Decade hub154 reports
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)
Oran (south of Cape Girardeau) · MO, USA
Would like information about reported UFO crash in 1941 between Oran and Morley, Missouri.
Ludington (Hamlin Lake) · MI, USA
As a boy some 60 plus years ago I saw a round silver disc in the sky when I looked up from playing with ant hills.
Panama · Panama
Alien encounter.
Elkhart · IN, USA
Before WW2, June or July of 1940, there was an amazing phenomona about 9 or 10 at night, when the sky had a large illuminated circle.