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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
April 18, 1952 · 12:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedCorner Brook · Canada
Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada. l0:l0 p.m. Witness: reporter Chic Shave. One round, yellow-gold object flew south and returned during 1.5 minute sighting.
April 18, 1952 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedBethesda, MD
Bethesda, Maryland. l1:30 a.m. Witnesses: R. Poerstal and three other men. Seven to nine circular, orange-yellow lights in a 40^ V-formation flew overhead silently for 4-8 seconds, from south to north.
April 18, 1952 · CIRCLE
UnexplainedYuma, AZ
Yuma, Arizona. Time unknown. Witnesses: two Army weather observation students. One flat-white circular object flew for 5-10 seconds in a very erratic manner.
April 17, 1952 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedLongmeadow, MA
Longmeadow, Massachusetts. 8:30 p.m. Witnesses: S.B. Brooks, chemical engineer J.A. Eaton. One round, deep orange object flew fast and erratic, occasionally emitting a shaft of light to the rear during a 40 minute sighting.
April 17, 1952 · 3:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedYuma, AZ
Yuma, Arizona. 3:05 p.m. Witnesses: group of Army weather observation students, including several graduate engineers. One flat-white, circular object flew with an irregular trajectory and a brief trail, for about 7 seconds.
April 12, 1952 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedNorth Bay · Canada
North Bay, Ontario, Canada. 9:30 p.m. Witnesses: Royal Canadian Air Force Warrant Officer E.H. Rossell, Flight Sgt. R. McRae. One round amber object flew fast, stopped, reversed direction, climbed away at 30' angle during a 2 minute observation.
April 5, 1952 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedMiami, FL
Miami, Florida. 9:15 p.m. Witnesses: L.E. VanDercar and 9 year old son. Four dark circular objects with mostly fuzzy edges, crossed face of Moon; each was half the apparent diameter of Moon. 2:59 p.m. Witness: H.L. Russell.
April 5, 1952 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedPhoenix, AZ
Phoenix, Arizona. l0:40 a.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Ryan, R.L. Stokes, D. Schook. One large, dull grey circular object, followed by two more, flew straight and level at high speed.
November 15, 1951 · 6:00 AM · CIRCLE
Holloman AFB, NM
What I saw was reported in the Albuquerque newspaper as a "green fireball". It streaked across the proving grounds at a very low eleva
October 9, 1951 · 1:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedTerre Haute · India
Terre Haute, Indiana. 1:42 p.m. Witness: CAA Chief Aircraft Communicator Roy Messmore at Hulman Municipal Airport. One round silver object flew directly overhead, reaching the horizon in 15 seconds. Note: a very similar incident happened 3 minutes later near Paris, Illinois (15 miles NW) and was also listed as "unidentified" for several years, but was eventually reclassified.
August 25, 1951 · 9:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedAlbuquerque, NM
Albuquerque, New Mexico. 9:58 p.m. Witnesses: Sandia Base Security Guard Hugh Young and wife. A flying wing- shaped craft passed over their heads at an estimated 800-1,000' altitude with no sound. Size estimated at 1.5 times wingspan of B-36 bomber,or 350'. Dark, chordwise stripes on underside, and 6-8 pairs of soft, glowing lights on trailing edge of "wing". Speed estimated at 300-400 m.p.h., object seen for about 30 seconds. Aug. 31, ; Matador, Texas. 12:45 p.m. Witnesses: Mrs. Tom Tilson, one or two other women, all apparently of excellent reputations. One pear-shaped object with a length of a B-29 fuselage (100'), aluminum or silver with a port or some type of aperture on the side. It moved with smaller end forward, drifting slowly at about 150' altitude, then headed up in a circular fashion and out of sight after a few seconds.
August 10, 1951 · 1:00 AM · CIRCLE
Sunland / Tujunga, CA
Vehicle was observed in frontial, overhead and trailing edge views as it decended from the North over the San Gabrial mountian range, l
January 8, 1951 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedSouth of Ft
South of Ft. Worth, Texas. 10:45 p.m. Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Boggus, plus unidentified drivers and passengers in other cars stopped to watch. Two groups of red and green lights in triangular formations were stationary and then moved. Jan. 12, 1951, Ft. Benning, Georgia. 10 p.m. Witness: U.S. Army 2nd Lt. A.C. Hale. One light with a fan-shaped wake remained motionless like a star about 20 minutes and then sped away. Jan 16, 1951; Artesia, New Mexico. Time unknown. Witnesses: Two members of a balloon project from the General Mills . Aeronautical Research Laboratory, the manger of the Artesia Airport, and three pilots. The balloon crew was observing their 110' balloon at an altitude of 112,000' when a dull white, round object was spotted. It appeared larger than the balloon, but made no movement. Later, the balloon crew and the others saw two objects from the airport; flying side-by-side, they circled the balloon and flew away to the northeast. The second observation lasted about 40 seconds. Note: there is confusion over the date of this case, with some USAF records showing it as 1952; however, 1951 appears to be correct.
September 20, 1950 · 10:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedKit Carson, CO
Kit Carson, Colorado. 10:49 a.m. Witness identified only as a "reliable source". Two large, round, glowing objects and three smaller, internally lit objects. Two hovered for 1 minute, moved, and three smaller ones came from behind or within the two larger objects, and all sped upward and away.
August 20, 1950 · 1:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedNicosia, Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus. 1:30 p.m. Witnesses: USAF MATS liaison officer Lt. William Ghormley, Col. W. V. Brown, Lt. col. L.w. Brauer. One small, round, bright object flew fast, straight and level for 15-20 seconds.
June 12, 1950 · 10:30 AM · CIRCLE
Budapest (Hungary) · Hungary
The 'object' made an extremely high speed turn which would be impossible with our traditional thechnology even today.
August 15, 1949 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
Tarrant City, AL
Glowing large orange ball in Alabama sky August, 1949.
August 15, 1949 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
Excelsior, MN
large ball of brite light above pine trees lighting up the tops of trees.Almost directly above my father who took one photo.Then object
May 9, 1949 · 2:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedTucson, AZ
Tucson, Arizona. 2:30 p.m. Witness: M/Sgt. Troy Putnam. Two round, flat silvery objects, estimated to be 25' in diameter, flew 750-1,000 m.p.h. in a banked but steady manner.
April 24, 1949 · 12:00 AM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedArrey, NM
Arrey, New Mexico. l0:30 a.m. Witnesses: General Mills meteorologist and balloon expert C.B. Moore and others on a balloon launch crew. One white, round ellipsoid, about 2.5 times as long as wide.
April 4, 1949 · 10:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedMerced, CA
Merced, California. 10:20 p.m. witness: William Parrott, former Air Force pilot and major. One generally round object with a curved bottom and dull coloring. The object gave off a clicking sound until overhead. Parrott's dog reacted. 35 seconds.
December 12, 1948 · 11:30 PM · CIRCLE
Sharpsburg, MD
Small UFO at 100', airspeed less than 20mph, absolutely silent, saw crew, normal, white uniforms.
December 3, 1948 · 8:00 PM · CIRCLE
UnexplainedFairfield-Suisan AFB, CA
Fairfield-Suisan AFB, California. 8:15 p.m. Witness: USAF Sgt., control tower operator. One round, white light flew for 25 seconds with varying speed, bouncing motion, and finally a rapid erratic climb.
August 1, 1948 · 2:00 AM · CIRCLE
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
A round overing craft over neighbors roof, emitting a roaring sound , observed fire like a jet engine beneath