December 3rd
7 documented paranormal events occurred on this day, spanning 1948 to 1979. Browse hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptid encounters, and unexplained phenomena recorded throughout history.
Featured cases
The Cergy-Pontoise Abduction
Cergy-Pontoise, France
Three young men in a French suburb claimed that one of their number, Franck Fontaine, was lifted from beside their car in a column of light. He reappeared a week later in a cabbage field with no memory of the intervening days. The case has since been dismissed by one of the witnesses as a hoax.
Herb Schirmer Abduction
Ashland, Nebraska, USA
Police Sergeant Herb Schirmer encountered a UFO on patrol and later recovered memories of being taken aboard. The Condon Committee investigated his case, finding him credible.
Herbert Schirmer Abduction
Ashland, Nebraska, USA
A police officer encountered a UFO while on patrol and experienced missing time. Under hypnosis, he recalled being taken aboard and shown the craft's propulsion system.
Chard, Somerset, England UFO Sighting (December 3, 1950) — FBI Files
Chard, Somerset, England
On December 3, 1950, witnesses in Chard, Somerset, reported a fast-moving, white, teardrop-shaped object that appeared to dissolve into nothingness.
Fairfield, California UFO Sighting (December 3, 1948) — USAF Files
Fairfield, California
U.S. government investigators recorded an unidentified aerial object observed from the Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base control tower in 1948.
Every event recorded on this day
- 1979 UFO The Cergy-Pontoise Abduction Cergy-Pontoise, France
- 1967 UFO Herb Schirmer Abduction Ashland, Nebraska, USA
- 1967 UFO Herbert Schirmer Abduction Ashland, Nebraska, USA
- 1950 UFO Chard, Somerset, England UFO Sighting (December 3, 1950) — FBI Files Chard, Somerset, England
- 1948 UFO Fairfield, California UFO Sighting (December 3, 1948) — USAF Files Fairfield, California
- 1948 UFO Fairfield-Suisun AFB UFO Sighting (December 3, 1948) — USAF Files Fairfield-Suisun AFB, California
- 1948 UFO Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base UFO Sighting (December 3, 1948) — USAF Files Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base, California