UFO Sightings in the 1940s
154 UFO sightings reported during the 1940s, peaking in 1947 (52 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 154
- Span
- 1940–1949
- Peak year
- 1947 (52 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1940–1949 · peak 1947 (52 reports)
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A round overing craft over neighbors roof, emitting a roaring sound , observed fire like a jet engine beneath
Conshohocken · PA, USA
my cousin (female) and friend (male) myself (male) app. age 10-12 yrs just finnished playing ball, laying on ground on our backs looki
Ojai · CA, USA
UFO sighting in Ojai, CA in 1948
Korea · Korea
Project Twinkle green fireballs sighted in Korea during same period of 1948-1950 as in the U.S. Southwest.
Napan (Canada) · NB, Canada
while working on the farm they noticed a cube shape object (tumbling) by about the same speed as a plane but much lower.It was the size
Ritzville · WA, USA
By car to Prescott, AZ. We were crossing a desert (I can still see the whole picture) when to our R, we saw a light rise.
Borger · TX, USA
Dull silver disk flying west at incredible speed making no sound above swimmers in pool.
Jim Ridge · WV, USA
Wreckage found on diary farm in 1948 in rural West Virginia.
Ancheli (Gujarat) (India) · India
Late 40's. Brightlight blue light, Lit up 1/2 football field, went over, swoop down, up and straight., Village, INDIA.
Baltimore · MD, USA
Two UFO"S in flight over Baltimore leaving trails no sound that influence me.
Scipio · IN, USA
Round red glowing ball going west in Northern sky.
Kelseyville · CA, USA
This was the beginning of a life long visits from UFO`s on our family. My Mother brothers report sighting UFO too.
Whitmore Lake · MI, USA
Dec. 24, 1947 cigar shaped lighted object above the trees near Ann Arbor, Michigan
Dayton (Wright-Patterson AFB) · OH, USA
This is the recollection of my father, who is 92 years old and lives in an assisted living facility outside Washington DC.
Palmira · Colombia
After a concert given in the small town of Palmira, Colombia, a group of people accompanied the singer to the town square to talk with
Pereira (Colombia) · Colombia
Arriving in the town of Periera in the middle of the day I looked up and there was this circular object in the sky that looked metallic
Modesto · CA, USA
My grandmother woke me up to go to the front house get my uncle to check on the bright blueish light out behind our cottage. I was sca
Green Valley · WI, USA
White lights 5 to 7, 1/4 mile away, no sounds, just disappeared,
Henrietta (south of; Route 66) · OK, USA
bright light latest 30 seconds in aug 1947 in oklahoma
Saranac Lake · NY, USA
6-7 Disc shaped objects. ((REPORT FROM: BRIAN VIKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.))
Proctor · OK, USA
cigar-shaped, no sound, sub-sonic vibration
Maywood · CA, USA
1947 UFO sighting Date: ? sometime in early summer Time: after dark (between 7 - 9 pm) Place: Maywood IL not far from O’hare Airbase (n
Cashmere · WA, USA
THE SIGHTING. It was a clear, summer’s evening in 1947 (or 1948 – I can’t be sure of the exact year). The sun had just set over th
Wexford · PA, USA
I have told this to people over many years. While on school vacation at my uncles junk yard one evening I noticed on the horizon at dus
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
Narrow light colored object spotted in Sioux Falls on July 4, 1947