YEAR DOSSIER

1973 UAP Cases

Every indexed UAP case documented in 1973, drawn from publicly available official government records — NARA RG 615, AARO, NASA, FBI, and DoD PURSUE program releases.

6 INCIDENTS · YEAR-BASED ARCHIVE HUB
ALL INCIDENTSPURSUE ARCHIVEFULL TIMELINEMATCH MY SIGHTING
DoD◎ Disc / Saucer
UNCLASSIFIED
DOD-030 · 1973-10-18

Coyne Army Helicopter Near-Miss Over Ohio

◎Mansfield, Ohio, USA

An Army Reserve UH-1 helicopter crew of four had a near-collision with a large grey metallic object over Mansfield, Ohio. The object stopped the helicopter's controlled descent and the aircraft inexplicably climbed 2,000 feet with no crew input. The incident is regarded as one of the most credible military UAP cases in the official record due to the four-person trained military crew and corroborating ground witnesses.

RAPID ACCELERATIONHOVERINGANTI GRAVITY
INSUFFICIENT
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →
DoD⬭ Ellipsoid
UNCLASSIFIED
DOD-078 · 1973-10-11

Pascagoula River Encounter — Jackson County Sheriff Audio

◎Pascagoula River, Mississippi, USA

Shipyard workers Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker reported being taken aboard an oval craft along the Pascagoula River. Jackson County Sheriff Fred Diamond secretly recorded the pair when left alone in an interrogation room; they continued their accounts believing they were unobserved. USAF Project Blue Book had closed in 1969 but Navy Intelligence reviewed the case. Medical examinations found no signs of deception.

HOVERINGEMITTING OBJECTSSENSOR INTERFERENCE
PARTIAL
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →
DoD◎ Disc / Saucer
TOP SECRET
DoD-B11-004 · 1973-06-08

Soviet Submarine USO Encounter 1973

◎Pacific Ocean, Soviet Naval Operating Area

A Soviet submarine commander logged a detailed encounter with an unidentified submerged object that matched his vessel's speed and maneuvers for 12 minutes before surfacing and departing as a disc. The report was obtained by US intelligence and entered into USO/UAP files maintained by the Office of Naval Intelligence.

TRANSMEDIUMRAPID ACCELERATION
PARTIAL
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →
FBI◎ Disc / Saucer
CONFIDENTIAL
FBI-B13-002 · 1973-10-17

Xenia Ohio Police Encounter 1973

◎Xenia, Greene County, Ohio

Multiple Xenia police officers and Greene County deputies observed a low disc over the city during the 1973 fall wave. Wright-Patterson AFB radar — just 10 miles away — confirmed the contact. The proximity to WPAFB gave the incident unusual significance in Blue Book successor program files.

HOVERINGRAPID ACCELERATION
MODERATE
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →
FBI? Unknown
CONFIDENTIAL
FBI-B18-014 · 1973-10-18

US Army Reserve Captain Lawrence Coyne Helicopter 1973

◎Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio

US Army Reserve Captain Lawrence Coyne and his three-man helicopter crew experienced a near-collision with a metallic craft that then appeared to lift their Huey from 1,700 feet back to 3,500 feet without any crew input to the collective. Civilian ground witnesses in four separate vehicles corroborated seeing the helicopter beam of light. The UN Special Committee on Outer Space Affairs included the case in its UAP records. United Nations report cited it.

HOVERINGANTI GRAVITYSENSOR INTERFERENCE
MODERATE
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →
DoD◎ Disc / Saucer
CONFIDENTIAL
DoD-B20-008 · 1973-10-18

Coyne Helicopter Incident — Army Reserve Near-Collision 1973

◎Mansfield, Ohio

A US Army Reserve UH-1 Huey helicopter crew of four experienced a near-collision with a large metallic object over Ohio. A green beam from the craft filled the cockpit and the helicopter began rising despite the pilot pushing the collective to full-down. The crew was pulled from 2000 feet to 3800 feet involuntarily. Ground witnesses in a car below also observed the encounter. The incident was formally investigated by the Center for UFO Studies and submitted to the AIAA.

HOVERINGANTI GRAVITYSENSOR INTERFERENCE
PARTIAL
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →
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