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.
350 cases from 1954 · page 2 of 6
Concord, NH
1954 · unidentifiedOn May 31, 1954, near Concord, New Hampshire, a civilian witness reported seeing a white elongated object. The sighting occurred around 10:15 a.m. between Concord and Laconia. The…
Concord Center,
1954 · unknownOn the night of July 3, 1954, a civilian woman near Concord Center, Massachusetts, reported lights moving at high speed in a circle. The sighting lasted about 20 minutes. The light…
Coral Gables, FL
1954 · unidentifiedOn April 25, 1954, at dawn, around 6:45 a.m. local time, in Coral Gables, Florida, a reliable observer reported about three white, round objects in formation. The objects reflected…
Coronado, CA
1954 · unidentifiedOn the morning of July 22, 1954, a retired Marine Corps major general at Coronado, California, reported hearing a strange object. At about 8:41 a.m. he heard the sound of an object…
Covington, KY
1954 · unknownOn June 27, 1954, a civilian in Covington, Kentucky reported a sighting at 2:52 p.m. local time. The witness observed a point of bright light that moved fast but not erratically. T…
Crane, IN
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of October 8, 1954, a man and his wife reported an object near Crane, Indiana. The man was a civilian employee at a naval ammunition depot and was described as a relia…
Dairy, OR
1954 · unidentifiedOn December 22, 1954, a resident of Dairy, Oregon, who held an excellent reliability rating as a Ground Observer Corps chief, spotted a round, silver-colored object about 40 feet a…
Dallas, TX
1954 · unidentifiedOn July 19, 1954, a witness in Dallas, Texas, reported a round object in the sky. The witness, described as a rated Air Force observer, saw the object on the ground at about 8:55 p…
Danville, IL
1954 · unidentifiedOn June 25, 1954, military witnesses near Danville, Illinois, watched a strange object for about two hours. A call from the University of Illinois airport in Champaign first drew t…
Danville, VA
1954 · unidentifiedOn August 26, 1954, a civilian reported two objects near Danville, Virginia. The witness was an engraver and minister. The daytime sighting lasted about 2 minutes with clear weathe…
Daventry, England Beacon Hill,
1954 · unknownOn the evening of August 28, 1954, two separate military aircraft encountered a strange, glowing object over central England between Daventry and Beacon Hill. The first sighting ca…
Dayton, OH
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of June 21, 1954, around 10:20 p.m. Eastern time, a civilian observer in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a bright, glowing object in the sky. The object appeared solid bu…
Dayton, OH
1954 · unidentifiedOn July 3, 1954, a B-36H bomber was flying over the Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and Bermuda when its radar observer spotted something unusual on his scope. Captain Charles C.…
Dayton, OH
1954 · unidentifiedOn a date in 1954, a witness in Dayton, Ohio, reported an object in the night sky. The source was a civilian. The object was a steady flame color with no sound. It flew in a strai…
Delray Beach, FL
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of June 21, 1954, witnesses at Delray Beach, Florida, reported a bright object over the ocean. The sighting lasted about 12 seconds. Two civilians, described as reliab…
Denver, CO
1954 · unknownOn the night of June 23, 1954, a civilian woman in Denver, Colorado, saw a glowing object while standing in her back yard. The object had swept back wings, like a modern aircraft.…
Denver, CO
1954 · unknownOn July 9, 1954, military and civilian observers at and near Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado, watched several small, bright objects moving across the sky at extremely high…
Diedesfeld,
1954 · unknownOn July 29, 1954, in Diedesfeld, Germany, a civilian witness reported seeing two silver, shiny objects in formation that appeared round like confetti. The objects moved in a circul…
Dorchester,
1954 · unknownOn August 27, 1954, two observers reported objects over Dorchester, Massachusetts. The sighting was made at 1:32 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time and lasted about 2 minutes. One observer…
Eagle Grove, IA
1954 · unknownOn the evening of February 28, 1954, a police officer in Webster City, Iowa, saw what he described as a red star in the northwestern sky. When he stopped to look, the object began…
East Point, GA
1954 · unidentifiedOn May 10, 1954, at about 10:30 a.m. local time near East Point, Georgia, a civilian reported three objects flying in a V formation. The witness said each object was round, about 2…
East Side Of Hanger, Washington National Airport,
1954 · unknownOn May 12, 1954, between about 12:45 a.m. and 6:10 a.m., from the east side of a hangar at Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., three Air Police observers reported obje…
Edenton, NC
1954 · unknownOn December 7, 1954, in Edenton, North Carolina, a white circular object was observed. The witness initially thought it was a balloon or parachute. When the object came closer, the…
EDINTEN, NC
1954 · unknownOn December 7, 1954, a pilot stationed near Edenton, North Carolina spotted a silver, semi-spherical object flying at extremely high speed. The object first appeared to be a parach…
Edwards AFB, CA
1954 · unidentifiedOn November 2, 1954, witnesses at Edwards Air Force Base, California, reported four objects in the sky. The sighting lasted about 14 minutes. The objects were described as four lo…
Edwards AFB, (Muroc),
1954 · unknownOn November 23, 1954, at around 0135 hours (1:35 a.m.), Major Robert L. Stephens of the Air Force Systems Development Corporation observed four loosely spaced, brightly lit objects…
Elizabethtown, PA
1954 · unidentified# Summary On the evening of April 22, 1954, a civilian employee at Olmsted Air Force Base in Pennsylvania witnessed an unusual object in the sky near Elizabethtown. At around 9:47…
ELMENDORF AFB, AK
1954 · unknownOn November 9, 1954, an observer at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska watched a small white object fly through the sky for about 20 minutes. The object was round and about the siz…
Elsinore, CA
1954 · unidentifiedOn May 18, 1954, a Royal Air Force Squadron Leader named Donald Higgin was piloting an F3D2 aircraft near Oceanside, California, during a routine training exercise with a second je…
ENID, OK
1954 · unknown# Enid, Oklahoma - October 1954 A U.S. Air Force officer observed a half-moon shaped object in the night sky near Enid, Oklahoma, on October 15, 1954. The witness, a Lieutenant Co…
Fairchild AFB, WA
1954 · unidentifiedOn July 3, 1954, at approximately 1840 (6:40 p.m.) Pacific time, personnel at Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington observed an unusual object in the sky. A witness on duty in the…
FESTUS, MO
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of October 13, 1954, a civilian reported an object on a highway about 14 miles south of Festus, Missouri. The witness was driving at about 55 to 60 miles per hour duri…
Florence, MA
1954 · unidentifiedAt some point in 1954 near Florence, Massachusetts, a civilian woman reported one object. She was working at a brush factory and looked up from her work. The object was visible onl…
Fort Worth, TX
1954 · unidentifiedOn April 28, 1954, starting about 8:55 p.m., over Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, civilians and military personnel reported an object for more than two hours. A st…
Frederick, MD
1954 · unknownOn November 14, 1954, a civilian in Frederick, Maryland, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted about one minute. The object was described as circular and saucer shap…
Frenchman's Bajou, AR
1954 · unknownOn December 17, 1954, a farmer near Frenchman's Bayou, Arkansas reported that a meteorite had come down on his FM Farm. Upon examination, the source thought it was a burn with mold…
Fr. Eq,
1954 · unknownOn July 19, 1954, in French Equatorial Africa, a sighting was reported to the Air Force. The brief summary states that a UFO was observed during observation of the airlift or the s…
Ft Worth, TX
1954 · unidentifiedOn March 27, 1954, at 8:07 p.m., a civilian in Fort Worth, Texas reported observing an unidentified object. The object was comparable to a bright star with stop-and-go movement and…
Fullerton, NE
1954 · unknownOn July 6, 1954, three young children near Fullerton, Nebraska, reported seeing strange objects at dusk. The objects were described as one tube shaped, one cup shaped, and one tube…
GATE CITY, VA
1954 · unidentifiedOn January 7, 1954, at about 8:30 p.m. local time near Gate City, Virginia, two civilians reported one object. It was on a straight course to the north northwest at a slow speed. T…
Gatlinburg, TN
1954 · unidentifiedOn September 23, 1954, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, a civilian witness reported seeing two bicycle wheel-shaped objects with bright silver color. One object flew behind the other. The…
Gravesville, NY
1954 · unknownOn May 1, 1954, a civilian in Gravesville, New York reported seeing one object for 10 seconds. The object was greenish yellow, moving at very high speed in a straight course. It va…
Great Kills, NY
1954 · unknownOn the night of June 14, 1954, at 1:30 a.m., a resident of Great Kills, Staten Island reported seeing an unidentified object in the sky north of his home. The witness described it…
Greenbelt, MD
1954 · unknownOn August 13, 1954, in Greenbelt, Maryland, observers reported seeing a V-shaped formation of objects at sunset. The objects were described as climbing rapidly out of sight. Sun re…
Greenville, NC
1954 · unknownOn the night of February 15, 1954, a woman visiting friends near Greenville, North Carolina saw something unusual in the moonlit sky. She watched a solid ball of brilliant orange l…
Gulfport, MS
1954 · unidentifiedOn December 7, 1954, an Air Force navigator in Gulfport, Mississippi witnessed a round, flat grey object in the sky. The object appeared translucent and rotated rapidly on its vert…
Hahn AB,
1954 · unknown# Summary In March 1954, a woman in Weatherly, Pennsylvania observed an unusual bright object in the sky. She described it as resembling a blimp or star, illuminated and brilliant…
Hamilton, AL
1954 · unknownIn December 1954, a farmer near Hamilton, Alabama reported that a meteorite had fallen on his property. According to his account, the object created a substantial impact crater mea…
Hamilton, AFB, CA
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of July 12, 1954, a military pilot near Hamilton Air Force Base, California, reported a strange object while flying an F-86. The pilot made two sightings about three m…
Hamlet, IN
1954 · unidentifiedOn September 17, 1954, a man named Hall found a cigar shaped object on a golf course in Hamlet, Indiana. The object was about 5 feet long and 6 inches in diameter. It was made of a…
Hampton, VA
1954 · unidentifiedOn July 31, 1954, a woman employed by the Veterans Administration in Hampton, Virginia reported seeing an unidentified object in the sky. The woman was sitting in the shade of a tr…
Harlowtown,
1954 · unknownOn the night of August 17, 1954, a bright object was reported near Harlowtown, Montana. The main witness was a local medical doctor, along with several other witnesses described as…
Hartland, ME
1954 · unidentifiedOn April 23, 1954, at dusk, around 8:00 p.m., in Hartland, Maine, a civilian reported one object for about 15 minutes. It was oblong, large, and silver, with a dome on top and a fl…
Hebron,
1954 · unknownOn July 9, 1954, a missionary named Grubb at Hebron, Newfoundland and Labrador, reported seeing a strange light in the sky. The object appeared as a circular light with yellow on t…
HEYFORD,
1954 · unknownOn October 21, 1954, at Heyford, England, a military observer saw one tubular object twice the size of a B-47 fuselage with red sparks trailing behind it. The object traveled at 10…
Hillcrest Heights, MD
1954 · unknownOn September 5, 1954, at 10:55 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, a witness in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland reported seeing a circular object with light beams or rays radiating from it. Th…
Homerville, GA
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of August 5, 1954, a police officer in Homerville, Georgia, reported a small round object after being alerted by another person. The sighting lasted about 10 minutes.…
Hope, AR
1954 · unknownOn July 21, 1954, at 11 p.m., a citizen and his son in Hope, Arkansas reported seeing a bright star-sized object traveling at terrific speed. The object came from the direction of…
Houston, TX
1954 · unidentifiedOn December 29, 1954, at about 11:25 p.m. local time, a witness near Houston, Texas, reported an object in the sky. The source was a civilian. The object was round and white and f…
Houston, TX
1954 · unidentified# Houston, Texas - October 1954 A military aircrew flying over Houston in early October 1954 reported seeing an unusual object that changed colors and remained stationary below th…
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