Encounters with Aliens on this Day
January 14
1950 - At 4:45 p.m. Fairchild plant workers at the nuclear research facilities in Oak Ridge, Tennessee watched a brilliant fiery ball of light hover over restricted military airspace for about two minutes. (Source: Loren E. Gross, UFOs: A History. 1951, p. 3).
1965 - A newspaper boy in Riverside, California at 5:30 a.m. saw a football shaped UFO making a whining noise. (Sources: Fate, July 1965; Jacques Vallee, Passport to Magonia: A Century of Landings, p. 304).
1965 - At 10:00 p.m. that same night a newspaper reporter was
driving between Enfield and Wilmot, New Hampshire when his car
completely faiIed--lights, radio, and engine. He got out to investigate
and heard a hum like an electrical whine, then saw a bright light 2,000-5,000
feet high. It was hovering, then moved away quickly on a straight trajectory.
The lights and radio then came back on and the engine also started by
itself. The whole sighting lasted only 15-20 seconds. (Sources: Manchester
Union Leader, January 16, 1965; Mark Rodeghier, UFO Reports Involving
Vehicle Interference, case 137)
1969 - George Vas and his wife and two daughters were asleep in their trailer near Childers, Queensland, Australia when they were awakened at 4:30 a.m. by the barking of their dog. They also heard a loud buzzing noise like a swarm of wasps. It came from a UFO shaped like a sombrero, about 25-30 yards in diameter, which gave off a brilliant violet luminosity. From the craft three beings descended. They were huge, "about 3 times as large as humans," and had "blocky arms and legs and shapeless bodies." They emitted a purple and yellow glow. For about ten minutes they gathered sugar cane and other plant specimens, without concern for the observers. Mrs. Olga Vas said that the beings descended from the larger craft in a small object similar in shape. At one point one of the entities came close enough to the group for Mr. Vas to call out in alarm. The "spaceman" showed no concern and moved away only after picking up several rocks. The giant creatures re-entered their craft and the UFO took off vertically. When it took off the hair on the witnesses' bodies stood on end, as if affected by a form of static electricity. (Source: Bill Chalker & Keith Basterfield, Australian Catalogue of Close Encounter Type Three Reports, p. 22; David F. Webb & Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case 1969-04, citing Keith Basterfield).
1976 - Mrs. J. Stewart was driving on a highway in East Bethel,
Minnesota and when she arrived home she could not account for at
least one hour of her time. Under hypnosis she recounted being abducted
from her car by a tall figure dressed in white. There were two more such
beings in the door of a translucent UFO. bottom bubble of UFO. She
recalled at one point that the face of the being was very close to her own
face, and it had big slanted eyes. (Source: Richard Swanson, CUFOS case
investigation files, report dated January 22, 1976; David F. Webb &
Ted Bloecher, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, case A1447,
citing Brad Ayers).
1978 - In Redding, California a woman named Chapin woke up in the middle of the night to see a strange entity standing near her bed. He had a flat head, large eyes, and a big nose. He appeared to extend his arms over her. (Source: Jacques Vallee, Confrontations: A Scientist's Search for Alien Contact, p. 187)
Written by Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Revised 16 November 2005).
Compiled from the UFOCAT computer database.