Tag Archives: UFOs

January 23, 1958: Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 23, 2026 by lmharnisch

January 23, 1958: The way one writer analyzes the present situation, the public’s appetite for gossip and scandal, whetted by Confidential, is now being satisfied by the so-called conservative magazines. Editors insist writers get full confessions, regardless of whose privacy is invaded, or no sale. Continue reading →

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July 3, 1947: Flying Saucers Over Beverly Hills!

Posted on July 3, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2005 and originally appeared on the 1947project. This is where the 1947 Project intersects with other 1947 Project. Mysterious flying discs were reported June 28 over New Mexico, prompting sarcastic letters to The … Continue reading →

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‘Mysterious Objects’ in Skies Over L.A.

Posted on August 1, 2013 by lmharnisch

Comics characters of the 1950s got to drive MGs! Edward Irving Foote was born June 29, 1861, in Michigan. Someone by that name attended the University of Michigan at Lansing, class of 1877-78, and was described as a “farmer, miner, … Continue reading →

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Paul Coates

Posted on March 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

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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January 23, 1958: Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

January 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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UFO perils O.C.

Posted on November 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

  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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Posted on November 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 6, 1957

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We are not alone!

Posted on November 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Nov. 4, 1957

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Dodgers EXTRA!

Posted on October 9, 2007 by lmharnisch

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

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