Upstate New York, Hudson Valley: ‘The larger object may be some sort of mother-ship’ … ‘Several other people came and joined them [two rozzers]’ … ‘The object moved closer’ … ‘and flashed back at him [man with torch]’ … Close Encounters s1e13
Part of what some call a UFO wave. ibid.
‘1983-1986 over the Hudson Valley area an estimated 5,000 reports were documented.’ ibid.
Reports continue well into the 1990s. ibid.
Eastlake, Ohio, March 4th 1988: ‘Nearly half of all our cases are around large bodies of water.’ Close Encounters s2e1, History 2015
The Bakers [Sheila and Henry] are only 100 meters away from the objects. ibid.
April 6th 1967, North Dade County: The sighting is much closer … It’s brought company. The larger object suddenly slows to a near stop … The kids reach the edge of the schoolyard where the largest of the three objects reappears offering them a perfect view. Close Encounters s2e2
‘Witnesses: There were so many of them.’ ibid.
The following day a group of local residents report yet another sighting around 9.45 a.m. ibid.
April 17, 1966: Portage Country, Ohio: When the bright light suddenly moves closer, it looks nothing like Venus … ‘It seemed to the officers this object was just looking at them’ … ‘There was no jet engine, there was no sound to this’ … Then the object makes a rapid ascent … ‘It waits for them like a cat would wait for a mouse’ … ‘Jets are scrambled to intercept this object’ … They [multiple officers] standing in the road looking at this object … as if it is taunting them … ‘Straight up in the sky’ … None recanted. Close Encounters s2e3: Aliens in the Swamp
March 14th 1965: James Flynn heads deep into the Florida Everglades in his swampmobile … ‘While he’s looking for his dogs he sees a yellow light’ … ‘This object keeps coming in and out of sight’ … ‘He heads towards this object’ … ‘Riveted panels all over this thing’ … ‘The beams of light shoots straight out of the craft’ … ‘He described it as being hit with a sledgehammer’… When James Flynn came too, he was physically blind … He began to regain some sight … He recovers in hospital; he is visited by Air Force officials. ibid.
They find the burn marks still visible on the ground. ibid.
Minot Air Force Base: At one of America’s most high-security Air Force bases the night shift begins for a nuclear missile maintenance crew. Close Encounters s2e5: Nuclear Nightmare
O’Connor decides to check it out for himself. The light moves towards one of the missile sites … Then the mysterious object appears on the radar screen. A nuclear weapons security team responds to the distress call … ‘The guys in the B-52 are seeing a second object’ … An investigation is launched. ibid.
During the height of the Cold War, UFOs were reported at 4 other nuclear bases. ibid.
September 27th 2000, Challis, Idaho, USA: After a long day of hunting, the brothers head back to their campsite empty-handed. They join their best friend Rob who has been busy getting dinner ready. Close Encounters s2e6: Hunting Season
Right above them … ‘He sees this object … triangular with rounded edges’ … The lights continue to get brighter … ‘He described the way the object moved off as incredibly smooth, just glided.’ ibid.
Texas: ‘Things get a little strange: the engine stalls, the lights go out’ … ‘headed right at them’ … The object is directly above the stalled truck … The object seems to seek him out … The object rockets into the sky. Close Encounters s2e7
‘Almost a dozen reports come into the sheriff’s office.’ ibid.
The UFO storm of 1957 … Witnesses throughout the American south-west reported some 118 sightings in the month of November. ibid.
March 20th 1966, Dexter, Michigan, USA: An odd light in the sky gets his [Frank] attention … ‘It slowed, then stopped above the trees’ … Officers Fitzpartrick and McFadden also see a strange object … ‘About the size of a small car perhaps’ … The object resurfaces a few hundred metres from its last position … Close Encounters s2e9
October 31st 2004, Tinley, Chicago, USA: This isn’t the first time that TJ has seen something strange in the sky … ‘He was one of thousands of people who saw something that night’ … It appears to be on the move … It comes back into view … ‘He’s thinking this thing is as big as a house’ … ‘The object rapidly took off.’ Close Encounters s2e10
One of the Top Ten encounters caught on tape. ibid.
3rd June 2008, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA: ‘This dark cloud seemed to be moving towards him’ … ‘He could see it was clearly a structured object’ … ‘No-one else reported what he had seen’ … Cliff Taylor is still haunted by the experience. But his experience is far from over … ‘He looked out his window and there it is again’ … ‘The shape appeared hexagon from his perspective’ … ‘He estimated it at least to be 3/400 yards across’ … ibid.
Bucks County: ‘We had over 300 sightings in a short period of 3 months.’ ibid.
October 18th 1973, Mansfield, Ohio, USA: A US army helicopter crew is returning to their base in Cleveland … ‘A red light … moving parallel to them’ … ‘The light is coming right at them’ … ‘A green beam bathed the whole inside of the cabin’ … They feel like they are just hovering ... ‘Suddenly everthing is operating the way it’s supposed to.’ Close Encounters s2e11
September 3rd 1965, Exeter, New Hampshire, USA: ‘He’s [Norman] alone on the road when he sees something incredible’ … ‘a large red low UFO’ … ‘that very suddenly comes towards him’ … ‘He dives to the ground’ … ‘He sees it is moving off’ … ‘They drive him to the police station’ … ‘He would have two UFO experiences in the same night’ … ‘Suddenly, they could hear the sound of the animals going crazy’ … ‘Officer Bertrand was not expecting to see what he saw’ … ‘Officer Bertrand actually draws his gun’ … The object begins to retreat … ‘Officer Hunt, he shows up in his squad car.’ Close Encounters s2e12
For Norman, the sighting takes its toll. ibid.
January 8th 2008, near Stephenville, Texas: ‘Mike notices four very bright lights coming out of the north-east’ … ‘comparable to about six football fields’ … The lights get incredibly bright … The lights change again … ‘Suddenly, it zips off’ … ‘F-16s are trailing after it with afterburners on’ … Close Encounters s2e13
February 21st 1973, Piedmont, Missouri, USA [viz also Mississippi]: ‘What they see, maybe 200 yards away at the most, is an object hovering very low over the field; they see four specific lights’ … Close Encounters s2e14
The Piedmont UFO Flap of 1973. Local authorities receive more than 500 reports of possible UFO sightings. ibid.