Aircraft Encounters

1950s-style illustration viewed from inside a USAF RB-36H aft compartment scanner window showing the aircraft's left wing with a 100-foot metallic disc with a domed portholes-ringed top flying in tight formation off the wingtip at 40,000 feet over the Dakota plains, with a crew member's hand holding a 35mm camera in the foreground, late 1956.

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North Dakota Sightings

1956: North/South Dakota Border — The Disc That Flew in Formation With the RB-36H

Published: September 29, 2026 | Updated: September 29, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: North/South Dakota Border — The Disc That Flew in Formation With the RB-36H In the latter part of...

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1950s-style illustration of two USAF F-86D Sabre-dog interceptors over the Korea Strait east of Tsushima Island with a small tan rounded object visible ahead maintaining distance, and a panel insert showing the lead aircraft's radar scope covered in ECM jamming interference, December 17, 1956.

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Japan Sightings

1956: Near Itazuke AFB, Japan — The Object That Jammed Both Jets

Published: September 28, 2026 | Updated: September 28, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: Near Itazuke AFB, Japan — The Object That Jammed Both Jets At 3:20 p.m. on December 17, 1956,...

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Two-panel image: a reproduction of a Blue Book File 4517 GCA radar scope photograph showing a massive saturating central return with radial streaks and smaller blips at El Toro MCAS California on November 11-12 1956, captioned USA/IC-UFOB-4-56/EL TORO GCA SCOPE/11 NOV 56; and the File 4517 cover sheet typed "34 photos."

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California Sightings

1956: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, California: Eight Hours on the Scope

Published: September 28, 2026 | Updated: September 28, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, California — Eight Hours on the Scope At 9:30 p.m. on November...

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1956 Capital Airlines Flight 77 UFO Encounter Captain Hull Illustration

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Alabama Sightings

1956: Capital Airlines Flight 77 — The Man Who Wrote the UFO’s Obituary Watched One Perform

Published: September 27, 2026 | Updated: September 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: Capital Airlines Flight 77 The Man Who Wrote the UFO’s Obituary Watched One Perform In September 1953, Captain...

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1950s-style illustration of a USAF F-86D Sabre-dog interceptor banking over the Libyan coast at night with an inset radar scope showing a solid target at 2 miles and fire-control Splash notation, while the canopy shows only empty dark sky ahead, Wheelus AFB October 1956.

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Libya Sightings

1956: Wheelus AFB, Libya: The Night F-86Ds Reached Splash and Hit Nothing

Published: September 27, 2026 | Updated: September 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: Wheelus AFB, Libya: The Night F-86Ds Reached Splash and Hit Nothing On the night of October 17-18, 1956,...

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