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Every story, 1950s245 stories · page 8

Port Swettenham "Flying Cigar" Sightings
March 12, 1954 · Port Swettenham harbour (now Port Klang), Klang, Selangor, Federation of Malaya; second sighting also over Cheras
Malaysia
UAP · Cigar · 16 sources
24Thinly documented
Eisenhower's Missing Night: The Alleged Alien Meeting at Muroc (Edwards AFB)
February 20, 1954 · Edwards (Muroc) Air Force Base, Kern County, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 29 sources
15Thinly documented
Cedric Allingham's Flying Saucer from Mars, Lossiemouth, 1954
February 18, 1954 · Near Lossiemouth, Moray, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources
9Thinly documented
The Coniston Saucer Photograph (Stephen Darbishire)
February 15, 1954 · Little Arrow Farm, Torver, below Coniston Old Man, Lake District (then Lancashire, now Cumbria)
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources · 2 photos
14Thinly documented
The Gawler "pure white saucer" and the RAAF jet
c. 1954 · Gawler, South Australia
Australia
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
The Beast of Bladenboro: the "vampire" dog killings and mass hunts
December 29, 1953 · Bladenboro, Bladen County, North Carolina
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources · 1 photos
31Partially documented
The Skåne Disc: Transair Captain Ulf Christiernsson's Sighting
December 17, 1953 · Airborne near Hässleholm, Skåne, on the Malmö-Bulltofta to Stockholm-Bromma route
Sweden
UAP · Disc / saucer · 13 sources
27Thinly documented
The Lockheed Sighting: Kelly Johnson and the WV-2 Crew
December 16, 1953 · Lindero Ranch near Agoura and the Santa Barbara Channel, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources
27Thinly documented
The Kinross Incident: The Disappearance of Lt. Felix Moncla and Lt. Robert Wilson
November 23, 1953 · Lake Superior, about 70 miles off Keweenaw Point, Michigan (last known position 48°00'N 86°49'W)
Canada
UAP · Unknown · 46 sources
42Partially documented
RAF West Malling Vampire Sighting
November 3, 1953 · RAF West Malling, Kent, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Sphere · 17 sources
47Partially documented
The BEA "Two Saucers Rim-to-Rim" Sighting over the English Channel
October 9, 1953 · English Channel, on the London Airport (Heathrow) to Paris Orly route
International waters
UAP · Disc / saucer · 6 sources
24Thinly documented
The Weeping Madonna of Syracuse (Madonna delle Lacrime)
August 29, 1953 · Via degli Orti di San Giorgio 11, Syracuse, Sicily
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 27 sources · 5 photos
71Well documented
George Van Tassel, Solganda and the Integratron (Giant Rock, 1953)
August 24, 1953 · Giant Rock Airport, near Landers, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
24Thinly documented
The Drury Film: A Silver Dart over Port Moresby
August 23, 1953 · Port Moresby, Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
UAP · Cylinder · 17 sources · 1 photos
34Partially documented
Salvador Villanueva Medina and the Trip to Venus
c. 1953 · Near Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí, on the Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo highway
Mexico
UAP · Being / humanoid · 24 sources
23Thinly documented
Ellsworth AFB Radar-Visual Case and F-84 Pursuit, South Dakota, 1953
August 5, 1953 · Black Hawk Ground Observer Corps post and Ellsworth Air Force Base, near Rapid City, South Dakota
United States
UAP · Other · 24 sources
60Well documented
The Lake Vorota Monster: Viktor Tverdokhlebov and the Labynkyr Devil (1953)
July 30, 1953 · Lake Vorota, Sordonnokh Plateau, Oymyakon district, Sakha (Yakutia)
Russia
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources
23Thinly documented
The Martian Monkey Hoax on the Bankhead Highway
July 8, 1953 · Bankhead Highway (now Veterans Memorial Highway, US 78), Leland area of Mableton, Cobb County, Georgia
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 27 sources · 3 photos
36Partially documented
The Villares del Saz Landing (Máximo Muñoz Hernaiz), 1953
July 1, 1953 · Field near Villares del Saz, Cuenca province, Castilla-La Mancha
Spain
UAP · Being / humanoid · 14 sources
30Partially documented
Albert K. Bender and the original Men in Black (Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1953)
c. 1953 · 784 Broad Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 56 sources
25Thinly documented

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