1988: January UFO & Alien Sightings

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Date: early January 1988
Location:  Barrio De La Serena, Mar Del Plata, Argentina
Time:  0100A
Summary:  Two young men were returning home late one night when they spotted a bright light approaching from the direction of a nearby wooded area. The light began performing circular movements and zigzagging at high speed. After a minute they stopped looking at the light, suddenly they both were engulfed in a bright flash of light from an unknown source, a mist of multicolored smoke began forming around them. Suddenly they saw a short brown furry looking figure with two large red eyes staring at them. It appeared to float just above the ground. The figure approached and began staring at one of the witnesses, after what seemed to be a few minutes the multicolored mist began forming again it covered the figure and it vanished. They both now saw a hovering silvery oval-shaped craft with a row of square windows nearby, inside the windows they could see several moving dark human-like figures. The object then shot away towards the wooded area emitting a bright flash of light. The two witnesses reported a 4-hour period of missing time.
Source:  Richard Heiden, quoting Cuarta Dimension # 188

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Date: January 1988
Location:  Near Washington DC
Time:  0200A
Summary:  Two young women students had just left a party and were driving through an unfamiliar area of the city when they suddenly came upon what appeared to be a six-car pile up in the middle of the intersection. There were six wrecked vehicles but there was not anybody in sight. No emergency vehicles, no flashing lights, or police. They felt uneasy and drove by slowly arriving home later than usual. After being bothered by this strange episode both women decided to use hypnosis in order to find any hidden information. Apparently one of the women was abducted while the other remained in a state of suspended animation in the vehicle. Several short gray humanoids took one of the women into a hovering object and medically examined her then returned her back to the vehicle. She was then told that she would only remember a six-car pile-up.
Source:  Budd Hopkins, IUR Vol. 15 # 5

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Date: January 1988
Location:  Near Pasadena California
Time:   late night
Summary:  The witness was awakened in the middle of the night by a short gray skin humanoid standing next to her bed. The being began probing the witness torso with various types of instruments. A brown circular spot was found in the witness backyard the next morning. A month before the witness had seen a bright beam of light coming down from above shining in her backyard.
Source:  Ann Druffel, IUR Vol. 14 # 3

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Date: January 1988
Location:  Ballykerron Ireland
Time:  sundown
Summary:  Two young girls were playing near a frozen lake when they noticed a two-foot tall man 50 feet away. He was wearing a pointed hat and appeared to be picking at the ice. They stared at the little man and he suddenly noticed them and just disappeared in plain sight.
Source:  Scott S Smith, Fate March 1993

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Date: January 1988
Location: Brentwood California
Time: late night
Summary: The witness was reading in bed with her boyfriend sleeping next to her when she noticed the figure of a small “man” standing on the right side of the bed, by her boyfriend. The being was 4-foot tall with grayish tan skin that was very rough textured. He had a large head with a pointed chin and large dark slanted eyes. The witness attempted to scream but found herself totally paralyzed. She also felt a tingling sensation through her body. The being reached across the bed over her boyfriend and attempted to touch her. His hand had four fingers with webbing in between them and long fingernails. In her mind she heard the words “Do not worry I won’t hurt you, I just want to examine you.” Just before the being touched her, the boyfriend jostled and tossed in bed, this apparently startled the little being that then jumped back and disappeared in a white flash of light.
Source: Barry Taff, UFO Magazine Vol. 4 # 1

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Date: January 1988
Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine
Time: late night
Summary: Irina Subbotina had fallen into a lethargic sleep next to her husband when she was suddenly awakened by a circle of light in the bedroom in front of the bed near the ceiling. Within the circle of light, she saw a dark-haired man in a profile that suddenly turned and looked at her. He stares at her intently, apparently examining her. Then two more figures appear within the circle, one a bearded man, the second a child wearing “old-time” clothing. Curiously the child appears to be swinging on an invisible swing. Terrified, Irina attempted to shout but could not utter a word. Suddenly the vision disappears and she felt a small hand grabbing her wrist she also sees what appears to be an invisible body moving under the covers near her. She was suddenly able to pull her hand and began to cry. Everything then disappeared. She would have a further “encounter” in the summer.
Source: UFO Ukraine

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Date: January 12, 1988
Location:  Gulf Breeze Florida
Time:  1725
Summary:  Ed Walters was in his pickup truck on US 98 when an object appeared ahead of him shining a white beam of light through the windshield partially paralyzing his forearms and hands. He stopped the truck to the side of the road. He now felt numb and his arms were stinging. The object approached quickly and now hovered 3-feet above the roadway. The witness was able to grab his shotgun and exited the truck attempting to crawl under it. At this point, the object brightened and it came closer. The witness was again hit on the back of his legs by a white beam of light. The object now began rotating and a blue beam of light appeared under it. The beam apparently deposited five small beings on the roadway, all wore some type of shield-like coverings had large black oval-shaped eyes and carried glowing rods. The beings now walked towards the witness, who then managed to crawl back into the truck and was somehow able to start it, he then drove quickly away from the area at high speed.
Source:  Donald Ware, Walter Andrus, and Charles Flannigan Mufon Journal # 239

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Date: January 17, 1988
Location:  Lorraine Moselle France
Time:  about 19:30
Summary:  On January 17, 1988, at about 19:30 a witness and his family observe an object of an elliptical shape. The witness estimates the dimensions of the object to be 15 meters in diameter. The witness is illuminated by numerous intense and twinkling lights placed under the object. Moving slowly, the object will disappear in an abrupt and quick fashion.
Source:  GEIPAN 

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Date:  January 20, 1988: The Eyre Highway Encounter, Australia

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Date: January 21, 1988: Knowles Family Encounter in Mundrabilla, Australia

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Date: January 31, 1988
Location:  Near Broken Hill New South Wales, Australia
Time:  night
Summary:  A tall humanoid figure in a silvery outfit approached a truck driver in his truck. He was unable to move during the encounter. No other information.
Source:  Tasmanian UFO Report 1989

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