Alien and UFO

URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic.

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URECAT is a formal catalog of UFO related entities sightings reports with the goal of providing quality information for accurate studies of the topic.

Below each picture and in alphabetical listing are all countries with reported abduction sightings. Inside those links are the actual stories reported. The links do open to a new window.

Additional information, corrections and reviews are welcome at ufologie@inbox.com, please state if you wish to be credited for your contribution or not.

Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of one of the mythical half-ape and half-human creatures, made public at a news conference on Friday held after the claimed discovery swept the Internet, failed to prove its existence.

Its spread was fueled by a photograph of a hairy heap, bearing a close resemblance to a shaggy full-body gorilla costume, stuffed into a container resembling a refrigerator.

One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of the Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96 percent from an opossum, according to Curt Nelson, a scientist at the University of Minnesota who performed the DNA analysis.

Bigfoot creatures are said to live in the forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. An opossum is a marsupial about the size of a house cat.

Results of the DNA tests were revealed in an e-mail from Nelson and distributed at the Palo Alto, California, news conference held by Tom Biscardi, host of a weekly online radio show about the Bigfoot.

Also present were Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, the two who say they discovered the Bigfoot corpse while hiking in the woods of northern Georgia. They also are co-owners of a company that offers Bigfoot merchandise.

Despite the dubious photo and the commercial interests of the alleged discoverers, the Bigfoot claim drew interest from Australia to Europe and even the New York Times.

Biscardi said the DNA samples may not have been taken correctly and may have been contaminated, and that he would proceed with an autopsy of the alleged Bigfoot remains, currently in a freezer at an undisclosed location.

Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of one of the mythical half-ape and half-human creatures, made public at a news conference on Friday held after the claimed discovery swept the Internet, failed to prove its existence.

Its spread was fueled by a photograph of a hairy heap, bearing a close resemblance to a shaggy full-body gorilla costume, stuffed into a container resembling a refrigerator.

One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of the Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96 percent from an opossum, according to Curt Nelson, a scientist at the University of Minnesota who performed the DNA analysis.

Bigfoot creatures are said to live in the forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. An opossum is a marsupial about the size of a house cat.

Results of the DNA tests were revealed in an e-mail from Nelson and distributed at the Palo Alto, California, news conference held by Tom Biscardi, host of a weekly online radio show about the Bigfoot.

Also present were Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, the two who say they discovered the Bigfoot corpse while hiking in the woods of northern Georgia. They also are co-owners of a company that offers Bigfoot merchandise.

Despite the dubious photo and the commercial interests of the alleged discoverers, the Bigfoot claim drew interest from Australia to Europe and even the New York Times.

Biscardi said the DNA samples may not have been taken correctly and may have been contaminated, and that he would proceed with an autopsy of the alleged Bigfoot remains, currently in a freezer at an undisclosed location.

While waiting in the lobby at American Airlines Gate K-7 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, my wife noticed a disc-shaped object hovering at an altitude of several hundred feet outside the terminal's large glass windows to the WSW at 7:01 pm.

Illustration by Chuck Cirino at UFO Art

Date: 08/04/08
Time: 19:01
Duration: 60 seconds
Sighting City: Chicago
Sighting State: IL
Sighting County: Cook
Witnesses: 6++
Shape: Disk
Number of Craft: 1

Notched disc with slow wobbly movement at O'Hare Terminal 3 observed at close range in daylight.

While waiting in the lobby at AA Gate K-7 at Chicago O'Hare my wife noticed a disc-shaped object hovering at an altitude of several hundred feet outside the terminal's large glass windows to the WSW at 7:01 pm. She called my attention to it and several other people rushed to observe the estimated 30-40 foot in diameter object as it wobbled but deliberately moved to our left (NNE) between Concourse K and L toward the main body of Terminal 3. It took about 60 seconds to enter and exit our field of view.

Its distinctive peripheral protrusions, like notches on a gear, were its primary identifying feature to me. It was dull gray (my wife noticed orange/rust) with an undulating movement. It traveled low under the cloud ceiling.

We laughed and moved closer to the windows and I told my wife to try for a phone camera shot but she couldn't manage it in time. Another lady asked "what in the world is such a big flying hubcap doing out there". Others looked and turned their heads in disbelief,

Prior to the sighting there was very little aircraft activity in this wing of O'Hare. There was a burst of aircraft activity after the object departed and a large storm moved in at 7:30 pm. An aircraft
appeared to be disabled during the 7:00-8:00 pm period. Tornado warnings and high winds followed and passengers took shelter in the tunnels of O'Hare. We finally departed on AA 1058 to Orlando from Gate K-15 at about midnight.

I am a 61 year old geologist with 30 years of international experience, an amateur astronomer, and IUFOC attendee for many years.

Source: National UFO Reporting Center

While waiting in the lobby at American Airlines Gate K-7 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, my wife noticed a disc-shaped object hovering at an altitude of several hundred feet outside the terminal's large glass windows to the WSW at 7:01 pm.

Illustration by Chuck Cirino at UFO Art

Date: 08/04/08
Time: 19:01
Duration: 60 seconds
Sighting City: Chicago
Sighting State: IL
Sighting County: Cook
Witnesses: 6++
Shape: Disk
Number of Craft: 1

Notched disc with slow wobbly movement at O'Hare Terminal 3 observed at close range in daylight.

While waiting in the lobby at AA Gate K-7 at Chicago O'Hare my wife noticed a disc-shaped object hovering at an altitude of several hundred feet outside the terminal's large glass windows to the WSW at 7:01 pm. She called my attention to it and several other people rushed to observe the estimated 30-40 foot in diameter object as it wobbled but deliberately moved to our left (NNE) between Concourse K and L toward the main body of Terminal 3. It took about 60 seconds to enter and exit our field of view.

Its distinctive peripheral protrusions, like notches on a gear, were its primary identifying feature to me. It was dull gray (my wife noticed orange/rust) with an undulating movement. It traveled low under the cloud ceiling.

We laughed and moved closer to the windows and I told my wife to try for a phone camera shot but she couldn't manage it in time. Another lady asked "what in the world is such a big flying hubcap doing out there". Others looked and turned their heads in disbelief,

Prior to the sighting there was very little aircraft activity in this wing of O'Hare. There was a burst of aircraft activity after the object departed and a large storm moved in at 7:30 pm. An aircraft
appeared to be disabled during the 7:00-8:00 pm period. Tornado warnings and high winds followed and passengers took shelter in the tunnels of O'Hare. We finally departed on AA 1058 to Orlando from Gate K-15 at about midnight.

I am a 61 year old geologist with 30 years of international experience, an amateur astronomer, and IUFOC attendee for many years.

Source: National UFO Reporting Center