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Two flat silvery discs over Tucson seen by M/Sgt. Troy Putnam (Blue Book Incident 337)
May 9, 1949 · Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
29Thinly documented
The Charles B. Moore Theodolite Sighting, Arrey, New Mexico
April 24, 1949 · Launch site about 3 miles north of Arrey, Sierra County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 26 sources
35Partially documented
The Camp Hood "Balls of Fire": Lights Over the Killeen Base Atomic Bomb Site
March 1949 · Killeen Base (Site Baker), beside Camp Hood, Bell County, Texas
United States
UAP · Formation · 23 sources
33Partially documented
The "Two Pullman Cars" Object of Cortez Road: Captain Sames of Eglin AFB
January 27, 1949 · Cortez Road between Bradenton and Cortez, Manatee County, Florida
United States
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
The Jackson "Megaphone" Object: Pilot Thomas A. Rush and Blue Book Incident 233 (1949)
January 1, 1949 · In the air east of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on approach to North Jackson Airpark
United States
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
30Partially documented
Louis Staub's Phantom Kangaroo, Grove City, Ohio (1949)
January 1949 · Highway about 2 miles south of Grove City, Franklin County, Ohio
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
14Thinly 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 Gorman Dogfight
October 1, 1948 · Hector Airport, Fargo, North Dakota
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 58 sources
47Partially 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 Beast of 'Busco: Oscar, the Giant Turtle of Fulk Lake
July 1948 · Fulk Lake, near Churubusco, Indiana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 29 sources
23Thinly 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
The Illinois and Missouri Giant Bird Wave of 1948
April 1948 · Alton, Belvidere, Caledonia and Freeport, Illinois, and the St. Louis area, Missouri
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
33Partially 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
The Mantell UFO Incident
January 7, 1948 · Godman Field, Fort Knox, to the Phillips farm near Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky
United States
UAP · Other · 100 sources · 1 photos
50Partially documented
The Chehalis Birdman: Bernice Zaikowski's flying man
January 6, 1948 · Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
14Thinly documented
The "Party of Nine" Morag Sighting on Loch Morar
1948 · Loch Morar, Lochaber, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
18Thinly documented
Peter Byrne's First Yeti Footprint
1948 · Near the Zemu Glacier, northern Sikkim (disputed; other accounts place the find in Nepal)
India
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
26Thinly documented
The Santa Clara Sea Serpent: A Ship Strikes a Monster off North Carolina
December 30, 1947 · Atlantic Ocean, off Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
15Thinly 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

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Documents945 · see all

  • 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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Videos351 · see all

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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