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)
Merced · CA, USA
Three luminescent chartreusse spheres moving "in trail" in a wide arc (34 mi) across the Valley sky.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Huge round silver disk hovering over neighbors house, writing on disk and roaring fire from disk
Miami · FL, USA
A large cigar shaped metallic object slowly flew over the city at approx. 3:30 P.M. on a perfect Miami afternoon.
Roswell · NM, USA
Sphere in Roswell. Were aliens looking for thier dead ?
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
MY DAD SAYS HIS AUNT AND UNCLE SAW THIS CRAFT IN 1944 OR 1945 DURING THE DAY IT HOVERED OVER THEM FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES IN THE AREA OF BU
San Antonio · NM, USA
THE CRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE DECENDED AT AN ANGL, SKIDDED OVER A HUNDRED YARDS PUSHING THE DIRT IN FRONT OF IT AND BURIED IT'S SELF
Portsmouth · VA, USA
1945 RED FLICKERING V FORMATION CRAFTS MOVING EXTREEML FAST .
Dallas · TX, USA
A round ball of fire . Not a wisp of cloud. My mother and I were sitting on our back steps in the shade, very hot. This ball moved al
Germany or Holland (from bomber) · Germany
Sighted Cigar shaped Object while on a bombing run in WW2
Salinas AFB · CA, USA
ufos belong to the US Air Force
Jasper · FL, USA
I belived it would be to our best Intrest to check this out .
Normandy (France) · France
D-DAY SHELL NOT NORMAL MOVING AROUND THEN VANISH
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
I always thought this sighting should be on an official list, now, 60 yrs. later, it is.
South Pacific · South Pacific
FLYING DISK IN US HANGAR , SOUTH PACIFIC WWII
West Monroe · LA, USA
Arkansas Road West Monroe LA siting as Children Playing close to the street which was very rural at the time. Never heard much about U
Fraer (Jutland) (Denmark) · Denmark
Young Danish boy witnesses UFO ("RFZ") in dogfight with three U. S. P-51's at end of WWII.
Pacific Ocean · Unknown
April, 1945 I saw a disc over our ship, all day as we neard Okinawa.
Ft. Lee · VA, USA
Multi-colored object near Army base, 1945
Germany or France (from aircraft) · Germany/France
Cigar shaped craft
Sarnesfield · Herefordshire (UK/England), United Kingdom
WW2 Saucer
South Kingstown · RI, USA
This event was related to me tonight, 29 December 2008, by a carpenter who is working at my house here in South Kingstown, RI. After d
North Tampa · FL, USA
A black cylindrical object appears over P-38s dog fighting
Los Alamos · NM, USA
Disk hovers over Los Alamos during the development of the atomic bombs; pursued by planes.
Penuela (Puerto Rico) · Puerto Rico
This happened when I was 8-years old in Penuela, Puerto Rico. Around 7:00 pm I was outside playing alone. I heard a sound of bees buz
France · France
I was part of the 8th Air force during world war two. We where on a bombing mission in the early hours of the Normandy landings our tar