Project Blue Book Case Files

On the evening of June 25, 1955, several witnesses in Hillcrest Heights, Maryland watched an unusual bright object move across the sky. A lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force d…

On July 12, 1955, near a station at Greenville, Maine, a civilian reported one object for about twenty minutes. The sighting was seen from the ground. The object was described as c…

On August 7, 1955, near noon local time, a civilian in Hobart, Indiana reported one silver-colored ball high in the air. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its…

On November 25, 1955, an F-86D fighter pilot named Lieutenant Durfey was flying a night patrol mission over Hokkaido, Japan, when he spotted a bright red glow off the left side of…

On August 15, 1955, at 5:34 p.m., a civilian in Hollywood, California reported seeing a round, white object with no trail or sound moving as fast as a jet. The object was observed…

In July 1955, a witness in Hollywood, California saw a yellowish glowing light that was sharply outlined and shaped like a large egg. The object moved very slowly and steadily towa…

On June 25, 1955, near Holt, Florida, civilian and military witnesses reported an object for about five to ten minutes. Three observers said they saw it just above the tree tops. T…

On September 12, 1955, at about 1810Z, a civilian saw an object near Huron, Ohio. Ground observers used binoculars of unknown power to watch it. The sighting lasted about two minut…

On the evening of January 21 and early morning of January 22, 1955, military personnel at and near Naval Air Station Hutchinson in Kansas observed unusual lights in the sky. Contro…

# Summary: Jersey City UFO Sighting, January 1955 On the evening of January 11, 1955, a civilian observer in Jersey City, New Jersey reported seeing a bright, fast-moving object s…

On April 22, 1955, someone in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, saw a white, round object with sharp edges standing still in the sky for about a minute. Then it rose slowly. The sighting…

On September 23, 1955, at about 0140Z, a civilian saw an object over Kankakee, Illinois. The sighting lasted about ten minutes. The witness described one spherical object that cha…

# Case Summary: Kennewick, Washington, June 1955 In June 1955, Sergeant Gordon Richardson of the Kennewick, Washington Police Department reported seeing a large, shiny metal spher…

On May 20, 1955, a civilian housewife in Kentfield, California saw a single object at dusk. She first saw it while sitting on the back porch of her home, to the southwest. The sigh…

On February 7, 1955, a man sitting at a picnic table near Knights Landing, California reported seeing an unusual aircraft in the sky. He was watching a jet leaving a heavy vapor tr…

On July 23, 1955, near Kirkland, Washington, civilian and military observers reported a single round object brighter than a star with no sound. The object moved up and down and sid…

On the evening of April 27, 1955, multiple observers near Kisarazu, Japan, watched an unusual object move across the sky. The object appeared egg-shaped, roughly two feet in diamet…

In March 1955, two separate observers in Klamath Falls, Oregon reported seeing an unusual object in the night sky. Both witnesses described a cigar-shaped craft approximately 30 fe…

On August 15, 1955, at 3:13 p.m., a sighting was reported in Klamath, Oregon. Civilian and military observers saw one ragged object described as the size of a child's head. The obj…

On May 8, 1955, a civilian Ground Observer Corps member in Klamath Falls, Oregon saw a single white object. It looked larger than the morning star. The sighting lasted more than an…

On March 14, 1955, near Klamath Falls, Oregon, civilians reported bright objects in the sky. The observation lasted about six hours. One object was star-like and very bright and wa…

On October 1, 1955, at 1 p.m. local time, a civilian in Lafayette, Indiana, observed an object that looked like a parachute. The witness ran toward where he thought it would land,…

In early September 1955, two ground observers using binoculars reported seeing unusual lights in the sky near LaGrand, Iowa. One observer, a farmer with three years of experience w…

On May 20, 1955, a civilian near Laguardia Airport, New York saw a single object at dusk. The observer used binoculars. The report was described as very scant. The object was roun…

On July 13, 1955, a civilian in La Habra, California reported seeing an oblong, dark brown object moving faster than a jet. The sighting lasted 15 seconds and was observed from the…

On July 14, 1955, at La Habra, California, a civilian reported one object for about fifteen seconds. The sighting was seen from the ground. The object was oblong and dark brown, e…

On the evening of November 20, 1955, seven witnesses in Tennessee reported seeing two bright, metallic objects flying in formation across the twilight sky. Six of the observers wer…

On March 8, 1955, over Lake Okeechobee, Florida, bright, flare-like objects were reported drifting toward the ground. Three B-47 type aircraft had been on a night photo mission in…

On November 25, 1955, near La Veta, Colorado, a man saw a strange object in the daytime sky. The time was about 1030 (10:30 a.m.). The sky was clear with an unlimited ceiling and n…

On September 23, 1955, at around 12:30 p.m., a housewife in Leonape, Pennsylvania, heard a sputtering sound like a light airplane engine and stepped outside to look. Instead of see…

In March 1955, at Lexington Airport near Pendleton, Oregon, an observer reported two round, bright crimson objects. They were seen about three minutes apart. Each looked about as l…

On May 2, 1955, a pilot of an Air Force T-33 aircraft reported a sighting near Limestone, Maine. While flying between Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts and Harmon Air Force…

On the evening of September 22-23, 1955, residents near Lodi, Ohio reported seeing unidentified objects in the sky. The sightings began around 10:15 p.m. when a resident called to…

On the afternoon of May 25, 1955, a man stood in a public garden in North Harringay, London, watching an American four-engine bomber fly overhead at about 22,000 feet during a rout…

On August 15, 1955, at about 2100 local time (9 p.m.) near Ruislip, in northwest London, England, two people saw a light in the night sky. The witnesses were the wife of an observe…

On July 14, 1955, at Long Beach, California, a witness reported one object for about five minutes. The sighting was seen from the ground. The object was round and red, about the s…

On October 8, 1955, at about 1638 (4:38 p.m.), two civilians saw an object near Loogootee, Indiana. The main witness was a U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot employee and former Navy quar…

On September 9, 1955, at about 0340Z, a civilian ground observer watching for aircraft saw a light near Lowell, Michigan. The contractor observer reported the object for about thre…

On January 24, 1955, a civilian in Macomb County, Michigan reported observing a round, bright red stationary object for three hours. The object was viewed through binoculars. Air F…

Two physicians vacationing in Madrid, Spain saw a dark circular object cross the evening sky on July 14, 1955. The men were sitting on the patio of the Castellana Hilton Hotel just…

On August 22, 1955, at 1443 local time (about 2:43 p.m.), a U.S. Air Force major saw an object over Madrid, Spain. He was Major William A. Burdick, a senior pilot with about 6,900…

On August 3, 1955, near 8:50 p.m. local time, a civilian on Benner Avenue in Malden, Massachusetts reported one object. The witness was a housewife. The Air Force recorded the repo…

On May 20, 1955, a civilian in Malvern, Pennsylvania saw a single object. It was an intermittent bright light. The light traveled from the south toward the north-northwest. The sig…

On July 6, 1955, at Manhasset (Roslyn), New York, a civilian reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground and lasted about ten to twelve seconds. The object was a si…

On July 5, 1955, a bright light was sighted over Manhasset, New York, crossing the sky from west to east at an estimated altitude of 15,000 feet. A civilian witness observed the ob…

On April 27, 1955, a civilian woman in Manitou Springs, Colorado saw a shining object. She watched it from the back porch of her house. The object appeared to hover over nearby hil…

On December 6, 1955, an object was tracked on radar starting over Marianna, Florida. The report came from a military flight service center. The sighting was at night. The object w…

On October 10, 1955, a long shaft-shaped silver object with no vapor trails was reported near Marshall, Texas. The object was observed flying in a northwest direction with very err…

On September 8, 1955, at about 0245Z, a civilian saw two objects over Mattapan, Massachusetts. The witness was reported to be young (listed as 16 years old). The report was over a…

On March 10, 1955, near Mattawamkeag, Maine, a very bright falling object was reported. It was seen by a commercial pilot and by a ground observer for about three to four seconds.…

On August 4, 1955, near 8:15 p.m. local time, a civilian ground observer in McDonald, Pennsylvania reported one saucer-shaped object. The Air Force recorded the report under Projec…

On December 5, 1955, at 2125 hours (9:25 p.m.), a housewife in McIntosh, Minnesota, reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. She described it as shaped like a baseball bat and…

This case was reported from Melbourne, Florida. The witness reported it in March or April 1966, but the actual sighting had happened some time earlier. A witness questionnaire desc…

# Summary On a date years before the report was filed, a Miami resident witnessed thirteen unidentified objects in the night sky. The sighting began when the main object moved fro…

On a spring day in April 1955, an observer in Mira Loma, California reported seeing a single object in the sky. The object was generally white with a reddish tint. It made no noise…

On the night of July 9, 1955, three separate witnesses in Southern California reported seeing bright objects in the sky that moved in ways they found unusual. The U.S. Air Force in…

On the morning of February 2, 1955, a Navy commander driving a private vehicle near Miramar Naval Air Station in California noticed something odd in the sky. He was watching severa…

In March 1955, near Modesto, California, an observer reported a square, white object. It was about the size of a basketball held at arm's length. The object was seen to appear and…

In 1955, near Montevideo, an observer reported a bright light of strong intensity. The light hovered, and a smaller second light of the same color appeared just below it. The objec…

On the night of September 13, 1955, witnesses near Mountain View and Hollister, California reported seeing three separate luminous objects streak across the sky in quick succession…