Year File · 1952 150 cases on file
Year File

1952 · paranormal events

150 catalogued cases recorded in 1952.

142 UFO 3 Cryptid 2 Other 2 Poltergeist 1 Possession
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Featured · 1952

Chrome 1950s flying saucer with glass dome and round lights
UFO 1952

1950s UFO Contactee Era

United States

The 1950s saw the rise of 'contactees' - people who claimed peaceful contact with benevolent Space Brothers. George Adamski, George Van Tassel, and others reported meetings with Venusians bringing messages of peace. They held conventions, wrote books, and created a UFO subculture that persists today.
Source document: PURSUE doc 196
UFO 1952

1952 UAP Sighting — AARO Records

Unknown location

H. Marshall Chadwell briefed the DCI, Walter Bedell Smith, regarding UFOs. Chadwell believed that unexplained objects observed at high altitudes and speeds near U.S. defense installations were not attributable to natural phenomena or known aerial vehicles and required immediate a
Source document: PURSUE doc 213
UFO 1952

1952 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D213P17)

Unknown location

H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of OSI, briefed the DCI, Walter Bedell Smith, regarding UFOs. Chadwell believed that unexplained objects observed at high altitudes and speeds near U.S. defense installations were not attributable to natural phenomena or known aerial vehic
Source document: PURSUE doc 214
UFO 1952

1952 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P17)

Unknown location

H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of OSI, briefed the DCI, Walter Bedell Smith, regarding UFOs. Chadwell believed that unexplained objects observed at high altitudes and speeds near U.S. defense installations were not attributable to natural phenomena or known aerial vehic
Source document: PURSUE doc 16
UFO 1952

1952 UAP Sighting — FBI Files

Unknown location

Reports detail unusual lights observed in the sky, potentially related to meteor showers. The document references the Taurid and Leonid meteor showers, noting that these events were particularly noticeable. It suggests that observers may have mistaken these natural phenomena for
Source document: PURSUE doc 6
UFO 1952

1952 UAP Sighting — FBI Files (D6P156)

Unknown location

FBI agent Corbin interviewed Mr. F. Stewart, a clerk, regarding an observation made at a harness track. Two witnesses reported seeing an object at approximately 2000 feet. Details of the incident were documented in a photostatic reproduction included with the report.
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Archive · 1952