F9F Panther

Illustration of a Marine Corps F9F Panther jet pursuing a silver object with red running lights at night near the Virginia-North Carolina border, February 9, 1953

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North Carolina Sightings

1953: The Balocco Panther Jet Intercept — Near Washington, D.C.

Published: September 3, 2026 | Updated: September 3, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1953: The Balocco Panther Jet Intercept — Near Washington, D.C. Ground observers near the Virginia-North Carolina border had already...

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Four-panel collage of February 1953 UFO sightings: an F9F Panther jet intercept near the Virginia-North Carolina border on February 9, a Misawa Japan radar scope on February 10, a burned field in Vayres France, and the Los Angeles entity encounter

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1953 Sightings

1953: February UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Published: October 27, 2013 | Updated: September 3, 2026

1953: February UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive Five days before the Robertson Panel sat down in Washington to decide what to make of the...

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1953: The Balocco Panther Jet Intercept — Near Washington, D.C.

1953: February UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

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1956: Pusan, Korea: The Glowing Object That Sank Into the Sea

1949: The Bermuda Atlantic Red Glow — RB-29 Atomic Detection Crew

1949: The January 30 Green Fireball — La Paz Triangulation, New Mexico & Texas

1947: W.D. Seacrest’s Chickamauga Creek Sighting: A Cockpit View of Two Occupants