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Santa Monica · CT, USA
A witness near Santa Monica, Connecticut reported a very bright light zig-zagging rapidly across the sky before zooming straight up, within a few seconds, in January 1954.
Cicero · IL, USA
Witnesses in Cicero, Illinois, just west of Chicago, reported an object or formation passing overhead in a triangular pattern for about two minutes in November 1953.
Keansburg · NJ, USA
A witness in Keansburg, New Jersey reported a silvery, circular object moving slowly overhead at 3 a.m., changing direction before vanishing over the horizon, over nine minutes, November 1953.
Pendleton (2-2 1/2 mi. SE of) · IN, USA
On a moonless, star-lit night, greenish-orange light moves rapidly and silently about the dark sky while being pursued by a jet.
Lackland Air Force Base near Aviation cadet barracks · TX, USA
When I was in preflight for pilot training at Lackland AFB just before Xmas we were standing in formation for reveille we all saw a sau
Mauriceville · TX, USA
My father was a WWW1 Vet. and loved hunting. The year was round 1953.We lived in a town of 300 people in southeast tex. Dad would take
New Orleans · LA, USA
20+ ovals flying over New Orleans
Homer · PA, USA
A witness reported a cigar-shaped object pacing his Piper Cub aircraft before speeding away, in an encounter lasting about five minutes in September 1953.
Monroe · NY, USA
I was about 12 years old,walking with my dog close to a swamp at 10am all became deathly silent. I looked up to my right at an oval de
Berkeley · MO, USA
A witness in Berkeley, Missouri reported a fireball-shaped object in the sky for about five minutes in the early 1950s, according to a brief local account.
San Bernadino Mtns · Church Camp, CA, USA
A group of seventh-graders at a church camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, California reported seeing a disk-shaped object for about 15 minutes in August 1953.
Vallejo · CA, USA
Witnesses in Vallejo, California reported lights in the sky initially mistaken for shooting stars, observed for about an hour in August 1953.
Louisville · KY, USA
I heard Them!
Artesia · NM, USA
Burnt orange spheres.
Bowleys Quarters · MD, USA
A witness in Bowleys Quarters, Maryland reported multiple sphere-shaped objects holding stationary formation, then departing one by one at extreme speed, over three to four minutes in August 1953.
Colorado Springs (mtsn NW of) · CO, USA
A witness near Colorado Springs, Colorado reported an enormous disk-shaped object hovering silently about 40 feet above a house before vanishing instantly, in July 1953.
Merryville · LA, USA
A witness in Merryville, Louisiana reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky around 2 p.m. for about five minutes in July 1953.
unknown · MT, USA
Footage from a 1953 Blue Angels air show reportedly shows two shiny, disk-shaped objects orbiting a common point in the sky over about ten minutes.
Ogallala · NE, USA
Witnesses at Lake McConaughy near Ogallala, Nebraska reported a bright, silent white light hovering for 30 to 45 minutes before departing at high speed in July 1953.
Washington · D.C., DC, USA
Four witnesses in Washington, D.C. reported a ball of light emerging from the sky, circling a passing airplane, then shooting off out of sight within three to five minutes in July 1953.
Nashville · TN, USA
cylindrical object "examining" trees
Dublin · IN, USA
My brothers farmed after dark, they told my mother, my mother started yelling for the kids to run out to see it. It was located in our
Fresno · CA, USA
i seem to be the only one of my siblings to recall this event.i do not understand why this is. 500 Lights On Object0: Ye
(City unknown) · CA, USA
What I saw was when I was about 7 years old in 1953. I was at my grandmas house in the country, and my friend was visiting her grandma