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Aviation

Cases involving aircraft, pilots, air traffic, interception, flight safety or searches conducted from the air.

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Kenneth Arnold: The Sighting That Named the Flying Saucer feature image

UFOs & Aerial Phenomena

Kenneth Arnold: The Sighting That Named the Flying Saucer

Kenneth Arnold’s 1947 report helped launch the modern flying-saucer era. His observation was sincere and carefully timed, but distance and object identity were never independently secured.

uncertainpublicCascade Range near Mount Rainier, Washington; representative pin24 June 1947
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UFOs & Aerial Phenomena

The Allagash Abductions: Memory After the Light

A shared light sighting on an Allagash lake preceded later hypnotic abduction accounts. The original observation is testimony; hypnosis does not validate the later memories.

disputedpublicEagle Lake, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Maine; representative pinAugust 1976; hypnotic accounts recorded in 1988–1989
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UFOs & Aerial Phenomena

The Phoenix Lights: Two Events, One Night

On 13 March 1997, reports of a moving light formation crossed Arizona before a separate row of lights appeared near Phoenix. One event has a strong military-flare explanation; the other remains disputed.

disputedpublicArizona sighting corridor; representative pin at Phoenix13 March 1997