UFO Sightings in the 1950s
591 UFO sightings reported during the 1950s, peaking in 1957 (91 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 591
- Span
- 1950–1959
- Peak year
- 1957 (91 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1950–1959 · peak 1957 (91 reports)
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was 11 years old and my family and I were at a kite flying contest in a park . About 7 silver saucer shaped ships hovered over the pa
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Witnesses in Los Angeles reported five to seven gray, saucer-shaped objects flying in a V formation, in a mass sighting involving roughly 200 people, for about 15 minutes in March 1957.
Dallas · TX, USA
I was flying the first of 4 USAF aircraft on a simulated bombing run on a bridge span in Dallas, Texas. The other 3 aircraft were behi
Columbus · OH, USA
A "V" shape set of lights either on one large, silent aircraft, or 5 different aircraft flying in formation. No noise heard.
Skippack · PA, USA
Out walking my dog at 5:45 AM -- still dark. Sky was clear and moon was full and low in the west. Looked up in SW sky, saw what appear
Aberdeen · SD, USA
Traveled south to north at a slow speed,(90deg. of arc in two min). Size of a half dollar coin at arms length, had a neon orange glow.
Painsville/Willoughby/over Lake Erie · OH, USA
A witness near Painesville and Willoughby, Ohio reported a black, mirrored, rectangular object over Lake Erie around 9-10 p.m., visible continuously, in November 1956.
Newport · NH, USA
A witness near Newport, New Hampshire reported an object with a glass center section and flame-like light behind it, observed for about five minutes in October 1956.
Edna · TX, USA
My older brother and twin sister were leaving the only Edna theater at about 9 PM,...we had our bikes and I took a different route home
Mechra Bel Ksire (Morocco) · Morocco
Air Defense radar reflected an object with great speed and maneuverability east of Giralter north of the African coast initially headin
Mt. Vernon · IN, USA
A witness in Mt. Vernon, Indiana reported a luminescent disk-shaped object leaving a trail as it moved from east to north on a clear night, over seven to eight seconds in October 1956.
Norfolk · VA, USA
A witness reported a cigar-shaped object hovering over Interstate 264 in Norfolk, Virginia for about a minute and a half in September 1956.
Middle River · MD, USA
A witness in Middle River, Maryland reported three round, blue-white disk-shaped objects flying in a V formation from southeast to northwest, for about one minute in September 1956.
Hope · AR, USA
Sitting on a pond bank on sunny afternoon when 9 saucers appeared at 12:00 o'clock at a very high altitude. They were silver in color
Greenwich · CT, USA
Strange movements amoung the stars
Harvard · MA, USA
Lost time.
Bradford · AL, USA
A witness in Bradford, Alabama reported a sparkling white, yellow-orange, and black sphere that paused about 20 feet overhead, for about 20 seconds in August 1956.
Colorado Springs · CO, USA
Mid-Aug 1956--One very large & close saucer/disc and 3 smaller discs off in the distance sighted by many people in Colorado Springs.
Beatrice (14 mi SW of) · NE, USA
A witness near Beatrice, Nebraska reported a large, pale silver dome-shaped object over a hill and near a farmhouse, observed for about two minutes in July 1956.
Wichita · KS, USA
A witness in Wichita, Kansas reported a small, silent, metallic object moving very fast, observed for about 90 seconds in July 1956.
Edmondton (Canada) · AB, Canada
A witness at Edmonton, Alberta's airport reported a circular object flying low, slowly, and silently over the main hangar for about 20 minutes in July 1956.
Sacramento · CA, USA
A witness in Sacramento, California reported a slow-moving, circular disk object that left a silvery contrail before disappearing, observed for about seven minutes in July 1956.
East Hampton · CT, USA
Witnesses reported saucer-shaped objects over Lake Pocotopaug near East Hampton, Connecticut for about two minutes in the summer of 1956.
Yellowstone Park (near South entrance) · WY, USA
A young child reported watching three disk-shaped objects approach from the back seat of a car near Yellowstone Park's south entrance, Wyoming, over about 60 seconds in July 1956.
Wichita · KS, USA
A witness in Wichita, Kansas reported a large circular light hovering, then a smaller light separating and shooting away rapidly while the larger light followed, over about two minutes in July 1956.