Project Blue Book Case File
Glendale, CaliforniaJune 1949
Summary
On June 17, 1949, at about 3:30 p.m., a driver near Glendale, California noticed something bright catching the sunlight. The observer was traveling by car in the Glendale area, roughly half a mile southeast of Grand Central Airport, when the reflection caught their attention.
The observer watched two metallic, oval-shaped objects approach from the northeast. The objects appeared to be about one inch in size when viewed from approximately four and a half miles away. They cruised along the San Fernando Valley, then took off rapidly toward the northwest. The entire sighting lasted about one and a half minutes. The sky was clear with visibility of about 30 miles.
The objects disappeared rapidly in the distance within seconds. No photographs were taken, and no physical evidence was recovered. The observer viewed the objects through the windshield of their car, and the weather conditions were clear.
The Air Force investigation included interviews with the witness and cross-referenced the report with other sightings on the same day in the San Diego area. The Air Force ultimately concluded that no data presented indicated the objects could not have been aircraft.
The full case file, reproduced below as held by the National Archives, contains 12 pages of documents including interview forms, internal correspondence, and investigative notes.
Reported location
Glendale, California
Date of incident
June 1949
State / country
CA / US
Page count
12 scanned pages
USAF evaluation
unidentified
Microfilm
T1206, Roll 5