1953 in UFO history
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1953 in UFO history
| Year | 1953 |
|---|---|
| Events | 13 |
| Decade | 1950s |
| Topics | Government programs (topic), Crashes & retrievals (topic), Beings & bodies (topic), Secrecy & cover-up (topic) |
| Timeline | 1953 on the UAP Timeline |
1953 in UFO history — the UAP Timeline records 13 events in 1953, mostly about government programs and crashes & retrievals. People named in these events include Leonard Stringfield, Linda Moulton Howe, Edward Ruppelt, Wilbert Smith, Howard C. Cross.
Events
- Toronto dematerialization claim (1953) (1953) — An RAF instructor claims he saw a successful 'dematerialization' experiment in Toronto.
- Warrant officer and the crates of bodies (1953) (1953) — A former Army warrant officer claims he saw crates of small humanoid bodies at Wright-Patterson.
- Fort Monmouth desert-disc film (1953) — A radar technician says he was shown a film of a silver disc embedded in the desert at Fort Monmouth.
- Fort Polk crash claim (1953) (1953) — An Army source says he saw an egg-shaped craft crash-land at Fort Polk, Louisiana.
- Pentacle memo (9 January 1953) — A Battelle scientist suggests using Project Stork to reassure the public that everything is under control.
- Robertson Panel (18 January 1953) — The CIA's Robertson Panel recommends stripping UAP of special status and reducing public interest.
- Albert Chop and the Tremonton film release (9 February 1953) — Air Force spokesman Albert Chop claims the CIA killed a press release and ordered a debunking campaign.
- CIA memo on Civilian Saucer Investigation (9 February 1953) — A CIA officer admits monitoring a public UAP meeting in Los Angeles.
- Ed Balocco's night chase near Edenton (1953) (19 February 1953) — A Marine pilot scrambled near North Carolina reports a disc with red lights coming within 350 feet.
- Garrison, Utah crash and burial claim (1953) (20 May 1953) — An anonymous Air Force official claims a craft crashed and was buried near Garrison, Utah.
- Kingman UFO crash (21 May 1953) — An engineer using the pseudonym Fritz Werner swears he investigated a crashed craft near Kingman, Arizona.
- Air Force Regulation 200-2 (26 August 1953) — Air Force Regulation 200-2 tightens UAP reporting and routes key reports away from Project Blue Book.
- Lockheed–Kelly Johnson sighting (1953) (18 December 1953) — Lockheed test crew members flying a Navy aircraft follow a flying saucer over the Pacific.
People
- Leonard Stringfield — Former Air Force intelligence officer and NICAP researcher who collected anonymous crash-retrieval accounts from 1978 to 1994.
- Linda Moulton Howe — Journalist and filmmaker who runs the Earthfiles website and has reported many crash-retrieval claims.
- Edward Ruppelt — Head of Project Blue Book in 1952–53 and author of The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects.
- Wilbert Smith — Canadian radio engineer who ran Project Magnet and recorded talks with Robert Sarbacher.
- Howard C. Cross — Battelle scientist who wrote the 1953 "Pentacle" memo.
- Jacques Vallée — Computer scientist and astronomer, author of the Forbidden Science journals and a central figure in UFO research.
- Howard P. Robertson — Caltech physicist who chaired the CIA's 1953 Robertson Panel.
- Luis Alvarez — Nobel physicist who sat on the 1953 Robertson Panel and was a member of the JASON group.
- Albert Chop — Air Force press officer for UFO matters in 1952–53 who later joined NICAP.
- Delbert Newhouse — Navy photographer who filmed the 1952 Tremonton, Utah, UFO footage.
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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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