1950 · paranormal events

137 catalogued cases recorded in 1950.

113 UFO 8 Other 6 Apparition 5 Haunting 4 Cryptid 1 Poltergeist

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1950 UAP Sighting — AARO Records

Unknown location

Project High Dive was a US Navy project conducted during the 1950s. It involved the study of underwater recovery techniques for objects from the ocean floor.

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1950 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D213P4)

Unknown location

Project High Dive was a U.S. Navy program conducted during the 1950s that involved launching research balloons to study the upper atmosphere and collect data.

UFO 1950

1950 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P4)

Unknown location

Project High Dive was a US Navy project conducted during the 1950s. It involved the study of underwater recovery techniques for objects from the ocean floor.

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1950 UAP Sighting — FBI Files

Unknown location

An article discusses the possibility of flying saucers being developed by the U.S. Navy as part of their guided-missile project. It suggests early experimentation with saucer-type aircraft began with the Navy in 1942, involving a full-size aircraft built by Chance-Vought. The art

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1950 UAP Sighting — FBI Files (D6P114)

Unknown location

Reports of flying saucers diminished in 1950, coinciding with a reduction in the number of Skyhook balloon flights. The Skyhook program, a government research initiative, used large balloons that were often mistaken for unidentified flying objects.

Page 9 of the 27th Fighter-Escort Wing History (March 1950), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.

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27th Fighter-Escort Wing History, 1950: Saucer Calls at Bergstrom

Bergstrom Air Force Base, Austin, Texas, USA

A 258-page wing history from Bergstrom AFB mentions flying saucers twice: in late March 1950 the wing intelligence office fielded numerous calls about alleged sightings. No sighting is described.

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