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The Silpho Moor Flying Saucer, Scarborough 1957
c. 1957 · Silpho Moor, near Reasty Bank and Broxa Forest, north-west of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources · 1 photos
40Partially documented
The Nawaca Fishermen Encounter (Nabouwalu, Fiji)
October 8, 1957 · Coastal waters between Nabouwalu and Nawaca, Bua Province, Vanua Levu
Fiji
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
19Thinly documented
Caso Lemos Ferreira: Portuguese Air Force F-84G formation encounter
September 4, 1957 · Night route between Ota and Spain, reported over Cáceres, Córdoba, Portalegre and Coruche
Portugal
UAP · Sphere · 17 sources
24Thinly documented
Ubatuba Magnesium Fragments (1957)
September 1957 · Praia das Toninhas, near Ubatuba, São Paulo state
Brazil
UAP · Disc / saucer · 29 sources
24Thinly documented
Fort Belvoir Black Ring Photographs (Condon Case 50)
September 1957 · Fort Belvoir U.S. Army facility, Virginia
United States
UAP · Other · 24 sources · 6 photos
45Partially documented
The Lergravsviken "bicycle-bell" discs (the Åkerberg sighting), Gotland
August 5, 1957 · Lergravsviken, near Fårösund, Rute parish, Gotland
Sweden
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
20Thinly documented
A. G. Pronin's Snowman on the Fedchenko Glacier, Pamirs (1957)
August 1957 · Balyandkiik River valley, Fedchenko Glacier, Pamir Mountains, Gorno-Badakhshan
Tajikistan
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
28Thinly documented
RB-47 Radar and ELINT UFO Encounter
July 17, 1957 · Gulf Coast to Oklahoma City (Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma); first visual near Winnsboro, Louisiana
United States
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
57Partially documented
Marfa Lights, Mitchell Flat and Paisano Pass, Texas
July 1957 · Mitchell Flat, between Marfa and Paisano Pass, Presidio County, Texas
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 22 sources · 2 photos
35Partially documented
Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations
May 2, 1957 · Askania Site #4, Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources
38Partially documented
The Dover Strait Radar Object and the Javelin Scramble
April 29, 1957 · St Margaret's Bay, Kent, and the English Channel (tracks over Somerset and out past Land's End)
United Kingdom
UAP · Unknown · 9 sources
40Partially documented
West Freugh Radar Incident
April 4, 1957 · RAF West Freugh and the Luce Bay bombing range, Wigtownshire, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
48Partially documented
The Wardle Flying Saucer ("The Thing")
February 15, 1957 · Wardle, near Rochdale, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), England
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 16 sources
25Thinly documented
Ponik: the 1957 sightings at Lac Pohénégamook and Father J.-Léopold Plante's "overturned canoe"
1957 · Lac Pohénégamook, Saint-Éleuthère (now Pohénégamook), Témiscouata, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
21Thinly documented
The Kongamato Attack at Fort Rosebery, Bangweulu Swamps, 1957
1957 · Bangweulu Swamps, near Fort Rosebery (now Mansa), Northern Rhodesia
Zambia
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
0Thinly documented
Guam F-86D Intercept: 1st Lt. Ted Brunson and Blue Book Unknown 4577
December 31, 1956 · Over and near Agana (Hagåtña), Guam, Mariana Islands
Guam
UAP · Orb / light · 12 sources
23Thinly documented
Capital Airlines Flight 77: the skeptic captain and the blue-white light (1956)
November 14, 1956 · Southeast of Jackson, Alabama, on the approach to Mobile
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 18 sources
26Thinly documented
The Cleethorpes "Glass Globe" Tracked from RAF Manby
September 22, 1956 · Cleethorpes promenade and the Lincolnshire coast, observed from RAF Manby near Louth
United Kingdom
UAP · Sphere · 10 sources
40Partially documented
R. J. Childerhose's disc photograph from an RCAF Sabre, Alberta, 1956
August 27, 1956 · Foothills of the Canadian Rockies near Fort Macleod, Alberta
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 16 sources · 1 photos
27Thinly documented
Orly Airport Radar and Air France DC-3 Sighting
February 17, 1956 · Orly Airport, Paris
France
UAP · Unknown · 22 sources
45Partially documented

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  • Project Blue Book Special Report (second copy) Report
    Internet Archive· 309 pages· 96 pages mention it
    • p. 105 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948 132 Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups…
    • p. 107 …Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting, 1948 154 Table A84. Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting…
  • Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects Analysis
    United States Air Force, Air Technical Intelligence Center· 1955-05-05· 309 pages· 96 pages mention it
    • p. 105 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948 132 Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups…
    • p. 107 …Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting, 1948 154 Table A84. Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting…
  • (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects) FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 2005-07-12· 312 pages· 140 pages mention it
    • p. 107 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948. 132 Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups…
    • p. 108 …Evaluation of All Sightings for 1952 by Sighting Reliability Groups, Civilian Observers 139 Table A60. Reported Colors of Objects Sighted…
  • CIA-UAP-015, Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects) Case file
    Central Intelligence Agency· 312 pages· 95 pages mention it
    • p. 107 …Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1948 . Table A35. Evaluation of Unit Sightings by Sighting Reliability Groups, 1949…
    • p. 109 …Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting, 1948 Table A84. Evaluation of All Sightings by Duration of Sighting, 1949…
  • Office of the Secretary of Defense: 25_Sky_View_Final_Draft Official release
    Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.· 2023· 16 pages· 14 pages mention it
    • p. 5 …A timeline of reported sightings for the study period is provided in Figure 1, with a marked peak in sightings…
    • p. 10 …increasing sightings); values below 1 indicate a negative relationship (decreasing sightings). For example, the coefficient for Mean Light Pollution is…
  • Fact Sheet Air Force UFO Report FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 2001-04-30· 5 pages· 5 pages mention it
    • p. 1 # NEWS RELEASE PLEASE NOTE DATE IMMEDIATE RELEASE ## FACT SHEET AIR FORCE UFO REPORT A total of 173 sightings of unidentified…
    • p. 4 …first, there is no evidence that unidentified sightings were inimical or hostile; second, there is no evidence that unidentified sightings…

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Released footageFBI-UAP-PR0042025
“Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2025
PURSUE release
Released recordingNASA-UAP-D003A1965-12-05
Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965
PURSUE release
Released footageDOW-UAP-PR0752021
"09JUN2021 [Platform] observed UAP in the ECS"
PURSUE release
Released recordingDOW-UAP-PR1601952-03-26
Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952
PURSUE release
Video1566
1561 Sky Battle: The Best of History's UFO Sightings, Ep 121
From The 1566 Celestial Phenomenon over Basel (the Basel Broadsheet)
Video1869
Bigfoot Sightings in Western New York: Steuben County
From The Wild Man of Woodhull: 200 Men Hunt a Shrieking Figure Through the Steuben County Woods
Video1871
The North Queensland Striped Tiger Cat or Marsupial Tiger sightings in the early 1900s
From The Sheridan Boy and the Striped Queensland Tiger, Cardwell (1871)
Video1896
'Mystery Airship' Sightings, 1896-1897
From Mystery Airship Wave of 1896 and 1897

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