OCTOBER 17 / TODAY-IN-HISTORY 4 cases on file · 1948–1973
This Day in Paranormal History
October 17th
4 documented paranormal events occurred on this day, spanning 1948 to 1973. Browse hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptid encounters, and unexplained phenomena recorded throughout history.
Selected from October 17th
Featured cases
The Falkville Metallic Being Photographs
Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama, USA
Police Chief Jeff Greenhaw responded to a UFO report and encountered a being in a shiny metallic suit. He photographed it four times with his Polaroid camera before it fled at inhuman speed. The photographs became some of the most controversial UFO-related images of the 1973 wave.
Crescent City UAP Sighting, 1948 - USAAF Box 7 #200
Crescent City, California
Four witnesses at Crescent City, California, reported a silver object heading south on 17 October 1948. The USAAF filed them as incidents 200 to 200c.
All cases · October 17th
Every event recorded on this day
- 1973 UFO The Falkville Metallic Being Photographs Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama, USA
- 1948 UFO Crescent City UAP Sighting, 1948 - USAAF Box 7 #200 Crescent City, California
- 1948 UFO Crescent City UAP Sighting, 1948 - USAAF Box 7 #200 Crescent City, California
- 1948 UFO Crescent City Light Station UAP Sighting, 1948 (#200) Crescent City Light Station, California