Project Blue Book Case Files

On September 3, 1960, a witness near Harbor Springs reported seeing a large single light at about 10:30 p.m. The report came through a retired Air Force general, then attached to a…

On the night of September 4, 1960, at 8:15 p.m., a woman stood in the rear hallway of her apartment building in Hartford, Connecticut, when she heard a loud, swishing noise from ab…

On April 11, 1960, at 5:50 p.m. local time, a seventeen-year-old girl in Hazel Green, Wisconsin, saw three brilliant elongated discs in the sky near her family's farm, about three…

On November 17, 1960, in Hendersonville, Kentucky, a civilian reported observing an object between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. The object resembled a glider or chicken hawk and hovered in…

On December 5, 1960, at 6:05 p.m. in Herman, Pennsylvania, two witnesses observed a circular object with a pulsating red light on one side and an oblong fluorescent glow on the oth…

On June 25, 1960, a U.S. Naval Attache reported a sighting near Hopetown, in the Union of South Africa, around noon. The object looked like a shooting star but was 10 to 15 times w…

On July 21, 1960, three or four witnesses near Hyattsville and Patuxent River, Maryland reported a falling object at about 9:30 p.m. The sighting lasted about 5 seconds. Some witne…

On the night of July 11-12, 1960, a civilian in Independence, Missouri reported seeing two glowing objects in the sky. The witness described them as round and oblong in shape, abou…

On the night of August 31, 1960, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana observed a bright object in the sky for approximately four and a half hours. The object appeared slightly large…

On the morning of March 23, 1960, a husband and wife in Indianapolis awoke to see an unusual object in the pre-dawn sky. The wife noticed it first around 3:35 a.m. while getting wa…

On September 27, 1960, civilians in Janesville, Wisconsin, reported objects at 2242 (about 4:42 p.m. local), at night. They saw starlike objects the size of a pinhead that reflecte…

On April 14, 1960, a civilian saw a burning object in the sky near Jeffersonville, Indiana. The time was about 1:45 a.m. The witness was a fire inspector driving north on a road ne…

On the evening of September 30, 1960, a cable foreman for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in Kansas City, Missouri, spotted an unusual light in the sky using binoculars. Th…

On the evening of December 3, 1960, at 2325 hours (11:25 p.m.), a weather observer at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi spotted a bright, round white object moving across the s…

In October 1960, six students in Kerrville, Texas spotted an unusual object in the sky. The object appeared as a self-luminous ball with a pastel green color. It was first seen at…

On a December evening in 1960, a man in Kettering, Ohio, reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. According to the witness questionnaire in the Air Force file, the object appe…

On July 2, 1960, at 2:30 a.m., a witness in Kettering, Ohio saw a round, bluish-white ball of fire in the sky. The object became brighter and more intensely blue as the witness wat…

On January 3, 1960, a military pilot flying near Kingman, Arizona saw objects in the night sky that at first looked like unidentified flying objects. First Lieutenant Virgil L. Har…

On September 28, 1960, military radar operators near Kirksville, Missouri, reported a radar target at 0816 (about 2:16 a.m. local). A normal aircraft type return appeared on ground…

On July 25, 1960, a civilian in the city of Kodiak, Alaska saw an object at about 8:00 p.m. local time. The sighting lasted about one second. The object looked like a red flame, es…

On the night of April 12, 1960, a farmer near La Camp, Louisiana witnessed a dramatic encounter that would puzzle investigators for months. The man reported seeing a round, fiery r…

On August 16, 1960, in Lakeland, Florida, a civilian observer reported two objects resembling meteors moving at high speed side by side over the area. No sound was heard. The objec…

On the evening of July 1, 1960, a man, his wife, and two young grandchildren were driving near Lake Nottawa, about ten miles southeast of Marshall, Michigan. Their three-year-old g…

On May 30, 1960, a witness in Las Vegas, Nevada, saw objects in the sky. The card lists one object that became two. The object was seen high in the sky at about 75 to 80 degrees ab…

On the morning of June 4, 1960, a Canadian tourist visiting Leadville, Colorado witnessed something unusual in the sky. Between 0620 and 0730 (6:20 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.), the observe…

On the evening of March 2, 1960, a newspaper photographer named Schedelmaier was riding his motorcycle through the Styria Province near Leibnitz, Austria when he spotted a glowing…

On October 21, 1960, in Leominster, Massachusetts, a civilian witness reported sighting an unidentified flying object. The object was described as trailing intense smoke and hittin…

On December 1, 1960, in Leticia, Colombia, a civilian witness reported seeing an object like a crystal ball about three feet in diameter flying over an airstrip at approximately 30…

On the evening of August 5, 1960, a couple living about one and a half miles northwest of Lewisburg, West Virginia, spotted something unusual in the night sky. They saw a round obj…

On September 19, 1960, at Lincoln Air Force Base in Nebraska, a weather observer and tower operator sighted a very dim luminous object traveling southeast at a very high rate of sp…

On September 10, 1960, a resident of Lincoln Park, Michigan reported seeing a blue and white light moving across the night sky. The object traveled slightly to the left and then to…

On June 17, 1960, a witness near Littleton, Colorado, saw a bright object in the sky. The card lists one object moving rapidly. The time was about 8:40 p.m. local time. The object…

On August 20, 1960, an observer in Littleton, Colorado watched what appeared to be a tear drop-shaped object about the size of a basketball for twenty to thirty minutes. The object…

On May 16, 1960, observers near Loftabad, Iran, reported two objects in the sky. The card lists two objects and notes the sighting was near a border area. The two objects were low…

On January 8, 1960, a woman at Bay Port, Long Island, New York, reported that she saw a Russian missile fall into the Great South Bay at about 9:50 p.m. She reported it to the Air…

# Los Angeles UFO Sighting, September 1960 On September 12, 1960, a resident of Los Angeles and a companion witnessed an unusual object moving rapidly through the night sky. The o…

On September 20, 1960, a military pilot near Louisville, Kentucky, reported objects in the sky at about 2150 (9:50 p.m.). While flying a C-47 at 9,000 feet about 25 miles west of L…

On a December evening in 1960, an observer in Lynbrook on Long Island, New York, watched an object appear in the night sky that resembled a newly risen harvest moon. The object see…

# Summary On August 12, 1960, a civilian observer in Madison, Wisconsin reported seeing a bright white light moving south across the sky. The witness watched the object for about…

On May 21, 1960, a witness in Malden, Massachusetts, saw a white light pass a window. The card lists the sighting as a ground visual observation. The light caused a reflection as…

On the morning of May 22, 1960, a man preparing to shoot blackbirds near Mangham, Louisiana spotted an unusual object in the sky. He called his wife over to look. The object was ro…

On December 14, 1960, civilians at Marietta and Duncannon, Pennsylvania, reported an object at 0550 (5:50 a.m.) local. They described a round object the size of a softball. One wit…

On an October evening in Marion, Indiana, a witness observed an unusual object in the night sky. According to the Air Force record card, the object appeared as a green flame with t…

On July 10, 1960, a civilian couple in Marlin, Texas saw an object in the sky at dusk. The sighting lasted about one and a half minutes. The object was round and about the size of…

On the evening of July 8, 1960, someone in suburban Mason, Ohio reported seeing a bright light in the sky. The observer watched it for about thirty minutes, describing it as resemb…

On a night in August 1960, a witness in McComb, Ohio saw a bright object with a greenish tinge streaking across the sky. The object appeared round and large, and it moved at very h…

On the night of August 18, 1960, a witness in Melbourne, Florida watched the Echo I satellite pass overhead under a clear sky with a bright Milky Way visible. The observer suddenly…

On the night of August 23, 1960, a resident of Miamisburg, Ohio saw a cigar-shaped object that appeared to be burning. The object was small, roughly one-quarter the size of a regul…

On the night of July 8, 1960, Airman M.E. Huyge at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota spotted an unusually bright object in the sky. He described it as round, about the size of a…

On July 6, 1960, military witnesses at Misawa Air Base in Japan observed an unusual luminous cloud and bright object in the sky. The sighting began around 0600 (6 a.m.), when obser…

On July 19, 1960, a U.S. Air Force senior master sergeant saw an object near Misawa Air Base, Japan, at about 7:35 p.m. local time. The sighting was made from a taxicab and lasted…

On October 20, 1960, a weather observer at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia sighted an object of moderate intensity. The object was first seen west of Moody AFB at elevation 52 degr…

In October 1960, a resident of Mount Kisko, New York, observed a bright light moving across the night sky. The object appeared as bright as the planet Venus and moved in a wide arc…

On May 21, 1960, a witness in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, saw a bright object in the sky. The card lists one object that approached the observer. The object looked smooth and somewha…

On May 26, 1960, a resident of Naples, New York observed an unusual sight above the Naples Gorge around 5 p.m. The witness was sitting at home when they heard a heavy plane pass ov…

On December 31, 1960, someone in Nashua, New Hampshire reported seeing a saucer-shaped object that was dull silver-gray in color. The witness first noticed it because of a flash of…

On the evening of September 17, 1960, a resident of New London, Ohio saw a bright white light move rapidly across the sky from southwest to northeast. The observer said the object…

On the night of June 27, 1960, a bright object was observed from Newton, Ohio. The witness sat in a parked car and watched the object for about one and a half hours. It appeared as…

In December 1960, someone in New York reported seeing an unusual object in the night sky. The object displayed red and green flickering lights and appeared roughly the size of a pe…

On August 22, 1960, the crew of a C-124 transport plane flying northwest of Lebreville, West Africa, spotted something unusual in the sky. Major Warren L. Carruthers and First Lieu…