Decade hub154 reports
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)
Oran (south of Cape Girardeau) · MO, USA
A witness reported an unidentified object near Oran, south of Cape Girardeau, Missouri in July 1941, with later inquiries about an alleged crash in the area.
Ludington (Hamlin Lake) · MI, USA
A witness in Ludington, Michigan recalled seeing a round, silver, disk-shaped object in the sky as a boy near Hamlin Lake, observed for about 30 seconds in 1941.
Panama · Panama
Alien encounter.
Elkhart · IN, USA
Before WW2, June or July of 1940, there was an amazing phenomona about 9 or 10 at night, when the sky had a large illuminated circle.