February 24, 1959 (Tuesday)
- In San Luis, Mexico, seven children were killed, and 23 people injured, when a packed grandstand collapsed during a school festival.
- The pilot of an American Airlines flight from Newark to Detroit reported that he and 35 passengers saw flying saucers. Captain Peter Killian, a 15 year veteran pilot, said that the objects were spotted over Pennsylvania at 8:45 and paralleled the DC-6's path for 45 minutes. Other pilots reported by radio that they had seen the craft as well.
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