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Legends & Lore

Explore cryptids, folklore, ghost stories, strange events, and mysterious tales from around the world.

39 documented storiesAlphabetical

Socorro UFO Incident

Socorro, New Mexico

Police officer Lonnie Zamora reported an egg-shaped craft, two small figures, landing marks, flame, and a roaring departure outside Socorro in 1964.

Aliens

Travis Walton Abduction

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Turkey Springs, Arizona; Snowflake and Heber area

In 1975, Arizona logger Travis Walton disappeared for five days after coworkers said a bright object struck him with a beam in the forest.

Alien Types & Beings

Venusians

Not place-specific; strongly associated with California and the American contactee movement of the 1950s

In the earliest years of flying-saucer culture, Venus was one of the favorite claimed homes of attractive humanlike visitors offering contact to selected Earthlings.