Project Blue Book Case Files

On August 5, 1956, in the early evening, a witness in South Salem, New York saw one object during bright twilight. It was bullet shaped, about the size of a half dollar at arm's le…

On November 10, 1956, two civilian guards on duty at a naval air station saw one object over South Weymouth, Massachusetts. They were among about eight observers, all on military d…

In March 1956, a pilot flying near Spokane, Washington spotted an unusual blip on his radar scope. The blip moved rapidly upward across the scope and then faded away. Two other air…

On August 17, 1956, a military aircrew south-southwest of Spragueville, Maine, reported a radar contact. The sighting was recorded at 1550Z and was tracked for about three minutes.…

On August 17, 1956, a military observer in the area south-southwest of Spragueville, Maine, reported a radar contact. The sighting was recorded at 0455Z (the card lists it in dayli…

On July 5, 1956, a civilian reported a round yellow object the size of a baseball held at arm's length in Stanton, Nebraska. The object was acting like a light on a balloon, bobbin…

On August 13, 1956, near Staunton, Virginia, a civilian observed an object that looked like a blimp's gondola with red lights on each beam and white lights between the red lights.…

On May 25, 1956, a civilian in Steilacoom, Washington reported observing one round object the size of a small jet aircraft. The object was pure white in color and remained stationa…

On September 13, 1956, in Stockton, California, a civilian witness reported seeing an unidentified object at 1:53 a.m. The object was described as the size of a pin head at arm's l…

On the morning of Saturday, September 22, 1956, in St. Petersburg, Florida, an employee at MacDill Air Force Base reported seeing what he described as a "flying saucer." The observ…

On the evening of August 18, 1956, a resident of Tacoma, Washington reported watching a round object about the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object alternated between bl…

On April 30, 1956, a civilian in Tacoma, Washington reported seeing an unusual object in the sky during daylight hours. The witness described a slim object about 2 inches wide and…

During the night of August 25 to 26, 1956, witnesses reported objects over the port of Tangier, Morocco. The information came from a newspaper rather than a direct witness report.…

On August 9, 1956, civilian witnesses in Tarrytown, New York, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0152Z and the object was still visible when the first report wa…

On October 28, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Tehachapi, California. The object was watched for about 25 minutes during daytime with good visibility. The witness described o…

On October 17, 1956, a civilian near Tehachapi, California reported one red, egg-shaped object about the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object was first seen directly ove…

On July 31, 1956, around 8:20 a.m. local time, a civilian in Temple, Texas, reported a single object. The sighting lasted about one and a half to two minutes. The object was seen t…

On October 31, 1956, a civilian in Temple City, California reported seeing a yellowish orange object larger than a star. The object was extremely bright and remained motionless for…

On June 22, 1956, in Terre Haute, Indiana, a civilian reported one object at about 4:35 p.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The witness watched it through binoculars…

On July 20, 1956, in Terre Haute, Indiana, a civilian witness reported seeing one round object slightly larger than the north star. The object was yellow or white in color and appe…

On March 17, 1956, at 7:04 p.m., a civilian in Torrance, California reported observing one round object that appeared fish-shaped when turning. The object resembled a street light…

On April 18, 1956, a civilian in Traverse City, Michigan, reported seeing one object in the western sky. The object was described as a deep yellow round object with a red tail that…

On January 7, 1956, two people saw strange objects over Turlock, California. The Greenwich time was 0715Z on January 8. The observers were civilians, described as students. They r…

On May 10, 1956, a prisoner at Waupun, Wisconsin, reported one object. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object repo…

On December 1, 1956, a round object slightly larger than a baseball was reported near Valley City, North Dakota. The object was red to orange in color and located approximately fiv…

On July 29, 1956, civilian ground observers near Vancouver and Bellingham, Washington, reported objects in the sky. The sighting was recorded at 2230Z. One part lasted about one ho…

On September 4, 1956, around 8:35 p.m., a resident of Vandalia, Ohio, observed an unusual object in the night sky. The object appeared round, roughly the size of a pea held at arm'…

On August 2, 1956, a witness in Van Dyke, Michigan, reported a single object. The sighting lasted about five hours and thirty minutes. The witness described one round object the s…

On March 15, 1956, a civilian Ground Observer Corps member at Van Nuys, California, reported one object at 1545 (3:45 p.m.). The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force…

On the evening of July 16, 1956, a resident of Van Nuys, California woke to the sound of his dogs barking loudly. When he went outside to quiet them, he saw a golden, sphere-shaped…

On March 21, 1956, in Ventura, California, two round objects described as rod and white, about the size of peas held at arm's length, were reported by civilian and military witness…

On November 1, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Ventura, California. The object was watched for about three minutes. The witness described a missile shaped object with a long…

On September 14, 1956, a civilian in Vincennes, Indiana reported sighting an object at 3:15 p.m. The witness described a very large light bulb about the size of a human arm at arm'…

On the night of January 17 or 18, 1956, a warehouse employee at Stewart Air Force Base near Walkill, New York, spotted what looked like a very bright star in the northwest sky. The…

This case concerns a sighting near Warrenton, Virginia, in June or July 1956. The witness, an Army specialist who was a civilian when he wrote the report, described it in a letter…

On November 28, 1956, at about 6:00 a.m., a civilian saw one object over Washington, D.C. The witness was a clerk-typist who awoke and looked out her bedroom window. The object was…

On September 3, 1956, in Washington, D.C., a civilian reported seeing a round reddish object about the size of a pea at arm's length. The object was sighted at 90 degrees azimuth a…

On June 20, 1956, in Waterloo, Iowa, a civilian and a member of the General Operations Center (GOC) reported observing one unidentified object. The object was round and sized like…

On the evening of March 10, 1956, at around 11:25 p.m., three people in Watertown, New York saw a bright object in the western sky. A high school student first noticed the light wh…

On the evenings of May 6 and 13, 1956, residents of Morrisville and Waterville, Vermont reported seeing unidentified objects in the sky. The sightings involved multiple witnesses w…

On May 14, 1956, a civilian in Waupun, Wisconsin reported seeing one round flashing red light about the size of a baseball for three minutes. The object flew in a straight directio…

On August 24, 1956, a civilian in Westerville, Ohio reported seeing one round object the size of a basketball at arm's length. The object had a red light in the sky very high above…

On August 26, 1956, a civilian in West Haven, Connecticut, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0645Z and lasted about one hour and thirty-three minutes. It was s…

On September 29, 1956, in West Palm Beach, Florida, a civilian witnessed several objects in the sky. The observer reported seven objects arranged in a square formation, with three…

In early October 1956, radar operators at Wethersfield, Essex, England reported numerous ground-controlled approach radar observations of unidentified flying objects. The targets i…

On May 20, 1956, in Wheaton, Illinois, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting at about 9:50 p.m. local time. The witness watched it for about 23 minutes wi…

On the night of October 17-18, 1956, radar operators at Wheelus Air Base in Libya detected two unidentified objects moving slowly through the airspace near the base. The objects ap…

On January 24, 1956, military radar at Wheelus Air Force Base in Morocco tracked an unidentified object for 12 minutes. The object was first detected at 75 degrees azimuth, 299 mil…

On September 30, 1956, a civilian observer in Whitewater, Wisconsin reported seeing two oblong objects the size of small planes. The objects were white-silver in color. The sightin…

On February 4, 1956, a civilian in Williams Bay, Wisconsin reported seeing a round object about the size of a half dollar. The object was colored red, white, yellow, and blue. The…

A father and his two sons reported seeing a strange aircraft near Wilmington, Ohio on June 27, 1956, at approximately 2:25 p.m. The family was standing about 2.4 miles north of Wil…

On December 18, 1956, two separate sightings of unusual objects were reported in the Delaware-New Jersey area. The first sighting occurred in Wilmington, Delaware, where one witnes…

On November 4, 1956, a civilian and his two young sons saw objects over Wilmington, Delaware. The father worked as an engineer. They were looking at the stars when they happened to…

On July 2, 1956, in Winchester, Massachusetts, a civilian reported one object at about 9:20 p.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for about 1 min…

On June 10, 1956, near Winchester, California, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting at about 10:20 p.m. local time. The object was in view for about 2 mi…

On the evening of July 17, 1956, a resident of Windham Center, Connecticut, reported seeing two bright objects in the sky that seemed to move together and eventually broke apart. T…

On August 7, 9, and 10, 1956, civilian witnesses near Woburn and Ipswich, Massachusetts, reported a single object. One observation on August 10 was recorded at 0230Z and lasted abo…

On August 9, 1956, a civilian in Woburn, Massachusetts reported a sighting at 10:30 p.m. local time. The witness observed a disc-shaped yellow object initially stationary at 30 deg…

On December 10, 1956, a farmer near Woodstock, Minnesota, reported one object in the night sky. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unident…

On August 31, 1956, a resident of Worthington, Ohio reported seeing a small, darkish yellow object moving slowly from north to south across the sky. The witness described the objec…