1950 in UFO history
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1950 in UFO history
| Year | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Events | 5 |
| Decade | 1950s |
| Topics | Government programs (topic), Disinformation & hoaxes (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic) |
| Timeline | 1950 on the UAP Timeline |
1950 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 5 events in 1950, mostly about government programs and disinformation & hoaxes. People named in these events include Leonard Stringfield, Henry J. Taylor, Joseph Bryan III, J. M. Hungerford, Cliff Booth.
Events
- Bell Labs source on 1950 crash files (1950) — A Bell Labs source says a former NASA employee had technical files on a 1950 crash retrieval.
- Henry J. Taylor secret-weapon broadcast (1950) (27 March 1950) — A broadcaster announces saucers are secret U.S. weapons; the story is later called CIA disinformation.
- RAND memorandum RM-365 (14 April 1950) — An Air Force-funded RAND paper studies using superstition and the paranormal for psychological warfare.
- Holloman cigar-shaped object film (1950) (July 1950) — A Holloman AFB contractor films a cigar-shaped metallic object and hands the film to the base.
- Proposal to collect UFO home movies (1950) (6 July 1950) — An Air Force officer wants to quietly collect UAP home movies from the public with FBI help.
People
- Leonard Stringfield — Former Air Force intelligence officer and NICAP researcher who collected anonymous crash-retrieval accounts from 1978 to 1994.
- Henry J. Taylor — Radio commentator who announced in 1950 that flying saucers were secret U.S. weapons.
- Joseph Bryan III — Reported head of CIA psychological warfare in the early 1950s who later sat on NICAP's board.
- J. M. Hungerford — Author of the 1950 RAND memorandum on exploiting superstition for psychological warfare.
- Cliff Booth — Engineer named in an APRO account of a cigar-shaped object filmed at Holloman AFB in 1950.
- Coral Lorenzen — Co-founder of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO).
- J. Allen Hynek — Astronomer and Air Force UFO consultant from 1948 to 1969 who later founded the Center for UFO Studies.
Programs, places and terms
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This page was last edited on 29 October 2026. Articles are written in our own words from the sources listed under References; disputed claims are attributed to the people who made them.
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