October 29, 2026

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A homeowner looking at a steaming tar-coated glass sphere next to a dented mailbox on a suburban porch at night in 1952.
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1952: Lombard, Illinois: The Hot Glass Marble That Dented a Mailbox

Published: October 29, 2026 | Updated: October 29, 2026 0
Two Air Force pilots with a sextant and a woman watching an orange-white light dart across a night sky in Houston in 1952.
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1952: Houston, Texas: Two Pilots with a Sextant Watch a Light Dart Across the Stars

Published: October 29, 2026 | Updated: October 29, 2026 0
Four 1952 plant workers watching glowing gold discs cross the night sky above tall tanks at the Savannah River Plant.
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Ellenton, South Carolina: Eight Gold Discs Cross the Savannah River Plant

Published: October 27, 2026 | Updated: October 27, 2026 0
Five people on a cliff above Mayagüez Bay watching two bright orange spheres over the ocean at dusk in 1952.
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Mayagüez, Puerto Rico: Two Orange Spheres Over the Bay

Published: October 27, 2026 | Updated: October 27, 2026 0