Editing List Of Report UFO Sightings (section)

===1950–1974===
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!Date !!Name !!City, State !!Country !!Description !!Sources
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|1950-05-11
|[[McMinnville UFO photographs]]
|a farm near [[McMinnville, Oregon]]
|United States
|A farmer took pictures of a purported "flying saucer". These were the first claimed photographs of flying saucers since the coining of the term.
|<ref name="oregonlive photos">{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/history/2015/05/past_tense_oregon_ufo_photos_t.html |title=UFO photos taken near McMinnville in 1950 still raise questions |newspaper= The Oregonian  |first=John |last=Killen |date=12 May 2015}}</ref>
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|1950-08-05 or 15
|[[Mariana UFO incident]]
|[[Great Falls, Montana]]
|United States
|The manager of Great Falls' pro baseball team took color film of two UFOs flying over Great Falls. The film was extensively analyzed by the US Air Force and several independent investigators.
|<ref>[http://www.greatfallstribune.com/multimedia/ufo2/ The Mariana UFO Incident] ''Great Falls Tribune''</ref>
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|1951-08-25
|[[Lubbock Lights]]
|[[Lubbock, Texas]]
|United States
|Several Lights in V-Shaped formations were repeatedly spotted flying over the city. Witnesses included professors from [[Texas Tech University]] and photographed by a Texas Tech student.
|<ref>[http://www.kcbd.com/global/story.asp?s=7738129 Some Lubbock Residents Spot A UFO Traveling Across Texas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228120649/http://www.kcbd.com/global/story.asp?s=7738129 |date=2017-12-28 }} KCBD News Channel</ref>
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|1952-07-12 to 29
|[[1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident]]
|[[Washington, D.C.]]
|United States
|A series of sightings in July 1952 accompanied [[radar]] contacts at three separate airports in the Washington area. The sightings made front-page headlines around the nation, and ultimately lead to the formation of the [[Robertson Panel]] by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]].
|<ref>[http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20020727&slug=ufos27 Something in the air: 50 years ago, UFOs streaked over D.C.] ''The Seattle Times''</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Swords, Powell|title=UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry|url=https://archive.org/details/UFOsAndGovernment|url-access=registration|year=2012|publisher=Anomalist Books|isbn=978-1938398155|pages=[https://archive.org/details/UFOsAndGovernment/page/n164 153]–163}}</ref>
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|1952-07-14
|[[Nash-Fortenberry UFO sighting]]
|[[Norfolk, Virginia]]
|United States
|W. Nash and W. Fortenberry, pilots of a [[DC-4]] airliner of [[Pan American Airways]], sighted eight large, round, glowing red objects.
|<ref>{{cite book|author=Swords, Powell|title=UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry|url=https://archive.org/details/UFOsAndGovernment|url-access=registration|year=2012|publisher=Anomalist Books|isbn=978-1938398155|pages=[https://archive.org/details/UFOsAndGovernment/page/n160 149]–150, 220}}</ref>
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|1952-07-24
|Carson Sink UFO incident
|near [[Carson Sink]], [[Nevada]]
|United States
|Two pilots saw three unusual [[Delta wing]] aircraft flying in a V-formation over Carson Sink.
|<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17346 ''The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects''] Edward J. Ruppelt</ref>
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|1952-09-12
|[[Flatwoods monster|The Flatwoods Monster]]
|[[Flatwoods, West Virginia]]
|United States
|Six local boys and a woman report seeing a UFO land, and saw a spade-headed creature near the landing site.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/Fall02/legend.html |title=The Legend of the Flatwoods Monster |publisher=Wvculture.org |date=2002-09-12 |access-date=2009-07-27}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bcn-news.com/featured-stories.html The Phantom of Flatwoods] ''Braxton Citizens' News''</ref><ref>[http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_139225400.html Flatwoods monster meets with Mothman at UFO extravaganza] ''The Register-Herald''</ref>
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|1953-08-05/06
|Ellsworth UFO sighting
|[[Rapid City, South Dakota]] and [[Bismarck, North Dakota]]
|United States
|Over two nights, a red glowing light is witnessed by 45 people.
|<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IA0SaCF-MO8C&pg=PA287&lpg=PA287&dq=ellsworth+ruppelt&source=web&ots=5svGqrebbI&sig=kc9bdygNYs1ua8W0NHfzV_epn_s&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects] Edward J. Ruppelt</ref>
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|1954-10-27
|Fiorentina Stadium Massive Sighting
|[[Stadio Artemio Franchi]] in [[Florence]]
|[[Italy]]
|A football game between Fiorentina and Pistoiese was under way at the Stadio Artemio Franchi when a group of UFOs traveling at high speed abruptly stopped over the stadium. The stadium became silent as the crowd of around 10,000 spectators witnessed the event and described the UFOs as cigar shaped.
|<ref>{{cite news|title=The day UFOs hovered over Fiorentina's Stadio Artemio Franchi|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/20917594}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The day UFOs stopped play|work=BBC News |date=24 October 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29342407}}</ref>
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|1955-08-21/22
|[[Kelly–Hopkinsville encounter]]
|A farmhouse near [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky]]
|United States
|After the sighting of a disc-shaped aircraft a group of strange, goblin-like creatures are reported to have repeatedly approached a farm house and looked inside through the windows. Members of the two families present shot at them several times with little or no effect. The encounter lasted from evening to dawn.
|<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/si/2006-06/i-files.html Siege of 'Little Green Men' - The 1955 Kelly, Kentucky, Incident] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814154119/http://www.csicop.org/si/2006-06/i-files.html |date=2009-08-14 }} ''Skeptical Inquirer''</ref>
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|1956-07-24
|[[Elizabeth Klarer|Drakensberg Contactee]]
|[[Drakensberg]]
|[[Union of South Africa|South Africa]]
|A series of photos depicting a supposed UFO, was taken on 24 July near Rosetta in the [[Drakensberg]] region. The photographer, meteorologist Elizabeth Klarer, claimed detailed adventures with an alien race, besides having had an alien lover, Akon, who would have fathered her son Ayling.
|<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Hind | first = Cynthia |title = Woman takes photo of flying saucer |journal = UFO Afrinews |volume = 5 |page = 28 |date = March 1992 }}</ref>
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| 1957-05-20
| [[Milton Torres 1957 UFO Encounter]]
| [[East Anglia]]
| [[United Kingdom]]
| {{Anchor|Torres1957}}U.S. Air Force fighter pilot Milton Torres reports that he was ordered to intercept and fire on a UFO displaying "very unusual flight patterns" over [[East Anglia]]. Ground radar operators tracked what was believed to be an unidentified aircraft for some time before Torres' plane was scrambled to intercept.
| <ref>{{Cite web| title = Letter to the Ministry of Defence, London| year = 1988| url =http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos/| format = [[Portable Document Format|PDF]]| access-date = 2009-03-15 }}</ref>
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|1957-10-16/17
|[[Antonio Vilas Boas|Antonio Vilas Boas Abduction]]
|Near [[São Francisco de Sales]], [[Minas Gerais]]
|[[Fourth Brazilian Republic|Brazil]]
|One of the first abduction claims. Farmer Antonio Vilas Boas claimed to have been abducted and examined by humanoid aliens while working in the fields at night. He also claimed to have had sex with an alien woman aboard the egg-shaped aircraft.
|<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970622/ai_n14100764/pg_2 They came from out'a space]''The Independent''  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103181652/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19970622/ai_n14100764/pg_2 |date=2009-01-03 }}</ref>
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|1957-11-02
|[[Levelland UFO case]]
|[[Levelland, Texas]]
|United States
|Numerous people describe seeing a glowing, egg-shaped object and a cigar-shaped object which caused their vehicle's engines to shut down.
|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114212802/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837169-4,00.html A FRESH LOOK AT FLYING SAUCERS] ''Time'' magazine</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Swords, Powell|title=UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry|url=https://archive.org/details/UFOsAndGovernment|url-access=registration|year=2012|publisher=Anomalist Books|isbn=978-1938398155|pages=[https://archive.org/details/UFOsAndGovernment/page/n263 252]–255, 263}}</ref>
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|1958-01-16
|[[The Trindade Island's UFO|Trindade UFO Incident]]
|[[Trindade Island]]
|Brazil
|9 Separate sightings and 7 photos of UFOs were reported in the Trinidade Island during the meteorological and geological expeditions in the island.
|{{cn|date=January 2023}}
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|1959-02-02/03
|[[Dyatlov Pass incident]]
|[[Kholat Syakhl]], [[Sverdlovsk Oblast]]
|[[Soviet Union]]
|Mysterious deaths of experienced cross-country skiers in the [[Ural Mountains|Urals]] are due to official investigation believed to have been caused by an unknown "compelling natural force". Some claim relation to unidentified orange spheres.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/02/27/notes022708.DTL |title=How creepy to you want it? |access-date=2008-07-05 |work=sfgate.com |publisher=SFGate |date=2008-02-27 | first1=Mark | last1=Morford}}</ref>
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|1961-09-19
|[[Betty and Barney Hill abduction]]
|South of [[Lancaster, New Hampshire|Lancaster]] on [[U.S. Route 3|Route 3]], [[New Hampshire]]
|United States
|The first widely publicized alien abduction experience. The Hills saw a huge flying disk while driving home in their car at late evening and later claimed that they were abducted and medically examined by small extraterrestrials.
|<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071121162039/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,828455,00.html Testament for Believers] ''Time'' magazine</ref>
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|1964-04-24
|[[Lonnie Zamora incident]]
|[[Socorro, New Mexico]]
|United States
|Police officer Zamora reports a close encounter.
|<ref>[http://www.dchieftain.com/news/81987-07-30-08.html City plans to make UFO site into tourist attraction] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20110718074256/http://www.dchieftain.com/news/81987-07-30-08.html |date=2011-07-18 }} ''El Defensor Chieftain''</ref>
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|1965-09-03
|[[Exeter incident|The Incident at Exeter]]
|[[Exeter, New Hampshire]]
|United States
|Numerous reports of UFOs in Exeter, New Hampshire.
|<ref>[http://www.seacoastnh.com/Famous-People/Link-Free-or-Die/Norman-Muscarello-Recalls-His-UFO-Incident-at-Exeter/ Norman Muscarello Recalls His UFO Incident at Exeter] ''SeacoastNH''</ref>
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|1965-07-01
|[[Valensole UFO incident|The Valensole UFO incident]]
|[[Valensole]], [[Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur]]
|[[France]]
|Peasant Maurice Massé saw a landed spherical object and was paralyzed by two [[grey alien]]-like occupants.
|<ref>{{citation|first=Brenda|last=Denzler|title=The Lure of the Edge: Scientific Passions, Religious Beliefs, and the Pursuit of UFOs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BnQU2Q65lWsC&pg=PA39|year=2001|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0520930278|pages=39–}}</ref><ref>{{citation|first=Peter|last=Narváez|title=The Good People: New Fairylore Essays|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DLmoKKkxAX0C&pg=PA484|year=1997|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0813109396|pages=484–}}</ref>
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|1965-12-09
|[[Kecksburg UFO incident]]
|[[Kecksburg, Pennsylvania]]
|United States
|Mass sighting of a falling brilliant fireball dropping debris and causing sonic booms, followed by a cordoning-off of the probable crash site, alleged intimidation of a reporter by [[men in black]] and cover-up and the unresolved death of said witness.
|<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21494221 NASA to search files on '65 UFO incident] NBC News</ref>
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|1966-04-06
|[[Westall UFO]]
|[[Clayton South, Victoria]]
|Australia
|A sighting reported by hundreds of people. Witnesses of "The Clayton Incident" still gather for reunions.
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/10/01/1127804696941.html |title=Academic throws light on 40-year-old UFO mystery |access-date=2007-02-13 |work= The Age| location=Melbourne | date=2005-10-02}}</ref>
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|1967-08-29
|[[Close encounter of Cussac]]
|Outside [[Cussac, Cantal|Cussac]], [[Auvergne (region)|Auvergne]]
|France
|A young brother and sister claimed to have witnessed a brilliant sphere and four small black occupants while herding cattle outside their village.
|<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/22/AR2007032202132.html French Get a Look at Nation's UFO Files] ''Washington Post''</ref>
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|1967-10-04
|[[Shag Harbour UFO incident]]
|[[Gulf of Maine]] near [[Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia]]
|Canada
|A large illuminated object was reported to have crashed into waters near Shag Harbour. A Canadian naval search followed, and officially referred to the object as a UFO. There were other UFO sightings in the area at the time.
|<ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ufo/002029-1500.01-e.html Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia] Library and Archives of Canada</ref><ref>[http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ufo/002029-1501-e.html Canadian Department of National Defence Memo] Library and Archives of Canada</ref>
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|1969-01-06
|[[Jimmy Carter UFO incident]]
|[[Leary, Georgia]]
|United States
|[[Jimmy Carter]] (US President 1977–1981) reported seeing an unidentified flying object while at Leary, Georgia in 1969.
|<ref>[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=50787 Carter files report on UFO sighting] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209171816/http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=50787 |date=2010-02-09 }} History.com</ref>
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|1969-04-12
|[[Finnish Air Force sighting]]
|[[Pori]]
|[[Finland]]
|Seven disc shaped objects hovering in formation around 1500–3000 meters were spotted by the airtraffic controller and two pilots. When fighter pilot Tarmo Tukeva investigated, they accelerated away.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000000502183.html|title=Ruotuväki: Ilmavoimien lentäjät tekivät merkittävän ufo-havainnon 60-luvulla|date=8 May 2012|website=is.fi|access-date=19 December 2017}}</ref>
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|1969-09-01
|[[Labor Day 1969 UFO Incident|Berkshire UFO sightings]]
|[[Berkshire County, Massachusetts]]
|United States
|Four unrelated families alleged being abducted by a UFO and moved by a ray of light.
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/berkshire-ufo-sightings-unsolved-mysteries-alien-episode-what-happened-next-a9599251.html|title=Berkshire UFO sightings: Unsolved Mysteries episode is spooking viewers – but what happened next?|website=Independent.co.uk|last=Stolworthy|first=Jacob|date=July 3, 2020|access-date=January 8, 2021}}</ref>
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|1972-06-27
|[[1972 UFO sightings in the eastern Cape]]
|[[Fort Beaufort]]
|[[South Africa]]
|A farmer near [[Fort Beaufort]] in the [[eastern Cape]] fired shots at what he said was an unknown light in the sky. The incident received coverage by international press, and led to businesses capitalizing on the incident, with a tavern calling itself the "UFO Bar" and painting flying saucers on the walls.<ref name="Getaway2010">{{cite book |last=Getaway |title=Twenty-one Years of African Travel Writing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zvt-isXNYewC&pg=PA64 |access-date=25 October 2014 |year=2010 |publisher=Jacana Media| isbn=9781770098862 |pages=64–}}</ref>
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|1973-10-11
|[[Pascagoula Abduction]]
|Near [[Pascagoula, Mississippi|Pascagoula]] at the [[Pascagoula River]], [[Mississippi]]
|United States
|Two men fishing on the river claimed to be abducted by strange-looking humanoids.
|<ref name="books.google.co.uk">[https://books.google.com/books?id=qMIDrggs8TsC&pg=PA703&lpg=PA703&dq=Pascagoula+Abduction&source=web&ots=tecgRWvkA4&sig=2m08D3RwbDV55pusfjHu_Tf6Y0A&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result ''Conspiracy Theories in American History''] - Peter Knight</ref>
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|1974-01-23
|[[Berwyn Mountain UFO incident]]
|[[Llandrillo, Denbighshire|Llandrillo]], [[Merionethshire]], [[North Wales]]
|United Kingdom
|An alleged UFO crash involving lights in the sky moments before a large impact shock. The cause of the incident was however soon revealed as a 3.5 magnitude earthquake.
|<ref name = "R. M. W. Musson">R. M. W. Musson, 2006. The enigmatic Bala earthquake of 1974, ''Astronomy & Geophysics'', vol. 47 no 5, pp 11–15.</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/weird/ufos/pages/berwyn.shtml Berwyn Mountains Incident] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123003533/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northeast/guides/weird/ufos/pages/berwyn.shtml |date=2008-11-23 }} BBC</ref>
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