City File ยท Spokane 9 cases on file ยท 1947โ€“1966
City File

Paranormal events in Spokane

The Spooky Valley archive holds 9 documented paranormal cases in Spokane. The earliest dates to 1947 and the most recent to 1966, a span of 19 years.

Reporting in Spokane is led by the UFO sighting, with 9 UFO sightings on file. Every entry below records what was reported and the sources behind it, rather than asserting a conclusion.

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Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10
UFO 1966

Spokane, Washington UFO Sighting (August 19, 20,21) โ€” FBI Files

Spokane, Washington

Government records detail an unidentified object sighting in Spokane, Washington, during a SPACE RESEARCH, Inc. convention in August 1950.

Source document: 342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949
UFO 1949

Spokane, Washington UFO Sighting (July 6, 1949) โ€” USAF Files

Spokane, Washington

U.S. government records detail a 1949 sighting of unidentified objects near Spokane, Washington, involving an estimated altitude of four thousand feet.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_3
UFO 1947

Spokane, Washington UFO Sighting (August 8, 1947) โ€” FBI Files

Spokane, Washington

An FBI report from August 8, 1947, documents a "flying saucer" sighting in Spokane, Washington, reported by J. Madden and forwarded to Military Intelligence.

Source document: 38_143685_box7_Incident_Summaries_1-100
UFO 1947

Spokane, Washington UAP Encounter, 1947 โ€” USAAF Box 7 #2

Spokane, Washington

Incident #2 of the U.S. Army Air Forces "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" series, archived in Box 7 of file 38_143685 and released by the Department of War on May 8, 2026 as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Enc

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1
UFO 1947

Spokane, Washington UFO Sighting, 1947 โ€” FBI Files

Spokane, Washington

A first saucer wave case from Spokane, Washington. Witnesses reported seeing saucers land on a mountainside in Idaho.

Source document: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10
UFO 1966

Spokane, Washington UFO Sighting (April 30) โ€” FBI Files

Spokane, Washington

A cold war / blue book era case from Spokane, Washington. HAL WILCOX appeared on the Joe Pyne TV Show and passed a lie-detector test.