July 8th
12 documented paranormal events occurred on this day, spanning 1947 to 1959. Browse hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptid encounters, and unexplained phenomena recorded throughout history.
Featured cases
1959 UAP Sighting — AARO Records
Unknown location
A manned balloon mishap occurred in 1959, injuring two Air Force pilots. This incident was also conflated with reports of “alien bodies” at the Roswell Army Air Force hospital.
Mableton, Georgia UFO Sighting (July 8, 1953) — FBI Files
Mableton, Georgia
Federal investigators documented a 1953 incident in Mableton, Georgia, involving a saucer-shaped object and unidentified animals.
Lake Mead UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files
Lake Mead
On July 8, 194 and, unidentified objects were reported traveling northeast over Lake Mead, according to declassified FBI records.
Muroc, California UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files
Muroc, California
A first saucer wave case from Muroc, California. On July 8, 1947, Major Shoop and his wife observed a metallic object in the air approximately 5-8 miles away.
Norfolk, Virginia UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files
Norfolk, Virginia
On July 8, 1947, a schoolboy in Norfolk, Virginia, reported observing a large black object and two smaller objects moving rapidly across the sky.
Every event recorded on this day
- 1959 UFO 1959 UAP Sighting — AARO Records Unknown location
- 1956 UFO 1956 UAP Sighting — AARO Records Unknown location
- 1953 UFO Mableton, Georgia UFO Sighting (July 8, 1953) — FBI Files Mableton, Georgia
- 1947 UFO Lake Mead UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files Lake Mead
- 1947 UFO Muroc, California UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files Muroc, California
- 1947 UFO Muroc, California UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files (D3P69) Muroc, California
- 1947 UFO Muroc, California UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files (D3P66) Muroc, California
- 1947 UFO Muroc, California UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files (D3P71) Muroc, California
- 1947 UFO Muroc, California UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files (D3P72) Muroc, California
- 1947 UFO Muroc Flight Test Base UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files Muroc Flight Test Base
- 1947 UFO Norfolk, Virginia UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files Norfolk, Virginia
- 1947 UFO San Diego, California UFO Sighting (July 8, 1947) — FBI Files San Diego, California