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Tacoma · WA, USA
A witness in Tacoma, Washington reported an unidentified object around the same time as the Maury Island incident and Kenneth Arnold's sighting, in June 1947.
USA
Father US Air Force flew a UFO in 1947. ((NUFORC Note: Date of reported incident is approximate, and arbitrarily assigned. PD))
Baltimore · MD, USA
I wasn't the only saw them
Miami (north of) · FL, USA
A witness north of Miami, Florida reported a large, glowing, metallic object heading north over the Atlantic, observed for five to seven minutes in April 1947, weeks before the Roswell incident.
San Deigo · CA, USA
A witness in San Diego, California described an unusual, V-shaped, triangular craft, observed for about 10 seconds in April 1947.
Syracuse · NY, USA
A witness in Syracuse, New York reported observing the night sky and seeing many unidentified objects crossing the upper atmosphere, over more than an hour in February 1947.
Conroe · TX, USA
The date was early 1947 before Arnold's "flying saucers". I was ten years old, ridding in the front seat of our car next to the passan
Maple Valley · WA, USA
((HOAX)) (the ufo's that spooked kenneth arnold in 1947 havent gone anywhere....infact they are quite pleasent to interact with.
Warren · OH, USA
A witness in Warren, Ohio reported an unidentified object hovering silently about 100 feet off the ground for roughly three minutes in 1947.
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
V-formation 5 silver disks with 1 trailing behind, size of small peas high & fast heading NE bypassing Chicago to Indiana
Dome · AZ, USA
A witness in Dome, Arizona reported a sudden, very bright flash of light from a large flying object that appeared to be on fire, observed for 30 to 40 seconds in September 1946.
South Portland · ME, USA
motionless, dark oblong, noon sky over ocean, felt Energy-Pull of Observing craft; when spotted,accelerated straight upwards fast
Blairsden · CA, USA
A witness in Blairsden, California reported a white or pale green sphere or disk, 30 to 50 feet in diameter, observed for 10 seconds in June 1946.
Index · WA, USA
A witness in Index, Washington reported a greenish fireball flying nearly horizontally for about 30 seconds in June 1946, followed weeks later by a separate sighting of a gray figure.
Chevy Chase · MD, USA
A witness in Chevy Chase, Maryland recalled, as a child of about four, seeing a gray-clad figure in a bedroom, an encounter observed for about 10 minutes in 1946.
Alice · TX, USA
An extremely noisy disc.
Merced · CA, USA
A witness in Merced, California reported three glowing, chartreuse, sphere-shaped objects moving in a wide arc across the valley sky, observed for 10 seconds in February 1946.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A witness in Brooklyn, New York reported a large, round, silver disk hovering over a neighbor's house with markings and a fire-like glow beneath it, observed for five minutes in January 1946.
Miami · FL, USA
A large, metallic, cigar-shaped object was reported flying slowly over Miami, Florida at about 3:30 p.m. on a clear afternoon in 1946, for roughly three minutes.
Roswell · NM, USA
A witness in Roswell, New Mexico reported a sphere-shaped object moving across the sky, observed for about one minute in December 1945.
Huntington Beach · CA, USA
MY DAD SAYS HIS AUNT AND UNCLE SAW THIS CRAFT IN 1944 OR 1945 DURING THE DAY IT HOVERED OVER THEM FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES IN THE AREA OF BU
San Antonio · NM, USA
THE CRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE DECENDED AT AN ANGL, SKIDDED OVER A HUNDRED YARDS PUSHING THE DIRT IN FRONT OF IT AND BURIED IT'S SELF
Portsmouth · VA, USA
A witness in Portsmouth, Virginia reported a red, flickering formation of objects moving extremely fast in a V shape, observed for about three minutes in July 1945.
Dallas · TX, USA
A round ball of fire . Not a wisp of cloud. My mother and I were sitting on our back steps in the shade, very hot. This ball moved al