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• Mobile entity encounter — February 3, 1983

  1983-02-03 · Mobile (near), Alabama, United States · CE3

  1:10 AM.

• Near Little Houghton, Engl abduction report — February 1983

  1983-02 · NEAR LITTLE HOUGHTON, ENGL, England, United Kingdom / Ireland · CE4

  Motorbike malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects).

• Pine Township, IN being encounter — January 12, 1983

  1983-01-12 · PINE TOWNSHIP, IN, Indiana, United States · CE3

  3 observer(s).

• Tippecanoe County entity encounter — January 12, 1983

  1983-01-12 · Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States · CE3

  4:30 PM.

• Hwange National Park encounter

  1983-01-01 · Hwange National Park, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe · CE3

  Zimbabwe entity-related UFO report; requires source-deepening.

• Botucatu, Brz abduction report — November 29, 1982

  1982-11-29 · BOTUCATU, BRZ, São Paulo, Brazil · CE4

  J.da Silva abduction / small humanoids (or Greys) and female pseudo-human/entity.

• Temperanceville entity encounter — November 19, 1982

  1982-11-19 · Temperanceville, Virginia, United States · CE3

  Circular object with body lights shone light beam down into field, three humanoid silhouettes visible inside.

• Santa Cruz de Tenerife entity encounter — November 18, 1982

  1982-11-18 · Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands · CE3

  Late at night Andreas Schneider sighted a maneuvering disc-shaped object over Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

• Des Moines entity encounter — October 1982

  1982-10-01 · Des Moines (near), Iowa, United States · CE3

  Looking out the window he was able to see glowing green colored disc shaped craft hovering above the barnyard.

• Corby unidentified light report — September 1982

  1982-09-01 · Corby, United Kingdom · CE3

  Late night.

• Girard unidentified light report — September 1982

  1982-09-01 · Girard, Pennsylvania, United States · CE3

  A man driving around dusk on the I90 road saw an object hovering above the tree line.

• Near Sarikei, Mlys being encounter — August 22, 1982

  1982-08-22 · NEAR SARIKEI, MLYS, SRW, Malaysia · CE3

  Several boys.

• Punta Umbria unidentified light report — July 25, 1982

  1982-07-25 · Punta Umbria, Spain · CE3

  A bullfighter observed blinking red and yellow lights near the beach.

• Ste-Dorothee, Quebec entity encounter — July 23, 1982

  1982-07-23 · Ste-Dorothee, Quebec, Canada · CE3

  Four 16 year olds saw an intense beam of white light from a multi-colored UFO in a field.

• Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz entity encounter — July 20, 1982

  1982-07-20 · Vejer de la Frontera, Cadiz, Spain · CE3

  A a local cattleman walked to what he thought was a tanker truck a hundred meters away, but when he got to about 30 meters away from it he saw two huge human- like figures standing in the middle of the road.

• Mersin entity encounter — July 1982

  1982-07-01 · Mersin, Turkey · CE3

  A lone witness reported seeing a 15-meter diameter disc-shaped object hovering at about 100 meters from the ground.

• Brooklyn unidentified-object report — June 3, 1982

  1982-06-03 · Brooklyn, New York, United States · CE3

  A young woman was awakened by a voice slowly calling her name.

• Caboolture, Queensland disc-shaped object report — May 20, 1982

  1982-05-20 · Caboolture, Queensland, Australia · CE3

  A couple noted a saucer shaped object with portholes in the lower section.

• Ripley, Queensland entity encounter — May 2, 1982

  1982-05-02 · Ripley, Queensland, Australia · CE3

  In an isolated area, some kangaroo hunters were walking down an electrical fence when they came upon a large disc shaped craft on the ground.

• Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut disc-shaped object report — May 1982

  1982-05-01 · Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut (near), Arg · CE3

  Several Argentine soldiers riding in a UNIMOG (Army) vehicle spotted several short man-like figures with large heads running towards a dark hovering disc shaped object.

• Ojai, CA being encounter — May 1982

  1982-05 · OJAI, CA, California, United States · CE3

  Allagash Jim "frozen" and partly levitated / 45° angle.

• Carlton, Tasmania being encounter — May 1982

  1982-05 · CARLTON, TASMANIA, TSM, Australia · CE3

  Misty 2.5M vertical egg hovers / 1M.

• Sedona abduction report — April 1982

  1982-04-01 · Sedona, Arizona, United States · CE4

  Nancy and her daughter were in a camping tent in Fey Canyon, her baby granddaughter was also with her.

• V landing encounter — April 1982

  1982-04-01 · V (near), Denmark · CE3

  A lone witness out for an early morning walk spotted a large shiny silver oval shaped craft on the ground on a nearby field.

• North Washington unidentified light report — April 1, 1982

  1982-04-01 · North Washington, Pennsylvania, United States · CE3

  A reddish triangular object with rounded apexes and a light in each corner was sighted by three witnesses.

• Slanesville unidentified light report — March 22, 1982

  1982-03-22 · Slanesville, Virginia, United States · CE3

  The witness had gone outside to investigate a commotion among his dogs and cats and saw two lights descend from the sky and land.

• San Dimas unidentified-object report — March 15, 1982

  1982-03-15 · San Dimas (near), California, United States · CE3

  A mother and her two children were driving on a busy highway when they spotted a rectangular glowing object with a cross in the center hovering over the area.

• Glendora, CA abduction report — March 12, 1982

  1982-03-12 · GLENDORA, CA, California, United States · CE4

  Numerous observer(s).

• Hellifield unidentified light report — March 4, 1982

  1982-03-04 · Hellifield, United Kingdom · CE3

  A car on the A65 highway in Hellifield, England was surrounded by blue lights and levitated up into the air.

• Springfield entity encounter — March 1982

  1982-03-01 · Springfield, Missouri, United States · CE3

  The witness was traveling in her car when she suddenly lost control of the steering.

• Rio Negro Province unidentified-object report — February 20, 1982

  1982-02-20 · Rio Negro Province, Arg · CE3

  41-year old Juan Fattorel was traveling in his truck along a secondary road when suddenly the engine cut out; He saw close UFO and aliens and his eyesight was effected.

• Allen, Arg abduction report — February 19, 1982

  1982-02-19 · ALLEN, ARG, RNG, Argentina · CE4

  Car malfunctions due to EME (electro-magnetic effects).

• Rio Negro Province unidentified-object report — February 19, 1982

  1982-02-19 · Rio Negro Province, Arg · CE3

  E-M effects on car, dome-shaped object overhead, driver blacked out, taken to hospital with memory loss, physiological effects (section VII).

• New York City disc-shaped object report — February 15, 1982

  1982-02-15 · New York City, New York, United States · CE3

  Barbara Warmoth was asleep when a brilliant light filled her bedroom.

• Santa Cruz das Palmeiras entity encounter — February 14, 1982

  1982-02-14 · Santa Cruz das Palmeiras, Brazil · CE3

  At night, two witnesses, Fernando Antonio Martins & Edson Maragon watched a luminous triangular shaped craft land on an open field.

• in the Black Sea entity encounter — February 10, 1982

  1982-02-10 · in the Black Sea, Russia · CE3

  Six Soviet sailors discover and investigate a "disabled ship" in the fog.

• Columbus, IN being encounter — January 7, 1982

  1982-01-07 · COLUMBUS, IN, Indiana, United States · CE3

  Odd police / Army report.

• Gobi Desert army encounter

  1982-01-01 · Gobi Desert, Gobi Desert, China · CE3

  Gobi Desert military/entity case seeded from URECAT.

• Voronezh entity encounter — 1982

  1982-01-01 · Voronezh (near), Russia · CE3

  10:00 PM+.

• Onsted, MI being encounter — December 29, 1981

  1981-12-29 · ONSTED, MI, Michigan, United States · CE3

  2 boys.