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The 1947 Flying Disc Craze: America's First Flying Saucer Wave

c. 1947 · United States (nationwide, heaviest in the Pacific states: California, Washington and Oregon)

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Davis-Monthan AFB: Two Discs Pace a B-36 (The Case of the Missing Report)
May 1, 1952 · Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources
32Partially documented
79% match
VASP Flight 169: Captain Britto's Light over Brazil
February 8, 1982 · Airspace between Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro (Galeão), Brazil
Brazil
UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources
67Well documented
78% match
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
76% match
The Byelokoroviche Missile Base Incident
October 4, 1982 · Usovo missile base, near Byelokoroviche (Belokorovichi), Zhytomyr Oblast
Ukraine
UAP · Disc / saucer · 26 sources
32Partially documented
76% match
The Gapyeong UFO Photograph
September 4, 1995 · Seolgok-ri, Seorak-myeon, Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province
South Korea
UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources · 2 photos
17Thinly documented
76% match
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
76% match
The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay
July 14, 1952 · Over Chesapeake Bay, near Newport News, Virginia
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 23 sources
25Thinly documented
75% match
The Gwinner Landing: A Boy, a Silver Disc and Three Holes in the Field
September 13, 1966 · Rotenberger farm near Gwinner (also given as Stirum), Sargent County, North Dakota
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 1 sources
16Thinly documented
75% match
The BEA "Two Saucers Rim-to-Rim" Sighting over the English Channel
October 9, 1953 · English Channel, on the London Airport (Heathrow) to Paris Orly route
International waters
UAP · Disc / saucer · 6 sources
24Thinly documented
75% match
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
75% match
The Langenburg Saucer Nests: Edwin Fuhr's Five Spinning Discs
September 1, 1974 · Fuhr family farm near Langenburg, Saskatchewan
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
27Thinly documented
75% match
The Pretoria Police Helicopter UFO Chase
August 28, 1996 · Erasmuskloof, Pretoria, to Cullinan, Gauteng
South Africa
UAP · Disc / saucer · 15 sources
37Partially documented
75% match
Akita Airport control-tower disc sighting
October 17, 1975 · Old Akita Airport, Araya, Akita City, Akita Prefecture
Japan
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
27Thinly documented
75% match
The Cangzhou Air Force Intercept
October 19, 1998 · Cangzhou air force base and Qing County, Cangzhou, Hebei Province
China
UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources
46Partially documented
75% match
Monon Railroad Freight No. 91 Encounter (Wasco to Kirklin, Indiana)
October 3, 1958 · Monon Railroad line between Wasco, Frankfort and Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
22Thinly documented
75% match
The Helleland Close Encounter: Reidar Salvesen's Cracked Windshield
October 29, 1970 · About 3 km past Helleland, Eigersund municipality, Rogaland
Norway
UAP · Disc / saucer · 13 sources
23Thinly documented
75% match
The Cabañas Militia Guard Who Fired on a Landed Object (Isidro Puentes Ventura)
June 14, 1968 · Near Cabañas, Pinar del Río Province (now Mariel municipality, Artemisa Province), Cuba
Cuba
UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources
24Thinly documented
74% match
Police and gendarmes see a luminous disc over the Seine estuary between Le Havre and Honfleur
September 18, 1998 · Seine estuary, between Le Havre and Honfleur, Normandy
France
UAP · Disc / saucer · 9 sources
22Thinly documented
74% match
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
74% match
The Donnybrook Landing Traces (Don Flickinger, U.S. Border Patrol)
August 19, 1966 · Near Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 15 sources
36Partially documented
74% match
Antarctic UFO Sightings at Deception Island and Orcadas, 1965
July 3, 1965 · Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, and Orcadas, Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands
Antarctica
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
41Partially documented
74% match
Redmond, Oregon UFO Incident
September 24, 1959 · Redmond and Roberts Field, Deschutes County, Oregon
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
47Partially documented
74% match
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
74% match
United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho
July 4, 1947 · Over Emmett, Idaho, northwest of Boise
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
74% match