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)
Great Falls · MT, USA
This is just something that happened and you may want to check it out. From June 1956-57-58-Aug.1959 we were stationed at Malstrom A.F
Atlantic Ocean (Bermuda) · Bermuda
No summary available.
Hartford City · IN, USA
flying sausers are as real as real gets
Walled Lake · MI, USA
A witness near Walled Lake, Michigan reported a glowing, cylindrical object that suddenly vanished in a flash, during a sighting lasting about 30 minutes in June 1957.
San Leandro · CA, USA
A witness in San Leandro, California reported five or more lights appearing to race across the sky, in a sighting lasting about a minute and a half in June 1957.
Lubbock · TX, USA
We saw a "V" shaped U.F.O in the sky.
Norwalk · CA, USA
A witness in Norwalk, California reported a disk-shaped object hovering about 20 feet above the ground for about eight minutes in June 1957.
Dallas · TX, USA
Witnesses in Dallas, Texas reported seven to eleven silent lights arranged in a V shape in the sky for about five minutes in 1957.
Arctic · AK, USA
spacecraft found in artic between 1953 to1961 2 bodys recovered. front page of newspapper
Norwood · NY, USA
It was around 1 in the morning. My mother, sister and myself were on the front porch of or house. Our house is 1 out of 2 houses on our
Birmingham · MI, USA
Grey alien drills into my back when I was a child in the 1950's
New York City · NY, USA
glowing lights lead the way
Unknown · CO, USA
In 1957 a strange oval spotted in Kansas that hovered, flew straight up, made 90 degree turn and accelerated at great speed vanished.
Burlington · IA, USA
A witness in Burlington, Iowa reported a circular object moving slowly before abruptly changing direction and accelerating rapidly, over about 90 seconds in June 1957.
Russellville · AR, USA
A witness reported a huge orange, sphere-shaped object floating over Russellville, Arkansas for about ten minutes in the late 1950s.
Barker · NY, USA
Six children and one adult near Barker, New York reported a saucer-shaped object at dusk in 1957; two of the children reportedly saw it again in daylight the next day.
Albany · CA, USA
What looked like a moving star and a stationary star seemed to collide, whereupon the stationary star also began to move.
Canton · OH, USA
A witness in Canton, Ohio reported a cigar-shaped object remaining motionless for over a minute before moving west at extreme speed and vanishing, over about three minutes in May 1957.
Atlantic Ocean (off Africa) · Atlantic Ocean
While flying night navigational mission. We picked up a target on radar flying from east to west. Navigator clocked target flying at 50
Rhinebeck · NY, USA
A witness in Rhinebeck, New York reported a kite- or diamond-shaped object that changed through three colors while flashing brightly and jerking up and down, for about 20 seconds in May 1957.
Lahore · Pakistan
A witness reported a teardrop-shaped object flying at very high speed and high altitude, above 25,000 feet, over Lahore, Pakistan for about three seconds in April 1957.
Dublin (Ireland) · Ireland
ireland: night of sputnik sighting
Vernon (Canada) · BC, Canada
A witness near Vernon, British Columbia reported two white lights and one red light stationary in the sky for several minutes in April 1957.
Jena · LA, USA
A driver near Jena, Louisiana reported sphere-shaped objects to the southeast while driving; multiple other cars stopped to observe, over about 15 minutes in March 1957.
Fort Devans · MA, USA
I was on duty at base. Saw and heard craft.About 50 feet over building.Sound changed when moveing from low to high pitch.