October 21, 2026

Mantell incident

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Vintage 1951 press photo style image of a farmer and his wife beside a barn looking through a telescope at a silvery sphere with small lights and a dark cloud over Ohio
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1951: A Sunbury, Ohio Farmer With a Telescope Watches a Silvery Sphere Break Apart Into a Dark Cloud and Specks

Published: October 18, 2026 | Updated: October 18, 2026 0
Vintage 1951 press photo style image of a security guard in a tower at the K-25 plant watching a square gray object hover above a ridge under low clouds
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1951: A K-25 Guard at Oak Ridge, Tennessee Watches a Square Gray Object Rise Into the Clouds and Drop Back Three Times

Published: October 18, 2026 | Updated: October 18, 2026 0
Vintage 1951 press photo style collage of a bright object crossing the sky over Michigan as airmen, a tower operator and a Capital Airlines pilot watch
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1951: Fast Bright Object Seen From Four Points in Lower Michigan, Capital Flight 94 and Selfridge Radar Stops Operating

Published: October 18, 2026 | Updated: October 18, 2026 0
Vintage 1951 press photo style image from an F-51 cockpit showing a small white flying-wing-shaped object passing close above the wing over Minnesota
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1951: F-51 Pilot Near Mankato, Minnesota Sees a Small White Flying-Wing Object Pass 100 Feet Away at 25,000 Feet

Published: October 17, 2026 | Updated: October 17, 2026 0