The Arnold Saucers
In June 1947, pilot Kenneth Arnold reported nine bright objects skipping past Mount Rainier. The press called them flying saucers, and the name stuck.
UFO gallery
Famous flying saucers from the history books, and a few we made up. Each one is labelled so you know which is which.
The Roswell Debris
A July 1947 find on a New Mexico ranch that has fed alien-crash stories ever since.
Rendlesham Lights
Strange lights reported in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, in December 1980. Often called Britain’s Roswell.
The Phoenix Lights
A huge formation of lights seen over Arizona on 13 March 1997, watched by thousands.
The Tic Tac
A smooth white capsule-shaped object that Navy pilots described chasing off the California coast in 2004.
The Biscuit Tin
A round, rattling saucer that hovers over picnics and hums faintly in the key of B-flat.
Neon Cruller
A ring-shaped craft that glows pink and green and leaves a trail of glitter over highways at night.
The Lampshade
A wide, wobbly cone of warm light that drifts across suburbs and dims whenever someone looks straight at it.
Mothership Marmalade
A vast amber disc that parks above hills at sunset and looks suspiciously like breakfast.
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