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)
Seattle · WA, USA
While walking in Woodland Park in Seattle, Washington, on July 4, 1947, I looked up and saw a bright white oval object come down .
Dell Rapids · SD, USA
A witness in Dell Rapids, South Dakota reported several round, silver, plate-like objects moving across the sky on July 5, 1947.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Witnesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reported six disk-shaped craft that drew people out of their homes to look up, observed for three to five minutes in July 1947.
Roswell · NM, USA
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Unknown
Crash site photo album.
Johnston City · IL, USA
A 13-year-old witness in Johnston City, Illinois reported watching an object in the sky on a warm July evening in 1947, observed for about 45 seconds.
Seattle · WA, USA
Five bright discs above Seattle, WA.
Roswell · NM, USA
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Syracuse · NY, USA
WHILE LOOKING OUT THE SECOND STORY WINDOW OF HIAWATHA COTTAGE AT ELMCREST CHILDREN'S CENTER I SAW A BIG (200 FT.?) CIGAR SHAPED CRAFT O
Richmond · CA, USA
THIS SIGHTING TOOK PLACE WHEN I WAS A CHILD. I WAS 9 1/2 yrs. old. IT was the summer vaccation for the school children .WE had been ou
Las Vegas (East of) · NV, USA
A witness reported a large, saucer-shaped disk east of Las Vegas, Nevada, observed for about five minutes on July 15, 1947.
Keeneyville · IL, USA
A witness in Keeneyville, Illinois reported a burning particle from the sky coinciding with an unusual high-altitude overflight, observed for about five minutes in July 1947.
Clintwood · VA, USA
In July 1947 my Dad and I were working in our corn field in Clintwood Virginia (Dickerson County). Around 3PM we looked up up see a cyl
Hazelton (Northeast of) · ID, USA
A witness northeast of Hazelton, Idaho reported a huge, silver, saucer-shaped object with no sound, exhaust, or visible lights, observed in daylight for about 10 minutes in July 1947.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
A witness in Minneapolis, Minnesota reported a gray, disk-shaped object in the sky around 5 p.m. in July 1947, an event later mentioned by a local radio newscaster, observed for 19 minutes.
San Jose · CA, USA
The object seen that summer evening was cheveron shaped, with a blue glow visable around the edges, moving silently & slowly. N-S.
Morehouse · MO, USA
A witness in Morehouse, Missouri reported objects resembling windowless, wingless, tailless airplanes, observed over several hours in July 1947.
Raton/Des Moines · NM, USA
The object followed us (our car) over 40 miles and then stayed 100 feet off the ground for about 10 minutes. It then went straight up
Minden · LA, USA
High altitude sighting in 1947
Cleveland · OH, USA
It was about 2:15 in the morning when my wife woke me from a deep sleep and began to complain of stomach problems. As I was getting out
Espanola (outside of) · NM, USA
A witness near Espanola, New Mexico reported a saucer-shaped object about 10 feet in diameter, observed for about five minutes in June 1947.
Oroville · CA, USA
I was only six, but I was playing jacks in front of my home, I looked up at the ball, and there they were..no noise..I know now, they w
Corpus Christi · TX, USA
1947 fireball incident in space.
Oakmont · PA, USA
a very brillant blue-white object coming towards us lowering above us and hovering over us a few minutes before shooting straight up
Winona (approx. 20 miles NW of) · MN, USA
A witness near Winona, Minnesota reported two unmoving, round objects positioned side by side overhead, above drifting clouds, observed for about 15 seconds in June 1947.