January - February 1973; Cherokee County, S.C.

Feb. 4, 1973; Kimba, S. Australia

9:50 PM. A couple was driving on a rural highway and the driver noticed something that he couldn't make sense of, off to his right. He noted this to his lady friend and she saw it, too, but not quite as clearly. What they didn't know was that two other drivers, one just ahead of them and one coming by shortly later [10pm] saw the same thing. What was it? Summarizing the four witnesses reports, what was off in the nearby field was a "window of orange light". The "window" [or would "doorway" be a better label?] was ten feet high and five feet wide and definitely rectangular.[i.e. it had a firm outline]. Within this lightform was a figure of a humanoid, bright white light in color, with no depth of dimension being seeable. [one must keep in mind that all the observers looked at this only briefly as they drove by]. The driver of the first-mentioned car described the figure as wearing a white "spacesuit" and floating in the middle of the light-doorway. His girlfriend got less of a view and described what she saw as a white blob inside an orange rectangle. The truck driver, who came afterwards, saw a orange-colored "caravan-doorway" without the caravan, and a white figure in the middle of it. The earlier driver said he saw a "glow of light, orange in color, rectangular in shape". He didn't see a figure. When Keith Basterfield investigated the case shortly thereafter he and the constable, to whom all this had originally been reported, went to the location and could find no "entry" or "exit" tracks to indicate that any vehicles or whatever had been there. Basterfield, an excellent UFO researcher, was completely flummoxed by this unusual encounter, particularly given the independence of the witnesses, and the lack of any ground markings at the site. [Commentary (Michael Swords): this is a spectacular instance of a small set of incidents where the witnesses see not a craft, but what more seems like a "window" or a "doorway" through which something "elsewhere" is seen, or conceivably could come through. Witnesses in these cases are often struck by the two-dimensionality of the space that they see as the boundary area, as if an opening had occurred in that location from another place. We, of course, don't know whether that interpretation makes sense, but it is a "simple" interpretation of what the witnesses say. (Mike Swords. Sources: Keith Basterfield. "near Kimba South Australia: Four People in Three Vehicles Report Orange Rectangle with Figure Inside, on Side of Deserted Road", case monograph report, 24pp., no date [CUFOS files]; and Keith Basterfield. "Strange Affair on the Kimba Road", Flying Saucer Review Case Histories #18, February 1974.)

March 15, 1973; Milton, PA

Four teenagers driving between Kinchela and Gladstone, New South Wales, Australia saw a bright yellow domed disc or domed-ovoid craft dive quickly toward the ground. They saw a glow from a field a mile from road that they presumed was the landing site. However, when they drove towards it, their vehicle's headlights blacked out. (Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR, April 1976, p. 4; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving Vehicle Interference, p. 56).

May, 1973; Houston, TX
One of the few UFO encounter cases which also involved animal mutilation occurred in May, 1973, and involved four women. Judy Doraty, her daughter Cindy, Judy's mother and sister-in-law would have the most terrifying experience of their lives. (Source: "Strange Harvest" Linda Moulton Howe; Dr. Leo Sprinkle, University of Wyoming, transcripts).

May 6, 1973; Kokomo, IN
Humanoid report, no details, listed in directory and UFOFC files. (EGBA,675)

May 11, 1973; Piedmont, MO
8:10 p.m. Row of seven lights observed for 45 seconds by Harley Rutledge and three other members of Project Identification team. (Project Identification, page 42)

May 12, 1973; Near Kent, OH
9:20 p.m. The witness was driving west on Route 76, near Kent, when he observed a group of flashing lights overhead, almost directly above the car. They moved along the highway with him until finally, out of curiosity, he stopped; so did the lights. Looking up through the windshield, at close to a 90 degree angle, he could see a football shaped object that flashed from red to blue to white, in a repeating cycle; as he watched, he saw a figure materialize approximately 10 feet below the object. The figure was human in shaped, clad all in silver, and rapidly descended to the highway directly in front of the car; when it reached the pavement, the figure was standing rigidly in a position looking to the right, then turned its head to look directly into the windshield at the witness. After about a half a minute, the figure again ascended rapidly, "like a helium balloon," towards the object; disappearing before it reached it. It was shaped exactly like a human, but was entirely silver in color, lacking hair and ears; eyes, a "Dutch" nose and narrow mouth, with small pointed chin, were observed by the witness. He was uncertain as to whether the silvery body was a close fitting garment or the actual skin color, for he saw what appeared to be the faint outline of a vein running down the inside of one of the figure's arms, which he held rigidly downward; on the feet he saw what appeared to be boots or shoes, with a heavy, distinct line between the sole and boot itself. No line of demarcation could be seen between the shoe, or boot and the lower leg. The height of the figure was not much more than 2.5 feet; and it descended to a position approximately ten feet in front of the car. After the figure ascended, the object moved rapidly in a vertical ascent, rocking the car "as if a semi was passing it." (Humcat 1973-10; Source: Larry Moyers and Marc Candusso FSIC)

A man and his wife employed at the Fazenda Secap claimed to have seen an oval shaped flying craft, "with two figures like people, in big hats and linked together by a sort of tube." According to one newspaper, as many as six local residents claimed also to have seen the UFO. There were numerous other incidents in the area at the same time. (Humcat 1973-11; Source: Gordon Creighton, FSR Vol. 11 # 3/4)

May 17, 1973; South Atlantic
Table 1, 116,

May 18, 1973; North Atlantic
Table 1, 116,

May 18, 1973; Pekin, IL
10:00 p.m. A large "unidentified flying object with an orange glow" was spotted over Pekin. Mrs. Charles Phillips said she and her family were in their car when they first noticed the object. They stopped the car and were able to see something over Edison Junior high school there appeared to be a dome which an orange light emanated and there was a pulsating motion evident. She said members of her family were not able to hear any sound from the object, which she guessed was about 90 feet up in the air. The object hovered over the area, proceeded out Court Street to the mall and then turned back and seemed to head toward the Illinois River. (TIMES, Pekin, IL, May 19)

9:00 p.m. A blue cylindrical shaped UFO made a low silent pass. It was seen again that same night after midnight. (Source: Springfield (MO) News Leader,

May 19, 1973; Turkey
Table 1, 116,

May 20, 1973; England
Table 1, 116,

May 22, 1973; Itajobi, Brazil
Oval object hovering overhead, blue light beam shone onto car, heat felt. (Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 21, No.. 3-4; See Rodeghier, 1981, p. 57 [E,R] car).


May 24, 1973; Farmington, MO
Evening. Noiseless, wing-like object of unidentified nature observed by four members of Project Identification team. (Project Identification, Page 79)

<>2:00 a.m. Geni Lisboa was busily baking wedding cakes early in the morning when her attention was drawn outdoors by the squawking of her pet parakeet. When she looked out she saw a luminous flying object approaching her property. The object circled her garden and hovered above the wall. Ms. Lisboa, only a few meters distant, could see three identical looking figures of small stature through the transparent upper portion. They were behind a kind of "parapet" which hid them from the waist down. Each one was directly a beam of light down as if searching for something. Then their beams simultaneously converged on the witness, immediately paralyzing her. Feeling some pain and dizziness, she was nevertheless able to call out for help to her neighbor, but the object departed before she was able to respond. When her neighbor arrived, she found Ms. Lisboa's face swollen and her eyes bloodshot. Her body was painful, particularly in the joints and especially in the knees, but she continued working until the pain returned and she was forced to call her neighbor again. Her physiological symptoms worsened and she was hospitalized for what the doctors labeled a prolapsed uterus. She had had a gynecological test six months before and had been healthy. In addition to this, her eyesight worsened after the experience to the point where she was forced to wear corrective lenses for the first time in her life. Also, her previous medical condition of hypertension seemed to have made an improvement to the degree where she was able to drop all previous anti-hypertensive medication. (Source: David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1973-94 (A1840), citing Dr. Walter Buhler & Jose Wilson Ribeiro, SBEDV).

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Summer of 1973; Littleyork, IN
9:30 p.m. Four people in a car were driving near Weston Lake when a bright floodlight-type light was pointed at them. The object was behind the witnesses and off to the right. They stopped their car and watched the object, described as a "flat-bottomed catfish-shaped" object, as it passed overhead and off to the right at 65-70 mph and about 100' up. An airflow-like whistle could be heard as it passed low overhead and headed SE. Duration: 10 mins. (FI-4 /Palmiter/ MUFON Indiana)


June 2, 1973; Divernon, IL
2:15 to 2:30 a.m. The UFO had a series of bright running lights, much like one would see on any other aircraft. Suddenly, a large orange-red light was turned on beneath the UFO which lit up the entire landscape. The witness couldn't tell if  it was from one source or several lights, but; it was all from toe same craft. He stopped and turned engine off, got| out and watched about ten or fifteen minutes.  "There wasn't a sound," he said. "And there was an airplane flying high overhead, which we heard. This was much closer, perhaps a thousand feet away, some 500' feet off the ground." The unusual item moved quickly to the north, then seemed to travel around the city of Springfield, to the east. (Courier, Jacksonville, IL, June 3)

Object spirals in sky and seems to land. Upon getting close to assumed area of landing, compass begins spinning wildly. (Mike Swords; Source: W.C.Chalker. Tyringham-Dundurrabin Flap [mini-monogragh or case file] ,18pp., 1973. (CUFOS files).

2:00 AM. Bright light floods home. Horse froths and runs wild. (Mike Swords; Source: W.C.Chalker. Tyringham-Dundurrabin Flap [mini-monogragh or case file] ,18pp., 1973. (CUFOS files).

June 7, 1973; Sousas, Brazil
Yellow "fireball" approached, stopped fifty meters away, prickling sensation felt, later intense headaches. (Flying Saucer Review Case Histories, Supplement 17; See Rodeghier, 1981, p. 57 {E} car).

Globular lemony-colored object is extended from the bottom of a ball which is changing color, red to green cyclically. Glob is at end of an extended "tongue". Main object then slowly "sucks" it back in. (Mike Swords; Source: W.C.Chalker. Tyringham-Dundurrabin Flap [mini-monogragh or case file] ,18pp., 1973. (CUFOS files).

June 14, 1973; Princeton, IL
UFOs were sighted by three young girls traveling Interstate 80, five 'miles west of Princeton at approximately 3:38 a.m. State Police District 7 in Rock Island reported. The girls, ages 18 and 19, from Albany, N.Y., and Bristolville, Ohio, told investigating troopers that they had seen a silver, gray and black flying object emitting a green mellow light. The girls said that the object made several maneuvers in a rapid manner, and, prior to disappearing, two other objects were accompanying the first one. The girls said the object was flying in a southeast to northwest direction. Another traveler at the rest area, a Milwaukee man, allegedly photographed the objects with a high powered camera, but he had left the area before troopers arrived at the scene, troopers said. (Times, Ottaw, IL, Jun 15)

Domed disk making noise like aboriginal "bull-roarer" descends like "falling leaf or pendulum", and that morning a lady from Dundurrabin heard strange noises and weird "moonlight" through her window. Her clock was discovered to have stopped [though it wasn't electric]. She thought this was odd when her neighbors came to her house to inquire about the time since their clock had stopped too. (Mike Swords; Source: W.C.Chalker. Tyringham-Dundurrabin Flap [mini-monogragh or case file] ,18pp., 1973. (CUFOS files).

Flashes and humming noises noticed over house three nights in a row. Animals extremely agitated. The source of this was not seen, but seemed to be coming from above. (Mike Swords; Source: W.C.Chalker. Tyringham-Dundurrabin Flap [mini-monogragh or case file] ,18pp., 1973. (CUFOS files).

June 19, 1973; Cape Girardeau, MO
7:12 p.m. Dull gray, bullet-shaped object observed for several seconds by Harley Rutledge of Project Identification. (Project Identification, page139)

June 20, 1973; Fort Wayne, IN
10:30 p.m. One resident reported seeing a large hovering aerial object described as round or pear-shaped with four or five red lights on top and bottom and a large white light atop. It was dome shaped at top and rounded at bottom with what appeared to be a partitioned frame within the window. Another resident said she saw the object while en route to a food market. For awhile it was above her auto at a height estimated at equivalent to a block or two. After moments it suddenly took off eastward at unbelievable speed, gradually disappearing. Lights on the object dimmed gradually before its departure. (SL-70, page 10)

June 23, 1973: Piedmont, MO
10:30 p.m. From a cabin on the Rothwell Ranch, two men watched as a bright light that had a ring around it rose from low on the ESE horizon, moved up-down, then left-right, for a distance of 15 degrees over a 30 minute period beginning at 10:30 p.m. The object silently radiated lines of concentric circles like heat waves. At one point a small light joined the first object. (Source: MUFON database of field investigations, case file dated July 9, 1973, field investigator Dan A. Rothwell).

A disk hovered and extended a "v-shaped" beam of green light, which seemed to be "solid", cut-off, and able to be oscillated up and down under the craft. (Mike Swords; Source: W.C.Chalker. Tyringham-Dundurrabin Flap [mini-monogragh or case file] ,18pp., 1973. (CUFOS files).

June 28, 1973; Columbia, MO
Mobile home park UFO landing, sound, E-M, animal reactions, light beams, bright illumination, physical traces (UFOE II, Section I).

June 28, 1973; Sandoval, II
At 9:00 p.m. Mr. & Mrs. Sanders saw a cone-shaped UFO with multicolored lights at treetop level while driving on Route 51. The UFO made two circles over the highway, then headed off toward the south making a roaring sound. Their eyes were "foggy" for two days following their close encounter. (Source: John F. Schuessler, Physiological Effects from UFOs, case investigation report dated July 22, 1973).

June 29, 1973; Bayview, ID
Thirteen UFOs, which appeared as "steady white lights," were reported over Lake Pend Oreille by a local family. According to one of  the witnesses, the objects were in view for approximately one hour and were seen passing over the lake in all directions. They moved swiftly but emitted no apparent noise, according to the family. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, September 1973, page 3)

July, 1973; Kokkaido, Japan
Witness said light descended to an altitude of about 20 meters (75 feet) above the surface of the water and stopped, and then from the underside of the light came what appeared to be a glass-like transparent tube and when the leading edge of the tube touched the surface of the water, that part of the tube began to glow and appeared to be sucking up the bay water. Accompanying the projection of the tube to the water, was a sound which Kudou described to be like the sound of a cicada (insect) which emits sound like "min-min-min-min", but the sound accompanying the tube was not so monotonous and appeared to be lower in pitch. Later, he could make out more detail and noted that it was as smooth and round as a ping-pong ball, and he could now see what appeared to be small windows around the center of the object. In the central one and in another window two windows to the right, he saw two "eerie, shadow-like figures" which he said were too small and deformed to be called the shadows of men". (A.P.R.O. Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 10, April 1976, pp. 1,4 & 5)
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July 6, 1973; Fairfield, IL
Four boys (ages 14-18) saw an illuminated object shaped like a "flat football" near Fairfield Airport about 10 p.m. as they were on the road to Miriam. Earlier, about 8:00 p.m. the same object was seen by two other boys near the Drive In Theatre and Fairfield Gun Club, as it passed over their car heading toward Geff. The boys located the sheriff and his deputy at the Regal 8 Inn at Fairfield and reported the sighting. The men went outside to look, saw nothing, and made light of the boys' report. The two boys returned to the site where they had seen the object, spotted it again to the west and then followed it to Geff where it was then lost to view behind some trees. The boys said the object was football shaped, with red and white alternating lights around it and was the size of a half dollar held at arms length. (SL-70, page 10)

July 13, 1973; Emden, MO
3:30 a.m. Began with barking dog. The object was described as egg shaped or oblong, about the size of an average car.  It had a 3-dimensional appearance, “..like you could look through it, or right into it." The outside was orange and toward the center it was brighter and a slightly different color. The colors were described as similar to setting sun but not dark enough to be considered red. The night was very quiet with no wind. (AR Case, Woodward)

6:30 p.m. Miguel Romera Fernandez de Cordoba was flying a forest fire aircraft from Palamos to Playa de Oro at 3,000 feet altitude, and with a clear sky and a good visibility. Suddenly he saw a strange object which looked like a rugby ball cut on lower part. The object paced and maintained same position on the right of the aircraft for 10-12 minutes. The aircraft radio system failed during the sighting. The movement of the object gave to the pilot a sensation of fear. (Source: NARCAP Case 35, Dr Richard F. Haines Files) Table 1, 116,
Oct. 11, 1973; Connersville, IN
7:50 p.m. Four witnesses reported two objects flew over at 400-800 feet and headed east. Each oval-shaped object looked like it had around 25 yellow and green lights, with a mist around them. (Worley files)

Oct. 12, 1973; Cincinnati, OH
Humanoid being observed in object like transparent "bell jar" (UFOE II, Section XII)

Oct.13, 1973; Hollywood, FL
8:30 p.m. A former naval pilot, his wife and two children spotted a "flying saucer like" object. The man observed the object for about 25 minutes through binoculars as it traveled inland moving in wide counter-clockwise circles. The object was flying at high altitude and spinning. Dozens of white lights were observed on the object. (Reference: UFO INVESTIGATOR, December 1973, page 3)

Oct. (middle), 1973; Connersville, IN
Around 8:00 p.m. Grey fish-shaped object with plastic-like compartment on front and portholes on sides. Hull illuminated by some 25 gold colored lights around bottom. Witness experienced heat, and their ears hurt from the humming sound as object hovered and passed over field near Fountain St. Two dark figures with very large white eyes were in the pilots compartment. Seen from shoulders up these were thinner build than humans. Two more occupants of the same description were seen in portholes along side of craft. Witnesses afraid but did not run due to curiosity. (Worley files)

Oct. 14, 1973; Boston, OH
Evening. About eighty reports. Woman "hysterically" told law officers an oblong object with blinking lights landed in a field in Highland County. She was screaming and claimed a couple of cows were killed when the object landed. (SL-73,11)
Oct. 18, 1973; Fort Knox, KY
7:15 a.m. Sergeant First Class Ralph E. Green, motor sergeant for the Headquarters Company 194th Armored Brigade, spotted the UFO Thursday morning. "I was walking up the road by the motor pool and I caught sight of this extreme burst of light twirling in the air. It had a bright red light on top and a bright red light on bottom. And in between were these rotating lights . . .green, blue, yellow,  and red." He described the object as oval-shaped with a dark background. It seemed. enormous although it was too far away to really estimate its size. "It was roughly a mile or so away and roughly 1,000 feet off the ground," he said. When Green first saw the UFO, it was slowly coming toward him, but then it slowed and "hovered over a wooded area in the tank trails by the motor pool," he explained. Green yelled at PFC Eddie R. Halstead, who was working in the motor pool's tool room. PFC Halstead also described the UFO as circular with red, green, blue end yellow lights flashing around the center . . ."like a Christmas tree."..."The UFO hovered over the area for a while, SFC Green said. "It was positioned so still. . .it looked like it would fall out of the sky. It wasn't even moving, then it slowly started to veer off to the right, made a real sharp right turn and disappeared. It went so fast it went plumb out of sight." (Louisville Courier, Oct. 25)

Oct. 18, 1973; Rosewood, OH
7:30 p.m. American Airlines Flight 21, a Boeing 747 at 33,000' encountered apparently the same UFO witnessed by Capt. Coyne and his crew over Mansfield, OH. (CUFOS,92)

Oct. 18, 1973; OH
Table 1, 116,

Oct. 18, 1973; Galion, OH
9:00 p.m. (+-) Walter and Mary Kowalchik near Mansfield were talking on the local network of  their Ham radio group with Richard Swain, a Technical Sergeant in the Air Force, who was in Galion, Ohio. Kowalchik reported: Swain said, "There's something strange. First of all, it's a strange light. No airplane has a light like that. It's an orange glow, rather than a flashing red or green. And secondly," he said, "it isn't behaving like an aircraft. -Now wait a minute, there's something strange herel" And he was all excited.  He was in Galion and he said it was heading towards Shelby. (Ref. 7, page 87, Zeidman)

Oct. 18, 1973; Shelby, OH
9:00 p.m. (approx) The Kowalchik sighting. Mary sighted an aircraft in the sky, and she knew it was an aircraft because of the flashing lights on the craft, and it was moving at a very steady rate across the sky like an airplane would, whereas the other object was moving very rapidly from spot to spot on the skyline. So Mary called Walter out and as he got there she said, "Look at that! Oh my God, they're gonna crash!"  Because they were on a collision course—at least it appeared from there, and they did come close together and veered off--the orange object veered off, and the plane kept going on, and that's about the extent of our sighting. (Ref. 7, page 88, Zeidman)

Oct. 18, 1973; Mt. Vernon, IN
10:30 p.m. Lady had gone to bed but was disturbed by a noise, described as sounding like a barge on the river. She decided to go outside and check it out. She saw an object over her garage and to the south, merely an outline produced by as many as 50 lights, not exactly evenly-spaced. It didn't appear to have any body, and it had a red flashing light on the rear, long and narrow, about 3 times as long as it was wide, moving real slow East to West. She observed the long side view about 3 minutes, and right in front of her house it turned south toward the river and she saw the end view, described as like a squared-off cigar. At this time it was really low and she said she should have seen metal as it went past a tree. 5 minutes. (UFO Filter Center Files, FI Fran Ridge, MUFON SSD).

Oct. 18, 1973; Mansfield, OH
11:05 p.m. Army Reserve helicopter encountered domed, craft-like object that beamed green light into cockpit, lifted helicopter off course (UFOE II). The Army helicopter 68-15444 was returning from Columbus, Ohio to Cleveland, Ohio, and southeast of Mansfield Airport, Ohio while flying at an altitude of 2500 feet and on a heading of 030 degrees, SSG Yanacsek observed a red light on the east horizon, 90 degrees to the flight path of the helicopter. Approximately 30 seconds later, SSG Yanacsek indicated the object was converging on the helicopter at the same altitude at an airspeed in excess of 600 knots and on a midair collision heading. Captain Coyne observed the converging object, took over the controls of the aircraft and initiated a power descent from 2500 feet to 1700 feet to avoid impact with the object. A radio call was initiated to Mansfield Tower who acknowledged the helicopter and was asked by Capt. Coyne if there were any high performance aircraft flying in the vicinity of Mansfield Airport, however there was no response received from the tower. The crew expected impact from the object; instead the object was observed to hesitate momentarily over the helicopter and then slowly continued on a westerly course accelerating at a high rate of speed, clear west of Mansfield Airport then turn 45 degrees heading to the Northwest. Capt. Coyne indicated the altimeter read a 100 fpm (feet per minute) climb and read 3500 feet with the collective in the full down position. The aircraft was returned to 2500 feet by Capt. Coyne and flown back to Cleveland, Ohio. The flight plan was closed and the FAA Flight Service Station notified of the incident. The radio returned to normal 10 minutes after the incident, having gone completely dead on both UHF and VHF frequencies just after Coyne had established contact with Mansfield control tower. Some witnesses on the ground reported seeing the helicopter as well as and object "like a blimp" and "as big as a school bus" hovering above the helicopter. When the UFO's green light appeared it was described by the witnesses as "like rays coming down and the helicopter, the trees, the road and everything turned green."  Capt Coyne : "From a speed of 600 mph, it abruptly slowed down to our exact speed of 100 mph and hovered above us." Co-pilot Jezzi: "The object was cigar-shaped, metallic grey, with a dome on top." Staff Sergeant Healey : "It was about 60 feet long, without any portholes or intake openings that we could see. At first it was just showing a red light in nose. Then a green spotlight at the back swept around and shone into our cabin." (Sources: Zeidman, NARCAP Case 36, Army Disposition Form, 23 Nov 1973 )

Oct 18, 1973; Near Savannah, GA
A tiny silver being was seen standing beside U.S. Rt. 17. A line of autos slowed down to observe the humanoid, but no one left his car. (Ref. 5)

Oct. 19, 1973; Oswego, NY
5:45 a.m. Two farmers, 25 and 16, were at work, One was in the barn and the other outdoors. The second witness was in the process of bringing cows in for milking. He was 20 feet from the barn when a red/blue domed object appeared over the barn, passing over his head and then over a 250 x 450 yard pasture containing five cows. The object was apparently not traveling fast. As the object passed over the five cows, they ran in all directions, two of them breaking through a barbed wire fence to the S and one breaking through the fence to the N, sustaining injuries.

Oct. 19, 1973; Draguignan, France
Four youths in two cars drove up a small mountain (le Malinont) to investigate the sighting of an orange-yellow UFO seen earlier by a friend and his girl. No UFO was seen, but a diffuse white glow silhouetted a being approaching the group. Later two of the witnesses saw three entities pursuing their slowly retreating car. The entities were wearing one-piece suits with a waist-high red light. The head or helmet was square with luminous, rectangular eye slots. One of them wore a gas-mask with a veil covering the face. Their gait was slow and mechanical. Meanwhile, in the other car, the other two witnesses twice saw two sets of "red legs" crossing the road and later their car was swung sideways across the road, then back again. Other effects included heat, a smell of burnt insulation tape, the beings conversing with modulated whistles, one of the cars being shaken while parked, a powerful white light beam and E-M effects on both cars. No traces were found. (Ref. 5, First hand investigation,  Section XII Rodeghier, 1981, [L] car).

Oct. 19, 1973; Ashburn, GA
Woman had power failure in car, encountered a small humanoid with metallic-appearing garb and bubble helmet (UFOE II, Section XII).

Oct.19,1973; Copeland, NC
Bluish oval object hovered near mobile home, three-foot-tall humanoid in golden metallic suit seen nearby (UFOE II, Section XII).

Oct. 19, 1973; Indianapolis, IN
Cessna pilot, object on radar. No details or listed source.

Oct. 19, 1973; Albany, OH
7:30 p.m. Upon arriving home, witness saw a "ghost-like" figure floating about 50 ft above the ground at 1000 ft distance; it was about 4 ft tall  and thin, "like a person draped in a close-fitting sheet."  It was seen only briefly when she noticed a bright white object moving about, and approaching to within 200 ft, before going away. Object was about 20 ft in diameter and about 25-30 ft off the ground. Later, as she made supper, she saw a "little blue-green thing" about 2.5 ft tall and with a face with "spiky things at the tops and the sides of the head," look in an open door; it had stumpy arms  (she saw no legs), and quickly disappeared from sight. UFO sightings occurred about the same time in nearby Athens and elsewhere. (Eberhardt, Sympap75,74, Ref. 5)

Oct. 19, 1973; between Vernon and Sherritts, OH
8:35 p.m. Radar/visual, 2 witnesses. No details (Haines Summary of Cases Reviewed, Sympap79,116) Table 1, 116,

Oct. 19, 1973; Goshen, OH
9:00 p.m. (=-) While out on his farm with his coon dogs, "Sam" came upon a dimly lit object sitting in a field on tripod legs, approx. 300 ft away. The object was saucer-shaped with a dome atop, and about 75-100 ft wide, with two blue and two white lights. Three humanoid figures of roughly normal size were seen moving about the object. The dogs "carried on something fierce" and approached no closer; after almost three minutes, the figures were seen climbing up a ladder under the center of the object, which then took off vertically. 3-min. (Personal communication from the investigator via Len Stringfield, January, 1975, CHR73,56).

Oct. 19, 1973; Ashburn, GA
A woman was driving on Interstate 75 when her engine, power brakes and steering quit. No UFO was seen, but a small, metallic man appeared after she had pulled the car to the roadside. It had a bubble-dome head with rectangular eye openings. The head moved like a robot. From the elbows down, the arms were narrow and wrinkled, like a chicken's legs. It moved around the car, then was gone. Afterwards she found the engine billowing smoke and the hood intensely hot. (Ref. 5)

Oct. 19, 1973; Campbellsville, KY
9:30 p.m. Two men followed an object that looked about the size of a B-52, then lost sight of it behind a cluster of trees. "I do a lot of flying myself," one commented, "and when I first sighted this object I thought it was going to land at the airport." (see news clipping)

Oct. 19, 1973; Copeland, NC
A farm couple encountered a blue, oval UFO hovering near their mobile home. Then they saw a 3-foot humanoid in a gold metallic coverall. Their dog fled the area to return the next day. (Ref. 5)

Oct. 20, 1973; Campbellsville, KY
2:00 a.m. An early morning encounter with a "triangular-shaped object about the size of two cars" hovering about tree-top high not more than 100 yards" from home. "Early Saturday morning about 2a.m. a dog awoke our little boy," said Richerson. "My wife went to calm him down and while she was bent over to pick him up she looked out the window and saw this glowing object across the road. She came in and woke me up and we stood there for about 15 minutes watching it hover in a field across the road. I wish now that I had gone out but it startled me." (See drawing/news clipping)

Oct. 20, 1973; Near Mt. Vernon, IN
6:50 a.m. UFO stops train. L&N train crew experienced loss of engine power and false readings from blocking system, then noticed light following them which they thought was another train. As "object" approached, the crew got a "red board" indicating (usually) that a train was on the track behind them. Later, when the train didn't materialize and the light backed away from them, the "board" lit up "green", meaning the source was retreating down the tracks. After the UFO left, the train regained power and was able to proceed into Evansville. (UFO Filter Center Files, FI Fran Ridge, report to MUFON, CUFOS)

Oct. 20, 1973; Fort Smith, AR
Glowing disc descended within 6' of car, "computer-like" sound. (Southwest Times Record, Oct 21, 1973; cited in Rodeghier, 1981, p. 59 [E,R,L] car).

Oct. 21, 1973; Covedale, OH
A mother and her son observed a gray humanoid near a UFO. The being was completely surrounded by a bell jar-shaped area of light. No facial features could be discerned. Ground traces from the UFO were later found. (CHR73,32)

Oct. 22, 1973; Upton, IN
6:50 p.m. A man was farming and noticed an object which looked like it was going to land. No sound was heard. Observer and daughter were about 2-3 blocks from the OWL (my designation for an object with lights) and moved to the other side of the field to watch. Described "real bright", "red, white (or amber) and green" lights. This object was either on or near the (RR) tracks just before a train heading NW went through. Object dimmed and hovered near passing train for about a minute, then took off towards Mt. Vernon. Daughter was scared. (UFO Filter Center Files, FI Fran Ridge, MUFON SSD).

Oct. 22, 1973 (?); Mauni, IL
Unconfirmed date & insufficient data report of an object seen flying over a train. (Source: Logged 749, RR employee)

Oct. 22, 1973; Hartford City, IN
9:45 p.m. Couple in car with baby approach small bright silver figures bouncing on highway 9 miles east of Hartford City. They seemed to be dressed in silver suits with tube running from face to chest. On the feet of the two small figures were square looking objects that extended over at the heel. The frightened female driver opted not to turn and instead sped at the figures and swerved around them as they moved clumsily in slow motion attempting to get off the highway. Down road calmer male witness took over and returned to area (home was nearby). The figures had disappeared but witnesses observed a snake-like pattern of lights over nearby cornfield. Next day in this field small footprints were found by State Policeman sheriff's deputy, and witness. (Worley files, CHR73,34; UFOE II, Section XII).
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Oct. 23, 1973; Hartford City, IN
12:15 a.m. A wrecker truck driver, gas station owner, encountered these same figures about one mile south of the first sighting. He first noticed cats, rabbits, possums etc moving out of the locality then spotted the two figures in the pasture field. They were too bright and turned their backs to the light so he observed them only with the side of his wrecker headlights. The high pitched sound was also present. He too noticed their square footwear with the heel overhang. The little figures bounced slow motion into the air two times with arms flopping a little. Then on the third bounce they both just took off in a feet down position. The startled observer lost them when they sailed out of the area illuminated by his lights. He did see some tracer-like lights coming down from above. (Worley files).

Oct. 23, 1973; Russell Springs, KY
A woman saw two 3-ft tall beings in her carport who walked around the side of the house, entered a craft "shaped like a washing tub" sitting on the ground, which then rose over the house and disappeared. The men were reddish and walked like they were on tip toes. The ground was disturbed where the craft had been sitting. (CHR73,36; UFOE II, Section XII).

Oct. 24, 1973; Mt. Airy, NC
Rash of UFO sightings by citizens and police. Round, red-orange objects, rapid flight, erratic maneuvers. (UFOE II, Section V)

Oct. 24, 1973; Dobson, NC
Motorist experienced E-M effects as oval object landed near his car. Encounter with frightening being. (UFOE II, Section XII).

Oct. 24, 1973; Fayette County, IN
No sound,15 secs. Dark object with blue and red lights and one intense white light which blinded him. Object arose from in front of trees south of witness and passed over auto then went out of sight in the north. State Police called. (Worley files)

Oct. 24, 1973; Fredericktown, OH
About 9:00 p.m. CE-III; possible CE-IV. Woman in car pulling into drive, notices her headlights appear to cause a "washtub" object to light up and illuminate her back yard. (See report. MORA3/93)

Oct. 25, 1973; Christy Creek, KY
9:00 p.m. Glowing orange oval hovered 300 feet above car, light reflected brightly off of car hood; object then sped out of sight. (News clipping; UFOE II, Section VIII)


Oct. 28, 1973; Villa Bordeu, Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Disc. 13ft. diameter. Three human-like beings: Two short-haired blond men 1 long haired blond woman. Silvery clothing. Object hovered 12 ft. above ground. (Dionisio Yanca, Ref. Molon Study; UFOE II, Section XIII).


Oct. 31, 1973; Okawville, IL
Time not given. About 20 miles southwest of Okawville. Eight; high school students were driving a station wagon when they spotted an unexplainable light hovering above the road directly in front of them, and then quickly disappeared. (News clipping) 

Nov. 1, 1973; Morehead City, NC
Round object with red and green blinking lights around circumference hovered near car. (UFOE II, Section VIII)

Nov. 1, 1973; Bufkin, IN
10:40 p.m. Blue and green object with humming noise observed near Mt. Vernon for 10 minutes. First went from west to east, then north to south, moving up and down and back and forth. Last seen at Meade Johnson plant at Mt. Vernon. (UFOFC, Ridge files)

Nov. 2, 1973; Goffstown, NH
2:45 a.m. UFO with bright yellow light paced car, moved in front of it; motorist felt dizzy and numb. Police officer responding to call also observed it.  Witness could see that it was an orange and gold globe covered with hexagons like a honeycomb, with an oval window on the upper left. The red, green, and blue flashes were coming from somewhere near the center of the object, and she could hear a high-pitched sound. (UFOE II, Section VIII)

Nov. 2, 1973; Mt. Vernon, IN
10:37 p.m. Chief of Police Wilfred Clark & Officer John Tucker were on a pursuit of a drunken-driver who had gone into a ditch. While they were waiting for a wrecker they observed an OBOL (Orange Ball of Light) which reacted to light. Flashlight seemed to cause the object to get brighter and closer. After about 1-1/2 minutes of observing the object the squad car spotlight was put on it and the object moved off. (UFO Filter Center Files, FI Fran Ridge, MUFON SSD).

Nov. 2, 1973; Mt. Vernon, IN
10:40 p.m. The witness was a 23-year-old warehouseman at Mt. Vernon Milling Co. and reported a wedge-shaped object. While at work he observed it south above Fuhrer Ford for about 15-20 seconds. "I went out to check my hopper cars. Climbing up onto the car I happened to look back. I stood on top and watched the object until it disappeared. Best I can describe (it, is) at about six city blocks away...60-100 feet in the air.... I could hear no sound.....Seemed like it disappeared as if you would shut off a TV set. It was light orange and slowly faded out," (UFOFC, Ridge files)

Nov. 6, 1973; Evansville, IN
2:09 a.m. Owner of Stadium Inn saw huge glowing object from front of place of business, chased at high speed on Division St.. Object at 1500' altitude and one mile range lit up Meade Johnson, looked like yellow-gold big moon. Referred by State Police. (UFOFC, Ridge files)

Nov. 7, 1973; Chesapeake, VA
Disc-shaped object surrounded by bright green halo, red light emitted from underside. (UFOE II, VIII)

Nov. 7, 1973; Winnfield, LA
Woman driving from Winnfield to Sikes on this foggy night encountered along the roadway a three-foot-tall humanoid being with a large oval head and two bright red eyes (UFOE II, Section XII).

Nov. 8, 1973; La Paz, Bolivia
Top-shaped object with windows moved with "incredible speed," darted behind jet interceptor, shot straight up in sky (UFOE II, Section II). Table 1, 116,

Nov. 8, 1973; Blythe, CA

Nov. 8, 1973; Falmouth, Nova Scotia
6:15 pm. On an evening with an overcast at 3,000-4,000 feet and with 15 mile visibility, two low flying brilliantly red lights were observed for 15 minutes. During this time, the family dog was described as greatly agitated. Joan Scofield, her husband and four children, saw the two brilliantly red lights, one following the other. They flew low from south to north at various speeds that ranged from slow to so fast they became a blur. Lost behind trees, they were assumed to have circled as they came back from the opposite direction. (Joan Woodward, AR Specialist)

Nov. 11, 1973; LaPaz, Bolivia
Airline crew and interceptor pilot. No details.

Nov. 12, 1973; Toronto
No details. Table 1, 116,

Nov. 16, 1973; Evansville, IN
9:45 p.m. Young man (15) and three others (l boy & 2 girls) saw object come down and land twice, tried to catch it as it traveled about 10' above the ground. Had round thing on it like an electric eye and glowing red basket-like bottom section. Conventional aircraft near had spotlights. Phoned into UFO Filter Center by boy's mother. (FI-4, Ridge files).




Nov. 19, 1973; Sidrolandia, Brazil
Orange oval emerged from white cloud, hovered near truck, small humanoid visible inside object. (See Section XII [E] truck)

Nov. 20, 1973; Mt. Vernon, IN
6:50 a.m. The main witness was a conductor on a L&N train that had just had an encounter with a UFO before he called in his report to Francis Ridge, the head of the UFO Filter Center at Mt. Vernon. They had gone through Mt. Vernon and were headed East nearing the Lamont crossing, 2-miles east of the city of Evansville. A nocturnal light incident preceded this close encounter. When they neared Caborn (6-7 miles east of Mt. Vernon), the conductor told the rear conductors by intercom that they had seen a real bright light. When they got near St. Phillips, the rear conductor reported that there now was a train following them, on the same track.  The RR blocking system showed something approaching them. One of the diesel engine units overheated and the train was immobilized. When the object behind the train backed away, the blocking system showed the object retreating. The diesel unit was now restarted and the train, loaded down with coal, made it up the hill and on into Evansville. See full report. (UFO Filter Center, FI Francis Ridge, MUFON SSD). 

Nov. 21, 1973; on a farm in Joliette, Canada
2:00 AM. The wife of the house couldn't sleep, and was sitting up in the darkness of the house smoking a cigarette. She was startled by a white object which seemed to be standing just outside her kitchen window. When she went over to inspect, she saw a "4-foot tall thing". This was not a UFO, but appeared to be a creature of some kind. This thing had a large round head with very large, too large, eyes in it. These "eyes" seemed to glow with phosphorescence. Around this "head", or was it a helmet?, there was a halo of soft "flames". "Shoulders" angled directly down at a 45 degree slope. No more of "it", whatever it was, could be recalled. The farm lady was not at all afraid of this entity, and said, rather, that she thought it "beautiful" and was attracted by it. She said, perhaps more ominously, that she could not move away from the window. She thought the sighting lasted only about 15 seconds, and then she suddenly snapped to, and realized that something odd was happening. She roused her husband, who dressed and went outside. There was no trace of the "thing" except perhaps one fact: their dog was found "scared to death" and lying low on the ground. It would not follow the farmer as he inspected the grounds.

Nov. 21, 1973; That same evening, local police and a Catholic priest both reported UFO sightings around a nearby quarry. Once again many other cases were reported in the Quebec region. The entity in this case is unique. It is most like the famous 1952 Braxton County [Flatwoods] WV "Monster", which was one of the first entity encounters ever reported in the U.S. Sources: Claude MacDuff, "The November 1973 UFO-Invasion of Quebec" [monograph], 1976, Ted Bloecher files (CUFOS); and (same) UFOLOGY Fall 1976; and [letter] Wido Hoville to Ted Bloecher, August 19, 1976.

Nov. 23, 1973; Matthews, MO
11:30 p.m. This close encounter began with the observation of five red lights in a curve, indicating something round. The witness was driving to her grandmother's house and witnessed the bright lights which were very low out her passenger window to the east. When the lights got behind her she pulled off the road and got out of the car as they approached. Another car from the north stopped to see if she needed help, saw the lights and sped off. Object passed over with a humming noise. ((AUN10,2)

Nov. 25, 1973; Falmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
9:50 p.m. The RCMP report states that while on patrol that night, Constable Ralph Keeping was contacted by Lawrence Smith of Lower Shag Harbour. Smith reported that he and his brother Manus Smith had been driving on old Highway 3 near the western Bear Point turnoff when they encountered some lights in the sky. Investigation shows the incident turned out to be a Close Encounter of the Third Kind and possibly even more.

Nov. 28, 1973; Gallup Poll

                             Showed that 51 percent of Americans believe UFOs are "real," 11 percent claim personal sightings, and 93 percent are aware of the subject.

References:
1. Volume II, The UFO Evidence, A Thirty-Year Report - Richard Hall, 2000

2. CUFOS report, Rodeghier,

3. NUFORC, Reports gleaned from National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, WA, Peter Davenport

4. AR Case (Animal Reaction [Category 4]}; Joan Woodward, AR Specialist..

5. CHR, Catalog of Humanoid Reports, David Webb

6. Sympap, MUFON Symposium Proceedings Paper