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Illustration of a man in a backyard looking up at a silvery half-moon-shaped object in a winter sky over West Springfield, Massachusetts, December 6, 1950

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Massachusetts Sightings

1950: West Springfield, Massachusetts — A Half-Moon Object, a Whistle and a Radar That Was Down

Published: October 9, 2026 | Updated: October 9, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1950: West Springfield, Massachusetts A Half-Moon Object, a Whistle and a Radar That Was Down At 8:16 on the...

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Illustration of an air defense radar scope showing about forty targets in formation while a controller picks up a telephone, December 6, 1950

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Maine Sightings

1950: Northeastern United States — Forty Radar Targets, a White House Call and a National Alert

Published: October 9, 2026 | Updated: October 9, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1950: Northeastern United States Forty Radar Targets, a White House Call and a National Alert At 10:30 on the morning...

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Illustration of an orange-tailed white light crossing the night sky over Honolulu and the Koolau mountains while a transport plane banks away, December 24, 1950

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Hawaii Sightings

1950: Hickam AFB and Honolulu, Hawaii – An Orange Flame Over Oahu and a Transport Plane at 7,000 Feet

Published: October 9, 2026 | Updated: October 9, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1950: Hickam AFB and Honolulu, Hawaii An Orange Flame Over Oahu and a Transport Plane at 7,000 Feet At...

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Illustration of airmen at a hilltop outpost on Okinawa looking out at a white light falling toward a lagoon at night, November 1950

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Japan Sightings

1950: Okinawa — A Light Falls Into the Sea, and Captain Ruppelt Interviews the Sergeant Who Saw It

Published: October 8, 2026 | Updated: October 8, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1950: Okinawa A Light Falls Into the Sea, and Captain Ruppelt Interviews the Sergeant Who Saw It Two days...

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Illustration of a blinding blue-white flash lighting a snowy Anchorage street and the mountains behind it as townspeople look up, November 30, 1950

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Alaska Sightings

1950: Anchorage, Alaska — A Blue-White Flash Turns Night to Day, Followed by Five Explosions

Published: October 8, 2026 | Updated: October 8, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1950: Anchorage, Alaska — A Blue-White Flash Turns Night to Day, Followed by Five Explosions At about 7:53 on...

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1950: West Springfield, Massachusetts — A Half-Moon Object, a Whistle and a Radar That Was Down

1950: Northeastern United States — Forty Radar Targets, a White House Call and a National Alert

1950: Hickam AFB and Honolulu, Hawaii – An Orange Flame Over Oahu and a Transport Plane at 7,000 Feet

1950: Okinawa — A Light Falls Into the Sea, and Captain Ruppelt Interviews the Sergeant Who Saw It

1950: Anchorage, Alaska — A Blue-White Flash Turns Night to Day, Followed by Five Explosions

1950: South Ruislip (Heston Airdrome), England — Four Radar Contacts, a 17,000-Foot Climb in Five Seconds, and an Air Force Verdict of Weather

1950: Meridian, Mississippi — A National Guard Pilot Chases a Milky-White Bar to 21,000 Feet While the State Watches

From the Archive

1951: A former Finnish envoy watches a silent aluminum disc cross the sky at Mikkeli

1951: A glowing yellow-orange saucer climbs into the overcast at Niagara Falls

1951: A light bursts, dims and shoots straight up over Point Defiance, Tacoma

1951: Bell Aircraft crew watch swirling white bodies over Holloman Air Force Base