Paranormal events in Salem
The Spooky Valley archive holds 6 documented paranormal cases in Salem. The earliest dates to 1692 and the most recent to 1952, a span of 260 years.
Reporting in Salem is led by the UFO sighting, with 2 UFO sightings, 2 hauntings and 1 possession case on file. Of these, 2 are verified against primary-source documentation. Every entry below records what was reported and the sources behind it, rather than asserting a conclusion.
Featured from Salem
Salem, Massachusetts UFO Sighting (August 1, 1952) — FBI Files
Salem, Massachusetts
An investigation into a 1952 Coast Guard photograph depicting unusual lights over Salem, Massachusetts, as documented in declassified FBI files.
The Salem Coast Guard Photograph
Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Coast Guard photographer Shell R. Alpert captured four bright objects in V-formation through his window at the Coast Guard Air Station. The photograph was taken during the peak of the 1952 UFO wave and became one of the most widely published UFO images of the era.
Fairmount Children's Home
Salem, Ohio, USA
An abandoned Victorian orphanage in eastern Ohio has drawn paranormal investigators and trespassers for decades, with reports of disembodied children's voices, footsteps, and apparitions in long-empty corridors.
Archive · Salem
- 1952 UFO Salem, Massachusetts UFO Sighting (August 1, 1952) — FBI Files Salem, Massachusetts
- 1952 UFO The Salem Coast Guard Photograph Salem, Massachusetts, USA
- 1925 Haunting Hawthorne Hotel Salem, Massachusetts, USA
- 1878 Haunting Fairmount Children's Home Salem, Ohio, USA
- 1692 Possession The Salem Witch Trials Afflictions Salem, Massachusetts, USA
- 1692 Other The Salem Witch Trials: History, Victims, and Legacy Salem, Massachusetts, USA