Year File · 1974 24 cases on file
Year File

1974 · paranormal events

24 catalogued cases recorded in 1974.

Featured · 1974

Artistic depiction of Berwyn Mountain Incident — chrome flying saucer with ringed underside
UFO 1974

Berwyn Mountain Incident

Berwyn Mountains, Wales

A massive explosion rocked the Berwyn Mountains, causing earthquake readings. Witnesses saw lights and reported military activity. Some call it 'Wales's Roswell,' claiming a UFO crash was covered up.

Artistic depiction of Berwyn Mountains Incident — silver saucer with engraved glyph-like markings
UFO 1974

Berwyn Mountains Incident

Llandrillo, Wales, UK

A massive explosion and lights on a Welsh mountain led to claims of a UFO crash and military retrieval. The 'Welsh Roswell' combines earthquake, meteor, and unexplained lights into lasting mystery.

Artistic depiction of Chilca Desert UFO Sightings — mothership flanked by smaller escort craft
UFO 1974

Chilca Desert UFO Sightings

Chilca, Peru

In 1974, journalists and researchers gathered in Peru's Chilca Desert for what they claimed were 'programmed' UFO sightings—encounters predicted in advance. Multiple luminous objects reportedly appeared as scheduled. The events drew international attention to Peru as a UFO hotspot.

Artistic depiction of Coyame UFO Incident — dark saucer with transparent dome cockpit
UFO 1974

Coyame UFO Incident

Chihuahua, Mexico

US radar tracked a UFO on collision course with a small civilian plane over Mexico. Both crashed near Coyame. Mexican military recovered the wreckage—then something happened. US forces allegedly intervened, took the disc-shaped object, and all Mexican personnel died mysteriously.

Chrome saucer with windowed dome hovers over flat farmland
UFO 1974

Langenburg UFO and Crop Circles

Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada

On September 1, 1974, farmer Edwin Fuhr watched five metallic, domed discs hovering over his rapeseed field, spinning and creating swirling patterns in the crops below. When they departed, they left five circular formations. It was one of the first cases linking UFOs directly to crop circle creation.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10
UFO 1974

Milwaukee, Wisconsin UFO Sighting (August 21, 1974) — FBI Files

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

On August 21, 1974, Milwaukee police recovered a metallic, heated object that had fallen from the sky, an event later documented in FBI files.

Archive · 1974