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The Lipa apparitions and rose-petal showers at the Carmelite Monastery, Lipa (1948)
c. 1948 · Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Barrio Antipolo del Norte, Lipa, Batangas
Philippines
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources · 3 photos
57Partially documented
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The Macomb Mystery Fires at the Willey Farm
August 7, 1948 · Willey farm, near Macomb, McDonough County, Illinois
United States
Paranormal · Other · 15 sources · 1 photos
33Partially documented
The Chiles-Whitted Encounter
July 24, 1948 · 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama (near Hayneville, Lowndes County)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 66 sources
41Partially documented
The Beast of 'Busco: Oscar, the Giant Turtle of Fulk Lake
July 1948 · Fulk Lake, near Churubusco, Indiana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The St. Louis and Alton Giant Bird Flap (Thunderbird Sightings), 1948
April 1948 · Alton, Illinois, and greater St. Louis, Missouri, with a separate cluster around Caledonia and Freeport, northern Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
28Thinly documented
The Aztec Crashed Saucer Hoax
March 1948 · Hart Canyon mesa, about 12 miles northeast of Aztec, San Juan County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 74 sources
29Thinly documented
Pro early
Platillos volantes sobre Asunción: Incident #119
February 20, 1948 · Barrio Obrero, Asunción, with reports from Areguá, Cordillera and the Paraguayan Chaco
Paraguay
UAP · Egg · 7 sources
19Thinly documented
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The Clearwater Monster: Florida's Giant Penguin (Old Three-Toes)
February 1948 · Clearwater Beach, Pinellas County, Florida
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
27Thinly documented
The Mantell UFO Incident
January 7, 1948 · Godman Field, Fort Knox, to the Phillips farm near Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky
United States
UAP · Other · 100 sources · 1 photos
50Partially documented
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The Chehalis Birdman: Bernice Zaikowski's flying man
January 6, 1948 · Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
14Thinly documented
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The "Party of Nine" Morag Sighting on Loch Morar
1948 · Loch Morar, Lochaber, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
18Thinly documented
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Peter Byrne's First Yeti Footprint
1948 · Near the Zemu Glacier, northern Sikkim (disputed; other accounts place the find in Nepal)
India
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
26Thinly documented
The Santa Clara Sea Serpent: A Ship Strikes a Monster off North Carolina
December 30, 1947 · Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
15Thinly documented
Pro early
The L'Île-Bouchard apparitions: Our Lady of Prayer
December 8, 1947 · Church of Saint-Gilles, L'Île-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 22 sources
31Partially documented
Pro early
The Rosa Mystica apparition in Montichiari Cathedral
December 8, 1947 · Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta, Montichiari, Province of Brescia, Lombardy
Italy
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
24Thinly documented
The Twining Memo: AMC Opinion Concerning 'Flying Discs'
September 23, 1947 · Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
28Thinly documented
The Villa Santina Encounter: L. R. Johannis and the Red Disc of Raveo
August 14, 1947 · Chiarsò valley, lower slopes of Col Gentile, near Raveo and Villa Santina, Carnia, province of Udine, Friuli
Italy
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
13Thinly documented
Snake River Canyon Disc: The A.C. Urie Sighting
August 13, 1947 · Auger Falls Trout Farm, Snake River Canyon, near Twin Falls, Idaho
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The Kerry Priests' Rocket-Like Object
c. 1947 · Killarney district, County Kerry
Ireland
UAP · Other · 9 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Hamilton Field Escort Discs: Two Milky-White Objects Pace a P-80, 1947
July 29, 1947 · Hamilton Army Airfield, Novato, Marin County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
26Thinly documented

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