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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.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was 11 years old and my family and I were at a kite flying contest in a park . About 7 silver saucer shaped ships hovered over the pa
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Witnesses in Los Angeles reported five to seven gray, saucer-shaped objects flying in a V formation, in a mass sighting involving roughly 200 people, for about 15 minutes in March 1957.
Dallas · TX, USA
I was flying the first of 4 USAF aircraft on a simulated bombing run on a bridge span in Dallas, Texas. The other 3 aircraft were behi
Columbus · OH, USA
A "V" shape set of lights either on one large, silent aircraft, or 5 different aircraft flying in formation. No noise heard.
Skippack · PA, USA
Out walking my dog at 5:45 AM -- still dark. Sky was clear and moon was full and low in the west. Looked up in SW sky, saw what appear
Aberdeen · SD, USA
Traveled south to north at a slow speed,(90deg. of arc in two min). Size of a half dollar coin at arms length, had a neon orange glow.
Painsville/Willoughby/over Lake Erie · OH, USA
A witness near Painesville and Willoughby, Ohio reported a black, mirrored, rectangular object over Lake Erie around 9-10 p.m., visible continuously, in November 1956.
Newport · NH, USA
A witness near Newport, New Hampshire reported an object with a glass center section and flame-like light behind it, observed for about five minutes in October 1956.
Edna · TX, USA
My older brother and twin sister were leaving the only Edna theater at about 9 PM,...we had our bikes and I took a different route home
Mechra Bel Ksire (Morocco) · Morocco
Air Defense radar reflected an object with great speed and maneuverability east of Giralter north of the African coast initially headin
Mt. Vernon · IN, USA
A witness in Mt. Vernon, Indiana reported a luminescent disk-shaped object leaving a trail as it moved from east to north on a clear night, over seven to eight seconds in October 1956.
Norfolk · VA, USA
A witness reported a cigar-shaped object hovering over Interstate 264 in Norfolk, Virginia for about a minute and a half in September 1956.
Middle River · MD, USA
A witness in Middle River, Maryland reported three round, blue-white disk-shaped objects flying in a V formation from southeast to northwest, for about one minute in September 1956.
Hope · AR, USA
Sitting on a pond bank on sunny afternoon when 9 saucers appeared at 12:00 o'clock at a very high altitude. They were silver in color
Greenwich · CT, USA
Strange movements amoung the stars