Fiction
Ghostwatch, the BBC Halloween broadcast
On 31 October 1992 the BBC aired Ghostwatch, a staged programme presented as a live investigation of a haunted house in Northolt. Many viewers took it for real, according to a crew member.
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Claimed sighting
Hindu statues drinking milk, 1995
In September 1995 worshippers reported that statues of Hindu deities took offerings of milk, first at a temple in New Delhi and then in temples around the world.
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Claimed sighting
Lord Derwentwater's Lights
On the night of 6 March 1716, people across England reported battles and flames in the sky, and the display was later called Lord Derwentwater's Lights.
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Claimed sighting
The 1896 mystery airship wave
From November 1896, hundreds of people in Sacramento, San Francisco and Oakland reported a light or an airship overhead at night, and newspapers spread the reports.
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Claimed sighting
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO flap
In July 1952 radar operators and pilots around Washington, D.C. reported unknown lights and blips over the capital. The Air Force answered with a news conference that CNN calls its biggest and longest since World War II.
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Disputed
The Battle of Los Angeles
An anti-aircraft barrage over Los Angeles on the night of February 24 to 25, 1942, fired at a rumored Japanese air raid. Five civilians died during the night.
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Claimed sighting
The Colares UFO wave (Operação Prato)
In 1977 residents of Colares, in the Brazilian state of Pará, reported lights in the sky said to suck people's blood. The Brazilian Air Force sent a team to investigate in what became known as Operação Prato.
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Disputed
The Devil's Footprints of Devon
After a heavy snowfall on the night of 8 to 9 February 1855, lines of hoof-like prints were reported at over 30 places across Devon. Explanations offered since include birds, mice, hares, and an escaped kangaroo.
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Hoax, proven
The Fox Alien Autopsy broadcast
On 28 August 1995 Fox aired a special on film of an alien body examination. In 2006 Santilli, who supplied the footage, said it was his own reconstruction of an earlier film.
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Claimed sighting
The Griefswald body crossing the sun
Postmaster Ziegler and several others watched a body take about an hour to cross the face of the sun. Dr. Brendel of Griefswald, Pomerania, sent in their report.
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Claimed sighting
The Kattenau luminous bodies
Half an hour before sunrise on 22 March 1880, a great many bright points of light rose over Kattenau, Germany, and crossed the sky east to west in a narrow band.
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Claimed sighting
The Kecksburg UFO
On December 9, 1965, a fireball crossed the sky and witnesses in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, said an object came down in the woods near town. Searchers reported finding nothing; Skeptoid's Brian Dunning says the fireball was a natural meteor.
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Disputed
The Muhnochwa
In 2002 a rumoured face-scratching prowler caused panic in northern India. Doctors called it mass hysteria, and riots and lynchings followed.
Before you read on. More than a dozen people were killed in the riots and lynchings that followed the attacks, according to Outside magazine.
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Claimed sighting
The Nanjing fireball picture
A Qing picture by Wu Youru, titled Chiyan Tengkong, shows crowds on Nanjing's Zhuque Bridge watching a red ball of fire cross the evening sky. Its inscription says several hundred people saw it.
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