Year File · 1944 15 cases on file
Year File

1944 · paranormal events

15 catalogued cases recorded in 1944.

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Source document: PURSUE doc 1
UFO 1944

1944 UAP Sighting — FBI Files

Unknown location

Peyerl claimed to have photographed an unidentified object in November 1944. During a recent visit to the Miami office, he expressed genuine concern about this object and appeared rational.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8
UFO 1944

Germany UFO Sighting (November 15, 1957) — FBI Files

Germany

An investigation into a 1957 unidentified flying object sighting in Germany, documented in FBI records and released via the PURSUE program.

Saucer hovering above tropical lagoon with reflection on water
UFO 1944

Solomon Islands Cargo UFO Reports

Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

From the closing months of the Pacific War through to the present, villagers and pilots in the Solomon Islands have reported lights and objects above the wartime airfields, particularly along the Guadalcanal coast.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5
UFO 1944

Sweden UFO Sighting, 1944 — FBI Files

Sweden

An FBI-documented incident from 1944 involves an unidentified object in Sweden, occurring amidst the era of wartime foo-fighter sightings.

Artistic depiction of 415th Night Fighter Squadron Foo Fighters — mothership flanked by smaller escort craft
UFO 1944

The 415th Night Fighter Squadron Foo Fighters

Rhine Valley, Germany

Lieutenant Fred Ringwald and crew spotted 8-10 orange glowing objects moving at high speed near Strasbourg. When radar operator Lt. Donald Meiers slammed down a Smokey Stover comic and exclaimed about 'foo fighters,' he unknowingly named one of WWII's greatest mysteries.

Sepia-toned vintage photograph evoking 1940s rural North America
Possession 1944

The Bonnechère River Possession

Bonnechère, Quebec, Canada

A nineteen-year-old log-driver in wartime rural Quebec was reported to have manifested signs of demonic affliction across an entire winter, in a case that the diocese of Pembroke handled with unusual quiet and that has only fragmentarily emerged from parish archives.