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Four-panel collage of October 1950 UFO sightings including the Oak Ridge Flap and the Van Nuys San Fernando airline near-collision

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1950 Sightings

1950: October UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Published: May 30, 2016 | Updated: October 6, 2026

1950: October UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive October 1950 is dominated by the Oak Ridge/Knoxville Flap — nearly two weeks of radar detections, fighter...

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1950: Pope AFB, North Carolina – Miami Airlines Pilots Chase Four Discs, and an Army Captain Reports a Crossing Object Five Minutes Later

1950: October UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

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1950: Pope AFB, North Carolina – Miami Airlines Pilots Chase Four Discs, and an Army Captain Reports a Crossing Object Five Minutes Later

1950: Camaguey, Cuba — Four Men in a Bonanza and a Polished Disc Trailing a Blue Flame

1950: Pine Bluff, Arkansas — Six Witnesses and a Bright Silver Disc

1950: North of Cromer, England — Two Meteors, Two Contrails, No Aircraft