On 24 April 1964, there was an alleged contact with UFO occupants involving dairy farmer Gary T Wilcox in
This incident is Case 72 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 39 of the books covered by that article.
On 24 April 1964, there was an alleged contact with UFO occupants involving dairy farmer Gary T Wilcox in
This incident is Case 72 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 39 of the books covered by that article.
On 24 April 1964, there was a report of a landed UFO with nearby crew by Deputy Lonnie Zamora sighting near
This incident is Case 5 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article, since it was referred to in 180 of the books covered by that article.
This incident came first in a survey in 1965 by Jacques Vallee of the opinion of various UFO groups as to the most significant UFO sightings. As part of the same survey, NICAP included this case in a list of 5 cases which it nominated as being the best.
J Allen Hynek has said this incident was “one of the soundest, best substantiated reports as far as it goes”.
This incident featured in a document (“the Rockefeller Briefing Document”) endorsed by Dr Mark Rodeghier (President of CUFOS), Richard Hall (Chairman of FUFOR) and Walter Andrus (President of MUFON) as containing “the best available evidence for the existence of UFOs”.
This incident has also featured in lists by various UFO researchers of the top UFO cases, including the following:
On 24 May 1964, a photograph taken by fireman Jim Templeton of his daughter on the Solway marshes (near
In June 1964, the first “Congress of Scientific Ufologists” held, in
On 4 July 1964, flares were reported over