1980: January UFO & Alien Sightings
Date: Early January 1980
Location: Wallsend England
Time: Late night
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Summary: M Brown was cycling home from a friend when his bicycle lights failed. Looking up he saw a bright white light coming from the other side of a hill further along the road. He rode towards the hill, but when he was half way there, a luminous sphere rose from behind the hill and moved towards him. It hovered overhead for about 30 seconds and then rose at a 45 degree angle. The light dimmed and he could see the light came from a row of flashing lights on the underside of a spherical object, which then shot away. His bicycle lights them worked perfectly.
Source: Letter from M Brown in The Unexplained 84 p.iii.
Date: January 1980
Location: Kastenga Karelia Russia
Time: unknown
Summary: Two forest rangers were out in a wooded area setting wolf traps when a luminous cylinder shaped object landed on the ground close to them. A red beam of light shot out of the object temporarily blinding both men. One of the rangers felt a tug on his belt and when he looked down he saw a short humanoid with spindly arms and legs and a pale face without eyes or mouth. The humanoid wore a dark green tight fitting outfit, gloves and had a dark tube hanging from its thin neck. The witness then swung his ski staff at the creature, but the creature then leveled the black tube at him shooting out a pulsating beam of light, blinding both men. Both of them recovered to see the cylinder shaped craft taking off enveloped in a red haze. The man that had swung at the creature collapsed and had to be carried home by the other. He later suffered from classic symptoms of radiation poisoning.
Source: Gordon Creighton, FSR Vol. 37 # 4
Date: winter of 1980, January perhaps: Toronto Ontario Sighting
Date: January 1980
Location: Moca Puerto Rico
Time: 0200A
Summary: The witness (involved in other encounters) suddenly woke up and felt the urge to look out her window. She then saw a large silvery disc with a row of lighted windows and a dome protruding from its bottom descend and hover 10 feet from the ground, a beam of light was projected to the ground from the bottom of the craft and three small beings descended to the ground in the beam. The beings wore silvery outfits with luminous bars and one carried a roll resembling a scroll-like document. The beings were about 4-foot tall with large heads, large black slanted eyes, and long thin arms. They spoke among themselves in a high-pitched monotone. At one point the object rose and the beings hid as a car drove by. The beings eventually re-entered the craft via the light beam. The object then shot away at high speed.
Source: Jorge Martin, Enigma 52/53
Date: January 1980
Location: Haddenham England
Time: morning
Summary: A man taking a walk with his young children spotted a translucent teardrop shaped object the size of small helicopter flying over the area at high speed. A singular figure seemed to be standing inside the craft as it flew about 1000 feet altitude.
Source: Quest UFO Report Newsclipping service
Date: January 1980
Location: Coleshill Dorset England
Time: daytime
Summary: A young girl watched a huge cigar shaped craft gliding slowly above her house. It had four large square portholes and on each porthole she was able to see a purple bearded humanoid that stared at her. The object glided silently away.
Source: F Turner, FSR Vol. 32 # 4
Date: January 1980
Location: Barrio Olivares Lajas Puerto Rico
Time: night
Summary: A security guard at the local dumpsite had gone to investigate a bright light coming from the area, thinking that it was a fire, he was surprise to encounter a hovering luminous disc shaped object very close to the ground. A six-foot tall very thin humanoid emerged from the object; he wore a tight fitting white suit and a wide belt that emitted flashing lights in all directions. As the being attempted to approach, the witness fled the scene and did not returned.
Source: Jorge Martin, Enigma # 1
Date: January 1980
Location: Oakenholt Wales
Time: night
Summary: Roger Sutherland awoke one night to see an orange light materialize just outside the house. Unable to speak, he watched as a being enter the bedroom and felt himself leave the bed apparently in an out of body type experience. He followed the being to a craft and sat down on a bench. The being pressed a button and the witness saw his home, then his town and finally the earth recede. They landed near a strange city and stepped out beneath a blue sky and what appeared to be sunlight. He entered a building with the being, but then lost most of his memory. When he returned to his room to reunite with his body, he noticed the room felt unusually cold. He reported frequent visits by the same being the following weeks, and remembered visiting an underground laboratory and a mess hall where he ate sweet tasting material.
Source: Jenny Randles, Paul Whetnall
Date: January 1980
Location: Woodstock Ontario Canada
Time: night
Summary: The two witnesses were driving down a road when a strange figure ran up to their car. The figure ran zigzagging all over the roadway and acted as if injured. The being’s face was apparently scarred and his cheekbones protruded out. He had fangs that came down from its mouth and there was blood dripping from them. The being was about 6-foot tall, thin but well built, had had scraggly or tore up clothing and his eyes were very peculiar looking. The driver of the vehicle had to swerve in order to avoid hitting the creature. He dropped off his girlfriend then returned to the scene to see the creature enter a yellow and black car then proceeded to turn into a dead end street and vanish.
Source: Pat De La Franier, Trofus December 1980
Date: January 1 1980
Location: Wildbad Schwarzwald Germany
Time: unknown
Summary: A 28-year old secretary was at a wild life reserve when she claimed she encountered several human like visitors from the star system “Sirius” who gave her instructions and told her that the human race was in mortal danger. No other information.
Source: Ulrich Magin
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Date: January 5 1980
Location: Trowbridge, Wiltshire England
Time: 0500A
Summary: The witness, a 33-year old painter, suddenly woke up in his bedroom to see a huge 2-meter tall glowing green figure standing at the foot of his bed. To him it looked more like a holographic image than a solid figure. The being apparently communicated with the witness by using telepathy. Among the many things he mentioned was that his race regularly transported human beings to other planets in order to colonize them. When a planet was in danger of over population they somehow started a war in order to reduce the number of inhabitants in that planet. He also warned that the Earth was in danger of “breaking in half.” Apparently the witness wife slept through out the whole encounter.
Source: Jenny Randles
Date: January 7 1980
Location: Dyfed Wales
Time: 1350
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Summary: Miss J was in the kitchen while the other members of her family were out. Her two dogs began to bark as she heard a high pitched hum that came and went. By 1405 it hurt her ears, so she went outside to investigate. She observed a silvery metallic egg shaped object in the sky, surrounded by an orange-red glow, flying at an angle, at 30m altitude. When it passed directly overhead she felt a vibration in the ground, and an odd chemical smell that first resembled sulphur, but then more like a strong sickly detergent. She felt an unusual tingly sensation all over her body, and went back into the house. 45 minutes later, while she was watching TV, the dogs again became noisy and, through the window she saw a halo like glow near the back door, and the hum returned along with the sulphurous smell. The red glow seemed to be a luminous solid tube several centimetres thick, the size of the kitchen sink. She then felt a malevolent presence beside her; when it left she felt giddy and sat down by the window where the tube seemed to be increasing size and coming toward that window. The buzz and smell increased in strength. The tube was about 23cm in diameter, 4.5m long when it reached the window. The smell faded and the hum ceased, but then the windows rattled and something like orange cigarette smoke was noted outside. The cooker although turned off at the mains was all switched on and overheating. Other members of the family later experienced a presence and poltergeist effects.
Source: Randall Jones Pugh in BUFORA Journal 9, 3, p.11 citing his own investigation.
Date: January 10 1980
Location: Trafford, Pennsylvania
Time: night
Summary: A group of young boys observed a tall hairy figure with reddish brown hair and red glowing eyes. They also noticed strong sulfur like odor in the air and saw a strange white light in the vicinity. The creature retreated into the woods and began breaking branches and throwing stones before disappearing.
Source: Paul G Johnson, Joan L Jeffers The Pennsylvania Bigfoot
Date: January 10 1980
Location: ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, LEICESTERSHIRE : ENGLAND
Time: 1550
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Summary: Robert Harman, a man with a PhD, and his wife were driving through the Willesley Woods, when, approaching a slight incline, they saw a green light rise in front of a hill on the other side of the road and vanish in front of them. A teacher, Mr Maxwell, saw a similar blue-green irregular light for a few seconds, 40 minutes later. Four trees in alignment were found to be lacerated 10m above the ground.
Source: NUFON News 72, p.5 + UFO News Bulletin 2, 3, p.12, citing investigation by Coalville UFO Research Organisation.
Evaluation: Flare?
Date: January 11 1980
Location: Whitstable Kent England
Time: 2055
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Summary: Mrs Revell was driving home along Thanet Way, when, near the Long Reach Roundabout, when she saw a group of small red lights, under which were two beams of brilliant white light, about 30m above the ground, 200m away. On the underside of the thing were criss-cross metal strips. She drove under the object, which then appeared to land in woodland. She did not stop but when she passed the site again 10 minutes later there was nothing to be seen.
Source: Hanson and Holloway 2013, p.18 citing investigation by Valerie Martin.
Evaluation: Helicopter?
Date: January 12 1980
Location: Huayna Potosi Valley, Bolivia
Time: night
Summary: In the Potosi Valley, Bolivia a man saw a lenticular-shaped object over him. The UFO projected a beam of light and formed a dome shaped luminous form on the ground, not far from the witness. He then experienced strange sensations when he walked inside the light dome. He was met there by a tall, blond-haired humanoid that had tanned skin and slanted eyes with a very prominent chin. The man claimed he had sensations of love and serenity projected to him by the tall humanoid
Source: Luis Fernando Mostajo, The Missing Link # 124
Date: January 13 1980
Location: Redwing, Minnesota
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Summary: Five women observed a flashing triangle of lights above a Seminary nursing home. Two of the witnesses, Brenda Simanski and Janine Mattson were waiting at the parking lot when they observed a light 50 degrees above the horizon, which within two minutes had approached and hovered for 15-20 seconds above a 15m tall oak. On either side of the main red light was a white oval spotlight. The thing appeared to be a triangle, 6m long, 4.5m wide at base. After hiding in Janine’s car, the two rushed inside to get two more witnesses, Kathy Clemens and Mary Huron. Another worker clocking out also saw the light. The lights then suddenly vanished.
Source: Joe and Doris Graziano in APRO Bulletin 28, 9, p.7 citing unspecified press sources. Marler 2013, p.107, citing Red Wing Republican Eagle 15 January 1980.
Date: January 14 1980
Location: Heald Moor, Lancashire England
Time: 0300A
Summary: A truck driver was on his way to deliver goods along an isolated road when as he crossed a local railway bridge he became aware of a loud humming sound. Seconds later the headlights of his vehicle picked up a strange shape on the road ahead. The object was large, dark, and metallic with three red beams of light projecting from the top down to the ground. He recalled seeing several men moving around it as if doing some type of task. As he came closer to the object he realized that it was a tortoise shaped craft with a curved pipe on top. He saw two figures that appeared to be inspecting the red beams. Reducing his speed he noticed that one of the figures wore a peaked cap and a dark two-piece uniform. His arms were at his side. The second figure was wearing a one-piece suit, gray, or silver in color and he was stooping down looking at the object as if inspecting it for damage. As the witness drove slowly away from the area his headlights suddenly cut off and he was forced to slam on the brakes, at this point he apparently blacked out. A sudden jolt woke him up and he realized that the headlights were working again and the truck had moved about a quarter of a mile further along. When he arrived at his destination he was stunned to find out that he had lost more than 3 hours of time. The witness apparently did not undergo hypnosis
Source: Carl Nagaitis, Phillip Mantle, Without Consent
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Date: January 14 1980
Location: Cherbourg France
Time: 0500A
Summary: The witness saw a flat rectangular shaped object apparently on the ground at a nearby field. A port like opening became visible and a man like figure of average height was seen to step out and walk around the object apparently performing various tasks. At times a loud roaring sound was heard coming from the craft.
Source: Denys Breysse, Project Becassine
Date: January 21 1980
Location: Council Bluffs, Iowa
Time: 2340
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Summary: Marilyn Anderson (37) was driving Rita Sobetski and four other woman (including a nun) home from a bridge party, when they observed a huge cluster of lights 60-90m above a bluff less than a block away. It consisted of 3-4 square white lights and a flashing red one. The observation lasted for 10 seconds. Marilyn ran back to a second car where another lady from the party was driving home alone, but this lady had not seen the lights. This lady (who did not want her name used) then continued on a separate way home near the Iowa School for the Deaf. As she pulled up at a stop at Longview Drive, her car engine, lights and radio all failed; she was, however, able to restart the car. She drove another 400m, then the sky turned a pink-orange and the car stalled again. She got out, and in a cornfield 300m to her left, an intense light, which hurt her eyes, appeared, so she jumped back into the car in terror. She then experienced a period of time loss. When she came to the car was turned sideways across the road, as though she had skidded on the ice, but she was unable to remember this happening. The vehicle gave no trouble as she drove home, from whence she could see the glow through her window. When she looked at the bathroom mirror, she saw her face was red and blotched and she had a temperature of 102 degrees, and was nauseous and sweating. She did not wake her husband but phoned her sister, who advised her to see a doctor. The redness sided down during the night and had gone by 0420. Her journey had taken 15-20 minutes longer than usual. No traces were found at the site.
Source: Allan Hendry in Frontiers of Science II, 4, p.13, citing Gary Lambert (some paragraphs seem to be missing in this account. APRO Bulletin 28, 10, p.5)
Date: January 23 1980
Location: Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Time: night
Summary: A worker driving in a desolate nuclear testing ground saw a dark haired 6-7 ft tall hairy creature walk across the road and into sagebrush. No tracks were found.
Source: Janet and Colin Bord, The Bigfoot Casebook
Date: January 28 1980
Location: Elbe Washington
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Summary: A man driving home noticed a bright light and stopped to look at it. The light also stopped just above the trees. It had a greater angular diameter than a star or planet. It paced his car, stopping and starting with him. When he arrived home he called his family and they saw the light hovering in the southern sky. It suddenly moved rapidly and silently to the west, where it was joined up by another light, which stopped directly under it, then headed north. A third light appeared and followed the second. The main light wad bright white, the others had one red light on top, three white on the bottom.
Source: APRO Bulletin 28, 9, p.7. Evaluation: The pacing indicates a distant light, probably astronomical, along with autokinesis and aircraft lights.
Date: January or February 1980
Location: Evansville, IN
Time: 10:00 PM.
Summary: The lady, an RN. lives near Dress-Regional airport and was out walking her dog that extremely cold, clear evening before the 10 PM news. She said she would have seen the object even if it had no light, as it was close by and large and was shiny as aluminum and motionless. She first thought the object was some type of blimp, an airliner was on its landing approach at the time and she assumed the “blimp” was awaiting landing clearance, since the airport is nearby. She stared at the object for awhile, wondering what it could be, then returned to her living room. The object was still hovering outside. The next morning she contacted the airport to inquire what craft it was and wanted to see it since it appeared unusual. “The airport asked me many questions,” she said. “So I knew then it was a UFO and was sorry that I had not watched it and not called others to see it.” It looked like “a blimp with an extension on the lower surface and one row of lights or lighted portholes. Object was soundless and hovered higher than the one story house next door, but not much higher than treetop level.
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