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Illustration of a bright silver football-shaped object with a red nose seen below a C-47 over Kansas farmland, January 6, 1950

1950: Howard, Kansas: C-47 Officers See Silver Football UFO

Illustration of a falling ball of light with a flame trail turning blue-green above a mountain ridge as a man stands by a car on a New Mexico highway at night

1950: Corona New Mexico green fireball

Illustration of a long reddish-white flame streaking southwest across the night sky over eastern Colorado as seen from a T-6 cockpit, January 18, 1950

1950: Denver, Colorado Pilots’ Flame Sighting

1950s-style French press illustration of two uniformed gendarmes pressed against a barn wall by a hot wind, watching a landed black disc with an illuminated white dome and colored rays 50 yards away in a Lozère field at night, with four silhouettes at the craft's perimeter and a luminous probe ball over a distant hilltop, and an inset close-up of a stopped wristwatch, early 1956.

1956: Barre-des-Cévennes, France — The Gendarmes Who Couldn’t Draw Their Weapons

1950s-style illustration viewed from inside a USAF RB-36H aft compartment scanner window showing the aircraft's left wing with a 100-foot metallic disc with a domed portholes-ringed top flying in tight formation off the wingtip at 40,000 feet over the Dakota plains, with a crew member's hand holding a 35mm camera in the foreground, late 1956.

1956: North/South Dakota Border — The Disc That Flew in Formation With the RB-36H

1950s-style illustration of two USAF F-86D Sabre-dog interceptors over the Korea Strait east of Tsushima Island with a small tan rounded object visible ahead maintaining distance, and a panel insert showing the lead aircraft's radar scope covered in ECM jamming interference, December 17, 1956.

1956: Near Itazuke AFB, Japan — The Object That Jammed Both Jets

Two-panel image: a reproduction of a Blue Book File 4517 GCA radar scope photograph showing a massive saturating central return with radial streaks and smaller blips at El Toro MCAS California on November 11-12 1956, captioned USA/IC-UFOB-4-56/EL TORO GCA SCOPE/11 NOV 56; and the File 4517 cover sheet typed "34 photos."

1956: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, California: Eight Hours on the Scope

1956 Capital Airlines Flight 77 UFO Encounter Captain Hull Illustration

1956: Capital Airlines Flight 77 — The Man Who Wrote the UFO’s Obituary Watched One Perform

1950s-style illustration of a USAF F-86D Sabre-dog interceptor banking over the Libyan coast at night with an inset radar scope showing a solid target at 2 miles and fire-control Splash notation, while the canopy shows only empty dark sky ahead, Wheelus AFB October 1956.

1956: Wheelus AFB, Libya: The Night F-86Ds Reached Splash and Hit Nothing

1956 Van Nuys Panorama City Venusian Contact Cluster Collage

1956: Van Nuys and Panorama City, California: The July Venusian Contact Cluster

1950s-style illustration of a Douglas DC-4 Eastern Airlines aircraft flying at night near the Azores with an intensely bright orange-white pulsating light floating alongside it at dangerously close range, August 1956.

1956: Near the Azores: The Light That Came Within 40 Feet of Eastern Airlines Flight 49

1950s-style illustration of a USAF radar operator watching a CPN-18A scope at Westover AFB, Massachusetts, as an oversized blip executes a rapid reversal arc on the display, July 17, 1956.

1956: Westover AFB, Massachusetts: The Target That Made a 180 in Six Seconds

1950s-style polar expedition illustration of four figures in parkas at Robertson Island, Antarctica, watching two tall vertical cigar-shaped objects hanging motionless in the Antarctic sky in January 1956, with a Geiger counter on a crate in the foreground — labeled Disputed.

1956: Robertson Island, Antarctica: Two Vertical Cigars Over the Ice — A Disputed Account

Six-panel dossier collage of deep-history UFO and non-human intelligence evidence spanning 13 million BCE Peru to 3,000 BCE Sumer, including Göbekli Tepe and Stonehenge

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B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

150 million – 3,000 BCE: UFO|UAP & ENTITY Sightings Archive

Published: October 29, 2012 | Updated: August 10, 2026

150 million – 3,000 BCE: UFO|UAP & ENTITY Sightings Archive Before history began recording itself, something was already here. The 150 million to 3,000...

2999 – 329 BCE: UFO|UAP & ENTITY Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of Bronze and Iron Age UFO and entity accounts spanning 1766 BCE China to 332 BCE Phoenicia, including Sanxingdui and the Nazca astronaut figure

B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

2999 – 329 BCE: UFO|UAP & ENTITY Sightings Archive

328 BC – 0 BC: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of verified Roman prodigy-record UAP accounts spanning 216 BC Cannae to 12 BC Rome, including Caesar's Comet and the Cybele meteorite

B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

328 BC – 0 BC: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

3rd millennium BCE: Taranis, the thunder-god and UFO’s

Bronze Age winged-disc artifact with serpent iconography set against the Avebury stone circle, representing the Taranis thunder-god UFO theory

B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

3rd millennium BCE: Taranis, the thunder-god and UFO’s

329 BC: Alexander the Great records two great ‘flying shields’

Wide dual-zone intelligence archive illustration depicting the two Alexander the Great flying shields events: left panel shows two large shining silvery circular objects above the panicking Macedonian army at the Jaxartes River in 329 BC with war elephants and cavalry in chaos, right panel shows five shield-shaped objects in triangular formation over the Siege of Tyre in 332 BC with the largest discharging a beam that collapses the city's walls, rendered in deep bronze-black dossier style with antique amber HUD annotations.

B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

329 BC: Alexander the Great records two great ‘flying shields’

Sighting by Date: 1 CE – 499 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of Classical Era UFO and entity accounts spanning 66 CE Jerusalem to 438 CE Constantinople

0 C.E.- 1799 Sightings

Sighting by Date: 1 CE – 499 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Sighting by Date: 500 – 899 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of Early Medieval UFO and entity accounts spanning 597 CE Ireland to 880 CE Spain, including the Magonia sky-ships of Lyon

0 C.E.- 1799 Sightings

Sighting by Date: 500 – 899 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Sighting by Date: 900 – 1099 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of Early Medieval UFO and entity accounts spanning 922 CE Volga Bulgaria to 1067 CE the English Channel, including Halley's Comet over the Bayeux Tapestry

0 C.E.- 1799 Sightings

Sighting by Date: 900 – 1099 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Sighting by Date: 1100 – 1199 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of 12th-century UFO and entity accounts spanning 1100 CE Germany to 1193 CE Byland Abbey, including an honest depiction of the 1992 Salamanca astronaut carving

0 C.E.- 1799 Sightings

Sighting by Date: 1100 – 1199 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

1956: Barre-des-Cévennes, France — The Gendarmes Who Couldn’t Draw Their Weapons

1950s-style French press illustration of two uniformed gendarmes pressed against a barn wall by a hot wind, watching a landed black disc with an illuminated white dome and colored rays 50 yards away in a Lozère field at night, with four silhouettes at the craft's perimeter and a luminous probe ball over a distant hilltop, and an inset close-up of a stopped wristwatch, early 1956.

France Sightings

1956: Barre-des-Cévennes, France — The Gendarmes Who Couldn’t Draw Their Weapons

1956: Elbeuf, France: A Red-Domed Disc With Rotating Fins

1950s-style illustration of two brothers watching a red-domed disc with rotating fins hover at treetop height near Elbeuf, France on April 8, 1956.

France Sightings

1956: Elbeuf, France: A Red-Domed Disc With Rotating Fins

1956: Orly Airport, France: The Radar Ghost That Stalked Paris Air Traffic

1950s-style illustration of an Air France DC-3 banking away from a flashing red light over Paris, with an inset of Orly radar technicians watching a giant echo in February 1956.

France Sightings

1956: Orly Airport, France: The Radar Ghost That Stalked Paris Air Traffic

1947: Andrew Cherry’s Edinburgh Sighting: A Close-Range Occupant Encounter

Illustration of a disc-shaped craft hovering over an Edinburgh bus stop with a visible occupant, July 1947

Scotland Sightings

1947: Andrew Cherry’s Edinburgh Sighting: A Close-Range Occupant Encounter

1800 – 1809: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Collage of 1800-1809 CE early 19th century UFO and UAP sightings including Moscow Kremlin luminous plate 1808, Harayadori Japan 1803 hollow vessel woman, Koyuk Alaska 1800 stranded disc crew, Providence Rhode Island 1806 luminous female entity, and London 1809 cloud objects 207-minute observation

1800 – 1899 Sightings

1800 – 1809: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

1810 – 1824: UFO|UAP & ENTITY SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE

Three-panel intelligence archive illustration showing the 1810 one-eyed silver-suited humanoid encounter in Thailand, the 1811 Chimney Rock aerial cavalry battle over North Carolina, and the 1820 Joseph Smith luminous entity visitation in upstate New York

1800 – 1899 Sightings

1810 – 1824: UFO|UAP & ENTITY SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE

1825 – 1834: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Three-panel intelligence archive illustration showing Andrew Bloxam's 1825 Pacific fireball rising from the ocean near a Royal Navy vessel, the 1827 Tjerwerk Netherlands fireball assuming human shape and walking toward a Frisian burial mound, and the 1830 Paris nocturnal contact in which Catherine Labouré knelt before a weeping luminous entity in a midnight chapel

1800 – 1899 Sightings

1825 – 1834: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

1835 – 1844: UFO|UAP & ENTITY SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE

Three-panel intelligence archive illustration showing the July 1836 Szeged Hungary urban CE-III with a structured disc and occupants hovering over a crowded city square casting a shadow on cobblestones, the October 1843 Warwick Ontario Canada encounter with three white motionless humanoid figures sailing in single file at treetop level over a field laborer, and the 1837 Scarborough England fire ball encounter with Mr. White observing undulating orange balls of light while his lookout hides behind a tree

1800 – 1899 Sightings

1835 – 1844: UFO|UAP & ENTITY SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE

1955: Santos, Brazil: A UFO Photograph the Navy Wanted for Analysis

Illustration of the 1955 Santos Brazil UFO sighting photographed by Dr. Achilles Greco near the naval base and later examined by military photo-analysts

Brazil Sightings

1955: Santos, Brazil: A UFO Photograph the Navy Wanted for Analysis

1954: The Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Photograph — Mr. F.C.

Illustration of a man photographing a motionless, light-reflecting object over a military installation from a Rio de Janeiro veranda at night, December 9, 1954

Brazil Sightings

1954: The Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Photograph — Mr. F.C.

1954: The Hellwig Encounters — Santa Maria, Brazil

Illustration of a rugby-ball-shaped craft and a casserole-shaped craft with humanoid occupants on consecutive days near Santa Maria, Brazil, March 1954

Brazil Sightings

1954: The Hellwig Encounters — Santa Maria, Brazil

1954: The Martin Antiman Encounter — Los Toldos, Salta, Argentina

Illustration of a man drawn into a glowing cabin in an Argentine bedroom and a desolate valley with distant indifferent figures, January 1954

Argentina Sightings

1954: The Martin Antiman Encounter — Los Toldos, Salta, Argentina

Illustration of a bright silver football-shaped object with a red nose seen below a C-47 over Kansas farmland, January 6, 1950

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Kansas Sightings

1950: Howard, Kansas: C-47 Officers See Silver Football UFO

Published: September 29, 2026 | Updated: September 29, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1950: Howard, Kansas: C-47 Officers See Silver Football UFO At 2:10 p.m. on January 6, 1950, three Air Force...

Illustration of a falling ball of light with a flame trail turning blue-green above a mountain ridge as a man stands by a car on a New Mexico highway at night

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New Mexico Sightings

1950: Corona New Mexico green fireball

Published: September 29, 2026 | Updated: September 29, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1950: Corona New Mexico green fireball At 10:15 p.m. on January 7, 1950, a Holloman Air Force Base captain...

Illustration of a long reddish-white flame streaking southwest across the night sky over eastern Colorado as seen from a T-6 cockpit, January 18, 1950

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Colorado Sightings

1950: Denver, Colorado Pilots’ Flame Sighting

Published: September 29, 2026 | Updated: September 29, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1950: Denver, Colorado Pilots’ Flame Sighting At 6:59 p.m. on January 18, 1950, a student-officer pilot flying a T-6...

1950s-style French press illustration of two uniformed gendarmes pressed against a barn wall by a hot wind, watching a landed black disc with an illuminated white dome and colored rays 50 yards away in a Lozère field at night, with four silhouettes at the craft's perimeter and a luminous probe ball over a distant hilltop, and an inset close-up of a stopped wristwatch, early 1956.

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France Sightings

1956: Barre-des-Cévennes, France — The Gendarmes Who Couldn’t Draw Their Weapons

Published: September 29, 2026 | Updated: September 29, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP & ENTITY ENCOUNTER REPORT 1956: Barre-des-Cévennes, France — The Gendarmes Who Couldn’t Draw Their Weapons In early 1956, around 1:00 a.m.,...

1950s-style illustration viewed from inside a USAF RB-36H aft compartment scanner window showing the aircraft's left wing with a 100-foot metallic disc with a domed portholes-ringed top flying in tight formation off the wingtip at 40,000 feet over the Dakota plains, with a crew member's hand holding a 35mm camera in the foreground, late 1956.

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North Dakota Sightings

1956: North/South Dakota Border — The Disc That Flew in Formation With the RB-36H

Published: September 29, 2026 | Updated: September 29, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: North/South Dakota Border — The Disc That Flew in Formation With the RB-36H In the latter part of...

1950s-style illustration of two USAF F-86D Sabre-dog interceptors over the Korea Strait east of Tsushima Island with a small tan rounded object visible ahead maintaining distance, and a panel insert showing the lead aircraft's radar scope covered in ECM jamming interference, December 17, 1956.

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Japan Sightings

1956: Near Itazuke AFB, Japan — The Object That Jammed Both Jets

Published: September 28, 2026 | Updated: September 28, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: Near Itazuke AFB, Japan — The Object That Jammed Both Jets At 3:20 p.m. on December 17, 1956,...

Two-panel image: a reproduction of a Blue Book File 4517 GCA radar scope photograph showing a massive saturating central return with radial streaks and smaller blips at El Toro MCAS California on November 11-12 1956, captioned USA/IC-UFOB-4-56/EL TORO GCA SCOPE/11 NOV 56; and the File 4517 cover sheet typed "34 photos."

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California Sightings

1956: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, California: Eight Hours on the Scope

Published: September 28, 2026 | Updated: September 28, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1956: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station, California — Eight Hours on the Scope At 9:30 p.m. on November...