1956: December UFO & Alien Sightings

Date: Dec. 1956
Location: South Florida
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Summary: A large egg-shaped object was spotted on radar 65 miles SW of Miami at an altitude of 7,000 to 8,000 feet going about 4,000 mph. The observation was made by Donald Freestone, a radar expert for Pan American Airways. Six other Pan American radar experts confirmed his observation.
Source: Dan Wilson

Date: Dec. 1956
Location: Far East, Asia
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Summary: Cat. 3, 9. Air Force jet pilot tracked UFO on radar; observed visually as “large round object.” Radar jammed by strong interference
Source: UFOE, I

Date: Dec. 1, 1956
Location: Valley City, ND
Time: 12:20 AM.
Summary: One round object, red to orange in color, was observed at approximately 1000 foot altitude. The object had rapid movements movements up and down, sideways, and hovered. As a police car approached the object the police car lost radio contact with station at Valley City. Valley City also lost contact with Jamestown, South Dakota. All radio contact was regained after the object left the area.
Source: BB files, Dan Wilson

Date: December 13, 1956
Location: La Guaira Venezuela
Time: 2150
Summary: The only similar incident we have logged in APRO files is the incident which took place off the coast of Venezuela on the 13th of December 1956. A Swedish ship wired the harbor control at La Guaira saying that a strange, cone-shaped object was falling vertically into the sea, that it was very brilliant and gave off “strange glares.” The time was 9:50 p. m. and the object was seen by the Captain and several of the crew. When the object hit the water an explosion was heard, then the sea where the object fell became brilliantly colored. After the colors subsided the sea became very disturbed with a “boiling motion,” which continued for some time. It is not known whether or not the object was in trouble in this incident but there is a similarity between the foregoing sighting and the disc which fell into the Peropava River. Date error (Typo) 12-13-1959, included because of addition information.

The waters of South America have been particularly well-populated with strange submarine objects. On December I3, 1959, the Swedish ship Dorthemaersk radioed La Guaira, Venezuela, the following message: “We have just seen a strange craft descending from sky giving off strange flares. Shaped like a cone, very brilliant.” The position given was north of Orchila Island. Karl Lars Dersson, While walking on deck, was the first to see the object, and called it to the attention of the crew, which also observed it. As the object neared the surface, it became even brighter, there was a very loud concussion as the craft entered the water. After the Object submerged, the surface of the sea became brilliant with many colors and very, turbulent at that spot.
Source: Invisible Residents by Ivan T. Sanderson, p. 39, 1970

Date: Dec. 17, 1956 BBU
Location: Nr. Itazuke AFB, Japan
Time: 3:20 p.m. local time.
Summary: An object was picked up on airborne radar of an F-86D aircraft at 20 nautical miles. The aircraft had a lock-on at 15 nautical miles on a steady overtake on a course of 270 degrees at 600 to 700 knots. The object and the observing aircraft were heading 270 degrees through the entire chase. A visual contact was made at 8 nautical miles and the F-86 closed to within 5 nautical miles and could not close any further. The object then started to pull away from the F-86 and at 12 nautical miles all indications on radar disappeared. The pilot estimated the speed of the object upon radar disappearance at 1500 to 1800 knots. Observation times were, radar: 7-8 minutes, visual: 3-4 minutes. The object was described as tan in color and round on top. Interference resembling ECM was experienced by both the observing aircraft and wingman. The general area of observation was 34-00N, 131-00E, slightly east of the Japanese island of Tsushima.
Source: Weinstein; FUFOR Index; BBU Files

Location: Conashaugh Pennsylvania
Date: December 17 1956
Time: 2100
Mrs Marie Carow went out after dark with a 5-cell flashlight, and discovered 2 little men, 3.6, and 3 ft tall, standing motionless on her back lawn. Both wore helmets and snug fitting suits of glistening silvery material, and were of fair complexion; the shorter one was stocky, the taller one slender. Mrs Carow played the beam on them for about 3 minutes, then ran back to tell her husband. When she went out again 15 minutes later, they were gone.
Source: J E Myer & Dr Berthold Schwarz

Date: Dec. 27, 1956
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
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Summary: Real estate investor saw three spherical UFOs reflecting sunlight.
Source: UFOE, VII

Date: Dec. 31, 1956 [Jan. 1, 1957?] BBU 4577
Location: Guam
Time: 2:10 a.m.
Summary: USAF 1st Lt. Ted Brunson, flying an F-86D jet interceptor, saw a round, white object fly under the jet, which was unable to turn as sharply as the object.
Source: Berliner; FUFOR

Location: Near Hughenden Queensland Australia
Date: late 1956
Time: afternoon
A young girl was crossing a paddock on her farm when she felt a strange force upon her and heard a soft hum. She felt being lifted off the ground and then fainted. Later she awoke to find herself in a strange large room accompanied by two men wearing silver white ski suits. The men did not communicate with her. The room had a colored galaxy display on the wall. She also noticed an arched doorway leading into a corridor and also what appeared to be porthole like windows along the wall. She then felt an enormous pressure and lost consciousness. She then found herself back in the farm at a different paddock. A huge saucer shaped object hovered above her, the craft ascended rapidly towards the west and vanished.
Source: Keith Basterfield

Date: Late 1956
Location: Castle AFB, nr. Modesto, Calif.
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Summary: Cat.9/11. Luminous elliptical object and two F-86’s, radar.
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