Year Report

UFO Sightings in 1959

114 sightings reported across the United States in 1959, from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.

Total sightings

114

vs. 1958

+8.6%

105 → 114

Top shape

Disk

24 reports

Top state

20 reports

Monthly breakdown

reports / month

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Top shapes

1959

Disk 24

Unknown 20

Light 16

Circle 11

Other 8

Cigar 8

Top states

1959

CA 20

OH 10

NY 8

IN 6

FL 5

MN 5

Notable reports

outliers

Longest duration

2 hours

Fallon, NV · 1959-09-15 · oval

I was an Air Force radar operator at Fallon Navel Air Station, in the year of 1959. I was working the day shift on that day. Iwas on scope that day. We got a...

Most witnesses

5,000 observers

Boston, MA · 1959-10-29 · disk

See Boston Globe newspaper of that sighting and my version.

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