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)
Mullens/Pineville · WV, USA
Witnesses near Mullens and Pineville, West Virginia believed USAF jets fired at or destroyed oval-shaped objects in the sky, in an incident lasting about three minutes in the late 1950s.
Del Rio · TX, USA
A car owner near Del Rio, Texas reported that a cigar-shaped object reportedly burned the paint off a new car, during an encounter lasting about half an hour in July 1957.
Iceland · Iceland
A witness in Iceland reported a cigar-shaped object, estimated at 400 feet long and 75 feet in diameter, resembling shiny aluminum, in July 1957.
Korea · Korea
A witness in Korea reported a star-like object, initially thought to be a satellite, stopping briefly before making a 90-degree turn and departing, in July 1957.
Phillipsburg · NJ, USA
Witnesses in Phillipsburg, New Jersey reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky after nightfall, observed for about seven minutes in July 1957.
Baltimore · MD, USA
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Chesapeake · OH, USA
A silent,spinning daylight disc.
Temple City · CA, USA
Witnesses reported lights over Mt. Baldy near Temple City, California in 1957, described by ten observers, over about 15 minutes.
Houston · TX, USA
A witness in Houston, Texas reported a diamond-shaped object seen in broad daylight for about two minutes, in an incident dated to around 1957.
Williamsport · PA, USA
A small, cigar-shaped object entered my field of vision while I was standing on the back porch of second-story apartment building.
Long Beach · CA, USA
Witnesses in Long Beach, California reported three disk-shaped objects stationary in a triangle formation in daylight, appearing distorted by a heat-mirage effect, for about two minutes in July 1957.
Kresgeville · PA, USA
A witness in Kresgeville, Pennsylvania, as a child, reported a star-like point of light moving slowly among other stars for about 20 minutes in July 1957.
Denver · CO, USA
A supposed star, at a time before there were humanly created objects in orbit, which behaved very differently from the other stars.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Witnesses in Salt Lake City, Utah reported five silver, saucer-shaped objects flying from over the lake toward the Oquirrh Mountains and Dugway, over about 15 minutes in July 1957.
Kansas City · MO, USA
car ingulfed in red light, missing time, father decessed now, mother now 75, sister now 44, and self now 54, light remained for what se
Mococa (Brasil) · Brazil
A light went on and off without pattern, on the west side of the sky moving northward (Taurus to Gemini). The light appeared for 2 seco
Union Bower are irving · TX, USA
tryangle over tx
El Paso · TX, USA
A witness in El Paso, Texas reported a silent disk-shaped object that vanished from the sky in a blur, over about five to seven seconds in June 1957.
E. Los Angeles · CA, USA
A witness reported two bright white-and-blue, star-like lights near Mt. Baldy, east of Los Angeles, being pursued by jet fighters in 1957.
London (UK/England) · United Kingdom
On a Friday night in November 1957, during the showing of Wells Fargo on the T.V., my Grandfather came in to say that there was a Flyin
Glens Falls · NY, USA
A witness near Glens Falls, New York reported disk-shaped objects at close range moving very slowly, observed for three to four minutes in June 1957.
Irving · TX, USA
tryangle over tx
Hicksville (Long Island) · NY, USA
My friend and I saw 7 perfectly circular objects fly over us. We were laying in his back yard looking up to see any shooting stars.
Green Lake · MI, USA
oval crfaft in a field glowing.
Livermore Falls · ME, USA
A recalled childhood event