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)
Quincy (rural) · IL, USA
A witness near Quincy, Illinois reported a saucer-shaped object with lights and a dome atop it, seen for about seven seconds in May 1954.
Stanford Campus · CA, USA
A Civil Defense plane spotter reported a disk-shaped object over Stanford University, California for about ten minutes in April 1954.
Fairbanks · AK, USA
A USAF pilot near Fairbanks, Alaska reportedly conducted a radar intercept of an unidentified object over about 19 minutes in February 1954.
Freeport · NY, USA
Rocket-shaped object emitting sparks, making a sputtering noise and moving at 10-15 mph past the observer within 25' to 30'.
Burney · CA, USA
Witnesses near Burney, California reported one large and two smaller disk-shaped objects in the sky for 15 to 30 minutes in February 1954.
Brunswick · ME, USA
This descripition is second hand from my father. He was a radar operator at Brunswick Navy Air Station from 1954-58. The guys that we
Lakeland · FL, USA
Unusual experience in Florida in 1954
Sioux City · IA, USA
An Air Force radar station near Sioux City, Iowa reportedly tracked an object at 50,000 to 80,000 feet, moving 1,200 to 1,800 mph, for about 30 seconds in January 1954.
Santa Monica · CT, USA
A witness near Santa Monica, Connecticut reported a very bright light zig-zagging rapidly across the sky before zooming straight up, within a few seconds, in January 1954.
Cicero · IL, USA
Witnesses in Cicero, Illinois, just west of Chicago, reported an object or formation passing overhead in a triangular pattern for about two minutes in November 1953.
Keansburg · NJ, USA
A witness in Keansburg, New Jersey reported a silvery, circular object moving slowly overhead at 3 a.m., changing direction before vanishing over the horizon, over nine minutes, November 1953.
Pendleton (2-2 1/2 mi. SE of) · IN, USA
On a moonless, star-lit night, greenish-orange light moves rapidly and silently about the dark sky while being pursued by a jet.
Lackland Air Force Base near Aviation cadet barracks · TX, USA
When I was in preflight for pilot training at Lackland AFB just before Xmas we were standing in formation for reveille we all saw a sau
Mauriceville · TX, USA
My father was a WWW1 Vet. and loved hunting. The year was round 1953.We lived in a town of 300 people in southeast tex. Dad would take
New Orleans · LA, USA
20+ ovals flying over New Orleans
Homer · PA, USA
A witness reported a cigar-shaped object pacing his Piper Cub aircraft before speeding away, in an encounter lasting about five minutes in September 1953.
Monroe · NY, USA
I was about 12 years old,walking with my dog close to a swamp at 10am all became deathly silent. I looked up to my right at an oval de
Berkeley · MO, USA
A witness in Berkeley, Missouri reported a fireball-shaped object in the sky for about five minutes in the early 1950s, according to a brief local account.
San Bernadino Mtns · Church Camp, CA, USA
A group of seventh-graders at a church camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, California reported seeing a disk-shaped object for about 15 minutes in August 1953.
Vallejo · CA, USA
Witnesses in Vallejo, California reported lights in the sky initially mistaken for shooting stars, observed for about an hour in August 1953.
Louisville · KY, USA
I heard Them!
Artesia · NM, USA
Burnt orange spheres.
Bowleys Quarters · MD, USA
A witness in Bowleys Quarters, Maryland reported multiple sphere-shaped objects holding stationary formation, then departing one by one at extreme speed, over three to four minutes in August 1953.
Colorado Springs (mtsn NW of) · CO, USA
A witness near Colorado Springs, Colorado reported an enormous disk-shaped object hovering silently about 40 feet above a house before vanishing instantly, in July 1953.
Merryville · LA, USA
A witness in Merryville, Louisiana reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky around 2 p.m. for about five minutes in July 1953.