Project Blue Book Case Files

On July 13, 1955, near Stewart Air Force Base, New York, a witness reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground. The object was circular and white and looked alterna…

On October 25, 1955, at Stewart Air Force Base in New York, military and civilian witnesses observed one bright object described as silver to red in color, round in shape, and abou…

On July 21, 1955, in Syracuse, New York, two civilian ground observers reported two round objects. The witnesses were students. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 1007…

On September 27, 1955, at about 2315Z, a civilian saw a light over Tarrytown, New York. The sighting lasted about five to six minutes. The witness described one circular, intense…

On the evening of September 6, 1955, multiple observers across New York reported seeing a bright, fast-moving object with a distinctive blue-white flame streaking across the night…

On a May evening in 1954 in Hamilton, New York, a witness observed a faint, milky-colored object moving across the sky. The object appeared oval in shape and contained two faint re…

On 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…

On 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…

On October 1, 1954, at 1:30 p.m. in Kew Gardens, New York, a civilian observer reported seeing one circular, blue object through a telescope and compass. The object stood still for…

On July 13, 1954, in Newburgh, New York, a civilian reported seeing an unusual object. The witness, a 35-year-old male librarian attending a concert with his wife, observed a brigh…

On June 19, 1954, a civilian in Poughkeepsie, New York, observed a round object in the sky during daylight hours. The witness described the object as appearing to be made of glass,…

On April 19, 1954, at 8:52 p.m., an engineer draftsman at Sampson Air Force Base in New York observed an object about the size of a nickel held at arm's length. The object was brig…

On the night of July 30, 1954, a military witness at Sampson Air Force Base, New York, reported a star like object. The sighting lasted a few seconds, between about 10:57 and 11:02…

On January 28, 1954, near Seneca Lake, New York, military observers sighted an unidentified object at 10 a.m. and again at 10 a.m. The object was half-moon shaped, about 12 feet in…

On April 18, 1954, at 2320 local time, lights were reported over Stewart Air Force Base, New York. Two reliable observers reported the sighting from different points. The report wa…

On April 23, 1953, a person in Addison, New York saw a small white object in the sky that appeared to glow at the top and bottom, with a black stripe running vertically down its ce…

On July 16, 1953, a witness in Brooklyn, New York, reported an object in the night sky. The source was a civilian. The witness was lying down on a rooftop and happened to notice t…

On March 19, 1953, starting at about 2105 (9:05 p.m.) Eastern time, civilians reported a glowing object near Cape Vincent, New York. The report reached the 655th Aircraft Control a…

On March 21, 1953, at about 1505 (3:05 p.m.) Eastern time, two civilian ground observers reported objects over Elmira, New York. The witnesses were Mr. Holup and Jack O'Neil of a g…

# Hampton Bays UFO Sightings, June-November 1953 On the night of June 24, 1953, a woman in Hampton Bays, Long Island, reported seeing an enormous disc-shaped craft hover above a m…

On the evening of November 2, 1953, a New York City police officer riding a bus from Idlewild Airport spotted six unidentified objects hovering over the airport. The man reported s…

On September 3, 1953, about 2300 (11:00 p.m.) local time, civilians saw an object from a beach at Jones Beach State Park, New York. The witnesses were a man and his wife standing a…

On July 3, 1953, around 3:15 to 3:30 p.m., two civilian witnesses in Middletown, New York spotted an unusual object from Fancher Davidge Park on the north side of town. The witness…

On January 28, 1953, at around 10:35 p.m., several residents of Long Island, New York, and one observer in Pennsylvania witnessed a bright, fireball-shaped object traveling from no…

On March 1, 1953, at 1104 (11:04 a.m.) Zulu time, a qualified ground observer in Olean, New York reported seeing a round, red object flying very high and heading south at great spe…

On February 23, 1953, between 0120 and 0125 (about 1:20 a.m.) Eastern time, a civilian man reported an unidentified light over Queens, New York. The case was investigated by the Of…

On December 11, 1953, four civilian witnesses in Rome, New York, observed a bright ball of light moving from east to west across the sky. The object brightened and then faded out.…

On the morning of October 9, 1953, a woman living in quarters near Sampson Air Force Base Hospital in Geneva, New York, heard an unusual loud roaring noise coming from the northeas…

On January 26, 1953, at 1:20 p.m., an airman at Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva, New York, saw a large rectangular object glowing in the sky. The object was roughly 150 feet long…

On April 29, 1953, at about 1125 (11:25 a.m.) Eastern time, civilians reported an object over Syracuse, New York. The witnesses were several women, including two named in the repor…

On January 15, 1953, a civilian Civil Defense ground observer saw objects from a tower in Westhampton Beach, New York. The first object appeared at about 6:40 p.m. The witness was…

On June 28, 1953, at 8:23 p.m., a civilian airline pilot near White Plains, New York reported observing one circular, slightly elongated dark object. The object was approximately 5…

On October 4, 1952, a civilian woman near Albany, New York, reported one circular object. The Ground Observer Corps relayed the report. The object was described as circular, large,…

On April 3, 1952, at 2110 (9:10 p.m.) Eastern time, two people reported a fireball over the Cayuga Lake region of New York. One observer was a crew chief for an airline with twelve…

# Green Flash Over Long Island On January 17, 1952, a civilian observer in Flushing, New York, on the eastern end of Long Island, witnessed an unusual aerial phenomenon that he do…

On December 17, 1952, at about 7:57 a.m., an observer on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, saw a fast-moving light. The report was sent to Air Force intelligenc…

On the morning of December 1, 1952, air traffic controllers and tower operators across the New York City area spotted a single, glowing object in the western sky. The sighting bega…

On January 21, 1952, a U.S. Navy pilot flying a TBM aircraft near Mitchel Air Force Base in New York spotted an unusual object at low altitude. The pilot estimated it was traveling…

On August 20, 1952, about 8:20 p.m. local time, a Ground Observer Corps member near Schenectady, New York, reported an object low over the treetops. The location was about eight mi…

On January 12, 1951, near Elba, New York, a woman and her 6 year old son reported a moving object with a bright white light, seen from a window of their home. The report is part of…

On the evening of August 5, 1951, a man camping near Big Moose in Herkimer, New York, was awakened by a sudden gust of wind at approximately 1830 (6:30 p.m.). He stepped outside hi…

On the evening of November 2, 1950, two flying officers stationed north of Rome, New York reported observing a bright blue-white flash of light. The event occurred at 1935 hours (7…

On the evening of June 24, 1949, a Astoria resident named Mrs. Scaife looked out her kitchen window while preparing dinner around 1830 to 1845 hours (6:30 to 6:45 p.m.) and spotted…

On the evening of August 6, 1949, an instrument designer named W. and his wife were sitting on the rear porch of their home in Jackson Heights on Long Island, New York. At approxim…

On the evening of June 1, 1949, observers in the Walden and Stewart Field area of New York reported seeing an unusual bright object in the sky. The sightings occurred between about…

On July 28, 1949, at about 2131 (9:31 p.m.), a civilian near Tallman, New York, reported seeing objects. The report was sent by an Army message and recorded on an incident form. Th…

In June 1947, a civilian near Hamburg, New York, reported seeing a strange object in the sky. The sighting happened at sunset and was made visually from the ground. The witness de…