Project Blue Book Case Files

On August 25, 1962, a civilian about three miles north of Poughkeepsie, New York, reported an object in the night sky. The time was about 2140 (9:40 p.m.) local time. The witness w…

On the evening of December 14, 1962, a resident of Pound Ridge, New York saw a brilliant, comet-like object flash across the sky around 5:30 p.m. The observer described the object'…

On a fishing vacation near Presque Isle, Wisconsin, in 1962, a couple reported witnessing a striking aerial phenomenon. Around 10:30 p.m., looking out over Ox Bow Lake under clear…

In September 1962, campers near Priest Lake, Idaho found an object on the ground that they believed had fallen from the sky. The object was roughly three and three-quarter inches l…

On a night in June 1962, a resident of Pueblo, Colorado spotted an object in the sky that dimmed compared to the stars around it. The object appeared as a light with a white vapor…

In September 1962, a farmer in Quincy, Washington plowed his field and found a piece of metal on the ground. He forwarded it to the U.S. Air Force, wondering if it might be connect…

# Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, August 1962 In August 1962, an observer in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania reported seeing three bright objects in the sky over the course of two hours…

On June 30, 1962, a resident of Richmond, Virginia saw a red and white circular object in the sky that descended slowly over about ten to twenty minutes. The object was completely…

On December 4, 1962, a civilian in Ridgefield, Connecticut reported a UFO sighting at 5:30 p.m. EST. The witness saw one object that appeared as a huge star in the southwest sky. I…

On December 13, 1962, an observer at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, reported an object traveling toward the west-southwest. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force…

On the afternoon of April 28, 1962, a husband and wife driving a convertible with the top down near Rochester, New Hampshire saw five greenish-silver lights moving across the sky.…

On the evening of July 14, 1962, someone in Rock Hill, South Carolina observed an object through a telescope while looking at the moon. The object appeared silver in color and cros…

On February 12, 1962, at 4:17 p.m., a civilian in Rolesville, North Carolina, reported observing a strange object flying between himself and the moon through binoculars. The object…

On July 6, 1962, a civilian swimming at a Lake Michigan beach near Saugatuck, Michigan, reported an object. He saw it three times, at about 11:51 p.m., 12:04 a.m., and 12:32 a.m. E…

On July 5, 1962, U.S. Coast Guard personnel near San Juan, Puerto Rico, reported a light. The sighting was at about 0135Z, over San Juan Harbor near Pier One. The object was an or…

On May 19, 1962, several people in the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles area of California reported an object at about 0349Z (about 8:49 p.m. local time). The sighting lasted less tha…

On August 6, 1962, at about 2025 (8:25 p.m.) local time, an observer saw a brilliant falling object due west of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The witness was a United States civilian oil co…

On February 15, 1962, a military pilot reported an object southeast of Childress, Texas. The sighting was made at about 0015 GMT and lasted about 5 to 10 seconds. The pilot was fly…

On March 4, 1962, a 14-year-old boy named Alex Burch stood in the backyard of his home at 12 Moor Crescent in Sheffield, England, with two schoolmates: 12-year-old David Brownlow a…

On May 20, 1962, at about 0127Z (Greenwich time), a civilian near Silver Grove, Kentucky, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the…

On November 11, 1962, in Silver Spring, Maryland, a witness reported a streak of light in the sky. The witness also took a time-exposure photograph of the event. The report was fil…

On the night of September 27, 1962, a 12-year-old boy in Silver Springs, Maryland observed two identical white objects in the sky while using a telescope to look at celestial bodie…

In September 1962, someone near Snohomish, Washington found a light grey, lightweight object and reported it to the Air Force. Because the discovery came shortly after the Soviet U…

On the morning of July 13, 1962, at approximately 2:30 p.m. EDT, a resident of Springfield, Virginia, saw an oval-shaped object glowing bright yellowish-white travel rapidly overhe…

A 13-year-old student in Springfield, Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in a school yard during daylight hours in April or May 1962. The boy said he watched a bunch of small d…

On the night of October 7, 1962, an Air Force officer driving a car near Springfield, Ohio saw an amber-colored light in the sky around 12:15 a.m. The witness was traveling by auto…

On October 17, 1962, around 6:30 p.m. local time, a civilian man in Stamford, Connecticut, watched a bright shining object move across the sky. He was resting on his roof when he s…

In September 1962, a resident of Steelville, Missouri reported seeing unidentified objects that appeared to come from the sky and land in trees near their home. The same objects al…

On November 1, 1962, in Sudan, East Africa, a civilian witness observed an object resembling a small cloud rising in the west and moving east. The sighting lasted 20 minutes. The o…

On June 27, 1962, around 9:30 a.m., a civilian observer driving north on Route 3 near Ohio Turnpike, southwest of Cleveland, Ohio, sighted an unidentified flying object. The object…

On November 16, 1962, near Tamiami, Florida, a commercial airline crew reported a flashing beacon in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official rec…

On the evening of November 17, 1962, a married couple sitting on the front porch of their home near Dade City, Florida, witnessed an unusual sight in the sky. They first saw what t…

In April 1962, a witness at Thayer, Kansas, reported one object with a dull red glow that was smaller than an aircraft. The object had a tail of white dots and moved in an arc from…

On the evening of December 18, 1962, a Red Cross nurse in Schlanders, a town in the Tirol region of northern Italy, watched a large, glowing mass fall from the sky. She was watchin…

On July 15, 1962, a man in Toledo, Spain watched an object move across the night sky with his children. Around 9 p.m., one of the children pointed out what appeared to be a star tr…

On September 9, 1962, a civilian in Topeka, Kansas, reported an object at dusk. The time was about 0040Z. The observer was on 37th Street South, around the 1200 block west. The obj…

On May 27 through 29, 1962, several witnesses near Troy, New Hampshire, reported bright objects in the sky. They were seen shortly after sunset and again about 2:00 a.m. A young o…

This case concerns a reported sighting on June 20, 1962, near Ubon, Thailand. The location and date come from a 1963 letter to the Air Force, not from a sighting report. The letter…

On August 14, 1962, an object fell to the ground in Upper Volta, Africa. The object came down during the afternoon and caused alarm among field workers. There was a loud noise and…

On April 23, 1962, observers at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado reported one pale white object, possibly with a short trail. The object moved at high speed, estimated at abo…

On the morning of January 16, 1962, a woman in Vandalia, Ohio opened her window curtains and saw an unusual sight in the predawn sky. A bright trail was streaking downward in an ar…

# Summary In May 1962, witnesses in Vandalia, Ohio observed an object in the night sky that displayed multiple colors and moved slowly toward the north. The object appeared low on…

On July 4, 1962, guests at a garden party in Veracruz, Mexico, reported an object at about 2130 (9:30 p.m.) central standard time. The sighting was reported through the State Depar…

On the night of March 17, 1962, military personnel at Wadena Air Force Station in Minnesota reported seeing an unusual object in the western sky. Seven witnesses, including Air For…

On the evening of May 26, 1962, near Westfield, Massachusetts, four young people driving along Route 25 watched a bright red object descend slowly across the sky. The object was ro…

In April 1962, a report from West Manchester, Ohio, concerned a physical object turned in to the Air Force. The report was submitted in September, after the decay of the Sputnik IV…

On the evening of May 25, 1962, multiple witnesses at Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts saw a bright object streak across the sky. The sightings included both military perso…

On November 5, 1962, an observer at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts, reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky. The sighting was made by ground visual observation and was lo…

On July 12, 1962, at Westover Air Force Base in Massachusetts, a military observer reported seeing a white object like a star that was star-sized. The object was observed in sequen…

On November 29, 1962, a resident of West Union, Ohio reported seeing a glowing object in the night sky. The observer watched the object for approximately 30 minutes. The object dis…

On September 5, 1962, at night in Wickliffe, Ohio, a civilian witnessed an object resembling Sputnik IV that disintegrated before reaching earth. A letter dated September 25, 1962,…

On a November morning in 1962, a carpenter named Charles Kirk stood outside a building in Woburn, Massachusetts, and watched an unusual object hover in the bright daylight. He time…

On the morning of January 4, 1962, two separate observers in Xenia, Ohio reported seeing a greenish-yellow object streak across the early dawn sky. Both sightings lasted only a few…

On October 3, 1962, at 3:27 a.m. local time, a military observer at coordinates 7.008N 174.40W in the Pacific sighted an object moving easterly for approximately 10 minutes. The ob…

On July 4, 1962, the crew of a Pan American flight over the Pacific Ocean reported an object. The sighting was at about 1336Z, at position 20 degrees north, 161 degrees west, while…

On October 8, 1962, military and civilian air observers sighted a large burning object tracking 064 degrees at a location 5 miles east of 28.18N 144.26W in the Pacific. The sightin…

On September 23-29, 1962, in Iran, a civilian witness reported observing a shining object moving south to north. The object left a 500-foot trail of white smoke that persisted for…

On September 16, 1962, at 7:00 a.m. local time, a military observer at coordinates 33.05N 163.48E (Pacific) reported sighting a bright spherical object resembling the first magnitu…

On September 2, 1962, at 2:19 a.m., an object like the first magnitude star was observed at 38 degrees elevation, 230 degrees azimuth, moving from 050 degrees to 230 degrees. Durat…

On July 29, 1962, a military observer at Ocean Station Victor in the Pacific Ocean reported a bright white object. The position was about 34 degrees 42 minutes north and 163 degree…