September 4, 2026

Hastings

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Future astronaut Deke Slayton pursuing an unidentified object in his P-51 fighter near Hastings, Minnesota, December 1951
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1951: The Deke Slayton Sighting — Hastings, Minnesota

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Russian hunter observing a hovering dome-shaped craft with skull-headed occupants in the Arkhangelsk taiga, winter 1951
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1951: The Okulov Taiga Encounter — Arkhangelsk Region, Russia

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Illustration of a remote cabin at night with a glowing Saturn-shaped ringed craft hovering above the trees, Tujunga Canyon, March 22, 1953
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1953: The Tujunga Canyon Contacts — Sarah Shaw & Jan Whitley

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Illustration of an F-84 jet pursuing a manta-ray-shaped object with an unusual split contrail over the Colorado River near Parker Dam, March 3, 1953
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1953: The Thompson Gun Camera Pursuit — Near Blythe, California

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