1948 Project Blue Book UFO Sightings
In 1948, the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book investigated 90 unidentified flying object reports across the United States. Each case below links to the original declassified file held by the National Archives, with a journalistic summary of what the documents show.
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- 1240 3'E, null
- 20 Mi. S of Montgomery, null
- 2 1/2 MI. N of North Powder, null
- 4 Mi. N Of Alton, null
- Abilene, null
- Adapazari, null
- Altoona, null
- Andrews AFB, null
- Andrews AFB, null
- Bakersfield, null
- Bakersfield, null
- Bakersfield, null
- Belmont, null
- Berlin, null
- Bet. Parrott & Richland, null
- Boston, null
- Cartersville, null
- Chamblee, null
- Chapel Hill, null
- Clark AFB, null
- Clark AFB, null
- Columbus, Ohio, null
- Danville, null
- Demarest, null
- Dravesburg, null
- Fielding Lake, null
- Fursten Feldbruck, null
- Godman AFB, null
- Godman AFB, null
- Godman AFB, null
- Goose Bay, null
- Hartford, null
- Helsinki, null
- Helsinki, null
- Holloman AFB, null
- Holloman AFB, null
- [ILLEGIBLE], null
- [ILLEGIBLE], null
- [ILLEGIBLE], null
- Kirkland AFB, null
- Los Angeles, null
- McKeesport, null
- Memphis, null
- Montgomery, null
- Newark AFB, Newark, null
- Newburgh, null
- Rouen, null
- San Francisco, null
- Sante Fe, null
- Scott AFB, null
- S Knoxville, null
- Smyrna, null
- Sun Valley, Calif, null
- Uniontown, null
- Van Nuys, null
- Vejla, null
- Wakkana, null
- West Rindge, null
- Wildwood, null
- Anacostia Naval Air Sta. 38 DEG 52'N 77 DEG 00'W, April 1948 - Incident Number: 126
- [ILLEGIBLE], November 1948 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- North Atlantic 62 DEG 00'N 33 DEG 00'W, April 1948 - Incident Number: 124
- [ILLEGIBLE], February 1948 - Incident Number: 119
- [ILLEGIBLE], December 1948 - Incident Number: 216
- Montana, May 1948 - Incident Number: 130
- [ILLEGIBLE], June 1948 - Incident Number: 141
- Canada, March 1948 - Incident Number: 116
- Germany, March 1948 - Incident Number: 118
- 19 DEG 00'N - 164 DEG 05'E Wake Island, May 1948 - Incident Number: 167
- Ohio, July 1948 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- 56 degrees 10' N-117 degrees 30' W Canada, November 1948 - Incident Number: 203