Ground Observer Corps

Illustration of the unsourced 1955 Rockford Illinois claim of jets firing on and destroying a UFO

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Illinois Sightings

1955: Rockford, Illinois: The Unsourced Claim of Jets Destroying a UFO

Published: September 17, 2026 | Updated: September 17, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1955: Rockford, Illinois: The Unsourced Claim of Jets Destroying a UFO On April 8, 1955, Ground Observer Corps members...

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Dossier-style illustration of the 1955 Glendale, California sighting showing two teenage witnesses on a rooftop watching five greenish disc-shaped lights cross the night sky

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California Sightings

1955: Glendale, California Sighting

Published: September 12, 2016 | Updated: August 5, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO SIGHTINGS REPORT 1955: Glendale, California Sighting On a Santa Ana-clear night in November 1955, two Glendale, California high schoolers were lying...

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Dossier-style illustration of an F-84 Thunderjet pursuing a brilliant bluish-white UFO over Rapid City, South Dakota, August 5, 1953, with radar scope inset showing the confirmed target at 16,000 feet.

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South Dakota Sightings

1953: Ellsworth Air Force Base UFO Incident

Published: October 24, 2012 | Updated: June 20, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTING REPORT 1953: Ellsworth Air Force Base UFO Incident On the night of August 5, 1953, a bluish-white light of extraordinary...

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Ground Observer Corps

1955: Rockford, Illinois: The Unsourced Claim of Jets Destroying a UFO

1955: Glendale, California Sighting

1953: Ellsworth Air Force Base UFO Incident

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