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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.
13,832 entries
August 25, 1952 · 3:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedHolloman AFB, NM
Holloman AFB, New Mexico. 3:40 p.m. Witnesses: civilian supervisor Fred Lee, foreman L.A. Aquilar. One round silver object flew south, turned and flew north, made a 360 turn and flew away vertically after 3-5 minutes.
August 24, 1952 · 5:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedTucson, AZ
Tucson, Arizona. 5:40 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. George White. One large round, metallic, white light with a vague lower surface, flew slowly, then fast With a dancing, wavering motion, for about 1 minute.
July 30, 1952 · 10:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedSan Antonio, TX
San Antonio, Texas. 10 a.m. Witnesses: E.E. Nye and one other person. One round, white object flew slow and then sped away after 20-30 minutes.
July 29, 1952 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedWichita, KS
Wichita, Kansas. 12:35 p.m. Witnesses: USAF shop employees Douglas and Hess at Municipal Airport. One bright white circular object with a flat bottom flew very fast, and then hovered 10-15 seconds over the Cessna Aircraft Co. plant, during the 5 minute sighting.
July 27, 1952 · 10:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedSelfridge AFB, MI
Selfridge AFB, Michigan. 10:05 a.m. Witnesses: three B-29 bomber crewmen on ground. Many round, white objects flew straight and level, very fast. Two at 10:05, one at 10:10, one at 10:15, one at 10:20. Each was seen for about 30 seconds.
July 22, 1952 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedHolyoke, MA
Holyoke, Massachusetts. After midnight. Witness: Mrs. A. Burgess. One round, yellow, flashing light went downward. No further information in files.
July 22, 1952 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedBoston and Provincetown, MA
between Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts. 10:47 p.m. Witnesses: pilot and radar operator of USAF F-94 jet interceptor. One round blue light passed F-94, spinning.
July 22, 1952 · 2:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedUvalde, TX
Uvalde, Texas. 2:46 p.m. Witness: Don Epperly, Trans Texas Airlines station manager and weather observer. One large, round, silver object flew at more than 1,000 m.p.h. for 45 seconds, while gyrating.
July 22, 1952 · 10:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedLos Alamos, NM
Los Alamos, New Mexico. 10:50 a.m. Witnesses: control tower operator Don Weins, and two pilots for Carco. Eight large, round, bright aluminum objects flew straight and level, then darted around erratically during 25 minutes.
July 17, 1952 · 3:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedWhite Plains, NY
White Plains, New York. 3:10 p.m. Witness: Mrs. Florence Daley. Two round objects, bluish-white with brighter rims, flew in formation, making a sound like bombers, only softer. Note: Later, the witness stated she heard many feminine voices coming from the objects.
July 15, 1952 · 2:00 PM · CIRCLE
South Gate, CA
I was about 11 years old at the time, and a friend of the same age was visiting. We both saw what look like a halo in the sky. Within
July 14, 1952 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedNorfolk, VA
Norfolk, Virginia. 8:12 p.m. Witnesses: Pan American Airways First Officer William Nash, Second Officer William Fortenberry. Eight large, round, glowing red objects maneuvered below their airliner, in formation.
July 7, 1952 · 10:00 AM · CIRCLE
Evergreen, CO
abducted, and a lifetime of ufo experiences
June 19, 1952 · 2:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedYuma, AZ
Yuma, Arizona. 2 p.m. Witness: USAF pilot John Lane. One round, white object flew straight and level for 10 seconds.
June 15, 1952 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
Maywood, CA
7 balls of *orange moon* lights in 2 V formations observed for 3 to 5 minutes until all sped off in 7 differen directions
June 13, 1952 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedMiddletown, PA
Middletown, Pennsylvania. 8:45 p.m. Witness: R.S. Thomas, Olmstead AFB employee and former control tower operator. One round, orange object traveled south, stopped for 1 second, turned east, stopped 1 second, and went down.
June 10, 1952 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
Chicago (South Suburb), IL
My sighting of two objects in Chicago, IL as a pre-teen in the early 50's
June 5, 1952 · 11:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedLubbock, TX
Lubbock, Texas. 11 p.m. Witnesses: Dan Benson, Mr. Bacon. A total of eight yellow circular objects, like large stars, were seen during 45 minutes. The first two were in a trail formation, the others were seen singly.
June 5, 1952 · 6:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedAlbuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, New Mexico. 6:45 p.m. Witness: S/Sgt T.H. Shorey. One shiny round object flew 5-6 times as fast as an F-86 jet fighter for 6 seconds.
June 1, 1952 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
Linlithgow (West Lothian) (UK/Scotland) · United Kingdom
It was about my lunch time i looked up to see the town clock as i passed almost dircetly overhead i observed a flying disk, circular, s
May 28, 1952 · 2:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedAlbuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, New Mexico. 1:45-2:40 p.m. Witnesses: two city fire department employees. Two circular objects--one shiny silver and the other orange or light brown-- were seen three times performing fast maneuvers.
May 25, 1952 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedWalnut Lake, MI
Walnut Lake, Michigan. 9:15 p.m. Witnesses: seven persons, including John Hoffman, his family and friends. One large white circular object having dark sections on its rim, flew straight and level for 30 minutes, appearing red when behind a cloud.
April 29, 1952 · 3:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedMarshall, TX
Marshall, Texas. 3:30 p.m. Witness: private pilot R.R. Weidman. One round, white object which flew straight, with a side-to-side oscillation for 1.5 minutes.
April 24, 1952 · 5:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedBellevue Hill, VT
Bellevue Hill, Vermont. 5 a.m. Witnesses: crew of USAF C-124 transport plane. Three circular, bluish objects in loose "fingertip" formation twice flew parallel to airplane during 3-4 minute period.