At about 1:40 in the morning on August 27, 1979, Marshall County Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson was driving alone through the farmland of northwestern Minnesota when he noticed a brilliant light near the road. It seemed unusually low and bright, and Johnson wondered whether an aircraft might be in trouble. He turned his…
On the night of December 6, 1978, 26-year-old security guard Pier Fortunato Zanfretta was making his rounds through the hills outside Genoa, Italy. He stopped at an isolated villa near Torriglia after noticing unusual activity around the property and initially suspected burglars. Instead, his radio call became…
Late on October 4, 1967, people near the fishing village of Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, looked toward the water and saw something they could not explain. A row of bright lights appeared low in the sky and descended toward the harbour, convincing several witnesses that an aircraft was in serious trouble. Whatever they…
Just after 2 a.m. on February 25, 1942, Los Angeles began preparing for an attack. Air-raid sirens sounded across Southern California, the city disappeared beneath a blackout, and military searchlights started sweeping the sky. Something had been detected approaching from the direction of the Pacific, and less than an…
On the night of August 21, 1955, a frightened group of people arrived at the police station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, with a story that sounded unbelievable. They said strange, small humanoid creatures had been surrounding a farmhouse near the community of Kelly for hours. The family had fired at the figures, watched…
Long before sunrise on February 26, 2016, the skies over Pentyrch were already busy. Helicopters moved through the darkness around the small Welsh village outside Cardiff. Residents heard explosions. A real military exercise was taking place, and some details of the operation would later remain undisclosed for…