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Long Beach · CA, USA
A witness in Long Beach, California reported a cylinder-shaped object flying overhead toward the west around 1965, visible for about five seconds.
Fries · VA, USA
A witness in Fries, Virginia described a silent, heavy-looking metallic, cylindrical object moving slowly against the wind on a sunny March morning in 1964, lasting about 30 minutes.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Front Porch
Normandy Park · WA, USA
Witnesses in Normandy Park, Washington described pencil-like cylindrical objects flying over the water in March 1963, in a sighting that lasted about five minutes.
Lindsay · OK, USA
In 1962, a witness in Lindsay, Oklahoma, reported a cylindrical object accompanied by a white beam of light, an event that reportedly lasted several hours.
Sunrise Beach · MO, USA
Lake Ozark UFO sighting 1960's
Acoma · NM, USA
On this date my Mother and cousin and I were traveling west on the interstate40 ,between albuquerque and the lava fields outside acoma.
Shelton · CT, USA
Shaped somewhat like a bus, army green in color, no wings, no engines, completely silent, no ID markings, had windows but no lights on
Allentown · PA, USA
Historical color video of major USA event shows presence of UFO
Chadd's Ford · PA, USA
Fast moving, silent cylinder.
Orange · CT, USA
In 1959, a witness in Orange, Connecticut, reported sighting a cylindrical craft and what appeared to be its descent toward the ground, over about an hour.
Baden · PA, USA
In 1959, a witness in Baden, Pennsylvania, reported an orangish, saucer-shaped object with a black rotating center, observed in the sky for about fifteen minutes.
Silverdale · WA, USA
In 1958, a witness in Silverdale, Washington, reported a cylindrical object hovering above their house with multicolored blinking lights for eight to nine hours.
Teaneck · NJ, USA
A witness in Teaneck, New Jersey reported a cylindrical object followed by a disc-shaped object in the sky, observed for about two minutes in the fall of 1957.
Walled Lake · MI, USA
A witness near Walled Lake, Michigan reported a glowing, cylindrical object that suddenly vanished in a flash, during a sighting lasting about 30 minutes in June 1957.
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.
Springfield (rural area near) · IL, USA
This happened many years ago when I was a child. Object, 3' long, crystal type cylinder, pinkish color came in fast from the East and
Nashville · TN, USA
cylindrical object "examining" trees
Camp McCoy (enroute to) · WI, USA
1951-2 winter sighting
Pittsburgh (110 mi. E of) · PA, USA
A senior corporate pilot and company officers reported seeing an unusual, cylindrical object from the cockpit of a DC-3 about 110 miles east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in May 1952.
San Marcos · TX, USA
This event took place in early fall around 1949-50. It occurred after a Boy Scout meeting in the Baptist Church. The Baptist Church sit
Wilmington · DE, USA
I was ascending a external staircase from our basement. Suddenly above me in the evening dark sky a very large, wide cylinder appeared
Clintwood · VA, USA
In July 1947 my Dad and I were working in our corn field in Clintwood Virginia (Dickerson County). Around 3PM we looked up up see a cyl
Morehouse · MO, USA
A witness in Morehouse, Missouri reported objects resembling windowless, wingless, tailless airplanes, observed over several hours in July 1947.