North America Sightings

1974: Ronald Reagan UFO Sighting Historical reconstruction of the 1974 Ronald Reagan UFO sighting from a Cessna Citation cockpit, showing the bright light over Bakersfield.

1974: Ronald Reagan UFO Sighting

Orbman October 24, 2012

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT One night in 1974, while serving as Governor of California, Ronald Reagan witnessed an unidentified...

1973: CE1 in Princeton Artist reconstruction of the 1973 Princeton Indiana UFO encounter showing a pickled metal saucer with a dark laser-like light cone during a lightning storm.

Artist reconstruction of the 1973 Princeton Indiana UFO encounter showing a pickled metal saucer with a dark laser-like light cone during a lightning storm.

1973: CE1 in Princeton

Orbman October 24, 2012

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT In August 1973, a family traveling through the Wabash River bottoms near Princeton, Indiana, encountered an...

1972: Pasadena, California Helicopter Crew Encounter UFO Technical reconstruction of the 1972 Pasadena UFO sighting, showing a rotating balloon-like object as seen from a police helicopter cockpit over the California foothills.

Technical reconstruction of the 1972 Pasadena UFO sighting, showing a rotating balloon-like object as seen from a police helicopter cockpit over the California foothills.

1972: Pasadena, California Helicopter Crew Encounter UFO

Orbman October 24, 2012

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT In October 1972, a Pasadena Police Department helicopter crew, including pilot Pat Spafford and...

1948: Domed Disc Seen over South Central Indianapolis Technical reconstruction of the 1948 Indianapolis UFO sighting by Vernon Swigert, showing a 20-foot wide white domed disc with a 3:1 ratio.

Technical reconstruction of the 1948 Indianapolis UFO sighting by Vernon Swigert, showing a 20-foot wide white domed disc with a 3:1 ratio.

1948: Domed Disc Seen over South Central Indianapolis

Orbman October 24, 2012

THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT On July 31, 1948, electrician Vernon Swigert witnessed a high-speed, cymbal-shaped domed disc over South Central...

1957: Object beamed out an eerie, penetrating light Artist's recreation of the 1957 Merom, Indiana UFO sighting, showing a 40-foot luminous disc projecting a brilliant beam of light down onto a witness and a farmhouse at night.

Artist's recreation of the 1957 Merom, Indiana UFO sighting, showing a 40-foot luminous disc projecting a brilliant beam of light down onto a witness and a farmhouse at night.

1957: Object beamed out an eerie, penetrating light

Orbman October 24, 2012

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTING REPORT On November 6, 1957, 33-year-old ironworker Rene Gilham experienced a harrowing close encounter...

1940: Lost UFO Abduction of Geneseo, Illinois Reconstruction of the 1940 Rex Ball UFO abduction in Geneseo, Illinois, showing a Saturn-disc craft with a radio direction finder on top, tripod landing gear, and a witness observing from a field near a locomotive.

Reconstruction of the 1940 Rex Ball UFO abduction in Geneseo, Illinois, showing a Saturn-disc craft with a radio direction finder on top, tripod landing gear, and a witness observing from a field near a locomotive.

1940: Lost UFO Abduction of Geneseo, Illinois

Orbman October 24, 2012

THINK ABOUTIT ABDUCTION REPORT In the summer of 1940, industrial chemist Rex Ball allegedly experienced one of the...

1999: Long, tube-like object with small lights flying behind Digital illustration of a massive, translucent eight-sided tube-shaped UFO with neon blue outlines hovering over a bonfire on Makena Beach, Maui, in 1999.