1952 Project Blue Book UFO Sightings
In 1952, the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book investigated 471 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.
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
Alaska
Arizona
CA
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
California
- 17 miles S. Fresno, CA
- Cotati, CA
- Danville, CA
- Edwards AFB, CA
- El Cenre HAS, CA
- George AFB, CA
- George AFB, CA
- George AFB, CA
- Hiland, CA
- Hillsborough, CA
- Imperial, CA
- Loonic, CA
- Los Gatos, CA
- Mendicino, CA
- National City, CA
- Needles, CA
- Newport Beach, CA
- Ontario, CA
- Redding, CA
- Richmond, CA
- Riverside, CA
- Sacramento, CA
- Sonoma, CA
- Stockton, CA
Colorado
FLORIDA
Florida
GEORGIA
Georgia
Hawaii
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
KANSAS
Kansas
Kentucky
LA
Louisiana
MAINE
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MO
Maine
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
NORTH CAROLINA
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
OHIO
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
PA
PENNSYLVANIA
Pennsylvania
SOUTH CAROLINA
South Carolina
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
Tennessee
Texas
- 6 miles SW Lometa, TX
- Amarillo, TX
- Brownwood, TX
- Bryan, TX
- Cedar Hill, TX
- Dallas, TX
- Dallas, TX
- Gonzales, TX
- Kelly AFB, TX
- Lackland AFB, TX
- Leveland, TX
- Miller-Graughan AFB, Temple, TX
- Oak Forest, TX
- Randolf AFB, TX
- Richmond, TX
- San Angelo, TX
- San Antonio, TX
- San Antonio, TX
- Temple, TX
- Waco, TX
- Webb AFB, TX
- Wichita Falls, TX
UTAH
Unspecified
- Airport Rio de Janeiro, null
- Albaquerque, New Mexico, null
- ALOMOGORDO, null
- ANDERSEN AFB, null
- ANDERSON AFB, null
- ASHIYA AB, null
- ASHIYA AB, null
- AUBURN, null
- Benton, null
- BETWEEN CLAREMORE & TULSA, null
- Between Clarmore & Tulsa, null
- Biloxi, null
- Biloxi, null
- Birmingham, null
- BISMARK, null
- BLADENBURG, null
- BRENTWOOD, null
- CAMBELLS CREEK, null
- CEDAR KEYS, null
- CHICAGO, null
- Chickasaw, null
- Chorwon, null
- CLEAR LAKE, null
- CLINTON, null
- Coast of Greenland 77 N, 75 degrees 15, null
- Colorado Springs, null
- Congaree AFB, null
- Corner Brook, null
- Cornerbrooke, null
- Darmstadt, null
- DEQUINCY, null
- Dhahran, null
- DULUTH, null
- DULUTH MINN, null
- EAST MOLINE, null
- FAIRCHILD AFB, null
- FALLS CHURCH, null
- FORT BRAGG, null
- Fort Monmouth, null
- FRESNO, null
- Goose AB, null
- Goose AFB, null
- Goose AFB, null
- Greensboro, null
- Greenville, null
- Griffin Park, Los Angeles, null
- Guanarito, null
- Haneda AFB, null
- HIGHLAND PARK, null
- HILLCREST HEIGHTS, null
- HOKKAIDO ISLAND, null
- HUNGNAM, null
- [ILLEGIBLE], null
- [ILLEGIBLE], null
- [ILLEGIBLE], null
- [ILLEGIBLE], null
- [ILLEGIBLE], null
- ITAZUKE AFB, null
- KARACHI, null
- KEESLEE AFB, null
- Keesler AFB, null
- KENT, null
- Kirtland AFB, null
- KIRTLAND AFB, null
- Koflavik, null
- Kutztown, null
- Lake Charles, null
- Lake Charles, AFB, null
- Lake Charles, AFB, null
- LANCASTER, null
- LAVALETTE N J, null
- LIMA, null
- MAINZ, GERMANY, null
- Malung, Sawan, null
- MANASSAS, null
- MANITOU BEACH, null
- MARIETTA, null
- Melbourne, null
- Memphis, null
- Meridian, null
- MIAMI, null
- Middletown, null
- Millheim, null
- Milton, null
- Misawa AB, null
- Mitchell AFB, null
- Mitchell AFB, null
- MOODY AFB GA, null
- MORRISTOWN, null
- MOUNT VERNON, null
- NATIONAL CITY, null
- NEW ORLEANS, null
- New York, null
- N. KYUSHU, null
- N. of Goodland, null
- North Bay Ontario, null
- NORWALK, null
- NW of Moody AFB, null
- Olmsted AFB, Pa., null
- Oran, null
- PENNINGTON NJ, null
- PHILADELPHIA, null
- PHOENIX, null
- PHOENIX, null
- POINT REYES, null
- Pontiac, null
- POPE AFB, null
- Port Lyantey, null
- Quetta, null
- Rabat, null
- RAPID CITY AFB S D, null
- RED BLUFF, null
- Richmond, null
- RICHMOND, null
- Richmond, Virginia, null
- Rio de Janerio, null
- RIVERSIDE, null
- Robins AFB, Georgia, null
- Rousens, Va (Lynchburg), null
- Sacramento, null
- SACRAMENTO, null
- SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, null
- SAN FRANCISCO, null
- SAN FRANCISCO CALIF, null
- SAN RAEFAEL, null
- Santa Monica, null
- Santa Monica, California, null
- Sao Paulo, null
- Selfridge AFB, null
- Selma, null
- SELMA, null
- Shamokin, null
- SHAW AFB, null
- Shreveport, null
- Silver Lake, null
- SINGAPORE, null
- Slagle Lake, null
- Solano County, null
- St. Paul, null
- ST. PAUL, null
- TERRIGAL, null
- THE DALLES OREGON, null
- Thule AFB, null
- Tink er AFB, null
- Tinker AFB, null
- TOKYO, null
- TRAVIS AFB, null
- Tsu Shima, null
- VAN NUYS, null
- Walnut, null
- Walnut Lake, Mich, null
- Washington, null
- Washington, null
- WASHINGTON, null
- WASHINGTON, null
- Watsonville, null
- WHITE LAKE, null
- YORK, null
- Yuma, null
- JACKSONVILLE FLA, July 1952
- 87 DEG 11 'N - 34 DEG 49 'N (N. Alabama)), August 1952
- [ILLEGIBLE], June 1952
- CINCINNATI OHIO, July 1952
- SEA OF JAPAN 33 degrees 53' N-130 degrees 40' E, March 1952
- NORFOLK MASS, July 1952
- THE DALLES OREGON, July 1952
- ELGIN ILL, July 1952
- LOS ALAMOS N M, July 1952
- TRENTON NJ, July 1952
- RED BLUFF CALIF, July 1952
- KANSAS CITY MO, July 1952
- ASHIYA AB JAPAN, October 1952
- SAN MARCOS AFB TEX, July 1952
- WHITE PLAINS NY, July 1952
- DENVER COLO, July 1952
- SAN ANTONIO TEX, July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- LAS VEGAS NEV, July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- NOVASSEUR AFB MOROCCO, July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- PORTUGAL, May 1952
- Mayagnez, Puerto Rico, May 1952
- Washington D. C., May 1952
- Cyprus, May 1952
- [ILLEGIBLE], August 1952
- OKINAWA, April 1952
- Korea, May 1952
- ENGLAND, September 1952
- EAST SPRINGFIELD MASS, July 1952
- MACON GA, October 1952
- AKUREYRI ICELAND, October 1952
- CHARLESTON W VA, September 1952
- INYOKERN CALIF, September 1952
- HICKAM AFB T.H., September 1952
- ATLANTIC OCEAN, September 1952
- PORTE DE FRANCE P R, October 1952
- Rivera Area France, October 1952
- BATESVILLE MISS, July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- KOREA, January 1952
- ATLANTIC, March 1952
- Sea of Japan, March 1952
- MANSTON ENGLAND, October 1952
- NORTH KOREA, February 1952
- LOUISVILLE KY, July 1952
- Korea, February 1952
- Mexico, August 1952
- French Morocco, May 1952
- PASCAGOOLA MISS, October 1952
- WASHINGTON D.C., August 1952
- MAUCH CHUNK PA, July 1952
- ATLANTIC OCEAN, May 1952
- SAN FRANCISCO, August 1952
- [ILLEGIBLE], October 1952
- NEW YORK - NY, July 1952
- DALLAS TEX, July 1952
- NORTH Korea, October 1952
- ROCKVILLE IND, July 1952
- CHICAGO ILL, July 1952
- ELBERTON ALA, October 1952
- SAN ANTONIO TEX, October 1952
- KILLEEN TEX, October 1952
- STEAD AFB NEV, October 1952
- OGDEN DUNES IND, July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- LAREDO AFB TEX, November 1952
- Marrakech French Morocco, August 1952
- THOMASTON CONN, July 1952
- 12DEG17' N 155DEG35' W (Pacific), October 1952
- ATLANTIC CITY N J, October 1952
- DULUTH MINN, October 1952
- BEVERLY MASS, July 1952
- PAOLI OKLA, October 1952
- CLOVIS N M, July 1952
- ELKO NEV, October 1952
- At sea on (U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt.), September 1952
- (SE Of Japan) 34DEG15'N-139DEG30'E, May 1952
- LAURINSBURG-MAXTON AFB N C, October 1952
- HEARN TEX, September 1952
- LONG ISLAND N Y, October 1952
- BILOXI MISS, September 1952
- ERDING AIR DEPOT GERMANY, October 1952
- MADISON WISC, October 1952
- ACAPULCO GUERRO MEX, July 1952
- DOBBINS AFB GA, July 1952
- LAKELAND GA, July 1952
- PRESSURE ISLE AFB MAINE, October 1952
- PATRICK AFB FLA, July 1952
- See "Elcentro" 13 May 58 For Classified Location, May 1952
- 28DEGN 92DEGw Off Coast of La., December 1952
- LABRADOR, June 1952
- 34 degrees N. 12 degrees W, August 1952
- March AFB, Calif., August 1952
- [ILLEGIBLE], December 1952
- Far East, August 1952
- HADDENFIELD NJ, July 1952
- SOUTHERN JAPAN, December 1952
- HAMILTON AFB CALIF, July 1952
- [ILLEGIBLE], July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- [ILLEGIBLE], February 1952
- Korea, October 1952
- TAOS N MEX, October 1952
- COVINGTON OHIO, November 1952
- ROCK ISLAND ILL, July 1952
- NEW YORK N Y, July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- North Korea, May 1952
- MIAMI FLA, July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- JAPAN, April 1952
- [ILLEGIBLE], July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- PENDLETON OREGON, July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
- [ILLEGIBLE], July 1952