Project Blue Book Case Files

On May 21, 1957, at 1830 Zulu time (daylight), three military observers at Tempelhof Air Base in Berlin reported seeing objects. The men were Air Force airmen and a special agent,…

On November 13, 1957, around 11:35 p.m. local time, a civilian observer near Bethesda, Maryland reported a streak in the sky. The object was the length of the distance between the…

On July 22, 1957, a Trans World Airlines pilot flying from Chicago to Tucson spotted an unidentified object in the sky near Amarillo, Texas. The pilot reported that the object sudd…

# Between Mockville and Arrity, North Carolina: March 1957 A truck driver in rural North Carolina saw a remarkable object in the night sky on March 8, 1957. According to the case…

In the early morning of November 23, 1957, 1st Lieutenant Joseph F. Long reported seeing four disc shaped objects on the ground near Tonopah, Nevada. Long was driving between Stead…

On February 12, 1957, between Valley Forge and Coatsville, Pennsylvania, a civilian observer reported seeing a long-shaped object about the size of a pencil held at arm's length. T…

On November 14, 1957, in Beverly, Massachusetts, a civilian witness reported seeing two lights with the appearance of small funnels in diameter. The lights were white on one side a…

On December 22, 1957, a resident of Bill, Wyoming saw a bright ball of fire streak across the sky and fall to earth roughly a quarter mile away. The object had a greenish color and…

On the night of November 14, 1957, two civilians in Biloxi, Mississippi spotted a bright, round object in the sky that changed shape as they watched it. The object was much brighte…

On November 1957, around 1:00 a.m. GMT, a civilian near Biloxi, Mississippi reported one round white object about three times the size of a star. The object was seen near the horiz…

On November 4, 1957, at 5:10 a.m., a civilian in Birmingham, Alabama reported seeing one soft glowing yellow object traveling very fast. The witness observed it through a car winds…

On a November evening in 1957, a woman in Boerne, Texas looked out at her backyard and spotted something unusual hanging in the air. She described it as egg or football-shaped, yel…

On November 7, 1957, an Air Force cadet driving east of Bowling Green, Ohio, reported objects in the sky around 6:00 p.m. He was driving on a highway when he saw a brilliant red fl…

On December 8, 1957, at 12:02 a.m. near Bremerton, Washington, a civilian witness reported seeing a round object with a yellow glow. The object moved from 45 degrees in the east to…

On November 6, 1957, in the Bronx, New York, a witness reported observing a bright, pinkish, white light that was oscillating in the sky. The observation lasted 2 minutes. The type…

On February 23, 1957, an Army noncommissioned officer reported an object over Brooklyn, New York, at about 8:00 p.m. The account first reached a New York newspaper, then was passed…

On the night of October 19, 1957, residents of Brooklyn and Long Island, New York reported seeing unusual objects in the sky. The sightings occurred amid widespread public interest…

On November 2, 1957, a civilian in Brooktondale, New York reported observing one round, milky blueish-white object about the size of a basketball at arm's length. The object was se…

On September 4 and 5, 1957, multiple witnesses in the Midwest reported unusual lights in the night sky. The sightings occurred in Brookville, Ohio, Spencer, Wisconsin, and Dayton,…

On a November evening in 1957, a resident of Brookville, Ohio reported seeing a small, metallic object fall from the sky. The observer described the object as silver in color with…

On March 9, 1957, near Brunswick, Georgia, a civilian witness reported seeing one white arch-shaped object moving from south to north. The object's light split into two parts and w…

On November 1, 1957, in Buffalo, New York, a civilian observer reported seeing one pear-shaped metallic object stationary in the sky for five minutes. The sighting was observed wit…

On July 6, 1957, a civilian in Buffalo, New York reported a sighting that lasted about thirty seconds or less. The witness saw one yellow or orange object about the size of a bask…

On November 1, 1957, at 8:22 p.m., a civilian reported sighting a circular object approximately the size of a B-25 aircraft moving southwest in the sky above Buffalo, New York. The…

On August 2, 1957, a military observer at Bunker Hill Air Force Base in Indiana reported a sighting. The observation lasted about ten seconds. The witness saw one round object tha…

On February 13, 1957, in Burbank, California, two objects were reported near Lockheed Air Terminal at 1:45 p.m. Witnesses observed two star-sized objects with white, red, and green…

On November 12, 1957, at 7:30 a.m., a civilian in Callicoon Center, New York reported seeing an oblong object about 25 feet long with bright metallic silver coloring. The object tr…

On the night of August 22-23, 1957, radar operators and pilots at Cambria Air Force Station in California detected multiple unidentified objects. The sighting lasted about an hour…

On August 19, 1957, military personnel at Cambria Air Force Station in California reported two separate sightings of unusual objects in the sky. The most thoroughly documented occu…

On the morning of August 23, 1957, a man named Ballassar Bottos was driving to work in Camden, New Jersey, when he noticed something unusual in the sky. Between 7:00 and 7:10 a.m.,…

On October 14, 1957, a science class at Camp Hill, Alabama, saw an object in the sky. The witnesses were a science instructor and a student at a military academy. They were watchin…

On December 19, 1957, observers in the Canal Zone, Panama reported a round object about the size of a nickel or dime. One observer said it was an orange-yellow ball with a blue-whi…

On November 1, 1957, a civilian in Canastota, New York reported a ground-visual sighting at 12:30 a.m. One object described as a flying saucer was observed moving up and down, righ…

On the morning of November 6, 1957, radar operators at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico tracked a slow-moving object across their scopes. The object appeared to be about the siz…

On December 13, 1957, a witness in Canton, Ohio saw one round gold object about the size of a basketball. The object moved slowly toward the east. It was in sight for about four se…

On September 1, 1957, near Canton, Ohio, a military observer saw one round white object about the size of a softball held at arm's length. The object moved to the northwest and was…

On May 7, 1957, in Canton, Ohio, a civilian observer reported an oval-shaped object measuring 12 inches long by 8 inches wide at a distance of 5 to 8 miles. The object was very shi…

On June 14, 1957, at night, a civilian ground observer in Canton, Ohio reported a sighting. The observation lasted three to five seconds. The witness saw one round bluish green ob…

On the night of June 23, 1957, six civilians near Carmichael, California saw a bright yellow-white light rise slowly from near tree-top level, hover for several minutes, then climb…

On November 30, 1957, at 1610 (4:10 p.m.) Pacific Standard Time, residents of Cathedral City, California reported seeing an unidentified object moving through the sky. The sighting…

On the night of August 29, 1957, a civilian man drove along a road about one to eight miles east of Cecil Naval Air Station near Jacksonville, Florida. Around 2221 (10:21 p.m.), he…

On the evening of August 21, 1957, a witness in Centerville, Ohio reported seeing two bright, star-like objects in the sky. The objects appeared around 8:30 p.m. during twilight an…

On November 23, 1957, in Centerville, Texas, a woman reported that the windows of her house lit up in a flash of light and she heard a loud roar. The observation lasted only second…

On October 28, 1957, a civilian witness in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, reported one object in the sky at night. The witness was a newspaper advertising employee. He noticed the object…

On November 11, 1957, a witness at Chattanooga, Tennessee, reported one object in the sky. The sighting was a ground visual observation that lasted about six to eight seconds. The…

On November 25, 1957, a civilian near Chattanooga, Tennessee reported one circular yellowish object about the size of a nail head. The object moved from south to north. It stayed i…

In May 1957, an assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense reported seeing strange lights in the night sky over Chestertown, Maryland, along with his wife and teenage so…

On July 16, 1957, at 11:57 a.m. local time, a civilian in Cheyenne, Wyoming reported seeing unusual vapor trails. The observation lasted about five minutes. The sky had scattered t…

On November 7, 1957, a witness at Chilo, Ohio, reported many objects in the sky. The witness was a civilian ground observer. The objects were in sight for about 47 minutes and were…

On September 1, 1957, an airman stationed at Chitose Air Base in Japan photographed what he believed was an unidentified flying object. The airman was taking pictures of flagpoles…

On December 12, 1957, more than a dozen military personnel stationed at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido, Japan, observed a very bright object in the southwestern sky for about an hour…

In May 1957, a Cincinnati resident observed a single object in the sky for about 14 minutes. The witness described it as round, slightly larger than a baseball, with fuzzy or blurr…

On the evening of July 18, 1957, in Cincinnati, Ohio, witnesses reported seeing several bright objects in the night sky. The sighting began around 9:30 p.m. and lasted approximatel…

# Cincinnati, Ohio, December 1957: Motion Picture Film of Unknown Object In December 1957, a Cincinnati resident filmed what he believed to be an unidentified flying object. The s…

On the evening of November 12, 1957, a man leaving a movie theater at Clark Air Base in the Philippines noticed three other people pointing at the sky. Looking up, he saw a round o…

On November 20, 1957, a civilian reported seeing an unusual object near Clinton, Pennsylvania. The witness described a dull yellowish-gray round object about the size of a basketba…

On November 1957, a civilian near Clinton, Pennsylvania reported one round yellowish-grey object the size of a basketball. The sighting lasted about one minute. The object moved fr…

On March 9, 1957, at dusk, a civilian in Colorado Springs, Colorado reported observing two objects that appeared to be connected and floating. The witness said the objects looked l…

On April 9, 1957, military witnesses near Columbia, South Carolina, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentif…

On the afternoon of Friday, November 8, 1957, about 100 people reported seeing an unidentified flying object over Columbia, Tennessee and Maury County. Some watched it through bino…