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• Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1980-04-01 — Lincoln Park, Mich.

  1980-04-01 · Lincoln Park, Mich., Canada · CE3

  A Canadian federal record describes an unidentified aerial event at or near Lincoln Park, Mich..

• Prescot, Eng being encounter — March 17, 1980

  1980-03-17 · PRESCOT, ENG, England, United Kingdom / Ireland · CE3

  3 / car.

• Ronfe, Spain being encounter — March 9, 1980

  1980-03-09 · RONFE, SPAIN, GLC, Spain · CE3

  2 observer(s).

• Rio Piedras, Pr being encounter — March 3, 1980

  1980-03-03 · RIO PIEDRAS, PR, Puerto Rico, United States · CE3

  Large and small webfoot figure(s) glide.

• MELUN (77) 1980

  1980-02-17 · MELUN (77) 1980, Languedoc Roussillon, France · CE3

  Beginning in early 1980, a witness in the Melun case reported three nighttime observations of white balls that seemed to follow a moving vehicle. At disappearance they could leave a white trail. On another described occasion, the witness and a female companion together saw a ball

• Botafuegos unidentified light report — February 11, 1980

  1980-02-11 · Botafuegos, Spain · CE3

  A man spotted a low flying whitish-orange luminous object lifting off from some nearby woods.

• Rio Negro province unidentified light report — February 11, 1980

  1980-02-11 · Rio Negro province, Arg · CE3

  A man was driving home when he noticed a strong glowly light over a field 200 meters away, on the left side of his truck and at about 30 meters altitude.

• Pavão at Montargil — February 6, 1980

  1980-02-06 · MONTARGIL, PORTUGAL, AAL, Portugal · CE3

  At about 11 a.m. on February 6, 1980, a farmer identified as Mr Pavão, aged fifty-five, reportedly was taking sheep to a field near Montargil, Portugal. A noise and his dog's alarm drew his attention behind him. He described two very tall, strongly built humanoids in grey clothin

• NANCAY (18) 21.01.1980

  1980-01-21 · NANCAY (18), Centre, FR · CE4

  A man was alleged to have been abducted by extraterrestrials in the Vierzon forest, near Nançay, on January 21, 1980, at approximately 9 a.m. The available GEIPAN summary supplies no reliable sequence of approach, transport, or return.

• Cherbourg, FR being encounter — January 14, 1980

  1980-01-14 · CHERBOURG, FR, Manche, France · CE3

  1+2 observer(s)?

• Huayana entity encounter — January 12, 1980

  1980-01-12 · Huayana, Bolivia · CE3

  A man saw a lenticular-shaped object over him.

• Aviano, ITL being encounter — 1980

  1980 · AVIANO, ITL, PN, Italy · CE3

  Farmer / mopod/motorscooter/motorbike.

• Near Lanxi, Ch being encounter — December 13, 1979

  1979-12-13 · NEAR LANXI, CH, ZHJ, China · CE3

  2 observer(s).

• Bodfish, CA unidentified-light report — December 11, 1979

  1979-12-11 · BODFISH, CA, California, United States · CE4

  2 / trailer.

• Vastervik, Swd being encounter — December 4, 1979

  1979-12-04 · VASTERVIK, SWD, Sweden, Scandinavia / Finland · CE3

  Woman paralyzed.

• Sion-Les-Mines, FR abduction report — December 4, 1979

  1979-12-04 · SION-LES-MINES, FR, Loire Atlantique, France · CE4

  2.5M red sphere engulfs car that vanishes!

• Vastervik entity encounter — December 4, 1979

  1979-12-04 · Vastervik, Sweden · CE3

  A young woman was taking a walk when she suddenly became paralyzed and unable to move.

• Montalieu, FR being encounter — November 27, 1979

  1979-11-27 · MONTALIEU, FR, Isère, France · CE3

  1 observer.

• Cergy-Pontoise disappearance

  1979-11-26 · Cergy-Pontoise, Val-d'Oise, France · CE4

  One man disappeared and returned with abduction claim; later credibility heavily disputed.

• CERGY PONTOISE (95) 1979

  1979-11-26 · CERGY PONTOISE (95) 1979, Autre, FR · CE4

  Before dawn on November 26, 1979, the Cergy-Pontoise protagonists said they were preparing to sell jeans at a nearby market when they noticed a glow over the road. According to their account, T1 drove toward it. The glow positioned itself above the car, enveloping it in mist and

• Izmajlovo Park East / Moscow being encounter — November 16, 1979

  1979-11-16 · IZMAJLOVO PARK EAST / MOSCOW, MOS, Russia · CE3

  Saucer lands.

• Robert Taylor / Livingston incident

  1979-11-09 · Dechmont Law, Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom · CE3

  Witness reported small spiked spheres seized him and dragged him toward main object; he lost consciousness.

• North / Livingston, Sct abduction report — November 9, 1979

  1979-11-09 · NORTH / LIVINGSTON, SCT, Scotland, United Kingdom / Ireland · CE4

  Large ovoid fades away!

• Santiago, Chile being encounter — November 1979

  1979-11 · SANTIAGO, CHILE, SNT, Chile · CE3

  2 observer(s) find small humanoid (or Grey) by saucer / hillside.

• Sto.antonio, Brz abduction report — November 1979

  1979-11 · STO.ANTONIO, BRZ, RGN, Brazil · CE4

  Saucer snares Mans shirts / rope and hook.

• Near Saquarema, Brz abduction report — October 15, 1979

  1979-10-15 · NEAR SAQUAREMA, BRZ, RDJ, Brazil · CE4

  2 / car.

• Canada reported unidentified aerial event — 1979-10-05 — Meadow Lake, SK

  1979-10-05 · Meadow Lake, SK, Canada · CE3

  A Canadian federal record describes an unidentified aerial event at or near Meadow Lake, SK.

• Monsey disc-shaped object report — September 26, 1979

  1979-09-26 · Monsey, New York, United States · CE3

  A witness in Monsey watched a saucer-shaped craft hover above some nearby power lines.

• Talco entity encounter — September 25, 1979

  1979-09-25 · Talco, Chile · CE3

  In a farming region of Talco a peasant out plowing the fields encountered a landed disc-shaped craft.

• Goralski and Kobus at Sztum — September 20 or 21, 1979

  1979-09-21 · Sztum, Poland · CE4

  One evening in September 1979, Miroslaw Goralski and Krzysztof Kobus reportedly were putting away garden tools at Sztum, Poland, when an object descended into the enclosure. They described its shape differently from their respective viewpoints. Approaching amid a high-pitched sou

• Goralski and Kobus at Sztum — September 20 or 21, 1979

  1979-09-20 · SZTUM, POLAND, ELB, Poland · CE4

  One evening in September 1979, Miroslaw Goralski and Krzysztof Kobus reportedly were putting away garden tools at Sztum, Poland, when an object descended into the enclosure. They described its shape differently from their respective viewpoints. Approaching amid a high-pitched sou

• Barrio La Gloria, Mendoza province landing encounter — September 19, 1979

  1979-09-19 · Barrio La Gloria, Mendoza province, Arg · CE3

  A man was surprised to see a circular gray metallic object on the ground near his house.

• Oakenholt, Wales entity encounter — September 14, 1979

  1979-09-14 · Oakenholt, Wales, United Kingdom · CE3

  A beam of light shone through the witness's bedroom window and she suddenly felt dizzy.

• Gateshead disc-shaped object report — September 3, 1979

  1979-09-03 · Gateshead, United Kingdom · CE3

  Following a series of low level sightings in Gateshead by the main witness and her family, the woman awoke in the middle of this night to see a small metallic disc- shaped object inside her bedroom.

• Petushka landing encounter — September 2, 1979

  1979-09-02 · Petushka, Russia · CE3

  On September 2, 1979, near Petushka, the NICAP summary describes a person gathering mushrooms who encountered a landed object and later ground effects. The linked Hatch entry calls the witness a surveyor and reports two small humanoids leaving the disc, making high-pitched sounds

• Felling bedroom figure report — September 1979

  1979-09 · FELLING, ENGL, England, United Kingdom / Ireland · CE3

  Small saucer enters bedroom.

• Nnw / Warrenton, VA abduction report — August 28, 1979

  1979-08-28 · NNW / WARRENTON, VA, Virginia, United States · CE4

  Truck malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects) and lifted / 30m saucer.

• Sitio Dentro, Ceara, Brazil being encounter — August 26, 1979

  1979-08-26 · SITIO DENTRO, CEARA, BRAZIL, RGN, Brazil · CE3

  On August 26, 1979, the NICAP entry for Sítio Dentro says two men were walking when a large object approached. A separate Hatch entry with the same locality and date, around 11:50 p.m., describes a large dark object passing, two figures visible through a window and a tiled roof c

• Sitio Dentro, Rio Grande do Norte unidentified-object report — August 26, 1979

  1979-08-26 · Sitio Dentro, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil · CE3

  On August 26, 1979, the NICAP entry for Sítio Dentro says two men were walking when a large object approached. A separate Hatch entry with the same locality and date, around 11:50 p.m., describes a large dark object passing, two figures visible through a window and a tiled roof c

• Near Lajes, Brz abduction report — August 24, 1979

  1979-08-24 · NEAR LAJES, BRZ, RGN, Brazil · CE4

  Odd shadow / ground.