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The José Higgins Encounter at Goio-Bang, Paraná
July 23, 1947 · Colônia Goio-Bang, northwest of Pitanga (today Luiziana), Paraná
Brazil
UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
16Thinly documented
Twin Falls saucer hoax
July 11, 1947 · T. H. Thompson residence, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources · 1 photos
28Thinly documented
Harmon Field Disc and Cloud Hole Photographs
July 10, 1947 · Harmon Field, Stephenville, Newfoundland
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources
32Partially documented
Roswell Incident
July 8, 1947 · Foster ranch, about 30 miles south of Corona, New Mexico (announced from Roswell Army Air Field)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 80 sources · 6 photos
64Well documented
Muroc Army Air Field disc sightings
July 8, 1947 · Muroc Army Air Field and Rogers Dry Lake, Kern County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources
40Partially documented
Rhodes UFO photographs ("shoe-heel" photos), Phoenix, Arizona, 1947
July 7, 1947 · Phoenix, Arizona
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources · 1 photos
41Partially documented
United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho
July 4, 1947 · Over Emmett, Idaho, northwest of Boise
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The Caherciveen "Doughnut" Disc
c. 1947 · Caherciveen, Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry
Ireland
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
23Thinly documented
The Kenneth Arnold Sighting
June 24, 1947 · Near Mount Rainier and Mineral, Washington
United States
UAP · Other · 67 sources
35Partially documented
The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave
c. 1947 · United States (nationwide, heaviest in the Pacific states: California, Washington and Oregon)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 31 sources
55Partially documented
The Maury Island Incident
June 21, 1947 · East Passage of Puget Sound, off Maury Island, King County, Washington
United States
UAP · Other · 77 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
The Malta fishermen's "submarine" with little men on deck
c. 1947 · At sea, 20 miles south of Malta, central Mediterranean
Malta
UAP · Being / humanoid · 10 sources
11Thinly documented
Pro early
The Lichtenmoor Strangler (Würger vom Lichtenmoor)
c. 1947 · Lichtenmoor and the Schotenheide near Ahlden (Aller), Lower Saxony
Germany
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
32Partially documented
Pro early
The Lariosauro of Lake Como: two hunters fire on a crested creature at Pian di Spagna
c. 1946 · Pian di Spagna, near Colico, northern tip of Lake Como, Lombardy
Italy
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
The Mäkkylä Ghost: the Heinonen poltergeist of Espoo, 1946
October 10, 1946 · Mäkkylä, Espoo (cottage next to the Mäkkylä railway halt, present-day Fonseenintie)
Finland
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources
28Thinly documented
Pro early
The Anchor Point "lizard-like monster": a beached carcass hailed as a dinosaur and identified as a killer whale (1946)
October 1946 · Anchor Point, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska (near Homer and Kachemak Bay)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 7 sources · 1 photos
31Partially documented
Pro early
The Bête du Cézallier, the post-war beast of Auvergne
September 1946 · Cézallier and Sancy massifs, around Saint-Alyre-ès-Montagne, Auvergne
France
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
34Partially documented
The Ghost Rockets (Spökraketer), Scandinavia, 1946
July 19, 1946 · Lake Kölmjärv, Överkalix, Norrbotten, Sweden (wave across Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark)
Sweden
UAP · Cigar · 54 sources · 3 photos
86Well documented
The Ängelholm Landing (Gösta Carlsson)
May 18, 1946 · Clearing in Kronoskogen, south of Ängelholm, Skåne
Sweden
UAP · Disc / saucer · 41 sources
26Thinly documented
Pro early
The Valais Monster and the Eischoll Wolf
April 26, 1946 · Central and Upper Valais, from Finges (Pfynwald) to Eischoll, Switzerland
Switzerland
Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources
38Partially documented

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