JANUARY 02 / TODAY-IN-HISTORY 4 cases on file · 1951–1957
This Day in Paranormal History

January 2nd

4 documented paranormal events occurred on this day, spanning 1951 to 1957. Browse hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptid encounters, and unexplained phenomena recorded throughout history.

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Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8
UFO 1957

Richmond, Virginia UFO Sighting (January 2, 1957) — FBI Files

Richmond, Virginia

Federal investigators documented an unidentified object and associated figures observed by workers at the Richmond Quartermaster Depot in early 1956.
Source document: 342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949
UFO 1951

Maxwell Air Force Base UFO Sighting (January 2, 1951) — USAF Files

Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

U.S. government investigators recorded a high-speed, cigar-shaped object flying near Maxwell Air Force Base in January 1951.
Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_6
UFO 1951

Oak Ridge, Tennessee UFO Sighting (January 2, 1951) — FBI Files

Oak Ridge, Tennessee

A first saucer wave case from Oak Ridge, Tennessee. On January 2, 1951, CIC reported an object sighted over Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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