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)
Lake Bonita · NM, USA
It landed and lit up the mountian like day. there were some sort of peoplw with lights that where they put them it wasa like daylight.
Strathmore · CA, USA
the gathering of static electricity from atmosphere by ufo alien or USA craft possible unmaned
Castle Rock · WA, USA
Large, cigar-shaped aircraft with evenly spaced windows drifted silently over the tree tops at night.
Gardner Lake (Extreme northeastern US) · ME, USA
Craft desending ,from high rate of speed to a very slow speed, traveling across Gardner Lake - Landeed on east side of lake
Long Beach · CA, USA
As a young man, I would lay out in the yard at night and look at the sky--I often saw an object moving at night speed, very high, no no
Alor Islands (Indonesia) · Indonesia
This incident was happened in July 1959, in Alor Islands area which located at northern of Nusa Tenggara Timur province in Indonesia. A
Nort Sutton (resort area near) · NH, USA
North Sutton, New hampshire July 15, 1959 Small cloud with blinking light in clear sky. In view for 15 seconds.
New Albany · IN, USA
Cigar shaped object hovered in the sky
Worcester · MA, USA
strange object sighted over worcester,ma july 1959...and in long island.ny on same day
Salem · OH, USA
1959 Saucers-huge- pattern of four shifting high in Ohio skies-white-yellow perfectly formed-moving very fast
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Two lights like strs converging upwad becoming "one".
Allendale · KY, USA
07/22/1958 Allendale Ky Light in the sky moving very fast lasting 5 min. posted 10/02/05
Wabash River (on) · IN, USA
Metallic object up close
Orange · CT, USA
Sighted craft and transport of object to the ground
Nashville · TX, USA
Object seen in sky as a star during daylight was photographed as a flying triangle
Sidney · OH, USA
Saw a bright light shining down. Pulled over to the side of I75 and watched it about 5 min. before it took off very quickly heading ea
Nelson · NE, USA
this was told to me from the man who seen the object. it was after a softball game in the summer of 1959. he was in the country going h
Arvada · CO, USA
small round one over Rocky Flats at high altitude in 1959
Monroe · MI, USA
Observed three very high flying objects fly at unusual maneuvers
Missoula (event at Superior) · MT, USA
Twenty nights of stalking, apparent abduction attempts by Grey "alien" creatures, 1959.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Silver Bullet
Campbell · CA, USA
3 glowing disc shaped objects
Príncipe (Havana) (Cuba) · Cuba
42 years ago and I don't remember about the detalis below; maybe some were present.
Buffalo · WV, USA
Lights in night sky over Putnam County, WV in 1959. Two lights collide/merge and debris found the next day.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
Flying while in the Marine Corps in a AD Skuraider & with a wing man, at apprx 6,000 ft observed Four Red cly objects estimating at 20,