AUGUST 23 / TODAY-IN-HISTORY 4 cases on file · 1914–1971
This Day in Paranormal History
August 23rd
4 documented paranormal events occurred on this day, spanning 1914 to 1971. Browse hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptid encounters, and unexplained phenomena recorded throughout history.
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1954 UAP Sighting — FBI Files (D34P42)
Unknown location
Reports in Aviation Week claimed the identification of two previously unobserved earth satellites as natural, not artificial. Dr. La Paz refuted this claim, stating that he had not been questioned by Aviation Week and that the story was false in every particular regarding his inv
Vaughn, New Mexico UFO Sighting (August 23, 1950) — FBI Files
Vaughn, New Mexico
FBI records detail an unidentified aerial object sighting in Vaughn, New Mexico, occurring during the height of the post-1947 flying saucer era.
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