Project Blue Book Case Files

On November 27, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Clear Lake, South Dakota. The object was watched for about one and one half hours, with the eyes and through binoculars. The r…

On March 22, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio, one round object about the size of a pinhead at arm's length was seen in the west. The object was white in color and traveled at an estimated…

On August 13, 1956, at dusk near Colonial Hill, Pennsylvania, a civilian observer reported five black objects flying together about the size of birds. The objects moved west, then…

On May 9, 1956, a civilian in Colorado Springs, Colorado reported seeing one round object about the size of a small pea held at arm's length. The object was fluorescent white and s…

On September 27, 1956, an observer near Colorado Springs, Colorado reported one round, bright object with an orange tinge and a blurred outline. It had an orangish tail about twent…

On October 1, 1956, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, two military and civilian witnesses observed one round flashing red and green object for two hours. The object appeared similar t…

On August 18, 1956, a civilian in Colorado Springs, Colorado, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 1020Z and lasted about four minutes. It was still visible when…

On July 28, 1956, a civilian in Columbus, Ohio, reported a single object in the sky. The sighting was recorded at 0300Z and lasted about ten to fifteen minutes. The witness descri…

On November 5, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Columbus, Ohio. The object was watched for one minute. The witness described one round, brilliant white object the size of a di…

On March 5, 1956, a civilian Ground Observer Corps member at Columbus, Ohio, reported two objects at 2255 (10:55 p.m.). The report was made under Project 10073, the Air Force's off…

On June 17, 1956, someone in Columbus, Ohio called the U.S. Air Force to report an unidentified flying object. The caller saw one or more pencil-shaped objects during daylight hour…

On September 5, 1956, in Concord, New Hampshire, a civilian witness reported seeing three objects three times the size of stars with bright light almost luminous. The objects moved…

On October 14, 1956, at about 4 p.m. local time, a civilian near Covington, Kentucky reported a brilliant object seen from a car while driving in town traffic. The witness describe…

On September 27, 1956, a civilian near Craig, Colorado reported about fourteen lights arranged in a string. The lights were uniform in spacing and looked like a row of cabin lights…

On the night of October 11, 1956, an 18-year-old youth driving near Crane, Indiana reported a large, glowing object that was red or amber in color. He said it was about 75 to 100 f…

On August 1, 1956, a civilian in Crescent City, Florida reported seeing a round object larger than a basketball. The object was red in color and appeared above tree tops. It stood…

On July 1, 1956, near Crescent City, Florida, a civilian ground observer reported one object at about 11:07 p.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was watched…

On August 28 to 30, 1956, a civilian in Crestone, Colorado, reported a single object on several nights. On August 28 it was watched for about one hour and fifty-nine minutes and wa…

On October 15, 1956, a civilian near Cunningham, Tennessee reported two sightings of one round, orange object about the size of a silver dollar. The first sighting lasted about twe…

This card covers a series of sightings near Cunningham, Tennessee, in August 1956. On August 9, 1956, recorded at 0225Z, a civilian ground observer reported one round object the s…

On June 20, 1956, near Dallas, Texas, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for about three seconds. The object was delta wing sh…

On September 30, 1956, in Dallas, Pennsylvania, a witness observed an unusual yellow object in the night sky. The object appeared snowflake-shaped and about the size of a basketbal…

On the evening of November 27, 1956, a witness in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in the sky at 8:30 p.m. The object appeared round and larger than the moon, with an…

Early on the morning of September 2, 1956, someone near Dayton, Ohio reported seeing an unidentified object in the sky. The observer described a yellow-green, oval object roughly t…

On May 22, 1956, an observer in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a round object in the sky that appeared to be about the size of the planet Jupiter. The sighting lasted for an unknown…

On June 10, 1956, in Dayton, Ohio, an 11 year old boy reported one object at about 9:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It was a ground visual sighting. The witness saw it with the nak…

On the evening of October 23, 1956, an observer in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in the night sky. The sighting occurred at 9:45 p.m. EST (21:45 in military time).…

On December 26, 1956, both civilian and military witnesses near DeFuniak Springs, Florida, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's offici…

On August 4, 1956, a civilian about six miles southwest of Fargo, near Delamero, North Dakota, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 1726Z and lasted about forty-f…

On November 14, 1956, a civilian saw four objects over Delano, California. The report came from a ground observer post. The objects were watched for one to two minutes. The witnes…

On September 1, 1956, a civilian in Denver, Colorado, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0310Z and lasted about one hour and ten minutes. The witness described…

On August 21, 1956, at about 11:50 a.m., a civilian in Denver, Colorado observed one object in the sky. The object was oval or shaped like a coffee saucer and appeared white. At fi…

On October 4, 1956, a civilian near Denver, Colorado reported one round, red object about the size of a pen held at arm's length. The object was seen to the west of the observer at…

On the evening of December 31, 1956, a resident of Denver, Colorado watched two round objects in the night sky through binoculars and a telescope. Both objects were tiny, about the…

On November 9, 1956, around 2 a.m., a military observer near Destin, Florida sighted one long narrow-shaped object. The object appeared as large as or larger than a B-36 bomber. It…

On August 27, 1956, at 8:02 p.m., a civilian in Detroit, Michigan reported observing a round, baseball-sized object that was yellow-white in color. The witness was walking in a yar…

On August 19, 1956, a civilian in Donora, Pennsylvania, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0340Z (night) and lasted about one hour and thirty-five minutes, exce…

On September 6, 1955, a civilian in Dorchester, Massachusetts reported a round object seen for about five minutes. The OCR of the description is unclear, but the object was watched…

On August 1, 1956, at 12:06 a.m. local time, a civilian housewife in East Danville, Illinois reported seeing a bright glowing object with a red hue. The object was described as bas…

On March 24, 1956, a civilian Ground Observer Corps member at East Gary, Indiana, reported three objects. The report was made under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record f…

On September 19, 1956, near dawn, a military observer in East Rochester, New Hampshire reported four circular white objects about the size of a penny held at arm's length. The obje…

On August 1, 1956, at 8:05 p.m., a civilian observer in Eaton, Ohio reported a bright orange light that was stationary and observed for five minutes. The light was positioned 110 d…

On September 21, 1956, a civilian in Ellwood, Pennsylvania reported seeing a cube-shaped object about three feet square at an estimated 3,000 feet altitude. The object moved up and…

On January 18, 1956, a control tower operator at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, saw a strange object in the night sky. The Greenwich time was 0442Z on January 19. The observer w…

On the night of November 11 and into the morning of November 12, 1956, radar operators and pilots at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in California tracked a series of unidentified…

On the evening of June 13, 1956, someone in the Encanto neighborhood of La Mesa, California saw an unusual glowing object in the sky. The observer reported the object as oval in sh…

On October 28, 1956, a fourteen-year-old boy in Englewood, Ohio, observed a solid pink object in the western sky at twilight. The boy estimated the object to be about 50 miles away…

On July 6, 1956, in Euclid, Ohio, a spherical object described as large and white in color was observed by civilian and military witnesses. The object appeared to be revolving slow…

On July 5, 1956, near Fairbanks, Alaska, civilian observers reported one object at about 11:07 a.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for 30 minut…

On December 29, 1956, three observers near Fairbanks, Alaska, reported a single object. The witnesses included a control tower operator and two airline pilots. The case was logged…

On October 12, 1956, a witness in Fairview, New Jersey saw one reddish and orange object with jagged edges. It looked about the size of the head of a pin at arm's length and seemed…

On August 6, 1956, at 5:21 a.m. GMT, military observers at Fallon Navy Station, Nevada, reported a white and silver object with a distinctive shape. The object had knobs on its sur…

On the night of October 15-16, 1956, a resident of Fernley, Nevada saw a bright, cigar-shaped object in the sky. The observer watched it through binoculars for 40 to 45 minutes as…

On September 5, 1956, a civilian in Flint, Michigan reported observing one object at 5:40 a.m. local time. The object had a triangular to umbrella shape, was about the size of a ba…

On March 17, 1956, prisoners on Ground Observer Corps duty at Folsom Prison, California, reported one object. The report was made under Project 10073, the Air Force's official reco…

On August 22, 1956, a civilian in Fountain, Colorado, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 1050Z and lasted about thirty-five minutes. It disappeared after sunris…

On the evening of November 16, 1956, a 14-year-old boy in Fox River Grove, Illinois reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. The boy watched for 73 minutes as the object chang…

On March 3, 1956, a civilian near Fredrick, Oklahoma, reported a group of lights in the night sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for uni…

On September 23, 1956, an observer near Freeport, Michigan reported one object with a round shape about the size of a silver dollar held at arm's length. Its color ranged from silv…

In August 1956, a resident of Fresno, California reported seeing an unusual flying object to local authorities. The witness described a gray, saucer-shaped object that moved slowly…