Just about everyone reading this has probably heard of alleged UFO crashes like the Roswell incident. Or maybe you’ve even heard of the one at Kecksburg in Pennsylvania, or perhaps the alleged crash in the Black Forest in Germany in 1936. However, there is an absolute plethora of other claims, with numerous witnesses to boot, of other UFO crashes on record.

What’s more, reports of wrecked flying saucers have come in from all over the planet, and they’ve occurred over a broader range of history than you might have guessed. Here, then, are ten lesser-known claims of crashed alien craft from other worlds!

10 The Dalnegorsk ‘Height 611’ Crash

On the evening of January 29, 1986, a strange, red sphere suddenly appeared in front of hundreds of witnesses in the skies over the small mining town of Dalnegorsk, on the southeasternmost side of the Soviet Union. After moving steadily over the village for several moments, it suddenly began to fail and would ultimately crash into the Izvestkovaya Mountain—known to many as “Height 611” or “Hill 611.”^[1]

Witnesses would report hearing an explosion and witnessing intense burning and flames around the apparent crash site. Before official investigators could examine the scene, several locals ventured up to the crash site the following day. Although they found obvious evidence of a disturbance, and likely intense heat judging from the burned-out tree stump and vegetation, they didn’t see or recover any actual wreckage. They did, however, discover strange “rock-like” pieces that had a metallic feel and look to them. They would hand these over to the chief investigator, Valeri Dvuzhilni of the Far Eastern Committee for Anomalous Phenomena.

When investigators examined the grounds more thoroughly, they would discover tiny metallic “droplets,” ranging in size from 2 to 5 millimeters. When these were later examined, they had a most complex inner structure of metallic fibers, along with gold thread and coverings of quartz crystal. Although tiny, these strange droplets, or the material that made them, was of obvious complex and intelligent design.

Furthermore, the burned-out tree stump was found to have melted on one side (presumably the side nearest to the heat of the crash site). The burning of the wood produced carbon, and it would have taken heat in excess of 3,000 degrees Celsius (5,432 °F) to melt such carbon. The case remains unexplained, although Dvuzhilni would theorize the possibility that the intense heat was not flames for the majority of the incident but repairs, which allowed the craft to take off before the locals arrived at the scene.

9 The Salta Case

Not only was there an alleged UFO crash in Salta, Argentina, on the afternoon of August 17, 1995, witnessed by dozens of people, but one of them was a civil aviation pilot who would take to the air in the immediate moments following the sudden appearance, crash, and explosion of a strange silver disc.^[2] Tony Galvano was having lunch at the time when an extremely bright metallic object roared out of the sky before suddenly falling to the ground and exploding in a flurry of flames and black smoke. Some reports even suggest that seismic activity was recorded over 320 kilometers (200 mi) away.

Galvano would immediately run to his Flystar airplane in order to take to the skies and get a better look at what was happening and, more specifically, what had just crashed down to the ground. However, his initial attempts were thwarted by the thick, black smoke that not only made it impossible to see any activity on the ground but also made it dangerous to fly. He returned to the airfield. He would, however, take off on another reconnaissance mission two days later.

When he did, he saw an obviously disturbed area where a craft had crashed and skidded for a short distance before coming to a grinding halt. As well as disturbance to the land itself, Galvano observed that the trees and bushes were also significantly damaged. Some of them had even been ripped from the ground, their roots showing completely.

Galvano would return to the site again several weeks later with other volunteer searchers from the area. On this occasion, however, they were approached by armed men in black suits who drove to the site in heavy-duty black SUVs. They immediately stated that they were taking over the search effort and that Galvano and the others were all to go home. Galvano began to protest before one of the men stated ominously, “Forget it, Galvano, what’s coming down is very heavy.”

8 The Megas Platanos UFO Crash

An apparent UFO crash occurred in the early hours of September 2, 1990, in the picturesque, sun-blessed setting of Megas Platanos in Greece.^[3] It was just after 3:00 AM when six bright lights began to approach the village. However, one of the lights was moving much more erratically than the others. As several witnesses watched, all spread out across the area and thus witnessing the events from different vantage points, the unsteady light suddenly came crashing down to the ground below.

A shepherd, Trantos Karatranjos, watched the object impact the ground from around 500 meters (1600 ft) away. He would recall how there was an immediate burst of flames, which then spread quickly to nearby vegetation. As this was happening, the five other craft were hovering overhead, as if watching events unfold. Suddenly, two of them came down to the ruined vehicle. The fires were now no longer burning. The glowing craft would continue to descend and ascend once more, seemingly in turns as if there was some kind of repair operation taking place. This operation, whatever it was, would continue until dawn.

By the time residents would venture to the crash site with the onset of daylight, they were shocked to find scorch marks but no crippled craft. They did recover some wires and metallic remains, many of which would disappear with the locals as “souvenirs.” According to later reports made to UFO investigators, there was a distinct Greek military presence in the area in the days that followed. They would even issue an official statement saying that the “UFO” was actually a Soviet satellite.

7 The Las Vegas Crash

An almost forgotten UFO crash in Las Vegas on the evening of April 18, 1962, was actually tracked by US military radar right the way across the United States.^[4] The aerial anomaly would enter New York airspace before making its way across Kansas, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada, where it would ultimately crash to the ground.

Fighter jets were scrambled from Luke Air Force Base just outside of Phoenix, Arizona. According to reports, the craft initially “came down” in the town of Eureka in Utah (causing a temporary blackout) before rising quickly into the air again. As it approached Las Vegas, it vanished from the radar screens. According to whistle-blower reports and eventually declassified documents, many UFO researchers had reason to believe that the craft came down inside the grounds of Nellis Air Force Base, which, incidentally, resides near Las Vegas.

What is certain is that at the time of the alleged crash, many reports were flooding into the switchboards of the police departments and aviation authorities alike, telling of a strange, red glow in the sky. Many would also report a sudden noise that sounded very much “like an explosion.”

The official explanation offered from the military was that the sightings were nothing more than meteors. They would also largely suppress their tracking of the craft across the country, instead treating them as individual “state sightings.” This would sever connections and allow the meteor explanation to take hold more firmly.

6 The Kingdom Of Lesotho Incident

The independent nation of the Kingdom of Lesotho, which is bordered by South African land on all sides, was subject to a downed UFO on the evening of September 19, 1995.^[5] Peter Lachasa, a South African farmer, would suddenly hear a “strange sound” overhead at around 9:15 PM. He would also notice how his cattle were suddenly spooked and unsettled. Then, he heard a sound that was unmistakably an explosion.

He quickly made his way outside to investigate. He saw that several of his neighbors who had land bordering his were also watching events unfold. One of these neighbors would later state that the object hit the ground and gave off “a series of blinding flashes” as it exploded. Along with several of his neighbors, Lachasa would approach the crash site, but the intense heat forced them to maintain a certain distance from it. Lachasa, though, thought he might have seen an occupant inside the ruins. And what’s more, it could have been moving. He contacted the authorities in case there were indeed survivors.

By the time police arrived, they would go back to the crash site once more. Despite the previous heat and flames, now there didn’t appear to be any significant damage to the craft. The police would make a report, unsure of what to do since the object was on private land. However, shortly after midnight, the South African military would arrive. They claimed to have permission from the Lesotho Ministry of Defense to recover the craft on their behalf. They secured the scene, keeping any nonmilitary personnel away from the area. They would work through the night, and by dawn, the craft and any evidence of its presence was no longer there. Its whereabouts are unknown.

5 UFO Crash In Nebraska

The earliest UFO crash on our list comes from Dundy County in Nebraska on June 6, 1884. That evening, with the Sun setting but still with adequate light to continue rounding up his cattle, farmer John W. Ellis and several hired workers would suddenly witness an extremely bright light making its way across the skies.^[6] As it appeared, a “terrific whirring” sound became increasingly loud in their ears. As the men watched the object, they quickly realized it was coming down to the ground. They continued to watch until the impact and inevitable explosion occurred.

After waiting for several moments, the men cautiously approached the vehicle to investigate further. According to a report in the Nebraska Nugget newspaper, Alf Williamson (one of the witnesses) would suffer intense burns from getting too close to the craft.

According to subsequent reports that would appear over the following years, including one in The Nebraska State Journal in 1887, the men were of no doubt that the object was a “nuts-and-bolts” airborne vehicle. It was made, according to their report, from a “metal of an appearance like brass.” However, when they tried to move it, they were shocked at how “remarkably light” it was, even though the exterior was a strong as any known metal at the time.

4 The Prohladnyi Incident

According to reports that were released following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, at around 11:00 AM on August 10, 1989, a squadron of MiG-25s were scrambled to meet a UFO flying over the city of Prohladnyi near the Caucasus Mountains.^[7] If their reports are to be believed, the UFO was hit by a ground-to-air missile and crashed somewhere in the mountains.

A Mil Mi-8 helicopter was sent out to locate the object. A disc-shaped craft was soon located near Nizhniy Chegem. A retrieval team was sent to the area, which was soon cordoned off and under military lockdown.

The retrieval team would transport the object to the nearby Mozdok Air Base. According to the reports, the KGB would oversee a specially pieced together investigation team to attempt to reverse-engineer the apparent alien technology. At the same time, the KGB would employ a typical Cold War cover-up operation.

As a further twist to this affair, a crew of three alien occupants were discovered within the remains of the craft. Two of them were dead on discovery. The third, while alive, would die shortly after. If we are to believe the account, the three dead aliens are preserved somewhere in a top-secret location, most likely Kapustin Yar, the Soviet version of Area 51.

3 The Howden Moors Crash

Perhaps one of the most intriguing alleged cases of a crashed UFO took place on the evening of March 24, 1997, over the Howden Moors between South Yorkshire and Derbyshire in England.^[8] At just after 10:00 PM, reports began to come in from the public that there was a low-flying aircraft over the moors. However, these reports would soon turn into ones of bright flashes, loud booming noises, and “several plumes of black smoke” rising from somewhere in the woodlands of the open countryside.

Several search operations from several different police counties were launched, both on foot and in the air. These would continue through the night. The main concern was that a light aircraft or a helicopter had come down. However, no survivors or any wreckage was discovered during the search, which would go on until well into the following day. At one stage, no-fly zones were put in place, an action which some later UFO researchers would find to be suspicious—particularly when there were commercial airliners “stacking” as a result.

Despite all of this activity, the sudden official word from the UK military was that there was no crash at all. It had simply been a mistaken sighting—despite the plethora of reports from the general public. Soon, rumors began to circulate from the many volunteer searchers. The most prominent came from a unit of Yorkshire Water workers who happened to be in the area. They would claim to have seen a wrecked pile of metal in a clearing. They would also report that there was a “military presence” there. What’s more, this military presence was loading “body bags” onto a Sea King helicopter. When the military were confronted with this, they claimed they were merely moving “equipment!”

Despite the official explanation of mistaken reports, many UFO researchers still consider the crash authentic, and an explanation remains elusive.

2 The Wilsthorpe Beach Incident

A bizarre incident presumed to be a downed UFO occurred in September 2009, although no witnesses actually saw the crash itself.^[9] However, the events that would unfold are almost a textbook crash story. An unnamed retired couple, in their seventies at the time, would witness 30 to 40 strange objects hanging in the air over the North Sea for around 90 minutes. It was around 11:00 PM, and the married couple were getting ready for bed when they noticed the strange aerial show from the bedroom window of their seafront home.

After they watched the UFOs until just after midnight, the strange objects began to shoot straight upward. Not quite sure what they had seen, the couple believed the show was over and went to bed.

However, the next morning, they would awake to the sound of heavy-duty military helicopters descending on the beachfront. Two Chinooks off-loaded droves of military personnel. The entire beach was under lockdown. Some of the soldiers were moving up and down the beach in specific ways with metal detectors, as if searching for metallic objects. Then came the sound of bursts of automatic gunfire. Quickly followed by explosions.

When UFO investigators would request information on the military presence that morning, even asking outright if a UFO had crashed on the beach or in the sea, they were told it was a “routine military exercise.” One particular UFO researcher, Paul Sinclair, wasn’t at all satisfied with that explanation and continues to investigate the case.

1 The Bolivia Crash

On the mountain range near Bermejo, Bolivia, near the border with Argentina, thousands of people would witness a UFO crash and explode into flames.^[10] It was just after 4:15 PM on May 6, 1978, and according to reports, the “supersonic bang” was heard up to 240 kilometers (150 mi) away and even cracked windows within a 48-kilometer (30 mi) radius.

While residents on the Bolivian side contemplated whether the object was meteor or something more otherworldly, the Argentinian authorities had mobilized their military onto the mountainous border range to search for the mystery object. This search would apparently take weeks.

Eventually, the Bolivian Air Force would discover the crash site but were unable to land to investigate further. The next thing anyone knew, the Argentinian press had announced that the Argentinian Air Force had made the discovery. And what’s more, NASA was sending investigators. However, instead of NASA, two “off-duty” US Air Force employees arrived, with instructions to transport the craft to the United States.

From here, the trail goes, likely purposely, murky, with several versions of where the UFO and any occupants might be. It would appear, though, that something definitely did crash and that the United States government and/or military had a great interest in it.

UFO sightings happen all the time all over the world. Depending on who you ask, stories of UFO encounters can be interesting, frighting, bizarre, or just plain nuts. Incidents that have taken place over the many Air Force bases in the United States, however, are some of the most intriguing on record.

Notably, unidentified and presumably intelligently controlled craft that can buzz military bases with impunity could certainly represent a direct risk to national security. Here are just ten of the best and most interesting UFO incidents to have taken place over various Air Force facilities around the US.

10 18 Silver Discs Hover Over Nellis AFB
October 1951

In October 1951, at a closed part of the Nevada desert reserved for nuclear testing named Yucca Flat, several military personnel witnessed 18 “silvery, rotating discs” hovering over the area for 15 minutes.^[1] As the incident was not reported or spoken about until 13 years later in 1964, some of the details are a little hazy.

For example, the date was somewhere between October 22 and October 30, with the time of the sighting being somewhere between 6:00 and 7:00 AM. A scheduled nuclear test was due to take place later than morning. However, approximately a quarter of an hour before the test was to begin, the triangular formation of the glittering objects appeared overhead.

Furthermore, one of the main witnesses, a 19-year-old known only as “Mr. M,” would also claim to have witnessed several “strange creatures” in the area at the same time as the sighting, which disappeared just as quickly. The hovering objects would remain in a tight formation throughout the incident, not making a sound of any kind before disappearing in a matter of seconds.

Nellis Air Force Base would have several other sightings over the years, with some taking place more recently. However, one of these stands out from the others and would unfold a little over a decade after the Yucca Flat incident.

9 UFO Crashes In Nellis AFB
April 1962

According to newspaper reports at the time and subsequent investigations by UFO organizations since, an otherworldly craft came crashing to the ground on the evening of April 18, 1962, within the grounds of Nellis Air Force Base, no less.^[2] It would come to light years later, when investigators pieced together several “different” UFO sightings that were, in fact, the same apparent object that would eventually crash-land.

It was spotted and monitored by various Air Force radars as it went over New York from the Atlantic before making its way west, with confirmed sightings over Kansas, Colorado, Utah, and Arizona before its flight finally came to an abrupt end. The Las Vegas Sun would report on the incident, using many local residents’ witness statements of a “weird unidentified object” that resulted in a “brilliant red explosion.”

When UFO investigators began examining such reports and declassified files, perhaps in particular the Project Blue Book reports, they discovered hints of a cover-up of the incident. For example, there was a record of an unidentified radar report which was then changed to being a case with “insufficient data.” What’s more, there was no reason stated for the change (as there should have been). Even more alarming was the fact that the records claimed there were “no visual” sightings, which, again, was clearly not the case.

By the time allegations of the Air Force scrambling jets in order to intercept and engage the strange craft surfaced, the incident took on a air of mystique that makes it one of the most intriguing apparent encounters in UFO history.

8UFO Deactivates Nukes At Malmstrom AFB
March 1967

What is perhaps most alarming about the Malmstrom UFO incident is the realization, at last in theory, that the power and intelligence behind the strange craft sighted apparently had the ability to disarm the United States military of its most potent weapons—arguably rendering it defenseless against such an intelligence should it prove hostile. And while that might seem outlandish to many of us today, that was not the case for many American citizens at the time, sandwiched between the ever-constant threat of the Cold War and these apparent visitors from another world.

On the morning of March 16, 1967, Captain Robert Salas received reports of a strange, glowing, red saucer-shaped object simply hovering above the Montana base. It would remain there for several minutes, with multiple military personnel viewing it. Then, as Salas watched helplessly, the ten nuclear missiles he was overseeing would go offline one by one.^[3] The object then vanished. The missiles, however, would remain offline for several hours before returning back to normal.

Many UFO researchers have suggested that this action was a display of superiority regarding the military’s nuclear weapons and their apparent ineffectiveness against such advanced intelligence. The incident remains unexplained.

7 Glowing Object Hovers Over Loring AFB
October 1975

A similar incident would take place on the evening of October 27, 1975, over the weapons storage facility at Loring Air Force Base in Maine.^[4] It was around 7:45 PM on the night in question when the glowing object was first observed by on-duty personnel. What is perhaps interesting about this is that the units were disguised and covered over. That the aerial anomaly “knew” weapons were there is perhaps a telling detail concerning its technical capability.

One of the witnesses, Danny Lewis, would later recall how it had a single red light and a separate white strobe light on its underside. The object circled the base several times before settling in over the weapons unit. In total, it remained visible over the base for around 40 minutes before eventually taking off and vanishing into the night sky.

The following evening, however, the strange object returned at almost the exact same time as the previous night. Once more, it would circle the base, as if surveying it, before settling into a hovering position over the weapons storage unit.

The base would remain on alert for several weeks following the incident, with several other sightings taking place as well. Then, they simply stopped as quickly as they had begun.

6 ‘Cat And Mouse’ UFO Chase Over Cannon AFB
January 1976

The incident over Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico on January 21, 1976, would not only stretch to a second night but was also witnessed by pure chance by a student journalist known only as “Bruce.”^[5]

On the evening in question, Bruce was working for a local radio station, performing tests on their transmitters. It was while he was at such a transmitter overlooking Cannon Air Force Base that he witnessed the bizarre scene. First, he noticed lights which he later described as looking like “light bulbs on a string.”

When he observed them through binoculars, however, the light bulbs were decidedly “saucer-shaped,” with a red glow emanating from their undersides. While one of the craft remained in position, the other two would suddenly swoop downward toward the ground. The objects then moved out over a nearby town. Bruce would note how, from his perspective overlooking the area, he could see the streetlights dimming in turn as the UFOs passed overhead.

The following evening, Bruce would purposely return to the area, only this time, he and several fellow journalists would position themselves on buildings with a view of the military base, the scene of the bizarre happenings the night before. Just before 1:00 AM, the glowing objects returned, and this time, there four of them. What’s more, within minutes, several military jets also arrived, immediately giving chase to the aerial anomalies. However, the intruders would always manage to evade the oncoming jets. This would continue for approximately 45 minutes before each of the objects simply disappeared vertically in a matter of seconds.

Interestingly, Freedom of Information Act requests would show that several F-111s were scrambled from Cannon AFB on the night in question. Perhaps more worrying, at least according to Bruce, is that he would receive some extremely disturbing warnings following his decision to speak publicly of the incident.

5 Red Object Over Ellsworth AFB
August 1953

On the evening of August 5, 1953, several residents in the town of Blackhawk, South Dakota, would witness and report a glowing red craft overhead, seemingly heading toward Ellsworth Air Force Base.^[6] What’s more, due to the environment of the Cold War, many of the witnesses were trained observers with the Ground Observer Corps.

The first account, for example, would come from such a volunteer observer, Mrs. Kellian, who would make a report directly to radar operators at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Not only did they have the object on their screens, but they sent several personnel outside to obtain visual confirmation (which they duly did).

A military aircraft already performing patrol duties was redirected to the area on an intercept mission. However, like many other similar cases, as soon as he began to get close to the UFO, it would move rapidly out of the way. After giving chase for several minutes, the jet returned to base. A second jet would scramble from the runway in an attempt to intercept but would ultimately prove unsuccessful.

The official conclusion of the United States Air Force was that the object was “unknown,” although no further (official) investigation took place. The case remains unexplained.

4 Alien Battle Over McChord AFB
October 1972

The alleged incidents that took place near Tacoma, Washington, in the skies around McChord Air Force Base remained largely buried away for almost three decades before a one-time government agent, Robert Collins, would finally reveal the account in 2001.

According to Collins’s account, on the afternoon of October 14, 1972, two US airmen, Steven Briggs and Dennis Hillsgeck, were at the Tactical Air Navigation (TACAN) facility, which came under the care of the nearby McChord AFB. While performing their duties, they suddenly heard a high-pitched whining sound coming from outside the building. Upon stepping outside, they were confronted by a “saucer-shaped object” hovering overhead. Seconds later, the futuristic, shining craft began to descend to the ground.^[7]

The next thing the two men knew, two humanoid creatures had exited the craft and were seemingly headed for the building. They would urgently request backup, claiming that “intruders” were attempting to enter the facility. It would be a little over a quarter of an hour before another unit would arrive at the site. They would discover the two airmen confused and in a mild state of shock.

Not long after that, a security police officer, Sergeant Darren Alexander, was searching the area with a dog. He would not only witness the saucer-shaped craft but one of the apparent humanoid occupants on the ground as well. He would draw his revolver, and after seeing a strange device in the creature’s hand, he fired all six shots at almost point-blank range. In the chaos of the moment, the creature seemingly disappeared, leaving Sergeant Alexander quite confused.

The account is one that certainly divides opinion within the UFO community, with many perhaps understandably skeptical of the claims.

3 Abductee Crash-Lands At Edwards AFB
Summer 1971

If claims of alien abduction are just too unbelievable for some people to take seriously, then an abduction that results in a UFO crash at a military installation is perhaps even more unbelievable. However, one summer’s evening in 1971, or so the story goes, that is exactly what happened to a young woman eventually named as Lorraine Dvorak Cordini.^[8]

According to witnesses, the calm California night was suddenly disturbed by a sudden unearthly roar that ended in an equally frightening crashing sound. As people rushed out of their homes, a large cloud and evidence of flames was visible a short distance away, near Edwards Air Force Base. Even more bizarre, several people would claim to see “three grey humanoids” as well as a human female, herself wearing a strange, tight-fitting pink suit, among the ruins of a crashed vehicle of some sort.

Before anyone realized what was taking place, however, a legion of military trucks and other vehicles arrived and quickly sealed off the area. Furthermore, they would remove the wreckage and any sign of it, as well as taking the humanoids and the woman with them. Residents assumed they were taken to Edwards AFB.

The military would eventually claim that the downed craft was a military vehicle that had crash-landed. However, UFO researcher Albert Rosales would track down the mystery female, eventually revealing her identity as Lorraine (as mentioned above). What’s more, she would agree to undergo hypnotic regression in order to unlock the events of the night in question.

Lorraine claimed that after being abducted from her home and given the pink clothing to wear, she was taken to a larger ship in Earth’s orbit, where an examination took place. She was then placed in a smaller craft—the one that crashed—and sent back to Earth with several of the strange creatures. She would awaken in a military hangar. Even more bizarre, at least according to the hypnosis sessions, is that while here, she saw military personnel and strange large-headed creatures, different from the ones that had taken her from her room.

Needless to say, there are many who remain skeptical of the incident.

2 UFO Sighting Over Larson AFB
December 1952

While driving back toward Larson Air Force Base in Washington state on the evening of December 22, 1952, an off-duty technician witnessed a bizarre, vaguely hat-shaped object hovering over the base.^[9] He reported the object to his superiors and then continued on toward the base. However, shortly after, with the object now clearly visible through his windshield, he decided to pull the vehicle to the side of the road and exit it so that he could get a clearer, steadier view of the strange craft.

It would perform bizarre and breathtaking maneuvers, seemingly glowing brighter the faster it moved through the air. On occasion, the witness claimed to see the object “roll” in the air, apparently exposing an underside that had a red glow to it.

After several moments of these strange but impressive aerial movements, the UFO came to a stop and would hover for approximately a quarter of an hour. At that point, eager to get back to base and satisfied that nothing more of consequence would take place, the witness returned to his vehicle and set off once more.

1 UFO Incident Over Minot AFB
October 1968

Unusual UFO activity is particularly persistent over Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota. However, the incident that perhaps sticks out the most took place a little after 2:00 AM on October 24, 1968. While acting as “aboveground security” for an operation taking place underground, a small military unit spotted a “large glowing object” hovering in the sky. A short while later, reports would come in from several locations around the base. And what’s more, they would continue to do so right through the night until the early hours of dawn.

At around 3:30 AM, a B-52 bomber witnessed the UFO from above.^[10] In later declassified documents, the operators of the B-52 described the craft as being like a “miniature sun placed on the ground.”

Although Project Blue Book would investigate the incident, by this stage in the program’s existence, any pretense of genuine investigation was largely gone. Needless to say, it remains unexplained and, for the most part, unacknowledged.

Incidentally, two years earlier, a very similar incident took place over Minot Air Force Base, at least according to an apparent whistle-blower named David Schindele. Like the aforementioned incident over Malmstrom in March 1967, all of the base’s nuclear weapons were deactivated. While the Air Force denied such an incident, newspaper reports at the time regularly reported UFO sightings in and around the base.

In 1992, a recording leaked of Prince Charles telling his mistress (now his wife) Camilla Parker he wanted to be her tampon. The issue generated a huge controversy, as the prince was married to princess Diana. The marriage later crashed, and the princess blamed it on a third person people believed to be Camilla.

The British populace scorned Camilla for her suspected involvement in the breakup, and women threw bread rolls at her while shopping. But “Camillagate” was just one of the many embarrassing incidents that have plagued the British monarchy.

10A Man Sneaked Into Queen Elizabeth’s Bedroom

Queen Elizabeth II got the shock of her life on the night of July 9, 1982, when she was startled from sleep by a stranger standing by her bedpost. The stranger was Micheal Fagan, and he had entered her room by climbing the drain pipes outside the palace walls. According to initial reports, Fagan engaged Queen Elizabeth in a 10-minute conversation that ended when he asked for a cigarette. Fagan later clarified that he did not engage the Queen in any conversation. Rather, she ran out of the room to call a footman, who took him to another room for a glass of whiskey.

The break-in, which remains one of the most embarrassing in the history of the Buckingham Palace, was not Fagan’s first. It was his second. He had broken in a month earlier when he drank a bottle of wine in Prince Charles’s room and peed into a bin of dog food. During his second break-in, he walked around the palace and triggered the alarm twice. The police thought the alarm was malfunctioning on both occasions and switched it off.

9Edward VII Maintained A Special Room In A Brothel

The Duke of Wales, later King Edward VII of England, had a huge sexual appetite, which he ensured he quenched at every opportunity he got—even if it meant maintaining a private room in a brothel. The brothel was the high-class Le Chabanais of France, which the Duke frequented between the 1880s and the 1890s. His private room contained his coat of arms and a copper tub he filled with champagne to bathe with prostitutes.

The room also contained a chair called the “siege d’amour,” which translates to “love seat.” It was specifically made to allow the Duke have sex with two or more prostitutes at once. The chair remains in private collection although a replica is displayed at the sex museum in Prague.

8Edward VIII And His Wife Ordered A Rescue Operation For A Swimsuit

King Edward VIII of England (later Duke of Windsor) is remembered for giving up his kingship to marry Wallis Simpson. When World War II broke out, the couple pretended as if nothing important was happening—at least, until France fell to Germany. Their concern was not about the atrocities the Germans might commit against the French; it was about Wallis’s swimsuit, which was inside their villa in Southern France.

The task of rescuing the swimsuit fell upon the US ambassador to Portugal and the US embassy in France. Southern France was already overrunning with Nazi troops, but the diplomats still got the swimsuit out. Besides that, the couple maintained contact with top Nazi commanders, who they begged to look after their homes in Paris and southern France over concerns that their linen bedding might be destroyed.

7Edward VII’s Wild Sex Habit Caused Queen Victoria’s Husband Death

Edward VII—the same one who maintained a private room in a brothel—was the first child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Prince Albert was a moralist who was interested in ending the numerous sex scandals and illegitimate children who plagued the British monarchy. Edward VII did not share his opinions and got down with a prostitute called Nellie Clifden months before his wedding.

Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were unimpressed with what Edward VII did, and Prince Albert took it upon himself to show him their displeasure. He had a long walk under the rain with Edward VII, where he expressed his deep disappointment at his behavior. Prince Albert came down with fever a few days after the walk, and it proved fatal and cost him his life. The disheartened Queen Victoria blamed Edward VII for her husband’s death.

6A 14-Year-Old Stole Queen Victoria’s Underwear

Edward “Thomas” Jones was not a fan of women, but he had a thing for Queen Victoria. He frequently sneaked into Buckingham Palace and was arrested on three occasions (and claimed he had been there a fourth time). On his first arrest, he was found with Queen Victoria’s underwear hidden inside his trousers. On two other occasions, he was caught sitting on the throne, and once, he helped himself to food in the kitchen.

Jones was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for the break-ins, but he kept on stalking the Queen. The government kidnapped and exiled him to Brazil, but he returned and was re-kidnapped and imprisoned on a ship in the middle of the ocean for six years. He took to burglary after his release and was arrested and shipped to Australia, where he was taunted for stalking the Queen. He returned as usual and remained in Britain until his brother convinced him to return to Australia.

5James III Was Rumored To Have Been Smuggled Into The Palace At Birth

In the past, people were called to witness royal births to ensure and certify there was no foul play. Such was the scenario during the birth of James in 1688, yet people said he was not the real child borne by Mary of Modena.

At that time, Catholicism and Protestantism were big issues in England. King James II was a Catholic, but his heir presumptive, Princess Mary, was a protestant. King James wanted a Catholic to rule over England, and the only way that could happen was if he and his wife bore a male child who would become heir apparent and supersede Mary’s claim to the throne.

When Mary of Modena was pregnant, there were rumors that the pregnancy was a fake. To put an end to the rumors, the couple invited 70 important people to attend the birthing at St. James’s Palace. The dignitaries witnessed the birthing, but there were still rumors that the baby was smuggled into the room inside a pan or through a secret passage. There were even claims the real baby died at birth, and baby James was just a replacement. These rumors led to the Glorious Revolution of 1689 that saw William of Orange and princess Mary II seize the throne of England.

4Queen Victoria Forced An Aristocrat To Have A Pregnancy Test

Lady Flora Hastings was an aristocrat and one of the several ladies-in-waiting who worked at Buckingham Palace during the reign of Queen Victoria. She was at the center of a pregnancy and political scandal that Queen Victoria described as the worst period of her reign.

The whole incident began in January 1839, when Flora arrived London from Scotland alongside Sir John Conroy, who Queen Victoria loathed. Flora took ill after her arrival, and her stomach began to protrude. Rumors went around she was pregnant by Conroy. Flora denied being pregnant, but Queen Victoria—who believed she was—ordered her to take a pregnancy test if she wanted to remain in the palace. The test returned negative, and the Hastings family requested an apology from the Queen. Queen Victoria refused to apologize, and the Hastings family released the details of the incident to the media.

The revelation degenerated into a heated face-off between members of the Tory party, who supported the Hastings, and the Whig party, who supported the Queen. The public blamed Queen Victoria for starting the pregnancy rumor, and they booed, mocked, and scorned her outside the palace. Flora Hastings died in the early morning of July 5, 1839. An autopsy revealed Flora’s protruded belly was caused by liver disease.

3A 17-Year-Old Took A Pot Shot At Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria survived at least seven assassination attempts throughout her 63-year reign. Many of the assassinations involved blanks and unloaded weapons, but the most embarrassing came from a 17-year-old called Arthur O’Connor.

On February 29, 1872, O’Connor followed Queen Victoria’s carriage as it entered the Buckingham palace. He got to within a foot of the Queen as she alighted and brought out his pistol, which he aimed at her head. Queen Victoria bowed her head, but O’Connor never fired, as the weapon was unloaded. He was quickly arrested and taken into custody. O’Connor was sentenced to one-year imprisonment and 20 strokes of the cane.

2Edward VII’s Lust Caused A Divorce

Edward VII—the same one who kept a room in a brothel and caused his father’s death with his super sex drive—was at the center of a divorce case in 1870. The couple involved were Sir Charles Mordaunt, a member of the British parliament, and his wife, Lady Harriet. The scandal began when Lady Harriet told her husband about her other lovers, which included Edward VII, because of fears her newborn baby was going blind.

Sir Mordaunt filed for divorce, and Edward VII was invited as a witness. His appearance marked the first time a prince of Wales would appear in court. Edward VII was afraid of going to court, but he went, not because he wanted to but because he felt his nonappearance would certify his guilt. One piece of evidence used against Lady Harriet was a letter of his, telling her he was coming visiting.

Edward VII diffused claims of infidelity during the visits, although he never explained why he only visited when Sir Mordaunt was away. The trial lasted seven days until it was agreed that Lady Harriet was suffering from “puerperal mania,” which is a mood disorder experienced by women after childbirth. Lady Harriet was taken to an asylum while Edward VII returned to his palace. People knew there was more to Edward VII’s visits, and they blamed him for the divorce. He was hissed at and booed in public

1Prince Harry Dressed As A Nazi

In 2005, the Sun newspaper published a picture of Prince Harry—an heir to the British throne—dressed in a German Nazi-era uniform. The uniform was a replica of that worn by the German Army Afrika Korps and was complete with collar flashes, an eagle insignia and the infamous black-white-red Nazi armband. The prince had worn the uniform to a private costume party where guests were expected to dress in colonial fashion.

The picture generated controversy and angered several people including the Israeli foreign minister, survivors of Nazi concentration camps, and members of the British government, who called for his expulsion from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. That was not the first time the prince was making the news for the wrong reasons. He had been in the news for being drunk and using cannabis. At another time, a photo of him playing billiards while naked surfaced on the Internet.

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Creepy stories are always a hit, unless you are the star of one. There are hundreds of internet discussions about ghost sightings, weird sounds, unexplained incidents etc. And it’s always those personal experiences that get the most interaction.

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10 Warning note

A hotel guest found more than she bargained for when she discovered an unnerving handwritten note in a drawer, thought to have been left there by a previous guest. In December 2014, Amy Jones was staying in an Edinburgh hotel when she discovered the creepy note that said: “Don’t open the locked door! Don’t trust its whispers. Leave, just lea…”

Instead of being freaked out, Jones took a picture of the note and uploaded it to Twitter. She then proceeded to go to sleep with the door in question facing her from the opposite end of the room. The next morning, she let her Twitter followers know that she was still alive and that she hadn’t heard any whispers coming from the door.

9Satanic panic

In November 2019, an unnamed source reported the killing of a sheep in the New Forest in Hampshire. The sheep corpse had pentagrams, an inverted cross and the number 666 painted on it. It had been stabbed to death. Furthermore, a heifer and two calves were found with stab wounds in Bramshaw and Linwood.

When police investigated the incident, they found that an inverted cross and 666 had also been painted on the door of St Peter’s Church in Bramshaw. The New Forest has a historical connection to witchcraft, but the locals had never experienced anything “occult-like” before the sheep incident. Residents are said to be very disturbed by what has happened and hope that police will bring the perpetrators of the ‘satanic graffiti’ crime to book.

8Sucked into a grave

The sun had just about set on 19 December 2016 when 64-year old Joanne Cullen arrived at the Long Island cemetery to visit her parents’ burial plot. She spotted a bent-out-of-shape bow on the wreath over the plot’s headstone and bent over to fix it. As she did so, the ground beneath her feet gave way and she sank into the grave right up to her hips.

The unexpected event caused her to lose her balance and tip over, hitting her head on the tombstone and cracking a tooth. She grabbed hold of the sides of the tombstone in desperation and shouted for help, but no one heard her.

After she finally managed to crawl out of the grave, she immediately left the cemetery and refused to go back. Cullen also enlisted the help of a lawyer to sue the property owners of the cemetery citing emotional problems and nightmares stemming from the horrific incident.

7 Trapped

Earlier in 2019, a woman fell asleep on a plane en route to Toronto. When she awoke, the plane was empty, dark and it was almost midnight. Luckily, she managed to open the plane door and was rescued by crew on the ground.

Another woman in Xi’an, China found herself trapped in an elevator at the end of January 2016 after repairmen shut it off and let it rest on the first floor of the residential building she lived in.

Unfortunately, the men only returned a month later and found the decomposing remains of the woman inside; her hands disfigured from trying to escape her steel prison. It is alleged that the men never opened the elevator to check for passengers, but simply called out and upon receiving no answer, they shut the elevator off and left to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

The victim is said to have been mentally disabled and was only identified by her surname, Wu. Her family reported her disappearance but did not undertake a search for her inside or outside the building.

6 Ghost couple

On 10 November 2019, 60-year old Soong Rui-xiong left his home and set off on a hike in the Pingtung mountains. He didn’t return home and his family spent an anxious 10 days searching for him before a villager spotted and accompanied Soong to the nearest police station.

Soong had apparently climbed up a rock wall during his hike and lost his glasses in the process, leading to confusion. He then found a cave in which he stayed for a few days but left after realizing he would die there if he didn’t make some kind of plan to be rescued. He told his family afterwards that he drank water from a stream and ate plants after his food ran out the same day he left for the mountains.

When interviewed about his ordeal, Soong also claimed that a ghost couple met up with him outside the cave and walked with him for two hours. He believed them to be the ancient ghosts of indigenous Taiwanese and he further claimed that they disappeared from his side without a sound as soon as he reached the path leading down the mountain.

5 Healed by a ghost

Diane Berthlot suffered a spell of illness after a gall bladder removal operation. She was sick for several months and on a lot of medication, including antibiotics for an infection. Despite this, she determined that she would take a trip to Norfolk during the holidays. During her time there in 1975, she went into the Worstead village church to sit down for a bit and rest.

While sitting on a pew, her husband and son walked around the church taking pictures of the interior. Diane, feeling very ill, bowed her head and prayed for healing. She suddenly felt a tingling sensation all over her body as well as a feeling of comforting warmth.

Six months later, Diane was feeling on top of the world. Her husband decided to develop the pictures they had taken on their trip and while looking through them, they both gasped in unison. On one of the pictures, a woman wearing old-fashioned clothes and a bonnet could be seen sitting directly behind Diane inside the Worstead church. Diane immediately knew this woman had healed her.

The couple returned to the church and showed the picture to the vicar who told them that he believed the woman in the picture was the ‘White Lady’ who was a healer hundreds of years ago. Legend says that a man climbed inside the church belfry on Christmas Eve 1830, shouting that he was not afraid of the White Lady and would kiss her if she appeared. When his friends came looking for him hours later, he was sitting in a corner alone whispering “I’ve seen her” to himself. He died shortly afterwards.

4 A disputed gift

Most people didn’t take Helen Duncan seriously as a medium after it became obvious that her predictions and communication with spirits was all a big fat lie. During the 20s she held seances and ‘produced’ ectoplasm, but she and her spirit guide named ‘Peggy’ soon became objects of ridicule and very few made use of her services.

Then, in November 1941, Duncan held a séance and claimed to have contacted the spirit of a sailor that was aboard the HMS Barham. This meant that she knew the ship had sunk before it was announced.

However, not everyone was convinced that this strange claim was the real deal, with one researcher believing she had simply used rampant gossip to make some extra money for her fledgling business. This conclusion didn’t stop British authorities from arresting and prosecuting Duncan under the Witchcraft Act. She was convicted and sentenced to 9 months in prison.

As time went by, other mediums became convinced that Duncan was indeed one of them and had a real gift. Some are even trying to clear her name, but Helen Duncan remains a very controversial topic in discussions about the paranormal and supernatural.

3 Bleeding walls

When 77-year old Minnie Winston stood up to get out of the bath on 8 September 1987, she noticed a pool of red liquid on the floor. She took a closer look and realized it was blood. When she looked around the bathroom, she saw blood pouring out of the walls and running over the floor into the adjacent hallway.

Frightened that something might have happened to her husband, she called out to him. When he showed up in the corridor, he showed no signs of bleeding. Terrified now, Minnie called the police. Officers scoured the couple’s home but found nothing that could have produced that amount of blood. They took some of it to be tested and later concluded it was human Type O blood. Neither Minnie nor her husband had this blood type.

To date the cause of the ‘bleeding walls’ remains unknown.

2 Bone in sock

On 10 December 2018 an unnamed customer bought a pair of socks at a Primark store in Colchester. What was a very mundane purchase turned out to be quite disturbing when the customer arrived home, took the socks out of their packaging and discovered a human bone inside one of them.

The incident was reported to police on 2 January 2019 and Essex officers started an investigation. Unfortunately, the only thing they could establish was that the bone used to be part of a human finger. Police could not find any link to a criminal act and believed the incident to be a hoax. However, no apparent DNA testing was done on the bone and therefore the identity of the person it belonged to remains a mystery.

1 Real life Pennywise

A not-so-merry prankster has been scaring the pants off people in the Ukraine since early December 2019. A person dressed up as Pennywise from IT decided to hide behind bridges and in trash cans, popping up when unsuspecting passers-by amble past. The clown also pretended to pour gas over cars at a gas station while people are inside paying. Some patrons became so terrified that they ran away, leaving their vehicles behind.

Videos of these pranks have gone viral, but also caught the attention of local law enforcement. A criminal case has been opened against Pennywise under Part 2 of Art.300 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine as it is suspected that the brains behind the clown operation are trying to promote violence.

However, Pennywise is fighting back. He stated on social media that since his pranks are not affecting children or the elderly, he will not stop and that he has merely gotten started.

“Phrogging” is when someone secretly moves into another person’s home. Phroggers typically have nowhere else to live. So they sneak into walls, crawl spaces, and other unseen areas. As they settle in, they quietly observe the home’s occupants. As residents sleep, phroggers move around the home late at night. Sometimes they eat the homeowner’s food and move or steal their possessions.

The crime is similar to burglary or squatting but even more invasive. Even after police arrest the intruders, residents must overcome the psychological violation. These ten phrogging tales are unsettling, creepy, and even violent.

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10 The Worst Phrogger

In 1986, troubled 17-year-old Daniel LaPlante was obsessed with another teen named Tina Bowen in his Massachusetts town. One night, LaPlante snuck into the Bowen family home and hid in a wall cavity next to the bathroom. Soon, he began tormenting Tina’s family. He made strange noises in the house. At night, he crawled out to eat from the refrigerator and change TV channels. When LaPlante finally revealed himself, he took Tina’s family hostage. Thankfully, they were able to escape, and Daniel fled. Several days later, he returned to the home, and police arrested him.

Two months later, LaPlante broke into the home of another family while out on bail. Once inside, he raped and killed a pregnant mother. He also murdered her two young children. LaPlante was arrested after a statewide manhunt and convicted of those crimes. He is now serving three life sentences in prison.^[1]

9 Honolulu Horror

A Honolulu couple returned home after visiting family on the mainland in 2019 to find a stranger had moved in during their week away. They called the police, who arrested Ezequiel Zayas and charged him with burglary. After he was taken into custody, the real nightmare started. The inside of their house was trashed. Bodily fluids covered the family’s furniture. The kitchen was filled with strange concoctions. All of the family’s possessions were thrown about and destroyed.

They also found disturbing messages in the home. The intruder wrote about performing surgery on the couple. Knives were laid out on a bed as if prepared for a procedure. The man reportedly wrote detailed diary entries about each family member. Police suspected he had been watching the family for “some time.” The scared couple recalled strange past events, like webcams turning on in the middle of the night and doors being inexplicably left unlocked. Horrifically, while awaiting trial in this case, Zayas allegedly killed another jail inmate in a fight. He was charged with second-degree murder.^[2]

8 It Wasn’t Squirrels

A homeowner in Oklahoma City kept hearing strange noises coming from his attic in February 2020. The man thought squirrels had somehow managed to get inside the house. Concerned about the damage the animals could do to the roof if left unchecked, he climbed up to investigate. But it wasn’t squirrels in the crawl space: it was an adult man lying on a mattress.

The horrified homeowner held the man at gunpoint and called the police to report the intruder. Cops rushed to the house and arrested the man. Upon investigating, the homeowner discovered the unwanted houseguest had used an outdoor staircase to access the attic. Once he climbed up there, the man settled in on an old mattress. Were it not for the strange creaks and groans that alerted the homeowner, he could have been up there for a long time.^[3]

7 Basement Bedfellow

In March 2021, a Seattle couple heard a strange noise coming from their basement. They suspected a burglar and called the police. Cops arrived and searched the home. Sure enough, in the basement, they found a 56-year-old man named Thomas Gene Lewellen. He was homeless and hungry and had broken into the house looking for food. Intending to stay for a while, he brought his belongings into the basement and made a bed.

He managed to remain hidden for two days before the couple heard the noise and called 9-1-1. Late at night, while the couple was asleep, he would secretly steal food. He even told cops he would sit quietly and listen to them talk and move around on the floor above him. Lewellen was initially charged with burglary. A judge later reduced the charge to criminal trespass. In late March, he was released from jail.^[4]

6 Visitor in the Night

A family in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, was shocked to find an 18-year-old man living in their attic in June 2019. The man, identified as Matthew Casto, snuck into the house undetected and lived there for some time. That ended abruptly one day when a woman living in the home saw Casto at the top of the second-floor stairs. He panicked and ran to a bedroom. By the time police arrived, he had climbed back into the attic through a crawl space.

Cops soon learned why Casto was there. The young man had allegedly been living in the attic for a while and sneaking down at night to be with the family’s 14-year-old daughter. Casto quietly moved up and down through a small door in the girl’s bedroom closet. Court documents claimed the girl was known to police and had run away before. She was reportedly the subject of “unruly child investigations” in the Tennessee town. Casto was charged with aggravated criminal trespass for his pursuit of the girl.^[5]

5 Crawl Space Crawler

In November 2021, a person driving on a street in Hopewell, Virginia, noticed a man coming out of the crawl space under a home. The man had a backpack and pillow with him. Suspicious about a possible break-in, the driver called the police. When officers showed up, the man was gone. Cops took a closer look in the crawl space and found cigarette butts and food wrappers.

For homeowner Kasey Falls, it all suddenly made sense. Falls told local media outlets that her 4-year-old had been waking up in the middle of the night and complaining of strange noises for several weeks. Nobody in the family smoked, and yet they had been finding cigarette butts strewn near the house. Falls believes the mystery man may have lived underneath their home for two or three weeks. Cops suspected he was homeless, but they never discovered his identity.^[6]

4 OnlyFans Obsession

Mauricio Damian-Guerrero became obsessed with an OnlyFans model after finding her online. At first, his stalking was limited to the digital world. But by 2022, he had discovered her home address in New Hampshire. The 20-year-old even reportedly managed to steal the woman’s keys. Once he had access to her house, Damian-Guerrero snuck up to the attic. There, he would wait quietly until the middle of the night. When the woman was asleep, he crept into her room to film her.

The woman’s mother first noticed something was wrong after hearing strange sounds coming from the attic. The police investigated, and in February, they arrested the man as he climbed out of the attic onto the home’s roof. On his phone, cops found videos of the woman that had been recorded as she slept. He admitted to entering her home at least four times. He also told detectives that he intended to put a tracking device on the woman’s car. Cops charged Damian-Guerrero with four counts of burglary, but he was bailed out of jail before trial. The woman was granted a restraining order against him.^[7]

3 Duplex Drama

Janece Galeano woke up from a nap at her home in Cape Coral, Florida, one day in April 2021 and got the surprise of her life. A man’s legs were dangling out of the attic door in her garage. She confronted the man. He apologized and told her he came in from the other side of the duplex. Then, he climbed back up into the attic. When Galeano went next door to confront her neighbor about it, the man walked out of the house and denied he had been in her attic.

Alarmed by the intrusion, Janece called the police. Officers had been to the other side of the duplex before serving warrants. When cops returned this time, they crawled into the attic and discovered $1,200 in damage. The man had allegedly climbed into his attic and broken through a dividing wall to reach Janece’s side. Cops believe he was the same man they had been seeking. He allegedly hid in Janece’s attic to avoid the police. He fled after she confronted him and before cops arrived. Thankfully for Janece, the duplex mate was soon evicted.^[8]

2 Night(s) at the Museum

In July 2022, police in Carson City, Nevada, saw a two-year-old walking alone outside the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada. When officers found the toddler’s older sister, she gave the museum as her home address. Suspicious, the officers investigated and discovered the girl was telling the truth. Inside the museum, they found a hidden living space for a family of seven. The father, Wilbert Calhoun, was the museum’s janitor. His wife was the manager. The couple and their five children had been secretly living in the building for months.

As they continued to search, cops found weapons stashed in a storage room. A police report counted an AK-47 rifle, three handguns, a short-barrel rifle, a pistol, a suppressor, ammunition, knives, and a taser. The room also included drug paraphernalia. Calhoun was arrested on weapons and child endangerment charges. The couple was both fired. Shocked board members abruptly closed the museum and pledged to investigate before reopening.^[9]

1 Celebs: They’re Just Like Us

When singer Jennifer Lopez purchased a stunning $10 million estate in the Hamptons in May 2013, real estate listings boasted her privacy was “guaranteed.” Almost immediately, she found out it was not. In August of that year, police rushed to the estate on a report of a suspicious person on the property. Once there, they arrested a 49-year-old man identified as John M. Dubis. Cops questioned him and learned he had been secretly living in the estate’s pool house for a week. Thankfully, Lopez was out of town at the time. Still, the intrusion was a shock to the singer and her family.

Dubis was charged with two felonies and two misdemeanors in the case, including burglary and stalking. Cops discovered Dubis had allegedly been stalking Lopez for a while. He was known to her team, and the singer had previously been granted an order of protection against him. Fearing his dangerous obsession with the star, a judge remanded Dubis to remain in Suffolk County Jail in lieu of bail.^[10]