Project Blue Book Case Files

On March 6, 1961, civilians in Portland, Oregon, reported a star-shaped object about 7 p.m. local time. The object was about the size of a dime, white, and much brighter than a sta…

On February 27, 1961, around 9:35 p.m. local time, a civilian in Portland, Oregon, reported a round, white object about the size of a grapefruit. It was seen for about 10 to 12 min…

On August 1, 1961, in Portland, Oregon, a civilian witness reported seeing a starlike object slightly smaller than a dime that was white to red in color. The sighting lasted five m…

On the evening of February 5, 1961, a bright object streaked across the skies over Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts, attracting the attention of military personnel, state police,…

On the night of March 18, 1961, at 2120Z (9:20 p.m.), a control tower operator at RAF Station Upper Heyford in England saw a very bright white or yellowish circular object in the s…

Several people near an Atlas missile site in Reardon, Washington, reported seeing bright lights in the sky on the nights of January 13 and 14, 1961. The witnesses described the obj…

On August 28 and 29, 1961, in Redondo Beach, California, a 14-year-old civilian observed a bright and shiny unidentified flying object. The object moved south by southwest at an es…

On the evening of August 5, 1961, a newspaper worker in Richmond, Virginia saw a brightly lit object moving across the night sky from east to west. As he was walking across his bac…

On June 1, 1961, in Rose Center, Michigan, a witness observed what was thought to be a large trail of fire in the sky. The object appeared quickly as a ball of fire and disappeared…

On October 5, 1961, an observer about two miles south of Roswell, New Mexico, reported a bright object at about 7:52 p.m. local time (0152 Zulu). The witness was a military command…

On October 2, 1961, around noon, a pilot named Waldo J. Harris was preparing for takeoff at Utah Central Airport in Salt Lake City when he spotted a large, gray disc-shaped object…

On February 16, 1961, a civilian in San Angelo, Texas, reported a reflective light in the sky for about 15 minutes. The witness was a 35 year old petroleum geologist described as v…

On May 16, 1961, a civilian saw an object near San Antonio, Texas, by ground visual observation. The object was circular, about the size of a half dollar, and brilliant white. It a…

On March 7, 1961, a civilian in San Bernardino, California, reported a round object. The object was white and about the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. There was one object…

On February 27, 1961, two civilians in San Bernardino, California, reported a round, white object in the morning. It was seen for about 20 minutes while they were watching a commer…

On March 1, 1961, around 6:00 p.m. local time, a 16 year old civilian student in San Bernardino, California, reported a round object while watching the sky for aircraft. Other memb…

In September 1961, near San Diego, California, pilots reported a bright light and what looked like an explosion. The bright light was in view for about 2 to 3 seconds, and the appa…

On the evening of September 1, 1961, a witness in Sandusky, Ohio observed an ascending object that caught fire and burned for two to five minutes during twilight hours. The object…

On February 18, 1961, the crew of an aircraft flying from Miami to San Juan, Puerto Rico, reported a very bright object. The report was relayed through the FAA at San Juan. The obj…

On November 13, 1961, a San Mateo resident named Alice Reynolds saw strange objects in the sky near her home. She called the police to report what she had witnessed. Officer Guido…

On the evening of August 18, 1961, a man driving on a rural road near Santa Fe, Argentina reported an extraordinary encounter. According to his account, his car suddenly stopped an…

On November 5, 1961, a military witness at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, reported an object at about 1:07 a.m. local time. The source was a special agent judged reliable. The obj…

On August 1, 1961, in Seattle, Washington, a civilian reported an unidentified flying object. The observer believed the object to be a balloon. The witness took photographs of the…

# UFO Sighting Southeast of Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, January 1961 On January 9, 1961, two Air Force officers observed a bright object in the sky while flying from the Altus…

On January 15, 1961, southeast of Paine Field, Washington, a military pilot flying a T-33 aircraft at 35,000 feet observed a brilliant white object that resembled a strong spotligh…

On May 27, 1961, a triangular-shaped object appeared near Nashville, Tennessee, at very high altitude. The sighting occurred during daylight hours. Some witnesses reported the obje…

On October 6, 1961, at around 4:30 p.m., a witness at a soccer game in Sharon, Massachusetts, looked up at the sky and saw five silver-white objects. The witness said the objects h…

On the night of September 5, 1961, an observer in Sidney, Ohio, spotted a bright object in the sky while looking to the southwest. When viewed through binoculars, the object appear…

On February 22, 1961, witnesses in and around Silver Bay and Gilbert, Minnesota, reported a brilliant object over Lake Superior. Witnesses included police officers, an air policema…

On a June evening in 1961, a resident of Silver Grove, Kentucky observed a shiny object in the sky that changed from red to bright white. The object moved erratically, stopping and…

On May 14, 1961, a civilian near Silver Grove, Kentucky, reported seeing an object in the sky. The sighting was made in the evening. The witness was outdoors, described as near an…

In May 1961, a young witness in Silver Grove, Kentucky reported seeing two bright, round objects in the night sky. The sighting lasted about ten minutes. The objects were brighter…

On January 11, 1961, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland reported seeing a rapidly flashing light that moved very fast at a low, constant altitude in a straight line. The light a…

On November 23, 1961, a civilian near Sioux City, Iowa, reported an object at about 9:30 p.m. local time (0330 Zulu November 24). One object was seen, similar to a bright star, wit…

In May 1961, a resident of Smyrna, Delaware, reported seeing a bright object that flashed or flickered low on the horizon. The observer had written to the President of the United S…

In mid-January 1961, observers near Roosevelt, Oklahoma reported seeing bright objects in the night sky. Over the course of five days, military personnel and civilians submitted se…

On May 1st, 1961, a student in South Hadley, Massachusetts watched a bright white, silver object move across the daytime sky near Westover Air Force Base. The object appeared no la…

On a clear evening in May 1961, an observer in South Hadley Falls, Massachusetts watched a bright object move slowly across the sky. The object appeared as a long sphere, roughly t…

On February 3, 1961, at about 1703 to 1704Z (between dusk and dark), an Air Force weather observer at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany reported a round, almost pure white object. It w…

# Springfield, Massachusetts, June 1961 Two witnesses at a drive-in theater in Springfield, Massachusetts, observed an unusual object in the night sky on June 10, 1961. The object…

On August 13, 1961, in Springfield, Massachusetts, a witness reported a bright object at 2245 (10:45 p.m.). It was round, white, and about the size of a half dollar. It was very br…

On February 8, 1961, at about 2330 (11:30 p.m.), a civilian at Springfield, Massachusetts reported a bluish-white, cylindrical object with a reddish, cone-like tail. The object see…

On a September evening in 1961, a person in Springfield, Ohio watched a bright light in the sky for about an hour. The object appeared as bright as the brightest stars and was roug…

On March 2, 1961, residents in Springfield, Dayton, and Cincinnati, Ohio, along with an observer in Richmond, Indiana, reported seeing a bright glowing object streak across the eve…

On a May morning in 1961 near Stanley, Idaho, a witness spotted an unusual object in the sky. The person described it as bright, with an orange tint, and reported that it appeared…

On the evening of August 6, 1961, a married couple in Suffolk, Virginia, saw five to seven glowing orange objects moving through the night sky. The objects were about the size of a…

On August 5, 1961, southwest of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, a white object was reported at 2158 (9:58 p.m.) at dusk. The object looked like a star except that it moved. It was first se…

On January 3, 1961, southwest of Stuttgart, Germany, a military observer reported an unidentified flying object. The object was rectangular and reflected bright orange-yellow color…

On the night of June 3, 1961, civilians in the Tampa area spotted a bright, star-like object moving across the sky on a southeast course. Two witnesses, described as a retired Navy…

# Temple, Texas - June 1961 A witness in Temple reported seeing a bright object in the night sky in early June 1961. The observer described the object as similar in appearance to…

On January 28, 1961, a military observer in Terre Haute, Indiana reported an official moonwatch sighting of an unknown object. The observation was made at 2:42 p.m. (local time) fr…

On February 15, 1961, two military weather observers near Madrid, Spain, reported a bright object. The observers were assigned to a weather unit at Torrejon Air Base. The object wa…

On a September evening in 1961 in Troy, Ohio, a witness saw two unusual objects moving across the sky in rapid succession. The first object resembled a satellite with a bright whit…

On January 7, 1961, a resident of Troy, Ohio saw a bright, shiny white object in the sky around 1645 (4:45 p.m.). The object made no sound. The witness described it as similar to a…

On the evening of May 9, 1961, at 7:45 p.m., military personnel and a civilian observer at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida watched two bright objects moving across the night sky.…

On the night of February 26, 1961, a U.S. Air Force master sergeant stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida reported seeing a bright, moving object in the sky. Master Sergea…

At 0545 (5:45 a.m.) on December 21, 1961, a witness at Capehart Housing on Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida observed an object in the sky that he described as elliptical with a ra…

On the morning of May 20, 1961, something unusual moved through the sky over Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. An airman standing guard at a remote observation post spotted an ora…

On February 16, 1961, around 5:35 p.m. local time, an observer near Union, Maine, reported a ball of flame in the sky. The witness was a former Air Force pilot, listed with fair re…

On September 16, 1961, at about 8:30 p.m., a civilian near Valparaiso, Indiana, reported an object in the sky. The witness was in a back yard with a telescope. The report was filed…