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1950s-style illustration from inside an American Airlines cockpit as the crew follows an orange UFO light across New York State on April 8, 1956

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New York Sightings

1956: Commercial Plane Follows UFO over New York

Published: December 16, 2013 | Updated: September 24, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: The American Airlines Chase: Capt. Raymond Ryan Follows a UFO Across New York On the night of April...

Four-panel 1950s press-photo collage of April 1956 UFO sightings: an orange light ahead of an American Airlines cockpit over New York, a top-shaped object over Route 1 in North Carolina, a finned disc near Elbeuf, France, and a landed craft near McKinney, Texas.

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1956 Sightings

1956: April UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Published: October 27, 2013 | Updated: September 24, 2026

1956: April UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive On the night of April 8, 1956, an American Airlines airliner climbing out of Albany, New York,...