The Summary of Cases Compiled by Geoff Dittman for the Injury/Healing Database
Incidents of injuries as a result of a close encounter with a UFO are by no means isolated. For decades, reports of burns, rashes (often triangular in shape), and alleged healings of wounds have been associated with close encounters. According to Richard Neal:
Rashes are seen on the body, most appearing on the upper thorax (chest area) and lower extremeties(thighs and legs). Many are geometrical in shape, triangular or circular. Other rashes, similar to chronic inflammations such as localized psoriasis, may be found on other body areas. First and second-degree burns have been sustained in a number of cases, and in some cases questionable tumors (lipomas) have been noticed just beneath the skin.
(As quoted in Fowler, The Watchers)
A sample of reports (see
bibliography for further information on sources:
Witness:
Location: Bunham, Texas, USA
Date: 1873
Time:
A large silvery object overflew a horse-drawn wagon. The horses panicked, and overturned the wagon, killing the driver. (Vallee, Confrontations p.113)
Witness: Multiple
Location: South Australia
Date: 1873
Time:
The eyes of witnesses ached after a bright light followed their ship for close to an hour. (Schuessler, UFO Related Human Physiological Effects)
Witness: Nine people
Location: Maracalbo, Venezuela
Date: October 24, 1886
Time: Night
The witnesses awoke to find their hut lit up by an external light. A loud hum could be heard. The experiencers began to vomit and suffer from swelling of the face. The next day their bodies were covered with "black blotches." Later, the experiencers' skin peeled off, the blotches turned into red sores, and some of their hair fell out. (Clark, The UFO Book, p.83)
Witness: Farmer
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date: 1893
Time:
A farmer observed a being exit a saucer-shaped object. The creature hit the farmer with some sort of weapon, knocking the man unconscious. He suffered paralysis where the weapon hit him. (Schuessler, UFO Related Human Physiological Effects)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Williamston, Michigan, USA
Date: April 17, 1897
Time: Morning
Numerous farmers observed a craft maneuver in the sky. Eventually it landed, and a 3 metre tall occupant exited the craft. One witness approached the crewman, but was attacked and suffered a broken hip. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia, #23)
Witness: Petrovsky Ivanku et.al.
Location: Szuhapatak, Hungary
Date: December 24, 1903
Time: Night
Ivanku disappeared during the period of time when a bright nocturnal light was observed near him. (Schuessler, UFO Related Human Physiological Effects)
Witness: Numerous (estimated 70,000)
Location: Fatima, Portugal
Date: October 13, 1917
Time: Noon
After observing a silver disk, angel hair, and some witnesses seeing the BVM, numerous witnesses claimed to have benefited from "miraculous" healings. (Keel, Operation Trojan Horse pp.231-232)
Witness: Man
Location: Central New South Wales, Australia
Date: 1919
Time:
When the witness observed a man working on some sort of vehicle along the side of the road, he went to see if he could be of some help. The good sumaritan however got shot with some sort of weapon and was knocked unconscious. (Schuessler, UFO Related Human Physiological Effects)
Witness: Man
Location: Favorino, Italy
Date: 1933
Time: Night
The man was abducted by a humanoid. The man lost his voice for an unknown period of time. (Schuessler, UFO Related Human Physiological Effects)
Witness: Four people
Location: Indio, California, USA
Date: December, 1940
Time:
After a close encounter of the third kind, one or more of the witnesses suffered from fatigue, tinnitus, sensitivity to light, and back aches. (Schuessler, UFO Related Human Physiological Effects)
Witness: Joao Prestes Filho
Location: Aracriguama, Brazil
Date: March 5, 1946
Time: 19:00
While walking home from a fishing trip, the witness was hit by a beam of light, blinding him temporarily. He stumbled his way to his sister’s house. That evening, Prestes became quite ill. His skin began peeling off his body. Six hours after the attack he died from his burns. (Fawcett, Making Contact, pp.266-267)
Witness: Thomas Mantell
Location: Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA
Date: January 7, 1948
Time: 1445
Mantell, a captain in the USAF, attempted to intercept a UFO. The UFO continued to increase its altitude, with Mantell attempting to follow. Mantell's F-51 however was not equipped for flight at a high altitude (i.e. it wasn't equipped with oxygen). It is believed that at an altitude of approximately 23,000 feet Mantell blacked out from a lack of oxygen; his plane crashed killing him. The US Air Force explained that Mantell died chasing a US Navy Skyhook balloon. (Randle, The UFO Casebook, pp.19-27)
Witness: Arcade Apraksin
Location: Soviet Union
Date: 1949
Time:
While testing a jet aircraft, the highly decorated test pilot observed an unidentified craft. The UFO hit the plane with beams of light, causing the plane to suffer electrical malfunctions. The cockpit canopy suffered damage, causing a loss of air pressure. Apraksin managed to safely land the plane, but then lost consciousness. (Kanon, The Great UFO Hoax, p.45)
Witness: Two children, David and Charles Lightfoot
Location: near Amarillo, Texas, USA
Date: April 8, 1950
Time: Afternoon
The children observed a small craft land nearby. They approached the tire-sized object, touching it. Shortly thereafter it departed. The boys’ arms and faces turned red. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #76)
Witness: Jack Robertson
Location: Lufkin, Texas, USA
Date: April 20, 1950
Time: 2100
After a UFO passed nearby, the witness's face and chest turned red. (Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Doctor
Location: Bahia Bianca, Argentina
Date: May 10, 1950
Time:
While driving on a lonely highway, the doctor encountered a saucer resting along the road. He entered the object, and observed several strange humanoids. Frightened, he ran home. The following day, the doctor and several friends returned to the scene. The witnesses observed more disks in the sky. The witnesses touched the landing site; their hands turned green afterwards. For several weeks afterwards, the doctor suffered from blisters, skin irritations, and fever. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.66)
Witness: Woman
Location: France
Date: May 20, 1950
Time: 16:00
The day after observing a nocturnal light, the woman was seemingly attacked by an invisible entity. She felt an electric shock, and a hand over her mouth that prevented her from breathing. The attack stopped as soon as it had started. Large red marks were visible on her face, and she had a strange metallic taste in her mouth. (Randle, Faces of the Visitors pp.121-122)
Witness: Francis P. Wall et.al.
Location: Korea
Date: Early spring, 1951
Time:
While a member of an artillery unit, Wall fired a shot with his Garand rifle at a UFO that was hovering nearby. The craft responded by sweeping the company with some form of beam that caused a "burning, tingling sensation." Three days later, the company became sick, and had to be evacuated by ambulances. They suffered from among other things dysentary and an extremely high white blood cell count. Years later Wall was to complain of disorientation, memory loss, and weight loss. Whether or not these later effects are the result of the UFO encounter, an unconnected disease or simply old age is of course unclear. (Thompson, Alien Identities, pp.325-326) and (
http://www.sightings.com/ufo/1Korea.htm)
Witness: Carlo Rossi
Location: River Serchio, near San Pietro a Vico, Italy
Date: July 24 or 25, 1952
Time:
While fishing in the river, the witness observed an object hovering nearby. The object hit him with a beam of green light, which gave him an "electric tingling sensation like strong pins and needles." (Randles, The Truth Behind the Men In Black, p.149)
Witness: Kathleen, Eddie, and Fred May; Gene Lemon; Neil Nunley; Ronnie Shaver; Tommy Hyer
Location: Flatwoods, West Virginia, USA
Date: September 12, 1952
Time: Evening
Five schoolchildren watched what they thought was a meteor crash on the otherside of a hill nearby. The children, being led by the mother of two of the kids and a young National Guardsman, investigated the impact site. What they observed however, was a large "ball of fire," and a 15-foot tall hideous monster. The group made a hasty retreat. Several members of the group were treated for shock, and some "vomited for hours," the apparent result of a strong odor (like burning sulphur) around the site. (Barker, They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers p.16)
Witness: Carlo Rossi
Location: Italy
Date: September 15, 1952
Time:
Rossi, who observed a UFO six weeks earlier, was paid a visit by a strange man in a dark suit. The man offered Rossi a cigarette; the cigarette made Rossi dizzy and nauseous. (Randles, The Truth Behind the Men In Black, p.149)
Witness:"Sonny" Desvergers
Location: USA
Date: August 1952
Time: Night
While giving several boy scouts a ride home, the scoutmaster "Sonny" Desvergers, and the scouts observed a bright light in the woods. Fearing that an airplane had crashed, the scoutmaster stopped the car, and walked into the woods. He noticed a strong, repugnant odor, and extreme heat. He looked into the sky, and observed a large, dark object at an altitude of approximately 30 feet. A small ball of "red fire" moved from the craft towards Desvergers, where the ball transformed into a red mist and apparently enveloped the witness. The scoutmaster passed out. Afterwards, the witness was examined by USAF doctors, who found the witness to be suffering minor burns (equivalent to a sunburn) on his arms, the back of his hands, and the inside of his nostrils. Many suspect the case was hoaxed. (Ruppelt, Report on UFOs, pp.176-186 and Stacy, UFOs:1947-1997)
Witness: Child
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Date: November, 1952
Time:
The child observed a small, 25 cm diameter disk land nearby. The child received burns of unknown severity. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #105)
Witness: George and three others
Location: Worcester Cape, South Africa
Date: 1952
Time:
After an encounter with a green ball of light that shut down the engine of their car, George complained of sore eyes and nausea. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Gerry Armstrong
Location: England, UK
Date: July, 1953
Time:
The man, an alleged abductee, suffered a "terrible burning" sensation at the back of his neck after an abduction. A doctor suggested the problem was sunstroke. (Haisell, The Missing Seven Hours, p.30)
Witness: Felix Moncla, Jr. , R.R. Wilson, et.al.
Location: Lake Superior
Date: November 23, 1953
Time:
A military jet was scrambled to intercept an unidentified aircraft. On radar, the jet and the unidentified aircraft’s returns first merged and then disappeared. No debris was found. (Vallee, Confrontations p.113)
Witness: Woman
Location: Thin le Moutiers, France
Date: May 16, 1954
Time:
After a close encounter with a UFO, the woman suffered from a "skin disease" (Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Lalli Thindu
Location: Kirimukuyu, Nairobi
Date: June, 1954
Time:
Type: Death-intentional
The witness observed a light hover over a nearby village. The object projected beams of light on to the village. There were later unverified rumors that villagers were burned to death by the light beams. (Vallee, Confrontations p.116)
Witness: Multiple, principal witnesses two USAF pilots
Location: Walesville and Rome, New York, USA
Date: July 2, 1954
Time:
An unknown object was picked up by radar, and two fighters were sent up to investigate. One of the two aircraft approached the unknown object, but the temperature in the cockpit rose to an unbareable level. Believing the plane was catching fire, the crew bailed out. The plane however continued on, until it crashed in Walesville, killing four people. The UFO was later identified as an air force plane, and the crash a mechanical malfunction.(Hynek, Edge of Reality, pp.161,164 and Randle, The UFO Casebook, pp-81-85))
Witness:
Location: Bouzais, France
Date: September 28, 1954
Time:
The witness suffered paralysis and lost consciousness. (Hall, UFO Evidence, p.97)
Witness: Two railroad engineers, Bernard and Potraux
Location: Saint Nicolas de Redon, France
Date: September 28, 1954
Time: 23:10
The engineers’s train were followed by an object for approximately 15 seconds. Potraux "had to see a doctor." (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #163)
Witness: Eight construction workers, including Georges Gatay
Location: Marcilly sur Vienne, France
Date: September 30, 1954
Time: 16:30
The witnesses observe a landed disk, with a humanoid occupant nearby. All witnesses suffered from physiological effects, such as severe headaches, loss of appetite, and insomnia. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #165 and Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: WomanLocation: Thin-le-Moutier, FranceDate: October 16, 1954After witnessing an object land approximately thirty metres from her, the woman developed a skin disease; supposedly the result of the sighting. (Vallee, Challenge to Science p.?)
Witness: Man
Location: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Date: November 8, 1954
Time: 0100
A few hours after being overflown by a UFO, the witness ended up in the hospital suffering from a "stomach sickness." (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Man
Location: Gricignano Di Aversa, Italy
Date: December 8, 1954
Time:
The witness was abducted by two "beings" and was missing for two days. When he was found he was mentally disturbed. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: William Cunningham
Location: Darby Township, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: January 23, 1955
Time:
The man's right hand was severely burned when he touched a small object that crashed into his room. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Eugene Metcalf
Location: Paris, Illinois, USA
Date: March 9, 1955
Time: 1715
The witness observed a plane from his backyard. Then according to his sworn affidavit: "an odd-looking craft came from behind the plane and just swallowed it. The UFO had an opening that was in my line of vision, and through the opening it took the plane." (Randle, Project Moon Dust, pp.170-171)
Witness: Andy Florio
Location: Tucson, Arizona, USA
Date: March 30, 1955
Time: 0315
The witness was hit by a beam of light shot from a UFO. He suffered a burn to his elbow. The light also bubbled the paint on his car. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Margaret-Ellen Fry, her son, and doctor
Location: Kent, England, UK
Date: July 17, 1955
Time:
Shortly after a very close encounter (the object allegedly overflew the witnesses at an estimated altitude of only about 16 feet) the doctor died of a brain hemorrhage. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness:
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Date: July 22, 1955
Time:
The witness suffered burns to his skin. (Hall, UFO Evidence, p.97)
Witness:
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Date: August 6, 1955
Time:
The witness's eyes were "badly irritated." (Hall,UFO Evidence, p.97)
Witness: Sgt. Jonathon P. Lovette and Major William Cunningham
Location: White Sands, New Mexico, USA
Date: March, 1956
Time: 0300
Cunningham allegedly observed Lovette get dragged in to a "silvery disk-like object." The UFO left after successfully getting Lovette on board (via a "long snake-like object which was wrapped around the sergeant's legs").
A search party was sent out, and Lovette's mutilated body was discovered three days later. He was missing his tongue, eyes, sex organs, and anus.
No supporting evidence or even source was provided in the email. (Email message from Oliver Fortes to Skywatch discussion list-July 31, 1998)
Witness: Harry Sturdevant
Location: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Date: October 2, 1956
Time: 0345
The close encounter caused burns to the witness's face, made him vomit, temporarily deaf in one ear, and (presumably temporarily) lost his sense of taste and smell. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Kentucky or Tennessee, USA
Date: Mid-1950s
Time:
According to General Arthur Exon, four USAF fighters disappeared after attempting to intercept a UFO. No wreckage was ever found. (Randle, Conspiracy of Silence, p.p. 138-139)
Witness: James Cook
Location: Runcorn, Cheshire, England,UK
Date: September 7, 1957
Time: 02:15
The witness observed a strange luminous craft land in front of him. A voice in his head invited him on board. Cook accepted the invitation. The occupants explained the craft operated within an electric field, and therefore could not operate in wet weather. Upon leaving the craft, Cook’s feet touched the wet ground before he let go of the crafts’ ladder’s rail, causing a burn on his hand. (Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, pp.178-179)
Witness: Antonio Villas-Boas
Location: Brazil
Date: October 15 or 16, 1957
Time: Early morning
While plowing a field, a UFO landed near the witness. Three small entities abducted the witness, dragging him into the craft. The beings covered his body with a thick clear liquid, and placed him in a smoke-filled room. Shortly thereafter, a small alien entered the room, and proceeded to have sex with the witness. After the encounter, Villas-Boas had problems with his eyes, nausea, a sleep disorder, nervousness, "and many strange eruptions on his body." (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.8 and Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: girl
Location: Petropolis, Brazil
Date: October 25, 1957
The witness, who was dieing from cancer, claims she was cured by two men "who came from the sky." The house was lit up by a strong light coming from an object. Two men with yellow/red hair entered the house. Before numerous witnesses, the beings proceeded to treat the witness with what seemed to be radiation. (Report was anonymous.) (Blum, Beyond Earth, pp. 148-149)
Witness: Two army sentries
Location: Itaipu, Brazil
Date: November 4, 1957
Time: 02:03
The guards observed a large disk giving off an orange glow. The soldiers were "badly burned." (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.68)
Witness: James Stokes
Location: Orogrande, New Mexico or Texas, USA
Date: November 4, 1957
Time: 13:10
The witness, a missile engineer, was driving when his car stalled when a UFO passed nearby. He felt a sensation of heat; his face became sunburned. Another witness had to "receive hospital treatment for burns." (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.68)and (Randle, Project Moon Dust, p.143) and (Hall, UFO Evidence, p.164)
Witness: Rene Gilham
Location: Merom, Indiana, USA
Date: November 6, 1957
Time:
One account claimed the witness suffered mild skin burns after watching a UFO hovering nearby, and that the burns lasted only a few days. Another account however claimed the witness suffered "severe" sunburns, and that two days later the witness required hospitalization. He remained hospitalised for eleven days according to this account. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.69) and (Hall, UFO Evidence, p.97 and p.166)
Witness: Mrs. Leita Kuhn
Location: Madison, Ohio, USA
Date: November 10, 1957
Time: 0125
The witness observed an extremly bright object hover nearby. Kuhn later suffered from eye and skin irritation, forcing her to see a doctor several days after the sighting. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #440)
Witness: Multiple
Location: West coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Date: November, 1957
Time: Night
While moving along 30 miles west of Vancouver Island, the attention of the crew of the Japanese freighter the Meitetsu Maru was attracted to a glowing, circular white light. The captain of the freighter ordered a change of course toward the light. What they observed was the light, hovering over a fishing boat, afire from bow to stern. As they approached, the light increased in altitude, eventually disappearing into the night sky. No survivors of the fishing trawler were found, and in fact, the trawler was never positively identified. (UFO BC website).
Witness: Man
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Date: December 7, 1957
Time: 2145
The man walked with twenty feet of a very large UFO. "A heat wave hit him and he suffered radiation-like burns." (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: schoolteacher Mary Louise Tobin
Location: Chestnut, Louisiana, USA
Date: December 11, 1957
Time:
While driving along a highway, the witness observed a bright object near a smoking, car. A child in the disabled car suffered burns. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #449)
Witness: Woman
Location: Madison, Ohio, USA
Date: 1957
Time: Day
A woman watched a triangular craft fly over her house. She later developed a rash on her body. Though some facts significantly differ (namely time of day this case may be same as Nov. 10, 1957) (Randle, Project Moon Dust, p.148)
Witness: Royal Harris and Reverand James Harris
Location: Chumulka Lake, Florida, USA
Date: 1957
Time:
After a close encounter with a large object Royal passed out and awoke with a swollen arm. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness:
Location: Espanola, New Mexico, USA
Date: February 20, 1958
Time:
The witness reportedly suffered burns to his/her skin. (Hall, UFO Evidence, p.97)
Witness: Philip Small and Alvin Cohen
Location: Loch Raven Dam, Maryland, USA
Date: October 26, 1958
Time: 23:30 EST
After observing a UFO which caused their car engine to stall, the witnesses developed light burns to their faces. A Blue Book Unidentified.(Davenport, Visitors From Time p.114 and Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Indian businesswoman
Location: India
Date: 1958
Time:
A UFO landed, and four small beings were seen to exit the craft. Two children, who were known to have been playing nearby, disappeared. Later, one boy was found dead, and missing several organs, supposedly the result of "expert surgery." The other boy was found, but was catatonic, and died in hospital five days later. (Thompson, Alien Identities, p.323)
Witness: Private Gerry Irwin
Location: Cedar City, Iowa, USA
Date: February 28, 1959
Time:
Observing what he thought was a crashing plane, Private Irwin stopped his car to see if he could offer any help. Irwin was discovered unconscious later. Aftereffects of the encounter included amnesia, fainting, and his returning to the site in a trancelike state. Private Irwin eventually deserted the army, and was never seen again. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #482)
Witness: Helio Aguiar
Location: Plata, Brazil
Date: April 24, 1959
Time:
During an encounter with a disk, the witness felt a pressure in his head and lost consciousness. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Northeastern coast of Japan
Date: Spring, 1959
Time:
A USAF jet was scrambled to intercept an unidentified aircraft. The interceptor fired on the craft without any effect. The craft began following the interceptor. The two aircrafts’ returns were seen to merge on radar. Shortly thereafter, it disappeared. No debris was found. (Vallee, Confrontations p.113)
Witness: Mrs. Frederick Moreland
Location: Blenheim, New Zealand
Date: July 13, 1959
Time: 0530
The witness suffered from a rash on her face and swollen hands after the encounter.
(Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Gideon Johannson and his wife and son
Location: Mariannelund, Sweden
Date: October, 1959
Time: 1855
The three people observed an oval object and two small beings during a power failure. Afterwords, Gideon's testicles and glands swelled, he had trouble urinating, developed a terrible prickling sensation from the waist down, emitted a bad odor, and lost his appetite and sense of taste. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Edgar Schedelbauer
Location: Labuttendorf, Austria
Date: March 2, 1960
Time:
The man developed red spots on his face and hands after a UFO hovered at a low altitude over his head. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: government topographer Adolfo Pisani
Location: LaVictoria, Venezuela
Date: January 1, 1961
Time:
While driving on the Andrean Highway, the witness observed a flying disk swoop low over a truck in front of him. The craft apparently pulled the truck up into the air nearly one metre, and then overturned. The driver received only minor injuries. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #514)
Witness: Fred White and Henry O'Dank
Location: Paterson's Grayne, England, UK
Date: March, 1961
Time: 0300
After being engulfed in the greenish glow being emitted by a near-by UFO, White claimed he was cured of a life threatening illness. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Couple
Location: Goias, Santa Maria, Brazil
Date: August 13, 1961
Time: Night
While coming home late one night after a long walk, a couple observed a strange object sitting near their house. Three or four humanoid beings were around the craft. When these beings acted in what the man felt was a threatening manner, he ran inside his house to get his gun. When he came out he opened fire. The craft returned fire with a green beam of light hitting the man, knocking him unconscious. He died a month later. (Perrin, The Mystery of UFOs)
Witness: Bartolme Ramero et. Al.
Location: Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
Date: October 6, 1961
Time:
Scared by a large luminous object, fishermen jumped into the lake for cover. Romero drowned. (Vallee, Confrontations, p.113)
Witness: Farm family
Location: Michigan, USA
Date: 1961
Time:
A farm family and a family friend observed a craft land no more than 50 feet from the farmhouse. The police were called, and shortly thereafter the craft departed. Within a few minutes, several Air Force cars from a nearby base arrived. After examining a circle of burned land, the CO advised everyone to keep their mouths shut, and paid them $500 to destroy the evidence. Afterwards, one of the witnesses, a 12-year old boy, began having eye problems. He needed thick glasses after the sighting, although his eyes had been fine before the incident. (Davenport, Visitors From Time ?)
Witness: Betty and Barney HillLocation: New Hampshire, USADate: 1961
Time: Night
After the first widely publicised abduction case, Barney Hill suffered from insomnia, and developed a circle of warts on his groin. (Davenport, Visitors From Time, p.6)
Witness: Lynn Miller
Location:
Date: 1961
Time:
The witness, a Mennonite, was suffering from diphtheria when she was six years-old. Owing to her religious background, her parents refused to send her to the hospital despite the seriousness of her condition. Miller's condition continued to get worse until one night her physician stated he did not expect the child to survive the night.
According to David Jacobs:
That night Lynn experienced an abduction,
during which the aliens told her that
they were going to cure her. They passed
a portable rod-like device around her body
and then made her stand in a verticle
cylindrical machine that had a small
window. The aliens sat in chairs and
watched as a blue light slowly came down
toward her from the top of the machine.
When the light was about eight inches from
her it began to go back up. It reached
its highest point and shut off...
The next morning her mother was
astounded to find Lynn playing on the
floor. She cheerily told her mother that
she felt fine. Her mother ordered her
into bed at once and called the doctor.
Her temperature was normal...Her
diphtheria seemed to be completly gone.
(Jacobs ?)
Witness:
Location: Argentina
Date: May 12, 1962
Time:
The light from the UFO injured the witness's eyes. (Hall, UFO Evidnece, p.97)
Witness: Rivalino do Aleuia Mafra and his 12-year-old son Raimundo
Location: Duas Pontes, Brazil
Date: August 20, 1962
Time:
The son observed two balls floating in the air. He called to his father, who, upon seeing the objects, walked towards them. When he got within about two yards, the two balls merged into one. It began giving off yellow "smoke." It approached Rivalino, who disappeared in the cloud of yellow smoke. The smoke dissolved, with neither Rivalino nor the object in sight. (Vallee, Confrontations pp.112-113)
Witness: Two men
Location: Salta/San Miguel De Tucuman, Argentina
Date: November, 1962
Time: Night
The men suffered light burns to their arms after watching an object fly over their heads. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Gloria Lee Byrd
Location: Washington, USA
Date: December 1, 1962
Time:
Ms. Byrd died in a hospital after "fasting for four weeks, on instructions from the Space People." (Email from Hilary Evans to Project 1947 discussion list, December 8, 1997)
Witness: Farmer
Location: Willow Grove, Australia
Date: February 15, 1963
Time: 07:10
The witness observed an object overfly his farmhouse at an estimated altitude of only 15 metres. It departed at great speed. The farmer then suffered from a strong headache for the rest of the day. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #563)
Witness: Eugenio Douglas
Location: Monte Maiz, Argentina
Date: October 12 or 18, 1963
Time: Evening
After his truck was completly engulfed by a brilliant white light from a disk, the witness drove his truck into a ditch. Three "shiny metal robots" exited the landed craft and began to approach the truck. The witness jumped out of the truck, fired four rounds from a revolver he carried, and ran towards a nearby town. The saucer followed him to town part of the way, and made several passes, bringing a "wave of terrible, suffocating heat." According to the police, the witness suffered from unusual burns as a result of the encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Sharon Stull
Location: Albquerque, New Mexico, USA
Date: April, 1964
Time:
The ten-year-old was out playing with her friends when she was hit by a beam from a UFO. She suffered first degree burns to part of her face. Within four weeks of the incident she grew more than five inches in height and 25 pounds in weight. (Kanon, The Great UFO Hoax, pp.69-70)
Witness: 8-year old child
Location: Hobbs, New Mexico, USA
Date: June 2, 1964
Time: 16:00
The child suffered second-degree burns on his face, and lost part of his hair as a result of what he said was a "black object with flames" that came down from the sky. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #608)
Witness: Beauford Parham
Location: Lavonia, Georgia, USA
Date: June 29, 1964
Time: Late evening
The witness received "possible chemical burns" after Parham's car was paced by a UFO.
(Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Nine people, including Jimmy Ivester
Location: Tallulah Falls, Georgia, USA
Date: July 7, 1964
Time: Night
The witnesses observed a bowl-shaped UFO at low altitude approximately 300 feet away. The object flew over the Hickman house. Mrs. Hickman suffered from a burning sensation in her arms and face after the encounter, while her daughter had a "red, drawn face and swollen eyelids." (Davenport, Visitors From Time pp. 69-70)
Witness: Mr. S
Location: Cisco Grove, California, USA
Date: September 6, 1964
Time:
A lone hunter observed a light in the sky. Two humanoid beings and two robots exited the craft. The beings and robots surrounded the tree the hunter was sitting in, apparantly trying to get a hold of the hunter. The two robots released some sort of gas, which caused the witness to pass out. When he awoke, they were gone. (Fawcett, Making Contact, pp.217-220)
Witness: James Flynn
Location: Everglades, Florida, USA
Date: March 12 or 15, 1965
Time: 13:00
The witness was "almost knocked down by a blast of wind when he approached within a few yards of a UFO, which shot a light like a welder's torch. He was unconcious for a full day and woke up almost totally blind, with a dark spot on his forehead. His later symptoms included loss of hearing and numbness." (Multiple sources)
Witness: teenager Adilon Azevedo et al.
Location: Carazinho, Brazil
Date: July 26, 1965
Time: 20:00
The witnesses observed two landed objects, and five occupants speaking an unfamiliar language. The witnesses fled. Azevedo suffered from headaches for five days afterwards. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #662)
Witness: Couple
Location: Brabant, Belgium
Date: September, 1965
Time: 1930
"Irritation at wrists."
(Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Man
Location: Baden, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: August 13, 1965
Time:
After witnessing an object fly past his house (at some distance), the man experienced numerous physiological effects beginning about 20 minutes after the sighting. He lost his vision in both eyes (for a period of three days), with his eyes becoming painful. His entire body became "sunburned." A medical examination revealed that the effects were most likely the result of exposure to ultra-violet rays. His vision returned after several days. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #677)
Witness: Chief Deputy Sheriff William McCoy and Deputy Robert Goode
Location: Brasoria County, Texas, USA
Date: September 3, 1965
Time: Midnight
Earlier in the day, Goode was bitten on the finger by a pet baby alligator. The wound became swollen and painful, and Goode feared that it had become infected. He had his hand hanging out of the window while driving their cruiser, when they observed a large ball of purple light. The light flew over the cruiser, bathing it and Goode’s exposed arm and injured hand in light. The light and cruiser continued on in opposite directions, with the light eventually flareing up and disappearing. Immediately after the sighting, Goode discovered his wound apparently healed. (Keel, Operation Trojan Horse, p.226)
Witness: "Helge"
Location: Sweden
Date: December 9, 1965
Time:
Several days before a scheduled operation to remove a kidney stone, "Helge", a demolitions man, went for a walk on a near-by frozen lake. Helge observed a landed UFO, and communicated with its humanoid crew. One of the beings ran a microphone-like device over his body. The following day, Helge’s doctors discovered Helge’s kidney stone had vanished. (Many suspect the case was hoaxed.) (Keith, Casebook on the MIB, p.70)
Witness: Boy
Location: Hermann, Minnesota, USA
Date: December 20, 1965
Time: 2345
The boy lost consciousness after a close encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Boy
Location: Brazil
Date: 1965
Time:
While walking to a local movie theatre, a fifteen-year-old boy observed two round UFOs land in a near-by field. Beings exited the craft for a brief period of time, then re-boarded the craft and departed. Shortly after the sighting, the boy developed a severe headache which persisted for five days. The boy was later treated by a doctor for a "disturbed heart." (Magonia ETH Bulletin No.5-July 1998)
Witness: 13 year-old Charles Cogens
Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Date: March 29, 1966
Time: approx. 21:15
After touching an antenna that was protruding from a landed UFO, the witness received an electric shock. He suffered a three-inch first degree burn. (Bondarchuk, UFO Canada)
Witness: John Wesley Bloom and other boy scouts
Location: near Upland, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: April 25, 1966
Time: Night
A group of boy scouts at a Salvation Army camp observed an object land nearby. Several boys approached the object. One boy, John Wesley, became temporarily blinded. His face turned red, and his eyes swelled shut. Afterwards, he developed a rash on his cheek. (Keel, Operation Trojan Horse p. 130)
Witness: Robert Howard
Location: Sinclairville, New York, USA
Date: April, 1966
Time: 2030
After a close encounter Howard suffered from "eye irritation." (Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Otto Becker, his son, and daugher-in-law
Location: Heraldsburg, California, USA
Date: August 20, 1966
Time: Early morning
The witnesses woke up to find their house lit up by a very large object approximately 60 metres away. The witnesses suffered from inflamed eyes for several days afterwards. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #789)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Niteroi, Brazil
Date: August 20, 1966
Time:
After observing a strange luminous object over a nearby hill, a woman called the police. When the police arrived on the scene, they climbed the hill, discovering the dead bodies of electronic technicians Pereira da Cruz and Viana. The bodies were wearing masks over their faces. Cause of death is unknown, but was suspected to have been from a drug overdose. They appeared to have been attempting to contact someone. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #790)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Date: October 2, 1966
Time: 20:20
The witness observed a bright UFO hovering nearby. The house filled with an odor that made at least one witness nauseaus and dizzy. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.94)
Witness: Connie Carpenter
Location: New Haven, West Virginia, USA
Date: November 27, 1966
Time: 1030
After an encounter with a strange being, Carpenter developed conjunctivitis.
(Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Man
Location:
Date: February 5, 1967
Time: Evening
The witness observed a UFO land in a nearby field, where several beings exited the craft. The beings noticed the man, and tried to drag him to the object, only to let him go after being startled. The witness suffered from a burn mark to the back of his neck, apparently the result of his fight with the beings. (Fowler, Andreasson ph.2 p.156)
Witness: "Security specialist"
Location: Cuba
Date: March, 1967
Time:
While attempting to intercept a UFO, one of two Cuban Mig 21s blew up. (Fawcett, UFO Cover-Up, p.196)
Witness: John Keel
Location: Gallipolis Ferry, Ohio, USA
Date: April 3, 1967
Time: 01:35
UFO researcher Keel observed a nocturnal light during a skywatch. He suffered from a "mild case of klieg conjunctivitis (eye irritation) that lasted for several days." (Davenport, Visitors From Time, p.62)
Witness: Stefan Michalak
Location: Falcon Lake, Manitoba, Canada
Date: May 20, 1967
Time: 1215
The witness was alone in the wilderness when he observed two cigar-shaped objects. One landed not too far from him and Michalak, curious, walked up to the craft. Shortly after he approached however, the craft took off. At the time of the departure, a grid-like vent was facing the witness. A blast of hot air shot out of the vent setting Michalak's shirt on fire. After Michalak put out the fire, he almost immediately became nauseous and developed a severe headache. He became dizzy, and on the way back to the hotel at which he was staying he vomited on several occasions.
He eventually managed to catch a bus to his home town of Winnipeg, where his son brought him to the hospital. At that time the doctors only prescribed him a sedative and sent him home. The following morning however Michalak was still in pain, as well as having developed a bad body odor and breath. He also began to lose weight. He went to see his doctor, who noted:
He complained of band-like headache, hot
forehead, anorexia, and nausea, feeling of blacking out. On examination, he appeared
rather depressed, dazed, apathetic, but
rational and coherent. There was singeing
of the hair on the forehead at the hairline
and over the lower sternal and upper
abdominal region. Over the upper abdomen,
in the mid-portion and especially to the
left of the midline, there were numerous
reddish, slightly irregular, oval-shaped,
slightly raised lesions, arranged with
their long axes mainly in a transverse
direction. These lesions seemed to be
consistent with a first degree burn. As I
recall they were painful and tender but not severely. I also observed the burnt
undershirt which had holes with charred
(or blackened) edges corresponding to the
site of the burn.
Michalak's health problems continued. He lost weight, dropping from 180 pounds before the incident down to 158 pounds one week after. He also continued to vomit now and then, as well as suffer from fainting spells. His white blood cell count dropped, and he suffered from numbness and swelling in his joints. Finally, in September some four months after the incident he became quite sick. He experienced swelling, dizziness, a burning sensation in his chest and neck, and his hands swelled considerably. Doctors blamed the incident on an allergic reaction.
Worried about his health problems, Michalak went to the Mayo Clinic in August of the following year (1968). The Clinic felt Michalak was suffering from besides neurodermatitis, syncope due to hyperventilation or impaired cardiac output. In their report they explained:
Since May, 1967, he has had repeated clearing
up and recrudescence of the erythematous and pruritic lesions on his chest and legs.
Sometimes these occurred at intervals of approximately 112 days, but this has not been consistent. Since January, 1968,
reoccurrences have been more frequent but the symptoms were briefer in duration.
Generally, the chest lesions appear as minute points or "grains," enlarge progressively to
the size of a quarter or a half dollar, and
are very pruritic…The time between initial appearance and disappearance has ranged from
a few days to several weeks. Various
medications have not been helpful.
Mr. Mechallack's (sic) main reason for coming
to the Mayo Clinic now is because of
headaches and blackout spells which have
attended the other symptoms since he was
severely ill in January, 1968.
Headaches are mainly bitemporal, steady, and excruciating. Skin problems occur at the
same time. Blackout spells are not sudden
but cannot be predicted accurately enough to permit him to drive during symptomatic
periods (he is fearful of hurting himself
and/or others). Gradually, his eyesight
begins to dim until everything goes black.
He has time to sit down but is…unconscious
for a few minutes or more.
Despite being investigated by numerous government agencies, no one has yet come up with a rational explanation for the incident. (Rutkowski, "Too Close an Encounter."
Witness: John Demler
Location: Jones-town, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: May 1967?
Time: 19:45
The witness, a Justice of the Peace, observed a UFO hovering low over his car. Afterwards, "Demler suffered from peeling skin and perspiration." (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.141)
Witness: Couple
Location: Ravenswood, West Virginia, USA
Date: Spring, 1967
Time: 2230
"Sunburn" developed after witnessing a nearby blue ball. (Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Nurse
Location: Mendoza, Argentina
Date: August, 1967
Time:
A hospital nurse observed a disk land in the hospital courtyard. The brightly glowing object forced the witness to cover her eyes. The craft remained for several minutes before flying away. Afterwards, the Argentine Atomic Energy Commission claimed the nurse had been exposed to radiation. (Hill, Unconventional Flying Objects, pp.72-73)
Witness: Pennsylvania UFO investigator
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Date: Summer, 1967
Time
A Pennsylvania UFO investigator was contacted by an alleged USAF officer by the name of "Major Smedley." Afterwards the investigator became "violently ill." (See June 14, 1968 case) (Keith, Casebook on the MIB, p.87)
Witness: "Shirley"
Location: Seaford, Long Island, USA
Date: September 26, 1967
Time: Afternoon
Upon hearing a strange humming noise, the witness looked outside her house to see a flying saucer hovering outside. While observing the disk, the doorbell rang and the witness opened the door to find an "indian woman" grinning from ear to ear. The strange woman asked for salt to take a pill. The visitor swallowed the pill upon receiving the salt and left. The disk then flew away. Afterwards, the witness suffered from nausea. (Keith, Casebook on the MIB p.83)
Witness: Edward Fortney and one other person.
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: October 22, 1967
Time: 2100
Following a sighting, one witness suffered from numerous aliments, beginning with a headache. Later that night, "Mr. Fortney developed a fever and pain in his legs. Some time later he also developed back pain and a "hot feeling in this thighs." Several weeks after the sighting he suffered from a yellow-green coating on his tongue" and a small decrease in his white blood cell count. (Rutkowski, Unnatural History, pp.28-30 and Bondarchuk, UFO Canada)
Witness: Technician Ugo Battaglia and a boy
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: November 24, 1967
Time: 14:30
The witnesses observed a craft, and three tall men in white coveralls. Afterwards, the boy suffered severe headaches. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #900)
Witness: Connie Carpenter
Location: West Virginia, USA
Date: November 27, 1967
Time
The witness observed the infamous "Mothman," who flew towards her car. Carpenter afterwards suffered from conjunctivitis. (Keith, Casebook on the MIB, p.133)
Witness: State Trooper Hervert Schirmer
Location: Ashland, Nebraska, USA
Date: December 3, 1967
Time: 02:30
Upon investigating a livestock disturbance, the witness observed a flying saucer hovering by the highway. The trooper suffered from missing time, where, if the hypnosis session was accurate, the witness communicated with a five-foot tall being. After the contact, Schirmer discovered a red welt on his neck, and began suffering from bad headaches and a strange bussing sound in his head. (Huyghe, Field Guide to Extraterrestrials, p.20)
Witness: Couple
Location: Pierre, South Dakota, USA
Date: 1967
Time:
The face of one witness went numb during a close encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Gregory Wells
Location: Beallsville, Ohio, USA
Date: March 19, 1968
Time: Evening
The witness
had just stepped out of his grandmother's house to walk a few tens of yards to his parents' trailer when his grandmother and mother heard his screams, ran out, and found him rolling on the ground, his jacket burning. After being treated at a nearby hospital, he described to his parents, sheriff's deputies, and others what he had seen. Howvering over some trees across the highway from his location, he had seen an oval-shaped object with some lights on it. From a central area of the bottom, a tube-like appendage emerged, rotated around, and emitted a flash that coincided with the ignition of his jacket...
The boy suffered second degree burns.(McDonald interviewed other people who had seen the object in the vicinity. (McDonald,Statement to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics and Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Shane Kurz
Location: Westmoreland, New York, USA
Date: May 3, 1968
Time: 0400
The alleged abductee suffered from migraines, developed "red rings" on her abdomen, and stopped menstruating after her abduction. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Thomas Wedemeyer
Location: Jamestown, New York, USA
Date: June 14, 1968
Time:
A member of the UFO research group CAP was paid a visit by a man claiming to be a "Major Smedley" of the USAF. The major was interested in the director of the CAP, as well as a recent UFO sighting. After the major left, the witness suffered from a headache and a temporary memory lapse. (See summer, 1967 report) (Keith, Casebook on the MIB, p.87)
Witness: electrician Jorge Ribles and Jose J. Rociski
Location: Bouchard, Argentina
Date: June 25, 1968
Time: 01:05
The entire area around the witnesses was lit up by a strange light. Rociski became unconscious and afterwards was not able to move his left arm for three days. His eyes were swollen and his skin was red. (Vallee, Passport to Magonia #912 and Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Pierre Michot-Rousseau and two others
Location: Cote D'or Region, France
Date: August, 1968
Time: Day
As a result of their UFO sighting, the three witnesses suffered conjunctivitis, with Rousseau suffering from temporary blindness (that lasted a week). (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Man
Location: Catskill Mountains, New York, USA
Date: August, 1968
Time: 2000
The day after an apparent close encounter, the man had red streaks on his penis and urination was painfull. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Mr. and Mrs. McMullen, Sharon Burgess, and two youths
Location: Lakeland, Florida, USA
Date: October, 1968
Time: Evening
"Eye and skin irritation."
(Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: "Dr. X"
Location: Southern France
Date: November 2, 1968
Time: 04:00
The witness was a medical doctor who practiced in southern France. His identity has been kept secret all these years, and has generally been referred to as "Dr. X." The reason for the witness's desire to remain anonymous is quite typical; he feared his reputation would be ruined by publicly admitting to having been involved in something so weird as a close encounter with a flying saucer.
What is known is that while serving in the French army, Dr. X was stationed in Algeria during the civil war. On May 18, 1958, Dr. X was wounded by a land mine and suffered (supposedly) permanent injury. According to a 1958 Veterans Administration report, the doctor had "...motor deficiency of the upper right and lower right members with Babinski syndrome and paresthesia with prickling and numbing."
The central UFO event occurred in the early morning hours of November 2, 1968. Just after 4:00 AM, the doctor's sleep was interrupted by the cries of his 14 month-old baby. Upon entering the baby's room, the doctor noticed his child's attention drawn to something outside. The doctor observed two saucer-shaped objects outside. The light coming from one of the saucers hit the witness.
Upon the conclusion of the ten minute sighting, Dr. X woke his wife and began telling her of this experience. While he was pacing the room, his wife noticed that the doctor seemed to not be suffering from either his war wound or a more recent axe injury. (He had struck himself in the leg with an axe a couple days earlier, cutting an artery which caused swelling in his leg.) Both the hematoma and the war wound had seemingly disappeared. After talking himself out, Dr. X went back to sleep, sleeping for more than nine hours (until 2:00 PM) (and talking in his sleep until around 7:00AM).
The doctor reported the sighting to the French researcher Aime Michel, who first saw the witness almost a week after the event. Michel found Dr. X to be "weak,...(suffering) from weight loss, and abdominal pain." This turned out to be only the beginning of a series of negative effects that resulted from the sighting.
Almost two-and-a-half weeks after the sighting (November 17-18) a triangular-shaped rash appeared on Dr. X's stomach. Michel initially believed that the rash was pychosomatic as a result of a dream the doctor had earlier, but the same shape appeared on the baby as well. The doctor paid a visit to a dermatologist, who could only say with certainty that the rash consisted of dead cells, and not to any possible cause.
Apparently, the triangular-shaped rash reappears on both the father and son every year in November and lasts an average of two or three days. In 1984, a reporter had the triangle reexamined, including a thermographic examination, both during the event and after the triangle disappeared.
The physician's report stated the following:
"Clinical examination: Intense cutaneous erythema, of triangular shape, centered over the umbilicus; absence of visible supervicial vessel.
Thermography: Numerous curvilinear hyperthermic areas, spread over the umbilical and bilateral iliac region, corresponding to deep vessels, whose topography can be superimposed to that of the cutaneous erythema, and which are resistant to cooling."
After the triangle disappeared, the same physician made the following report:
"Clinical examination: Cutaneous area has normal aspect, a little more "sunburned" at the level of the visible erythema of November 2.
Thermography: Diffuse subumbilical hyperthermia, in a patch, corresponding to the usual thermographic appearance of the cutaneous plane."
Furthermore, "the neurological examination is normal; one does not find any sign of Babinski syndrom or any deficiencies in the sense of balance."
What that report basically said is that on November 2, there was an extreme redness of the skin centred around Dr. X's belly button. The affected skin had an above normal temperature. On November 11, the redness had disappeared though there was a slight "sunburn" noticable. The skin had cooled somewhat but was still above normal, and had lost its triangular shape and moved to a slightly lower position on his torso. (Vallee, Confirmations and Dimensions)
Witness: customs officer
Location: Lima, Peru
Date: December 9, 1968
The witness was hit in the face by a purple beam from a UFO. Afterwards, the witness no longer required glasses, which corrected for Myopia, and that his rheumatism was gone. (Blum, Beyond Earth, p.147)
Witness: Maria de Carmen Ocamp
Location: Outside Uruapan, Mexico
Date: January 1969
Time:
While a seven year old girl was strolling in the woods, she observed a being materialize. The being identified herself as the "Virgin of Guadalupe." After the sighting, the girl became sick for several days. (Keel, Operation Trojan Horse P.240)
Witness: Tiago Machado and many others
Location: Pirassununga, Brazil
Date: February 6, 1969
Time:
While attempting to approach a UFO that had landed in a field, the young man was hit on the legs by a weapon being carried by one of the creatures. He fainted and remained unconscious for an hour. When he awoke in the hospital, he was dehydrated, had red marks on the backs of his thighs, his eyes were sensitive to the light, suffered from insomnia, and was unable to eat for three days. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Glenwood, Missouri, USA
Date: March 6, 1969
Time: 1100
The witness suffered from eye irritation for three days after driving into the light being emitted from a hovering UFO. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Jose Antonio da Silva
Location: Bebedouro, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date: May 4, 1969
Time: Afternoon
The witness, a military police officer, was relaxing one Sunday afternoon fishing, when he became aware of strange, four-foot tall beings around him. The witness was hit by a beam of light, and he collapsed to the ground. The witness was dragged to a nearby craft, and brought inside. A helmet was placed on his head, similar to a divers’ helmet. The craft lifted into the air and travelled what seemed a great distance. During the trip, the beings examined the witness'’ various possessions. tHe witness was released by the beings some four and a half days later, approximately 250 miles from where he was abducted. Da Silva suffered from a swollen knee as a result of the abduction, as well as three wounds on his shoulder, apparently the result of the helmet. Da Silva however seemed to get off easily; during the abduction, he saw four human bodies lying on a shelf. (Huyghe, Field Guide to Extraterrestrials, pp.44-45)
Witness: Arcesio Bermudez
Location: Anolaima, Colombia
Date: July 4 or 5, 1969
Time
The witness observed a luminous object perform maneuvers over a farm. At one point, Bermudez was able to approach within 20 feet of the object. According to the July-August 1969 issue of the APRO Bulletin: "Within two days of the observation, the principal witness, Mr. Arcesio Bermudez, was taken very ill; his temperature dropped to 95 degrees F, and he had a "cold touch" although he claimed he did not feel cold. Within a few days his condition became far more serious; he had "black vomit" and diarrhea with blood flow. On July 12 he was taken to a Bogata hospital, where he died. The cause of death was gastroenteritis. The colombia Institute of Nuclear Affairs claims the gastroenteritis was likely the result of a lethal dose of gamma rays. (Hill, Unconventional Flying Objects pp71-72)
Witness: 10 year-old girl
Location: Abee, Alberta, Canada
Date: July 16, 1969
Time: 15:30
The witness was temporarily blinded (30 minutes) after approaching within 10 yards of a landed UFO (while staring into what appeared to be its power source). (Bondarchuk, UFO Canada)
Witness: Jean Migueres
Location: Rouen, France
Date: August 11, 1969
Time:
After being severely hurt in a car crash, a strange being materialized in the car with him to tell him he would survive. "After being declared dead several times, he recovered completely as predicted by the alien." (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Police officer
Location: Wanaque Reservoir, Wanaque, New Jersey, USA
Date: 1960s
Time:
Police observed an object emerge from the reservoir. One of the witnesses was temporarily blinded by a light from the object. (Crystall, Silent Invasion, p.64)
Witness: Esko Viljo and Aarno Heinonen
Location: Imjarvi, Mikkeli, Finland
Date: January 7, 1970
Time: 16:45
Two middle-aged men, while skiing, observed a small metallic object descend from the sky. A small, 3-foot tall being appeared, carrying a black box. The witnesses became bathed in a thick mist for a period of time. When the mist cleared, the creature and object were gone. Heinonen’s entire right side of his body felt numb, and he had to be helped back to the cottage. He grew sicker, suffering from numerous ailements: vomiting, black urine, headaches, loss of memory, difficulty breathing, and body aches. Heinonen’s problems lasted for several months. The other witness, Esko Viljo suffered physically as well. He had a red, swollen face, headaches, dizziness, and pain in his eyes. Heinonen went on to become a "contactee." (Huyghe, Field Guide to Extraterrestrials , pp.48-49)
Witness: Attorney
Location: Rural Wisconsin, USA
Date: April, 1970
Time: Morning
While driving on a lonely stretch of highway, the witness observed a UFO sitting off the side of the road. He suffered missing time, apparantely the result of an abduction. Afterwards, the witness suffered from headaches, anxiety, and a strange welt on his neck. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.5)
Witness: Family of three
Location: Apopka, Florida, USA
Date: June 29, 1970
Time: 2132
The day after being chased home by a UFO, all three witnesses developed severe headaches. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Saladare, Ethiopia
Date: August 7, 1970
Time: 11:30
Witnesses first noticed a noise coming from a nearby forest. It sounded like a low flying airplane, but the intensity picked up, eventually becoming very intense. A red ball of light was observed, which entered the village, destroying everything in its path. It punctured large holes in houses, uprooted trees, melted the asphalt of roads, and destroyed a bridge. After one sweep through the village, it stopped and hovered for several seconds, and then made a second sweep through the village. The duration of the sighting was approximately 10 minutes. The result of the event was one death, eight injuries, and damage to some 50 buildings. (Hynek, Edge of Reality, p.160)
Witness: Almiro Martins de Freitas
Location: Itatiala, Brazil
Date: August 30, 1970
Time: 2145
The witness, a security guard at a power plant, opened fire on a UFO 15 metres away. The UFO responded by giving off a blinding flash, temporarily paralyzing and blinding the man. The man recovered his eyesight 14 days later. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Nelson Vieira Leite and Manoel Carlos Leite
Location: Itaperuna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: May, 1971
Time:
Type: Injury-accidental
The witnesses observed a UFO, seemingly surrounded by some sort of invisible barrier. One of the witnesses, Manoel Carlos was knocked unconscious after running into the barrier. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.132)
Witness: Osvaldo d'Annunzio
Location: Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Date: September 19, 1971
Time:
The witness developed severe burns to his face and a persistent migraine after watching a UFO. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Ronald Johnson and his father
Location: Delphos, Kansas, USA
Date: November 2, 1971
Time: 1900
The 16-year-old boy observed an object approximately 75 feet away. It gave off an intense light which blinded the boy for several minutes. The object apparantly left a circle in its wake. When Mr. and Mrs. Johnson touched the circle, their fingers went numb. Mrs. Johnson tried wipping off some of the dirt off her hands on to her leg; her leg then went numb. She suffered from the numbness for several weeks. (Clark, The UFO Book, p.168-169)
Witness: Woman
Location: Fursyth County, Georgia, USA
Date: December 15, 1971
Time:
After being allegedly abducted, the woman suffered from burns, blisters, back aches, insomnia, and her eyes were sensitive to light. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Three children: Terry Harrison, Wally Harrison, Doris Harrison
Location: Louisiana, USA
Date: July 11, 1972
Time: 15:30
The three children observed "Momo", the Missouri Monster, in their backyard. The creature was estimated to be six to seven feet tall, and covered in black hair. It was carrying a dead dog under its arm. The family dog (not the dead dog) became sick after the incident, vomiting repeatedly, and its eyes turned red. (Clark, The Unidentified, p.12)
Witness: Ventura Maceiras
Location: Tres Arrayos, Argentina
Date: December 30, 1972
Time: 22:20
The witness, a night watchman, observed a craft and occupants. He was hit by a flash of light. Afterwards, he suffered from numerous ailments, including red postules, nausea, diarrhea, headaches, watery eyes, hair loss, and difficulty speaking. There was one good effect however, the 73-year-old man grew a new set of teeth! (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.103)
Witness: Samuel Faria
Location: Vila Velha, Brazil
Date: March 11, 1973
Time: 1800
In an apparent abduction event, a strange being tried to grab Faria. He developed red marks on his arms where he was grabbed; the marks were visible for eight months. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Onilson Pupero
Location: Catanduva, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date: May 22, 1973
Time: 03:00
The witness lost consciousness after observing a UFO. He developed "bruise-like spots" on various parts of his body. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.134)
Witness: Five people, including Judy Doraty
Location: Near Houston, Texas, USA
Date: May 1973
Time:
The witnesses were driving when they observed a light in the sky. Judy pulled the car to the side of the road and got out. The five experienced missing time of approximately one hour. Next thing anyone remembers is Judy getting back in the car, complaining of thirst and nausea. In a later hypnosis session, Judy described an abduction, where she claimed to have witnessed a cattle mutilation. (Thompson, Alien Identities, pp.313-314)
Witness: Three people
Location: Sousas, Brazil
Date: June 7, 1973
Time: 2200
The witnesses all developed severe headaches after a close encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Eddie Doyle Webb
Location:
Date: October 3, 1973
Time: Early morning.
While driving a tractor-trailer, his truck was overflown by a large, bright, turnip-shaped object. He struck his head out the open window, where he was struck "in the face by a red flash of fire" that blinded him and partially melted his glasses’ frames. He was hospitalized with ‘bilateral severe reduction in vision of both eyes, undetermined etiology,’ but he gradually recovered his sighty over a period of three weeks." (Thompson, Alien Identities, p.324)
Witness: Merwin McKechnie and family
Location: Lake Orion, Michigan, USA
Date: October 15, 1973
Time: 2030
Merwin was hit in the face by a beam of light from a UFO; he suffered from eye irritation and headaches as a result. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Pat, Bonnie, and Debbie Roach
Location:
Date: October 17, 1973
Time: 0010
Debbie was allegedly cured of an illness during an abduction. They all developed marks in triangular formations on their arms. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Dionisio Llanca
Location: Villa Borden, Argentina
Date: October 28, 1973 (or 1971)
Time: 0100
The witness was struck by a yellow beam of light causing paralysis. Three creatures took blood samples; Llanca passed out. "He was found with trauma to the skull and right forehead." (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Two boys
Location: Lemon Grove, California, USA
Date: November 16, 1973
Time: 19:00
The boys were playing in a vacant lot when they observed a UFO hovering near-by. They fled in fear. During the encounter, they felt "chills, tingly, and weak." (Davenport, Visitors From Time, p.151)
Witness: Mr. Severin
Location: Petite-Ile, France
Date: February 14, 1974
Time: 1330
After being hit by a beam of light from a UFO, the witness partially lost his vision and suffered from headaches.
(Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Couple
Location: Hambreiro, Lugo, Spain
Date: March 30, 1974
Time: 2130
The witnesses were temporarily blinded. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman and two small children
Location: St. Helens, Tasmania, Australia
Date: September 16, 1974
Time: 2100
After an apparent encounter with a UFO, the woman suffered from swollen arms and fingers and a numb right side. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Tayene, Tasmania, Australia
Date: September 22, 1974
Time: 1720
The witness felt "sick" after a UFO came within 25 yards of her. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Carl Higdon
Location: Rawlins, Wyoming, USA
Date: October 25, 1974
Time: 0130
After being abducted, Higdon suffered from minor skin burns, muscle and back aches, and his eyes were irritated and sensitive to light. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Ceara, Brazil
Date: October, 1974
Time: 0800
The woman was bathed in a blue light from a nearby UFO. The woman felt extremely warm during this time. Afterwards, she felt dizzy, nauseous, and developed minor burns and blisters on her back and arms, and prickly sensations and sharp pains throughout her body. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone pp.149-150)
Witness: Antoine Severin
Location: Indian Ocean
Date: February 14, 1975
Time: 1300
The witness was hit by a beam of light, knocking him unconscious. He awoke to find himself (presumably temporarily) mute and suffering from poor vision. His eyesight improved several days later. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Orbak, Denmark
Date: February 19, 1975
Time: 1919
The woman became "physically sick" after a close encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Alois J. Olenick
Location: Pleasanton, Texas, USA
Date: May 5, 1975
Time: 2115
While driving home, Olenick observed a UFO. It hovered over his truck, bathing it in light. He suffered "eye damage" and experienced numbness in his hands and feet. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Charles L. Moody
Location: Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA
Date: August 13, 1975
Time: 0120
While alone in the desert, the USAF sgt. Was apparently abducted. He experienced numerous physiological effects, including: a red rash covering most of his body, hair loss, and numerous headaches. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Mrs. And Mr. Cromwell, Mrs. Brandt
Location: Tujunga, California, USA
Date: September 3, 1975
Time: Evening
The witnesses observed a UFO and several helicopters. Afterwards, the three witnesses suffered from painful red eyes. Mrs. Cromwell’s vision blurred. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.123)
Witness: David Stephens and friend
Location: Oxford, Maine, USA
Date: October 27, 1975
Time: 0330
After an apparent abduction, the two people suffered from numerous ailments, including: headaches, red faces and necks, swollen feet and ankles, eye discolorizations, and vision problems. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Travis Walton et. Al.
Location: Turkey Springs, Arizona, USA
Date: November 5, 1975
Time: Dusk
Walton disappeared for approximately five days after allegedly being abducted (in front of six witnesses). When he returned, Walton had lost weight, was weak and disoriented, and was extremly hungry and thirsty. (Walton, Fire in the Sky)
Witness: Young Man
Location: Catskill Forest Preserve, USA
Date: November 1975
Time
The witness observed an oval craft, and was attacked by "robotlike" figures. A week later, he "developed a series of straight raised welts running down his navel toward his groin in a coverging pattern." (Thompson, Alien Identities p.130)
Witness: Mona Stafford, Louise Smith, Elaine Thomas
Location: Starford or Lancaster Kentucky, USA
Date: January 6, 1976
Time: 23:30
The witnesses observed a bright red light in the sky, which approached their car. The car was lit up by a bright yellow light. The witnesses experienced missing time, and an apparent abduction. They suffered from burns to the exposed parts of their bodies, and inflammation of their eyes. (Fowler, Watchers Part 2, p.310, Davenport, Visitors From Time)
Witness: Shelley McLenaghan
Location: northern England, UK
Date: January 23, 1976
Time: 17:15
The witness observed a light in the sky the size of a small house. During the sighting, the witness "felt a terrible pressure (on her) head and shoulders, an off taste in (her) mouth. (Her) teeth seemed to vibrate. When (she) tried to run it was like being in a nightmare. (Her) arms and legs moved, but in slow motion. (She) tried to scream; nothing came out."
After the sighting the witness became ill. Among other things, her neck, chest, shoulders, and upper back was covered with a purple rash. (Vallee, Confrontations pp.109-110)
Witness: Miguel Carrasco
Location: Spain
Date: January 28, 1976
Time: late night
While walking home shortly after midning, the 24-year old farmer observed a strange craft in the sky projecting a beam of light. Scared, he began to run, only to be paralysed by a beam, shot from two beings who appeared from the craft. The next thing he remembered was pounding on his front door at 02:30, screaming to be let in. He suffered minor burns on his face, but they disappeared within seven hours. (Thompson, Alien Identities, pp.324-325)
Witness: Luis Fernades Barros
Location: Quixado, Brazil
Date: April 23, 1976
Time: Early morning
The witness, a wealthy businessman, was hit by a beam of light from a UFO. Barros became ill after the sighting, suffering from nausea, diarrhea, and headaches. He suffered mental deterioration, eventually regressing to the level of a two-year-old. (Vallee, Confrontations pp.121-122)
Witness: Cicilio Higinio Pereira, Anita, Geralda
Location: Jaboticatubas, Valley of the Old Women, Brazil
Date: August 9, 1976
Time: 2000
While walking along a lonely road, the three people saw a strange light in the sky. It began to approach the witnesses, who became terrified and ran for their lives. But the strap broke on one of Cicillio's sandals and he was unable to keep up with the two women. The object came down and hovered practically on top of Cicilio. The object eventually disappeared, and Cicilio began to stagger away. He almost immediately began to feel nauseous, and suffered from dry heaves. He felt very weak after the encounter, and began spending all his time in bed. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.193-196)
Witness: Joao Romeu Klein
Location: Serra do Mouro, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Date: September 3, 1976
Time: 19:00
The witness observed a landed craft and several occupants. One of the humanoid creatures shot the witness in the leg with a beam of light. Klein lost consciousness. He partially lost the use of his leg for several days afterwards. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.133)
Witness: Hermelindo Da Silva and his brother-in-law
Location: Vargem Grande, Valley of the Old Women, Brazil
Date: September 9, 1976
Time: 0200
While walking his dog, the witness was apparantly attacked by a UFO. He became the victim of a crude attempted abduction. The craft first hovered over him. Something hit his shoulder knocking him to the ground. He looked up and observed four steel cables with hooks on their ends; they were apparantly trying to hook him like a fish! A small creature exited the craft and slid down one of the cables and proceeded to attack Da Silva. Eventually the creature succeeded in hooking Hermelindo and he was dragged into the air. He managed to knock himself loose however, and he fell 20 feet into a Yucca plant. The struggle was witnessed by Hermelindo's brother-in-law. As a result of the encounter with both the craft and the Yucca plant, Hermelindo had "cuts on his knee, arms, body, his wrist, forehead, and face. His left foot was swollen, and his knee bruised. He complained of a burning sensation in his left foot. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone pp. 57-59)
Witness: Dr. Simon Taylor, "Reza," and two others
Location: Ahar, Iran
Date: September 16, 1976
Time: Night
The witnesses awoke to loud noises around their cabin. The witnesses ran outside and encountered three humanoids. They apparently were abducted. For years after the encounter, Taylor suffered from very severe headaches, various psychological afflictions like depression and mood swings, and various psyological problems which may or may not be related to the encounter. (Hough, The Truth About Alien Abductions, pp.12-15)
Witness: Eero Lammi
Location: Vleaborg, Sweden
Date: November, 1976
Time:
The witness approached a NL that landed in a nearby field. However, a beam of light shot out from it hitting Lammi in the chest and knocking him unconscious. He suffered burns to his chest and back. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness:
Location: Listowel, Ontario, Canada
Date: December 14, 1976
Time: 2100
The witness's vision was tinted red for ten minutes after a close encounter with a bright green object.
(Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Clint and Jane Chapin
Location: French Gulch, California, USA
Date: December 27, 1976
Time: 11:00
While driving on a local road, the driver, Clint, stopped their truck to examine the condition of the road ahead. Moments after getting out of the truck, Clint, seemingly in trouble, screamed to his wife Jane to bring the gun. She jumped out of the truck and ran towards Clint, only to hit an "invisible wall" in the road. She was knocked to the ground. Clint was thrown to the ground, with his arm pinned behind him. The couple lost consciousness for about fifteen minutes. Upon regaining consciousness, they discovered they had both wet their pants. They both felt ill. Clint had a dislocated shoulder, and never regained full use of his arm. Jane began suffering from tinnitus, deteriorating eyesight, and pains in her arms and legs. (Vallee, Confrontations, pp.165-166)
Witness: Joyce Bowles and Edward Pratt
Location: Winchester, England, UK
Date: December 30, 1976
Time: 20:45
The two witnesses observed two orange/red coloured lights in the sky. They lost control of the car, with it as if it was being controlled by someone or something else. It came to rest beside a hovering cigar-shaped object. A 5-foot tall being appeared, which approached the car. Shortly thereafter, both the craft and the being disappeared. Afterwards, Bowles developed a rash on the right side of her face, experienced a burning sensation in her neck and right shoulder for several days, and felt generally sick for about a week. (Budden, Psychic Close Encounters, pp.179-181 and Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Valley of the Old Women, Brazil
Date: 1976
Time
A woman who clinged to a fence post in fear, suffered burns to her body when a UFO passed by. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, p.196)
Witness: Francois Perez and wife
Location: Valence, France
Date: January 1, 1977
Time: Night
The witnesses' eyes were red and watery for 48 hours after the incident. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: A.A. Tonna
Location: Salto, Uruguay
Date: February 18, 1977
Time: 0410
The witness was hit by "sparks" from a UFO, causing mild burns to his arm. His dog, (which had gone closer to the UFO) died three days later due to "an internal hemorrhage along the entire length of the vertebral column." Furthermore, the dog's organs were discoloured. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Lothar Schaefler
Location: Langenargen, Beden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Date: February 24, 1977
Time: 02:00
While dropping off a friend at home, Schaefler and his friend observed two bright lights in the sky. After about five minutes, the lights disappeared. The friend went inside, but Schaelfer, frightened, ran and took cover behind a neighbouring house. Two strange-looking beings appeared. The witness became paralysed, and suffered from missing time. When Schaefler regained consciousness, the witness panicked, broke into his friend’s neighbour’s house, and collapsed inside. For several weeks after the sighting, Schaefler vomited several times, suffered from insomnia, and a stomach ulcer. (Huyghe, Field Guide to Extraterrestrials, pp.42-43)
Witness: Jose Sousa, Apolinario Sousa, Firmino Sousa, and Auleriano Bispo
Location: Crab Island, Brazil
Date: April 25, 1977
Time: Night
The four men went to sleep on their boat in Sao Marcos Bay after spending the day cutting down trees on the uninhabited Crab Island. The survivors woke up to find Auleriano burned on his shoulders and buttock, Firmino was "all burned and swollen" and Jose was found dead. "Firmino was in a coma for a week" and suffered second-degree burns to much of his body. The cause of Jose's death is unknown as his body had decomposed too much by the time of the autopsy. Firmino, the only one of the four to escape who appeared to escape uninjured, suffered from poor health shortly afterwards. He lost the use of his left arm, has problems with his legs, and suffers from severe headaches. While there is no direct connection to UFOs, numerous UFOs were seen in the area around that time in 1977. Doctors concluded that the injuries were likely the result of a lightning strike. (See also April 28, 1986) (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.160-173)
Witness: Inacio Rodrigues and Genesio Silva
Location: Pinheiro, Maranhao, Brazil
Date: April, 1977
Time: 0130
While fishing in a lake, they were approached by a strange light in the sky. The fishermen jumped out of the boat into the water. As a result, Rodrigues came down with dysentery. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.136-137)
Witness: Geraldo Da Gosta
Location: Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date: May, 1977
Time: Night
During an encounter with a craft and two small beings, the witness lost consciousness. Geraldo suffered from five puncture wounds to his chest, waist, and shoulder, and a scar on his arm. He remained in bed for days afterwards, and experienced a radical personality change (from being a "bossy and vigorous" man to a "quiet and docile" one). (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.150-151)
Witness: Jose Benedito Bogea
Location: Pinheiro, Maranhao, Brazil
Date: July 10, 1977
Time: 0100
The witness was hit by a beam of light from a UFO, and was apparantly abducted. After the encounter, he was basically crippled for two months. But, the encounter apparantly cured his poor eyesight (he no longer needed to wear thick glasses) and partially cured his deafness. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.100-105)
Witness: Alfredo Marques Soares
Location: Cardeiros, Brazil
Date: July 1977
Time: Evening
While walking home from a neighbour’s house, Alfredo was seemingly the victim of an attempted abduction. A flying object him him in the leg with a yellow beam of light; Alfredo felt a force trying to pull him into the air. He managed to escape, but suffered from various health problems afterwords. His leg was burnt and blistered. He had a stomach ache, diarrhea, a bad headache, and his entire left side hurt. He was unable to walk for three months time, and for another three months had to use a crutch. When investigators talked to him almost 15 years later, his leg still bothered him. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone pp.26-28)
Witness: Mrs. Cray, son Bob, daughter Cathy, son Jeff, daughter Josette, and four others.
Location: Heraldsburg, California, USA
Date: August 30, 1977
Time: 20:30
While driving home from a football game, they observed a 50-foot object close to their car. Some of the witnesses suffered from various effects, like nausea, headaches, vomiting, and difficulty sleeping. (Davenport, Visitors From Time, p.154)
Witness: Antonio La Rubia
Location: Paciencia, Brazil
Date: September 15, 1977
Time:
After an alleged abduction, the victim suffered numerous physical ailments, including: diarrhea, vision problems, headaches, body ache, rash, and a high fever. He was hospitalized five days after the encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Parkstone Poole, Dorset, England, UK
Date: September, 1977
Time:
The woman was hit in the hands by a beam of light from a UFO. Her hands turned red, and were sore for several days. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Colares, Brazil
Date: September or October 1977
Time:
Type: Death-intentional
The woman was hit in the chest by a beam fired from a UFO. She suffered from weakness, dizziness, had difficulty breathing, headaches, and a decrease in her red blood cell count. Within three hours, she slipped into a deep coma. Shortly thereafter she died, with heart failure listed as the cause. (Vallee, Confrontations pp.122-123)
Witness: Silvia Maria Trinidade and husband Benedito
Location: Tapiapanema, Mosqueiro Island, Brazil
Date: October 29, 1977
Time: 1800
While resting inside their home, the witnesses observed a light in the sky. A beam of light shot from the NL and hit Silvia. While here physical injuries were apparantly limited to a bruise, she became quite upset about the incident. Two months later she suffered a miscarriage. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.189-191)
Witness: Man
Location: Colares, Brazil
Date: Fall 1977
Time:
The man died after getting hit by a beam from a UFO. He suffered burns to his chest. Exact cause of death unknown. (Pratt, UFO DZ p.179)
Witness: Woman
Location: Colares, Brazil
Date: 1977
Time:
The woman was sitting out in her veranda when she was hit by a beam from a UFO. She suffered bad burns to her hands and chest. (Pratt, UFO DZ, pp.179-180)
Witness: 14-year-old boy
Location: Mexico
Date: 1977
Time:
The boy committed suicide to visit aliens on another planet. (Email from Hector Escobar Sotomayor to Project-1947 discussion list-December 11, 1997)
Witness: Faustino Lima et.al.
Location: Southern Ceara, Brazil
Date: Late 1977
Time: 2200-2300
A UFO apparantly interferred with the operation of a train. Every time it flew overhead the train would unexplainably slow down. An assistant engineer who watched the UFO, complained that his eyes stinged for a weak afterwards. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.227-228)
Witness: Manoel Emidio Campo
Location: Colares, Brazil
Date: 1977
Time: 0200
The man awoke to see a beam of light coming through his roof and hitting him in the leg. He suffered a burn that was slightly larger than an orange. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, p.192)
Witness: Couple and three children
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Date: March 10, 1978
Time: 1935
After watching an egg-shaped object hovering nearby, two of the witnesses suffered from a burning sensation in their eyes. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Bill Herrmann
Location: Summerville, South Carolina, USA
Date: March 18, 1978
Time: 2130
The witness began suffering from migraines and insomnia after an encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Luis Carlos Serra
Location: Penalva, Brazil
Date: March 24, 1978
Time: 1200
Luis was allegedly abducted for ten days. When he was found he was taken to a doctor and examined. He was "completely dumb and had muscle contractions, like he was paralyzed. His hair had apparantly been burned off, and the tops of his ears were slightly burned. For teeth were missing, having been pulled out. His body was rigid and the doctor was unable to move Luis's arms or legs. He went for nine days without eating after the encounter, and was fed intravenously. He was paralyzed for three days. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.109-121)
Witness: Franck Pavia, Jean-Marc Guitard, Mr. Bachere
Location: Gujan-Mestras, France
Date: June 19, 1978
Time: 0130
One individual suffered eye irritation.
(Cashman,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/5623/eyeskin.htm)
Witness: Woman
Location: Plumstead Common, London, UK
Date: July 17, 1978
Time:
The witness observed a ball of light descend from the sky and land about 50 yards from her. Two beings and her deceased father, approached her. The witness passed out, after feeling her blood drain downwards in her body. She was blind for about three weeks after the encounter. (Budden, UFOs: Psychic Close Encounters, pp.35-36)
Witness: Ultimina Boscagli and her son Rivo
Location: Torrita Di Siena, Italy
Date: September 17, 1978
Time: 20:15-21:00
The witnesses first observed a fireball at around 20:15, which disappeared with a flash of light. At 21:00, the son left his mother’s house and had a close encounter. The ten-foot wide disk landed nearby, and two small occupants got out. After circling the witness’s car, they returned to their craft and departed. For three days, Rivo suffered from "burning eyes." (Davenport, Visitors From Time, p.53)
Witness: Claudiomira Rodrigues
Location: Colares, Brazil
Date: September, 1978
Time: 2300
While sleeping in a friend's house, the victim was hit by a weapon fired from a strange person wearing something similar to a diving suit. The weapon caused burns to her chest. For several weeks afterwards, she suffered from headaches and fevers. (Pratt, UFO DZ, pp.186-188)
Witness: Frederick Valentich
Location: Bass Strait, Australia
Date: October 21, 1978
Time: 1906
The witness, a pilot flying over the Tasman Sea, described having several near collisions with an unidentified craft, while communicating with ground control. The plane, and Valentich, disappeared. (Good, Above Top Secret, pp.229-237)
Witness: Man
Location: Jaraba, Zaragoza, Spain
Date: October, 1978
Time: Morning
The witness observed a landed craft and several blond humanoids. The man (unsuccessfully) tried to communicate with the beings. He suffered for several days afterward from a metallic taste in his mouth. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.67)
Witness: 16-year-old girl
Location: Delta, Ontario, Canada
Date: November, 1978
Time: 03:00
While walking along a lonely gravel lane, the witness noticed the cessation of all noise, even her footsteps on the gravel road. She then observed a light in the sky, slowly approaching her. Frightened, she ran home. After the sighting, trees that were located under where the UFO had been, died. The witness became sick, began suffering from migraines, and developed several different psychological disorders. (Cameron, UFO Experiences in Canada)
Witness: Woman
Location: Mendoza Province, Argentina
Date: December 4, 1978
Time:
While walking home a woman had a close encounter with a blue-green object and two beings. She apparently suffered a bruised left eye and "violet rectangular marks behind her left ear and on her waist" as a result. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Two men
Location: Milanere, Torino, Italy
Date: December 8, 1978
Time: 2300
The two men suffered from conjunctivitis after a close encounter. One man's eyes were sensitive to light and had a scar on one leg. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Baca Grande, Saguache County, USA
Date: 1978
Time: Night
A woman suffering from ovarian cancer, claimed she was cured by aliens. The beings abducted her, stateing that she "needed their help." (O'Brien, Mysterious Valley, p.38)
Witness: Luis Silveira
Location: Brazil
Date: 1978
Time:
The witness was hit by a beam of light that came from the sky. After the incident, he suffered from a high fever for two days, and a temporary headache. (Vallee, Confrontations p.191)
Witness: Vicente Fernandes Filho and woman
Location: Santa Cruz, Brazil
Date: 1978
Time: Night
The two witnesses were hit by a beam of light from a UFO, paralyzing them. The woman fainted. It took an hour for the witnesses to feel well enough to leave the scene. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone p.33)
Witness: Man
Location: Oaxaca, Mexico
Date: 1978
Time:
A man castrated himself after receiving an order from what he thought was an alien. (Email from Hector Escobar Sotomayor to Project 1947 discussion list-December 11, 1997)
Witness: Woman
Location: Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England, UK
Date: January 4, 1979
Time: 0700
The woman had a close encounter with an egg-shaped object and three little beings. Afterwards she felt sick and had sore eyes. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Young man
Location: Tyler, Texas, USA
Date: January 24, 1979
Time:
The witness was hit by a beam of light from a UFO, and suffered from a diamond-shaped burn on his chest. The witness also had missing time. (Andreasson Affair Phase 2, p.109)
Witness: Francisca Bispo De Assis and daughter Joseta
Location: Sitio Timbauba, Brazil
Date: January 27, 1979
Time: 23:00
While walking home from a neighbour’s house, the witnesses were attacked by a UFO. A strong ‘wind’ began to pull the mother towards the object, as high as 40 feet into the air, before gently letting her back down on to the ground. For two days after the sighting, her body was numb, and she suffered from severe headaches for at least a few weeks after the sighting. (UFO Danger Zone pp.36-39)
Witness: Francisco Henrique "Januncio" De Souza
Location: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: January 1979
Time: 20:00
Januncio was the victim of an attempted abduction. A strange craft hovered over him, and some kind of force began to drag Januncio into the air. He held on for dear-life onto a tree, preventing himself from being dragged into the craft. Then, when the occupants saw "(he) wasn’t going to let go, they dropped something like hot oil to make (him) let go of the tree," burning his arms. Unsuccessful, the craft and its occupants left empty-handed. For several days after the sighting, Januncio was sick. He was unable to eat, suffered from a bad headache, a red chest, and had burns on his arms. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone pp.13-15)
Witness: Jose Vanilson Dos Santos
Location: Caraubinha, Brazil
Date: May, 1979
Time: Evening
The victim was hit by a yellow and green beam of light coming from a UFO. At this point he fell to the ground and lost all use of his arms and legs. He laid helpless in the field for three days until he was discovered by a neighbourhood child. He was taken to a doctor who proclaimed he had suffered a stroke. He is now confined to a wheel chair. (Pratt, UFO DZ, pp.156-158)
Witness: Leonel Dos Santos
Location: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: July 27, 1979
Time: 0700
After something hovered over the witness, Leonel passed out. Four hours later he came to, suffering from dizziness, a bad headache, deafness in his right ear, chest pains, and thirst. He was deaf in his right ear and had only a little hearing in his left ear for about a month. The chest pains lasted for about a month and a half. A red puncture mark was visible on his right hip for about nine days. Twelve years after the incident he still felt weak, pain throughout his body, and suffers from bad headaches. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.122-126)
Witness: Sarah Hines, friends Cathy, Jackie, and Jackie's father
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date: August 4, 1979
Time: 2150
The witnesses observed two "hovering arrowhead objects" hovering over a field. Sarah felt compelled to leave her friends. She experienced the "Oz factor." She observed one of the arrowhead objects land nearby. Sarah approached to within two feet of the landed craft where she saw four beings exit the object, hovering over the ground. She lost consciousness. She was unconscious for approximately 15 minutes. When she came to her pupils were dilated and her face was red. (Fenwick, "Abduction in Toronto")
Witness: Francisco Oliveira and Waldemar
Location: Sitio Dentro, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: August 26-27, 1979
Time: Late night/early morning
After a UFO passed overhead at a low altitude, Oliveira was sick for days afterwards complaining of numbness all over his body. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.226-227)
Witness: Val Johnson
Location: Marshall County, Minnesota, USA
Date: August 27, 1979
Time: 0140
While crusing on a county road, the Sheriff's deputy observed a bright light in the distance. The light rapidly approached him. Apparantly it hit his cruiser and Johnson lost control of the car. He hit the ditch at the side of the road and lost consciousness, likely the result of hitting his head on the steering wheel. A doctor examining him later said Johnson had suffered burns to his eyes as a result of the encounter. (Clark, The UFO Book, pp.356-357)
Witness: Francisco Marciano De Abreu and seven others
Location: Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: August, 1979
Time:
After the sighting, Francisco and the others felt nauseous, and suffered from headaches and itchy, watery eyes. The problems lasted for up to two months. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.145-147)
Witness: Francisco Cavalcante Dos Santos
Location: Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: September, 1979
Time: 2000
After an alleged abduction, the witness found his tongue paralyzed and remained so for eight days. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.128-130)
Witness: Bob Taylor
Location: Scotland, UK
Date: November 9, 1979
Time: 1010
Taylor approached within 30 feet of a UFO resting on the ground. He was hit by something and lost consciousness. He awoke feeling weak, sick, and in pain. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.118 and Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Antonio Amador De Lima
Location: Santo Antonio, Brazil
Date: November, 1979
Time: 1900
The witness was picked up off the ground by a hook dangling from a UFO. He was freed when his shirt ripped. After the incident, he suffered from a profound change in his personality, his legs swelled up, his hands shook, and he began having heart trouble. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp. 60-63)
Witness: Benedito Henrique De Souza
Location: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: Fall, 1979
Time: 20:00
Like his father, "Beato" was the victim of an attempted abduction. A force of some kind attempted to drag him into the air, into a waiting craft. He managed to prevent the abduction by holding on to a huge bush. Like the January 1979 case, Beato was burned by some sort of hot oil. (Beato’s shoulders were burned.) (Pratt, UFO Dangerzone pp.19-22)
Witness: Carlos Vommaro
Location: Huergo, Rio Negro Province, Argentina
Date: February 11, 1980
Time: 2200
The man fell unconscious after encountering an object along the road. He awoke an hour later experiencing pain in his spine and weakness in his legs. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Angel German Morassi
Location: Araquito, Santa Fe, Argentina
Date: June 21, 1980
Time: 0430
The farmer had a close encounter with a bright nocturnal light. He tried to run away but fell to the ground, where he felt heat on his back. Upon arriving home, he discovered burns on his lower back and right forearm. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Julio Pereira
Location: Rocha, Uruguay
Date: August, 1980
Time:
The man was attacked by two beings who utilized a strange beam emitting box. Pereira suffered bruises and burns. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Jerry McAlister and 16 others
Location: Anderson, South Carolina, USA
Date: September 11, 1980
Time: 0430
After observing a flying saucer, McAlister suffered minor burns to his face, tinnitus, an migraine headaches. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Five youths
Location: Monroe City, Indiana, USA
Date: September, 1980
Time: 0130
A black triangle apparently dropped an "ash-like substance" on the face of a young woman as it passed overhead. She suffered "burn-like blotches" to her face and left arm. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witnesses: Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, Colby Landrum
Location: Dayton, Texas, USA
Date: December 29, 1980
Time: 21:00
the three witnesses, driving on a deserted road, noticed an object hovering nearby. They stopped the car and got out to watch. Vickie and her young grandson Colby quickly got back into the car but Betty remained outside for some time.
Shortly after the sighting, according to Tim Good:
"Betty reported a blinding headache, pains in her neck, and nodules on her head and scalp that burst, seeping clear fluid. Her eyes swelled shut, she was unable to see properly, and suffered from nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Four days later she was admitted as a burn victim to Parking General Hospital, Houston. Various specialists were called in but none was able to properly diagnose her complaints. A week after leaving hospital, Betty had to return, still suffereing from headaches, nausea, swelling and loss of appetite. Even more alarming, her hair began falling out, leaving a temporary bald patch....
"The other witnesses, who spent less time outside the car, were irradiated to a lesser degree. Vickie suffered from inflammation of the eyes, temporary loss of some hair, and developed line-like indentations across her fingernails. Colby suffered from "sunburn" on his face as well as eye inflammation." (Good, Above Top Secret, pp.395-397)
Witness: 13-year-old boy
Location:
Date: December, 1980
Time: 18:30
The witness was in a field behind his house when he observed a large object hovering overhead. He was hit in the chest by a white light, paralysing him. The beam was turned off after an undisclosed period of time, and the craft departed. After the sighting, the witness discovered a red mark, like a severe sunburn, in the shape of an inverted "T" on his chest. (Andreasson Affair Phase 2. P.109)
Witness: Man
Location: San Lusi Potosm, Mexico
Date: 1980
Time:
The man attempted suicide, claiming to have been following orders from aliens. (Email from Hector Escobar Sotomayor to Project-1947 discussion list-December 11, 1997)
Witness: Woman
Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date: 1980
Time: Night
A young woman awoke to find a strange being hitting her on the head with some sort of "laser-like beam." In the morning she discovered she had "three large triangular marks on her forehead." (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Linda Taylor
Location: Worsley, Manchester, England, UK
Date: January, 1981
Time: 1930
The woman felt nauseous after a close encounter. She experienced missing time. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Frank Burke
Location: Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Date: January 17, 1981
Time: 2230
The witness suffered numerous physical ailments after his car's interior was illuminated with the bright light from a UFO. He suffered a severe burn to his left leg, nose bleeds, tinnitus, double vision, chills, irritated sinus cavity, and his urine had changed colour. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Francisco Da Conceicao ("Chico Gama")
Location: Pecem, Ceara, Brazil
Date: February, 1981
Time: 0200
The witness was terrorized by a UFO for three hours. He was hit numerous times by a beam of light, which made the witness feel cold and dizzy. For several days after the sighting, the witness felt very weak. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.69-70)
Witness: Hunter
Location: Monte Alegre, Brazil
Date: March or April, 1981
Time:
After observing a UFO, the hunter raised his rifle at the object. In return, the UFO hit him with a beam of light knocking the hunter unconscious. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.249-250)
Witness: Seven women
Location: Leesburg, Florida, USA
Date: May 10, 1981
Time: 1800
The women were driving to Miami when a light engulfed their car and they experienced missing time. When they regained consciousness they had headaches and vomited blood. One woman lost a considerable amount of weight the week after the encounter, as well as suffering from dizzy spells and becoming sensitive to light. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Railroad engineer
Location: Rufino Ortega Gutierrez, Mendoza, Argentina
Date: July 10, 1981
Time:
The train engineer suffered burns after encountering a craft that landed on the tracks in front of him. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Raimundo Souza and Anastasio Barbosa
Location: Brazil
Date: August 1981
Time: Night
The two wintesses, hunters, were sitting in hammocks, waiting for game. An object approached and hovered over them. Barbosa dropped from his hammock in fear. Barbosa was too scared to emerge from hiding until daylight. In the day, Barbosa discovered Souza’s dead body. He had fallen from his hammock. His entire body was covered in purple marks. The marks ranged in size from one inch to 2.5 inches. While an autopsy was performed, the authorities suspect Souza died from heart failure. (Vallee, Confrontations p.190-191)
Witness: Denise Bishop
Location: Weston Mill Hill, England, UK
Date: September 10, 1981
Time: 2315
The woman was hit in the head by a beam of light fired from a "massive" UFO; the beam caused her to suffer paralysis. Afterwards, a mark appeared on her hand. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: "Grant Breiland" and "N.B."
Location: Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Date: October 2, 1981
Time: 21:30
Two independent witnesses, communicating by means of a C.B. radio, observed a strange disk in the sky. Seven hours after the sighting, both witnesses developed severe headaches. Three days later, Grant had a dream of being abducted by strange men; he awoke to find a strange red welt on his leg. (Both men reported being visited by M.I.B. after the sighting). (Randles, The Truth Behind the Men In Black pp131-133)
Witness: Abel Boro and Ribamar Ferreira
Location: Brazil
Date: October 17, 1981
Time:
The witnesses observed a brightly lit object approach them. Boro became bathed in the light; Ferreira ran to Boro’s home. The family accompanied Ferreira and found Abel dead. (Vallee, Confrontations p.119)
Witness:
Location: Purnarama, Brazil
Date: October 31, 1981
Time:
The witness suffered from (presumably temporary) loss of speech and weight loss after an encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Seven people
Location: La De Marcos, Mexico
Date: November 21, 1981
Time: Night
The witnesses observed an extremely bright NL. All the witnesses developed burns on their faces, shoulders, and legs. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Man
Location: Rio Negro, Argentina
Date: February 19, 1982
Time: 2115
The man lost consciousness after a UFO hovered over his car. When he came to he discovered he was more than a kilometre away from where he passed out. He had burns on his neck and fingers. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Maria Das Gracas, Maria Merces De Paula, Maria Neuma Ferreira Lima and two children
Location: Pecem, Ceara, Brazil
Date: April, 1982
Time:
The women were collecting wood when a UFO flew overhead. The witnesses became nauseous and suffered from headaches for a week. At the time of the sighting Das Gracas was two months pregnant while Maria Merces was seven months pregnant. Maria Des Graces lost her baby nine days after the encounter and a few days after that Maria Merces gave birth to a premature and impaired child; the women blame the UFO encounter, or rather the fear that resulted from the encounter. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.208-210)
Witness: Ramon
Location: Cocalinho, Brazil
Date: August 26, 1982
Time:
(Vallee, Confrontations, p.196)
Witness: Elizabeth Conway
Location: Colorado, USA
Date: August 30, 1982
Time: Early morning
Shortly after observing a nearby NL, Conway developed a rash on her arms. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Itacoatiara, Amazon, Brazil
Date: September 17, 1982
Time:
"An object hovered over the house, shining a bright light into the room (causing) everyone to feel cold and dizzy." (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Manual
Location:
Date: Fall, 1982
Time:
The witness was harassed by a UFO for over seven hours. Numerous times he was hit by a light projected from the object. Manual felt weak every time he was hit by the beam. The following day the witness developed raised round purple marks on his body. The marks lasted for about ten days. His eyesight severly deteriorated after the encounter. (Vallee, Confrontations pp.184-186)
Witness: Laverne Landis and Gerald Flach
Location: Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA
Date: December 1982
Time:
Landis and Flach claimed to receive a message from aliens, telling them to go out into the wilderness and await the arrival of a flying saucer. The wilderness trek resulted in the death of Landis, from hypothermia, dehydration, and starvation. Flach was found suffering from hypothermia. (Vallee, Confrontations p.114)
Witness: Jose Vitorio and Dionizio General
Location: Brazil
Date: 1981 or 1982
Time:
The victim, General, was atop a hill when a flying object shot him with a beam of light, described as a "big ray of fire." General then fell down the hill. He died three days later. (Vallee, Confrontations p.119)
Witness: "Kathie Davis"
Location: USA
Date: June 30, 1983
Time: 20:45
The principal witness, "Kathie," observed a light in the pumphouse behind her house. The witness went to a neighbour’s to invite some friends over for a swim in the pool. While doing so however, she lost an hour. When she did return with two friends, the three experienced various health problems, such as nausea and chills. When one of the friends stepped on a patch of grass (which in the morning Kathie discovered has died), she felt a numb and tingling sensation in her bare feet. Kathie herself suffered from something "similar to conjunctivitis" after that night. Also Kathie experienced hair loss, pain in her right ear, loss of hearing for several days, and a general feeling of illness for a week. (Hopkins, Intruders)
Witness: Stefan Gasparouic
Location: Sommurecourt, France
Date: July 17, 1983
Time:
After apparently being abducted, the witness was hospitalized, suffering from bruises, cuts, memory loss, and problems with her eyes. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Antonio Tasca
Location: Chapeco, Brazil
Date: December 14, 1983
Time:
The witness discovered burns on his back after being abducted. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: "Marie"
Location: Eastern USA
Date: May 1984
Time:
The witness had a close encounter with a UFO in September of 1983. In May of the following year, a man posing as a local UFOlogist paid the witness a visit. The imposter behaved strangely throughout the "interview." Marie described feeling dizzy during her talk with the man. (Randles, The Truth Behind the Men In Black, p137)
Witness: Cosmo et. Al.
Location: Parnaiba River, Brazil
Date: September 23, 1984
Time: 1900 or 2000
Cosmo and the other fisherman had a close encounter with a strange object that projected a beam of light on to the ground, and onto Cosmo. When he got hit by the beam, Cosmo became dizzy and felt intense pain. Four years after the encounter, Cosmo still periodically feels the pain. "It comes over him every day, starting with the head, then the legs and the hips…He gets numbness in his fingers, pricklings." (Vallee, Confrontations pp.182-183 and Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.203-204)
Witness: Couple
Location: Reading, England, UK
Date: August 5, 1985
Time: Night
A man awoke to discover a small ball of light hovering at the foot of his bed. The ball gave off a high pitched sound, and moved across the room and through the bedroom door at a high rate of speed. During the event, the witness was unable to wake his partner. In the morning, the woman suffered from a red, sore, swollen face, and wattery eyes. Later, dead skin began to peel off her face. By the following day, her face had cleared up. (Budden, UFOs: Psychic CEs, p.168)
Witness: Man
Location: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Date: May 15, 1986
Time:
The man was repeatedly hit in the face by a light from a UFO. He tried to shield his face with his arm. The man lost 80% of his sight in one eye, and suffered minor burns to his arm. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Olavo Mena Barreta and Wellington Barros Wanderley
Location: Grumari, Brazil
Date: March 1986
Time:
Type: Death-accidental
The two UFOlogists were found dead on top of a hill, perhaps the result of a drug overdose. They apparently were awaiting contact. (Vallee, Confrontations, pp. 114-115)
Witness: Verissmo, Juvencio, Anseimo, Lazaro
Location: Crab Island, Brazil
Date: April 28, 1986
Time: 1800
The four men, while cooking their supper on their boat, became dizzy and passed out. When the survivors awoke, they found Verissmo dead with blood coming from his mouth, and Juvencio's head burned and swollen. All three survivors were nauseous. Since the incident Lazaro has suffered from headaches and dizzy spells, while Anseimo and Lazaro "feel numbness in their legs." While no direct connection to UFOs, it was included in this list because of the similarity to the April 25, 1977 case. (Pratt, UFO DZ, pp.174-176)
Witness: Oscar Alberto Florey
Location: Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina
Date: May 29, 1986
Time:
The witness was awoke to discover an object hovering outside, and then two 8-foot tall beings at the door of his bedroom. The beings unsuccessfully tried to communicate with Flores, and then vanished into thin air. After the incident, the witness’s face peeled, and suffered a personality change (becoming a "worrying introvert"). (Huyghe, Field Guide to Extraterrestrials, p.58)
Witness: Four people
Location: Taboleiro, Brazil
Date: May, 1986
Time: 0400
The four people observed a huge light in the sky. Owing to the brightness of the light, one man raised his arm over his eyes to shade them. The arm was numb for a month. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, p.336)
Witness: John Long and Richard Jandura
Location: Banksons Lake, Michigan, USA
Date: August 1, 1986
Time: 2230
The witnesses' eyes burned and were watery for several days after observing a large object fly slowly by. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Three men
Location: Italy
Date: August 6, 1987
Time: 2300
The witnesses suffered from nausea and conjunctivitis after an apparent close encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Fatima De Jesus
Location: Esmeraldos, Valley of the Old Women, Brazil
Date: 1987
Time:
The woman allegedly lost her unborn baby as a result of fleeing from a UFO. She was five-months pregnant at the time. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, p.210)
Witness: Knowles family
Location: Nullarbor Plain, Western Australia
Date: January 20, 1988
Time: 05:30
While driving on a deserted highway, the family was terrorised by a small UFO. The UFO landed on top of their car, during which one of the witnesses, Faye, touched the object. After the terrifying encounter, the witnesses felt ill, and Faye’s arm and hand swelled. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.139)
Witness: Wilson Soza, Carlos Mercado, et.al.
Location: Laguna Cartagena, Puerto Rico
Date: December 28, 1988
Time: 2000
The witnesses claim they observed two military jets apparantly get swallowed up by a UFO. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.222-223)
Witness: Tony Burfield
Location: Somerset, England, UK
Date: 1988
Time
While taking pictures on the Quantock Hills, the witness was overflown by a large craft. He managed to take several pictures. After the sighting, he suffered numerous ailments including: inability to eat solid foods, extreme sensitivity to electrical equipment, and a metallic taste in his mouth. However, it is quite unclear as to cause given that he had numerous problems before the incident, such as food allergies, sensitivity to light, and memory loss. (Devereux, UFOs and UFOlogy, p.177)
Witness: Joana Rodrigus Ferreira and her daugher Elisvalda
Location: Carnaubinha, Ceara, Brazil
Date: 1988
Time: 0100
The two witnessed a UFO and two four-foot tall men in aluminum-like clothes. Terrified, Joana and Elisvalda ran for their lives. For the next week Joana was sick, suffering from headaches and a fever and then Joana, five months pregnant, miscarried. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.210-213)
Witness: Igor Yadigan
Location: Voronezh, USSR
Date: Mid-September, 1989
Time: 19:40
The witness, while walking to work, had a CE-3. The witness experienced visions of a nuclear meltdown during the encounter, until he lost consciousness. The witness awoke some twenty minutes later, suffering from a headache. For a period of time after the encounter, the witness interferred with the reception of televisions. Furthermore, any attempt to describe the encounter resulted in spasms in his throat, a bad headache, and the loss of feeling in his fingers. (Good, Alien Update, pp.173-175)
Witness: Natasha Barinova
Location: Maelski, Caucusus, Russia
Date: October 11, 1989
Time: 18:00
A strange net-like object fell from the sky , engulfed the witness, and lifted her into the air. She tried to escape, burning her hands in the process. A UFO was hovering about 50 feet off the ground. When her family rushed to the scene, the UFO disappeared. (Davenport, Visitors From Time p.140)
Witness: Vladimir Kuzmin
Location: Chelyabinsk, Siberia, Russia
Date: December 24, 1989
Time: 1530
While flying an L-29 aircraft, the pilot observed a cigar-shaped object. During the observation "his face felt hot to the touch. After he landed he noticed that his face was becoming coated with a red crust of soft skin and felt sensitive to the touch. Within a day, the skin thickened into a soft crust-like material that covered the parts of his fact (sic) not covered by his flying helmet." (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Sinval Santos
Location: Baldim, Valley of the Old Women, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date: June, 1990
Time: 2300
Fearing a light in the sky, the witness ran off into the woods. The light apparantly followed him. Sinval ran into a barbed wire fence and suffered puncture wounds in various parts of his body. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.147-148)
Witness: Miguel Figueroa
Location: Puerto Rico
Date: August 31, 1990
Time: 0330
The witness was temporarily blinded after watching strange beings who became "engulfed in a brilliant ball of blinding light." (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Rolland and Marian Marcotte
Location: Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada
Date: September 31, 1990
Time: 0410
A few hours after observing a strange red glow around the house next door, Marian developed a persistent nosebleed. The nosebleeds were due to "nasal irritation" according to her doctor. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Reinar Silva and wife Alzerina
Location: Fortaleza, Brazil
Date: March 9, 1991
Time: Night
A UFO repeatedly overflew the witnesses. On its last pass, a blue fireball dropped from the object and floated down in front of the two people. At a distance of only about one and a half metres from the witnesses, the fireball exploded. The next day Alzerina's face turned red and developed blisters. As she was behind her husband when the fireball exploded, Alzerina believes she received the burn from the object and not the fireball. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.216-218)
Witness: Jorge Fernando De Sousa
Location: Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: March, 1991
Time: 23:00
While sitting in a field, the witness observed a near-by nocturnal light. The light chased him home. The UFO supposedly "created a cold ‘wind’ that felt hot to him and pulled on him as he tried to get away from (the object)." For half an hour after the sighting, De Sousa’s eyes hurt. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone pp.33-35)
Witness: Moises Campelo
Location: Brazil
Date: May, 1991
Time: Evening
While walking home one evening, Campelo was attacked by a UFO. He was repeatedly sucked into the air by the object. The attack left the victim dizzy. The left side of his body was numb for months after the sighting. He was blind in his left eye for several days, and it swelled up for some time. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone pp.2-5)
Witness: Manoel Oliveira
Location: Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: May, 1991
Time: Evening
A UFO hovered five metres over the witness's head. He felt a "prickly heat but was cold at the same time." He developed a severe headache and became very thirsty. (Pratt, UFO DZ p.86)
Witness: Wellington Silva
Location: Ibicuitinga, Ceara, Brazil
Date: September 9, 1991
Time: 2000
While walking home, the fifteen-year-old observed first three small lights and then a larger object. During the first part of the encounter Silva felt heat on the upper part of his body. For three days after the encounter, Silva felt as if his back had been burnt. For fifteen days afterwards, Silva experienced "eye irritation" and headaches. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, p.287)
Witness: Mother and her two children
Location: Louden, New Hampshire, USA
Date: September 11, 1991
Time: 19:30
The three witnesses observed two, house-shaped disks, flying at an estimated altitude of 100 feet, fly over their heads while they stood outside their house. After the sighting, the three suffered various health problems. Both children experienced personality changes, and one of the two suffered from a fever and stomach pains. The mother began to bruise "very easily." (Good, Alien Updates, p.233)
Witness: Vicente Fernandes Filho
Location: Santa Cruz, Brazil
Date: September, 1991
Time: Night
The victim was struck by a beam of light from a UFO while standing in his front year. The light paralyzed him. The object gradually moved out of sight. For three days after the sighting, the witness’s legs felt weak. (Pratt, UFO Dangerzone pp.32-33)
Witness: Bill Eutock
Location: Near Wigan, Lancashire, UK
Date: October 22, 1991
Time: 20:00
The witness was driving along a lonely country road when he suddenly encountered a thick patch of fog. The witness then heard a very loud, high pitched sound that hurt his ears. According to Eutock: "At this stage, everything got confused, and the next thing I remember was driving out of the fog to a totally clear road and the sound had stopped. Another strange thing was that this road is usually quite busy with cars, but I never saw one. I drove home feeling sick with my left ear and left side of my face burning. On my arrival home, my wife noticed the left side of my face appeared to have been sunburned." (Good, Alien Update, p.237)
Witness: Antonio "Balinga" Lourenco Da Silva
Location: Campo Redando, Brazil
Date: 1991
Time: Night
While walking on his farm late at night, the witness was hit by a beam of light from a UFO. He suffered from a fever for several days afterwards. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.88-89)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Western Germany
Date: January 10, 1992
Time:
After a close encounter with a saucer-shaped craft, five people received "inpatient care" for ten days. The witnesses experienced numerous physical problems, including hair loss, severe headaches and burns to their bodies. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Woman
Location: Near Tooradin, Victoria, Australia
Date: June 27, 1992
Time:
An egg-shaped UFO flew over the witness’s car. The witness had the wind knocked out of her, and "suffered considerable shock." (Good, Alien Update, p.270)
Witness: Chartered accountant
Location: Near Cotchester, Essex, UK
Date: July 18, 1992
Time: Midnight
The witness observed a triangular craft overfly his car at a low altitude. The witness felt sick after the sighting. (Good, Alien Update, p.272)
Witness: Several members of CSETI
Location: Alton Barnes, Wiltshire, UK
Date: July 25, 1992
Time: 00:45
The team observed three balls of light. One of the witnesses heard a metallic ringing noise, who later suffered from "severe irritation of his right eye and a swollen eyelid." (Good, Alien Update, p.273)
Witness: Maria Ward; Edward Sherwood; Simon Cooper
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Date: July 25, 1992
Time: 02:00
While driving, they observed a blue ball of light, which lit up the inside of the car. Two of the witnesses, Ward and Sherwood, suffered from "severe pressure in their heads and chests, eye irritation, and disorientation." (Good, Alien Updates, p.273)
Witness: Maria Ward
Location: Woodborough Hill, England
Date: July 27, 1992
Time: 00:32
A member of CSETI, observed a large object, hovering approximately 40 feet in altitude, for several minutes. The witness became sick, feeling a tingling sensation in her spine and head. (See July 25, 1992 case) (Good, Alien Update, pp.67-68)
Witness: Eranovo and Antonio "Barrinho" Moreira Da Silva
Location: Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Date: August 3, 1992
Time:
Frightened by a UFO, Barrinho attempted to run away but only ended up running into a barbed wire fence and then fell into an ant-hill. "Besides the numerous ant bites and cuts, Barrinho (suffered) a bad headache and for two days had trouble seeing because the light from the UFO had hurt his eyes." (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.87-88)
Witness: Antonio "Balinga" Lourenco Da Silva and brother Joao
Location: Campo Redondo, Brazil
Date: August 4, 1992
Time: 1830
The witness observed a bright light hovering at a low altitude above their heads. A strange substance appeared on Balinga's back during the encounter, which made his back numb. After the encounter, he suffered from a sore back, headaches, and had a fever for several days. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.89-90)
Witness: Janet
Location: Liverpool, England, UK
Date: August 1992
Time: Night
After an alleged abduction, the witness suffered from various afflictions including: heart palpitations, sore eyes, and migraines. She also became allergic to caffeine and alcohol (Hough, The Truth About Alien Abductions p.29)
Witness: Couple
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Date: January 7, 1993
Time: Night
After a close encounter, the woman suffered from: sensitivity to light, a metallic taste in her mouth, nasal congestion, thirst, and a vaginal rash. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: CarolLocation: Pennsylvania, USADate: January 12, 1993
One morning, a repeat "abductee" awoke to find her right hand bleeding and burned. Later, a black line forming a triangle developed around the injury. Later, on February 12, three wounds forming a triangle developed on her thumb. (Bryan, Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind, p.215)
Witness: Jayne
Location:
Date: July, 1993
Time: Afternoon
The witness, a repeat experiencer, while taking a rest encountered a strange being in her room. Afterwards, the side of her face that had been lying on the pillow swelled and turned red. (Hough, The Truth About Alien Abductions p.123)
Witness: Kelly Cahill, and her husband Bill; Jan; Glenda
Location: Belgrave, Victoria, Australia
Date: August 8, 1993
Time: Late night
The Cahills were driving home after visiting friends, when they observed a silent craft hovering over the road ahead of them. The craft departed without any contact. Shortly thereafter however, the two witnesses suffered missing time. After the apparent abduction, Kelly discovered a triangular mark around her naval, and later suffered from a uterine infection and severe stomach pains. (Huyghe, Field Guide to Extraterrestrials p.62)
Witness: Man
Location: Matagorda Island, Texas, USA
Date: September 20, 1993
Time:
The man developed a triangular-shaped mark on his arm after an encounter. (Schuessler, UFO Related…)
Witness: Husband Malcom, Wife Samantha, Daughter Lizzie
Location: Southern France
Date: April 29, 1995
Time: Evening
After an alleged abduction, the witnesses suffered various physiological effects. Lizzie began to bleed from her anus, while Samantha bled from her nose. Samantha also began to suffer hair loss since the incident. (Hough, The Truth About Alien Abductions, pp.22-23)
Witness: Young Man
Location: Uttoxeter, England, UK
Date: Early 1995
Time:
On his way to work, the man experienced engine problems. He pulled off to the side of the road where he was immediately bathed in a light coming from a square-shaped object hovering above him. The day after the incident, he became sick and developed a rash. Later, he began to suffer from fatigue, vision problems, and "tingling" fingers. (Kanon, The Great UFO Hoax, pp.54-55)
Witness: Boy
Location: Jequitiba, Brazil
Date: September, 1995
Time:
During a power failure, a fourteen-year-old boy observed a strange object in the sky. Frightened, he ran back into his home where he collided with his grandmother, breaking her leg. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, p.334)
Witness: Samantha and daughter Lizzie
Location: United Kingdom
Date: December 4, 1995
Time: Night
After a possible abduction, both witnesses began to bleed from their anuses. (Same witnesses as April 29, 1995) (Hough, The Truth About Alien Abductions, p.26)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Somaliland
Date: December, 1995
Time:
A few days after being overflown at a low altitude by an unidentified aircraft of some sort, area residents began suffering from headaches, diarrhea, coughing, and breathing problems. Several children died. (Kanon, The Great UFO Hoax, p.65)
Witness: Multiple
Location: Guadalcanal Island
Date: August, 1997
Time:
UFOs were repeatedly observed by residents beginning on August 7. During one encounter, witnesses who shone flashlights and search lights at the object were struck by a "sudden burst of heat," with some witnesses reportedly suffering from third degree burns as a result. (UFO Roundup, vol 2, no. 34)
Witness: Abigail
Location:
Date:
Time:
The witness attempted suicide by overdosing on pills. She claims her life was saved by aliens after they abducted her. (Hough, The Truth About Alien Abductions pp.80-81)
Witness: Mary Louise Smith, Mona Stafford, Elaine Thomas
Location: Liberty, Kentucky, USA
Date:
Time:
Stafford claims to have been abducted from her car while driving along a highway. Smith claimed to have suffered from a terrible headache once the abduction experience began. (Randle, Faces of the Visitors, p.187)
Witness: Geraldo Games and wife Angela
Location: Valley of the Old Women, Brazil
Date:
Time: 22:00
While walking home from a friend’s house, the two were attacked by a UFO. Geraldo was dragged into the air by a strange force, but was pulled back down to the ground by his wife. While Angela had no lasting health effects, Geraldo had several. For nearly a year afterwards, he suffered from chest pains and insomnia. For almost every day since the attack, he has suffered from headaches. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone pp.50-53)
Witness: Deniler
Skin peeled off his hands and feet after an encounter. (Vallee, Confrontations p.101)
Witness: Hilda McAfee and her mother
Location: Deming, New Mexico, USA
Date:
Time:
The witnesses observed a craft and two creatures. Afterwards, the witnesses suffered from sore chests, pains in their arms, burning sensations, and their "bones seemed to hurt." (Randle, Faces of the Visitors p.54)
Witness: Jean Hingley
Location: Rowley Regis, West Midlands, England, UK
Date:
Time:
The witness first observed an orange coloured sphere over her garage. Shortly thereafter, she observed three fairy-like little humanoids who flew into her house. She was attacked by the little beings, who repeatedly shot her in the forehead with a thin beam of light, causing burns and temporary blindness. A red mark on her forehead was visible for several months after the encounter, where her eyes were sore for a week. (Randle, Faces of the Visitors, pp.74-75)
Witness: "Robert"
Location: Brooklyn, New York
After observing strange beings and experiencing a period of missing time, a witness found three marks on his back that a doctor allegedly claimed were minor radiation burns. (Bryan, Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind, p.59)
Witness: hunter
Location: Brazil
Date:
Time:
Type: injury
Shortly after observing a UFO, the hunter became ill. He became very thirsty, hysterical, and developed "blotches on his skin." (Vallee, Confrontations p.120)
Folklorist David Hufford described a case at the MIT Abduction Conference of "an abductee (who) asked for proof that he was not dreaming. When he awoke a triangle had appeared on his chest. He felt no pain. It was not a burn. And it (had) not entirely faded even after eight or nine months." (Bryan, Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind)
Witness: 48-year-old woman
Location: Brazil
Date:
Time:
While sitting in her house, the witness was hit in the chest by a beam of light. Afterwards, the woman suffered from dizziness and weakness as a result of the attack. (Vallee, Confrontations p.200)
Witness:
Location: Yakima Valley, Washington, USA
Date:
Time:
The Yakima Indian Tribe have a legend of a "large man with red eyes who came to live with the tribe." If a member of the tribe became sick, the strange man would heal him. Eventually the man died and a "large flying object came down from the skies, put his body aboard, and flew off into the sky." (Bader, Strange Northwest, p.29)
Witness: Woman
Location: Yorkshire, England
Date:
Time: Night
During an abduction experience, a woman claims, among other things, to have been examined in the genital area and having sex with an alien. Several weeks later, the woman developed a vaginal infection, and had great difficulty clearing the infection up. (Budden, UFOs: Psychic Close Encounters, p. 225)
Witness: Woman
Location:
Date:
Time:
A patient of Edith Fiore claims that a life-threatening condition (malformed blood vessel in the brain that was likely to burst) was eliminated by aliens after an abduction. (Thompson, Alien Identities, p.130)
Witness: Woman and child
Location: Near Cimarron, New Mexico ?
Date:
Time: Night
While driving at night, the two observed a UFO over a cow pasture. Missing time of four hours was experienced. During hypnosis, the woman reported being abducted, and observing cattle mutilation. She was examined, and was vaginally probed. She has suffered "from a life-threatening vaginal infection." During the abduction, one of the beings touched her face, burning it. She also claimed to have observed large tanks filled with human body parts. (Thompson, Alien Identities, pp. 315-319)
Witness: Woman and husband
Location:
Date:
Time:
Shortly after discovering she had breast cancer, a woman passed out and while her husband was present, claimed she was abducted by beings during an out of body experience. According to the woman, the beings cured her of cancer. (Schnabel, Dark White pp.198-199)
Witness: Joao Barras and two others
Location: Sao Bento, Brazil
Date:
Time: 0100
The witnesses observed a nocturnal light in the sky. The witnesses felt heat from it, with Barros describing a burning sensation in his back (which was facing the light). The sensation lasted for three days. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.137-138)
Witness: Antonio Pinheiro
Location: Mata De Olimpo, Brazil
Date:
Time:
After an encounter, Antonio felt dizzy, and his arms and legs were numb for eight days. (Pratt, UFO DZ p.138)
Witness: Man
Location: Belo Horizante, Brazil
Date:
Time:
The mechanic, while outside the garage, observed two yellow lights circling nearby. He was hit by a beam of light shot from one of the balls. He suffered from small burns to his face, chest, and arm, and a severe headache. (Pratt, UFO DZ pp.148-149)
Witness: "Kay Summers"
Location: Midwest U.S.
Date:
Time:
The abductee allegedly suffered numerous injuries during her encounters, including broken bones. (Jacobs, The Threat, p.28)
Witness: "Deborah"
Location:
Date:
Time:
The abductee was repeatedly injured by "hybrids" on numerous occassions. Injuries include: bruises, a broken collarbone, torn Achilles tendon, and a sprained wrist. (Jacobs, The Threat, p.200)
Witness: "Beverly"
Location:
Date:
Time:
The alleged abductee was physically assaulted by "hybrids." (Jacobs, The Threat, p.205)
Witness: Domingas
Location: Colares, Brazil
Date:
Time:
The 23-year old woman received burns after getting hit by a beam from a UFO. Her health deteriorated and she died three years later. (Pratt, UFO DZ, p.186)
Witness: Jose "Cosmo" Morais Da Silva and friend
Location: Gaveao, Brazil
Date:
Time
Fearing a bright light they saw nearby, the two ran for their lives into a forest. Cosmo however broke his leg in the attempt. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, p.203)
Witness: Man
Location: Ibiapaba Mountains, Ceara, Brazil
Date:
Time:
The man was hit by a beam of light from a UFO, resulting in temporary paralysis: small blisters developed. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.293-294)
Witness: Two girls
Location: Ibiapaba Mountains, Ceara, Brazil
Date:
Time:
The two young girls suffered from minor burns after being chased by a light. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone pp.293-294)
Witness: Joao de Jesus
Location: Asmeraldus, Valley of the Old Women, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date:
Time: Night
While he was walking home, Joao noticed a strange craft sitting on the ground in front of him. As he approached it however, something knocked him approximately ten metres backwards. His eyes became swollen, impairing his vision. He became permanently partially blind with his eyes extremly sensitive to light. (Pratt, UFO Danger Zone, pp.228-229)
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