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)
Sugarcreek · OH, USA
I drove right underneath it with my truck. There was a bright light emitting from the bottom of the saucer. As soon as I went underne
Quonset Point · RI, USA
A witness near Quonset Point, Rhode Island reported rows of saucer-shaped lights connected by beams of light, rising straight up together, over about 20 minutes in June 1956.
Gloucester · MA, USA
A witness in Gloucester, Massachusetts reported seven motionless, bright lights arranged in an uneven row in the sky, observed for about 45 minutes in June 1956.
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
A witness in Hopkinsville, Kentucky reported a gray, circular object with lights around its edge blinking in different colors, seen in June 1956.
Belton · MO, USA
THE EVENT WAS A PERSONAL CONTACT WITH AN ALIEN. SINCE I WAS ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD AND IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME FORGIVE ME ANY DESCREPANCIES
Memphis · TN, USA
A witness in Memphis, Tennessee reported a dull orange, bent cylindrical object hovering silently over railroad tracks before shooting straight up, over ten to fifteen minutes in June 1956.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Don't care if anyone believes, but I know what I saw and I know what I heard. I was about 13 years of age, about l956, sitting on my b
Elmore · AL, USA
Me and my cousins where playing near morter creek, near elmore ,out in woods.A disk shaped sphere came out of sky and it was hover
Upper Glade · WV, USA
A witness in rural Upper Glade, West Virginia reported a close-up sighting of an egg-shaped object for about five minutes around 1956.
Akron · OH, USA
A witness in Akron, Ohio reported a bright object resembling a flying wing in the night sky around 10 p.m., observed for about 30 seconds in June 1956.
Edroy · TX, USA
Paralyzed and unable to talk, but could communicate mentally.
Tripoli (Libya) · Libya
USAF personnel at Wheelus Air Base near Tripoli, Libya reported lights as bright as Mars in the sky on several consecutive nights in June 1956.
Dove Creek · CO, USA
A witness near Dove Creek, Colorado reported a cigar-shaped object releasing smaller objects that performed unusual aerial maneuvers, over about 20 minutes in June 1956.
San Francisco · CA, USA
A witness in San Francisco, California reported a silver, football-shaped object flying very high and fast for two to three minutes in June 1956.
Richfield Springs · NY, USA
Witnesses reported six cigar-shaped objects flying together over a lake near Richfield Springs, New York for about two minutes, in a sighting dated to 1956 or 1957.
Palo Alto · CA, USA
A witness in Palo Alto, California reported a fireball-like object appearing to land, then retreating when the witness attempted to approach, over five to ten minutes in June 1956.
Vista · CA, USA
A witness in Vista, California reported a bright orange, cigar-shaped object estimated at several miles long, observed for 15 to 20 minutes in June 1956.
Farragut · TN, USA
A witness in the Farragut, Tennessee community reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky for about ten minutes in June 1956.
Tulsa · OK, USA
Witnesses reported a mysterious flash of light seen over Tulsa, Oklahoma and as far away as Dallas and Kansas City, lasting three to five minutes in June 1956.
Salem · NJ, USA
A witness in Salem, New Jersey reported losing time before finding themselves in the backyard and seeing five disk-shaped objects nearby, in an incident lasting about an hour in June 1956.
Guantanamo Bay navy base · Cuba
A witness at the Guantanamo Bay naval base reported a low-flying, circular object with a row of lights slowly crossing a runway before speeding away, over about ten minutes in June 1956.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
A witness in Queens, New York reported a light moving in a circular motion across the darkened sky for about one minute in June 1956.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
glass like,you could see threw,craft was 20 feet in front of me,as i stepped closer, a ramp out of the side of the craft opened up and
Rossmore (near Belleville) (Canada) · ON, Canada
A witness near Rossmore, Ontario reported two silent lights about ten miles away that appeared to move along unusual paths, observed for eight to ten minutes in June 1956.
Madera · CA, USA
A witness in Madera, California reported a half-spherical object with portholes along its side, observed in daylight for about two minutes in June 1956.