UFO Sightings in the 1940s
154 UFO sightings reported during the 1940s, peaking in 1947 (52 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 154
- Span
- 1940–1949
- Peak year
- 1947 (52 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1940–1949 · peak 1947 (52 reports)
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A witness in Brooklyn, New York reported a round, hovering craft over a neighbor's roof emitting a roaring sound and a fire-like glow beneath it, for about 10 minutes in August 1948.
Conshohocken · PA, USA
my cousin (female) and friend (male) myself (male) app. age 10-12 yrs just finnished playing ball, laying on ground on our backs looki
Ojai · CA, USA
UFO sighting in Ojai, CA in 1948
Korea · Korea
Green fireballs associated with the U.S. Air Force's Project Twinkle investigation were reportedly sighted in Korea during the same 1948 to 1950 period as similar sightings in the American Southwest.
Napan (Canada) · NB, Canada
while working on the farm they noticed a cube shape object (tumbling) by about the same speed as a plane but much lower.It was the size
Ritzville · WA, USA
By car to Prescott, AZ. We were crossing a desert (I can still see the whole picture) when to our R, we saw a light rise.
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.
Jim Ridge · WV, USA
Wreckage was reportedly found on a dairy farm near Jim Ridge, West Virginia in 1948, in a rural case that was never officially resolved.
Ancheli (Gujarat) (India) · India
A witness in Ancheli, Gujarat, India reported a bright blue light that lit up roughly half a football field before swooping down and shooting back up, observed for 10 to 15 seconds in the late 1940s.
Baltimore · MD, USA
A witness in Baltimore, Maryland reported two oval-shaped objects in flight leaving trails, with no accompanying sound, observed for about eight seconds in June 1948.
Scipio · IN, USA
A witness in Scipio, Indiana reported a round, red, glowing sphere moving west across the northern sky, observed for about 10 seconds in May 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.
Whitmore Lake · MI, USA
A witness near Whitmore Lake, Michigan reported a cigar-shaped, lighted object above the trees close to Ann Arbor, observed for about 20 minutes on December 24, 1947.
Dayton (Wright-Patterson AFB) · OH, USA
This is the recollection of my father, who is 92 years old and lives in an assisted living facility outside Washington DC.
Palmira · Colombia
After a concert given in the small town of Palmira, Colombia, a group of people accompanied the singer to the town square to talk with
Pereira (Colombia) · Colombia
Arriving in the town of Periera in the middle of the day I looked up and there was this circular object in the sky that looked metallic
Modesto · CA, USA
My grandmother woke me up to go to the front house get my uncle to check on the bright blueish light out behind our cottage. I was sca
Green Valley · WI, USA
A witness in Green Valley, Wisconsin reported five to seven white lights about a quarter mile away that made no sound before disappearing, observed for three to five minutes in August 1947.
Henrietta (south of; Route 66) · OK, USA
A witness south of Henrietta, Oklahoma, near Route 66, reported a bright light lasting about 30 seconds in the sky in August 1947.
Saranac Lake · NY, USA
A witness in Saranac Lake, New York reported six to seven disk-shaped objects, observed for about six minutes in August 1947.
Proctor · OK, USA
A witness in Proctor, Oklahoma reported a cigar-shaped object with no sound but a low, sub-sonic vibration, observed for about two minutes in August 1947.
Maywood · CA, USA
1947 UFO sighting Date: ? sometime in early summer Time: after dark (between 7 - 9 pm) Place: Maywood IL not far from O’hare Airbase (n
Cashmere · WA, USA
THE SIGHTING. It was a clear, summer’s evening in 1947 (or 1948 – I can’t be sure of the exact year). The sun had just set over th
Wexford · PA, USA
I have told this to people over many years. While on school vacation at my uncles junk yard one evening I noticed on the horizon at dus
Sioux Falls · SD, USA
A witness in Sioux Falls, South Dakota reported a narrow, light-colored, unidentified object in the sky on July 4, 1947.