Mothman: Point Pleasant
Two couples’ account of a winged figure near the TNT area grew into a legend later linked to the Silver Bridge collapse.
Unverified#0285
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Observations
Documented events, historical claims and public reports. Event dates and review status are listed separately; unidentified does not mean extraterrestrial.
Event year, not the article publication date.
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Chupacabra: Puerto Rico, 1995
Livestock deaths and Madelyne Tolentino’s account gave a recognizable shape to a new blood-feeding monster.
Unverified#0283
The 1972 fireball: into the atmosphere and out again
A brilliant daytime object crossed the upper atmosphere on a grazing trajectory.
An explanation exists#0281
The meteor procession of 1913
Groups of lights moved more slowly than familiar meteors and maintained a strikingly coordinated appearance.
Under review#0279
Racetrack Playa: the stones finally move on camera
Tracks across a dry lakebed were explained through observations of thin ice and wind.
An explanation exists#0277
Blood Falls: brine inside a cold glacier
Red stains mark the discharge of iron-rich salty water; radar helped trace its hidden route.
An explanation exists#0275
Nyos: the night a lake released gas
Sudden deaths of people and animals were investigated through water, gas and terrain measurements.
An explanation exists#0273
Megamouth: the shark in a sea anchor
A large shark unfamiliar to science appeared when marine equipment was recovered.
An explanation exists#0271
Giant squid: a camera in the deep
The animal was known from bodies long before its first photographs in its natural habitat.
An explanation exists#0269