1957
Dec. 13, 1957; Col Anahuac, Mexico. 9:35 a.m.
Witness: R.C. Cano. Fourteen-fifteen circular, tapered discs, very bright, flew in a formation like a stack of coins, then changed to an inverted-V formation. Sighting lasted 20 minutes.
Dec. 17, 1957; near Grand Junction, Colorado. 7:20 p.m.
Witness: F.G. Hickman, 17. One round object changed from yellow to white to green to red; red tail was twice as long as the body. It stopped, started, backed up for 45 minutes.
1958
March 14, 1958; Healdsburg, California. 8:45 a.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Cummings and one other. A 3′ round, black object touched the ground and then took off. Watched for 2 minutes.
April 14, 1958; Lynchburg, Virginia. 1 p.m.
Witness: USAF Maj. D.G. Tilley, flying C-47 transport. One grey-black rectangular object rotated very slowly on its horizontal axis for 4 seconds.
May 9, 1958; Bohol Island, Philippine Islands. 11:05 a.m.
Witness: Philippine Airlines pilot. One object with a shiny, metallic surface was falling and spinning for 1.5 minutes.
June 14, 1958; Pueblo, Colorado. 10:46 a.m.
Witness: airport weather observer O.R. Foster, using a theodolite. An object shaped like Saturn, less the bottom part; silver with no metallic luster, flew overhead for 5 minutes.
June 20, 1958; Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. 11:05 p.m.
Witness: Battalion Communication Chief SFC A. Parsley. One silver, circular object, its lower portion seen through a green haze, hovered, then oscillated slightly, then moved at great speed. Watched for 10 minutes.
Aug. 17, 1958; Warren, Michigan. 7:05 p.m.
Witness: A.D. Chisholm. One extremely bright object shaped first like a bell, then like a saucer, hovered for 5 minutes, flipped over and sped away to the west-south-west. Sighting lasted 6-10 minutes.
Sept. 1, 1958; Wheelus AFB, Libya. 12:15 a.m.
Witness: Philco technical representative A.M. Slaton. One round, blue-white object flew at varying speeds. The first sighting lasted 2 minutes, the second lasted 1.5 minutes.
Oct. 2, 1958; Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. 2:30 p.m.
Witness: naturalist Ivan Sanderson. One dull-grey object, shaped like a pickle with a flat bottom, flew erratically and made loops for 15 seconds.
Oct. 27, 1958; Lock Raven Dam, Maryland. 10:30 p.m.
Witnesses: Phillip Small, Alvin Cohen. One large, flat egg-shaped object affected a car’s electrical system and caused a burning sensation on one of its occupants. Sighting lasted 1 minute.
Nov. 3, 1958; Minot, North Dakota. 2:01 p.m.
Witness: M/Sgt. William R. Butler, medic. One bright green object, shaped like a 10 cent piece, and one smaller, silver round object. The first object exploded, then the second object moved toward the location of the first at high speed. Sighting lasted 1 minute.
March 26 or 27, 1959; Corsica, Pennsylvania. 12:45 p.m.
Witness: T.E. Clark. One dark red, barrel-shaped object, 20′ long, 6-7′ high, descended below some trees during the 3-minute sighting.
June 18, 1959; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 9:30 p.m.
Witnesses: A. Cavelli and R. Blessin, using 7x binoculars. One brown, cigar-shaped object came from below the horizon (close to the witnesses) ascending to 40-50° above the horizon in 4 minutes.
June 30, 1959; Patuxent River NAS, Maryland. 8:23 p.m.
Witness: USN Cdr. D. Connolly. One gold, oblate-shaped object, nine times as wide as it was thick, metallic and with sharp edges, flew straight and level for 20-30 seconds.
July 25, 1959; Irondequoit, New York. 1 p.m.
Witness: technical illustrator W.D. Neva. One thin, crescent moon-shaped object with a small white dome in the center, flew at tremendous speed for 5-10 seconds.
Aug. 10, 1959; Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada. 1:28 a.m.
Witness: Royal Canadian Air Force pilot Flt. Lt. M.S. Mowat, on the ground. One large star-like light crossed 53° of the sky in 25 minutes.
Sept. 13, 1959; Gills Rock, Wisconsin. 1:05 a.m.
Witness: R.H. Daubner. One round yellow light, with eight blue lights within it, and then five larger red lights, flew very fast vertically while making a pulsating jet noise. Sighting lasted 10 minutes.
Sept. 13, 1959; Bunker Hill AFB, Indiana. 4 p.m.
Witnesses: at least two control tower operators and the pilot of a Mooney private airplane. One pear-shaped object, colored white, cream, and metallic, with a trail under it. The object showed little movement for 3 hours. Attempted intercept by USAF T-33 jet trainer failed.
Oct. (3rd or 4th week), 1959; Telephone Ridge, Oregon. 9:15 p.m.
Witness: department store manager C.A. Cissman. One bright light approached, hovered about 30 minutes, and then was up and gone in 2 seconds.
Oct. 4, 1959; Quezon, Philippine Islands. 9:25 p.m.
Witnesses: USN Lt. C.H. Pogson, CPO K.J. Moore. One large round or oval object, changing from red to red-orange, flew straight and level for 15 minutes.
Oct. 6, 1959; Lincoln, Nebraska. 8:15 p.m.
Witnesses: Lt. Col. L. Liggett (Selective Service) and wife. One round, white-yellow light made several abrupt turns and flew very fast for 2 minutes.
Oct. 19. 1959; Plainville Kansas. 9:25 p.m.
Witness: Capt. F.A. Henney, engineering instructor at USAF Academy, flying a T-33 jet trainer. One bright yellowish light came head-on at the T-33, the pilot avoided it and the light dimmed. Sighting lasted 30 seconds.
Nov. 18, 1959; Crystal Springs, Mississippi. 6:25 p.m.
Witness: J.M. Porter. A row of red lights flew slow, then speeded up immensely. Sighting lasted 5-6 minutes.
1960
Feb. 27, 1960; Rome AFB, New York. 6:27 p.m.
Witnesses: control tower officer Capt. J. Huey and four other tower operators. One light trailing a white fan shape made a mild descent for 3-4 minutes. 5:55 p.m.
Witness: Charles
March 4, 1960; Dubuque, Iowa. 5:50
Morris. Three elliptical-shaped objects made a slight climb for 4 minutes. The film exposed during sighting showed no images of the objects.
March 23, 1960; Indianapolis, Indiana. 3:35 a.m.
Witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. E.I. Larsen. A series of balls arranged like an “X” with one diagonal line, seen for 3/4 of a minute.
Note: little data on the case in the files.
April 12, 1960; LaCamp, Louisiana. 9 p.m.
Witness: Monroe Arnold. One fiery-red disc exploded four or five times. Analysis of paint samples from the explosion proved inconclusive. Sighting lasted 2-3 seconds.
April 17, 1960; Richards-Gebauer AFB, Missouri. 8:29 p.m.
Witnesses: USAF Maj. J.G. Ford and Link representative A. Chapdelaine, using a 48x telescope. One reddish glow made an odd orbit for 2.5 minutes.
April 25, 1960; Shelby, Montana. 7-10 p.m.
Witness: Mrs. M. Clark. Five circular objects flew in trail formation, hovered and accelerated and made sharp turns. Casefile includes other reports from Mrs. Clark for the previous 3 years.
July 19, 1960; St. Louis, Missouri. 8:30 p.m.
Witness: T.L. Ochs. One round, bright red light flew overhead, stopped and hovered, and then backed up. Sighting lasted 20 minutes. Note: Ochs reported similar sightings on three following nights.
Aug. 23, 1960; Wichita, Kansas. 3:24 a.m.
Witness: Boeing aeronautical engineer C.A. Komiske. One round object with yellow lights coming from what looked like three triangular windows at the bottom. The object was dull orange. Flew in an arc for 2 minutes.
Aug. 29, 1960; Crete, Illinois. 4:05 p.m.
Witness: farmer Ed Schneeweis. One shiny, round, silver object flew straight up very fast for 18 seconds.