October 9, 2026

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Illustration of airmen at a hilltop outpost on Okinawa looking out at a white light falling toward a lagoon at night, November 1950
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1950: Okinawa — A Light Falls Into the Sea, and Captain Ruppelt Interviews the Sergeant Who Saw It

Published: October 8, 2026 | Updated: October 8, 2026 0
Illustration of a blinding blue-white flash lighting a snowy Anchorage street and the mountains behind it as townspeople look up, November 30, 1950
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1950: Anchorage, Alaska — A Blue-White Flash Turns Night to Day, Followed by Five Explosions

Published: October 8, 2026 | Updated: October 8, 2026 0
Illustration of four radar operators around a scope and plotting board with a zigzag track in a radar van at Heston Airdrome, England, November 10, 1950
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1950: South Ruislip (Heston Airdrome), England — Four Radar Contacts, a 17,000-Foot Climb in Five Seconds, and an Air Force Verdict of Weather

Published: October 8, 2026 | Updated: October 8, 2026 0
Illustration of an F-47 fighter chasing a long white bar-shaped object over Mississippi near sunset, November 13, 1950
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1950: Meridian, Mississippi — A National Guard Pilot Chases a Milky-White Bar to 21,000 Feet While the State Watches

Published: October 8, 2026 | Updated: October 8, 2026 0