Decade File · 1980s 194 cases on file
Decade File
The 1980s · paranormal events
The 1980s represent the most active period within the Spooky Valley archives, containing 194 documented cases. The majority of these recorded incidents occurred between 1980 and 1989. This decade is characterized by a high frequency of unidentified aerial phenomena, which comprise the largest portion of the files, followed by various unidentified phenomena and instances of possession.
Notable entries from this era include the Height 611 Dalnegorsk Crash and the Japan Airlines Flight 1628 incident. The archives also contain records regarding the disappearance of Granger Taylor and the disappearance of Stacy Arras. Other significant documentation includes the Quintanilla New Mexico Encounter and the events recorded in Papua New Guinea between January 24 and January 28, 1985.
Selected Cases
Featured · 1980s
Alan Godfrey Encounter
Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England
A British police officer encountered a UFO while investigating missing cattle, then experienced missing time. Under hypnosis, he recalled an abduction by small beings aboard the craft.
Bentwaters-Woodbridge UFO
RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
US Air Force personnel at twin NATO bases encountered a UFO in Rendlesham Forest over two nights. Deputy Base Commander Lt. Col. Halt documented the events in an official memorandum.
Rendlesham Binary Code
Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
Sergeant Jim Penniston claims to have received a telepathic binary code download while touching a landed UFO in Rendlesham Forest. Decoded, it allegedly contains coordinates to ancient sites.
The Disappearance of Granger Taylor
Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
A self-taught mechanical genius from Vancouver Island left a note saying he had accepted an invitation from extraterrestrials and would be away for forty-two months. He drove off into a violent winter storm and was never seen again.
Officer Ouellet Sherbrooke Encounter
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
A Sherbrooke police officer on night patrol reported a low domed craft over an industrial estate, with an electromagnetic event that briefly disabled his cruiser's radio and rotating light.
Rendlesham Binary Code Message
Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
Sergeant Jim Penniston claims he received a binary code message when he touched the UFO at Rendlesham. Decoded years later, it allegedly contains coordinates and the phrase 'exploration of humanity.'
All Cases
Archive · 1980s
- 1980 UFO Alan Godfrey Encounter Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England
- 1980 UFO Bentwaters-Woodbridge UFO RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO Rendlesham Binary Code Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO The Disappearance of Granger Taylor Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
- 1980 UFO Officer Ouellet Sherbrooke Encounter Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
- 1980 UFO Rendlesham Binary Code Message Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO United States, Russia UFO Sighting (1980s) — AARO Records United States, Russia
- 1980 UFO Rendlesham Forest Incident Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, UK
- 1980 UFO 1980 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D196P4) Unknown location
- 1980 UFO 1980 UAP Sighting — AARO Records Unknown location
- 1980 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (1980s-Present) — AARO Records Palmdale, California
- 1980 UFO United States, Russia UFO Sighting (1980s) — AARO Records (D213P29) United States, Russia
- 1980 UFO 1980 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D213P4) Unknown location
- 1980 UFO 1980 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D213P4 var 2) Unknown location
- 1980 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (1980s-Present) — AARO Records (D213P43) Palmdale, California
- 1980 UFO United States, Russia UFO Sighting (in the 1980s) — AARO Records United States, Russia
- 1980 UFO 1980 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P4) Unknown location
- 1980 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (1980s-Present) — AARO Records (D214P43) Palmdale, California
- 1980 UFO 1980 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P4 var 2) Unknown location
- 1980 Apparition Aka Manto - Red Cape Japan
- 1980 Other Black Stick Men: The Shadow Entities Worldwide
- 1980 UFO Cash-Landrum UAP Encounter Huffman, Texas, USA
- 1980 UFO Cash-Landrum Incident Huffman, Texas, USA
- 1980 UFO Cash-Landrum UFO Incident Huffman, Texas, USA
- 1980 UFO The Cash-Landrum Incident: UFO Encounter with Physical Consequences Huffman, Texas, USA
- 1980 Cryptid The Sussex Big Cats Sussex, England
- 1980 Other Georgia Guidestones Elberton, Georgia, USA
- 1980 Apparition Killing Fields Apparitions, Cambodia Choeung Ek, Cambodia
- 1980 Other The Georgia Guidestones Elberton, Georgia, USA
- 1980 Other The Toynbee Tiles Mystery United States and South America
- 1980 Other Sedona Vortexes Sedona, Arizona, USA
- 1980 UFO The Rendlesham Forest Incident: Britain's Most Famous UFO Case Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
- 1980 Other Toynbee Tiles Eastern United States
- 1980 UFO Arequipa Air Base UFO Arequipa, Peru
- 1980 UFO Peru Air Force UFO Attack La Joya Air Base, Peru
- 1980 UFO Rendlesham Forest UFO Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO The Bentwaters-Woodbridge UFO Incident RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO The Cash-Landrum Incident Huffman, Texas, USA
- 1980 UFO The Huffman Diamond UFO Huffman, Texas, USA
- 1980 UFO The Cornwall Coastal UFOs Cornwall Coast, England
- 1980 UFO The Hastings and Battle UFO Sightings Hastings and Battle, East Sussex, England
- 1980 UFO The La Joya Air Base UFO Incident La Joya, Arequipa, Peru
- 1980 UFO Britain's Roswell Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO The Rendlesham Binary Code Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO The Rendlesham Binary Message Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO The Rendlesham Forest Incident Suffolk, England
- 1980 UFO The Todmorden Abduction Todmorden, Yorkshire, England
- 1981 UFO The Trans-en-Provence Case Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1981 Apparition Kibeho Visions and Genocide Warning Kibeho, Rwanda
- 1981 Other The Disappearance of Stacy Arras Sunrise High Sierra Camp, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
- 1981 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (April 12, 1981) — AARO Records (D196P43) Palmdale, California
- 1981 UFO Trans-en-Provence Physical Trace Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1981 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (April 12, 1981) — AARO Records (D213P43 var 2) Palmdale, California
- 1981 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (April 12, 1981) — AARO Records (D214P43 var 2) Palmdale, California
- 1981 UFO Hessdalen Lights Phenomenon Hessdalen Valley, Norway
- 1981 UFO Trans-en-Provence Landing Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1981 Apparition Kibeho Marian Apparitions Kibeho, Rwanda
- 1981 Possession The Devil Made Me Do It: Arne Johnson Case Brookfield, Connecticut, USA
- 1981 Possession The Devil Made Me Do It: Arne Cheyenne Johnson Brookfield, Connecticut, USA
- 1981 Other The Hessdalen Lights: Norway's Scientifically Documented Mystery Hessdalen Valley, Norway
- 1981 Other Hessdalen Lights Hessdalen Valley, Norway
- 1981 Haunting Humber Bridge Jumper Ghosts Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England
- 1981 Other Keddie Cabin Murders California, USA
- 1981 Other Natalie Wood Death Catalina Island, California, USA
- 1981 Other The Hessdalen Lights Hessdalen Valley, Norway
- 1981 Other The Hessdalen Phenomenon Hessdalen, Norway
- 1981 Other Phantom Clown Waves United States
- 1981 Poltergeist The Thornton Road Poltergeist Birmingham, England
- 1981 Possession The Arne Johnson Murder Trial Brookfield, Connecticut, USA
- 1981 UFO Trans-en-Provence Incident Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1981 UFO Trans-en-Provence UFO Landing Trans-en-Provence, France
- 1982 UFO Hudson Valley UFO Wave Begins Kent, New York, USA
- 1982 Cryptid Catford Cat Encounter Catford, London, England
- 1982 UFO The USSR Nuclear Missile Activation Incident Usovo, Soviet Ukraine
- 1982 Apparition The A34 Cannock Chase: The Black-Eyed Child Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England
- 1982 UFO Baikonur Cosmodrome UFO Baikonur, Kazakhstan
- 1982 Other Blackfriars Bridge - God's Banker Mystery London, England
- 1982 Cryptid The Beast of Land Between the Lakes Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky/Tennessee, USA
- 1982 UFO Hudson Valley Boomerang UFO New York, USA
- 1982 UFO Hudson Valley UFO Wave Hudson Valley, New York, USA
- 1982 UFO Hudson Valley UAP Wave Hudson Valley, New York, USA
- 1982 Haunting Mary Rose Museum Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
- 1982 Possession The Rosa Lotti Convent Case Umbria, Italy
- 1982 UFO The Hudson Valley UFO Wave Hudson Valley, New York, USA
- 1983 UFO Quintanilla New Mexico Encounter Belen, New Mexico, USA
- 1983 UFO South Wales Mass UFO Sighting South Wales, UK
- 1983 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (March 1983) — AARO Records Palmdale, California
- 1983 UFO 1983 UAP Sighting — AARO Records Unknown location
- 1983 UFO 1983 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D213P4) Unknown location
- 1983 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (March 1983) — AARO Records (D213P43) Palmdale, California
- 1983 UFO 1983 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P4) Unknown location
- 1983 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (March 1983) — AARO Records (D214P43) Palmdale, California
- 1983 Haunting The Black Hope Horror Crosby, Texas, USA
- 1983 UFO Hudson Valley Boomerang UFO Wave Hudson Valley, New York, USA
- 1983 Poltergeist The Czestochowa Poltergeist Czestochowa, Poland
- 1983 Other Molyobka Anomaly Zone Molyobka, Perm Krai, Russia
- 1983 Possession The Vicki Ross Case Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- 1983 Haunting Pulau Tekong Military Haunting Pulau Tekong, Singapore
- 1984 UFO Arabella Formation Sighting Canterbury, New Zealand
- 1984 UFO The Indian Point Nuclear Plant UFO Hover Buchanan, New York, USA
- 1984 Other The Dodleston Messages Dodleston, Cheshire, England
- 1984 Poltergeist The Tina Resch Poltergeist Columbus, Ohio, USA
- 1984 UFO The Beachy Head UFO Formation Beachy Head, East Sussex, England
- 1985 UFO Barossa Valley Mass UFO Sighting Barossa Valley, South Australia
- 1985 UFO Papua New Guinea, January 28, 1985 — January 24, 1985 Papua New Guinea
- 1985 UFO Papua New Guinea, January 28, 1985 — January 24, 1985 [1985] Papua New Guinea
- 1985 UFO Whitley Strieber Abduction Ulster County, New York, USA
- 1985 UFO Soviet Military UFO Encounters Soviet Union
- 1985 Possession The Borșa Exorcism Case Borșa, Maramureș County, Romania
- 1985 Other Crying Boy Painting Curse United Kingdom
- 1985 Other The Crying Boy Painting Curse United Kingdom
- 1985 Possession The Maurice Theriault Exorcism Warren, Massachusetts, USA
- 1985 Possession The Bedok Possession Panic Bedok, Singapore
- 1985 Possession The Possession of Maurice Theriault Warren, Massachusetts, USA
- 1985 UFO Zimbabwe Air Force UAP Pursuit Zimbabwe
- 1985 UFO La Rubia Abduction La Rubia, Getafe, Spain
- 1985 UFO Whitley Strieber's Communion New York, USA
- 1986 UFO Height 611 Dalnegorsk Crash Dalnegorsk, Russia
- 1986 UFO Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Encounter Alaska, USA
- 1986 UFO Brazilian Official UFO Night São Paulo, Brazil
- 1986 UFO Brazil Official UFO Night São Paulo, Brazil
- 1986 UFO Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
- 1986 UFO The Night of the UFOs over Manaus Manaus and São José dos Campos, Brazil
- 1986 UFO São Paulo Night of UFOs São Paulo, Brazil
- 1986 Cryptid Black Bird of Chernobyl Pripyat, Ukraine
- 1986 UFO Capilla del Monte UFO Capilla del Monte, Cordoba, Argentina
- 1986 Haunting The Ghosts of Chernobyl Pripyat, Ukraine
- 1986 UFO Dalnegorsk UFO Crash Russia
- 1986 UFO Official Night of UFOs - Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
- 1986 UFO Height 611 Dalnegorsk Incident Dalnegorsk, Russia
- 1986 UFO Height 611 Dalnegorsk UFO Crash Dalnegorsk, Russia
- 1986 UFO Height 611 UFO Incident Dalnegorsk, Russia
- 1986 UFO Height 611 UFO Crash Dalnegorsk, Russia
- 1986 UFO JAL Flight 1628 UAP Encounter Alaska, USA
- 1986 UFO JAL Flight 1628 UFO Encounter Alaska, USA
- 1986 UFO JAL Flight 1628 - Full Account Alaska, USA
- 1986 UFO Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 Alaska, USA
- 1986 Possession The Smurl Haunting West Pittston, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1986 Haunting Pripyat Ghost Town Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine
- 1986 Poltergeist The Snedeker Poltergeist (Southington) Southington, Connecticut, USA
- 1986 Haunting Snedeker House (A Haunting in Connecticut) Southington, Connecticut, USA
- 1986 UFO Night of the UFOs - Brazil São Paulo, Brazil
- 1986 UFO Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO Alaska, USA
- 1986 UFO JAL Flight 1628 Alaska Encounter Fort Yukon, Alaska, USA
- 1986 UFO The Brazilian UFO Night São Paulo, Brazil
- 1986 UFO The Height 611 UFO Crash Dalnegorsk, Russia
- 1986 UFO The Dalnegorsk UFO Crash Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
- 1987 UFO The Dalnegorsk Mass UFO Sighting Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Soviet Far East
- 1987 UFO Gulf Breeze UFO Photographs Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- 1987 UFO Gulf Breeze First Photograph Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- 1987 UFO The Gulf Breeze UFO Wave Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- 1987 UFO Gulf Breeze Florida Wave Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- 1987 UFO The Wytheville UFO Wave Wytheville, Virginia, USA
- 1987 UFO Israel UFO Wave Shikmona Beach, Haifa, Israel
- 1987 UFO Gulf Breeze Sightings Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- 1987 UFO Gulf Breeze UFO Sightings Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- 1987 Other Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1987 Other The Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1987 Poltergeist The Jagannath Temple Poltergeist Puri, Odisha, India
- 1987 Possession The Berkeley County Possession Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA
- 1987 Haunting The Stocksbridge Bypass Haunting Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, England
- 1987 Haunting The Stocksbridge Bypass: Britain's Most Haunted New Road Stocksbridge, South Yorkshire, England
- 1987 UFO Gulf Breeze UFO Wave Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- 1987 UFO The Eastbourne Seafront UFO Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
- 1987 UFO The Gulf Breeze UFO Sightings Gulf Breeze, Florida, USA
- 1987 UFO The Ilkley Moor Alien Encounter Ilkley Moor, Yorkshire, England
- 1988 UFO Knowles Family UFO Encounter Nullarbor Plain, Australia
- 1988 UFO France UFO Sighting (1988-2004) — AARO Records France
- 1988 UFO France UFO Sighting (1988-2004) — AARO Records (D213P26) France
- 1988 UFO Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform UFO Gulf of Mexico, off Louisiana Coast
- 1988 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (November 22, 1988) — AARO Records Palmdale, California
- 1988 UFO France UFO Sighting (1988-2004) — AARO Records (D214P26) France
- 1988 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (November 22, 1988) — AARO Records (D213P43) Palmdale, California
- 1988 UFO Palmdale, California UFO Sighting (November 22, 1988) — AARO Records (D214P43) Palmdale, California
- 1988 Other Phantom Social Workers United Kingdom
- 1988 Poltergeist The Chicago Beauty Supply Poltergeist Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1989 UFO Fyffe Alabama UFO Wave Fyffe, Alabama, USA
- 1989 UFO Belgian Triangle UFO Wave Eupen, Belgium
- 1989 UFO Linda Napolitano Manhattan Abduction Manhattan, New York, USA
- 1989 UFO Nashville UFO Lights Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- 1989 UFO Voronezh Russia UFO Landing Voronezh, Russia
- 1989 UFO Nashville UFO Incident Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- 1989 UFO Vladimir Cone-Shaped UAP Sighting Vladimir Oblast, Russia, Soviet Union
- 1989 UFO Voronezh UFO Landing Voronezh, Russia
- 1989 Other 52-Hertz Whale Pacific Ocean
- 1989 Cryptid Beast of Bray Road Elkhorn, Wisconsin, USA
- 1989 Poltergeist The San Pedro Haunting San Pedro, California, USA
- 1989 Poltergeist The Melbourne Zoo Poltergeist Melbourne, Australia
- 1989 Other Bob Lazar: The Man Who Claimed to Reverse-Engineer UFOs at Area 51 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- 1989 UFO Belgian UFO Wave Belgium
- 1989 UFO Belgium UFO Wave Eupen, Belgium
- 1989 UFO Nashville Triangle UFO Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- 1989 UFO Nashville UFO Sightings Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- 1989 UFO The Belgian UFO Wave Belgium