1972-08-01
Lake Milton, Ohio: Summer 1972 About the time my siblings and I were entering that turbulent period known as our "teens", my family had the great good fortune of having moved into a house flanked on e…
People who described vanishing suddenly
587 accounts in the record mention this, spread across 1950s to 2020s. It is one of the rarer things people report, which makes it worth more when two accounts share it.
1%
of every account in the record mentions vanishing suddenly. When two strangers both do, the engine weighs that heavily.
What else those witnesses noticed
hovering 54a triangle shape 38an orange orb 30moving in formation 26red lights 24screaming or howling 15
Where it comes up most
Pittsburgh, PA (4) · Albuquerque, NM (3) · Gilbert, AZ (3) · Myrtle Beach, SC (3) · Miami, FL (3) · Vancouver, WA (3)
When people reported it
| 1950s | 1 | |
| 1960s | 8 | |
| 1970s | 16 | |
| 1980s | 9 | |
| 1990s | 72 | |
| 2000s | 291 | |
| 2010s | 178 | |
| 2020s | 2 |
Counts follow reporting, not necessarily the world. More accounts in a decade can simply mean more people writing them down.
The accounts
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I want to start with tonight, while it is fresh in my mind. My girlfriend and I let the dogs out to the bathroom around 1am. She instantly said she thought she heard something in the valley below our…
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The reason I never told anyone was because I found it hard to believe myself, much less what other people would say or think about me. I recently began working at an ARMY hospital and befriended someo…
1993-03-15
Upon my initial encounter, I did not think at all that I would be attributing it to something like this. However, the more I read, the more certain I am that me and my friends had a close encounter wi…
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The following on-site interview was conducted by Stan Courtney. The first name of the witness has been changed. Stan - How long have you been coming to this location? John - A couple months now. Stan…
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Location: Taney County – 3 miles north of Forsyth – under-developed area comprising multiple 10-acre lots, heavily forested, served by a dirt/gravel road. Late summer (July/August) 1998 Time: 8:30-is…
2007-04-10
Hello, I contacted someone from your organization about a year ago regarding my encounter in central Florida back in the middle 80s. I was called away to work and was unable to continue with the call.…
1975-10-11
Late Friday night, Mr. and Mrs. Tallik called in a report to the Bonney Lake Police Department that someone was sneaking around close to their home. Office Hidenrick answered this call and searched th…
2007-09-28
On September 28th, 2007, my good friend and I were driving home from a show. We were driving out of Shady Springs through my grandpa’s farm, and like always, were watching for deer. This was a beautif…
2011-05-23
I am writing this for my neighbor Bill (not his real name). I interviewed Bill on December 25, 2010, and for additional details two times again. Bill said that when he was a teenager he went with a gr…
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