, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine

Four friends reported a strange light during a 1976 Maine canoe trip, but the famous abduction narrative emerged years later through hypnotic regression.

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Aurora, Texas UFO Legend

Aurora, Wise County, Texas

An 1897 newspaper story claimed a mysterious airship crashed into an Aurora windmill and left behind a dead pilot later linked to the town cemetery.

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Battle of Los Angeles

Los Angeles metropolitan area, California

In February 1942, nervous anti-aircraft crews fired more than a thousand rounds over Los Angeles at an apparent threat that was never identified as an enemy aircraft.

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Betty & Barney Hill Abduction

White Mountains and U.S. Route 3 near Lincoln, New Hampshire

Betty and Barney Hill's 1961 New Hampshire encounter became the model for modern alien-abduction stories, especially after hypnosis introduced memories of missing time and examinations.

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Cash-Landrum Incident

Rural road near Huffman and Dayton, Texas, northeast of Houston

Three Texans reported a brilliant, heat-producing object and numerous helicopters in 1980, then pursued a federal lawsuit after developing serious health problems.

Alien Types & Beings

Flatwoods Monster

Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia

A fiery object in the West Virginia sky and a terrifying figure on a dark hillside created one of the strangest monster stories of the flying-saucer era.

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Flatwoods Monster Encounter

Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia

In 1952, a bright object over Flatwoods led a small group up a dark hillside, where they reported a towering figure, strange lights, and a choking odor.

Alien Types & Beings

Grey Aliens

The Black-Eyed Visitors of UFO Lore

Worldwide; especially American UFO lore

Small bodies, oversized heads and enormous black eyes: Grey Aliens have become the default face of extraterrestrial encounters, despite having no verified existence outside reports and popular culture.

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Hopkinsville Goblins

Kelly, near Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky

The Hopkinsville Goblins are the small, long-armed figures a Kentucky family said surrounded their farmhouse during a bizarre night of gunfire in 1955.

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Kecksburg UFO Incident

Kecksburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

A brilliant 1965 fireball seen across several states became a Pennsylvania UFO legend after witnesses said something acorn-shaped came down near Kecksburg.