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Quincy · CA, USA
Three teenage males driving through the mountains near Quincy, California reported a shiny, silver, disk-shaped object, observed for about six minutes in July 1950.
Newman Lake · WA, USA
A witness in Newman Lake, Washington reported an immense object hovering above nearby hilltops, observed for about 15 minutes in July 1950.
Smithport · PA, USA
This huge craft came over the hill from Crosbe to rute 1 for about two min. It was orang then it shot away an no sound. IN 1962 at n
Mexicali (Mexico) · Mexico
Townspeople in Mexicali, Mexico reported a large, disk-shaped object over the city, observed for about one minute in June 1950.
Philadelphia · MS, USA
A witness in Philadelphia, Mississippi recalled a childhood sighting of a disk-shaped object, witnessed along with a mother and sons, observed for up to 10 minutes in June 1950.
Kansas City · MO, USA
The ufo came from the East, as I was looking North. It hovered briefly above the house across the street from me; that house was on a s
Napa · CA, USA
Saw a circular craft approximately 30 foot in diameter. It was glowing a green/purple rather subdued. I did not like the color. It h
Fort Worth · TX, USA
A witness in Fort Worth, Texas reported three flying saucers seen from a distance of about 20 feet, observed for about four minutes in 1950.
Bonifay (near) · FL, USA
A witness near Bonifay, Florida reported white, disk-shaped objects moving at an estimated 100 miles per hour to the south, observed for about 10 seconds in June 1950.
Booneville · MS, USA
A young witness in Booneville, Mississippi reported a shiny, disk-shaped craft, observed for about four seconds in June 1950.
Lac Du Flambeau · WI, USA
A witness in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin reported a saucer-like disk submerging into water and vanishing, with the water said to boil beforehand, observed for about 30 seconds in June 1950.
Florence (??) · CO, USA
Possible ufo in a western movie. (NUFORC Note: "Rio Grande," with John Wayne. Reported to NUFORC before. PD))
Arkansas (eastern; on US Hwy 70 abt 75 m w/o Memphis · TN), AR, USA
A witness reported a stationary, disk-shaped object, estimated at about 200 feet, hovering over a highway in eastern Arkansas for one to three minutes in April 1950.
Waynesborough · VA, USA
Several students at a military school in Waynesborough, Virginia reported a saucer-shaped object from the drill field, observed for about five minutes in April 1950.
Moody · TX, USA
UFO in central Texas, 3 spacemen on the ground. ((NUFORC Note: Witness describes himself as a medical professional, Ph.D.. PD))
Post · TX, USA
A witness near Post, Texas reported a disk-shaped object appearing very close to the ground, observed for about 10 seconds in September 1949.
Steilacoom · WA, USA
AS A GIRL OF ABOUT NINE AND MY SISTER WHO WAS EIGHT AND OUR FATHER WERE DOWN AT THE WATER, AT DUSK SITTING AND LOOKING OUT, ALL ALONE.
Fairbanks · AK, USA
A witness in Fairbanks, Alaska reported an enormous, metallic, disk-shaped object in the sky, observed for about two minutes in July 1949.
Anchorage · AK, USA
A witness in Anchorage, Alaska reported a disk-shaped object that appeared to have operational difficulties before crashing, observed for about three minutes in June 1949.
Little America (near) · WY, USA
One night as a child, I saw a little man in a green dome working at a machine with all sorts of dials near Little America.
Seattle · WA, USA
UFO Hovers over Seattle sky
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.
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.
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.