Midwest & Great Plains

Crop circles, cattle mutilations, and the silent flatlands

665 Documented Events

260 Verified Cases

UFO Most Common

1940s Peak Decade

The American Midwest and Great Plains generate a paranormal record defined by its agricultural context. Cattle mutilations — surgically precise animal deaths with no tracks, no blood, and no conventional explanation — have been documented across Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and the Dakotas since the 1970s. The region also contains some of the most compelling UAP encounter cases in Air Force history, including multiple incidents at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana where nuclear missiles reportedly deactivated during UFO encounters. The flatness of the landscape and the darkness of its skies make it simultaneously the easiest and most disturbing place to see the unexplained.

Activity by Type

UFO 342

Cryptid 70

Haunting 70

Other 63

Possession 61

Apparition 40

Poltergeist 19

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Featured Cases

Other Ancient - Present ✓

Near-Death Experiences

Worldwide

People who clinically die and return describe tunnels of light, life reviews, meeting deceased relatives, and overwhelming peace. Millions have had them. Science can't fully explain them. What do the dying see?

Other 1960s - Present ✓

Bloody Mary

Worldwide

Say her name three times in a dark mirror. She appears—scratched, bleeding, or murderous. A childhood ritual millions have tried. But who is Bloody Mary?

Other 1840 - 1963 ✓

Curse of Tippecanoe

United States

Every president elected in a year ending in zero died in office from 1840 to 1960. Harrison, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, Roosevelt, Kennedy. The curse was attributed to Tecumseh's brother after the Battle of Tippecanoe. Reagan survived—breaking it.

Apparition Ancient - Present ✓

Deathbed Visions

Worldwide

The dying see deceased relatives waiting for them. They reach toward invisible presences. They describe beautiful places. Nurses report this constantly. Is it brain chemistry, or a glimpse of what's next?

Other Ancient - Present ✓

Shadow People

Worldwide

Dark humanoid figures at the edge of vision. They watch from corners. The Hat Man wears a fedora. Millions have seen them—during sleep paralysis, in haunted locations, or for no apparent reason. What are they?