Project Blue Book Case Files

On May 29, 1955, at Chitose Air Base in Japan, military control tower operators reported observing a round white object followed by smoke trailing with sparks and flames. The objec…

On June 7, 1955, at 7:15 a.m. local time at Chitose Air Base in Japan, military observers spotted a round white light of moderate intensity moving slowly upward. The object made no…

On June 22, 1955, at dawn near Chuckanut Bay, Washington, civilian and military witnesses reported a black object shaped like a submarine. The object was observed for 30 minutes be…

On December 13, 1955, at 1:30 p.m., a civilian observer in Cincinnati, Ohio reported sighting an ellipsoid-shaped object with blue-white exhaust and orange coloring. The object was…

On September 9, 1955, near Cincinnati, Ohio, an astronomer on duty observed a round, star-sized object that appeared red and orange in the high northeast sky. The object was observ…

On May 26, 1955, near Clearfield, Pennsylvania, a civilian observer reported seeing an object with no specific shape that changed color from white to red and back. The object appea…

On about May 22, 1955, a civilian in the Clearfield, Pennsylvania area reported a single object. It appeared about 50 miles east of an observer post and was watched for roughly two…

On June 2, 1955, a civilian and a military witness in Cleveland, Ohio saw a single object. The civilian was a Ground Observer Corps member and the other was a technician sergeant.…

On November 28, 1955, over Cleveland, Ohio, a witness reported a strange object in the sky. The report time in Greenwich time was 2232Z. The night was clear. The object was dark g…

On December 13, 1955, a flight crew saw a strange object while flying near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The report time in Greenwich time was about 1400Z. The sky was clear at dusk,…

On May 29, 1955, both civilian and military witnesses in Colorado Springs, Colorado reported one object. It was reported by phone to the duty officer at the headquarters of an Air…

On March 22, 1955, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, a civilian reported seeing a circular, bright purple object about the size of a baseball. The object descended to the ground with…

On December 11, 1955, over Colorado Springs and Denver, Colorado, three people saw one object in the sky. The Greenwich time was 1330Z. The witnesses included military and civilian…

On December 11, 1955, over Colorado Springs and Denver, Colorado, three people reported one object in the sky. The Greenwich time was 1330Z. The witnesses included military and civ…

On August 3, 1955, at night in Corvallis, Oregon, a civilian fire lookout reported one oval object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for u…

On August 14, 1955, at 3:20 p.m., a civilian student in Crystal, Minnesota observed one round, bright yellow object with a tail. The object was bright yellow in color and male time…

On April 28, 1955, personnel at Dahlgren, Virginia observed a round, metallic object in the sky using a theodolite (an optical surveying instrument used to measure angles and dista…

On the evening of June 20, 1955, multiple witnesses in Dallas, Texas reported seeing unusual objects in the sky. The sightings lasted from roughly 2200 hours (10 p.m.) until around…

On August 1, 1955, near 8:27 p.m. local time, a ground observer at a post in Danville, California reported one bulbous object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073…

On January 30, 1955, near Des Moines, Iowa, a jet pilot flying a T-33 reported an object at night. He was at about 20,000 feet. The sighting lasted about 25 seconds. The pilot sai…

On December 20, 1955, at 0430 (4:30 a.m.), a witness in Decatur, Nebraska, observed an unidentified object in the night sky. The object was described as winged in shape and display…

A child observed a white light in the sky above Decatur, Georgia, on April 15, 1955. The observer, an 11-year-old, was looking west through a pair of toy binoculars when he saw the…

On about November 14 or 15, 1955, a commercial airline pilot saw an object over Deming, New Mexico. The report reached the Air Force by letter and was a CIRVIS report, a required r…

On January 31, 1955, near Detroit, Maine, an observer reported a bright object in the sky. It looked like a bright blue-white star. It was about the size and shape of a small circu…

On February 9, 1955, an Eastern Air Lines pilot named Captain S.W. spotted an unusual object in the sky northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, near Dobbins Air Force Base. He watched it fr…

On the night of May 13, 1955, two Air Force pilots flying an F-89D jet interceptor out of Duluth, Minnesota, spotted something unusual on their radar while on a routine training mi…

On April 5, 1955, a civilian in Elk, New Mexico reported seeing one object with a fan-shaped tail about the size of a baseball held at arm's length. The object was bright green-pur…

On October 5, 1955, in Ellensburg, Washington, a civilian observer reported two round objects about the size of a football held together by what appeared to be a red band. The sigh…

On October 28, 1955, at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, a military observer reported sighting an object with an indefinite outline and dark color with an orange flame following…

# Summary On May 27, 1955, a resident of Englewood, Ohio reported finding a lightweight rock that resembled a melon. The person brought the specimen to the Air Force Technical Inf…

On May 26, 1955, at 7:55 a.m. EST, a civilian in Euclid, Ohio reported observing a round, white object that remained stationary in the sky for four minutes. The object was describe…

On June 3, 1955, a civilian Ground Observer Corps observer in Euclid, Ohio saw a single object. The sighting lasted about twenty minutes. The object moved to the southwest. The ob…

On about October 22 or 23, 1955, civilian and military witnesses reported an object over Exeter, New Hampshire. The report came through Ground Observer Corps channels. The Air Forc…

On October 29, 1955, at 2:35 p.m., a civilian observer in Fairfield, California reported seeing one or possibly two objects. The witness described the initial sighting as an object…

On January 9, 1955, at 8:05 p.m. EST, three unidentified objects were observed flying near Falls Church, Virginia. A civilian witness reported seeing three objects that resembled s…

On May 14, 1955, residents of Fargo, North Dakota, watched a colorful object moving erratically across the evening sky. The object displayed blue, orange, green, and other color sh…

On March 19, 1955, a civilian witness in Farmingdale, Long Island reported seeing five objects in a dull reddish V formation moving south to north. The objects appeared almost tran…

In March 1955, at Farmingdale, Long Island, New York, an observer reported four dull, reddish objects in formation. He saw them with his naked eye while studying the planet Jupiter…

On March 22, 1955, near Fitchburg, Massachusetts, an observer reported a spot of light. It was about the size of a dime held at arm's length and greenish in color. The light was se…

On April 23, 1955, a civilian pilot near Flathead Lake, Montana saw a single white object. It was about the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. It had no other clear features.…

Between June 8 and July 8, 1955, an observer in Fontana, California reported seeing round objects in the night sky. The objects appeared red and flashing or yellow and steady. The…

On August 26, 1955, radar operators at Fordland Air Force Station in Missouri detected an unusual target that behaved in ways that puzzled experienced observers. The object first a…

On December 21, 1955, at 10:01 p.m. GMT, a civilian observer in Forrestville, Ohio reported sighting a round object with a red body and white top. The object made no sound, moved v…

A flight observer aboard a B-47 jet aircraft saw an oval object with a shiny chrome or pinkish surface on January 12, 1955, while flying at roughly 20,000 feet over Forsyth, Georgi…

On the morning of June 26, 1955, around 5:15 a.m., a resident of Fort Worth, Texas, observed an unusual object through a telescope while looking at the sky. The witness was a publi…

In early 1955, near Fuju, military pilots reported a white, circular object with no clear features. They first thought it was a balloon, but it seemed to move against the wind. The…

On November 18, 1955, a civilian in Glenavon, California reported seeing a round, red object low in the sky. The object was very high in altitude and faded out of sight. The observ…

On June 21, 1955, a civilian in Glenavon, California saw a single object. The sighting lasted about fifteen minutes. The object was seen circling. The object was cigar shaped and…

On June 21, 1955, a civilian in Glenavon, California reported seeing a cigar-shaped object with a reddish color and no sound. The observation lasted 15 minutes. The witness was loo…

On July 14, 1955, at Glennavon, California, a civilian, a 15-year-old student, reported objects on the same day in several sightings. Each was seen from the ground and lasted a few…

On October 22, 1955, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a 13-year-old high school student observed one oval object about the size of a half dollar held at arm's length. The object was whit…

On the night of August 25, 1955, a man in Green Bay, Wisconsin reported seeing several unusual objects while standing outside his home. He described a small helicopter about four t…

On February 24, 1955, near Green City, Missouri, an observer reported a hovering object. He was driving a vehicle at the time. He estimated he was about one mile from the object. T…

On September 25, 1955, a civilian in a boat saw a bright light on the horizon near Gulfport, Mississippi, about three miles west of Keesler Air Force Base. The witness was a radio…

On July 5, 1955, in Gulliver, Michigan, a civilian mother and daughter observed one object estimated to be fifteen feet in length for two minutes. The object had no wings, markings…

On July 6, 1955, near Gulliver, Michigan, a mother and daughter reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground and lasted about two minutes. The object was oblong and…

On the evening of March 16, 1955, a bright object was spotted over Hamilton and Cleves, Ohio. The sighting occurred around 11:29 p.m. local time and lasted several minutes. The obj…

On June 1, 1955, a civilian Ground Observer Corps member in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania saw a single object. It was a round sphere, silver in color, about the size of a basketball. It…

On February 7, 1955, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a civilian reported a bright light. The light flashed across the horizon toward the south. The sighting was brief, lasting only a…

On September 2, 1955, at night in Hawthorne, California, a civilian saw a light in the sky. The witness worked in the communications department of an airline in Los Angeles. The si…