1956 Project Blue Book UFO Sightings
In 1956, the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book investigated 417 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
California
- Auburn, CA
- Bakersfield, CA
- Bostonia, CA
- Challange, CA
- China Lake, CA
- Delano, CA
- El Toro, CA
- Encanto La Mesa, CA
- Folsom Prison, CA
- Fresno, CA
- Glen Avon, CA
- Hamilton AFB, CA
- Hollywood, CA
- Hollywood, CA
- Hollywood, CA
- Huntington, CA
- Lakeport, CA
- Lindsay, CA
- Long Beach, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- Los Angeles, CA
- North Hollywood, CA
- Oxnard AFB, CA
- Pasadena, CA
- Point Arguello, CA
- Rialto, CA
- Riverside, CA
- San Bernandino, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Diego, CA
- San Fernando, CA
- San Luis Obispo, CA
- San Ramon, CA
- Santa Monica, CA
- Santee, CA
- Stockton, CA
- Tehachapi, CA
- Tehchapi, CA
- Temple City, CA
- Torrance, CA
- Turlock, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
- Van Nuys, CA
- Ventura, CA
- Ventura, CA
- Winchester, CA
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
- Aripeka, FL
- Avon Park, FL
- Belleview, FL
- Cedar Key, FL
- Crescent City, FL
- Crescent City, FL
- DeFuniak Springs, FL
- Destin, FL
- Ft. Pierce, FL
- Ft Pierce, Florida Lutz, FL
- Keystone Heights, FL
- Lutz, FL
- Miami, FL
- Miami, FL
- Miami, FL
- Naples, FL
- NAS Key West, FL
- Panama City, FL
- Pensacola, FL
- Shalimar, FL
- St. Petersburg, FL
- West Palm Beach, FL
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
MIchigan
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
NY
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
- Albany, NY
- Bridgeport, NY
- Brooklyn, NY
- Brooklyn, NY
- Buffalo, NY
- Buffalo, Hamburg, NY
- Greenwood Lake, NY
- Henderson Harbor, NY
- Long Island, NY
- Long Island, NY
- (near) New Rochelle, NY
- Newburgh, NY
- Newburgh, NY
- New York, NY
- New York City, NY
- Plattsburg, NY
- Ridgewood, NY
- Saugerties, NY
- South Salem, NY
- Walkill, NY
- Watertown, NY
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
- 17 Mi E Columbus, OH
- Batavio, OH
- Beavertown, OH
- Bedford, OH
- Bucyrus, OH
- Canton, OH
- Canton, OH
- Canton, OH
- Canton, Springfield, OH
- Carrollton, OH
- Cincinnati, OH
- Cincinnati, OH
- Cincinnati, OH
- Cincinnati, OH
- Cincinnati, OH
- Cleveland, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Columbus, OH
- Dayton, OH
- Dayton, OH
- Dayton, OH
- Dayton, OH
- Dayton, OH
- Eaton, OH
- Englewood, OH
- Euclid, OH
- Hamilton, OH
- Homerville, OH
- Kent, OH
- Lumberton, OH
- Mechanicsburg, OH
- Norwalk, OH
- Parma Heights, OH
- Salineville, OH
- Vandalia, OH
- Westerville, OH
- Wilmington, OH
- Worthington, OH
- Xenia, OH
- Yellow Springs, OH
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Unspecified
- 10 Mi N of Hermanville, null
- 10 Mi W of Carey Islands, null
- 20 Mi S of Quart Site, null
- 60 Miles E of St Louis, null
- Akpotok Island, null
- Arenda, null
- Ashford, Kent, null
- Bentwaters-Lakenheath, null
- Bornholm, null
- Cairo, null
- Casablanca, null
- Castle AFT, Merced, null
- Cunningham, null
- Gassoway, null
- Goose Bay, null
- Goose Bay, null
- Honshu, null
- Itazuke AB, null
- Jackson, null
- Juniata, null
- Kuopio, null
- Lake Leelanau, null
- Lakeport, null
- Minneapolis, null
- Monroe, null
- Muehlheim, null
- N-31, Pepperrell AFB, null
- NAS, North Island, null
- Near Murmansk, null
- Newburgh, Unionville, null
- North of Ontario, null
- Pretoria, null
- Rome, null
- Snelling AFB, St Paul, null
- South Africa Victoria West, null
- Tangier, null
- Tarrytown, null
- Valley City, null
- Washington, null
- Washington, null
- Wethersfield, Essex, null
- Wheelus AB, null
- Wheelus AFB, null
- Woburn, null
- Scattered points In S.Cal fm Los Angeles to San Diego, June 1956
- [ILLEGIBLE], November 1956
- Pound & Nekoosa Wisconsin, November 1956
- 80 KM Sw of Winston Salem North Carolina, May 1956
- Labrador Goose Bay-Frobisher Bay, November 1956
- Uruguay, November 1956
- Venezuela, March 1956
- Air-Visual Over So. Carolina And Virginia, May 1956
- Guam, December 1956
- Orly AF France, February 1956
- Custer AF Sta. Michigan, July 1956
- Nevada, December 1956
- California airport Los Angeles International, July 1956
- Hungary, January 1956
- Guatemala, July 1956
- SE corner of Minnesota, April 1956
- at sea 215 Mi SE of Burmuda, January 1956
- Maryland 7 Mi NE Of Andrews AFB, March 1956
- Azores, August 1956
- Afghanistan, January 1956