1957: May UFO & Alien Sightings

(Last Updated On: June 5, 2016)

Date: May, 1957
Location: Milford, Pennsylvania
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Summary: Frances Stichler, who lived on a farm, was working in her barn when she heard a whirring sound and saw a bowl-shaped object, 7 meters in diameter, with a rim over 1 meter wide about 5 meters above ground. It stopped with one side tilted toward her. A man dressed in a loose, shiny, gray suit, wearing a tight-fitting helmet, was facing her from inside the object. He seemed of average height had deep-set eyes, tanned skin, and a long face with a “quizzical” expression. Almost immediately the object left toward the southeast.
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Date: May. 01, 1957
Location: Pajas Blancas Airport Argentina
Time: 0700
Summary: When his motorcycle suddenly failed, the driver observed a disk, 2O m in diameter and 5 m thick, hovering about 15 m above ground. He hid in a ditch and saw the craft come down, making a sound similar to air escaping from a valve. A sort of lift descended from its base almost to the ground. In it was a man of average height, who made friendly gestures to the witness. He was dressed in a plastic diving suit. The witness entered the machine and saw inside several people seated before instrument panels, lighted by an extraordinary light. He was then escorted out, and the disk rose to the northwest. During the next hour, six sightings were made along the same course by independent witnesses.
Source: Humanoids 35; FSR 65, 1; FSR 65, 4; Magonia 393

Date: May 2 1957
Location: Edwards AFB, Cal.
Time: 6:55-7:20 a.m. (PDT).
Summary: James D. Bittick and John R. Gettys, Jr., civilian phototheodolite operators, were driving by truck to Askania Site #4 when they sighted an object above them about 500 yards away. They radioed a report to their supervisor Frank Baker who told them to set up the camera and try to film the object, which they did after about 10 mins. They photographed what they described as a golden luminous domed-saucer shaped object with holes or ports around the dome about 100 ft in diameter about 1 mile in the distance to the N headed E (photos show multiple? objects). Available phototheodolite frames 614, 620 and 651 (609 too blurred, cutoff) show azimuth 10°28′ elevation 2°24′ shifting E to azimuth 40°30′ elevation 1°0′. Disappeared at about 5 miles. Possible jet fighter interception. [Possible weather balloon with slow leak, explanation denied by Edwards AFB Colonel Klein (sp?) analyzing actual tracking of balloon and wind direction.] 25 mins 2 witnesses 8 Full Moons? photo-theodolite
Source: Tom Tulien; Jan Aldrich; McDonald 1968 pp. 75, 85; Loren Gross Mar-May 1957 pp. 67-68; IUR Oct 2005

Date: May 4 1957
Location: Near Calif. coast ( (BBU)
Time: 2:25 a.m. (PDT)
Summary: USAF copilot of radar patrol aircraft with 552nd AEW&C Wing saw a yellowish-red light at 10,000 ft pass in front of aircraft. 30 secs
Source: Weinstein; FUFOR Index

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Summary: May 5, 1957; 170 miles SW of Santa Rosa Island, Calif. (BB) 3:00 a.m. PST. Two round orange colored objects the apparent size of a basketball held at arm’s length were observed by 2nd Lt. Leland M. Martin flying in an RC-121D aircraft. The RC-121 was at 9,000 feet on a heading of 80 degrees at 190 mph. One of the objects passed over the aircraft going E to W at 10,000 feet and the other passed under the aircraft at 8,000 feet going W to E. The length of the observation was 30 seconds. (BB files, Dan Wilson)
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Date: May 10, 1957
Location: Beaucourt-sur-Ancre France
Time: 2250
Summary: A Hungarian refugee, Michel Fekete, was riding his bicycle when he saw an object hovering 30 cm above ground and four little men nearby. The police found lava like fragments at the site. Six other witnesses vouch for the sighting including Messrs. Iklef and Lepot and their wives. The craft was luminous, pulsating between red and white (remaining red longer). When white, it was more blinding than a powerful searchlight. It was 50 m away from the group of witnesses. Occupants were about 1.30 m tall with a beige-gray body, an abnormally large black head, and a waddling gait. The object flew away when a car came into view.
Source: 109; M 211; Magonia 394

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Summary: May 12, 1957; Moab, Utah Round, blue-green UFO sped past below observer’s altitude. [UFOE, IV]
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Summary: May 20, 1957; East Anglia, UK Night. This is a case reported by a former jet pilot in the United States Air Force, Milton John Torres, of Miami, Florida. On this date, the 25-year-old Torres was ordered on a mission to intercept and shoot down a large UFO that had been picked up by radar in the skies over East Anglia, United Kingdom. Torres, flying a North American F-86D Sabre jet approached the object and prepared to fire upon it. As he locked on his weapons, the UFO suddenly zoomed away at a high rate of speed. The details of this case were first made public in a release of UFO-related case files by the British government in October 2008. (UK files)
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Summary: May 23, 1957; Kansas City, Kansas (BB) 8:15 a.m. CST. Five observers saw four round to disc-shaped objects 1/2 the size of the moon that appeared from the northeast, circled in two pairs then flew rapidly off to the northwest. The length of observation was given as a few minutes. (Dan Wilson, BB files)
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Date: May 26 1957
Location: Loring AFB, Maine (BB)
Time: 2:00 p.m. EST
Summary: Five USAF men observed in the sky a large rectangular object and 6 or 7 smaller objects that were falling slowly in a fluttering manner. The large object followed in a stabilized descent. The witnesses include: Major Lloyd F. Meyer, 70th BS, 42nd BW, Aircraft Commander; 1st Lt. Julian R. Vainwright, 42nd ARS, 42nd BW, Copilot; Captain William H. Roberts, 70th BS, 42nd BW, Aircraft Commander; Captain Glen A. Rodd, 75th BS, 42nd BW. The Intelligence officer said the sighting seems authentic as all five witnesses are A-1. The objects were observed for 6 to 8 mins.
Source: Dan Wilson, BB files

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Summary: May 29, 1957; Houma, Louisiana (BBU) 3:03 p.m. CST. A normal looking radar return was picked up on the AN/MPS-7 radar scope. The track was averaging 2250 knots and occasionally 3530(?) knots at an estimated altitude of 100,000 feet. The description of the flight path was, east southeast, and then southeast, and then east, and then northeast. The length of observation was 14 minutes before fading from the radar.(McDonald list) 14 mins
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Date: May 30 1957
Location: Detroit, Mich. (BBU)
Time: 10:01 a.m.
Summary: one object appeared as a well-defined blip about the size of two jet aircraft on an AN/TPS-1D radar. This was observed by the radar operator and the radar Sgt. On initial pickup the object was at approximately 70 nautical miles. The estimated speed of the object was 1200 knots. When last observed the object was on a 185 degree course and faded at 80 nautical miles. The length of the observation was 30 seconds
Source: McDonald list

Date: May 31 1957
Location: Kent, UK
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Summary: Cat.3. Airliner suffered radio failure during UFO sighting. Normal functions returned when UFO left.
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