Encounters with Aliens on this Day
January 5
1955 - A red circular object three meters in diameter was observed to land and take off again in San Sebastian, Spain. Three independent witnesses saw the object come to ground. They described it as a very bright red globe 2.5 meters in diameter, which they thought was made of a metallic material. When one witness approached to within 100 meters, the object took off. The principal witness was a 23-year-old man named Galarraga. (Sources: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 248; Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Catalogue of 200 Type-I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, case 18; UNICAT database, case 565, citing Stendek).
1958 - At around 4 p.m. a silver gray disc followed two witnesses
in their car along the side of road in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State,
South Africa at low altitude. It then abruptly shot off into the
sky. Later that same evening in Beachwood, Ohio three nocturnal
lights traced a perfect triangular path in the sky. (Sources: (1) Cynthia
Hind, UFO AfriNews, July 1992; (2) Richard H. Hall, The UFO
Evidence (Volume I), p. 15; Otto Binder, What We Really Know About
Flying Saucers, p. 38; Richard Haines, Project Delta: A Study of
Multiple UFO, p. 90).
1966 - Violet Bricker was driving two miles north of La Harpe, Illinois on Rte. 94 at 8:15 a.m. when she observed a light flash that she first believed was an approaching plane. As it neared she saw it was more dirigible-shaped and closed rapidly on a collision course with her. It stopped and hovered over the telephone lines opposite her car. It was ovoid shaped and made no sound, and was about as long as a Piper Club. It had a single bright yellow-white light on the end facing her. There were no doors, ports, or landing gear visible, but a lateral line like a seam encircled the UFO. It began revolving in a clockwise motion on its axis, bringing the other end in view and exposing a two-foot platform on which stood a "man" wearing a bulky, white, one-piece suit. He was about five and one half feet tall, stocky build, and he stood with his left hand against the object and his right hand on his hip, staring directly down on the witness. His face had a ruddy complexion and his eyes were dark, but he looked entirely normal otherwise. The object drifted about on its axis and the man was lost from view. Ms. Bricker was so taken aback by the experience she could not recall if she actually stopped her car or not. She recalled seeing a man and a woman on foot not 20 feet away to whom she signaled frantically to catch their attention, but to no avail. (Source: David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1966-01).
1967 - At 4:00 a.m. a 32-year-old man was driving to work in Winsted, Minnesota in his 1964 Chevy truck when he had to get out and inspect his vehicle when the engine stalled. Only then did he observe an intense light to his right, coming closer. He saw it land on the road and locked himself inside the cab of his truck. The craft settled on a tripod landing gear; it measured 25 meters in diameter and was 10 meters high. Something similar to an elevator came down from it, and a man dressed in blue coveralls "with something like a glass fish bowl on his head," of medium height, seemed to check something and then left. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, case 809).
1968 - An very bright, yellowish orange, disc-shaped UFO landed at a remote distance from two men, Sr. Massague and Sr. Aguade, in the Torrellas de las Foix mountains, Barcelona, Spain at 8:15 a.m. It was ten meters in diameter, and estimated to be about 3500 meters away. (Source: Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos, Catalogue of 200 Type-I UFO Events in Spain and Portugal, case 54, citing CEI).
1969 - At four o'clock in the morning a glowing object rose to the surface and floated on the ocean off the coast of Vina del Mar, Valparaiso, Chile. The surface of the sea boiled and there was an odor of sulphur in the air. At 11:45 p.m. on the highway between Campos and Itaparuna, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil a single witness stopped his car to watch a metallic domed ovoid-shaped object hovering over a nearby hilltop. The dome on the object glowed a purple color. (Sources: (1) Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue 118; (2) UFO Nachtrichten, February 1973, citing a newspaper source).
1974 - At 6:00 p.m. a motorist watched a nine meter in diameter domed disc-shaped object fly to the west over the reservoir in Rambouillet, Yvelines department, France. It directed a beam of light down on the water. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, June 1975).
1975 - At 6:50 p.m. a domed disc with three landing gear legs,
15 meters long with portholes, took off from a landing on a farm in Laulne,
Manche department, France. It left behind ground imprint marks
and an odor like petroleum. There were three adult witnesses named LeClere,
Vildier, and Richard; and the event lasted 20 minutes. The three large
landing pod imprints formed an irregularly spaced triangle 1m x 1.6m x
2.5m. (Sources: Roland Godefroy, Phenomenes Spatiaux, March 1975,
p. 9).
1976 - At 5:50 p.m. Jean Claude Silvente, age 10, was walking through a vacant lot overgrown with brush and surrounded by buildings in Domene, Isere, France when he heard a noise, and saw that a bell-shaped UFO had landed next to some bushes. It was about 30 feet away from him, about 15 feet high, a luminous white color, and resting on five thin legs. A door in the craft opened and a very tall man, at least two meters tall, emerged. He wore tight, white luminous coveralls and had long blond hair. On the back of each hand was a green circle. He walked stiffly with his arms extended in front of him, in the manner of a sleepwalker. When the boy sneezed, this “giant” turned toward him, and Jean Claude ran home. A short while later he was sent out by his mother to get some milk, and while returning home he saw the same being again. It was following him on the sidewalk 80 feet behind, still with its arms held out stiffly in front of him. Jean Claude ran home. Note: An almost identical humanoid was seen in Chamouilley, France in October of that same year. It had similar features, was tall and had blond hair, and it also walked in the manner of a sleepwalker with one slight difference, it appeared to be wearing tight-fitting goggles. (Sources: Charles Bowen, Saga UFO Report, November 1976, p. 62; Bil Gil Helair, Skylook, May 1976, p. 5; Alain Gamard, UFO Register, volume 7, p. 44; Jean-Claude Bourret, OVNI l' Armee Parle, p. 146; David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Human Reports, case 1976-02, citing Michel Levy, Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 159).
1979 - In the town of Bannalec, Finistere, France a 15
meter in diameter circular object hovered near the ground at around 10
p.m. for three minutes. It had a blue halo, and shot away very fast. (Source:
Lumieres dans la Nuit, February 1979).
1979 - During a period of repeated sightings of low level lights and a diamond-shaped object over the area, a witness reported seeing a 7-8 foot tall hairy figure in a field at 11:00 p.m. near Sturbridge, Massachusetts. He shone a spotlight at it and the creature ran towards him. The witness fired three shots at it and then ran away, shooting one more time over his shoulder. The shots appeared to have no effect on the creature, but it stopped and did not pursue him further. (Sources: Ann Druffel, MUFON UFO Journal, March 1979, p. 17; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A2192; Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1979, case addendum # 741, citing CUFOS).
1980 - At around five a.m. the witness, a 33-year-old painter living in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England suddenly awoke in his bedroom to see a huge two-meter tall glowing green figure standing at the foot of his bed. It looked to him more like a holographic image than a solid figure. The being apparently communicated with the witness using telepathy. Among the many things mentioned was that his race regularly transported human beings to other planets in order to colonize them. When a planet was in danger of overpopulation they somehow started a war in order to reduce the number of inhabitants on that planet. He also warned that the Earth was in danger of "breaking in half." Apparently the witness's wife slept through the entire encounter. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1980, case #3423, citing Jenny Randles).
1992 - A luminous glowing ball of light flew eastward in a descending staircase flight trajectory over Longchaumois, Jura department, France at 8:45 p.m. (Source: Lumieres dans la Nuit, issue # 312).
1997 - B. C., a 57-year-old farmer living in Ille et Vilaine, Chantepie, France was awakened at two a.m. by a noise like an explosion and a strident whistling sound. His wife continued to sleep. He got out of bed and went to the kitchen to get something to eat. Suddenly he saw a bright flash of light outside. He looked out the French windows of his farmhouse and saw lights in the middle of a field resembling headlights. He grabbed his shotgun and went out to investigate. Running toward the light, he attempted to shout a warning, but oddly no sound came out of his mouth. He next was hit by some invisible force field and was unable to move. He then saw two small beings emerge from the luminous form. The figures looked to be transparent and passed close to him, seemingly unaware of his presence. The figures then walked toward the nearby barn. At the same time he felt a prickling sensation and began to sweat. The small beings walked by him a second time and disappeared inside the luminous form. The light shot up into the sky vertically at an incredible speed. B. C. was now able to move and he returned to his kitchen, still sweating. When he got back to his bedroom his wife was still in bed sleeping. He appeared to have experienced some missing time. (Source: Albert S. Rosales, Humanoid Contact Database 1997, citing Sentinel News # 6, July-August 1997).
2003 - At 1:13 a.m. a witness in Plain Dealing, Louisiana reported several multi-colored lights maneuvering in the sky under the cloud cover. They made no sound, and were red, blue, and green in color. They moved up, down, side-to-side, and stopped to hover at times, but made no fast movements. The sighting lasted 54 minutes. (Source: Peter Davenport, National UFO Reporting Center, Seattle, January 2003 archived webpage).
Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 6 March 2007).
Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database.