Year File · 1973 37 cases on file
Year File

1973 · paranormal events

37 catalogued cases recorded in 1973.

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Artistic depiction of 1973 October UFO Wave — chrome flying saucer with ringed underside
UFO 1973

1973 October UFO Wave

United States

October 1973 saw one of America's largest UFO waves with thousands of sightings nationwide. Cases included the Pascagoula abduction, Coyne helicopter incident, and numerous police encounters.

Source document: PURSUE doc 1
UFO 1973

1973 UAP Sighting — FBI Files

Unknown location

The document references sightings and reports from the Atlantic. It indicates that something was seen, but details are sparse and the nature of the observation is not clearly defined. The document appears to be a record of incoming information regarding these events.

Artistic depiction of 1973 UFO Wave — large blue-lit disc-shaped mothership
UFO 1973

1973 UFO Wave

United States

October 1973 saw one of the largest UFO waves in American history. Reports flooded in from across the country - the Pascagoula abduction, Ohio helicopter incident, multiple police sightings, and hundreds of other encounters. Even Governor Jimmy Carter had reported a sighting years earlier.

Source document: NASA-UAP-D5, Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science, 1973
UFO 1973

Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science, 1973

Moon

Apollo 17 was the ninth crewed U.S. mission to the Moon, and the sixth to land Astronauts on the lunar surface. This document is an excerpt from the Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science on January 8, 1973, in which Dick Henry, co-investigator on the

Source document: NASA-UAP-D6, Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing, 1973
UFO 1973

Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing, 1973

Moon

Apollo 17 was the ninth crewed U.S. mission to the Moon, and the sixth to land Astronauts on the lunar surface. This document is an excerpt from the Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing on January 4, 1973, in which astronaut Harrison Schmitt reported

Artistic depiction of Army Helicopter Coyne Incident — mothership flanked by smaller escort craft
UFO 1973

Army Helicopter Coyne Incident

Mansfield, Ohio, USA

On October 18, 1973, an Army Reserve helicopter commanded by Captain Lawrence Coyne encountered a gray metallic object that stopped their emergency descent and pulled their aircraft upward from 1,700 to 3,500 feet. The encounter, witnessed by ground observers, was investigated by multiple agencies and never explained.

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