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UAP & Aliens, 1950s186 stories · page 2

Pro early
The Rene Gilham Light Beam Burn Case, Merom, Indiana
November 6, 1957 · Outskirts of Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 15 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The Danville State Trooper Chase and Radio Failure (1957)
November 6, 1957 · Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (north on Route 1, then west to Oakwood and south on Sugar Creek Road toward Fairmount)
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 12 sources
25Thinly documented
Reinhold Schmidt and the Kearney Incident
November 5, 1957 · Field near the Platte River, near Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 32 sources
28Thinly documented
USCGC Sebago radar-visual sighting, Gulf of Mexico
November 5, 1957 · Gulf of Mexico, about 200 miles south of the Mississippi delta
International waters
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
41Partially documented
Kirtland AFB control-tower sighting
November 4, 1957 · Kirtland Air Force Base control tower, Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 21 sources
49Partially documented
Fort Itaipu incident: the burned sentries
November 4, 1957 · Fortaleza de Itaipu, Ponta de Itaipu, Praia Grande, São Paulo
Brazil
UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources
18Thinly documented
James W. Stokes Car-Stop Encounter near Orogrande, New Mexico
November 4, 1957 · US Highway 54, about 8 to 10 miles south of Orogrande, Otero County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 21 sources
36Partially documented
Pro early
The Elmwood Park Police "Hide-and-Seek" Object
November 4, 1957 · Elmwood Park, Cook County, Illinois (chase ending near Elmwood Cemetery, River Grove)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
White Sands Proving Ground Army patrol sightings near Trinity Site (1957)
November 3, 1957 · Trinity Site bunkers, northern range of White Sands Proving Ground, near Stallion Site, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 16 sources
29Thinly documented
The Levelland UFO Case
November 2, 1957 · Levelland, Hockley County, Texas
United States
UAP · Egg · 56 sources
44Partially documented
The Silpho Moor Flying Saucer, Scarborough 1957
c. 1957 · Silpho Moor, near Reasty Bank and Broxa Forest, north-west of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources · 1 photos
40Partially documented
Cynthia Appleton and the Gharnasvarn Visitors (the "Space Baby" Case)
November 1957 · Fentham Road, Aston, Birmingham, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
21Thinly documented
The Antônio Villas Boas Abduction
October 15, 1957 · Villas Boas family farm near São Francisco de Sales, Minas Gerais
Brazil
UAP · Egg · 64 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Nawaca Fishermen Encounter (Nabouwalu, Fiji)
October 8, 1957 · Coastal waters between Nabouwalu and Nawaca, Bua Province, Vanua Levu
Fiji
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
19Thinly documented
Caso Lemos Ferreira: Portuguese Air Force F-84G formation encounter
September 4, 1957 · Night route between Ota and Spain, reported over Cáceres, Córdoba, Portalegre and Coruche
Portugal
UAP · Sphere · 17 sources
24Thinly documented
Ubatuba Magnesium Fragments (1957)
September 1957 · Praia das Toninhas, near Ubatuba, São Paulo state
Brazil
UAP · Disc / saucer · 29 sources
24Thinly documented
Fort Belvoir Black Ring Photographs (Condon Case 50)
September 1957 · Fort Belvoir U.S. Army facility, Virginia
United States
UAP · Other · 24 sources · 6 photos
45Partially documented
Pro early
The Lergravsviken "bicycle-bell" discs (the Åkerberg sighting), Gotland
August 5, 1957 · Lergravsviken, near Fårösund, Rute parish, Gotland
Sweden
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
20Thinly documented
RB-47 Radar and ELINT UFO Encounter
July 17, 1957 · Gulf Coast to Oklahoma City (Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma); first visual near Winnsboro, Louisiana
United States
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
57Partially documented
Marfa Lights, Mitchell Flat and Paisano Pass, Texas
July 1957 · Mitchell Flat, between Marfa and Paisano Pass, Presidio County, Texas
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 22 sources · 2 photos
35Partially documented

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