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)
Gackle · ND, USA
Alien hawk sighted in North Dakota
Madison · WI, USA
Witnesses in Madison, Wisconsin reported three disk-shaped objects appearing in the west, stopping overhead, then proceeding east at high speed, observed for two to three minutes in June 1947.
Hayward · CA, USA
A witness in Hayward, California reported five bright, gold, circular objects at close range, observed for about 20 minutes in June 1947.
Tacoma · WA, USA
A witness in Tacoma, Washington reported an unidentified object around the same time as the Maury Island incident and Kenneth Arnold's sighting, in June 1947.
USA
Father US Air Force flew a UFO in 1947. ((NUFORC Note: Date of reported incident is approximate, and arbitrarily assigned. PD))
Baltimore · MD, USA
I wasn't the only saw them
Miami (north of) · FL, USA
A witness north of Miami, Florida reported a large, glowing, metallic object heading north over the Atlantic, observed for five to seven minutes in April 1947, weeks before the Roswell incident.
San Deigo · CA, USA
A witness in San Diego, California described an unusual, V-shaped, triangular craft, observed for about 10 seconds in April 1947.
Syracuse · NY, USA
A witness in Syracuse, New York reported observing the night sky and seeing many unidentified objects crossing the upper atmosphere, over more than an hour in February 1947.
Manama (Bahrain) · Bahrain
Multiple witnesses in Manama, Bahrain reported a slow-moving circular craft that took about five minutes to pass overhead, described as close enough to touch, in January 1947.
Conroe · TX, USA
The date was early 1947 before Arnold's "flying saucers". I was ten years old, ridding in the front seat of our car next to the passan
Yokahama (Japan) · Japan
A witness in Yokohama, Japan reported a flying disk-shaped object in the sky after World War II, observed for about 30 minutes in January 1947.
Maple Valley · WA, USA
((HOAX)) (the ufo's that spooked kenneth arnold in 1947 havent gone anywhere....infact they are quite pleasent to interact with.
Warren · OH, USA
A witness in Warren, Ohio reported an unidentified object hovering silently about 100 feet off the ground for roughly three minutes in 1947.
Yokohama (Japan) · Japan
This is a follow-on to the report I made several years ago. An article about the Brazilian Air Force carried an artist image: It is t
Oak Lawn · IL, USA
V-formation 5 silver disks with 1 trailing behind, size of small peas high & fast heading NE bypassing Chicago to Indiana
Dome · AZ, USA
A witness in Dome, Arizona reported a sudden, very bright flash of light from a large flying object that appeared to be on fire, observed for 30 to 40 seconds in September 1946.
South Portland · ME, USA
motionless, dark oblong, noon sky over ocean, felt Energy-Pull of Observing craft; when spotted,accelerated straight upwards fast
Dillinged a/D (W. Germany) · West Germany
A witness in West Germany reported a quiet, flat, glowing, red, circular object, observed for about five minutes in July 1946.
Unknown
Member of 1946 elite secret military crash team describes UFO search, crash scene, and field test on sample
Burnaby (Canada) · BC, Canada
I was six at the time,My mother and brother saw them as well. They were not moving,just stayed cloce to a cloud after which they starte
Blairsden · CA, USA
A witness in Blairsden, California reported a white or pale green sphere or disk, 30 to 50 feet in diameter, observed for 10 seconds in June 1946.
Index · WA, USA
A witness in Index, Washington reported a greenish fireball flying nearly horizontally for about 30 seconds in June 1946, followed weeks later by a separate sighting of a gray figure.
Chevy Chase · MD, USA
A witness in Chevy Chase, Maryland recalled, as a child of about four, seeing a gray-clad figure in a bedroom, an encounter observed for about 10 minutes in 1946.
Alice · TX, USA
An extremely noisy disc.