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The Socorro UFO (Lonnie Zamora)
Socorro, New Mexico, police officer Lonnie Zamora reported a flame overhead and a landed object outside town on April 24, 1964.
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The Sunnyvale Toys "R" Us ghost
A Toys "R" Us store in Sunnyvale, California, where staff told of items flying off shelves and taps running on their own. Psychic Sylvia Browne said she contacted a farmhand's ghost there.
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The Tehran UFO incident of 1976
Early on 19 September 1976, people in Tehran reported a bright light overhead, and Iranian Air Force F-4 jets were sent up to intercept it.
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The Tower of London ghosts
Ghost reports from the Tower of London, centred on the Jewel House, where the Keeper of the Crown Jewels described an apparition in 1817 and a sentry is said to have died after seeing a bear-like figure.
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The Travis Walton abduction
In November 1975 forestry worker Travis Walton was picked up at a phone booth in Heber, Arizona, days after a reported abduction, and later described being aboard a spaceship.
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The Varginha UFO incident
Three young women in Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil, said that on 20 January 1996 they saw a strange creature in the street. The case became known as the ET de Varginha.
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The Villas-Boas abduction
Antônio Villas-Boas, a Brazilian farmer, said a craft landed in his field and took him aboard on the night of 15 October 1957. Sources also give 16 October.
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The Westall UFO
Students at two Westall schools in Clayton South, Melbourne, said that on April 6, 1966, a metallic object hovered over them and dropped behind trees. In 2013 the local council approved a flying-saucer playground near the spot.
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The Youghal mirage of an unknown city
For more than an hour in June 1801, a mirage of a city nobody could name hung over Youghal, County Cork. Mirages of walled towns had been seen there in 1796 and 1797.
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The first Hudson Valley boomerang sighting
A former policeman from New York City, living in Kent, said that just before midnight on 31 December 1982 a huge V-shaped craft passed low over his house.
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The flying napkins of Hahn and Kern
With the lights burning, Hahn, Kern and an inspector named Knetsch watched two napkins float up to the ceiling and knives and forks fly across the room.
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The ghost of Sergeant Davies
Macpherson, staying in a shepherds' summer hut, said the ghost of Sergeant Davies, killed at Braemar in 1749, pressed him to bury its bones and named two Highlanders as its killers. The two men were tried for the murder.
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The haunted Annabelle film set
The director and a producer of the film Annabelle, shot in 2014, said that strange things happened on set in a Los Angeles apartment building. The director told The Hollywood Reporter at the film's after-party.
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The spindle-shaped body on the sun
A long, spindle-shaped body sat on the face of the sun and crept slowly across it, staying in view until it reached the edge on 7 September.
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The yellow light in the Weinsberg prison
In 1835 Madame Mayer spent a night in a cell of the Weinsberg prison and, about midnight, saw a yellow light drift in, felt a cool draught and smelled decay.
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Tsuchinoko
The tsuchinoko is a short, thick snake with a big head reported from across Japan. Towns and villages have offered rewards for one caught alive, and the largest, 200 million yen, went unclaimed.
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