10 of Most Famous UFO Sightings on Record

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10. Westall Encounter, Australia (1966)


In 1966, around 200 students and teachers in Westall, Melbourne witnessed an object that descended into a grassy field and took off over houses into a local suburb. The general consensus has been that it was an experimental military aircraft.

9. Maury Island Incident, Washington (1947)


A sailor named Harold Dahl claimed to have seen six UFOs while he was scavenging for driftwood in Puget Sound, Washington. He later claimed that “men in black” visited him and told him to stop telling his story. He eventually changed his mind and said it was all a hoax.

8. Shag Harbor, Canada (1967)


In 1967, an unidentified object crashed into Shag Harbor in Nova Scotia. After an investigation was conducted, the incident was classified as ‘unsolved’ by the Canadian Department of National Defense.

7. Levelland Case, Texas (1967)


In the Levelland Case of 1967, several car engines allegedly stalled after encountering a glowing, egg-shaped object. They then supposedly started up again after the object left. The police concluded that it was just an electrical storm.

6. Clyde W. Tombaugh Sighting, New Mexico (1949)


In 1949, Respected American astronomer Clyde Tombough (who was responsible for discovering the planet Pluto in 1930) spotted eight rectangular lights in the sky above Las Cruces in New Mexico. His credentials contributed to the popularity of his claims.

5. Rendlesham Forest Lights, England (1980)


The Rendlesham Forest Lights incident is the name given to a series of sightings and the alleged landing of a UFO in the Rendlesham Forest, England. The UK ministry of defense saw no threat to national security and as such, never investigated the incident.

4. The Hill Abduction, New Hampshire (1961)


A couple named Barney and Betty Hill who lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, reported in 1961 that they had been kidnapped by aliens. They recounted that inside the aircraft, they saw a 3D ‘star map’ which they believed the aliens use to identify their location.

3. Washington, D.C. Sighting, 1952


In 1952, several UFOs were spotted above the sky of Washington, D.C. The U.S. Air Force maintained that it was mere temperature change that had caused radar signals to bend and give false returns.

2. Kenneth Arnold Case, Washington (1947)


In 1947, an American businessman named Kenneth Arnold claimed to have seen several saucer-like objects flying in a chain above Mount Rainier in Washington. He was the one that coined the term “flying saucer” that same year.

1. Roswell, 1947




The Roswell incident remains to be the most famous UFO incident in history. It involved UFO hunters who claimed in 1947 that they saw the US military capture an alien aircraft, which the US military denied. The military said it was simply a surveillance device from a classified operation that they captured and not a flying saucer.

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