Project Blue Book Case Files

On March 12, 1957, at 1:05 a.m., a civilian in Dallas, Texas reported seeing two round white objects about the size of a pea at arm's length. The objects moved as a pair, first see…

On November 6, 1957, a civilian observer in Danbury, Connecticut reported sighting a round object with a size comparable to a pinhead. The observer watched the object through 50 po…

On October 4, 1957, observers in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing an unidentified object in the evening sky. The sightings came from at least three separate witnesses and were document…

On November 8, 1957, at approximately 1520 hours (3:20 p.m.), a person in Dayton, Ohio, observed an unusual object in the sky. The observer described it as slightly smaller than a…

On a January night in 1957, someone in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a round object with rays extending from it. The object appeared to be about the size of a quarter held at arm's…

On September 24, 1957, at about 2130 (Greenwich time) in Dayton, Ohio, a civilian saw one object shaped like a cylinder that was wide at the top and tapered down. It was silver and…

On December 4, 1957, at around 9:00 a.m., a 15-year-old boy in Dayton, Ohio saw an unusual object in the sky. The object was very high, bright silver, and sharply outlined. It move…

On June 19, 1957, at about 1:30 a.m. local time, an observer in Dayton, Ohio reported a sighting through Civil Defense. The report was an extract from a senior duty officer's repor…

On the night of March 24, 1957, a bright flash of white light streaked across the sky above Clinton County Air Force Base in Ohio, moving from west to east. The object was visible…

On November 5, 1957, a civilian in Delevan, Wisconsin observed a round, bright red object spinning and blinking on and off. The object flew from west to east and was visible for fi…

On November 26 and 27, 1957, a civilian in Del Rosa, California, saw a very bright yellowish red light on two separate occasions, each lasting about thirty seconds. The sightings w…

On November 1957, a witness at Denbigh, North Dakota, reported one object in the sky. The sighting was a ground visual observation. The object moved from the southwest and was low…

On May 30, 1957, a military radar operator at a site near Detroit, Michigan, observed a well-defined blip on radar scope. The object appeared about two jet aircraft in size and fad…

One day in October 1957 in Dolinsk, USSR, a witness heard a tremendous sound and felt the house shake. The witness ran outside and saw a light high in the western sky. The witness…

On the night of December 9, 1957, Major Norman W. Goodwin and Captain George E. Thayer of the United States Army Aviation Center were flying over Dothan, Alabama in a small aircraf…

On December 31, 1957, a civilian in Duluth, Minnesota reported seeing an unidentified object. The sighting lasted between three and five minutes. The Air Force had sufficient reaso…

On the evening of December 12, 1957, a woman in Duncanville, Texas saw a bright object in the night sky. She watched it for two hours, from about 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. central tim…

On November 4, 1957, a civilian in Dunedin, Florida, reported seeing a round silver object about the size of a small ball held at arm's length. The object had a tail four times as…

On November 6, 1957, at 7:01 a.m. in Durham, North Carolina, a civilian observer reported seeing an oblong object about the size of a baseball at arm's length. The object was red a…

On the night of June 29, 1957, around 9:40 p.m., a woman driving near Easton, Maryland spotted three unusual objects in the sky. The objects looked like inverted shallow umbrellas…

On January 15, 1957, a civilian observer in Bakersfield, California reported a white, round object about the size of a half dollar. The observer described the object as having a po…

On May 2, 1957, two civilian workers at Edwards Air Force Base in California spotted an unusual object in the sky while driving to a camera station. They described it as a metallic…

On June 26, 1957, two U.S. Air Police officers standing at a roadblock near Edwards Air Force Base in California watched a B-52 bomber conducting a test drop on the precision bombi…

On September 24, 1957, near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, children reported seeing a large object that looked like a star low on the horizon to the northwest. The object changed color fro…

On November 25, 1957, radar operators at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida detected two objects flying in formation. The objects appeared normal on radar, with the second object trai…

On April 15, 1957, two civilian technical representatives near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, reported a single object around noon. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air…

On December 28, 1957, a civilian in Elizabeth City, North Carolina reported seeing a red, cigar or football-shaped object about 20 yards away. The object moved north at a speed equ…

On May 25, 1957, near Elkhorn, Wisconsin, civilian witnesses observed three red and white circular objects in the night sky. The sighting lasted about two minutes. Observers heard…

On May 24, 1957, at about 10:30 p.m. local time, civilians in Elkhorn, Wisconsin reported a sighting. The observation lasted about two minutes. Witnesses saw three circular object…

On February 27, 1957, military and civilian ground observers at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's…

On December 12, 1957, a witness at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota reported a round white object about the size of a bright star. The object traveled in a straight horizonta…

On the night of October 8, 1957, six Air Force intelligence officers at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska watched a bright object move across the sky. The object first appeared 27…

On December 15, 1957, a pilot with the 317th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska saw an unusual object while flying at about 38,400 feet. The object…

On July 11, 1957, around dawn into day, a civilian county civil defense director in Elmira, New York reported a sighting. The observation lasted about one hour and thirty minutes a…

On Sunday, December 1, 1957, around 3 p.m., a man in Montebello, California, and his family witnessed six unidentified objects flying in formation across the sky. When the children…

On December 13, 1957, a witness near English, Indiana reported one round white object about the size of a grapefruit. The object moved very slowly. It stayed in view for about 30 t…

On November 1, 1957, in Englishtown, New Jersey, a sighting was reported to Air Force authorities. The documents are heavily degraded and contain numerous illegible sections that p…

On November 26, 1957, east of Farmington, New Mexico, a civilian observer reported seeing one object described as long, the size of a bulky fountain pen, brilliant white in color,…

On October 23, 1957, a civilian reported observing an object east of Korhonkson, New York. The object had a shape and size of a star, appeared yellow with jagged edges, and faded t…

On March 4, 1957, civilian and military witnesses at Erie, Pennsylvania, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unid…

On December 1, 1957, observers near Fairbanks, Alaska reported two separate objects. The first was a round object about the size of a medium star, seen for 20 to 35 seconds in a st…

In November 1957, residents of Fairborn, Ohio, reported seeing unidentified objects in the night sky. The Air Force received at least three separate sighting reports from the area…

On July 25, 1957, in Fairborn, Ohio, a witness observed an unidentified object in the afternoon sky. The Air Force received a detailed report through its standard UFO investigation…

On October 14, 1957, in Fairmont, West Virginia, a civilian witness reported seeing a sphere rotating laterally in flight from southeast toward northwest. The object was observed d…

On May 7, 1957, at approximately 8:25 p.m., a civilian witness in Fargo, North Dakota reported observing one round white object the size of a star at arm's length. The object moved…

On November 6, 1957, a civilian woman driving near Farmingdale, New York, reported an object at night. She was driving north on a parkway when she saw a bright white light about 10…

On April 29, 1957, around 8:20 p.m. local time, a civilian salesman in Ferndale, Michigan reported seeing objects in the sky. The night was described as very clear. The witness was…

On November 5, 1957, many witnesses near Finland, Minnesota, reported an object in the sky. The report came from military radar station personnel and a civilian. The sighting was a…

On August 1, 1957, in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, a man and woman driving in a car spotted a flying saucer near the town. They reported seeing a large light colored silver blue. The…

# Summary: Fontana, California, March 1957 On March 17, 1957, a service station attendant in Fontana, California saw a cigar-shaped object with a large red light on it. The object…

On July 17, 1957, an RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft (a modified B-47 bomber equipped with electronic surveillance gear) encountered an unidentified object over northern Louisiana an…

On November 9, 1957, military witnesses at Fort Bragg, North Carolina filed two reports. One described a round object the size of a baseball that was white and made a buzzing sound…

On September 2, 1957, at about 0525 (Greenwich time) in Fort Myers, Florida, a civilian saw four objects for over an hour. Two were in the south, one in the north, and one in the n…

On November 6, 1957, military personnel at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey reported a white light oscillating and moving slowly at 7:02 a.m. The observation lasted 10 minutes and was mad…

On November 25, 1957, a civilian observer near Frankfort, Kentucky reported one round white object about the size of a dime. The object followed a straight flight path. It stayed i…

On November 8, 1957, a civilian near Freeport, Texas reported a red ball of fire. The sighting lasted about 2 minutes. The object showed no sideways movement and made no sound. It…

On the evening of August 13, 1957, a Fresno, California resident witnessed a silent, round object with a three-quarter dome shape pass overhead. The witness estimated the object to…

On a night in December 1957, a witness near Fruita reported one round object that changed colors among yellow, white, green, and red. The object moved to the southwest, then to the…

On May 26, 1957, at about 7:50 p.m. local time, a military airman on ground observer duty in Fort Myers, Florida reported a sighting. The object was still visible when the report w…

On June 16, 1957, during the day, a civilian married couple in Gardena, California reported a sighting. The observation lasted about nine minutes. The sky was clear. The witnesses…