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Capital Airlines Flight 610 and the lighted object near Andrews AFB (Blue Book Case 1011)
November 18, 1951 · Near Andrews Air Force Base, Prince George's County, Maryland
United States
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
27Thinly documented
The Bethune Encounter: US Navy Flight 125 off Newfoundland
February 10, 1951 · North Atlantic, about 200 miles northeast of Argentia, Newfoundland (the 'Gander' case)
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
33Partially documented
The Sioux City Mystery Plane
January 20, 1951 · Sioux City municipal airport (now Sioux Gateway Airport), Sioux City, Iowa
United States
UAP · Other · 18 sources
38Partially documented
The Mariana UFO Film
August 15, 1950 · Legion Park, Great Falls, Montana
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 63 sources · 3 photos
55Partially documented
The RAF Tangmere Meteor Flying Saucer and the Wartling Radar Return
June 1, 1950 · Portsmouth area, Hampshire (pilot from RAF Tangmere, radar at RAF Wartling)
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources
42Partially documented
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TWA Flight 117 "red wheel" sighting, Goshen, Indiana
April 27, 1950 · Over Goshen toward South Bend, Indiana
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources
27Thinly documented
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Chicago & Southern Airlines DC-3 porthole disc, Hazen, Arkansas
March 20, 1950 · Near Hazen, Prairie County, Arkansas, about 40 miles east of Little Rock, north of Stuttgart
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources
20Thinly documented
Radar-Visual Sighting Over Dayton and Wright-Patterson AFB (ATIC)
March 8, 1950 · Dayton Municipal Airport, Vandalia, and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
United States
UAP · Sphere · 12 sources
50Partially documented
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Kodiak Naval Radar-Visual Encounters: P2V-3 Patrol Plane and USS Tillamook
January 22, 1950 · Naval Air Station Kodiak, Kodiak, Alaska
United States
UAP · Other · 18 sources
51Partially documented
Clyde Tombaugh sighting, Las Cruces
August 20, 1949 · Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Formation · 19 sources
22Thinly 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 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
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 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
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The Kerry Priests' Rocket-Like Object
c. 1947 · Killarney district, County Kerry
Ireland
UAP · Other · 9 sources
25Thinly documented
Harmon Field Disc and Cloud Hole Photographs
July 10, 1947 · Harmon Field, Stephenville, Newfoundland
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources
32Partially documented
The Kenneth Arnold Sighting
June 24, 1947 · Near Mount Rainier and Mineral, Washington
United States
UAP · Other · 67 sources
35Partially documented
The Ghost Rockets (Spökraketer), Scandinavia, 1946
July 19, 1946 · Lake Kölmjärv, Överkalix, Norrbotten, Sweden (wave across Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark)
Sweden
UAP · Cigar · 54 sources · 3 photos
86Well documented
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Welles Bridge Falling Object Sighting, 1942
c. 1942 · Welles Bridge, Route 17 between Horseheads and Big Flats, Chemung County, New York
United States
UAP · Other · 9 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Chico Stone Falls: Rocks from a Cloudless Sky (1921-1922)
c. 1921 · J. W. Charge's grain warehouses beside the Southern Pacific tracks, near the depot at Fifth and Orange streets, Chico, Butte County, California
United States
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
33Partially documented

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Documents207 · see all

  • Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-03-02· 8 pages· 4 pages mention it
    • p. 6 …The first reports came from north Jutland where the meteor was seen moving in a southwesterly direction at a very…
    • p. 7 IARGE METEOR EXPLODES -- Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter, 10 Jan 54 A large ball of fire which was seen over large parts…
  • Project Blue Book sighting list Document
    NICAP· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 …Lewisdale, Maryland ## OBSERVER Not Reported Civilian ## Kinnecom Abnormal Refraction ## EVALUATION A/C Other (Psychological) Astro (METEOR) A/C Astro (METEOR…
  • Blue Book cases, June to December 1947 Document
    NICAP· 3 pages· 3 pages mention it
    • p. 2 …Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Insufficient Data S)Other (Hoax) Balloon S)Other (Hoax) Insufficient Data ) Balloon (Radiosonde) ) Balloon (Radiosonde) Astro (Meteor…
    • p. 3 …Placerville, California Astro (Meteor) 135 15-20 Weaver, South Dakota AP Officer UNIDENTIFIED Birds 64 19 Twin Falls, Idaho Other…
  • Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-04-20· 4 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 3 …The first reports came from north Jutland where the meteor was seen moving in a southwesterly direction at a very…
    • p. 4 LARGE METEOR EXPLODES --- Stockholm, Dagens Nyheter, 10 Jan 54 A large ball of fire which was seen over large parts…
  • MAXW-PBB2-244 Document
    Project Blue Book (hosted by NICAP)· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
    • p. 1 …Douglass Farnaker, Abbott Culledge Jansen Leidy (PHOTOS) Astro (Meteor) Evans Astro (Meteor) Perry, Guyer Insufficient Data Hanson (PHYSICAL S) Other…
  • Veteran Swedish Airmen Observe, Describe Disk-Shaped Aircraft Over Skaan E FOIA release
    Central Intelligence Agency· 1954-03-04· 8 pages· 4 pages mention it
    • p. 5 …When the earth passed the same meteor swarm last year, a lone meteor was observed some days after the swarm…
    • p. 6 …When the earth passed the same meteor swarm last year, a lone meteor was observed some days after the swarm…

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Videos10 · see all

Video1913
The Great Meteor Procession of 1913
From The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids)
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1913 Great Meteor Procession
From The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids)
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Space Gaze: Great meteor procession of 1913 remains a…
From The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids)
Video1913
OTD in Space, February 9: Great Meteor Procession of 1913
From The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids)
Video1994
West Michigan UFO sighting of March 8, 1994 - WWMT follow up coverage, Meteorologist Will Haenni
From Something in the Sky: The 1994 Michigan UFO Event
Video2023
Fireball above Las Vegas before alien 911 call was meteor, scientist says
From Las Vegas Backyard Alien 911 Call and Bodycam Fireball
Video2023
The Hunt for the Interstellar Meteor: Avi Loeb on Location
From The IM1 Interstellar Meteor Spherule Expedition
Video1950
1950: Britain's First Flying Saucer
From The RAF Tangmere Meteor Flying Saucer and the Wartling Radar Return

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