01-??-1980

Case One: Late one Saturday night in January, 1980, a Brazilian electronics businessman and nine other people saw a disc-shaped object shine a light down on the water near the eastern shore of the Tapajos river in the Amazon. The man, his family and some relatives, were camping at a beach thirty miles south of Santarem, and appeared around eleven o'clock.

Several teenagers were still awake, lying in hammocks and talking, when they saw the UFO come toward them from across the river. It stopped about thirty yards from the beach and shined a light down on the water twenty yards below. The kids awakened the others. The UFO hovered briefly and then began moving north, or to the campers right, parallel to the shore. It traveled more than half a mile, with the spotlight still shining straight down, before it disappeared.

The curious thing about all this was that as the beam of light moved along the river, it left behind a trail of luminescence on the surface for several hundred yards. The trail gradually faded out, south to north, at about the same speed as the light itself had moved.

This reference: UFO Danger Zone, by Bob Pratt, pp. 246-247, Pub. 1996 by Horus House Press, Madison, WI

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

South America – Brazil

Tapajós River Latitude 2-24 N, Longitude 54-41 W (D-M )

Santarem Latitude 2-26 N, Longitude 54-42 W ( D-M )

Reference: Brazil Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., January 1963

07-26-1980

One of the most dramatic cases in the USO files occurred on the night of 26th July 1980.

The tugboat 'Caioba-Seahorse' was on a routine journey 60 miles (95 kilometres) from the Brazilian coast, when the first mate suddenly became aware of a grey object 30ft (10 metres) in diameter floating on the surface straight ahead.

At the same time a bright light could be seen over the sea rapidly approaching them. The first mate quickly changed direction to avoid a collision with the floating object, which then displayed various coloured lights -- yellow, red, green, and blue.
The bright light had now reached them and could be seen as a glowing oval craft hovering silently above the floating USO. The tugboats engines had stopped and the crew watched with fear and fascination as the UFO slowly descended onto the floating USO. A link-up took place, the USO lights went out, and the two bodies (now joined) rose up together. After hovering for some minutes in the area the UFO with its 'load' swept rapidly out to sea. This event naturally prompted a high-level investigation by naval authorities, and much speculation from Brazil's civilian urologists.

DID THE TUGBOAT CREW WITNESS A RESCUE OPERATION OF ONE UFO BY ANOTHER? OR WAS IT MERELY A ROUTINE PICK UP AT A PRE-ARRANGED LOCALITY?

No firm conclusions were reached, but whatever the authorities found out, they kept it to themselves.

This reference: The USO Phenomenon by George Wild, in Twenty Twenty Vision © Wild/Quest Publications Int’l, 1989. With Thanks to Jan Aldrich of http://www.project1947.com/ for forwarding the material.

Secondary reference: I found this case on the net. I sent an e-mail, inquiring into the source of the case and received the following reply –CF-:

As for the origin of this story we're not quite sure. All we know is that there was a reference to it in the part-works series The Unexplained. This was in an article written by Janet and Colin Bord. The exact same account was also published in a compilation book entitled "Fact or Fantasy - Compelling collection of awe-inspiring tales." This was originally published in 1984 for Orbis Publishing, and re-released in 1990.

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

South America - Brazil

No specific location given.

08-14~15-1980
(Extract – “Close encounter in UFO alley” by Jenny Randles. See reference below).
        …I had no idea at the time that we were in the midst of a major wave centering on Rossendale. We figured this out only when we had enough data to see what was going on. In fact, a week after the above incident, on August 14-15, 1980, there was another reservoir encounter at Helmshore (five miles southwest). This certainly [ was not ]¹a mirage. Two night fishermen saw a circle of red lights reflected on Ogden Reservoir. Looking up to see what was causing the effect, they were shocked to find nothing was there. But looking back at the water, they could see that something was beneath the water and rising to the surface.
       They fled in terror, leaving their expensive fishing gear to the mercy of any passing thief and refusing to return until daylight. An independent witness in nearby Haslingden saw a rotating ring of red lights crossing the sky and flooding her bedroom with light that same night.”
This Reference: International UFO Reporter (IUR), Spring 2001, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 3-8 &28-29
“Close encounter in UFO alley” by Jenny Randles.
Original: The Pennine UFO mystery’ by Jenny Randles, Granada Books 1983.

Additional information forwarded to me via e-mail by Ms. Randles, in reply to my question as to whether this was a valid report, she responded:
       Yes, it ‘is’ a valid report. I went to the site and spoke with the witnesses myself and a photo of the reservoir is in my book ‘The Pennine UFO mystery’ (Granada Books 1983). I have no doubt these witnesses reported what they saw.
       The location was Ogden Reservoir, Helmshore and the sighting began just after 9 pm. It was a miserable night - raining hard (good fishing weather apparently). There were about a dozen lights in the circle and it was about 10 yards off shore. They looked up - saw nothing causing a reflection - looked back and watched the circle for about 30 seconds. It did not move. There are no pylons or houses to cause this effect. The area is fairly isolated. Then the ring just disappeared. They shrugged - puzzled - and continued fishing but several minutes later the lights appeared again - rising and pulsating. This apparent attempt to move out of the water (which they never saw happen BTW) was too much. That’s when they dropped their gear and fled back to the car - only returning about 10 hours later to collect it in daylight.
The other witness - a woman of 75 - saw an identical circle (not pulsating) but bright enough to illuminate her window and wake her up. She reported this at about 2 am (over 4 hours after the men fled) but under a mile from where they were located.

These witnesses were completely unrelated.

During neither sighting was there any sound.

At the time I did some checking and found a number of similar cases on file - both involving fishermen and others seeing the same circle of lights effect.

Two other witnesses at Stacksteads (between Helmshore and Heald Moor in the Rossendale Valley) had a spectacular close up view of the circle of lights and saw it attached to a large bell shape. This landed in a quarry at 2 am on 24 February 1979. The witness had my number (I was born in this small village - although I had not met this man before that night). He called me as he was watching the UFO!
My thanks to Ms. Randles for permission to post this article and for a follow up e-mail to clarify a typo by IUR ¹, and additional information not included in the necessarily brief treatment of the case in the larger article.

UFOCAT PRN – None

Europe - United Kingdom
Ogden Reservoir - Lies between Helmshore and Haslingden (See below)
Stacksteads                 Latitude 53-41 N, Longitude 2-13 W   ( D-M )
http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?country_list=&expr=stacksteads&lang=e
Heald Moor as explained by Ms. Randles, is not a town/village which is why it has no listing in our gazetteer. However it is located 3 miles north-northwest of the town of Todmorden which has the coordinates of:           Latitude 53-43 N, Longitude 2-05 W
http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?country_list=&expr=todmorden&lang=e
Helmshore                   Latitude 53-41 N, Longitude 2-20 W
Haslingden                   Latitude 53-42 N, Longitude 2-20 W
Rossendale                  Latitude 53-43 N, Longitude 2-15 W   [Forest of]. The Rossendale Valley is actually ¾ of a mile south of the forest, between the towns of Rawtenstall and Bacup. However in checking the coordinates of these two towns, the Lat. & Long. work out to the same as given for the forrest, and probably vary in only seconds of a degree.
Reference: United Kingdom gazetteer, Prepared in the Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1950.

08-18-1980

Strange objects were seen descending into the sea off Japan in both 1956 and 1957, and a more recent sighting of a USO took place in 1980. On that occasion, actually on 18 August 1980, the captain of a Russian research vessel in the Sea of Japan saw a metallic-looking cylindrical object rise slowly from the sea and hover nearby before shooting away.

This reference: Unexplained Mysteries of the 20^th Century by Janet and Colin Bord, p. 169, Published by Contemporary Books.

Original reference: Witness interview by oceanographer Dr. Vladimir Ashazha, and the report is genuine despite having appeared in the “National Enquirer” . See AFU (Archives for UFO research) Newsletter 24, p. 10, and 27, p. 21

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

Sea of Japan

Approximately – Latitude 40 N, Longitude 135 E

09-01-1980

CISU Case # 091
Location: Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** A fire ball was seen falling down into the sea.

      Original reference: “II Messaggero Veneto” of 9/2-3-4 of 1980
                                    “II Giornale dei Misteri” no. 162 page 12
                                    “II Messaggero” of 9/2/1980
                                    CrashCat case no. 049.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Udine

Lignano Sabbiadoro - Latitude 45-42 N, Longitude 13-09 E ( D-M ) [ Lignano Sabbia D’oro ]
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

11-??-1980

PRESS REPORTS

By Joe and Doris Graziano

BRAZIL, November (?), 1980-Macapa...Seventy or more people, awaiting the re-establishment of ferry service across the Aragari River, watched a strange object rise up from the river, hover at 5 to 6 meters above it and 100 meters from the river bank, rise slowly to a height of 200 meters and stop there for 4 minutes. It then turned left and proceeded at a moderate speed towards the ocean.

Witnesses said the object appeared solid, about 5 meters in diameter, was shaped like a cloud and showed no sign of luminosity.

On the opposite bank of the river at Amapa, Francisco Silveira said the object came within 30 meters of him. It stayed there for a long while "as if it was watching me."

On the preceding day in Amapa, a car with 3 passengers was followed by a plate-shaped object with its borders lit up. It then-stopped still above a sports module facing a local hotel.

This reference: The A.P.R.O. Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 5, p. 7, October 1981

With thanks to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO DATABASE, see http://www.larryhatch.net

Secondary reference: Unexplained Mysteries of the 20^th Century, by Janet & Colin Bord,

p. 172, 1989

Worlds Greatest Mysteries by Bundell & Boar, p. 73 (Larry Hatch Ref)

UFOCAT PRN – 120305. Newsclip, No location.

South America - Brazil

Macapa Latitude 2-26 N, Longitude 54-42 W ( D-M ) [ Newspaper source ]

Amapa Latitude 2-03 S, Longitude 50-49 W [ Several found but this is only one on the Aragari River ]

Reference: Brazil Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., January 1963

12-??-1980

From: Majorstar@aol.

To: WATERUFO@prodigy

Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 2:17 PM

Subject: Re: Your Lake sighting

In December of 1980, I awoke and noticed light in the bedroom from something outside our home. I got up and looked out the rear bedroom window onto our lake. A saucer shaped craft appeared to be surfacing on the lake about 100 feet from my window. !t reminded me of a submarine surfacing, at least water seemed to be falling off its surface. The craft was bathed in a blue ionization of light that looked similar to the Aurora Borealis. I thought to myself, that's where these craft hide under the water! It was moving slowly towards our dock. After a short time the craft departed almost in an instant.

Within a few weeks the lake was frozen over and I took several strings of Christmas lights and put them on the ice in the same spot to determine the approximate size of the craft. The craft measured 25 feet in diameter and was about 7 feet thick. It appeared as a fairly typical! saucer with no apparent port holes or entry points. It seemed to be made of very smooth metallic material similar to polished pewter. It made no sound, however there was the feeling it was very powerful and awe-inspiring.

Regards,

George A. Filer

This is the original e-mail message received, regarding Mr. Filers water related sighting.

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

North America – United States, New Jersey

Medford Latitude 39-54-03 N, Longitude 74-49-26 W ( D-M-S )

Briarwood Lake – Unable to locate

Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C., 1990

12-03-1980

CISU Case # 095
Location: Castellammare di Stábia (NA)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** An airplane was seen falling into the sea and successive searches lead to nothing.

      Original reference: “II Diario” of 12/4/1980
                                    “Il Mattino” Affairs of Naples of 12/4/1980
                                    “Paese Sera” of 12/4/1980.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Napoli

Castellammare di Stábia - Latitude 40-42 N, Longitude 14-29 E ( D-M
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

02-08-1981

Sixteen years later, a short distance to the south, and just over the Spanish border at Isla Cristina in the province of Huelva, two boys saw a light emerge from the sea about 1000 feet offshore. It was the night of 8 February 1981, and their attention was first caught by a light rising up from the depths. "This light was getting brighter and brighter, which made us think of a submarine but suddenly it came out of the water and stayed still at a height of about 500 metres (1600 feet), disappearing without a trace soon after."

This reference: Unexplained Mysteries of the 20^th Century, by Janet & Colin Bord, pp. 165-166, Published 1989

Original reference: Madrid, “Pueblo, 1 April 1981, noted in UFO News clipping Service 146, p. 12.

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

Europe – Spain ( Gulf of Cádiz )

Isla Cristina Latitude 37-13 N, Longitude 6-08 W ( D-M )

Huelva Latitude 37-40 N, Longitude 7-00 W [ Province ]

Reference: Spain and Andorra Gazetteer, Prepared by the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1961

04-17-1981

Crews of seagoing craft also encounter UFOs. Sometimes they hover for long periods, as one did over the Taki Kyoto Maru, a freighter sailing off the east coast of Japan, less than 200 miles from Kanazawa, on April 17, 1981.

Captain Usuda, when interviewed by the press at Kanazawa, reported that a UFO, of a round saucer shape and shining brightly, rose out of the sea in clear daylight and calm weather and first hovered near and then circled the 165-foot freighter. Captain Usuda described it as glowing with a blue light and stated that when it shot out of the ocean it caused a wave that almost swamped his ship. It caused another great wave, which partially damaged his ship, when it disappeared into the sea.

Captain Usuda, although preoccupied at the time with his terrified crew and his own concern for the ship's safety, noted that the time spent by the alternately hovering and circling UFO was about fifteen minutes. The UFO moved so fast around the ship that, except when it hovered, it could not be seen clearly -- there was only a blur where it circled. Captain Usuda tried to radio for help but the transmitting equipment was jammed. He looked at the needles on the ship's instruments and they too were a blur, spinning with the same rapidity as the craft circling over the ship. He tried to guess the size of the UFO when it hovered and estimated that its metallic and glowing diameter was four or five times the length of his ship.

A curious result of the visitation was that it seemed to have affected time on board the Taki Kyoto Maru. After the UFO plunged back into the sea, the captain noted that the timepieces on board had lost fifteen minutes, the approximate time that the spacecraft (if that is what it was) had spent maneuvering around the ship.

A spokesman for the Japanese coast guard, Hoshi Isido, is reported to have observed, with some understatement: "Based on interviews … and the unusual structural damage … we do suspect that they encountered something very unusual .... Officially we are calling it an unidentified object, a simple UFO."

This reference: The Dragon’s Triangle, by Charles Berlitz, pp. 130-131, Pub. by Wynwood Press, NY, NY, 1989

Original reference – Unknown.

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

Japan – Pacific Ocean

Kanazawa Latitude 35-21 N, Longitude 139-38 W ( D-M ) Note: There are several “Kanazawa” of which only two are on bodies of water. This one is the only one on the East coast of Japan.

Reference: Japan Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., January 1963

05-16-1981

A Submarine UFO

Reports of UFOs arising from a body of water are rare. It is particularly significant that the following case was reported directly to me by the lone witness, who happens to be an acquaintance of many years. He wishes to remain anonymous for the usual obvious reasons but my full taping of his long distance call from Kamloops, British Columbia, leaves no doubt to a listener that he was genuinely bewildered by his experience on Thompson River. Fortunately, we have in Kewlona, B.C., relatively close to Kamloops, an investigator of long standing and experience, Mr. W.K. Allan. He has kindly agreed to investigate and evaluate this case as far as is possible. This case will be followed up in the next issue of Frontiers of Science.

[ Note from CUFOS – this case was NOT followed up in the next issue of F of S]

TYPE: CE-I: [DD] + [CE-II ]

DATE: May 16, 1981

TIME: 2:30 p.m. PDST
DURATION: 1-3 minutes (?)

WITNESSES: 1

PLACE: Kamloops, British Columbia (Thompson River)

The witness is fishing on a bright, sunny afternoon in May. There are other people on the water at some distance. A small boat has just passed by when a noise "like water being poured into a hot frying pan" is heard. The water in front of the fisherman, about 100 to 150 yards away, suddenly bubbles. Out of the water rises a fifteen-to twenty-foot "typical" flying saucer. Slowly at first, it accelerates as it approaches the witness at a forty-five degree angle, passes directly over him, and then accelerates upward and, "zoom, it is gone."

The witness described the UFO as identical with a disc shown in my book The UFO Experience (the single disc high above the trees in the photograph section).

The witness was still in a shocked state when he heard a rain of pellets spattering down, obstensibly from the UFO. Fortunately, he collected a fair amount of the material, which was sent to the Center.

The witness is puzzled as to why this incident was not seen and reported by others, since it occurred in the vicinity of a good sized Canadian city. Shortly after the incident, he spoke to a hitchhiker along the highway which runs close to the river. The hitchhiker "did not want to get involved."

The absence of corroborating reports is disturbing. Did no one else see this truly unusual event? Or are there reluctant witnesses here, part of the army of the "bewildered silent"? This must be the answer unless we invoke the handy hallucination explanation. However, a hallucination that rains down material from itself might be considered a bit unusual !

The material in this section has been prepared by Dr. J. Allen Hynek, Director of the Center for UFO Studies, an international association of scientists and others seriously interested in the UFO phenomenon. Through the cooperation of the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) and its network of investigators, and of other UFO investigative groups both in the United States and abroad, and through the work of its own investigators, the Center offers the following as its contribution to the responsible reporting of the worldwide UFO phenomenon.

This reference: (Original) The International UFO Reporter, in The Frontiers of Science, July-August 1981, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 13-14

Secondary reference: Unexplained Mysteries of the 20^th Century, by Janet and Colin Bord,

p. 176, published 1989.

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

North America – Canada, British Columbia

Kamloops Latitude 50-40 N, Longitude 120-20 W (D-M )

Thompson River Latitude 50-14 N, Longitude 121-34 W

Reference: Canada Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., November 1953

07-01-1981

UFO Rises Out of River

It's possible that the fireball and the disc-shaped objects are one and the same thing. In my one venture into the Amazon, in July, 1981, I met Noemi Rodrigues, twenty-eight, who had seen a UFO in both forms. A tall, dark-haired woman, she taught first and second-grade pupils in Santarem. She had seen a UFO on two occasions, both just several weeks before I talked to her.

Her first sighting was on June 20 and the second on July 1. Both occurred when she was a passenger on an overnight boat from Alenquer to Santarem, a trip of about eight hours.

"The first time was about two o'clock in the morning," Noemi said. "Everybody else was sleeping in hammocks on the deck but I couldn't sleep because the rocking of the boat bothered me. I was standing at the back of the boat when I noticed a big ball of light about a thousand meters behind the boat, zigzagging from one side of the river to the other. It didn't come close to the boat. Then it disappeared. I didn't say anything about it to anybody. I asked the pilot if another boat was behind us but he said there wasn't.

"The second time, I saw the UFO come out of the river. I was standing by myself at the back of the boat again, between midnight and one o'clock. When the saucer left the water, it was not very bright, so I could see the shape. I could see water dripping off it, draining, and it was disc or saucer-shaped, like a plate.

"It was about a thousand meters behind the boat and it rose up maybe six meters. It was big, maybe a meter and a half wide or more. Then it got very bright and looked like a ball of fire. It began zigzagging back and forth like the other one did. It was going so fast it made me sick. I was very frightened, too frightened to say anything to anyone. Then it disappeared. It dimmed out to nothing."

Thus, the dull-red disc-shaped object flared into a brilliant light that looked like a ball of fire. Is it possible that the ball of fire that most people see conceals within its fiery aura a disc-shaped craft? Maybe.

This reference: UFO Danger Zone, by Bob Pratt, pp. 156-7, Pub. 1996

Thanks to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO Database, see http://www.larryhatch.net

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

South America - Brazil

Santarém Latitude 2-26 N, Longitude 54-42 W ( D-M )

Alenquer Latitude 1-59 S, Longitude 54-47 W

Reference: Brazil Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., January 1963

07-15-1981

OBLONG UFO LANDS ON WATER

By John F. Schuessler

Carl E. Moore, 14-years-old, was fishing with friends near Newberry, South Carolina, when he saw a large cigar-shaped UFO land on the water The sighting took place around 10:30 p.m. on July 15, 1981. The weather was excellent, with a clear sky and a temperature of 75 degrees.

Carl and his friends had been fishing that day, but with very little luck. They had only a few fish to show for their efforts and were on their cots for a rest. Carl decided to go down to the boat ramp and check his trout lines; so he was alone when he observed the UFO.

UFO hovered over water

The UFO was a 30-foot-long glowing silver-white cigar-shaped thing. It was flying very slowly over the water, perhaps 20-25 m.p.h. He said it slowly settled on the surface of the water causing steam to rise around it. After about 3 minutes it rose slightly and hovered about one foot above the surface. Suddenly, it shot skyward, rising vertically until it was out of sight Carl described the speed as "faaast!," claiming the UFO went from the hovering position to more than 250 m.p.h. in an instant .

The UFO was larger than a standard-sized automobile, without windows or doors. It was covered with small whitish-blue lights. These fights kept flickering back and forth as long as the object was in sight. When the UFO landed on the surface of the water it was less than 50 feet from Carl.

Carl described his feelings during the sighting as "quite disturbed," but he was able to "keep his cool" and observe the whole event. Because his friends were asleep on their cots he felt that no one would believe his experience but when he heard about Project VISIT in Friendswood, Texas, he felt compelled to make a report.

This reference: The MUFON Journal, #178, December 1982, p. 11

With Thanks to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO DATABASE, see http://www.larryhatch.net

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

North America – United States, South Carolina

Newberry Latitude 34-16-28 N, Longitude 81-37-08 W ( D-M-S )

Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C., 1990

10-24-1981

CISU Case # 096
Location: Licata (AG)
CISU Classification: C ( Objects that come out of the water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** Some lights came up from the sea. After a while a human being submerged as far his knees was seen.

      Original reference: “IL Giornale dei Misteri” no. 141 pp. 9-11
                                      Report of E. Schembri
                                    “Notiziario UFO” no. 100 page 15
                                    “ItaCat” case no. 8108.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Agrigento

Licata - Latitude 37-06 N, Longitude 13-56 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

05-24-1983 ?
SOURCE DOUBTFUL. Removed from hyperlink pending more credible information.
Authorities in Sri Lanka are investigating reports by German sailors, who said they encountered a mysterious submarine surfaced 250 miles south southeast of the island republic. The sailors, a man and wife named Erding, said the craft glowed a shimmering blue before vanishing beneath the sea. It bore no identification markings and didn’t make a sound.
This reference (original): Weekly World News, May 24, 1983
NEED MORE INFORMATION

01-23-1983

CISU Case # 097
Location: Capri (NA)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** A luminous object was seen falling into the sea.

      Original reference: “II Giornale di Sicilia” of 1/24/1983
                                    “II Giornale dei Misteri” no. 177 page 12
                                    “ItaCat case no. 8304
                                    “II Giornale d'ltalia” of 1/24/1983
                                    “II Mattino” Affairs of Naples of 1/24/1983
                                    CrashCat case no. 053.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Napoli

Capri - Latitude 40-33 N, Longitude 14-14 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

10-15-1983

In October 1983 we were swamped by sightings of mysterious green lights darting above the forest. These eerie glows were so common that the locals treated them as part of the environment. Some blamed Bawdsey. Typical was the sighting of three fishermen by the coast at Sizewell, a small village just north of Orford Ness and close by where Gordon Levett first encountered the UFO in 1980 (an object he saw glowing with a faint green phosphorescence, as you may recall). The three fishermen observed a large ball formed out of greenish and yellowish masses that appeared in the sky above them on the evening of 7 October. It then grew very bright and faded away. One of these men had a second encounter at 05.30 on 15 October when a green blob of light appeared in the sky and fell slowly towards the surface of the sea--plunging into the waves and disappearing beneath the surface, still glowing.

Such observations continued into November 1983, when the crew of a fishing boat reported encountering an almost identical "green fireball" off the coast by Felixstowe. It behaved entirely unlike a meteorite.

With thanks to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO Database, see http://www.larryhatch.net

UFOCAT PRN – 118580

Europe – United Kingdom

Sizewell Latitude 52-12 N, Longitude 1-38 E ( D-M )

Orford Latitude 52-05 N, Longitude 1-32 E

Reference: United Kingdom Gazetteer, Prepared in the Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1950

UFO Location ( UFOCAT ) Latitude 52.12 N, Longitude 1.62 E ( D.% )

06-??-1984

The testimony of Alexander G. Globa, a seaman from GORI, a Soviet tanker, was published in Zagadki Sfinksa magazine (Issue # 3, 1992) Odessa, In June 1984, GORI was in the Mediterranean, twenty nautical miles from the Straight of Gibraltar. At 16:00, Globa was on duty. With him was Second-in-Command S. Bolotov. They were standing watch at the left bridge extension wing when both men observed a strange polychromatic object. When the object was astern, it stopped suddenly. S. Bolotov was agog, shaking his binoculars and shouting: "It is a flying saucer, a real saucer, my God, hurry, hurry, look!" Globa looked through his own binoculars and saw, at a distance over the stern, a flattened out looking object (it did remind him of an upside-down frying pan). The UFO was gleaming with a grayish metallic shine. The lower portion of the craft had a precise round shape, its diameter no more than twenty meters. Around the lower portion of it Globa also observed "waves" of protuberances on the outside plating.

The base of the object's body consisted of two semi-discs, the smaller being on top; they slowly revolved in opposing directions. At the circumference of the lower disc Globa saw numerous shining, bright bead-like lights. The seaman's attention was centered on the bottom portion of the UFO. It looked as if it was completely even and smooth, its color that of a yolk, and in the middle of it Globa discerned around, nucleus-like stain. At the edge of the UFO's bottom, which was easily visible, was something that looked like a pipe. It glowed with an unnaturally bright rosy color, like a neon lamp. The top of the middle disc was crowned by a triangular-shaped something. It Seemed that it moved in the same direction as the lower disc, but at a much slower pace.

Suddenly the UFO jumped up several times, as if moved by an invisible wave. Many lights illuminated its bottom portion. The crew of GORI tried to attract the object's attention using a signal projector. By that time Captain Sokolovky was on the deck with his men. He and his Second-in-Command were watching the object intensely. However, the UFO's attention was distracted by another ship, approaching at the port side. It was an Arab dry cargo ship, on its way to Greece. The Arabs confirmed that the object hovered over their ship. A minute and a half later the object changed its flight's trajectory, listed to the right, gained speed and ascended rapidly. The Soviet seamen observed that when it rose through the clouds, appearing and disappearing again, it would occasional shine in the sun's rays. The craft then flared up, like a spark, and was gone instantly.

This reference: The Soviet UFO Files, by Paul Stonehill and Web site:

http://www.ufomind.com/misc/1998/dec/d14-001.shtml

UFOCAT PRN – (Possible) 131976. DStacy1, p. 50

Mediterranean Sea

Straight of Gibraltar – Latitude 35-57 N, Longitude 5-36 W ( D-M )

Reference: Spain and Andorra Gazetteer, Prepared by the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1961

07-27-1984

DID NAVY "STEAL" UFO?

On December 31,1984, a civilian scuba team searched the chilly waters off Lummi Island in Washington state for an unidentified object that reportedly blazed out of the sky and splashed down there last July 27th. The team's leader said seismic radar picked out an egg shaped object on the sea floor.

DESCRIPTIONS CONFLICT

When the two divers returned from the dark, frigid water, their differing descriptions of the object caused some confusion. John Walker, original organizer of the expedition, described the thing as a gold-colored, satellite-shaped object with a clasp on one end. Richard Burke said it was orange and looked like an upside-down teacup with a cavity in the top. He said that he stood on the thing and felt it humming. When he surfaced, Burke's diving boots were covered with a reddish dust, which has yet to be analyzed.

Both divers agreed that the object was made out of some kind of metal and said it was stuck at an angle in the mud. They wanted to attempt to raise the object with a deck winch that day but ran out of time.

OBJECT GONE

The mystery intensified when the team returned after the weekend and the object had disappeared.

"They went out to the same spot yesterday and it's gone," said Bonnie Papetti, wife of the skipper of the recovery vessel.

Dr. Bruce Maccabee, a Defense Department physicist, and his scientific researcher, Dale
Goudie, believe the Navy may have recovered the object and may be concealing it from the public. Goudie said he obtained copies of reports made at the time of the sighting, through the Freedom of Information Act, that indicate a military vessel was sent to the scene, but found nothing.

NAVY 'PROBABLY' THERE

The Pentagon denies all knowledge of the UFO and refuses further comment. But a senior Navy source in "Washington D. C. said, "It is fairly safe for you to assume that if we heard about a large metal object in the ocean that was transmitting a humming noise, we would investigate."

This reference: The APRO Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 1 & 4

The APRO Bulletin February 1985, p. 8 (UFOCAT)

Secondary reference: Unexplained Mysteries of the 20^th Century, by Janet & Colin Bord,

p. 169, 1989

UFOCAT PRN 120553

North America – United States, Washington

Lummi Island - Latitude 48-42 N, Longitude 122-40 W ( D-M )

Reference: The National gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C., 1990

UFO Location (UFOCAT) – Latitude 48.72 N, Longitude 122.68 W ( D.% )

08-26-1984

FISHING USO (UNIDENTIFIED SUBMERGED OBJECTS)

       The night between 25/26 of August 1984, appeared to be like any other night in that period of time with clear sky without clouds, and quiet sea. In such a night, however, an unusual strange event, “dammed” according to Fort, took place in Italy, off Apulia shore. Someone saw a strange object, a USO, the equivalent of the UFO, emerging from the sea. This event has recently been investigated by an officer of CISU and regarded three friends who are amateur fisherman.
       About three o’clock in the morning of the 26^th of August, the three friends were sailing in their small motorboat, off Campo Marino, a village located at 40 km from Taranto. They were going to put off a system of baits with many fishhooks. While they were sailing up the coast towards Torre Ovo, about three km off the same coast, in the sea, they noticed an indistinct, whitish light that was moving opposite to their direction. The three friends estimated that the light was at about 500/1000 meters distant from their boat. The apparent dimension of the object was about the space between the nods of the second and fourth fingers (4/5 cm) of a fist shape, placed at a distance of an arm. At the beginning “we thought”, said the three friends, “that it was a submarine emerging from the sea”. It appeared as if there was something underneath, a light that was lighting the sea, however, it was completely circumscribed as the witness reported. But suddenly, a totally unforeseen thing happened, a round-shaped metal –grayish mass was emerging from the water. This indistinct object, void of details as regarded its surface, was emerging vertically from the sea, subsequently it changed direction, bending its trajectory of about 60-70 degrees, in regard to the perpendicular axis. Everything happened without stopping its movement: emerging from water, departing upward from water and bending its trajectory. These were not hovering maneuvers. The speed of diagonal movement was very fast, as the object was disappearing from the visual field of the viewers in about 3-4 seconds, towards the Apulia shore, east or south/east direction, just opposite the direction of the boat.
       During the sighting no sound was perceived, this fact induced the witnesses to exclude that the object was a missile launched by a submarine. The three friends could not see any water sprays coming from the sea nearby, or traces of light in the sky caused by the same phenomenon. After the sighting the three friends started fishing again and for the whole night they did not notice anything unusual. No event similar to this one, was noticed occurring in future times, by other witnesses going there for other fishing sessions.
       It was possible to interview only one of the three witnesses, Gaetano N. as the others, a warrant officer and a custom officer refused to be involved in the investigation about the event, fearing that the rumor about their names might harm their military careers.
       According to Arcangelo Cassano, the agent of the investigation who had known the witness for a couple of years, Gaetano N. is known as serious, reliable person, not at all inclined to easy fancies. He is a person who can be trusted entirely. So far the object of this event is identified to be a USO (Unidentified Submerged Object) strictly speaking.

This reference: UFO – Magazine of Ufological Information (Bi-Annual), #18, July-December 1996, p.33. With thanks to Marco Bianchini of CISU (Centro Italiano Studi Ufologici), Italian Center of Ufological Studies.

UFOCAT - NONE

USOCAT - # 098 (CISU)
     Location: Campo Marino (TA)
     CISU Classification: A (Completely submerged object or lights – real USOs )
     Evaluation: USO
     Original reference: Inquiry of A, Cassano of 11/14/1993

“II Giornale dei Misteri“ no. 272 pp. 60-61.

Europe – Italy, Taranto

Apulia Latitude 40-30 N, Longitude 18-00 E ( D-M ) [ Peninsula ]

Campo Marino Latitude 41-57 N, Longitude 15-02 E ( D-M )

Taranto Latitude 40-28 N, Longitude 17-14 E

Torre Ovo Latitude 40-18 N, Longitude 17-31 [ Torre Dell’ Ovo – Tower ]

This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956, pp. 100, 242 and 272.

08-16-1985

CISU Case # 099
Location: Falconara marittima (AN)
CISU Classification: D ( Objects on the waters surface )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** Two Circles of enormous dimensions were observed on the surface of the sea.

      Original reference: “L'Unità” of 8/16/1985
                                    “La Nazione” of 8/19/1985
                                    “La Stampa” of 8/19/1985
                                    “II Tempo” of 8/19/1985
                                    “Stampa Sera” of 8/19/1985
                                    “II Giornale di Napoli” of 8/19/1985
                                    “La Stampa” of 8/23/1985
                                    “II Giornale dei Misteri” no. 208 page 57
                                    “II Messaggero” of 8/19/1985

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Ancona

Falconara marittima - Latitude 43-37 N, Longitude 13-24 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

06-12-1986

CISU Case # 100
Location: Trasimeno Lake (PG)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** Three spherical objects in the formation of a candle, sank into the abyss as soon as they came on the vertical line of the lake.

      Original reference: “La Nazione” of 6/14/1986
                                    “II Giornale d'ltalia” of 6/14/1986
                                    ”II Giornale dei Misteri” no. 221 page 62.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Perugia

Trasimeno Lake - Latitude 43-08 N, Longitude 12-06 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

10-25-1986
       On October 25, 1986, at about 9:00 A.M., in clear weather, Joaquin U.A., a forty-year-old farm manager, and Ronald-Alberto L.A., a twenty-three year-old farmer, saw an object above the surface of the lake. Interviewed two weeks later at the site by Ricardo and Carlos Vilchez, they drew pictures of what they had seen and gave a detailed description of the events.
       First they saw, about 1,800 feet away, a row or post-like cylinders reaching about three feet above the surface of the lake, which was quiet and flat as a mirror. Then they again saw a series of objects sticking out about three feet above the water and three feet apart. By then they had driven their tractor much closer to the lake, and they could clearly observe the cylinders, which were of a dark hue, either gray or coffee-colored. After five or ten minutes the objects disappeared, the emerged portions tilting together as if they were attached to a single submerged structure, and the whole thing disappeared with much turmoil and waves.
This reference: “Confrontations”, by Jacques Vallee, p. 52, published 1990 by Ballentine Books
…….Secondary references: “The UFO Enigma” by Peter A. Sturrock, pp 210-211, Pub. 1999.
Original reference: February 1979 edition of “Notiziario UFO”, journal of Italy’s Centro Ufologico Nazionale.

Note: This lake “Lago de Cote, Costa Rica” was also the site of an earlier important sighting with photographic proof. It is not included here as it was not water related. The date of that sighting was 09-04-1971 ( See The UFO Evidence, Vol. 2 by Richard Hall, pp. 289-291.

Lago de Cote, Costa Rico : Lat. 10.35 N, Long. 84.56 W
This reference: Gazetteer of Costa Rico, Names approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names, Defense Mapping Agency, Washington D.C., June 1983, p. 29.

11-03-1986

CISU Case # 103
Location: Castiglion del Lago (PG)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** Many spherical objects were seen falling on the take, after coming along its vertical point.

      Original reference: “La Nazione” ed. Umbria of 11/18/1986
                                    “II Mattino” of 11/20/1986
…                                  “II Giornale dei Misteri” no. 230 page 62.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Perugia

Castiglion del Lago - Latitude 43-07-00 N, Longitude 12-03-00 E ( D-M-S ) [Trasimeno Lake]

http://www3.calle.com/info.cgi?lat=43.1167&long=12.0500&name=Castiglione%20del%

20Lago&cty=Italy&alt=846

12-07-1986

CISU Case # 104
Location: Bellaria (RN)
CISU Classification: C ( Objects that come out of the water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** After some red flashes (of Lightning) on the sea, a big wave was seen.

      Original reference: “II Resto del Carlino” of 12/9/1986
                                  “La “Nazione” of 12/9 1986
                                    “II Secolo XlX” of 12/9/1986
                                    “II Giornale” of 12/9/1986
                                    “Il Tempo” of 12/11/1986
                                    “II Giornale dei Misteri no. 231 page 65.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Rimini

Bellaria - Latitude 44-09 N, Longitude 12-28 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

05-30-1987
TREMOR
       On 30 May 1987, local residents near Laguna Cartagena saw a strange 'red ball of fire' descend in a controlled manner into the lagoon, making a buzzing sound. At 02.00, many witnesses sighted a huge, brilliant disc hovering over the lagoon. The following afternoon, thousands of inhabitants of southwest Puerto Rico were shaken by a powerful earth tremor and what sounded like an underground explosion. Initially, the tremor's epicentre was pinpointed at 13.5 nautical miles below the Laguna Cartagena, between the towns of Lajas and Cabo Rojo. The next day, however, the Puerto Rico Seismologic Service announced that the epicentre had been out to sea, to the west of Puerto Rico, in the Mona Passage.
This reference: Alien Base by Timothy Good, p. 388, © 1998
Original reference: “Alien Update, by Timothy Good, pp. 10-11, 14-18, published 1993, “Is There an Alien Base in Puerto Rico?” by Jorge Martin

UFOCAT PRN – None

North America – Puerto Rico
Laguna Cartagena       Latitude 18-01 N, Longitude 67-06 W ( D-M )
Lajas                            Latitude 18-02 N, Longitude 67-03 W
Cabo Rojo                    Latitude 18-05 N, Longitude 67-09 W
Mona Passage             Latitude 18-30 N, Longitude 67-45 W
Reference: Gazetteer No. 38, Puerto Rico, The Virgin Islands and Other Islands and Banks in the Caribbean, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1958.

06-16-1987

CISU Case # 106
Location: Riccione (RN))
CISU Classification: D ( Objects on the waters surface )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** Two people saw an oval object on a close pool of water.

Original reference: “La Gazzetta” of 6/17/1987
“II Giornale dei Misteri” no. 237 page 62.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Rimini

Riccione - Latitude 43-59 N, Longitude 12-39 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

09-02-1987

CISU Case # 107
Location: Villamarzana (RO)
CISU Classification: D ( Objects on the waters surface )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** An object was seen sticking out of the water at the center of the lake

Original reference: Letter of the witness to S.U.F. dated 4/30/1988
“II Giornale dei Misteri“ no. 241 page 64.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Rovigo

Villamarzana - Latitude 45-01 N, Longitude 11-41 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

07-??-1988

CISU Case # 108
Location: Sirolo (AN)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** Some luminous balls were seen plunging into the sea.

Original reference: “Il Giornale dei Misteri” no. 207 page 57.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Ancona

Sirolo - Latitude 43-32 N, Longitude 13-37 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

08-12-1989

CISU Case # 109
Location: Martinsicuro (TE)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** An airplane was seen failing into the sea, but the usual searches resulted in nothing.

Original reference: “Il Messaggero” of 8/13/1989
CrashCat case no. 078.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Teramo

Martinsicuro - Latitude 43-52-60 N, Longitude 13-55-00 E ( D-M-S )
http://www3.calle.com/info.cgi?lat=42.8833&long=13.9167&name=Martinsicuro&cty=Italy&alt=0

09-03-1989

In a final note our Correspondent tells me that one of his own friends in Iran, an educated Iranian businessman who regularly has commercial dealings with Germany, recently gave him in confidence the following information:-

( Text extracted)

He states that he has reliable reports that a UFO was recently seen emerging out of the waters of the Caspian Sea, which lies to the north of Iran and south of Russia. The date was September 3, 1989. The eyewitness (an employee of our Correspondent) was walking with some friends on the beach of the Caspian, near Sari, at 6.30 p.m., when suddenly this brilliant orange-coloured object, abut 8-12 m. in diameter, rose up out of the Caspian Sea at a distance of some 250 m. from them. There were of course also other people on the shore at the time and the eyewitness says the UFO generated such a general panic that in a matter of just a few seconds the entire beach was empty!
The witness hid under some nearby trees and watched the UFO for about 2 minutes, Then suddenly, at an incredible speed, it vanished towards the Northwest. The witness estimates that at least fifty other people saw it, and he talked with several of them about it afterwards.

This reference: Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 36, No. 4, Winter 1991, p. 13

With thanks to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO DATABASE, see http://www.larryhatch.net

UFOCAT PRN – 128104.

Middle East - Iran
Sārī – Latitude 36-34 N, Longitude 53-04 E ( D-M )

http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?country_list=&expr=sari&lang=e

UFO Location ( UFOCAT ) Latitude 36.58 N, Longitude 52.75 E ( D.% )

11-25-1989

CISU Case # 110
Location: Licata Poliscia (AG)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** A yellowish light was seen going down into the sea.

      Original reference: “Il Giornale di Sicilia” of 11/27/1989
                                    “La Sicilia” news of Agrigento of 11/26/1989
                                    ANSA dispatch of 9:51 p.m. of 11/25/1989
                                    “II Giornale del Misteri” no. 227 page 59.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Agrigento

Licata - Latitude 37-06 N, Longitude 13-56 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

03-14-1990
( Extract )
On the 14th of March 1990, Mr. Gates, a fisherman from Liverpool was stood by the river Mersey with his two sons, Alex and Peter. All claimed to have witnessed a brightly lit object under the water, about 800 metres away. The object moved slowly to the left and then stopped. A few seconds later the object shot away from them at high speed. They then claimed that the object was seen in the distance lifting from the water and flying up into the low cloud cover. The incident took place at 8.45 pm. The local airport at Speak claimed to have received many UFO reports that evening, yet no strange radar detection’s occurred.
To date there has been no satisfactory explanation from any military officialdoms and the Ministry of Defence stated this report and others in the area have been logged, however, we do not believe nor disbelieve in the UFO phenomena. We here at the MOD are only interested in National Security, and there was like all other reports of UFOs, no National Security risk. The case was closed with the conclusion of USO, (Unidentified Submersible Object). USO cases are very rare, so therefore it is not a necessity to have a USO encounter range. Most experiences are categorised under the UFO encounter range, be them in close proximity or distant.
This reference: http://maxpages.com/mapit/UFO_PHENOMENA
With thanks to my counterpart in Turkey – Sefer Murat Aksoy for advising me of this case.

UFOCAT PRN – None

Europe – United Kingdom

Liverpool –       Latitude 53-25 N, Longitude 2-55 W ( D-M )
Reference: http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?country_list=&expr=liverpool&lang=e
River Mersey    Latitude 53-27 N, Longitude 3-02 W
Reference: United Kingdom Gazetteer, Prepared in the Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., April 1950
Speak – Unable to locate online or in UK Gazetteer. However there is a city spelled Speke with an airport, to the south of Liverpool, and is on the river Mersey.
Speke              Latitude 53-33 N, Longitude 2-85 W
Reference: http://www.calle.com/world/unitedkingdom/Sp.html & scroll to Speke.

07-24-1990

CISU Case # 112
Location: Amantea (CS)
CISU Classification: C ( Objects that come out of the water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** A light was seen on the sea.

Original reference: “II Giornale dei Misteri” no. 285 page 64.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Cosenza

Amantea - Latitude 39-08 N, Longitude 16-04 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

08-15-1990
AMAZING USO ENCOUNTER IN TURKEY:
THE ALLEGED UNDERWATER UFO PHOTOGRAPH
Written by Sefer Murat Aksoy, B.A. & M.S.
Independent UFO Researcher of Turkey

AMAZING USO ENCOUNTER IN TURKEY: THE ALLEGED UNDERWATER UFO PHOTOGRAPH

USOs or Unidentified Submarine Objects have long been observed in Turkish waters. That is, such crafts are often reported to enter, leave, float or travel under the water of seas, lakes and rivers of Turkey. In this respect, the Aegean Sea, the Marmara Sea and the Mediterranean Sea are very active water regions. Below we would get into some further details of the most interesting USO case of all Turkish UFO literature. Here it is.

       In August of 1990, a strange underwater UFO was seen beneath the waters of the Aegean Sea which lies between Turkey and Greece. What makes this USO encounter so special is that it includes a colored picture of an alleged Unidentified Submersible Object as a physical evidence. Furthermore, we should add that the eye-witness and the USO are both under the water. Naturally, there are some amazing photographs, motion pictures and video-clips of USOs showing that these mysterious objects are diving into, emerging from, sailing or cruising under the water. However, there was no single evidential picture indicating that the alleged submarine UFO and the photographer were both beneath the sea at some fathoms. As far as we know, this alleged USO photo is therefore the first example of its kind.

       This spectacular USO case occurred at 14:00 (2 pm.), on 15th of August, 1990. Its exact place was at 57 meters deep of Saros Bay or just around Turkish inland waters of the Aegean Sea. One can easily state that Mr. Erol Erkmen is a very reliable and sincere person who has reported this mysterious underwater object. Mr. Erkmen was engaging in a discovery-dive for an old sunken ship together with his friend, named as Mr. Kemal whose surname has been kept as secret, when he suddenly located the alleged USO there. Mr. Erol Erkmen said that he began to feel very strangely as if they were observed by something. Then he looked ahead and saw a greenish light inside the water. However, this mysterious object disappeared so soon. After a while, Mr. Erkmen again located the green object at his left-hand side. Consequently, he thought that the USO might have been maneuvering around them. He observed it for nearly 3 minutes. Then he decided to take a picture of this strange light using an older underwater Kodak camera. Immediately he did what he had thought. As soon as Mr. Erkmen took a snap-shot of that USO, its light went out. However, they had to come out of the water, since their oxygen was just about to die out. Mr. Erol Erkmen said that when he studied the negative very carefully, he saw nothing. On the other hand, when he looked up the printed photochrome, he located a mysterious greenish light in the picture. For his curiosity, he made this photograph enlarged for 300 times. He then became too embarrassed by seeing that there was a disc-shaped object with some greenish light in the alleged photo.
       If so, what was that? Was it a conventional submarine or a secret man-made vehicle? Was it a kind of phosphorescent underwater organism? Or was it an advanced submersible craft of alien beings? Who knows? Every alternative view has its own pros and cons.
This reference: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Aurora/3459/0021.html
(Türkiye USO Gözlemleri - Turkey USO Sightings: Sefer Murat Aksoy, 1999-2000).

10-30-1991

CISU Case # 114
Location: Acicastello (CT)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** An Airplane was seen falling into the sea but was not recovered.

      Original reference: “Il Giornale dei Misteri” no. 247 pp.58-59
                                    “La Sicilia” Catania news of 10/31/1991
                                    CrashCat case no. 062
                                    “Espresso Sera” of 10/30-31/1991
                                    “II Giornale di Sicilia” of 10/31/1991.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Catania

Aci Castello - Latitude 37-33 N, Longitude 15-08 E ( D-M )
This reference: Italy Gazetteer, United States Board On Geographical Names, Department of the Interior, Washington D.C., August 1956.

04-15-1992
(extract)
NEW YORK UFO CRASH NEAR NIAGARA FALLS?

BUFFALO-- A former professor at Temple University revealed the following story regarding UFOs that are frequently sighted above Lake Ontario. On or about April 15, 1992, a large disc shaped craft was observed coming out of the lake around 7:00 AM and flying erratically south towards Lockport, NY.
The object appeared to wobble and moved lower appearing to be in trouble. Observers claim it appeared to search for a landing spot, continued to lose altitude and crashed on Campbell Boulevard (Route 270) four miles west of Lockport and ten miles north of Buffalo. The crash was similar to that seen in the movie "MIB". When the UFO crashed it managed to avoid hitting the cars traveling the road. However, the drivers of the cars stopped to examine the UFO and most waited until the police arrived. The UFO was 100 feet in diameter and 25 feet high. Military, fire and police quickly arrived and cleaned up the crash site and cautioned those there not to talk about the incident. Some how the authorities were able to keep the crash quiet and only family members of those who observed the crash site have been told. We are looking for further information on this alleged crash. We would like to hear from anyone having additional information at Majorstar@aol.com.
This reference: http://www.filersfiles.com/files/2001/FilerFiles12.htm With thanks to George Filer: Flier's Files #12 HAPPY SPRINGTIME FOR UFO, March 21, 2001.

UFOCAT PRN – None

North America – United States, New York & Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario    Latitude 43-40 N, Longitude 78-00 W ( D-M )
Lockport, NY     Latitude 43-10 N, Longitude 78-41 W
Buffalo, NY       Latitude 42-53 N, Longitude 78-53 W
Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C., 1990

12-21-1992
( Extract )
Note date based on date shown in the sketch.
Jr. - is Bruce David Church, Jr.
B   - is Bob Teets
       B: Other sightings?
       Jr.: I've seen them go faster than my eyes could see. I also saw a couple down in a river. At the time when we first started seeing them, I was playing high school basketball. I get a ride up to the Garland Bridge and then I walk down the tracks that go past the house. Well, it'd take me about 10 minutes to walk down the tracks and then back to the house.
       About halfway in the trip, you go around a curve and then down a big long, straight stretch. Right in that curve-- there's a big place where everybody swims-- there was something. I could see it very well. It spooked me and then I ran.
       But at the time I was watching it, it was almost identical to this, a little bit smaller, but almost identical. It had one little detail, I never could understand what it was doing. It had a red, the reddest beam, shooting into the water.

Danny Church drew this sketch based on his cousin, Bruce David Church, Jr.'s sighting of
December 21, 1992

       I couldn't see the front of it, because there was so much light. I could tell it had hieroglyphics, though.
       B: Can you draw those?
       Jr.: Well, I can't really draw them. I know what they look like but they were in a complex sequence. They're hard to really describe. It's mainly blocks and lines. It wasn't writing like we...like the Indian hieroglyphics.
       B: On the outside of this thing?
       Jr.: Yeah, right on the edges, there wasn't too much light coming from them and I could focus on them before I took off running. I was interested but, it had a beam. Little thing coming down through the water· It was coming off the top, hitting the water.
       B: Could you see it go under the water?
       Jr.: All I could see was it hitting the water. That's all. I started running because it started moving. It scared me to death when it started moving.
       B: Did the beam go off when it started moving?
       Jr.: No, it stayed on when it started, but then it quit. It came down the river towards Iaeger, then it went straight up. It was hard to see, but it went straight up.
       Every two to four nights when I would come through, there would be
one down there. I don't know what in the world they'd be doing.
       B: Did you see other kinds of crafts?
       Jr.: It was shaped something like an N without the middle bar. Like a half moon. It was thick. It was doing pretty much the same thing only it was, it looked like it was twice the weight. I was right across from it. It had the same beam except it was coming from underneath. It was hitting the water, but this time it was a small, thin, high intensity beam. It looked like it was thinner than paper, very fine. The beam was making a high pitched noise. Like the lasers on Star Trek, something like that, only it was high pitched.
       When I first heard it, that's what got my attention. And when I was standing there, you know the first time it scared me, but this time I was more interested in it. I watched it shoot straight up, and once it disconnected that beam, the noise quit. So I do know it was the beam that made the noise.
       When it was hitting the water, it was like...glowing, a reddish looking color, shooting out of the water and it was--you know how a nuclear bomb explodes? A big mushroom cloud, it was like a real mushroom stuff coming out of it. Like it was drilling or something like that. It was bubbling up like a mushroom coming out. I sat there maybe 10 minutes, I didn't want to make a move. I didn't know if they knew I was there or not. They had the same hieroglyphics as the other one. The first one I saw was about 40' away. This one I stood right here at the tracks, and right over there is the creek at the river. I was about that far away from this one. About maybe 20 or 30 feet away.
This reference: West Virginia UFOs, by Bob Teets, pp. 75-77, © 1995
With Thanks to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO DATABASE, see http://www.larryhatch.net

UFOCAT PRN – 126490

North America – United States, West Virginia
Garland Latitude 37-24 N, Longitude 81-47 W ( D-M )
Iaeger Latitude 37-28 N, Longitude 81-49 W
Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C., 1990

UFO Location (UFOCAT) – Latitude 37.40 N, Longitude 81.80 W ( D.% )

06-29-1993

CISU Case # 118
Location: Portonovo (AN)
CISU Classification: B ( Objects that fall or dive into water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** Three Lights placed as a triangle were seen plunging into the sea.

Original reference: “Giomale di Brescia” of 7/1/1993
CrashCat case no. 086.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Ancona

Portonovo – Latitude 43-34-60 N, Longitude 13-34-60 E ( D-M-S )

http://www3.calle.com/info.cgi?lat=43.5833&long=13.5833&name=Portonovo&cty=Italy
&alt=0

07-15-1993

Occurred: 7/15/1993 03:00 (Entered as: 07/15/93 0300)

Reported: 3/6/1999 09:28

Posted: 10/12/2001

Location: at sea North of Puerto Rico, PR

Shape: Sphere

An orange globe passed our ship from astern with no sound only light on the water and the ship.

At sea, USS Eisenhower, late at night, on watch on the flight deck. North of Puerto Rico. A bright steady orange ball big as the moon came up from astern. Lighting the water then the flight deck and aircraft with orange light. Silent, to the starboard side, just above the height of the deck which is 75 feet above the water, it just flew by. Quietly it passed the bow and accelerated upwards till it was gone. The other watch stander with me saw it too. I looked up at the bridge but they were not reacting to it. I have seen missiles, flares, bombs and all sorts of aircraft under all sorts of conditions. I have not seen anything similar to that other than a hunter's moon but that, of course, doesn’t move.

This reference: Thanks to the National UFO Reporting Center in Seattle. Peter Davenport, Director. Website: http://www.msatech.com/nuforc/webreports/S05791.html

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

Middle America – Puerto Rico

Approximate location of Puerto Rico – Latitude 19-30 N, Longitude 66-30 W ( D-M )

07-20-1993

Occurred: 7/20/93 23:30 (Entered as: 07/20/93 23:30)

Reported: 2/10/2000 20:10

Posted: 2/16/2000

Location: Honolulu, HI

Shape: Unknown

Trail of light emerging from ocean and looping back into the water. Object must have been very large, since sighting was from about a mile away.

On this night there was a full moon out. I had been fishing on the south shore of O'ahu, at a place called "Black Point"-a luxurious residential area. It's only a mile to the east of Diamond Head crater. The sighting was very brief, and I doubted myself for a while, until two black helicopters showed up a few minutes later. Then I figured that I must have seen something real. Initially, I was startled by the helicopters because I did not hear or see them until they were directly in front of me at a distance of about two to three hundred yards. They continued to scan the areas just beyond the fringing reef from Diamond Head to Hanauma bay (a distance of about 10 miles) with strobe type lights pointed at the water. This went on for about 30 minutes. Then they left and so did I.

This reference: http://www.msatech.com/nuforc/webreports/S11942.html , Thanks to the National UFO Reporting Center in Seattle Peter Davenport, Director

UFOCAT – NONE

Pacific Ocean – United States, Hawaii

O'ahu Latitude 21-30 N, Longitude 158-00 W ( D-M )

Black Point Latitude 21-15 N, Longitude 157-48 W

Diamond Head Latitude 21-16 N, Longitude 157-49 W

Hanauma bay Latitude 21-16 N, Longitude 157-42 W

Reference: Hawaiian Islands gazetteer, prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., September 1956.

12-27-1993

CISU Case # 115
Location: Castel Boccale (LI)
CISU Classification: C ( Objects that come out of the water )
Evaluation: Insufficient Information
*** Some lights were seen emerging from the sea.

Original reference: “La Nazione” of 12/28/1993.

UFOCAT PRN - NONE

Europe – Italy, Livorno

Castel Boccale – Unable to locate in any gazetteer. The province of Livorno is on the Ligurian Sea.

01-31-1996

UFOS REPORTED BY SHEPHERDS IN PERU

[CNI News thanks Scott Corrales for forwarding this report from the EFE (Peruvian) News Agency, dated Feb 5, 1996. A second version of the same story follows the first.]

LIMA - A group of shepherds sighted six unidentified flying objects over the Pampas Lampa sector of Recuay province, some 79 kilometers south of Huaraz, according to a news item featured in the Feb 3 edition of Lima's "El Express."

According to one of the witnesses, Silverio Cancio Bedoya, 40, the strange objects appeared in the early morning hours of Wednesday, January 31, allegedly emerging from the Cococha Lagoon, a body of water located some 4,200 meters (over 13,000 feet) above sea level.

Silverio explained that the vehicles formed an enormous circle around a "mothership" heading north toward the Santa River, illuminating the entire valley with a sequence of lights ranging from deep purple to light violet.

Frightened by their experience, the shepherds told "El Expreso" that the largest vehicle landed in the Romatambo sector, and that two little figures emerged from within to gather algae from the banks of the Santa, while the other objects remained suspended in mid-air.

UFO LANDS IN PERU

The newspaper El Expreso of Lima, Peru ran a story about a UFO landing high in the ,Andes in its February 3, 1996 edition.

According to El Expreso, six UFOs appeared over a remote mountain meadow, Pampas Lampa, near the town of Recuay, which is 79 kilometers (47 miles) south of Huaraz. The UFOs badly frightened a group of Quechua Indian shepherds tending their flocks. Pampas Lampa is at a very high altitude, 4,200 meters (13,650 feet) above sea level.

Eyewitness Silvio Cancio Bedoya, 40, said the UFOs appeared before 8 a.m. local time on Wednesday, January 31, emerging from the Lago (Lake) de Cococha. Cancio said the UFOs formed a protective circle about a larger "mothership." Then the flight proceeded north to the Rio Santo. The UFOs "illuminated the whole valley with a sequence of lights ranging from deep purple to light violet."

The "mothership" landed upriver from the village of Romatambo. Two occupants emerged from the UFO. The Quechua Indians described them as, one meter tall" (3 feet, 3 inches) with large, oversized heads, long, spindly arms and. short bandy legs. The occupants were wearing gunmetal gray helmets and matching one-piece coveralls.

Cancio said the UFO occupants took out transparent containers and, ignoring the shepherds, collected many samples, including soil, grass, mountain flowers, plus water and algae from the Rio Santo. At about 8:40 a.m., the occupants reentered the "mothership," and then all of the UFOs "zoomed straight up into space."

This reference (original): the EFE (Peruvian) News Agency, dated Feb 5, 1996.

Secondary : Thanks to CNI News at http://www, cninews.com/Search/CNI.0395.html

Lumieres Das La Nuit, issue # 337 (Larry Hatch)

UFOCAT PRN – None

South America - Peru

Recuay province Latitude 10-00 S, Longitude 77-25 W ( D-M )

Recuay Latitude 09-43 S, Longitude 77-28 W

Huaraz Latitude 09-32 S, Longitude 77-32 W

Lampa Unable to locate

Lago de Cococha Unable to locate

Santa River Latitude 10-04 S, Longitude 77-19 W

Reference: Peru Gazetteer, Published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., September 1989.

02-12-1996

At 7.30pm on Monday, 12 February 1996, I received a ship-to-shore telephone call from a fishing vessel in the Denmark Straight, off the West Coast of Iceland, The caller told me that a huge triangular craft had appeared and was hovering low in the sky close to his boat. At that precise moment the transmission was cut off.

Approximately fifteen minutes later the caller rang again to say that all electronics on the ship had suddenly failed. He told me that he and the rest of the crew had seen the triangular object move away from the boat then suddenly descend into the sea. The moment it had disappeared all electronic power was restored.

This reference extracted from: Confrontations In The North Atlantic, by Tony Dodd, Published in UFO Magazine (UK), website http://www.ufomag.co.uk/iceland.htm

UFOCAT PRN – None

North Atlantic - Iceland

Denmark Straight Latitude 65-00 N, 28-00 W ( D-M )

Reference: Iceland gazetteer, Prepared in the Division of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., September 1961

02-18-1996

At 9.00pm on Sunday, 18 February 1996, a further call was received from the boats at sea. On this occasion the caller told me that the whole crew were terrified because three huge black triangular objects, accompanied by three independent red balls of light, had come out of the sea and were hovering silently in the air close to their boats.

I asked if the balls of light were connected to the triangles and he said, "No they are totally separate and independent". The caller was asked if the triangles were showing on the ships Radar. He replied, "No the Radar is not picking them up, the whole crew are standing on the deck watching them."

Were the objects close to the boat? '"Yes, they are hovering near the port bow, we're all scared". Asked if he could hear any sound coming from the objects, he replied, "No there's no sound coming from them". Were there any lights on the triangles? "Yes there are small lights on different parts of them."

He then said, "The whole crew are out on deck watching them". Suddenly the transmission was lost and the phone went dead. A short time later the connection was restored and the voice at the other end said, "The objects have now gone, they all descended and went down into the sea".

This reference extracted from: Confrontations In The North Atlantic, by Tony Dodd, Published in UFO Magazine (UK), website http://www.ufomag.co.uk/iceland.htm

UFOCAT PRN – None & *U* UFO Database – None

No location given other than North Atlantic

02-19-1996
At 3am. on Monday, 19th. February, 1996 a call was received in the middle of the night, from a fishing boat at sea, off the coast of Iceland. The caller said, we have just been watching a gigantic sphere, hovering in the air, not very far from our boats. It slowly moved away from us and then descended and disappeared into the sea. We have no idea what it was."
An hour later the telephone was ringing again and once again the message was from the fishing boat. "There are now six large florescent tube like objects hovering in the air close to our position, they are a blue color and not making a sound. All these strange things are making the crew very frightened, we don't like all this".
This reference extracted from: Confrontations In The North Atlantic, by Tony Dodd, Published in UFO Magazine (UK), website http://www.ufomag.co.uk/iceland.htm

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

10-17-1996

ABDUCTION EXPERT IS "WOWED" BY UFO SIGHTING IN AUSTRALIA

[Respected American abduction researcher John Carpenter, a frequent contributor to CNI News, recently returned from a conference in Brisbane, Australia, an area that has seen major UFO activity in recent months. While there, Carpenter says, he had his own remarkable UFO sighting. Here's how he tells it.]

By John Carpenter

I was watching on the night of October 17, 1996 to observe the unique stars of the Southern Hemisphere sky over the ocean. With me were [conference speaker] Dr. Joe Lewels and [conference coordinators] Glennys Mackay and husband George Mackay.

We saw one bright object which we first assumed was another airplane coming in for a landing. However, this object was slightly brighter and appeared to have extra lights - and no blinking ones. After several other planes went by and this one had not yet moved, Joe and I commented that this was unusual. Dr. Lewels is an ex-Viet Nam military pilot and knows planes well. At this point he claimed, "That is NOT an airplane."

We both glanced at each other for a moment while George Mackay was still staring at it, approximately 15 degrees above the horizon at a distance of at least 5 miles or more. George saw it drop to the water within a split second -- which is quite a speed at that distance! He shouted. Joe and I both looked and were shocked to see the object gone from its position in the sky without any time to have moved out of it... Then we all watched as it hovered just above the water, then lowered slowly into the water and out of sight.

Wow. The speed and drop from its position at that distance elevated that sighting from all known categories of known aircraft behavior! Another unknown over Brisbane ....

This reference from CNI News: http://www.cninews.com/Search/CNI.0510.html

ALSO

UFO SEEN OFF AUSTRALIA'S "SUNSHINE COAST"

On Thursday, October 17, at 6:50 p.m., Glennys Mackay, director of Queensland MUFON, her husband, and two American ufologists, John Carpenter and Joseph Lewis, were driving on the Bruce Highway in Queensland, near Caloundra and Noosa, 55 kilometers (33 miles) north of Brisbane. Suddenly, according to Ms. Mackay, the quartet "noticed a huge light rising up out of the sea, which was stationary for some time before dropping rapidly into the ocean once again. After several minutes, it surfaced and was once again in the southeast sky." The four studied the UFO "through telescopic lenses and found it to have four white lights. The very interesting thing about this was that it showed itself (to be) a round silver ball surrounded by a light which appeared to be a silver mesh in appearance. After several minutes, it took off in a northerly direction." As it flew away, the UFO appeared to be "large and long with a huge bright light in front and several white lights behind."

This reference Thanks to “UFO Roundup, Vol. 1, No. 35”

(Thanks to Glennys MacKay and Errol Bruce-Knapp of UFO Updates for this report.)

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

Australia, Queensland

Brisbane Latitude 27-30 S, Longitude 153-01 E ( D-M )

Caloundra Latitude 26-48 S, Longitude 153-08 E

Noosa Latitude 26-23 S, Longitude 153-09 E

Reference: Australia Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., June 1957

10-21-1996

Elsewhere in South America, a few days later, on Monday, October 21, at 10 p.m., an unidentified Venezuelan woman walking the beach on Isla Orchila in the Caribbean Sea saw "a giant UFO 100 meters (330 feet) in diameter, rise from the ocean" about a quarter-mile (0.5 kilometers) offshore. The woman watched as the jumbo-sized saucer flew overhead due south, heading for the mainland. Isla Orchila lies about 400 kilometers (240 miles) north of Caracas, Venezuela. (Email Interviews)

(Editor's Note: This is the latest in a long line of Guarabira sightings dating back to April. Also, a giant pyramid-shaped LIFO was seen over Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on October 5, 1996.)

This reference Thanks to UFO Roundup Volume 1 No. 38

UFOCAT PRN – 128194

South America – Venezuela

Isla Orchila Latitude 11-48 N, Longitude 66.10 W ( D-M )

Caracas Latitude 10-30 N, Longitude 66.55 W

Reference: Venezuela Gazetteer, Prepared in the Office of Geography, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., August 1961.

UFO Location ( UFOCAT ) Latitude 11.78 N, Longitude 66.17 W ( D.% )

08-??-1997

WAVE OF UFOs REPORTED OVER SOLOMON ISLANDS

Ross Dowe, director of Australia's National UFO Hotline, forwarded to CNI News a recent report from two businessmen in the Solomon Islands who claim that UFOs are being sighted in that region on a regular basis.

The Solomon Island chain is located approximately 1,000 miles northeast of the coast of Queensland, Australia, and some 500 miles due east of Papua New Guinea.

According to Dowe, the two men -- one of whom claims to be a doctor -- wrote "that they had been watching a classic UFO over Iron Bottom Sound and in Visale area" of the islands. The UFO had appeared "every 2-3 nights, over the past two weeks.

"Local islanders have gone missing and a number of them have received 3rd degree burns after shining a light at an object passing overhead," the men told Dowe.

They described the object as about 4 meters across. Sometimes it moves very fast. It has also been seen to enter a waterfall and disappear, and to travel under water.

As of August 16, no further details had become available on these sightings.

Ross Dowe can be reached by email at rossdowe@hotmail.com.

This reference (Original) Kindly forwarded by CNI News from their Vol. 3 No. 12 Part 3 Aug. 16, 1997

Secondary reference: UFO Roundup Vol. 2, # 34

With thanks also to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO Database, see http://www.larryhatch.net

UFOCAT PRN 128278

Pacific Ocean – Solomon Islands

Iron Bottom Sound Latitude 9-15 S, Longitude 160-00 E ( D-M )

Visale Latitude 8-36 S, Longitude 157-20 E

Reference: British Solomon Islands Protectorate Gazetteer, Prepared by the Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center, Washington, D.C., May 1974

UFO Location ( UFOCAT ) – Latitude 9,25 S, Longitude 160.0 E ( D.% )

12-??-1997
GIANT ET Craft Emerges From Sea Next To Oil Rig!
From Ben Field
From UFO Updates- Toronto
1-14-98
Permission to publish report: Yes
       First name: Jeremy Clark Surname: Packer Age: 32 Occupation' Engineer Year sighting took place: 1997 Month sighting took place: December Day sighting took place: Monday Time sighting took place: 8:00 am Country: USA Nearest town: Corpus Christi
       Description of area where sighting took place: Oil Platform- 30 miles from Shore of Gulf of Mexico. No land masses...no clouds...heavy wind...several liners. 500 manned oil rig.
       The UFO was sighted in or near a Reservoir/River/Canal/Water The UFO was sighted in or near an air route
       Did anyone else witness the sighting?: Yes Relationship of witnesses: Co-Workers
Circumstances of the sighting/experience: I had just woke up for our daily routine on the rig. Our sleeping quarters were below sea level, so we all had to trudge up to the main core housing to start work. it was about 7:58 to 9119199 8:00.
       My watch stopped ticking at 7:58 but I don't know if my time was right. Everyone else's watch stopped ticking as well with various times.
       As ! and about 20 other men neared our stations to perform the daily greasing and releasing routine, we stopped cold in our tracks. The Bore that drills the hole into the ocean floor was bent like a toothpick into a V-Shape.
We looked at the underwater cameras to recheck what our eyes saw and we couldn’t believe it.
First off... this bore is 140.65 Feet thick made of solid steel. Nothing can bend it...let alone something on the ocean floor...and it wasn't even on the ocean floor It was just right below the surface of the water about 200 feet...the amount of pressure it would take would be equal to the sun's force,
       We were dumbfounded.., then we got scared[ Everyone started hearing a rumbling noise and we knew it wasn't the Engines running the platform bore...everything shuts off when something goes wrong. Out of the West we saw what looked to be about 25-30 Helicopters on maneuvers...not an uncommon a sight. What was uncommon was that the rig commander came up and told us he had no alerts to any military maneuvers from the Coast Guard that day. They usually alert us whenever they do these things in our vicinity. Another peculiar thing was that the helicopters made no sounds., none. ZIPP! Then we all ran to the west side of the platform...about 250 of us in all...the others were below sleeping...they have the night shift. Then we saw something that totally changed us! All of the helicopters stopped in midair and something LARGE...very LARGE surfaced beneath them.
       It was a HUGE Metal object about the size of our platform! !t just came straight out of the water and straight into the air! It hovered over the Helicopters for about 2 minutes. Enough for us to use the telescopes to check it out!
       It was as large as about two football fields, concave underneath with 4 large bulbous domes in the concave part of the bottom of it. It turned on it's side and we saw that it looked like a huge flying CIGAR which was tapered at both ends. On the top of the thing was another concave indent that had lights circling within it.
       Every color you could possibly imagine! It was BEAUTIFUL! We heard the soft rumbling all throughout the sighting.
       Then something amazing happened as we stood there in disbelief. Like someone turning off a light switch...it was gone. One second we were all looking through binoculars, telescopes and through just our eyes...hell it was close enough you didn't need the devices! Then it was gone. I would say as fast as you could blink or a light switch would turn on and off a light...it was gone.
       The helicopters headed our way and passed us overhead, again never making a sound. We could see that they had absolutely no markings. Familiar with the stuff the military does around here, we knew they weren't military craft. Some looked like they were stainless steel, almost invisible, some were jet black. I counted 22...my best friend counted 28.
       Everyone had a different amount. We all also noticed that our watches were about 30 minutes later than what the time actually was when we got back to the mainland.
       We were sent on temporary leave by our bosses for what we reported so that 9/19/99 they could fix/repair/replace the bore on the rig.
       I'm back at work now but I still look out at the ocean every chance I get!
The height the UFO was from the ground was about: 280 - 300 feet above sea.
Noise information heard during the sighting: Rumbling sound for most of the sighting. Our watches stopped working!
The UFO was sighted for [ ] Minutes: 30
       The UFO Manoeuvred The UFO Changed Colour. The UFO Hovered. The UFO Rotated. Was any photographic record made at the time?: Yes, Camera
       Did you experience any effects, i.e., loss of time: Yes...Ail our watches showed
30 minutes late/about the time the sighting took place.
(Weather and Conditions) - Windy (Weather and Conditions) -Cold (Weather and Conditions) –Daylight
This reference: Ben, Field, UFO Updates. Toronto, January 14, 1998 Posted on Sightings website
     Secondary reference: UFO Mysteries Undersea and Underground by Brad and Sherry

North America – United States, Texas
Corpus Christi – Latitude 27-48 N, Longitude 97-24 W ( D-M )
Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., 1990.
Gulf of Mexico – Boarded by the Southeast states of the United States, Mexico and Cuba. Approximate location: Latitude 25-0 N, Longitude 90-0 W

12-31-1997

UFOs SIGHTED IN ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS

On Wednesday, December 3 I, 1997, at 8:52 a.m., Lynn S. was driving in rush-hour traffic in Rockland, Massachusetts (population 15,695), a suburb on Route 139 approximately 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Boston.

As she neared Reed's Pond, on Market Street in Rockland, she spotted "a cigar-shaped craft that hovered for a minute and 45 seconds above the waters of Reed's Pond before it plunged in and exploded. I saw the object come across the sky, pulsating a blue light from the top with two strong flashing lights on each side."

"Traffic slowed, but no one seemed to care enough to get out and see what the object was," she reported. "As I approached the traffic lights, people were pointing back at the pond. But without the (traffic) light working, drivers were beginning to swear, cut people off and no one was paying any attention to the object."

"Upon driving home and finding I had no electricity, I called the electric company but only got a recording. I began calling other residents of the town. They all said they had no electricity after they 'heard the planes go over.'"

At 9:15 a.m., Lynn drove back to Reed's Pond. "To my amazement, a black ball hovered in the sky above it, as big as a silver dollar, but nothing was astir in the pond. I noticed dead ducks and seagulls floating on the surface."

The UFO zipped away seconds later. "For the record, I never heard any planes." (Email Interview)

This reference: UFO Roundup Volume 3, Issue #2, From UFO INFO website:

http://216.71.21.191/roundup/v03/index.html

Thanks to Larry Hatch’s *U* UFO Database, see http://www.larryhatch.net

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

North America – United States, Massachusetts.

Rockland Latitude 42-07-50 N, Longitude 70-55-00 W ( D-M-S )

Boston Latitude 42-21-30 N, Longitude 71-03-37 W

Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C., 1990

09-24-1998

National UFO Reporting Center

Sighting Report

Occurred: 9/2411998 22:30 (Entered as: 09/24/98 22:30)

Reported: 9/2511998 18:24

Posted: 9/26/1998

Location: New York, NY

Shape: Fireball

A red, glowing object hovering above the East River. It then dropped into the river, and its glow could still be seen after the object was under the water.

The object was approximately 4 miles distant horizontally. Vertical distance unknown, but below cloud level. From vantage point, about the size of a marble. Its speed while dropping was quite fast, but once under the water it seemed to move quite slowly, moving down toward NY Harbor before fading away.

This reference (original): NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center). Thanks to Director Peter Davenport. http://www.ufocenter.com/S4004.html

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

North America – United States, New York

New York Latitude 40-42-51 N, Longitude 74-00-23 W ( D-M-S )

East River Latitude 40-47-13 N, Longitude 73-55-05 W

Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C., 1990

02-09-1999

(Abbreviated to include only water related UFOs)

UFOs VIDEOTAPED IN THE SKIES OF PERU

On Tuesday night, February 9, 1999, just before midnight, pescadores from the port of Pisco, 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Lima, the capital of Peru, watched a large anomalous light emerge from the Pacific Ocean. The UFO, described by witnesses as a nave nodriza (Spanish for "supply ship" or mothership--J.T.) rose into the air, banked sharply to the right and

flew away in an easterly direction, heading for the shore.

***Non water related UFO text deleted***

On Thursday, February 11, people in the cafes around Pisco's central plaza were talking nonstop about the second UFO display the previous night. Rumors spread about the presence of an undersea base a dozen kilometers offshore. Some said it was an alien base; others claimed that it was "an OTAN (Spanish acronym for NATO) secret base"

According to UFO Roundup correspondent Pilar Valencia, Lima's "tabloid press went wild on Days 1 and 2 of the flap," printing the Pisco undersea base story and speculating that the UFOs were in Peru to observe "the end of the world"

This reference: UFO ROUNDUP Volume 4, Number 8. From UFO INFO website:

http://216.71.21.191/roundup/v04/rnd04_08.html

Thanks to Larry Hatch's *U* UFO Database, see http://www.larryhatch.net

UFOCAT PRN – 128379

South America - Peru

Pisco Latitude 13-45 S, Longitude 76-18 W ( D-M )

Lima Latitude 12-03 S, Longitude 77-03 W

Reference: Peru Gazetteer, Published by the Defense Mapping Agency, Washington, D.C., September 1989.

UFO Location ( UFOCAT ) – Latitude 13.5 S, Longitude 76.5 W ( D.% )

04-17-1999

UWO - Unidentified Water Object?

Time: approximately 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm

Date: April 17th, 1999

Location: Akiskanook condominiums, Invermere, BC - Windermere

Lake Lookout

Weather: Sunny and clear, little to no wind, water calm - you could see the reflections of the mountains in the water

"Three of us were looking out into the water, it was a quiet peaceful afternoon, when we all noticed a bright white light emerging from the water. The object was breaking the water surface from the lake, yet wasn't leaving any ripples in the water! - like a piece of wood would or a log could."

"It showed itself as a sequence of digitized light. -[The kind that looks like the Knight Rider "kit" car has on the from (sic-front) of the car.] Instead this computerized light was a bright white colouring. It appeared and disappeared, breaking the water surface, three times after finally disappearing into the lake. This lasted for approximately 5 minutes. We had binoculars so we were able to see the light up close and to our amazement it confirmed what we saw."

This reference thanks to: http://www.ufobc.org/uwo.htm

UFOCAT PRN – NONE

North America – Canada, British Columbia

Invermere Latitude 50-31-00 N, Longitude 116-02-00 W ( D-M-S ) *

* Other municipal/district area [ location in Kootenay ]

Windermere Latitude 50-28-00 N, Longitude 115-79-00 W

Lake Lookout (2) Latitude 49-30-00 N, Longitude 121-55-00 W [ Lookout Lake ]

Latitude 54-44-00 N, Longitude 122-50-00 W [ Lookout Lake ]

Reference: http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/cgndb.html

04-14-2000
Occurred: 4/14/00 03:42 (Entered as: 4/14/00 3:42a.m.

Reported: 4/15/00 13:09

Posted: 4/15/00

Location: Montauk, NY

Shape: Disc

We were fishing off the pier at Montauk Point, and I see a blazing light flash in the sky. Then I see 3 disk shape objects hovering about 20 feet above the ocean. And about 5 minutes later, they plunged into the water.
They were spinning in circles, but tight circles. It seemed there were windows in the craft but I am not positive. When they plunged into the water, there was really no splash, it was like there was an opening, and it just swallowed them up.
Original: Thanks to Peter Davenport, Director of NUFORC http://www.nuforc.com/

UFOCAT PRN – 143904. Wrong date (4-15-2000). Ref UFO Magazine, Sept. 2000, p. 28
( No location )

North America – United States, New York

Montauk – Latitude 41-04-19 N, Longitude 71-51-28 W ( D-M-S )

Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C., 1990

01-11-2002

CALIFORNIA WATER LIGHTS FLY
POINT MUAGU -- The witness was by a campsite at 4:30 AM near the naval base on January 11, 2002, when he saw two lights moving in the water with a light about 100 feet above. The one in the air started to move side to side in a strange way. The two in the water began to move with it. The way they moved was like no plane. The one in the air started south towards Malibu, that's when others that looked like stars began to follow, and scan the waters as if it was a group project. The objects were airborne for thirty minutes and were gone. The lights in the water never took off they seem to dive.

This reference: FILER'S FILES #06-2002, MUFON Skywatch Investigations George A. Filer, Director, Mutual UFO Network Eastern Region, February 6, 2002, Majorstar@AOL.COM.
Webmaster: Chuck Warren http://www.cewarren.com

UFOCAT PRN – None

North America – United States, California

Point Muagu – None found in gazetteers or online gazetteers.

Point Mugu Latitude 34-07 N, Longitude 119-06 W ( D-M )

NOTE: The navel base alluded to in the text would be the Point Mugu Navel Air Station which is north and west of Malibu, California.

http://www.astro.com/cgi-bin/atlw3/aq.cgi?country_list=&expr=point+muagu&lang=e

Malibu Latitude 34-01-58 N, Longitude 118-41-15 W ( D-M-S )

Reference: The National Gazetteer of the United States of America, Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington D.C., 1990