Project Blue Book Case Files

On April 27, 1963, at 3:50 p.m. Eastern time, a civilian in Pearl Beach, Michigan reported an unidentified flying object sighting. The witness observed an object through a telescop…

On February 12, 1963, a civilian in Phoenix, Arizona, reported four small round glowing dots crossing his view. The sighting was at about 10:55 p.m. local time. The man was lying i…

On June 22, 1963, in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, a civilian witness reported seeing a bright egg-shaped light that was white in color. The witness observed the object in the west,…

On January 21, 1963, a civilian near Rockport Air Force Station, Texas, reported a round, silvery white object during daylight. It looked about the size of a pinhead held at arm's…

On the evening of June 27, 1963, a person in Rockville, Maryland reported seeing a bright object in the twilight sky that resembled a half moon in appearance. The object was white…

On the evening of February 13, 1963, in Rydall, Pennsylvania, a boy and his mother saw a reddish object in the western sky just above the horizon. At first, the boy thought he was…

On the night of March 18, 1963, a man living three miles northwest of Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California, reported seeing an unidentified object fly over his home.…

On March 11, 1963 (about 9:15 p.m. local time by Greenwich time of March 12), two Air Force officers in an aircraft near San Diego, California, reported an orange flame or light wi…

On the night of May 1, 1963, a fifteen-year-old boy in Silver Grove, Kentucky reported seeing two unidentified objects moving southward through the sky at 10:15 p.m. He watched for…

On June 8, 1963, at about 9:30 p.m., a witness saw a bright object on the Edens Highway between Skokie and Highland Park, Illinois. The observer was a civilian, an 11-year-old who…

On the morning of April 3, 1963, around 3:20 to 3:30 a.m., a bright object streaked across the sky above Fiji, spotted by military personnel, police, and civilians across the islan…

On the evening of November 18, 1962, a resident of Tampa, Florida, and his wife observed three unusual lights from their front porch. The objects approached from the northeast, gro…

On the night of June 26, 1963, a resident of Texarkana, Texas watched two round white-to-orange objects move slowly across the northern sky. The witness noticed the objects while l…

On the evening of June 24, 1963, a farmer near Versailles, Missouri saw an unusual object in the sky. The man, age 47, observed a round white object that appeared as a moving light…

On June 27, 1963, in daylight, a civilian reported an object near Von Ormy, Texas, about 2 miles north of the town. The witness worked at Kelly Air Force Base. The case was recorde…

On June 13, 1963, at night, a civilian reported an object near Washington, D.C., about 5 miles north of the Pentagon. The witness was a voluntary worker at the National Institutes…

On the evening of January 9, 1963, someone in West Carrolton, Ohio, saw a yellow and white light fall to the ground behind a tower. The witness reported the sighting to the U.S. Ai…

On the night of June 25-26, 1963, two separate incidents were reported in the Weymouth area of Massachusetts. One involved a photograph taken by newspaper reporter Richard Pothier,…

On May 6, 1963 (about dusk by Greenwich time of May 7), Air Force tower operators at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, reported a circular white or light orange light. It was firs…

On February 14, 1963, civilians about 2 miles east of Wilmington, North Carolina, reported a bright white object with a blue tint. The object looked round, about the size of a base…

On February 28, 1963, hundreds of people across Arizona, New Mexico, and California saw an unusual luminous ring-shaped cloud near sunset. The object appeared near Winslow and Flag…

On the night of June 9, 1963, a man lying in his backyard in Xenia, Ohio, saw a series of bright blue flashes moving across the sky. The observer, who was looking straight up from…

On February 24, 1963 (local time February 25 by Greenwich time), two airline crews over the Pacific Ocean reported a brilliant white object entering the atmosphere. The first repor…

On March 1, 1963, a military aircraft crew over Germany reported a sharp, long rectangular object in flight. The object was bright white with a bluish green tinge and was 2 to 3 ti…

A military aircraft flying over the Pacific Ocean spotted a bright, star-like object moving at high speed on March 18, 1963. The sighting occurred near coordinates 47.20 North lati…

On January 31, 1963, witnesses over the Atlantic Ocean reported a bright flash or explosion in the sky. The reports came from several aircraft and from the ship USS Dunkirk. The si…

On the night of March 11, 1963, hundreds of people across the Hawaiian Islands reported a glowing object moving from east to west at high altitude and high speed. It was described…

On March 12, 1963, a Northwest Airlines pilot over the Pacific Ocean reported a bright flash in the sky. The sighting was at about 3:07 p.m. local time (Greenwich time 15:07). The…

On March 14, 1963, a military aircraft crew over the Pacific Ocean reported a white, steady, glowing object brighter than any star. The report was made on a very clear night. The o…

On the evening of March 15, 1963, sailors aboard the USS Durant spotted a white blinking light in the Pacific Ocean at coordinates 03.45 South, 168.19 West. A lookout saw the light…

On March 6, 1963, military pilots over Southern California spotted a bright, star-like object moving across the sky in a way that puzzled investigators. Two T-33 training aircraft…

On May 3, 1963, Ocean Station Victor, a stationary weather platform in the Pacific Ocean about 140 degrees west longitude and 29.5 degrees north latitude, spotted a large silver-co…

On June 16, 1963, a sailor aboard the USS Lansing saw a bright object in the night sky while the ship was stationed in the Pacific Ocean about 300 miles south of Hawaii. The object…

On April 21, 1963, a military aircraft crew over the Pacific Ocean reported a bright light at high altitude. The position was about 42.20 degrees north, 173 degrees west. The crew…

On April 22, 1963, an Air Force duty officer near Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, logged a fourth hand report of a bluish light moving up and down. The report came through a major…

On February 17, 1963, at 12:00 p.m. GMT, an Iranian border post near the Caspian Sea reported sighting an unidentified flying object. The object was shaped similar to a rocket and…

In April 1963, a pilot on a flight southeast of Iceland reported seeing a round, star-shaped object glowing as bright as a second-magnitude star. The sighting occurred at 0821 GMT…

On May 8, 1963, the crew of a military aircraft over the Pacific Ocean reported a radar contact followed by a visual contact. The position was about 58 degrees north, 169 degrees w…

On May 15, 1963, several witnesses in Louisiana reported a V shaped or triangular object with a ball of light at its tip and a faint contrail. The first observers, on the ground ne…

On May 17, 1963, the crew of a Military Air Transport Service C-135 aircraft over the Pacific Ocean reported a bright greenish white flare. The position was about 46 degrees north,…

On May 17, 1963 (Greenwich time May 18), crews aboard Navy ships in the Pacific Ocean reported an object that looked like a falling star of second magnitude. The first sighting, fr…

On May 21, 1963 (about 8:10 p.m. by Greenwich time), the crew of the ship USS Gearing in the Atlantic Ocean reported a flying object that appeared to be rocket powered. The positio…

On May 22, 1963, an object was reported at sea near 43 degrees 20 minutes North, 172 degrees 50 minutes West, in the Pacific. The report came in through a Navy and Air Force messag…

On March 28, 1963, an observer on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean at coordinates 35 degrees North, 48 degrees West sighted a fast-moving object in the night sky. The object was first…

On May 26, 1963, the crew of the tug Sandra reported an object over the Gulf of Mexico near 29 degrees 14 minutes North, 93 degrees 25 minutes West. The witnesses were Coast Guard…

A pilot flying over the Pacific Ocean spotted what appeared to be an orbiting satellite on April 28, 1963 at around 1224 hours (12:24 p.m.). The aircraft, call sign 8874, was near…

On the night of June 17, 1963, a spherical white object generating intense light was observed traveling at high speed over the Pacific Ocean at coordinates 36.25 North, 155.52 East…

On June 13, 1963, the crew of the USS Chautauqua reported an object in the Pacific near 24 degrees North, 164 degrees East, at Ocean Station Victor. The witnesses were military obs…

On June 11, 1963, the British cargo ship M.V. Box Hill spotted something unusual in the Gulf of Mexico about 450 miles south-southeast of the Louisiana coast. The ship's crew saw w…

On June 16, 1963, at 11:20 a.m. GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), the crew of the USS Tetela and the Coast Guard Cutter Chautauqua reported observing a flying object in the North Pacific…

On June 15, 1963, an observer in the Indian Ocean at coordinates 14.27 degrees North, 69.57 degrees East saw a luminous disc. The object appeared at an elevation of 30 degrees in t…

On May 29, 1963, at 0741 GMT (approximately 1:41 p.m.), a UFO sighting was reported in the central Pacific Ocean east of the Hawaiian Islands, at coordinates 30.50 degrees North la…

On July 2, 1963, military observers reported objects over the North Atlantic near 55 degrees North, 35 degrees West. The report came in as a CIRVIS message and was recorded in Proj…

In May 1963, a military aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean detected three unusual radar contacts moving at identical speeds of 1,400 miles per hour. The radar operator at Dow Air For…

On April 3, 1963, at 4:08 a.m. local time, a Navy aircraft observed a possible satellite near coordinates 32 degrees 32 minutes north, 177 degrees 20 minutes west in the Pacific Oc…

On March 13, 1963, a CIRVIS report from C-121 aircraft described a sighting near 4.35N 176.41W in the Pacific Ocean. At approximately 8:45 a.m. local time, the crew observed a smal…

On April 26, 1963, at 0613 hours (6:13 a.m.), a civilian Northwest Airlines flight crew reported a satellite-like object traveling north to south over the Pacific Ocean at coordina…

On June 14, 1963, near OS ECHO in the Atlantic, a military observer reported seeing a satellite in transit from southwest to northeast. The object was traveling at first magnitude…

On June 20, 1963, a bright object was observed at location 33.12N 168.33E in the Pacific Ocean. A military observer reported seeing an object as bright as a first magnitude star in…

On June 26, 1963, an aircraft crew over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Hawaii reported seeing a pinhead-sized white light at 20 degrees elevation (roughly 20 degrees above the hori…