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)
Beach Haven Park · NJ, USA
Three women in Beach Haven Park, New Jersey reported a disk-shaped object descending over the bay, hovering for about 30 seconds, then departing so fast it seemed to vanish, in June 1955.
Quartz Hill · CA, USA
childhood ufo
Lubbock · TX, USA
Cigar shaped cloud and left very fast.
Sedgwick · AR, USA
My brother saw a crisp clear light
Dumas · TX, USA
Witnesses in Dumas, Texas reported Air Force jets pursuing lights in the sky over the community for about ten minutes in 1955.
????? · AK, USA
A witness in Alaska reported a bright light and loud bang, followed by a fireball-like object hovering for about 13 minutes before disappearing, in June 1955.
Morehead City · NC, USA
Multiple witnesses in Morehead City, North Carolina reported a saucer-shaped object in the sky for about five minutes in the mid-1950s.
Holbrook · MA, USA
A witness in Holbrook, Massachusetts reported a large yellow, egg-shaped object over the trees, resembling a football without pointed ends, seen for about one minute in May 1955.
Auckland (New Zealand) · New Zealand
Unidentifiable image in my photo taken while in NZ. ((NUFORC Note: Lens flare. PD))((Anonymous report))
Warrington · FL, USA
fireball into pensacola bay
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
A witness in Santa Rosa, California reported a large disk-shaped object, estimated at over 200 feet across, observed for about ten minutes in 1955.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A witness in Brooklyn, New York reported two bright, star-like lights moving silently from south to north at high speed around 7 p.m., for about five minutes in February 1955.
Welwyn Garden City (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness in Welwyn Garden City, England reported two orange, fireball-like lights hovering low together for about ten minutes before one shot away at high speed, in February 1955.
Odessa · TX, USA
Apache heli flying 300-500 feet above ground seemed to be following something
Shawnee · OK, USA
A witness in Shawnee, Oklahoma reported a line of lights resembling a vanishing star train across the sky, observed for about 20 minutes in January 1955.
Stoneville · NC, USA
A witness in Stoneville, North Carolina reported a glowing sphere of light, compared in size to a baseball held at arm's length, seen for about one minute in 1955.
Red Bank · NJ, USA
Bright orange light, about the size of a pea at arms length, moving slowly from the west to NE. I was a soldier, stationed at Ft. Monm
Yucaipa · CA, USA
A witness in Yucaipa, California reported a luminous oval object in the sky in December 1954, similar to one described in Los Angeles newspapers over Inyokern Air Base.
Denver · CO, USA
I was approximately 12 years old when I saw this UFO. I haven't told a lot of people about it. I thought because I was so young at th
Dona Ana · NM, USA
Saw this in 1954 at the Dona Ana Army rifle range in New Mexico. When the separation of targets from the shooter is large, at each targ
Thelma (south of) · TX, USA
A hunter near Thelma, Texas reported a disk-shaped object that circled, landed, then took off straight up out of sight, over about five minutes on November 14, 1954.
Flatwoods · WV, USA
I saw the craft go across the horizon. It appeared to be on fire, I first thought it was a plane going down. It landed near a farm.
Blanco · TX, USA
Witnesses near Blanco, Texas reported a silver, football-shaped object motionless in the sky, stopping to observe it for three to five minutes in October 1954.
Manistee · MI, USA
A witness in Manistee, Michigan reported a silent, saucer-shaped object moving north to south directly overhead for about eight seconds in October 1954.
Geneva · NY, USA
While marching on a bivouac maneuver in (?) September 1954, I caught a glimpse overhead of a disc-shaped, metallic in color object that