December 31st
8 documented paranormal events occurred on this day, spanning 1953 to 1982. Browse hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptid encounters, and unexplained phenomena recorded throughout history.
Featured cases
Hudson Valley UFO Wave Begins
Kent, New York, USA
On New Year's Eve 1982, the Hudson Valley UFO wave began with massive boomerang-shaped objects seen by thousands. The wave would continue for years, becoming one of the largest UFO flaps in American history.
Kaikoura Lights New Zealand
Kaikoura, New Zealand
A film crew aboard a cargo plane captured extraordinary footage of UFOs over New Zealand. The Kaikoura lights, tracked on radar and witnessed by pilots, remain unexplained.
Kaikoura Lights
Kaikoura, New Zealand
A film crew aboard a cargo aircraft captured footage of luminous UFOs tracked simultaneously on radar. The Kaikoura Lights became one of the most documented UFO cases with both visual and radar evidence.
Air Intelligence Information Report, Guam, December 31, 1956 — Department of War File
Guam
This AIIR records a December 31, 1956, incident in the vicinity of Guam in which the pilot of a U.S. Air Force F-86D aircraft reported observing an unidentified aerial blinking light. The report notes that a lighted weather balloon had been launched before the sighting and states that, if the…
Dayton, OH UFO Sighting (31 December 1955) — AARO Records
Dayton, OH
A cold war / blue book era case from Dayton, OH. A report details the history of the Wright Air Development Center from July to December 1955.
Bethurum Case (1953) — FBI Files
Redondo Beach, California
Truman Bethurum reported an encounter with extraterrestrial explorers in the Nevada desert, an incident documented in FBI files released via the PURS and US.
Every event recorded on this day
- 1982 UFO Hudson Valley UFO Wave Begins Kent, New York, USA
- 1978 UFO Kaikoura Lights New Zealand Kaikoura, New Zealand
- 1978 UFO Kaikoura Lights Kaikoura, New Zealand
- 1956 UFO Air Intelligence Information Report, Guam, December 31, 1956 — Department of War File Guam
- 1955 UFO Dayton, OH UFO Sighting (31 December 1955) — AARO Records Dayton, OH
- 1954 UFO Wright Patterson AFB UFO Sighting (31 December 1955) — AARO Records Wright Patterson AFB
- 1953 UFO Bethurum Case (1953) — FBI Files Redondo Beach, California
- 1953 UFO Bethurum Case (1953) — FBI Files (D7P194) Redondo Beach, California