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The Marienfried Apparitions: Bärbel Rueß and the Mediatrix of All Graces
April 25, 1946 · Marienfried, Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Landkreis Neu-Ulm, Bavarian Swabia
Germany
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 16 sources
19Thinly documented
The Man Who Melted: João Prestes Filho, Araçariguama, 1946
March 4, 1946 · Araçariguama, São Paulo state
Brazil
UAP · Other · 21 sources
16Thinly documented
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The Bronx Marian Apparitions: Joseph Vitolo Jr. and Our Lady of the Universe (1945)
October 29, 1945 · Vacant lot at 3191 Grand Concourse, between Villa Avenue and the Grand Concourse, Bedford Park, the Bronx, New York City
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 24 sources · 12 photos
38Partially documented
The Trinity UFO Crash Claim
August 16, 1945 · Padilla ranch, west of San Antonio, Socorro County, New Mexico (near Interstate 25 exit 139)
United States
UAP · Egg · 62 sources
21Thinly documented
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The Chandavila Apparitions: Our Lady of Sorrows at La Codosera
May 27, 1945 · Chandavila, La Codosera, Badajoz, Extremadura
Spain
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
22Thinly documented
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Our Lady of All Nations: the Amsterdam apparitions to Ida Peerdeman (1945 to 1959)
March 25, 1945 · Uiterwaardenstraat, Rivierenbuurt, Amsterdam-Zuid
Netherlands
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
23Thinly documented
The USAT Delarof Sphere, Aleutian Islands (1945)
c. 1945 · Open sea past Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
United States
UAP · Sphere · 12 sources
25Thinly documented
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The Borgvattnet Ghost Vicarage: Chaplain Erik Lindgren's Rocking Chair
1945 · The old vicarage (prästgård), Borgvattnet, Ragunda municipality, Jämtland
Sweden
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
19Thinly documented
Foo Fighters of World War II
November 1944 · Rhine valley north of Strasbourg, Alsace, with reports across the European and Pacific theatres
France
UAP · Orb / light · 76 sources
50Partially documented
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The Great Leighs Witch Stone Poltergeist (Scrapfaggot Green), 1944
October 1944 · Scrapfaggot Green, Great Leighs, Essex
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
18Thinly documented
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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon: the "Anesthetic Prowler" of 1944
September 1, 1944 · Mattoon, Coles County, Illinois
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
33Partially documented
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Thomas L. Rogers's rowboat sighting and the "Slimy Slim" wave, Payette Lake
c. 1944 · Payette Lake, McCall, Idaho
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
26Thinly documented
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The Peninsula Python, Cuyahoga Valley, Ohio, 1944
June 8, 1944 · Peninsula, Cuyahoga Valley, Summit County, Ohio
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
28Thinly documented
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Cooke's Jungli Admi footprints below the Singalila Ridge
June 1944 · Track just below the Singalila Ridge, near the Nepal border (Darjeeling / West Sikkim)
India
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources · 4 photos
34Partially documented
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The Ghiaie di Bonate apparitions: Adelaide Roncalli's visions of the "Queen of the Family" and the whirling sun over Bergamo
May 13, 1944 · Ghiaie (locality il Torchio), Bonate Sopra, province of Bergamo, Lombardy
Italy
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 24 sources · 10 photos
35Partially documented
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Don Eckelberry's Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Singer Tract, Louisiana (1944)
April 1944 · Singer Tract, Tensas River bottomland, Madison Parish, Louisiana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 41 sources
34Partially documented
The Bass Strait Beaufort pacing incident (T.R.H. "Ricky" Royal)
February 1944 · Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania
Australia
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)
United Kingdom
UAP · Unknown · 29 sources
23Thinly documented
Duane Hodgkinson's "Pterodactyl" Sighting near Finschhafen, New Guinea (1944)
1944 · Jungle trail west of Finschhafen, Huon Peninsula, Territory of New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
17Thinly documented
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Alexander Tewnion Fires Three Shots at the Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui
October 1943 · Summit cairn, Ben Macdui, Cairngorms, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
18Thinly documented

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