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)
Seaford · Long Island, NY, USA
huge circular craft, had a dome with red lights at bottom ; flying at level of top of a telephone pole, turned 90 degrees in an instant
Globe · AZ, USA
Rectangular shape consisting of what resembled plumbing joints connecting the four sides together hovered above us and shot straight up
North AtlanticOcean · Unknown
unidentified radar contact over Atlantic Ocean
Campbellsport · WI, USA
I was a radar operator at Fallon NAS, we were a parasite unit of the air force. We got a call from the Navy control tower to check out
West Germany · Germany
Strong radar return w/ airborne F-86-D radar at approx. 30,000', first seen while flying N on a practice 90 degree run on wingman.
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
My husband and I didn't believe in UFO's until we actually saw one!
Phoenix · AZ, USA
1959 Saucer shaped object sighting Phoenix Arizona
Philadelphia · USA
No sound very smooth movement flashing different colors then all the same separating then back together
Columbus · OH, USA
Red-orange lights over seen motionless over Lockborne AFB-one vanished and one sped out of sight.
El Sobrante · CA, USA
Bright, yellow/orange circle, 10 ft. in diameter, silent, slow moving, 5mph, 50 ft. above ground-2 minutes, chased & threw rocks at it.
Evanston · IL, USA
Distant craft in the same part of the sky for 3 nights, seen by a group
Cincinnati · OH, USA
Large saucer shaped craft hanging motionless and silently over Cincinnati. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Miami · FL, USA
1959 childhood encounter with a spherical, faceted object, that had landed in my back yard in Miami.
Mendham · NJ, USA
A saucer-shaped UFO hovered at eye-level about fifty feet away for five minutes, then took off at great speed.
Baden · PA, USA
Report from the past - Orangish saucer shaped with black rotating center
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Visited.
Sunset Beach · NC, USA
Large moving Orb recorded as "motion detected"
Hobbs · NM, USA
Sighted bright triad of moving dots of light.
South San Francisco · CA, USA
Its was approximately 6:30pm, I was sitting in frontroom watching TV, when screen showed sometype of interference. I looked out the wi
La Mesa · CA, USA
At first we thought it was a falling star. Then we realized it was coming in side ways from the east over the freeway (125) and it was
Mississippi (rural) · MS, USA
Bright light paced our car then sped off at extreme speed. ((anonymous report))
Greenville · RI, USA
Five small disk or spherical-shaped objects merging with a large saucer-shaped object observed by three whitnesses in 1958.
Milwaukee · WI, USA
3 disk shaped lights swerving among each other across sky, got to North, shot straight into the stars
St. Paul · MN, USA
A dull-orange craft sped southbound at low altitude and high speed toward the general direction of the airport.
Terrebonne · OR, USA
Piercing, shrill tone.