Benghazi, Libya, February 1959February 1959

On the evening of February 16, 1959, an observer in Benghazi, Libya, spotted an unusual object in the sky at 9:30 p.m. local time. The object was round with a dome shape and had vents that glowed green. The witness described it as silvery blue, then changing to reddish, then back to blue again. The object made no sound. It appeared sharp and clearly outlined, roughly the size of a baseball held at arm's length.

The observer reported seeing the object flicker, throb, or pulsate during the sighting. According to the witness's written account, the object was brighter than the night sky around it. The Air Force questionnaire responses indicate the witness saw the phenomenon during darkness and noted stars in the sky at the time. The specific details of how long the observation lasted and the exact direction of movement are present in the file, though some OCR text is unclear or incomplete on pages describing the witness's estimates of distance and speed.

The Air Force classified this report as having insufficient data for evaluation. No definitive conclusion appears in the case file as to what the object actually was. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives, spanning 9 pages.