USAF · 1947 to 1969
Project Blue Book Case Files
The U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into reported UFO incidents, drawn from the National Archives. Each case below has a journalistic summary written from the original file. Use the search box to find a place or date, or filter by state and year.
78 cases in PA · page 2 of 2
Olmsted AFB, Middletown, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn June 18, 1954, at 7:42 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, personnel at Olmsted Air Force Base in Middletown, Pennsylvania spotted a round, silver object hovering to the southwest of th…
Philadelphia, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn October 5, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a civilian witness reported observing eight objects in elliptical formation. The sighting occurred during daylight hours when the…
Philadelphia, PA
1954 · unidentifiedIn 1954, bright objects were reported over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sighting was made from the ground and filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unid…
Philadelphia, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn August 22, 1954, between 1940 and 2005 hours (7:40 p.m. and 8:05 p.m.), residents of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, reported seeing unidentified objects in the sky. The objects wer…
Pittsburg, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn March 11 and 12, 1954, anti-aircraft artillery units stationed near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania reported an unusual radar signal that sparked one of the most complex UFO investigat…
Price, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn February 23, 1954, in Price, Pennsylvania, a civilian witness observed a ball of fire that moved and disappeared over a hill, then started a fire. The sighting lasted 5 seconds.…
Reading, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn May 10, 1954, at about 11:20 p.m. in Reading, Pennsylvania, a 17-year-old civilian reported one object. He heard a roaring noise in the sky, looked up, and saw a glowing white o…
Seranton, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn the evening of March 12, 1954, a resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania reported seeing an unusual object in the night sky while walking home. The man, a 31-year-old laborer, was he…
Wertherly, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn February 22, 1954, objects were reported over Wertherly, Pennsylvania. The sighting was made from the ground and filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for u…
YORK, PA
1954 · unidentifiedOn January 10, 1954, in York, Pennsylvania, one civilian witness reported seeing a bright moving object forming an arc or cone shape with a round base. Several people observed it t…
Lancaster, PA
1953 · unknownOn February 4, 1953, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a civilian reported sighting an unidentified flying object about 14 miles west of Lancaster. The object was described as approxim…
North Rome, PA
1953 · unknownOn October 3, 1953, between about 8:00 and 8:15 p.m. local time, a civilian saw an object near North Rome Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The information reached the Air F…
Bellefonte, PA
1952 · unidentifiedOn the night of September 14, 1952, two security officers on duty at the west gate of Olmsted Air Force Base near Bellefonte, Pennsylvania saw an object that the U.S. Air Force wou…
Benton, PA
1952 · unidentifiedOn April 19, 1952, at 10:50 a.m. local time, radar operators at an air traffic control station near Benton, Pennsylvania, detected three unidentified objects on radar. The targets…
PITTSBURGH, PA
1952 · unidentifiedOn February 11, 1952, between about 0300 and 0315 (3:00 to 3:15 a.m.) Eastern time, two Air Force officers flying a T-11 aircraft from Cleveland, Ohio, to Langley Air Force Base, V…
Report From OLMSTEAD AFB, PA
1952 · unidentifiedOn May 1, 1952, near Olmstead Air Force Base in Pennsylvania, an ex-pilot reported sighting an unidentified flying object. The object appeared red on approach and white when recedi…
Ginger Hill, PA
1949 · unknownOn the morning of June 4, 1949, a man driving on Old Brownsville Road near Ginger Hill, Pennsylvania saw something unusual in the sky. The object was oval in shape and very thin, l…
Pittsburg, PA
1949 · unknownOn the evening of July 3, 1949, at about 10:20 to 10:30 p.m., a Pittsburgh resident saw what he described as a strange aircraft traveling across the sky. The object appeared about…
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