1 January 1979 After midnight - Caracas, Venezuela -   Caracas and neighboring cities left in dark for almost one hour. UFOs were seen shortly before the blackout. Brought New Years celebrations to end, many people panic.

1 January 1979 19:00 - Atri, Italy -   Several witnesses. Fireball up and down, stopped by house, bounced along hilltop. Went and stopped over small lakes.

2 January 1979 02:20 - Campocatino, Italy -   An object was observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. An unidentifiable object was observed at close range and caused physical effects.

5 January 1979 - Krakow, Poland -   Electromagnetic effect: car engine effected. Big ball with beam of red light, disturbed running of car of two Krakow residents.

5 January 1979 06:20 - Auburn, Massachusetts, USA -   Witness driving to parents' home, saw three triangles over woods to left. EM: radio, engine. Car slowed abruptly. Heat, paralysis, pungent odor. When a car approached, objects moved away rapidly singlely. Mild rash, eyes hurt

6 January 1979 23:00 - Ruffia, Italy -   Electromagnetic effect: headlights died. three nocturnal lights rotate overhead, objects maneuver, leave in three separate directions.

7 January 1979 00:35 - Sturbridge Mass Pike, Massachusetts, USA -   Three luminous diamond-shaped craft hovered over road in front of car. Electromagnetic effect: CB radio and engine died. Approached to 20', red blinking lights.

9 January 1979 05:30 - Castel D'Asso, Italy -   Police incident.

10 January 1979 Pre-dawn - Sorocaba, Brazil -   UFO appearance caused short power blackouts in Rio de Janeiro and Sorocaba.

11 January 1979 - Hamilton, New Zealand -   Eelers incident.

15 January 1979 04:40 - New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia -   Noise like a fan, white beam of light in garden. Power brownout. Source of beam no visible.

17 January 1979 18:40 - Albany Ne, Wyoming, USA -   Orange glow paced two on snowmobile. Electromagnetic effect. Dogs went beserk. Seperate witness.

18 January 1979 17:00 - Metzeral, France -   2m diameter orange disc makes two passes. Makes buzzing sound. Had lights at both ends. Both witnesses' eyes hurt after encounter.

22 January 1979 After 0100 - Tinwald, New Zealand -   An object was observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. Animal reactions to the object were reported. Multiple independent witnesses.

24 January 1979 22:00 - Wimereux, France -   Electromagnetic effect: car engine fails. Silent 2m long peanut seen over sand dune. It ascends, flies rapidly to the northwest overhead toward sea.

27 January 1979 23:00 - Sitio Timbauba, Brazil -   Woman levitated by beam of light. Fireball and odd tornado. Lowered gently. Becomes ill.

In February 1979 00:50 - Claye-Souilly N3, France -   Photos. Turnip shaped object changes into discoid shape. Several photographs taken. Electromagnetic effect: car engine fails.

In February 1979 06:30 - Pietracamela, Italy -   An object was observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. An unidentifiable object was observed at close range and caused physical effects.

5 February 1979 Evening - Suonenjoki, Finland -   An object was observed. Traces found. One object was observed in snowy weather by a group of witnesses in a yard.

8 February 1979 - Liverpool Creek, Queensland, Australia -   Beehive-shaped object beside road, rose about one meter, light flash.

9 February 1979 21:00 - Liverpool Creek, Queensland, Australia -   Banana Farmer incident.

13 February 1979 22:30 - Cassola, Italy -   Newsman incident.

20 February 1979 06:05 - Springfield Hwy40, Ohio, USA -   Physiological and healing effects were reported. One object, about 40 feet across, was observed by more than one male witness, one of them an experienced observor, for five minutes (Justice).

20 February 1979 23:40 - Stjarnholm, Sweden -   Blue-white ovoid buzzes car. Electromagnetic effect: car engine stalls. Ok when UFO gone.

22 February 1979 16:00 - Meanwood Nr Leeds, UK -   8' long ovoid lands for three minutes. Traces. Government agent advises silence.

26 February 1979 Around 2000 - Pedro Luro Hwy3, Argentina -   Very likely a CE-4 case. two men in final leg of 39-day car race in Citroen, encountered "dense, sticky light" "Like a liquid" in rural area. Car lifted 6-8' above the road. subsequent nightmares, insom

In early March 1979 19:30 - Lausanne, Switzerland -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentifiable object was observed at close range and caused physical effects.

16 March 1979 12:00 - Suonenjoki, Finland -   Hum. Bell-shaped UFO at 2m altitude, up and down at ground level. 5 photographs. Seen again 10Mar79

16 March 1979 16:30 - St-Pierre-De-Maille, France -   Disc, 40m diameter, hovers over meadow only 30m from witness. Ray freezes observer, can't move for four minutes.

23 March 1979 22:00 - Sopralacroce, Italy -   Television interference. Big ovoid with three weak sky-blue beams hovered. Burn traces.

27 March 1979 20:00 - Oak Bluffs S, Marthas Vinyard, Massachusetts, USA -   Nautical UFO. Radio frequency interference. 30 feet long cylinder rises from surf, witness frozen in place, watch effected

In April 1979 00:20 - Gormanston Saddle, Tasmania, Australia -   Taxi Driver incident.

7 April 1979 08:00 - Bigand Hwy33, Argentina -   Several cars experience electromagnetic effect. Farmer sees 8m diameter disc land. Circular traces in soybean field.

10 April 1979 23:30 - Nantucket Island E60M, Massachusetts, USA -   Three men in boat sighted circular object hovering over sea. Beams down. LORAN and radar electromagnetic effects.

16 April 1979 23:30 - Bedarrides, France -   Red sphere, size of car, descends fast and lands. Flashes white and red lights. Ground traces.

19 April 1979 23:30 - Croy N, UK -   Two witnesses run from car when Nocturnal light passes over. Abnormal silence: they can't hear car engine or door slam.

28 April 1979 - Alicante, Spain -   Teleportation from southern Spain to central Chile.

In May 1979 20:00 - Carnaubinha, Brazil -   2m diameter UFO zaps man on fence with beam. Paralyzed, never recovers, dies.

1 May 1979 04:00 - Vizcacheras, Argentina -   Engineer incident.

6 May 1979 00:30 - Bribie Island Sw, Queensland, Australia -   Orange lights seen during car electrical failure. Car looked a different color in light.

9 May 1979 03:00 - Bogota N, Colombia -   Power failure. 10-15 discs sighted. 8 of them buzz telecom satellite station.

18 May 1979 Around 0100 - La Cumbre Hwy7, Argentina -   EM: total elect failure to main witness truck, failure of lights of second truck, 500m behind. First witness found unconscious, for 3hr20m. witness saw two lights. Physiological effects: eyes, nausea, vomiting, headaches, anorexia.

22 May 1979 22:00 - Piastow, Poland -   Physiological effects: headache, burns, facial sores. Dark disc shaped like hockey puck hovers over park path, beams light down. Flashing geometric patterns and UMMO like H pattern.

25 May 1979 20:00 - Charleston, Missouri, USA -   Nocturnal light lands behind shop, electromagnetic effect: Neon sign, clock 18 minutes slow.

26 May 1979 08:30 - Kulim, Malaysia -   Physiological effects: temporary blindness. Disc on three legs hovers 0.5m above ground. Temporary blinding beams of light.

29 May 1979 00:05 - Hailey, Idaho, USA -   Braniff Airline & Private Pilots incident.

20 June 1979 - Northfield, Minnesota, USA -   Trace remnants. Explanation: Re-entry.

10 July 1979 Around 1800 - Islampur, India -   Ball of light yanked tin roofs and debris loose. Iron twisted. Electromagnetic effects. See MUFON Journal #255.

16 July 1979 11:00 - Great Bear Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada -   Chris incident.

31 July 1979 20:10 - San Carlos De Bariloche, Argentina -   Aerolineas Argentineas B727 incident.

1 August 1979 01:35 - Lewisboro, New York, USA -   White ball made two passes, two-way and portable radios failed in police car

1 August 1979 20:30 - Severac-le-Chateau, France -   Ball of light moves to south in jumps, turns into cloud. Electric wires spark.

20 August 1979 21:30 - Hatfield River, Tasmania, Australia -   An object was observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. One object was observed by one female witness on a highway.

27 August 1979 01:40 - Stephen W10M Hwy220, Minnesota, USA -   Ball of light accelerated straight at windshield of police cruiser, officer blacked out. Damage to car, car clock and watch 14 minutes slow. Eyes irritated as by welder's burn. Explanation: EM.

30 August 1979 16:00 - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA -   Retired Army incident. Explanation: EM.

1 September 1979 - St Johns County Hwy1, Florida, USA -   An object was observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. Animal reactions to the object were reported. Multiple independent witnesses. One object was observed by two witnesses, a married couple.

3 September 1979 21:30 - Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, USA -   A flying disc was observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. One disc was observed in clear weather by four witnesses at a lake for over one minute. Explanation: Balloon.

In early September 1979 17:20 - Haywards Heath, UK -   Lasting physiological effects.

10 September 1979 12:45 - Myrtle Creek N 10M, Oregon, USA -   Piper Aztec incident.

11 September 1979 - Canton, Mississippi, USA -   An object was observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. One object was observed by one female witness, two of them an experienced observors, as reported to the police (Hefferson; Whitehead).

12 September 1979 20:50 - Huaihua, China -   All power fails. UFO shoots beams, leaves lens-shaped cloud behind.

19 September 1979 22:30 - Santa Ines, Argentina -   Red light, round, 20m above ground, flashing. 5 holes, 2cm diameter, 2cm deep, one central, within 50cm circle marked on groun, compact and hard. After touch down, rapidly ascended 2m, then landed again. Color to white to blue.

20 September 1979 05:30 - Poplar Grove, Illinois, USA -   Nursing Home Employee incident. Explanation: EM.

20 September 1979 05:30 - Fennimore, Wisconsin, USA -   UFO gave off odor of sulphur.

In October 1979 - Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada -   CUFOS incident.

2 October 1979 19:30 - Lincoln City, Oregon, USA -   An object was observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. One object was observed by five witnesses.

2 October 1979 Night - Yamhill Nw9M, Oregon, USA -   Forest Fire incident.

6 October 1979 21:30 - Barnum E Hwy35, Minnesota, USA -   Retiree incident. Explanation: EM.

7 October 1979 - Chosica, Peru -   Tape recording made by parapsychologist of alleged alien voices. Voices resemble faltering monosyllables, alleged from analysis determined not to be human.

20 October 1979 00:30 - Baldwin S8M, Wisconsin, USA -   Possible landing traces found after Nocturnal light sighting.

26 October 1979 - Colusa, California, USA -   Roosters crowed, ducks quacked, geese honked, and bullfrogs started croaking loudly in response to silver bullet-shaped craft that hovered briefly

14 November 1979 20:10 - Killaly, Saskatchewan, Canada -   Ring on ground

27 November 1979 22:30 - Madrid, Spain -   Radio frequency interference. Circular object gave off intense blue flashes of light. two police cars sent to busy intersection, UFO hovered above it for some time.

13 December 1979 - Banks N7M, Idaho, USA -   Physiological effects.

19 December 1979 07:00 - Lunel, France -   1m diameter white egg-shaped object upright in yard. Moves down driveway at ground level.