USAF · 1947 to 1969
Project Blue Book Case Files
The U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into reported UFO incidents, drawn from the National Archives. Each case below has a journalistic summary written from the original file. Use the search box to find a place or date, or filter by state and year.
559 cases from 1957 · page 4 of 10
Garden City, NY
1957 · unidentifiedOn October 9, 1957, at about 2220 (Greenwich time) in Garden City, New York, a civilian housewife saw one oval bright silver object. It was about the size of a dime held at arm's l…
Garden Grove, CA
1957 · unknownOn November 6, 1957, in Garden Grove, California, a civilian witness and neighbors observed a fiery red object about the size of a quarter in the night sky. The object moved back a…
Georgetown, MA
1957 · unknownOn a daytime date in February 1957 at Georgetown, Massachusetts, a civilian reported seeing several objects. The account came to the Air Force through a lengthy FBI report. The cas…
Georgetown, SC
1957 · unknownOn December 2, 1957, around dawn, a witness near Georgetown, South Carolina saw one bullet shaped object. It was about as wide as a pencil lead and roughly half an inch long, with…
Glaremont, CA
1957 · unknownOn September 30, 1957, at about 1800 (6:00 p.m.) in Claremont, California, a civilian saw one round object with a single wing. The body of the object was dark in color, except for…
Glendale, CA
1957 · unknownOn November 17, 1957, at around 8:27 p.m., a reddish yellow ball of fire emitting smoke and a flash was observed over Glendale, California. One civilian witness reported the object…
Glendora, CA
1957 · unknownOn the evening of January 27, 1957, residents of Glendora, California reported seeing a bright disc-shaped object hovering over their house. According to a report filed by the Glen…
Glenwood Springs, CO
1957 · unidentifiedOn January 16, 1957, a civilian observer in Glenwood Springs, Colorado reported seeing one circular, clear, bright light in the sky. The object was described as small and orange an…
Glouster, MA
1957 · unknownOn December 2, 1957, a witness near Glouster, Massachusetts reported an object larger than a shooting star with a long white tail. The object turned yellow before it burned out. It…
Glynco NAS, GA
1957 · unidentifiedOn March 11, 1957, military witnesses near Glynco Naval Air Station, Georgia, reported at least two objects. The objects were seen from both the ground and the air. The case was lo…
Goodland, Kansas Stead AFB, NV
1957 · unknownOn the night of May 1, 1957, two U.S. Air Force pilots flying separate aircraft over Kansas and Nevada spotted what they described as a brilliant object streaking across the sky. A…
Grand Rapids, MI
1957 · unknownOn November 12, 1957, a civilian near Grand Rapids, Michigan reported one round white object the size of a baseball. The object was seen at dusk for about 40 minutes. The Air Forc…
Gransmere,
1957 · unknownOn November 6, 1957, a civilian in Gransmere, New Jersey reported seeing a white object about the size of a dime with a white vapor trail. The object was observed for 20 minutes an…
Grayville, IL
1957 · unknownIn September 1957, near Grayville, Illinois, a witness saw one object with vapor trails. The object moved from north to south, then to the west. It was in sight for about 20 minute…
Great Falls, VA
1957 · unknownOn October 13, 1957, observers near Great Falls, Virginia, saw a small dark object in the sky. The sighting happened about a half mile south of Great Falls, near the bank of the Po…
Great Falls, MT
1957 · unknownOn May 25, 1957, in Great Falls, Montana, a witness observed one round bright white light about the size of the North Star. The object appeared to be spinning around at high speed…
Great Meadows, NJ
1957 · unknown# A Mysterious Visitor Over Great Meadows On March 6, 1957, a woman in Great Meadows, New Jersey, witnessed an unusual object hovering near her home. Dogs barking in the yard caug…
Great Neck, NY
1957 · unidentifiedOn December 2, 1957, at 3:30 a.m., a civilian witness in Great Neck, New York, reported seeing one round object larger than a basketball with no vapor trail. The object had spines…
Greensboro, NC
1957 · unknownOn November 1957, witnesses at Greensboro, North Carolina, reported objects in the sky. The sighting was a ground visual observation that lasted several minutes. The report descri…
Gresham, OR
1957 · unknownOn September 18, 1957, a civilian in Gresham, Oregon reported seeing a round object about the size of an apple at arm's length. The object was white with red edges. The red would f…
Guam,
1957 · unknownOn April 23, 1957, a military transport plane flying over Guam spotted what its pilot believed might be a searchlight or interceptor flare fired from another aircraft. The sighting…
Guthrie & 40 Mi E Of Parkersburg,
1957 · unknownOn December 12, 1957, three F-86L fighter jets from Lockbourne Air Force Base in Ohio were flying northeast near Parkersburg, West Virginia when their pilots spotted something unus…
Guthrie & Parkersburg, WV
1957 · unknownOn December 3, 1957, three F-86L fighter jets from Lockbourne Air Force Base in Ohio picked up an unusual object during a training flight near Parkersburg, West Virginia. The pilot…
Hamburg,
1957 · unknownOn December 1, 1957, at 3:30 p.m., a brightly burning object fell in the vicinity of Hamburg, Germany. The object struck the earth at an angle of about 30 degrees above the horizon…
Hamilton, OH
1957 · unidentifiedOn July 3, 1957, an observer near Hamilton, Ohio reported a sighting that lasted about ten minutes. The attached message describes a related ground observation in Washington state.…
Harbor Avon, NC
1957 · unknownOn March 9, 1957, a low flying object was reported near Harbor Avon, North Carolina. The object was observed traveling from east to west at high speed and close to the water. Accor…
Harlingen AFB, TX
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 7, 1957, military radar operators at Harlingen Air Force Base in Texas detected an unusual target on their radar screen. The object appeared roughly ten miles to the no…
Harrow, Weald,
1957 · unknownOn April 23, 1957, someone in Harrow-Weald, England observed an unusual bright object in the night sky. The observer described a red object about three times as bright as Jupiter,…
Hartford, CT
1957 · unknownOn July 10, 1957, at dusk, a civilian Air Force lieutenant colonel in Hartford, Connecticut reported a sighting. The observation lasted about forty five minutes and was made with t…
Hastings, MI
1957 · unknownOn the night of July 16, 1957, five moving lights appeared in the sky near Hastings, Michigan, startling several witnesses. The first object came into view from the west and looked…
Haviland, KS
1957 · unknownOn October 22, 1957, at 11:50 p.m., civilians in Haviland, Kansas reported an oblong object about the size of a half dollar that appeared pure white to reddish. Three objects were…
Havre AFS, Havre, MT
1957 · unknownOn September 23, 1957, at 9:40 p.m., a military observer at Havre Air Force Station in Montana sighted a round object about the size of a pea held at arm's length. The object moved…
Hawthorn, CA
1957 · unknownOn the evening of July 21, 1957, a man called a general building contractor in Inglewood, California, reported seeing strange objects in the sky near Los Angeles. He watched them w…
Hawthorne, NV
1957 · unknownOn August 18, 1957, a civilian near Hawthorne, Nevada, told the Air Force he had seen objects in the sky over about a month. He reported more than 2,000 objects in that time. He sa…
Helena, MT
1957 · unknownOn August 20, 1957, at approximately 4:20 a.m., a woman in Helena, Montana saw four bright, disc-shaped objects in the pre-dawn sky. She was in her backyard hanging clothes when sh…
Hellenburg,
1957 · unknownOn January 27, 1957, a civilian on the ground at Hellenburg, Germany, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unident…
Hemet, CA
1957 · unknownOn November 9, 1957, a civilian in Hemet, California reported seeing an unidentified flying object at 5:30 p.m. The witness described an object with a flame-colored tail traveling…
Hereford, TX
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 6, 1957, witnesses at Hereford, Texas, reported a light in the sky around midnight. The report reached the Air Force through a letter from a local attorney. The sightin…
Herefordshire,
1957 · unknownOn the evening of December 22, 1957, a man stationed at an RAF base in Herefordshire, England, was returning to his quarters when he noticed an unusual object in the sky. He watche…
Highland Park N.E. of Los Angeles,
1957 · unknownOn March 21, 1957, a civilian in Highland Park northeast of Los Angeles observed one round object about the size of a pin head. The object was bright green in color. The witness wa…
Hilton, NY
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 5, 1957, at dusk near Hilton, New York, a civilian observer reported seeing one bright flashing white light moving east on a straight course. The object was in sight fo…
Hollywood, CA
1957 · unknownOn November 1957, around 2:41 a.m. GMT, a civilian near Hollywood, California reported one round bright white object the size of a pea. The object moved from northwest to northeast…
Hollywood & Van Nuys,
1957 · unknownOn August 22, 1957, at about 2054 (12:54 p.m. Greenwich time) over the Hollywood and Van Nuys areas of California, civilian ground observers saw one object for about one minute. It…
Hondo, TX
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 27, 1957, near Hondo, Texas, a civilian observer reported seeing a cigar-shaped object about the size of a half dollar. The object was colored green and showed nothing…
Hope, AR
1957 · unknownOn November 21, 1957, ground observers near Hope, Arkansas reported two circular white objects in the night sky. The report came from a civilian ground observer post supervisor and…
Hopkins, Minnesota & St. Paul, MN
1957 · unknownOn November 10, 1957, civilians near Hopkins and St. Paul, Minnesota reported a round object. The sighting lasted about 80 minutes. The object was orange, changing to bright white,…
Houm, AL
1957 · unknownOn November 21, 1957, radar operators at Houm, Alabama, picked up an unusual target on their screens. The object appeared to be 15 miles long and 10 miles wide, moving slowly at ab…
Houma, LA
1957 · unidentifiedOn the evening of December 1, 1957, a civilian in Houma, Louisiana spotted an unusual light in the sky. The object appeared round and multicolored, roughly the size of a baseball.…
Houston, TX
1957 · unidentifiedOn June 12, 1957, at night, a civilian in Houston, Texas reported a sighting. The observation lasted about one minute. The witness saw one round object about the size of a star he…
Huntington, WV
1957 · unknownOn November 1, 1957, a civilian woman in Huntington, West Virginia, reported an object near her home around 5:30 p.m. She was interviewed weeks later by Air Force investigators. Sh…
Inwood Long Island, NY
1957 · unidentifiedOn November 7, 1957, a civilian witnessed a round, disc-shaped object in Inwood, Long Island, New York. The object appeared to be about the size of a quarter and resembled a light…
Iran 25, 40N 53,
1957 · unknownIn June 1957, a pilot flying over Iran spotted an unusual object in the sky. The object appeared in sight for only 15 seconds as the aircraft passed by. The pilot described it as h…
Itazuke,
1957 · unknownOn December 9, 1957, at 10:47 p.m., two pilots took off from Itazuke Air Base, Japan, on a magnetic heading of 315 degrees. They sighted a lighted object with no particular shape t…
Johnson Air Base,
1957 · unknownTwo Air Police officers at Johnson Air Base, Japan watched an unusual object at dawn on November 15, 1957. The men were standing at the entrance to Area 12 when both casually glanc…
Joplin, MO
1957 · unknownOn November 8, 1957, in Joplin, Missouri, a round object about the size of a basketball was observed with a bright white light and a red flame trailing intermittently. The sighting…
Kaisong,
1957 · unknownOn November 5, 1957, at approximately 2030 (8:30 p.m.) GMT, nineteen men of the 1st Army Corps stationed in the demilitarized zone of Korea observed a bright flash of light in the…
Kanopolis, KS
1957 · unknown# Summary On October 31, 1957, at approximately 1600 (4 p.m.), a woman named Mrs. Murине saw a round, silver object near Kanopolis, Kansas. She described the object as being about…
Kansas City, MO
1957 · unknownOn September 17, 1957, in Kansas City, Missouri, a civilian witness reported seeing a round, white object moving rapidly across the sky faster than an aircraft. The sighting occurr…
Kansas City, MO
1957 · unknownOn the night of November 20, 1957, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. The observer watched a star-like object, about the size of a pe…
Kansas City,
1957 · unknownOn September 18, 1957, someone in Kansas City, Missouri saw a round white object moving rapidly across the sky from north to south. The object was visible for three to five minutes…
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