Project Blue Book Case Files

On October 23, 1957, at 5:00 p.m., a civilian named William Chanitz, age 22, observed a round silver object the size of a basketball at arm's length from the St. Louis Coast Guard…

On December 13 to 14, 1957, observers near Catalgazi-Kimli, Turkey reported a large, bright object leaving a bluish trail behind it. The object moved downward in a westerly directi…

On December 8, 1957, a pilot near the Canadian border reported a ball of light while flying at 40,000 feet. The pilot was going into a turn from west to south and leaving heavy con…

On April 22, 1957, military and civilian witnesses across the southeastern United States reported three to four objects at about 11:30 p.m. The case was logged under Project 10073,…

On April 29, 1957, radar over the English Channel near France picked up a fast object. The report came from a news clipping, not a direct sighting. The object was tracked moving at…

On March 27, 1957, at night, a civilian witnessed a meteorlike object near Fontana and San Bernardino, California. The object was reddish in color with fire shooting out of the rea…

In mid-August 1957, people across the United States and Canada reported seeing a bright, moving object in the night sky. The sightings spanned several days and involved multiple wi…

On November 5, 1957, an unidentified object was sighted near Camp O'Donnell in the Philippine Islands. Five military and civilian witnesses observed the object from 8:10 p.m. to 8:…

On November 6, 1957, two aircraft reported visual sightings over the Atlantic Ocean near 23 degrees north latitude and 17 degrees west. One aircraft at 13,000 feet and another at 1…

On November 12, 1957, around 10:30 p.m., a civilian near Corona Del Mar, California reported a long black object that resembled a rope. The object crossed in front of the moon from…

On June 13, 1957, at Wake Island, a civilian control tower operator and his wife observed an unusual aerial phenomenon at 1:44 a.m. While walking along the beach near the south edg…

On December 23, 1957, the commander of a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft spotted a projectile streaking across the sky over the Sea of Japan east of Vladivostok. The object…

On November 6, 1957, multiple witnesses across the northeastern United States reported an unusual aurora display featuring red glows. The sightings occurred on the night of Novembe…

On November 6, 1957, an Air Policeman at Las Cruces Air Force Station in New Mexico saw a bright light in the sky changing color from silver to red. The object appeared roughly 45…

In June 1957, a woman in Campanero, in the Lavalleja Department of Uruguay, reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. She described it as solid in appearance, round or slightly…

On November 5, 1957, a white lighted unidentified flying object was sighted at an unknown location. The object traveled at a high rate of speed in a southwest direction. It was not…

On the morning of November 13, 1957, at Crownsville State Hospital in Maryland, a hospital employee heard a popping sound in the sky. Looking up, the worker spotted what appeared t…

# Sighting Off Florida Coast, November 1957 In November 1957, the crew and passengers of a KLM airliner witnessed a brief but striking object while en route from Kingston to Miami…

On the night of March 22 to 23, 1957, a woman in Camarillo, California called the duty officer at nearby Oxnard Air Force Base to report seeing an unusual glowing object in the nor…