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Little Rissington UFO Incident
October 21, 1952 · RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources
46Partially documented
The Angel Hair Sightings at Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Gaillac
October 17, 1952 · Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), and Gaillac, Tarn
France
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
28Thinly documented
The RAF Topcliffe "Perfect Flying Saucer" During Exercise Mainbrace
September 19, 1952 · RAF Topcliffe, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire (approach to RAF Dishforth)
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
33Partially documented
The Flatwoods Monster
September 12, 1952 · G. Bailey Fisher farm, Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 51 sources
43Partially documented
The Flatwoods Monster (Braxton County Monster)
September 12, 1952 · Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 24 sources
36Partially documented
Yaak Air Force Station radar-visual sightings
September 1, 1952 · Yaak Air Force Station, Hensley Hill, Lincoln County, Montana
United States
UAP · Cigar · 12 sources
40Partially documented
William Squyres and the Propeller-Rimmed Disc, Pittsburg, Kansas
August 25, 1952 · Yale road, about 200 yards north of US Highway 160, northeast of Frontenac, near Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 9 sources
24Thinly documented
The Florida Scoutmaster Case: Sonny DesVergers and the Palmetto Scrub Encounter
August 19, 1952 · Military Trail, inland from West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
36Partially documented
Haneda AFB radar-visual sighting and F-94 intercept
August 5, 1952 · Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo (now Tokyo International Airport), Japan
Japan
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
61Well documented
Bellefontaine Radar-Visual and Gun-Camera Intercept
August 1, 1952 · Bellefontaine Air Force Station (Campbell Hill) and the Dayton area, Ohio
United States
UAP · Sphere · 19 sources
54Partially documented
The Runcorn Poltergeist ("The Runcorn Thing"), 1 Byron Street, Runcorn, 1952
August 1952 · No. 1 Byron Street, Runcorn, Cheshire (now Borough of Halton)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 19 sources
25Thinly documented
The Passaic UFO Photographs (George J. Stock)
July 31, 1952 · 221 Brooks Avenue, Passaic, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources · 2 photos
37Partially documented
Pottstown F-94 Starfire Encounter
July 23, 1952 · Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
United States
UAP · Other · 15 sources
26Thinly documented
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Flap
July 19, 1952 · Washington National Airport and Andrews AFB, Washington, D.C. area
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 97 sources
61Well documented
Salem Coast Guard Air Station UFO Photograph
July 16, 1952 · U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Salem, Winter Island, Salem, Massachusetts
United States
UAP · Formation · 22 sources · 3 photos
41Partially documented
Paul R. Hill's Hampton Roads sighting
July 16, 1952 · Hampton waterfront, looking south over Hampton Roads, Virginia
United States
UAP · Sphere · 20 sources
26Thinly documented
The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay
July 14, 1952 · Over Chesapeake Bay, near Newport News, Virginia
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 23 sources
25Thinly documented
The Asni and Oukaïmeden Sighting and the Moroccan Saucer Cluster of July 1952
July 13, 1952 · Oukaïmeden ski station and the Sanglier qui fume inn near Asni, High Atlas, south of Marrakech
Morocco
UAP · Sphere · 15 sources
37Partially documented
The Dakar Flaming Saucer
July 3, 1952 · Dakar, French West Africa
Senegal
UAP · Other · 12 sources
12Thinly documented
The Tremonton UFO Film (The Newhouse Film)
July 2, 1952 · U.S. Highway 30S, about 7 miles from Tremonton, Box Elder County, Utah
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 50 sources · 6 photos
47Partially documented

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