Paranormal events in Boston

The Spooky Valley archive holds 6 documented paranormal cases in Boston. The earliest dates to 1692 and the most recent to 1983, a span of 291 years.

Reporting in Boston is led by the UFO sighting, with 4 UFO sightings and 2 possession cases on file. Of these, 1 is verified against primary-source documentation. Every entry below records what was reported and the sources behind it, rather than asserting a conclusion.

4 UFO 2 Possession

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Featured from Boston

Cloaked silhouette in deep shadow suggesting an unseen presence

Possession 1983

The Vicki Ross Case

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

An archdiocesan deliverance team in Boston conducted what became one of the first cases reviewed under newly tightened protocols issued by Cardinal Medeiros, on a thirty-year-old hospital aide whose symptoms straddled the boundary between psychiatry and the supernatural.

UFO 1952

Transcript of a Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, March 26, 1952 — Department of War Transcript

Boston, Massachusetts

This document is a transcript of a March 1952 presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt outlining the U.S. Air Force’s reorganized investigation into unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

Source document: 342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949

UFO 1949

Boston, Massachusetts UFO Sighting (June 10, 1949) — USAF Files

Boston, Massachusetts

U.S. government investigators recorded an unidentified object flying near Boston, Massachusetts, in June 1949, as revealed by declassified military files.

Source document: 38_143685_box7_Incident_Summaries_1-100

UFO 1947

Boston, Mass UAP Encounter, 1947 — USAAF Box 7 #7

Boston, Mass

Documentation from the U.S. Army Air Forces archives details a 1947 unidentified object sighting near Boston, Massachusetts, released via the PURSUE program.

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