UFO Sightings in the 1950s
591 UFO sightings reported during the 1950s, peaking in 1957 (91 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 591
- Span
- 1950–1959
- Peak year
- 1957 (91 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1950–1959 · peak 1957 (91 reports)
Willow Grove · PA, USA
Willow Grove Naval Air Station, PA.
Cape Girardeau · MO, USA
Angular UFO sighted as a child
New Brunswick · NJ, USA
Witnesses reported four disk-shaped objects flying over the city of New Brunswick, New Jersey for about ten minutes during the summer of 1956, according to the original account.
Houston · TX, USA
No summary available.
Canton · OH, USA
At first the silver disc was stationary. As it moved across the sky, it moved so rapidly, it could not have been man made.
Pine castle AFB · FL, USA
A witness near Pine Castle Air Force Base, Florida reported a large white light moving slowly, then climbing silently from low altitude to great height in seconds, over about 45 minutes, May 1956.
Ada · OK, USA
This was a result of a prayer or telepathic request. Seti is a load of crap.
Sequoia National Forest · CA, USA
object had crashed , door open and got inside - found origins of our history
Petaluma · CA, USA
Objects were several thousand feet in altitude and bounced around the sky basically overhead. I was 17 years old at the time. The Pet
Corvallis · OR, USA
Went outside to check on Venus. I noticed a light moving across night sky from West to east. At the time I saw the moving light I saw t
Bowie · MD, USA
Witnesses in Bowie, Maryland reported an unusual disk-shaped object seen from multiple vantage points for about 15 minutes in March 1956.
Hampton · MN, USA
A commuter near Hampton, Minnesota reported encountering a sphere-shaped object during an ice storm while driving home from work, for a few minutes in March 1956.
Veigus Island · FL, USA
It was a saucer shaped object.
Fort Erie (Canada) · ON, Canada
abduction and experimentation.
Weirton · WV, USA
My Uncle Sam was driving to work very early one winter morning. He lived down the street from my house. As he approached my home in h
Mono Lake (area) · CA, USA
A witness near Mono Lake, California reported a silent object executing a rapid 360-degree circular maneuver in about five seconds, in October 1955.
Stanley (near) (Canada) · NB, Canada
This is a true story as given to me
West Covina · CA, USA
A witness near West Covina, California reported a brilliant green, meteor-like object streaking northwest across the sky for about four seconds in October 1955.
Chester (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness in Chester, England reported a green and orange circular disc-shaped object in the sky for about 20 seconds in October 1955.
Rhinebeck · NY, USA
A witness in Rhinebeck, New York reported a distant, star-like point of light rising slowly over the treeline from the southwest before stopping, observed for about 40 minutes in October 1955.
United Kingdom
maan disapearing through a porthole/stargate
Bullhead (Davis Camp) · AZ, USA
ufo getting power from dam
Fountain Inn · SC, USA
A witness in Fountain Inn, South Carolina reported a silver disk-shaped object hovering over Park Road for about five minutes in September 1955.
Newtown Square · PA, USA
A witness in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania reported a round object crossing from the bottom to the top of the moon's disk in about four seconds, in August 1955.
Independence · MO, USA
A witness in Independence, Missouri reported a flaming ball of light making sharp right-angle turns in the sky, observed from a front porch over several hours on a summer night in August 1955.