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Sightings
Witness reports, held as-reported. Each entry keeps its source, its coordinates where the record has them, and its place in the larger pattern.
6,009 entries
June 30, 1952 · 6:30 PM · OVAL
Auburn, WA
Early nighttime sighting of huge oval object for 1 minute.
June 29, 1952 · 5:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedO'Hare Airport, Chicago, IL
O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois. 5:45 p.m. witnesses: three USAF air policemen. One bright silver, flat oval object surrounded by a blue haze, hovered, then moved very fast to the right and to the left, and up and down for 45 minutes.
June 28, 1952 · 4:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedNagoya · Japan
Nagoya, Japan. 4:10 p.m. Witness: Capt. T. W. Barger, USAF electronics countermeasures officer. One dark blue elliptical-shaped object with a pulsing border flew straight and level at 700-800 m.p.h..
June 27, 1952 · 6:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedTopeka, KS
Topeka, Kansas. 6:50 p.m. Witnesses: USAF pilot 2nd Lt. K. P. Kelly and wife. One pulsating red object which changed shape from a circular to a vertical oval as it pulsed. Was stationary for about 5 minutes, then went out.
June 22, 1952 · 5:45 PM · OVAL
Chester, PA
My parents & I & my brother were walking to a resturant & we saw 4 flying objects flying in formation. My father called out to two wom
June 20, 1952 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedCentral Korea · South Korea
Central Korea. 3:03 p.m. Witnesses: four Marine Corps Captains and pilots of F4U-4B Corsair fighter planes. One 10-20' white or silver oval object made a left-hand orbit at terrific speed for 60 seconds.
June 1, 1952 · 1:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedWalla, WA
Walla , Washington. 1 p.m. Witness: ex-military pilot Reserve Maj. W.C. Vollendorf. One oval object with a "definite airfoil" performed a fast climb for 7 seconds. June l, 1952; Soap Lake, Washington. 3+ p.m. Witness: Ray Lottman. Three glimmering objects flew straight and level for 10 minutes.
May 20, 1952 · 12:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedHouston, TX
Houston, Texas. l0:l0 p.m. Witnesses: USAF pilots Capt. J. Spurgin and Capt. BB. Stephan. One bright or white oval object moved from side-to-side while making a gradual turn for 90 seconds.
April 22, 1952 · 3:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedNaha AFB · Japan
Naha AFB, Okinawa. 99 p.m. Witnesses: crew of B-29 bomber, on ground. One elliptical object, followed by two and then another two, each with a white light that blinked every 1-2 seconds as they performed erratic maneuvers for 10 minutes.
October 2, 1951 · 6:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedColumbus, OH
Columbus, Ohio. 6 p.m. Witness: Battelle Memorial Institute graduate physicist Howard Cross. One bright oval with a clipped tail flew straight and level, fading into the distance after 1 minute.
June 3, 1951 · 1:00 PM · OVAL
Jasper, NC
MIDDAY OVAL SHAPE, ANITQUE COLOR OBJECT SITTING HALF WAY BETWEEN TALL PINE TREES AND THE GROUND.
June 15, 1950 · 1:00 PM · OVAL
Grosse Pointe Park, MI
1951-52 Grosse Pointe, MI. Three saucer shaped objects entering into a large oval shapped object.
June 7, 1950 · 8:00 PM · OVAL
Kensington, MD
Reflective oval seen hovering over Washington D.C.
June 1, 1950 · 8:00 PM · OVAL
Pittsburgh, PA
One larger white object & 2 smaller round white objects.
February 24, 1950 · 1:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedAlbuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:55 p.m. Witnesses: Municipal Airport Weather Observers Luther McDonald, Harrison Manson. One white, slightly elongated oval was watched for 1.5 minutes through a theodolite while it flew straight and level.
January 2, 1950 · 12:00 AM · OVAL
New York City, NY
good and true info. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
May 27, 1949 · 2:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedSouth-central Oregon
South-central Oregon. 2:25 p.m. Witness: Joseph Shell, ferrying SNJ trainer for North American Aviation, from Red Bluff, California, to Burns, Oregon. Five to eight oval objects, twice as long as wide, and 1/5 as thick. They flew in trail formation, with an interval equal to 3-4 times their length, except that the second and third were closer together.
January 4, 1949 · 2:00 PM · OVAL
UnexplainedHickam Field, HI
Hickam Field, Hawaii. 2 p.m. Witness: USAF pilot Capt. Paul Storey, on ground. one flat white, elliptical object with a matte top circled while oscillating to the right and left, and then sped away.
August 15, 1948 · 12:00 PM · OVAL
Conshohocken, PA
my cousin (female) and friend (male) myself (male) app. age 10-12 yrs just finnished playing ball, laying on ground on our backs looki
June 30, 1948 · 12:00 AM · OVAL
Baltimore, MD
Two UFO"S in flight over Baltimore leaving trails no sound that influence me.
July 20, 1947 · 10:00 PM · OVAL
Raton/Des Moines, NM
The object followed us (our car) over 40 miles and then stayed 100 feet off the ground for about 10 minutes. It then went straight up
July 4, 1947 · 5:30 PM · OVAL
Seattle, WA
While walking in Woodland Park in Seattle, Washington, on July 4, 1947, I looked up and saw a bright white oval object come down .
June 30, 1947 · 6:00 PM · OVAL
Baltimore, MD
I wasn't the only saw them
July 1, 1946 · 1:30 PM · OVAL
South Portland, ME
motionless, dark oblong, noon sky over ocean, felt Energy-Pull of Observing craft; when spotted,accelerated straight upwards fast