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UAP & Aliens, 1940s48 stories · page 3

The USAT Delarof Sphere, Aleutian Islands (1945)

c. 1945 · Open sea past Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

UAP · Sphere · 12 sources

25Thinly documented

Foo Fighters of World War II

November 1944 · Rhine valley north of Strasbourg, Alsace, with reports across the European and Pacific theatres

UAP · Orb / light · 76 sources

50Partially documented

The Bass Strait Beaufort pacing incident (T.R.H. "Ricky" Royal)

February 1944 · Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania

UAP · Unknown · 12 sources

16Thinly documented

Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter

c. 1944 · Near or over the English coastline (reportedly the east coast of England)

UAP · Unknown · 29 sources

23Thinly documented

Welles Bridge Falling Object Sighting, 1942

c. 1942 · Welles Bridge, Route 17 between Horseheads and Big Flats, Chemung County, New York

UAP · Other · 9 sources

19Thinly documented

The Tulagi Formation: Sgt. Stephen J. Brickner's 150 Silver Objects

August 12, 1942 · Tulagi Island, Florida Islands, southern Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands

UAP · Formation · 20 sources

22Thinly documented

Battle of Los Angeles

February 25, 1942 · Los Angeles coast, Santa Monica to Long Beach, California

UAP · Other · 59 sources · 3 photos

72Well documented

The Cape Girardeau Crash Before Roswell (Rev. William Huffman)

c. 1941 · Field west of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, toward Chaffee, Missouri

UAP · Being / humanoid · 36 sources

17Thinly documented

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