September 25, 2026

Bentwaters

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1950s-style polar expedition illustration of four figures in parkas at Robertson Island, Antarctica, watching two tall vertical cigar-shaped objects hanging motionless in the Antarctic sky in January 1956, with a Geiger counter on a crate in the foreground — labeled Disputed.
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1956: Robertson Island, Antarctica: Two Vertical Cigars Over the Ice — A Disputed Account

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1950s-style illustration of a USAF T-33 jet as a ribbed elliptical object with a red center light and blazing forward dome passes 225 feet ahead over Louisiana on May 22, 1956.
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1956: Monroe, Louisiana: The Object That Came Back for a Second Pass

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1950s-style illustration of USAF pilot 1st Lt. Stoner watching a fast-moving blip near the edge of his F-86D radar scope over Spokane, Washington on March 3, 1956.
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1956: Spokane, Washington: The Radar Target That Ran Away From an F-86D

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1950s-style illustration of a USAF interceptor illuminating a massive round disc with green fluorescent outer edge glow over Westover AFB, Massachusetts, on March 26, 1956.
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1956: Westover AFB, Massachusetts: A Disc at Landing-Light Range

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