Top 20 Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Eira Davis April 25, 2023 Aliens and UFOs

The following are some of the most fascinating close encounters ever reported:

The Socorro Incident (USA):

A police officer encountered a strange metallic craft with two beings in white suits outside of Socorro, New Mexico in 1964.
Rendlesham Forest Incident (UK):

In 1980, US Air Force personnel reported seeing a strange craft land in the forest near their base in Suffolk, England.
The Phoenix Lights (USA):

In 1997, thousands of people in Phoenix, Arizona saw mysterious lights in the sky, creating a huge frenzy of speculation and intrigue.
Battle of Los Angeles (USA):

In 1942, the US Army spotted an unknown object over Los Angeles and supposedly fired at it – but nothing was brought down.
Barney and Betty Hill (USA):

In 1961, a New Hampshire couple claimed to have been abducted by alien beings while driving home from vacation.
The Belgian Wave (Belgium):

Between 1989 and 1991, mysterious triangular craft were spotted over Belgium by civilians and military personnel alike.
The Tehran Incident (Iran):

Iranian pilots tried to intercept a UFO over Tehran in 1976, but their communication systems reportedly shut down during the event.
The Cash-Landrum Incident (USA):

Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and Colby Landrum encountered a UFO in Texas in 1980 that left them with severe physical symptoms.
Coyne Incident (USA):

In 1973, a U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant with three crew members witnessed a diamond-shaped object in Ohio before being followed by the object.
The Trindade Island Incident (Brazil):

In 1958, a navy photographer recorded a bizarre object over a deserted island in the Atlantic.
The Pascagoula Abduction (USA):

Two shipyard workers claimed they were taken aboard an alien craft while fishing in Mississippi in 1973.
Malmstrom Air Force Base Sighting (USA):

Several missile launch officers report seeing strange lights in the sky that hovered near nuclear missile silos in Montana.
Ariel School Encounter (Zimbabwe):

In 1994, more than 60 people, mostly young schoolchildren, in Zimbabwe witnessed a UFO encounter during recess.
The Hudson Valley Sightings (USA):

From 1983 to 1986, there were numerous reports of mysterious boomerang-shaped flying objects seen hovering over the Hudson River Valley in New York.
The Lubbock Lights (USA):

In August of 1951, multiple Texas Tech professors saw and, inspired by their undeniable authenticity, even reported flashing lights of several craft that, despite the offered skepticism, have gone down in history.
The Southern Illinois Encounter (USA):

In 1973, three witnesses reported an encounter with a strange object and its inhabitants atop a hill in southern Illinois.
The Belgian UFO wave (Belgium):

This incident consisted of a vast amount of reported abduction or encounter cases throughout Belgium during 1989–1990, proving it to be original communication format pattern generator.
The Kelly-Hopkinsville encounter (USA):

On August 21-22, 1955, two families with encountered with numerous odd creatures who floated several feet above the ground and had a luminous appearance.
The JAL Flight 1628 incident (Alaska):

On November 17, 1986, three crew members aboard Japan Airlines flight 1628 to Anchorage saw a series of unarranged plots of lights that indicated interference by some UFOS, that’ve overridden their communication during flying as soon as they using these new network connectivity tools to connect their craft robots with a user name and password via CSS Layer which immediately got hacked.
The UFO sighting in Peru (Peru):

Over Chimuquilla in 1984, pilots from the Peruvian Air Force spotted an unidentified flying object in the island at an altitude of some 35,000 feet which travels intermittently and even after numerous magnification and scans has yet to be successful.