Encyclopedia of Mysteries
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Amelia Earhart |
a celebrated aviator who vanished without a trace while attempting to fly around the world. |
![](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-area-51.jpg) |
Area 51 |
a secretive US Air Force base in Nevada. |
![Statue of Bigfoot in Oregon.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-bigfoot-statue.jpg) |
Bigfoot |
a large hairy hominid said to roam the wilds of North America. |
![A reel-to-reel tape recorder.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-tape-recorder.jpg) |
Electronic Voice Phenomenon |
alleged audio recordings of spirit voices. |
![](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-alien-tunnel.jpg) |
Extraterrestrial |
an object or entity that originates from outside of the Earth. |
![](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-ghost-woman.jpg) |
Ghost |
a disembodied spirit. |
![Model of the Loch Ness Monster in Drumnadrochit.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-nessie-2.jpg) |
Loch Ness Monster |
a legendary Scottish loch monster. |
![Example of a photographic orb.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-ghost-orb.jpg) |
Orb |
a photographic anomaly resembling a white circle of light. |
![Ghostly apparition standing in a dark room.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-ghost-window.jpg) |
Paranormal |
a general term for unexplained phenomena. |
![The face on Mars.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-face-on-mars.jpg) |
Pareidolia |
the tendency for the human brain to see meaningful shapes in abstract patterns. |
![Phoenix Lights.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-phoenix-lights.jpg) |
Phoenix Lights |
a series of UFO sightings that centered on Phoenix, Arizona in 1997. |
![Major Jesse Marcel with the Roswell debris.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-jesse-marcel.jpg) |
Roswell Incident |
an alleged UFO crash that took place near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. |
![Fake ghost photograph using double exposure technique.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-ghost-double-exposure.jpg) |
Spirit Photography (Classic) |
the process of capturing photographic evidence of spirits. |
![Stanton Friedman giving a talk at the University of New Brunswick.](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-stanton-friedman.jpg) |
Stanton Friedman |
a nuclear physicist who became a celebrated UFO researcher and author. |
![](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-storm-area-51.jpg) |
Storm Area 51 |
a social media event and music festival. |
![](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-ufo-b.jpg) |
Unidentified Flying Object |
an aerial object or phenomenon that defies explanation. |
![](https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/images/news_standard/news-hq-yeti.jpg) |
Yeti |
a legendary ape-like creature said to roam the Himalayas. |