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UAP Nexus

The catalog

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.

7,422 entries

September 15, 1952 · 2:00 PM · DISK

Norridgewock, ME

SUNNY DAY, WITHIN 450 FEET, LOW...REPORTED TO DOW A.F.B. IN BANGOR. NO NOISE SLOW ANTI GRAVITY DEF. NOT FROM EARTH!

September 14, 1952 · 11:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Ciudad Jaurez · Mexico

Ciudad Jaurez, Mexico. 11:30 p.m. to 1:20 a.m., Sept. 15. Witnesses: consulting engineer R. J. Portis and three others. Six groups of 12-15 luminous spheres or discs, which flew in formations varying from arcs to inverted-Y's, very fast.

September 9, 1952 · 9:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Rabat · MA

Rabat, French Morocco. 9 p.m. Witness: E.J. Colisimo, a civilian illustrator with USAF Intelligence. One disc with lights along part of its circumference, flew twice as fast as a T-33 jet trainer, in a slightly curved path for 5 seconds.

August 29, 1952 · 10:00 AM · DISK

Unexplained

west of Thule · GL

west of Thule, Greenland (77' N., 75* 15' W.) 10:50 a.m. Witnesses: two U.S. Navy pilots flying a P4Y-2 patrol plane. Three white disc-shaped or spherical objects hovered, then flew very fast in a triangular formation, in 2-3 minutes. Sept. l, 1952; Marietta, Georgia. 10:50 p.m. Witness: ex-AAF B-25 gunner. Two large white disc-shaped objects with green vapor trails flew in trail formation, merged, flew away very fast.

August 15, 1952 · 5:30 PM · DISK

Prairie Grove, AR

Two observers saw silverish 30 foot disk maneuver above and below horizon at hover and supersonic speeds.

August 9, 1952 · 10:00 AM · DISK

Unexplained

Lake Charles, LA

Lake Charles, Louisiana. 10:50 a.m. Witness: USAF A/3c J.P. Raley. One disc-shaped object flew very fast and then hovered for 2 seconds during a 5-6 minute sighting.

August 6, 1952 · 9:00 AM · DISK

Unexplained

Port Austin, MI

Port Austin, Michigan. Case missing from official files. Aug. 7. 1952; San Antonio, Texas. 9:08 a.m. Witness: Mrs. Susan Pfuhl. Four glowing white discs: one made a 180* turn, one flew straight and level, one veered off, and one circled during the 70 minute sighting.

July 29, 1952 · 12:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Ennis, MT

Ennis, Montana. 12:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF persons, alerted that UFOs were coming from the direction of Seattle, Wash. Two to five flat disc-shaped objects: one hovered 3-4 minutes, while the others circled it. Sighting length of 30 minutes not explained further.

July 28, 1952 · 10:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Heidelberg · Germany

Heidelberg, West Germany. 10:20 p.m. Witnesses: Sgt. B.C. Grassmoen, WAC Pfc. A.P. Turner. One saucer-shaped object having an appearance of light metal and giving off shafts of white light, flew slow, made a 90^ turn and climbed away fast after 4-5 minutes.

July 27, 1952 · 8:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Wichita Falls, TX

Wichita Falls, Texas. 8:30 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Ellis. Two disc-shaped objects, illuminated by a phosphorus light, flew at an estimated l,000 m.p.h. for 15 seconds.

July 15, 1952 · 12:30 PM · DISK

Unknown, CA

This movie was filmed in 1952, a huge year in the history of ufo sightings

July 15, 1952 · 12:00 PM · DISK

Wilmington, CA

Three flying saucers suddenly appeared in the sky, hovered, darted forwarded, hovered, then disappeared.

July 9, 1952 · 3:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Rapid City AFB, SD

Rapid City AFB, South Dakota. 3:35 p.m. Witnesses: S/Sgt. D.P. Foster and three other persons. Three times, a single white, disc-shaped object sped by, straight and level, in 5 seconds.

July 7, 1952 · 1:00 PM · DISK

Arlington, TX

Daylight sighting of a Disk

July 5, 1952 · 7:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Norman, OK

Norman, Oklahoma. 7:58 p.m. Witness: Oklahoma State Patrolman Hamilton in State Patrol airplane. Three dark discs hovered and then flew away, silhouetted against a dark cloud. 15 seconds.

July 3, 1952 · 11:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Chicago, IL

Chicago, Illinois. 11:50 p.m. Witness: Mrs. J. D. Arbuckle. Two bright pastel green discs flew straight and level very fast for 6 seconds.

June 30, 1952 · 9:00 PM · DISK

Miami, FL

No one is able to believe

June 30, 1952 · 1:00 PM · DISK

New York City (Bronx), NY

We were flying kites on the roof when someone yelled look at that.A disk was(approx.the size of a dime at arms length) was sitting in t

June 30, 1952 · 3:00 AM · DISK

Pecos, TX

West Texas to Carlsbad NM

June 23, 1952 · 4:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Spokane, WA

Spokane, Washington. 4:05 p.m. Witness: Airport weather observer Rex Thompson. One round disc with a metallic shine flashed, and fluttered like a flipped coin for 5-7 minutes.

June 16, 1952 · 8:00 PM · DISK

Unexplained

Walker AFB, NM

Walker AFB, New Mexico. 8:30 p.m. Witness: USAF maintenance specialist S/Sgt. Sparks. Five or six grayish discs, in a half-moon formation, flew at 500-600 m.p.h. for l minute.

June 15, 1952 · 12:00 AM · DISK

Timmins (Canada), ON · Canada

1952 disks and missing time

June 13, 1952 · 7:30 AM · DISK

Fortville (2-3 Mi. N. Of, State Road 13), IN

3 saucer-shaped objects flying fast (with wobbling motion) from N. to S. at a medium-high altitude--no sound, no trails, only silence.

June 6, 1952 · 1:00 PM · DISK

Evergreen, CO

Childhood abduction and mental and visual encounters through out life.