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)
Beaumont · TX, USA
Aprox. 30 Disk shaped UFOs fell out of clouds got in V formatin and shot toward a black rain cloud avoiding a Jet Plane.
Palmer Township · PA, USA
A witness in Palmer Township, Pennsylvania reported a Saturn-shaped object in the night sky for nine to ten minutes in the fall of 1954.
Farmingdale · NY, USA
A witness near Farmingdale, New York reported a bright, oval-shaped object stationary in the sky above a jet factory for more than 30 minutes in 1954.
Dyer · IN, USA
A witness in Dyer, Indiana reported a silent, golden-glowing triangular object flying slowly on a late-summer afternoon in 1954 or 1955.
Canton · PA, USA
Large, silver-blue disc shaped oject which gave off high pitched sound and was slowly turning on its axis and then suddenly sped away.
North Hollywood · CA, USA
A witness in North Hollywood, California reported a star-like point of light slowly traveling across the sky for about 30 minutes in 1954.
Indianapolis · IN, USA
A witness in Indianapolis, Indiana reported an object resembling a fast-moving white cloud in level flight, observed for about seven seconds in August 1954.
Puyallup · WA, USA
A driver near Puyallup, Washington reported an oval-shaped object hovering above the treetops just ahead on the road, for a few seconds in August 1954.
Parent (Canada) · QC, Canada
A witness near Parent, Quebec reported a capsule-shaped, copper-colored object hanging motionless in the sky for about three to four minutes in August 1954.
Ferndown-Bournemouth (UK/Wales) · United Kingdom
A witness reported a disk-shaped object hovering over Ferndown, near Bournemouth, England for about five minutes in August 1954.
St. Louis Airport (Lambert Field) · MO, USA
A witness near Lambert Field airport in St. Louis, Missouri reported an extremely bright red oval object that suddenly accelerated and streaked over the horizon, in about 20 seconds, July 1954.
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A witness in Los Angeles reported a red, glowing circular object traveling at an extreme reported speed across the night sky for about 15 seconds in 1954.
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
I have not reported this before. I feel it should be recorderd somewhere. My friend and I used to take time-lapse photos of the stars a
West Columbia · SC, USA
Witnesses near West Columbia, South Carolina reported three bright, silvery circular objects in formation, resembling linked rings, for about ten minutes in July 1954.
Morroco (4 miles south of) · IN, USA
I WAS 12, RIDING WITH AN UNCLE AUNT AND GRANDMOTHER ON US 41 MY UNCLE EXITEDLEY STATED PLANE WAS CRASHING TO THE GROUND.A FLAMING OBJEC
Korea (over 38th Parallel) · Korea
Witnesses reportedly observed a huge disk-shaped object over Korea, near the 38th Parallel, intermittently over the course of about one week in July 1954.
Philadelphia · PA, USA
I saw 2 alabaster white perfectly round objects over our ball field as they hovered over us for about an hour ,then they were gone.
Greenfield (Rural area · 6 miles so.), IN, USA
This all occured when I was still a child and living on a farm. My mother, our next door neigbor's wife, and myself, were standing outs
Oakdale · NY, USA
Witnesses in Oakdale, New York reported three highly luminous, disk-shaped objects gliding in a V formation across the night sky for about 45 seconds in July 1954.
Kansas City · KS, USA
Two brothers in Kansas City, Kansas reported a chevron-shaped object streaking across the sky for about three minutes in July 1954, according to a local investigators' report.
New Toronto (Canada) · ON, Canada
A witness in New Toronto, Ontario reported a white, circular object roughly the apparent size of the full moon, observed for about ten minutes in July 1954.
Bridge Hampton · NY, USA
A witness near Bridge Hampton, New York reported a high-speed light zig-zagging downward at a steep angle toward Brookhaven, lasting less than one second, in July 1954.
Ramey Air Force Base (Puerto Rico) · PR, Puerto Rico
Coming out of mess hall, I saw A circular, sharp edged, without other features object over the ocean, in line with the runway at a SAC
Houston · TX, USA
I fulfilled my duty by passing on an unusual accourance
Hawthorne · CA, USA
It was 1954. Background. I was 24, busy building our young family, had never heard of the 1947 Saucers by Mt. Rainier.