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Longview · WA, USA
My uncle and I were standing outside on a warm summer evening. We were talking about unions and looking up at the stars. It was about
Mississauga (Canada) · ON, Canada
A witness reported an unidentified object over Mississauga, Ontario at noon on August 15, 1957; few further details were recorded.
Exeter · NH, USA
UFO Incident Exeter Newhampshire 1957
Auburn · MA, USA
this all took place in 1956 or 57. i was 10 or 11 yrs old. it was a warm august night,about 9:30 pm. my friend an i were walking home f
Smith's Ferry · ID, USA
A witness near Smith's Ferry, Idaho reported a disk-shaped object passing within a few feet of a truck cab, an incident later attributed by the Air Force to a lost missile, in August 1957.
Huntington · IN, USA
A witness in Huntington, Indiana reported a massive, silent, triangular object hovering directly overhead at treetop level, blocking part of the night sky, for about an hour in August 1957.
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.
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
ON THE ABOVE DATE,MYSELF AND THREE OTHER BOYS HAD ENTERED THE BACK GATE OF THE CARLINS DRIVE INN THEATER TO SEE A MOVIE. WE HAD BEEN T
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