1958: April UFO & Alien Sightings
Date: April 1958
Location: Maceio Brazil
Time: 0600
Summary: Near Paripueira, jeweler Wilson Lustosa and numerous fishermen saw an object hovering 15 m above the sea, 40 m away. It was lens-shaped, about 12 m thick, and showed portholes with a glowing red light. Below the object the water seemed to be “boiling” or attracted upward, while a soft, whirring sound was heard. For one hour the object kept going up and down.
Source: Magonia 464
Date: April 1 1958
Location: Abattu Brazil
Time: 1925
Summary: All night long, three hovering disks were seen by several witnesses in this area. A railroad employee, Mr. Cavalheiro, and the station chief, J. Machado, wired the Tupancireta police, and all saw the objects coming to ground level about 1 km away. At times they appeared to exchange signals. One of the disks flew over the station itself, leaving a luminous trail and considerable heat.
Source: Magonia 466
Date: April 2, 1958
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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Summary: Cigar-shaped UFO with long row of “portholes or windows.”
Source: UFOE, XII
Date: April 4, 1958
Location: Santa Monica, Calif.
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Summary: Cigar-shaped UFO with “windows” observed in rapid vertical climb.
Source: UFOE, XII
Date: April 7, 1958 BBU
Location: Dayton Airport, Ohio
Time: 7: 30 p.m. EST.
Summary: A civilian pilot by the name of Hilt, flying in a Piper aircraft observed a very large dark blue cloud-like object to the south very low to the ground. The object was last seen moving vertical to the SW. According to the USAF Technical Information Sheet the object appeared to stand still for a time and then suddenly sped up and rushed away. )
Source: Project 1947; FUFOR Index
Date: April 7, 1958
Location: Newport Beach, California
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Summary: Police watched two UFOs with flashing body lights, maneuver near coastline. Similar sightings for two nights in El Toro and Santa Ana.
Source:UFOE, VII
Date: April 8, 1958: Commercial Plane Follows UFO over New York
Date: April 8-10 1958
Location: Keta Ghana
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Summary: Commander J. O. S. Wilde, R.N. (Retd.), our Area Investigator in Ghana, recently heard of a remarkable saucer sighting which was repeated two nights running. The scene of these events was the small coastal town of Keta, about 140 miles from Accra, the capital. Commander Wilde interviewed the eyewitness, Mr. J. H. Neal, of the Public Works Department, and has sent the following report:
On April 8, Mr. Neal reached Keta after a long and tiring journey. He was given accommodation at a Government Best House about 200 yards from the edge of the sea. Between the house and the seashore were clumps of young coconut palms, with the nearest about 50 yards away rather larger than the rest almost facing his bedroom window. Feeling rather tired Mr. Neal retired to bed about 8 p.m. and did not waken until 3.30 a.m. the following morning, and felt that something unusual was taking place. Quite a lot of noise was being made and the night disturbed by the barking of dogs, the quacking of ducks with other animal and bird noises to assist this assorted orchestra. Mr. Neal then noticed a very bright light rather low in the sky and in the direction of the solitary coconut tree moving upward into the sky from the direction of the sea. It was apparently this bright light that was causing the commotion among the birds and animals He gazed at the light with some fascination as it slowly rose. It appeared to sway in the sky with a motion rather like a boat when at anchor is moved by the currents of the sea. Mr. Neal continued to watch the object for about an hour as it gently swayed with very little movement in its actual position. During this time the lights seemed to vary in intensity from its outside edges. At one time the object seemed to be brighter on one side and then brighter on the other alternatively. At about 4.30 a.m. the UFO began to move higher into the sky at a rather slow pace until Mr. Neal could no longer see it from Iris bed. He thereupon got out and looking out of the window found it almost immediately over the top of his quarters.
The object remained in this position almost stationary until 5 a.m. Mr. Neal then got back into bed and slept for half an hour before being awakened by his alarm clock at 5.30 a.m. By that time the object had disappeared. During the day Mr. Neal found that two senior European Government officials had also observed the object earlier in the evening between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., and had commented upon its excessive brightness. On the following night there was a repetition with the difference that the object appeared to be much higher. It came up from the sea moving in all easterly direction. After hovering, for about an hour it moved high up into the sky at about 4.30 a.m., and Mr. Neal went to bed. Incidentally, the birds and animals again gave warning as on the previous night. Commander Wilde considered that the occurrences might possibly be explained by ball lightning. However, Mr. Neal assured him that the sky was fairly clear and that there was no thunder storm out at sea on either night. So the Commander concluded that, that explanation must be ruled out. The Accra Airport sends up a balloon at around 10 p.m., but the wind did not appear to have been in the right direction to take it to Keta, and certainly not two nights running, even if its lights were to burn so long which was highly improbable.
The Chief Meteorological Officer informed Commander Wilde that lights on the weather balloon only last half an hour, so the object sighted could not have been one of these.
Source: Flying Saucer Review, Vol. 4, No 5, September-October1958, p. 6.
Date: April 9, 1958
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
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Summary: Nine yellow UFOs in V-formation; split into two groups (5 and 4). []
Source: UFOE, II
Date: April 11, 1958
Location: Johannesburg, S. Africa
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Summary: Airport instrument inspector, others watched reddish-white UFO arc back and forth.
Source: UFOE, X
Date: April 14, 1958 BBU5763
Location: Lynchburg, Virginia
Time: 12:20 p.m. EST.
Summary: Major D. G. Tilley was flying a C-47 at 6,000 feet altitude when a grey-black rectangular object that was rotating slowly around a central axis appeared at 15 to 20 degrees above the horizon in a straight path and passed below the left wing at a distance estimated at 1,000 feet. The object appeared to be made of heavy iron of solid construction and slightly molten. The object was on a a slight descending path and was lost from sight as it plunged into the ground. The length of observation was approximately 4 seconds.
Source: Berliner; FUFOR Index, Dan Wilson, BB files
Date: April 14, 1958
Location: Albuquerque, N. Mex.
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Summary: Air Force Staff Sergeant saw large formation of unidentified lights.
Source: UFOE, III
Date: April 1958
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Date: April 15 1958
Location: Tablada Argentina
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Summary: Approximate date. In the mountains, about 14 km from Abra Pampa, a luminous object 30 m in diameter came to ground level.
Source: Magonia 465
Date: April 25 1958
Location: Atlantic Ocean Troopship/ USS ROSE – On the Ocean coming back from Germany
Time: 19:00
Summary: Went up topside to have a cigarette when two G.I.`s in front of me were discussing it. One said he reported it and was told not to say anything. They didn’t know I was standing behind them. I was looking at the star`s and one of them appeared to move , then stop dead. I watched this for a while and became convinced it was tracking the ship. It would stop and after a while it would move again. It moved so fast and stopped so fast, even then I knew there was not any aircraft that could do that. When I tried to discuss it with the 2 G.I.`s they wouldn`t say anything . Duration: 1/hour
Source: National UFO Reporting Center
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