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Brownstown · IN, USA
A disk-shaped object was reportedly captured on film during the 1948 Centennial Parade in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana, on November 7, 1948.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A witness in Brooklyn, New York reported a round, hovering craft over a neighbor's roof emitting a roaring sound and a fire-like glow beneath it, for about 10 minutes in August 1948.
Conshohocken · PA, USA
my cousin (female) and friend (male) myself (male) app. age 10-12 yrs just finnished playing ball, laying on ground on our backs looki
Ojai · CA, USA
UFO sighting in Ojai, CA in 1948
Ritzville · WA, USA
By car to Prescott, AZ. We were crossing a desert (I can still see the whole picture) when to our R, we saw a light rise.
Borger · TX, USA
A witness in Borger, Texas reported a dull, silver, disk-shaped object flying west at high speed with no sound, observed above a swimming pool for 8 to 10 seconds in June 1948.
Jim Ridge · WV, USA
Wreckage was reportedly found on a dairy farm near Jim Ridge, West Virginia in 1948, in a rural case that was never officially resolved.
Baltimore · MD, USA
A witness in Baltimore, Maryland reported two oval-shaped objects in flight leaving trails, with no accompanying sound, observed for about eight seconds in June 1948.
Scipio · IN, USA
A witness in Scipio, Indiana reported a round, red, glowing sphere moving west across the northern sky, observed for about 10 seconds in May 1948.
Kelseyville · CA, USA
A witness in Kelseyville, California reported the first of a series of family sightings, with a disk-shaped object observed in 1948, duration unknown.
Whitmore Lake · MI, USA
A witness near Whitmore Lake, Michigan reported a cigar-shaped, lighted object above the trees close to Ann Arbor, observed for about 20 minutes on December 24, 1947.
Dayton (Wright-Patterson AFB) · OH, USA
This is the recollection of my father, who is 92 years old and lives in an assisted living facility outside Washington DC.
Modesto · CA, USA
My grandmother woke me up to go to the front house get my uncle to check on the bright blueish light out behind our cottage. I was sca
Green Valley · WI, USA
A witness in Green Valley, Wisconsin reported five to seven white lights about a quarter mile away that made no sound before disappearing, observed for three to five minutes in August 1947.
Henrietta (south of; Route 66) · OK, USA
A witness south of Henrietta, Oklahoma, near Route 66, reported a bright light lasting about 30 seconds in the sky in August 1947.
Saranac Lake · NY, USA
A witness in Saranac Lake, New York reported six to seven disk-shaped objects, observed for about six minutes in August 1947.
Proctor · OK, USA
A witness in Proctor, Oklahoma reported a cigar-shaped object with no sound but a low, sub-sonic vibration, observed for about two minutes in August 1947.
Maywood · CA, USA
1947 UFO sighting Date: ? sometime in early summer Time: after dark (between 7 - 9 pm) Place: Maywood IL not far from O’hare Airbase (n
Cashmere · WA, USA
THE SIGHTING. It was a clear, summer’s evening in 1947 (or 1948 – I can’t be sure of the exact year). The sun had just set over th
Wexford · PA, USA
I have told this to people over many years. While on school vacation at my uncles junk yard one evening I noticed on the horizon at dus
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
A witness in Sioux Falls, South Dakota reported a narrow, light-colored, unidentified object in the sky on July 4, 1947.
Seattle · WA, USA
While walking in Woodland Park in Seattle, Washington, on July 4, 1947, I looked up and saw a bright white oval object come down .
Dell Rapids · SD, USA
A witness in Dell Rapids, South Dakota reported several round, silver, plate-like objects moving across the sky on July 5, 1947.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Witnesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reported six disk-shaped craft that drew people out of their homes to look up, observed for three to five minutes in July 1947.