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1994 Michigan UFO Event
On March 8, 1994, West Michigan residents reported strange lights over Lake Michigan, and a radar operator saw blips the weather service later dismissed.
Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan, USAEagle River encounter
In 1961 an Eagle River man named Simonton said three men in a silver saucer gave him pancakes in exchange for a jug of water.
Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin, USAGalesburg-Moline Quad-Cities UFO Incident
Witnesses across western Illinois reported unusual aerial objects over several days in March 1967, entering Project Blue Book files.
Galesburg–Moline corridor, Illinois, USAWaterloo Mystery Airship Sighting
In April 1897, residents of Waterloo, Iowa reported a mysterious aerial craft that became part of a nationwide wave of mystery airship sightings.
Waterloo, Iowa, USAThe Mystery Drones Over Nebraska, 2019–20
Unidentified drones in grid formations were reported across western and central Nebraska from December 2019 through January 2020.
Palisade, Nebraska, USABatavia UFO Crash Sighting
A UFO crash was reported in Batavia, Illinois in 2010, with an observer urging the National UFO Reporting Center to investigate what came down near Fermilab.
Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, USABuck Nelson
A Missouri farmer claimed in the 1950s that he encountered UFOs, met visitors from Venus, and traveled to Mars, the Moon, and back.
Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri, USAEllsworth Air Force Base UFO Incident
In August 1953, military radar and multiple pilots at Ellsworth AFB tracked an unknown light that pulled away from two F-84 fighters sent to intercept it.
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Box Elder, South Dakota, USAThe Gorman Dogfight
A North Dakota Air National Guard pilot pursued an unidentified light through extraordinary maneuvers over Fargo in October 1948.
Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, USALebanon Night-Vision UFO Video
A Missouri man recorded four bright, pulsing lights over Lebanon in May 2012 on night-vision video, a clip that sparked UFO reports.
Lebanon, Missouri, USANew Baden UFO Sighting
An angler saw a glowing box cross a lake near New Baden, Illinois, in 1954, and in 1967 two women saw a glowing oval in a field that left traces.
New Baden, Clinton County, Illinois, USANilwood close encounter (April 12–13, 1897)
In April 1897 three men saw a cigar-shaped craft land on a farm north of Nilwood, Illinois, then rise and leave toward the north.
Nilwood, Macoupin County, Illinois, USAQuincy Illinois airship sighting (April 1897)
On April 15, 1897, all passengers on a Wabash train near Quincy, Illinois saw an unidentified craft with white and red lights for fifteen minutes.
Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, USASpringfield 1897 Airship Sighting
In spring 1897, a Springfield man claimed he found a metallic aerial craft with two humanoid occupants in a hillside clearing near the city.
Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USATrumbull County UFO Incident
Ohio police officers observed an unidentifiable object over Liberty Township in a multi-agency pursuit documented on 911 recordings.
Liberty Township, Warren, Ohio, USA"Visitations at Copley Woods" abduction
An Indianapolis woman reported being struck by a flash of light, witnessing small figures and an egg-shaped craft in her backyard on June 30, 1983.
Copley Woods area, Indianapolis, Indiana, USAWilliam Bosak encounter
A Wisconsin dairy farmer reported seeing a cow-faced humanoid behind the glass top of a craft on a foggy December night in 1974.
Frederic, Wisconsin, USAKecksburg UFO Incident
Residents report a fireball and a fallen acorn-shaped object in the woods near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, USA