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Harvard · MA, USA
Lost time.
Bradford · AL, USA
A witness in Bradford, Alabama reported a sparkling white, yellow-orange, and black sphere that paused about 20 feet overhead, for about 20 seconds in August 1956.
Colorado Springs · CO, USA
Mid-Aug 1956--One very large & close saucer/disc and 3 smaller discs off in the distance sighted by many people in Colorado Springs.
Beatrice (14 mi SW of) · NE, USA
A witness near Beatrice, Nebraska reported a large, pale silver dome-shaped object over a hill and near a farmhouse, observed for about two minutes in July 1956.
Wichita · KS, USA
A witness in Wichita, Kansas reported a small, silent, metallic object moving very fast, observed for about 90 seconds in July 1956.
Edmondton (Canada) · AB, Canada
A witness at Edmonton, Alberta's airport reported a circular object flying low, slowly, and silently over the main hangar for about 20 minutes in July 1956.
Sacramento · CA, USA
A witness in Sacramento, California reported a slow-moving, circular disk object that left a silvery contrail before disappearing, observed for about seven minutes in July 1956.
East Hampton · CT, USA
Witnesses reported saucer-shaped objects over Lake Pocotopaug near East Hampton, Connecticut for about two minutes in the summer of 1956.
Yellowstone Park (near South entrance) · WY, USA
A young child reported watching three disk-shaped objects approach from the back seat of a car near Yellowstone Park's south entrance, Wyoming, over about 60 seconds in July 1956.
Wichita · KS, USA
A witness in Wichita, Kansas reported a large circular light hovering, then a smaller light separating and shooting away rapidly while the larger light followed, over about two minutes in July 1956.
Sugarcreek · OH, USA
I drove right underneath it with my truck. There was a bright light emitting from the bottom of the saucer. As soon as I went underne
Quonset Point · RI, USA
A witness near Quonset Point, Rhode Island reported rows of saucer-shaped lights connected by beams of light, rising straight up together, over about 20 minutes in June 1956.
Gloucester · MA, USA
A witness in Gloucester, Massachusetts reported seven motionless, bright lights arranged in an uneven row in the sky, observed for about 45 minutes in June 1956.
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
A witness in Hopkinsville, Kentucky reported a gray, circular object with lights around its edge blinking in different colors, seen in June 1956.
Belton · MO, USA
THE EVENT WAS A PERSONAL CONTACT WITH AN ALIEN. SINCE I WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME FORGIVE ME ANY DESCREPANCIES
Memphis · TN, USA
A witness in Memphis, Tennessee reported a dull orange, bent cylindrical object hovering silently over railroad tracks before shooting straight up, over ten to fifteen minutes in June 1956.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Don't care if anyone believes, but I know what I saw and I know what I heard. I was about 13 years of age, about l956, sitting on my b
Elmore · AL, USA
Me and my cousins where playing near morter creek, near elmore ,out in woods.A disk shaped sphere came out of sky and it was hover
Upper Glade · WV, USA
A witness in rural Upper Glade, West Virginia reported a close-up sighting of an egg-shaped object for about five minutes around 1956.
Akron · OH, USA
A witness in Akron, Ohio reported a bright object resembling a flying wing in the night sky around 10 p.m., observed for about 30 seconds in June 1956.
Edroy · TX, USA
Paralyzed and unable to talk, but could communicate mentally.
Tripoli (Libya) · Libya
USAF personnel at Wheelus Air Base near Tripoli, Libya reported lights as bright as Mars in the sky on several consecutive nights in June 1956.
Dove Creek · CO, USA
A witness near Dove Creek, Colorado reported a cigar-shaped object releasing smaller objects that performed unusual aerial maneuvers, over about 20 minutes in June 1956.
San Francisco · CA, USA
A witness in San Francisco, California reported a silver, football-shaped object flying very high and fast for two to three minutes in June 1956.