An open record of things people cannot explain

Strange accounts from Arizona

1,393 people here wrote down something they could not explain, between 1940s to 2020s.


What people here tend to describe

a triangle shape 113hovering 86moving in formation 83an orange orb 54red lights 46screaming or howling 30pulsing light 22vanishing suddenly 22

The accounts

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I have two incidents I'd like to relate. They both took place in Arizona, but were in locations miles apart and were separated by years. I was born and raised in Colorado and have been an outdoorsman…

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It’s taken me a long time to write this report because shortly after the incident, I managed to convince myself that it couldn’t have been a bigfoot. A few months later, a friend had a nearly identica…

2000-10-10

REPORT: In the summer of 1977, I was in the U.S Army, stationed at Fort Huachuca Arizona. During this period of my military career, I was assigned to the post drill team. As part of our duties we did…

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These events took place over two consecutive weekends. My husband and I like to escape the summer heat of the valley (Phoenix) as much as possible, and our usual means of escape is up to the Mogollon…

2006-08-15

On a cloudy, cool day I went for a hike at Hart Prairie on the San Francisco Peaks outside of Flagstaff, AZ. It was August, but the monsoon season was in full effect and it was a cool day for Arizona.…

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This report has incidents going back 70 years or more. It is 100% true and as accurate as possible. In the early years of this century, there was a miner who had a camp located in the Mazatzal wildern…

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My brother, Sister, Nephew, my daughter, and I were on our 08 archery hunt in the Kaibab national forest on the North side of the Grand Canyon. We camped down the road from where our family had a prio…

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First off, I'd like to say that I happened across your website quite by accident -- a link off of msn.com, matter of fact. I haven't given this much thought for years. I grew up in Arizona, and was al…

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My best friend and I were big night hiking fanatics, and decided to go to one of our usual hiking locations just outside of the Phoenix area. We picked up two of our friends for company, and away we w…

2013-05-26

Memorial Day weekend 2013. Arrived with my husband and two kids to Cunningham site Mt Graham on May 25 2013. Two relatives campers were already at the site set up. We only had a 5 person tent and a ca…

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