Category Archives: UFOs

Paul Coates

March 27, 1958 An Earthman came to my office yesterday. He brought an object with him in a shopping bag. Gingerly, he removed it from the bag and placed it upright on my desk. It stood about 2 1/2 feet … Continue reading

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Matt Weinstock

Jan. 23, 1958 Confidential magazine may have purged itself of obscenity but the expose complex it created is not so easily dispelled. So says an experienced writer of fact articles. The way he analyzes the present situation, the public’s appetite … Continue reading

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Abominable Snowman!

Jan. 16, 1958 I’ll admit it, I’m a sucker for stories like this:  

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January 8, 1958: Paul Coates

Jan. 8, 1958 There are businessmen in this town whose professed interest in humanity I question. Among them is the owner of a local tire agency who advertised in an East Los Angeles paper this week: “If you are riding … Continue reading

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Things to come

Nov. 25, 1957Los Angeles The designers display a painting of the proposed Theme Building at LAX:  

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UFO perils O.C.

  Nov. 7, 1957Los Angeles Edwin G. Leadford, 19, 10181 Katella Ave., was driving east "over the Katella overpass at the Santa Ana Freeway, a mile east of Disneyland"* at 12:10 a.m. when he saw a mysterious object in the … Continue reading

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Nov. 6, 1957

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Nov. 5, 1957

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We are not alone!

Nov. 4, 1957

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Dodgers EXTRA!

Oct. 8, 1957 City Hall gets a Dodgers cap. And UFOs.  

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As seen in Whittier….

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Matt Weinstock

Sept. 30, 1957 Ever since returning from my vacation I’ve been thinking about an eerie piece of information I picked up while driving along Highway 395 near Big Pine. Riding along was Sid Parratt of the Department of Water and … Continue reading

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Look to the Skies!

April 11, 1957 Temple City By Larry Harnisch Early that morning, about 4:40 a.m., a sonic boom that was perhaps from some secret aircraft shook the San Gabriel Valley awake, setting off burglar alarms and breaking a window at 275 … Continue reading

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