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Starke · FL, USA
UFO OVER JACKSONVILLE
Four States · WV, USA
In 1959, a witness in the Four States area of northern West Virginia reported mysterious red spherical lights in the sky, visible for about ten minutes.
Miami · FL, USA
In 1959, a witness in Miami, Florida, described a childhood encounter with a spherical, faceted object that reportedly landed in their backyard for 30 to 45 minutes.
Hobbs · NM, USA
In 1959, a witness in Hobbs, New Mexico, reported a bright triad of moving dots of light in the sky, visible for about two minutes before fading from view.
Palmer Park · MD, USA
In 1958, a witness in Palmer Park, Maryland, reported a white spherical light zigzagging across the sky at extreme speed while leaving a glowing trail, for 15 to 20 minutes.
North Hollywood · CA, USA
I was four years old. i would visit at my grandmothers house. she lived in north hollywood . i was playing in the front yard when a bal
Wantaugh · NY, USA
A witness in Wantagh, New York reported an illuminated, sphere-shaped object with protruding rods moving silently east to west at about 40 feet altitude, for about five minutes in January 1958.
Graham · TX, USA
Three shiny spheres over Graham Texas
Talcott · WV, USA
A sphere that looked like a white light came across the horizon from West to East, an Air Force Jet followed about 3-4 sec later.
Russellville · AR, USA
A witness reported a huge orange, sphere-shaped object floating over Russellville, Arkansas for about ten minutes in the late 1950s.
Jena · LA, USA
A driver near Jena, Louisiana reported sphere-shaped objects to the southeast while driving; multiple other cars stopped to observe, over about 15 minutes in March 1957.
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.
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
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.
Hampton · MN, USA
A commuter near Hampton, Minnesota reported encountering a sphere-shaped object during an ice storm while driving home from work, for a few minutes in March 1956.
Stoneville · NC, USA
A witness in Stoneville, North Carolina reported a glowing sphere of light, compared in size to a baseball held at arm's length, seen for about one minute in 1955.
Bowleys Quarters · MD, USA
A witness in Bowleys Quarters, Maryland reported multiple sphere-shaped objects holding stationary formation, then departing one by one at extreme speed, over three to four minutes in August 1953.
Fort Worth · TX, USA
Witnesses near Fort Worth, Texas reported a silvery, sphere-like object reportedly chased by jets from Carswell Air Force Base for about five minutes in the early 1950s.
Cambridge · MA, USA
A witness in Cambridge, Massachusetts reported two red-orange lights skirting Boston rooftops in opposite directions before passing over a dormitory together, for about three minutes, April 1953.
Detroit · MI, USA
A witness in Detroit, Michigan reported a sphere-shaped object that remained stationary in the sky for about five minutes before accelerating out of sight in seconds, in July 1952.
Tacoma · WA, USA
Witnesses reported six sphere-shaped objects, described as roughly the size of a 747, flying in formation over a military base near Tacoma, Washington in July 1952.
Tacoma · WA, USA
Six sphere-shaped objects were reported flying in formation close to an Air Force base near Tacoma, Washington, observed for about 30 seconds on July 25, 1952.
Manville · RI, USA
A witness in Manville, Rhode Island reported a group of lights moving across the sky during daylight hours, observed for about 10 seconds in July 1952.
Green River · WY, USA
A witness near Green River, Wyoming reported a glowing, white, sphere-shaped craft, estimated at 50 to 100 feet across, crossing a mountain range over five to seven minutes in July 1951.