Nebraska-1958: Disc-Shaped Object in Sky Above Rural Landscape

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Year1958
Decade1950s
LocationNebraska, United States
Duration6s
Price$149 USD
Collection1958 Nebraska

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Disc-Shaped Object in Sky Above Rural Landscape — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1958, this grainy home movie captures a mysterious, disc-shaped object hovering in the overcast sky above a rural Nebraska landscape. Viewed through a window frame, the UFO appears near power lines and a white house with a red roof, surrounded by bare trees. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 film characteristics—faint scratches, dust specks, and soft focus—adding to its authentic vintage feel. This archival clip offers a compelling glimpse into mid-century UFO sightings and American suburban life.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 6s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 127611857

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1958 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Nebraska, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports 1950s rural Nebraska UFO or unexplained aerial-object requests for documentary, museum, education, or editorial productions.
Period detail: The scene may show mid-century rural or small-town surroundings, with overhead utility lines, bare trees, and modest houses visible below an overcast sky.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie perspective, apparently filmed from behind a window or door frame while watching an unusual object in the sky.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include a disc-like object, gray sky, utility wires, a pole, bare trees, distant houses, rooflines, and dark window-frame edges.
Film character: The 8mm scan shows soft focus, visible grain, dust specks, faint scratches, muted color, and slight exposure variation consistent with physical home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, visual evidence beat, mystery transition, or period cutaway within UFO, memory, or rural America sequences.
Historical context: The footage places an unexplained aerial object within an ordinary rural domestic view, emphasizing how skywatching was recorded through everyday home-movie practice.
Research note: No people, faces, logos, or audible music are evident, but copyright, property context, and any UFO-related claims should still be reviewed before use.
Research search match: Useful for searches such as 1958 Nebraska UFO home movie, 1950s 8mm flying saucer footage, rural sky object film, or vintage unexplained aerial sighting.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other Nebraska or 1958 home movies, then broader 1950s UFO, rural landscape, and amateur skywatching footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1958 Nebraska 8mm frame showing a disc-like object over utility lines, bare trees, and a rural house viewed through dark framing. — Disc-like object appears above a rural treeline and utility wire.

1958 Nebraska 8mm frame with a disc-like object in an overcast sky near a utility wire, pole, treeline, and distant house. — The object remains visible near overhead wires above a rural house.

1958 Nebraska 8mm frame showing the aerial object above a sloping utility wire, with bare trees and a partial house below. — Aerial object is framed against gray sky above trees and a roofline.

1958 Nebraska 8mm frame with the object lower in the sky near crossing utility lines, trees, rooftops, and small outbuildings. — The object is seen near intersecting wires over a rural property line.

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