UFO & UAP Encounters

First-hand accounts of unidentified flying objects, aerial phenomena, and close encounters from callers who witnessed the unexplained in our skies.

The Åsum Encounter

Peter · Odense, Funen, Denmark · 1981
I've never told this story on the radio before. I told my family, and eventually I told some investigators, but that's it. This happened to me in the ...

The Alaska Cargo Flight Encounter

Daniel · Fairbanks, Alaska, USA · 1986
Evening. I'm a researcher, been studying aviation anomalies for about fifteen years now. I'm calling from Fairbanks, and there's a case that happened ...

The Allagash Abductions

Jake · Portland, Maine, USA · 1976
Hey there. Thanks for taking my call. I'm calling about something that happened to me and three other guys back in August of 1976. We were up in the A...

The Ariel School Encounter

Lisa · Harare, Zimbabwe · 1994
Hello. I've been thinking about this for years, and I finally decided I needed to tell someone. My name is Lisa, and back in 1994 I was a student at A...

Aztec Incident

Fred · Phoenix, Arizona, USA · 1948
I'm a journalist. Been one for forty years, worked for newspapers, magazines, the works. And I need to tell you about something that happened back in ...

The Bass Strait Disappearance

Marcus · Melbourne, Australia · 1978
Hello. Thanks for having me on the show. I've spent the last ten years looking into aviation anomalies, and I've heard the tape myself. There is one c...

The Battle of Los Angeles

Marcus · San Pedro, California, USA · 1942
Evening. I work at the Fort MacArthur Museum down in San Pedro, been here going on twelve years now. I've spent most of that time researching one part...

The Belgian Wave

Bernard · Eupen, Belgium · 1989
Hello. First I want to make it very clear..I know what I saw. I was a police officer for fifteen years in Eupen, Belgium. I know the difference betwee...

Broad Haven School UFO Sighting

Derek · Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK · 1977
Hi there. My name's Derek, and I'm calling from Wales. This happened when I was ten years old, back in February of '77. Broad Haven Primary School. I ...

The Brooklyn Bridge Abduction

Sarah · New York, New York, USA · 1989
I'm calling from New York. I've lived here my whole life, down in Lower Manhattan, and what happened to me back in 1989, I'll never forget it. My husb...

Cash-Landrum Incident

Barbara · Houston, Texas, USA · 1980
My name is Barbara, and I need to tell you what happened to me on December 29th, 1980. I'm fifty-one years old, I own a restaurant and a grocery store...

Cisco Grove Encounter

Derek · Sacramento, California, USA · 1964
Good evening. I'm calling from Sacramento, and I've got a story from September of '64 that I've been carrying around for a long time now. My name's De...

The Coyame Incident

Victor · El Paso, Texas, USA · 1974
Good evening. I've been researching crash retrieval cases for close to twenty years now, and I'm calling about one that happened right across the bord...

Coyne Helicopter Encounter

Michael · Cleveland, Ohio, USA · 1973
Evening. I'm calling from Cleveland, and I was an Army Reserve helicopter pilot. What happened to me and my crew on October 18th, 1973 changed everyth...

The Dalnegorsk Height 611 UFO Crash

Mikhail · Dalnegorsk, Russia · 1986
I need to tell you about something that happened here in Dalnegorsk back in '86. January 29th, 1986. I was sixteen years old, working after school at ...

The Battle of Dulce Base

Marcus · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA · 1979
Hello. Thanks for having me on the show. I've been investigating classified government projects for over fifteen years now. I've looked into Area 51, ...

The Eagle River Pancakes

Jack · Eagle River, Wisconsin, USA · 1961
Thanks for taking my call. I've been listening to your show for years now, and I never thought I'd be the one calling in with a story like this. But h...

Emilcin Abduction

Stefan · Lublin, Poland · 1978
Good evening. My name is Stefan, I'm calling from Lublin. I need to tell you about something that happened to my neighbor, a farmer named Janek Kowals...

Exeter UFO Incident

Daniel · Exeter, New Hampshire, USA · 1965
Hey there. My name's Daniel, calling from Exeter, New Hampshire. This happened to me back in September of 1965. I was eighteen years old at the time, ...

Falcon Lake Incident

Stephen · Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · 1967
This happened back in '67, but I remember it like it was yesterday. Some things you just don't forget, you know what I mean? I was 51 at the time. Ind...

The Foo Fighters of World War II

Elaine · Dayton, Ohio, USA · 1944
Hi, thanks for taking my call. I'm a military aviation historian, been at it for about fifteen years now. I've spent the last decade researching somet...

Fort Itaipu UFO Incident

Carlos · Santos, São Paulo, Brazil · 1957
Good evening. My name is Carlos, and I'm calling from Santos, here in Brazil. I was stationed at Fort Itaipu back in November of 1957. I was doing my ...

The Gimbal UFO Encounter

Ryan · Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA · 2015
Hey, thanks for taking my call. I'm a former Navy pilot, and I need to tell you about something that happened back in 2015. I've kept quiet about this...

The Fargo Dogfight

Nathan · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA · 1948
Evening. I'm a researcher, been digging into military UFO cases for about fifteen years now. There's one incident that keeps me up at night, and that'...

The Great Airship Wave

Margaret · Austin, Texas, USA · 1897
Good evening. I'm a historian, been researching unexplained aerial phenomena for going on twenty years now. I specialize in pre-aviation sightings, th...

The Hill Abduction

Janet · Concord, New Hampshire, USA · 1961
Good evening. I'm calling from New Hampshire, and I've spent the better part of fifteen years researching one case that, I'll be honest, changed every...

Ilkley Moor Being Encounter

Derek · West Yorkshire, England · 1987
Hello. I'd been up since half past six that morning. December 1st, 1987. My wife kept telling me to stop pacing around the house like that. I was a po...

JAL Flight 1628 Encounter

Hiroshi · Tokyo, Japan · 1986
Good evening. Thank you for taking my call. I am retired airline captain, calling from Tokyo. I flew for Japan Airlines for many years, over ten thous...

Kaikoura Lights

William · Blenheim, New Zealand · 1978
Alright, so this happened back in late December 1978, and everyone I tell about it asks me the same questions. Was it real? What was it? Do I still be...

The Kecksburg Crash

Jerry · Latrobe, Pennsylvania, USA · 1965
I've been a volunteer firefighter most of my adult life. Thirty years with the department. I know what a plane crash looks like. I know what wreckage ...

The Kenneth Arnold Sighting

Marcus · Seattle, Washington, USA · 1947
Thanks for taking my call. I'm a aviation historian, been researching unexplained aerial phenomena for about fifteen years now. And I've studied the r...

The Kofu Incident

Masao · Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan · 1975
I need to tell you about something that happened when I was seven years old. I'm calling from Japan, and this happened right here in Kofu City back in...

Lakenheath-Bentwaters Incident

Frank · Cambridge, England · 1956
Evening. I'm calling about something that happened back in August of '56. I was a Technical Sergeant with the United States Air Force, stationed at RA...

Lake Baikal Underwater Encounter

Viktor · Irkutsk, Russia · 1982
Hello. My name is Viktor, I'm calling from Irkutsk. I was part of a Soviet Navy dive team in 1982, and what happened to us at Lake Baikal, it changed ...

The Lake Michigan Lights

Sandra · Grand Haven, Michigan, USA · 1994
I know how this is gonna sound, and believe me, I've had thirty years of people looking at me sideways when I tell this story. But I'm known around Gr...

Levelland UFO Incidents

Marcus · Levelland, Texas, USA · 1957
Heya. I've told this story so many times over the years that I know it by heart. Every detail. But I still get chills when I think about that night. N...

The Loring Air Force Base Incident

Sarah · Bangor, Maine, USA · 1975
I've been researching Cold War incidents for about fifteen years now, and there's one case that keeps me up at night. This happened in October 1975, a...

The Lubbock Lights

Dale · Austin, Texas, USA · 1951
Good evening. I've spent thirty years researching UFO cases, and there's one that keeps me up at night. One that changed how I look at everything. I'm...

The Malmstrom AFB UFO Incident

Arthur · Great Falls, Montana, USA · 1967
I haven't spoken about this in a long time. They told us not to. But I'm an old man now, and I know what I saw. People need to know that we aren't alo...

Manises UFO Incident

Miguel · Valencia, Spain · 1979
Good evening. I'm calling from Valencia, and I need to tell you about something that happened to me back in November of 1979. I was the captain of a c...

Mitchell UFO Incident

Rachel · Lexington, Kentucky, USA · 1948
Thanks for taking my call! Been a long time listener. I've been researching unexplained aviation incidents for about fifteen years now, and there's on...

Mariana UFO Film

Nicholas · Great Falls, Montana, USA · 1950
Hi there. I'm calling from Great Falls. This happened back in August of 1950. I was general manager of the Great Falls Electrics, our minor league bas...

The McMinnville UFO Photographs

Robert · Sheridan, Oregon, USA · 1950
Hey there. My name's Robert, calling from Oregon. I've got a story from 1950, and I figure it's about time I shared it with folks like you who might a...

The Medicine Bow Abduction

Dale · Rawlins, Wyoming, USA · 1974
I worked on oil rigs for fifteen years. Spent time in the Air Force before that, Korea. I know the difference between what's real and what isn't. What...

The Meng Zhaoguo Incident

Zhang · Wuchang, Heilongjiang, China · 1994
Listen, I know how this is going to sound, but I need you to believe me, I need to tell someone who'll actually listen. My name is Zhang, and back in ...

The Mince Pie Martians

Margaret · Birmingham, England, UK · 1979
Listen, I know how this is going to sound, but I need to tell someone what happened to me back in January of 1979. I've told this story before, and so...

Minot AFB B-52 UFO Encounter

Patrick · Austin, Texas, USA · 1968
Hi there. My name is Patrick, calling from Texas. I'm a retired Air Force officer, and I need to tell you about something that happened to me back in ...

The Montgomery DC-3 Encounter

Carlton · Atlanta, Georgia, USA · 1948
Good evening. First I just want to say..I know what I saw. I was a pilot for Eastern Air Lines, flew DC-3s for years, had over eight thousand hours in...

The M-Triangle Anomalous Zone

Dmitri · Yekaterinburg, Russia · 1989
I've researched anomalous zones all across Russia, but there's one case that still haunts me. It involves a journalist named Peter Markov who visited ...

The Tic Tac, USS Nimitz 2004

David · Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA · 2004
My name is David, and I was a fighter pilot in the Navy. Commander of Strike Fighter Squadron 41, flying F/A-18 Super Hornets off the USS Nimitz carri...

The O'Hare Airport UFO Sighting

Danny · Chicago, Illinois, USA · 2006
Hey, thanks for taking my call. I've been listening for years, never thought I'd be the one calling in with a story like this. But November 7th, 2006 ...

Operation Saucer, The Colares Attacks

Gabriel · Sao Paulo, Brazil · 1977
I need to tell you about something that happened in my country. Something the government investigated, documented, photographed, and then buried for t...

The Pascagoula Abduction

Nathan · Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA · 1973
Good evening. I'm a researcher calling from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and I've spent the last fifteen years documenting UFO encounters across the Gulf...

Petrozavodsk Phenomenon

Viktor · Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia · 1977
I'm calling from Petrozavodsk. I work at the port here, been doing it for twelve years now. Dockworker, early shift. And I'm telling you, I know what ...

The Phoenix Lights

Mike · Phoenix, Arizona, USA · 1997
Hey, first time caller here, but I've been wanting to share this for years. I was there. March 13th, 1997. I saw them with my own eyes. And here's the...

Portage County UFO Chase

Derek · Ravenna, Ohio, USA · 1966
I'm calling because I need to finally tell someone what really happened that night. Not what the Air Force said. Not what the papers twisted around. W...

RB-47 UFO Encounter

Walter · Topeka, Kansas, USA · 1957
Hi. I need to tell you about something that happened back in the summer of '57. My name's Walter, and I was one of the electronic warfare officers on ...

The Rendlesham Forest Incident

James · Suffolk, England · 1980
Thanks for taking my call. I need to tell you about December 1980. RAF Woodbridge, England. I was United States Air Force, Security Police Squadron. W...

The Roswell Incident

Sarah · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA · 1947
Heya. I'm a researcher specializing in government declassified documents, and there's one case that haunts me more than any other. It happened in July...

The Shag Harbour Incident

Elena · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1967
Hello. I'm calling because people need to remember what happened in October 1967. I've spent years digging through the Canadian government archives, a...

The Socorro Landing

Andrew · Phoenix, Arizona, USA · 1964
Heollo. I've spent the better part of fifteen years researching unexplained aerial encounters, and I keep coming back to one case. One case that, in m...

Stardust Ranch Encounters

Jack · Rainbow Valley, Arizona, USA · 1995
Good evening. Thanks for taking my call. My wife and I bought a horse ranch back in 1995, about ten acres out in Rainbow Valley. We had this dream, yo...

Stephenville Lights

Steven · Stephenville, Texas, USA · 2008
Good evening. My name's Steven, I'm a pilot and freight company owner here in Stephenville, Texas. I need to tell you about something that happened to...

The Tehran UFO Incident

Daniel · Phoenix, Arizona, USA · 1976
Thanks for taking my call. Listen, I've been researching military UFO encounters for over fifteen years now, and there's one case that I keep coming b...

The Trancas Close Encounter

Julia · Rosario, Argentina · 1963
Good evening. I have waited a very long time to tell this story to someone outside my family. More than thirty years now. My name is Julia, and I am c...

The Travis Walton Abduction

Tyler · Snowflake, Arizona, USA · 1975
Alright, so I've told this story a hundred times, and it still gives me chills. And I'm telling you the truth here. But I'll tell it again because peo...

Tully Saucer Nest

Gregory · Cairns, Queensland, Australia · 1966
Good evening. I'm calling from up in Cairns now, but back in January of '66 I was farming bananas down near Tully. Twenty-eight years old, working my ...

The Ubatuba Fragments

Diana · Austin, Texas, USA · 1957
Hi there. I'm a materials scientist by training, but I've spent the last eight years researching physical evidence cases. UFO debris, alleged crash re...

The Valensole UFO Landing

Sarah · Marseille, France · 1965
Good evening. I'm a researcher specializing in French UFO cases, and there's one encounter that changed everything I thought I knew about this phenome...

The Varginha Incident

Luana · Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil · 1996
Thank you for taking my call. I have been waiting a long time to tell this story to someone who might actually listen. And you have to understand, I a...

The Villas Boas Abduction

Elena · Belo Horizonte, Brazil · 1957
Thanks for having me on! I've been researching Brazilian UFO cases for about ten years now, and there's one story that keeps me up at night. It happen...

The Voronezh Landing

Viktor · Voronezh, Russia · 1989
I have waited thirty-five years to tell this story to someone who might actually believe me. And I swear to you, every word of this is true. I was twe...

The Washington D.C. UFO Flap

Howard · Arlington, Virginia, USA · 1952
Alright, so this happened back in July of 1952, and I've told this story a hundred times, but it still gives me chills. And I'm telling you, I know wh...

The Westall School Sighting

Marion · Clayton South, Victoria, Australia · 1966
Heya. Thanks for taking my call. This happened fifty-eight years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. And I can tell you with absolute certai...

The White Mountains Abduction

Morgan · Portland, Oregon, USA · 1961
Hi there. I'm a paranormal researcher, been doing this for about fifteen years now, and there's one case that keeps me up at night. It happened back i...

The Zanfretta Abduction

Marco · Genoa, Italy · 1978
Good Evening. This happened to me back in 1978, and people still ask me about it. It changed my entire life. I was 26 years old, working as a security...

The 3I/ATLAS Transmission

Rebecca · Sedona, Arizona · 1996
I've been carrying this for thirty years. Never told the full story to anyone who might actually believe me. This happened back in 1996. I was living ...

The Architects

Derek · Sedona, Arizona · 1998
Good evening. I need to share this while I still can. I don't know how much time I have left. This happened in 1998. I was living in Sedona, working a...

The Starfield Recruiter

Brandon · Tempe, AZ · 1985
Hey there. This was the summer of 1985. I was twelve years old, just finished sixth grade. My parents had finally agreed to let me ride my bike to the...

The Basement

Patricia · Millerton, Iowa · 1986
I've been going back and forth on whether to call about this. But I think it's time someone knew. This was 1986. Late spring, early summer, I remember...

The Blackwood Creek Incident

Gary · Dayton, Ohio · 2014
I moved out of Washington state about eight months after this happened. Packed everything into my truck and just drove east until it felt far enough. ...

The Cotswold Transformation

Margaret · Gloucester, England · 2003
Hello there. I've been meaning to ring about this for quite some time now. My name's Margaret, I'm calling from Gloucester. I'm eighty-two years old, ...

The Bunker Sale

Derek · Cheyenne, Wyoming · 1989
I don't usually call into shows like this, but what happened to me, I think people need to hear it. This was the summer of 1989. I was working in comm...

The Chirping Visitor

Robert · Dalton, Nebraska · 1991
Good evening. This happened back in October of 1991. I run a cattle operation about twenty miles outside of Dalton, been doing it most of my adult lif...

The Copper Divers

Magnus · Reykjavik, Iceland · 1993
Hi, thanks for having me on. I don't know how else to put it, so I'm just going to tell you what happened. This was February of 1993. I was working at...

DMV Alien Processing

Brian · Fresno, California · 1983
Hello, thanks for taking my call. This happened in Fresno, summer of 1983. I'd just moved to California from Ohio, needed to get my license transferre...

The Grey in the Machine Shop

Dennis · Gary, Indiana · 1978
Heya. This happened in January of '78. I was working nights at the Lakeside Steel facility in Gary, not the main plant, the smaller one off Route 20. ...

The Echo in the Trees

Marcus · Grants Pass, OR · 1991
Good evening. This happened in March of 1991. I was working for the Forest Service back then, stationed out of the Galice office. We covered a big chu...

The Report from 2055

Jacob · Bend, Oregon · 2025
Evening! I need to tell someone about this. I've been sitting on it for a month now and it's driving me crazy. Three weeks ago I was at an estate sale...

The Delta Test

Steve · Kaiserslautern, Germany · 2003
This happened in November of 2003. I was working as a contractor for the power company out in Rhineland-Palatinate. Been in Germany for about three ye...

Summer, 1943

Linda · Ridgecrest, California · 1995
Hi, thanks for taking my call. I've been going back and forth on whether to share this for months now, but I think it's finally time. My grandmother p...

The Grape Collectors

Francesca · Portland, Oregon · 1978
I grew up in Tuscany, in the wine country. Small village, maybe two hundred people, surrounded by vineyards. My family had a vineyard, nothing huge, b...

The Chirping Gray in My House

Darren Lint · Cold Brook, Marlow County · 1999
Yeah, thanks for taking my call. I have not told anyone this yet. I do not know how to explain it without sounding crazy, but I will try. This happene...

The Heavy Walkers

Viktor · Novosibirsk, Russia · 1988
Yes, hello. I am calling from Russia, so forgive my English. I have practiced this story many times because I want to tell it correctly. This was wint...

The Constant Companion

Michael · Elko, Nevada · 2006
This happened in March of 2006. Late March, around the 24th or 25th, I think. I was driving back from a job site outside of Wells, heading south on Hi...

The Ilulissat Metal

Anders · Ilulissat, Greenland · 1997
Hello, yes, thank you. I am calling from Greenland. My English is not perfect but I will try. This happened in December of 1997. Late December. If you...

The Lake Encounter

Margaret · Bend, OR · 1996
This happened in August of 1996. Late August, because the nights were already getting cold up there. My husband and I had driven up to Crane Prairie R...

The Lunar Maintenance Program

Dennis · Reno, NV · 1978-1982
I appreciate you taking my call. I've been listening to your program for about six months now, and I keep hearing people call in about UFO sightings, ...

The Mycological Engine

Robert · Albuquerque, NM · 1991
I'm a physician. Internist, mostly. Had my own practice in Albuquerque for about fifteen years before all this happened. I'm calling because I heard y...

The Green Fog

Ray · Alliance, NE · 1999
Thanks for taking the call. I've been mullin' over whether to say this out loud for a few years now. This happened back in '99. I was driving hotshot ...

The Otago Harbor Incident

Graham · Dunedin, New Zealand · 1991
Thanks for taking my call. I'm calling from Dunedin, down in the South Island. This happened back in March of 1991. I was working as a delivery driver...

The Nordic Models

Anna · Manhattan, NY · 1978-1982
I modeled in New York back in the late seventies, early eighties. Started when I was seventeen, stopped completely in '81, just walked away from the w...

The Observer Variable

Gerald · Fairfax, Virginia · 1985
Good evening. I've been listening to your program for several months now, and I've decided it's time. I'm a retired neurophysiologist. Thirty-two year...

The Paralysis Event

Sarah · Alamogordo, NM · 2018
Gello. This happened in March of 2018. I'm a data analyst, I work with systems and numbers all day, so I'm not someone who jumps to conclusions. I'm c...

The Pine Ridge Encounter

Peter · Bend, Oregon · 1996
Good evening. This happened in August of 1996. My wife convinced me we should take the kids camping before school started up again. I wasn't thrilled ...

The Pink Sea Cucumbers

Robert · Virginia Beach, VA · 1972-1978
I'm calling because I think it's time people knew about this. I served in the Navy from 1971 to 1982, and I was part of something that most people hav...

The Specimen from Dulce

Marcus · Farmington, New Mexico · 2025
Godo evening. I'm a pathologist. Been one for about seventeen years now. I work at a private research facility in northern New Mexico, and I'm calling...

The Cold-Blooded Date

Dennis · Pinewood Falls, Ohio · 1996
I need to tell someone about this before I talk myself out of it. This happened in January of 1996. Middle of winter, freezing cold. I was living in P...

What I Did at Willow Creek

Vernon · Las Cruces, New Mexico · 1962
Good evening. Thank you for letting me tell my story. I'm eighty-six years old. I don't expect I'll see eighty-seven. That's not self-pity, that's jus...

The Route 9 Orb

Derek · Millfield, Pennsylvania · 1996
This happened in May of 1996. I was working for the county road crew at the time, doing asphalt repair. We'd do the work in the evenings, you know, af...

The School Basement

Amelia · Cedar Rapids, Iowa · 1977
Spring of 1977. I was in fourth grade at Roosevelt Elementary in Cedar Rapids. I've carried this memory for over thirty years now, and I still can't m...

The Sigsbee Deep Object

Raymond · Corpus Christi, Texas · 2017
Hi, thanks for having me on. I've gone back and forth on whether to do this, but I think people need to hear it. I'm an oceanographer. Was, I should s...

The Water Collectors

Willem · Ladybrand, South Africa · 1978
Good evening. This happened back in 1978. March, I think it was. I was running a sheep farm about twenty kilometers outside of Ladybrand, right near t...

The Ice

Frank · Virginia · 1996
Evening. I appreciate you taking my call. I've been listening for a few months now, trying to work up the nerve to do this. What I'm about to tell you...

The Shift Manager

Travis · Dayton, Ohio · 2018
I know how this is gonna sound. Believe me, I've played it back in my head a thousand times, trying to make it make sense. Trying to convince myself I...

The Printer Beneath the Waves

Diane · Annapolis, Maryland · 1989-1994
Hi there. I've thought about making this call for a long time now. Years, actually. I'm retired, I'm sixty-three years old, and I don't have much left...

The Visitors at Diwali

Daniel · Portland, Oregon · 1991
This is something I've carried with me for a long time. I'm not sure why tonight felt like the right time to call, but here I am. I went to India when...