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The Sabana Grande apparitions: the Virgen del Pozo of Barrio Rincón, Puerto Rico, 1953
April 23, 1953 · Spring by the Escuela Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Barrio Rincón, Sabana Grande
Puerto Rico
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
32Partially documented
The Tujunga Canyon Contacts
March 22, 1953 · Big Tujunga Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, north of Los Angeles, California
United States
UAP · Other · 23 sources
18Thinly documented
F-94 and Ground Radar Sighting at Nemuro, Hokkaido, 1953
February 7, 1953 · Nemuro AF Detachment, Nemuro, Hokkaido (also listed as "Korean area" and "Okinawa")
Japan
UAP · Unknown · 12 sources
40Partially documented
The Roman Soldiers in the Cellar of Treasurer's House, York (Harry Martindale, 1953)
February 1953 · Cellar of Treasurer's House, Minster Yard, York, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 17 sources
16Thinly documented
The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review
January 14, 1953 · Washington, D.C. (exact building unresolved; CIA headquarters and the Pentagon both claimed)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources · 1 photos
46Partially documented
The Tulli Papyrus: the "circles of fire" of Thutmose III
1953 · Vatican Museums, Vatican City (where the claim originated; the text names no place)
Vatican City
UAP · Other · 13 sources
16Thinly documented
Beachy Head radar 'blip' over the English Channel (1953)
1953 · RAF Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex
United Kingdom
UAP · Unknown · 12 sources
24Thinly documented
Johnnie, the St. Johns River Monster: Buck Dillard's Lake Dexter sighting, 1953
1953 · Lake Dexter, St. Johns River, near Astor, Florida
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
15Thinly documented
The F-94 Interceptor Encounter near Hanford (Odessa Case)
December 10, 1952 · Odessa, Washington (popularly placed near the Hanford plant)
United States
UAP · Sphere · 20 sources
49Partially documented
B-29 radar-visual encounter over the Gulf of Mexico (Karas, Naumann / "Harter and Coleman")
December 6, 1952 · Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast, about 190 miles from Galveston, Texas
United States
UAP · Other · 23 sources
47Partially documented
The Ardachie Lodge Haunting, Fort Augustus
December 1952 · Ardachie Lodge, near Fort Augustus, Loch Ness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
21Thinly documented
George Adamski's Desert Center Contact
November 20, 1952 · Colorado Desert, about 10 miles from Desert Center on the road toward Parker, Arizona, Riverside County, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 46 sources
39Partially documented
Napier / Sugarloaf Hill bright light reported to police (1952)
October 30, 1952 · Sugarloaf Hill (Sugar Loaf / Pukekura), Taradale, near Napier, Hawke's Bay
New Zealand
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
27Thinly documented
The Marignane Airport Landing (Gabriel Gachignard)
October 27, 1952 · Marignane airport (now Marseille Provence Airport), Bouches-du-Rhône
France
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
14Thinly documented
The Akureyri Spheres
October 26, 1952 · Akureyri, Eyjafjörður, northern Iceland
Iceland
UAP · Sphere · 17 sources
25Thinly documented
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 · 68 sources
46Partially 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

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