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The Green Fireballs over New Mexico
December 5, 1948 · Los Alamos, Sandia Base and Kirtland AFB (Albuquerque), northern and eastern New Mexico, and West Texas
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 61 sources
52Partially documented
Munich / Fürstenfeldbruck Radar-Visual Sighting
November 23, 1948 · Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, near Munich, Bavaria
Germany
UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources
42Partially documented
Rediscovery of the takahē, Murchison Mountains, Fiordland (1948)
November 20, 1948 · Takahē Valley and Lake Orbell, Murchison Mountains, Fiordland
New Zealand
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources · 5 photos
55Partially documented
The Fukuoka F-61 Black Widow Radar-Visual Intercept
October 15, 1948 · About 50 miles northwest of Fukuoka, off the northwest coast of Kyushu, over the Korea Strait
Japan
UAP · Cigar · 16 sources
46Partially documented
The Lipa apparitions and rose-petal showers at the Carmelite Monastery, Lipa (1948)
c. 1948 · Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Barrio Antipolo del Norte, Lipa, Batangas
Philippines
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources · 3 photos
57Partially documented
The Chiles-Whitted Encounter
July 24, 1948 · 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama (near Hayneville, Lowndes County)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 66 sources
41Partially documented
The St. Louis and Alton Giant Bird Flap (Thunderbird Sightings), 1948
April 1948 · Alton, Illinois, and greater St. Louis, Missouri, with a separate cluster around Caledonia and Freeport, northern Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
28Thinly documented
Platillos volantes sobre Asunción: Incident #119
February 20, 1948 · Barrio Obrero, Asunción, with reports from Areguá, Cordillera and the Paraguayan Chaco
Paraguay
UAP · Egg · 7 sources
19Thinly documented
The Clearwater Monster: Florida's Giant Penguin (Old Three-Toes)
February 1948 · Clearwater Beach, Pinellas County, Florida
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
27Thinly documented
Grace Line steamer Santa Clara strikes a "marine monster" off North Carolina, 1947
December 30, 1947 · Atlantic Ocean, about 118 miles east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina (34.34 N, 74.07 W)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
16Thinly documented
The L'Île-Bouchard apparitions: Our Lady of Prayer
December 8, 1947 · Church of Saint-Gilles, L'Île-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 22 sources
31Partially documented
The Rosa Mystica apparition in Montichiari Cathedral
December 8, 1947 · Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta, Montichiari, Province of Brescia, Lombardy
Italy
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
24Thinly documented
The Twining Memo: AMC Opinion Concerning 'Flying Discs'
September 23, 1947 · Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
28Thinly documented
Snake River Canyon Disc: The A.C. Urie Sighting
August 13, 1947 · Auger Falls Trout Farm, Snake River Canyon, near Twin Falls, Idaho
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
The Kerry Priests' Rocket-Like Object
c. 1947 · Killarney district, County Kerry
Ireland
UAP · Other · 9 sources
25Thinly documented
The Hamilton Field Escort Discs: Two Milky-White Objects Pace a P-80, 1947
July 29, 1947 · Hamilton Army Airfield, Novato, Marin County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
26Thinly documented
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
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
  • Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.· 2023· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 …A/C #21 - EJA810 Time: 2350z Altitude: FL400 flying west reported a balloon @ approx. FL470 traveling southbound.
  • U.S. Department of War· 144 pages· 108 pages mention it
    • p. 55 …Slip at times appeared single and at times gave appearance of 2 aircraft in vicinity 25. Summary of Incident: (over…
    • p. 58 …At that time Kunsman thought they were seagulls. Thought there were from 10 to 20. At no time did Kunsman…
  • FBI via The Black Vault· 2018-11· 56 pages· 7 pages mention it
    • p. 29 …Date/Time: Accepted By: Printed Name: Reason: Date/Time: Accepted By: Printed Name: Reason: Date/Time: Accepted By: Printed Name…
    • p. 33 …Date/Time: Accepted By: Printed Name: Reason: Date/Time: Accepted By: Printed Name: Reason: Date/Time: Accepted By: Printed Name…
  • U.S. Department of War· 209 pages· 141 pages mention it
    • p. 54 …Time 1200 noon first time later at 11:15 approximately 3. Location Portland, Oregon 4. Name of observer Richard Rankin…
    • p. 55 …At this time the objects reappeared going from North to South, although this time there were only seven of the…
  • Department of the Navy FOIA· 2023-01· 90 pages· 72 pages mention it
    • p. 44 …out of (b) (1) for (b) (1) Time: (b) (1) Altitude at approx. (b) (1) heading (b) (1) degress, (b…
    • p. 72 …Date (mm/dd/yy) Time of detection (hh:mm:ss Z) Day/Night Side No. Buno Mission Description (CAS, BFM…
  • U.S. Department of War· 253 pages· 165 pages mention it
    • p. 68 …Number of objects 10 first time 7 second time 9. Distance of object from observer Not stated 10. Time in…
    • p. 69 …At this time the objects reappeared going from North to South, although this time there were only seven of the…

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