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.
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Burlington, MA
1962 · unidentified# Burlington, Massachusetts, May 1962 In May 1962, a witness in Burlington, Massachusetts reported seeing an unusual object and submitted photographs taken during the sighting. Th…
Cambria, CA
1962 · unknownOn December 1962, in Cambria, California, a witness reported a bright object in the sky that was viewed for about two hours through binoculars. The report was filed under Project 1…
Camp Carmel, Dunbar,
1962 · unknownOn the evening of July 18, 1962, at about 10:30 p.m., a 20-year-old man observing stars as a hobby saw two bright objects moving across the sky above Camp Carmel near Dunbar, Penns…
Carswell AFB, TX
1962 · unknownOn February 11, 1962, military and civilian witnesses near Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, reported an object in the sky. The sighting was made at 2220 local time (10:20 p.m.) and…
Casper, WY
1962 · unknownOn the evening of August 26, 1962, a resident of Casper, Wyoming saw a light flash on and off in the sky for just 1 to 2 seconds. The object passed out of view when an oil storage…
Cato, NY
1962 · unidentifiedA resident of Cato, New York reported seeing an unusual object in the sky in September 1962. The witness described the object as having a brightness comparable to a moderately brig…
Centerville, OH
1962 · unknownOn July 18, 1962, a civilian in Centerville, Ohio, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unident…
Chanute AFB, IL
1962 · unidentifiedOn March 19, 1962, several witnesses at Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, reported one object in the west-northwest sky. The object was orange and about one fifth the size of the m…
Cheverly, MD
1962 · unknownOn the evening of July 6, 1962, an observer in Cheverly, Maryland saw a bright light moving across the night sky around 2305 (11:05 p.m.) Eastern Standard Time. The object appeared…
Chicago,
1962 · unknownOn May 14-15, 1962, a witness in Chicago, Illinois, reported seeing an object described as round and about the size of a golf ball held at arm's length. The sighting took place bet…
Chicago, IL
1962 · unidentifiedOn October 10, 1962, at 11:03 p.m., a civilian in Chicago, Illinois reported an illuminated object with the appearance of a star in flight moving from west to east. The sighting la…
Chicago, IL
1962 · unidentifiedOn the night of April 25, 1962, a civilian observer in Chicago used a telescope to spot a bright, glowing object moving across the sky. The observer described the object as white a…
Chicago, IL
1962 · unidentifiedOn August 21, 1962, several people in Chicago, Illinois, reported an object in the night sky. The time was about 0410Z. A housewife was the main observer, and four other people, in…
Chorpus Christi, TX
1962 · unknownOn October 26, 1962, a farmer in Corpus Christi, Texas reported that a piece of translucent material had fallen from the sky and struck his plow. He kept the material and reported…
Clinchco, VA
1962 · unidentifiedOn a May evening in 1962, an observer in Clinchco, Virginia, watched several round, whitish objects moving slowly across the sky. The sighting lasted about 5 or 6 minutes and occur…
Coloma, MI
1962 · unknownOn April 27, 1962, at 9:13 a.m. in Coloma, Michigan, a witness observed a UFO at an angle of 60 degrees from where it first appeared. The object traveled parallel to the ground and…
Coloma, MI
1962 · unknownIn May 1962, a child and grandmother in Coloma, Michigan witnessed a bright light moving across the night sky. The object appeared brighter than the stars and made no sound as it t…
Columbus, GA
1962 · unknownIn June 1962, military and civilian observers in the Columbus, Georgia area reported multiple sightings of unidentified lights over the course of several days. The objects were tra…
Concord, VT
1962 · unknownOn November 29, 1962, in Concord, Vermont, a witness reported a bright star-like object in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system…
Coos Bay - North Bend, OR
1962 · unknownOn November 16, 1962, near Coos Bay and North Bend, Oregon, witnesses reported two objects in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record sys…
Cora, WY
1962 · unknownOn November 1962, near Cora, Wyoming, a witness reported an object in the sky that was first seen after watching an aircraft. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Forc…
Culebra Island,
1962 · unknownOn July 21, 1962, near Culebra Island in the Caribbean, a crew member aboard a military aircraft observed a rocket or missile-like object traveling at high speed from west to east…
Danbury, CT
1962 · unknownOn August 12, 1962, in Danbury, Connecticut, a family observed a small bright object near the moon for seven minutes starting around 9:30 p.m. EDT. Using a 50-power eyepiece telesc…
Danville, KY
1962 · unidentifiedOn May 7, 1962, a civilian driving on U.S. Highway 100 between London and Danville, Kentucky, reported a bright object at about 4:00 a.m. He saw a bright red object with a long, wh…
Dayton, OH
1962 · unknownIn June 1962, residents of Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a bright object in the night sky. The witnesses described it as very large and estimated it moved slowly across the sky. The…
Dayton, OH
1962 · unknownOn a May day in 1962, a driver in Dayton, Ohio saw a shiny object moving across the sky from west to east. The object stayed visible for about five minutes. The witness was traveli…
Dayton, O., Kettering,
1962 · unknownOn the evening of June 5, 1962, residents of Dayton and Kettering, Ohio, reported seeing a white-yellowish light moving back and forth across the sky for about twenty minutes. The…
DAYTON & VICINITY Yellow Springs, OH
1962 · unknownOn June 9, 1962, a civilian about 100 miles south of Springfield airport, Ohio, near Yellow Springs, reported an object in the sky at night. It was in sight for about 45 seconds to…
Des Plaines, IL
1962 · unidentifiedOn October 4, 1962, a housewife in Des Plaines, Illinois, reported a sighting at night. The time was about 0730Z. The witness did not actually see an object. The woman said a wind…
Dew Line, AK
1962 · unidentifiedOn September 30, 1962, an FEC employee (a civilian contractor working at the Dew Line early-warning radar station in Alaska) reported seeing five objects flying southeast of Pou De…
Donaldsville, LA
1962 · unknownOn October 17, 1962, the crew of a Coast Guard cutter anchored in the Mississippi River near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, reported a glowing object in the eastern sky. The report cam…
Duluth, MN
1962 · unknownOn July 27, 1962, a railroad switchman in Duluth, Minnesota, looked up and saw a bright star-like object in the night sky. He watched it for 10 to 15 minutes from a railroad yard a…
East Point, GA
1962 · unknownOn the evening of December 1, 1962, an amateur astronomer in East Point, Georgia, made an unusual observation. Using a six inch telescope with a Ramsden eyepiece focused on the moo…
Edgerton, WI
1962 · unknownOn July 1, 1962, a civilian reported a UFO sighting in Edgerton, Wisconsin. The object was described as oval in shape, unknown in color, with a silvery whitish tail. The sighting o…
Edwards AFB,
1962 · unknownThe OCR from this 61-page file is too fragmentary and incomplete to support an accurate summary. Pages 1-9 contain teletype messages and official correspondence related to film foo…
E Orange,
1962 · unknownOn a bright night with a full moon in March 1962, a 10-year-old in East Orange, New Jersey, heard a noise and looked up to see a light moving across the sky. The object traveled in…
Eureka, Utah,
1962 · unknownOn April 18, 1962, a brilliant fireball streaked across the night sky over Eureka, Utah and was seen across much of the western United States, from Kansas to California. The object…
Eutaw, AL
1962 · unknownOn October 19, 1962, near Eutaw, Alabama, a witness reported a rectangular object in the night sky. The object was described as four times as long as it was high, about the size of…
Evanston, IL
1962 · unidentifiedOn the evening of July 14, 1962, someone in Evanston, Illinois reported seeing an unusual object in the sky that resembled a large commercial airliner with multiple bright yellow l…
Eveleth, MN
1962 · unknownOn September 20, 1962, two Air National Guard airmen flying near Eveleth, Minnesota, reported an object. The pilot and radar observer were in an aircraft at 35,000 feet. The time w…
Fairbanks, AK
1962 · unidentifiedOn August 11, 1962, an engineer for the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, reported a sighting from about 50 to 60 miles southwest of Fairbanks. The time was between about 0832Z and 0930Z,…
Fairborn, OH
1962 · unknownOn the evening of June 27, 1962, a witness in Fairborn, Ohio watched an unusual object in the sky for about three minutes. The witness described it as fuzzy or blurred, roughly the…
Fairborn, OH
1962 · unknownOn May 2, 1962, at 1:30 p.m., a worker in Fairborn, Ohio reported seeing a brilliant blue-white streak with a red tail. The witness thought it was a jet at first but phoned in an o…
Fairborne, OH
1962 · unknownOn May 26, 1962, a civilian in Fairborn, Ohio, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unidentifie…
Fairfield, IA
1962 · unknownOn a September night in 1962 near Fairfield, Iowa, an observer saw a bright light in the eastern sky that caught their attention. The object appeared brighter and larger than the s…
Farmington, UT
1962 · unidentifiedOn the evening of October 23, 1962, a duck hunter near Farmington, Utah heard a sound like a flock of ducks flying overhead. When he looked up, he saw a gray and silver ball about…
Forbes AFB, KS
1962 · unknownOn October 12, 1962, an airman at Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, reported an object at dawn. The time was about 1100Z to 1128Z. The object was in sight for about 5 minutes. The ai…
Foreman, AR
1962 · unknownOn the evening of May 3, 1962, a civilian observer and her father in Foreman, Arkansas, saw a bright object moving in the eastern sky. The witness initially thought it was a satell…
Fork Union, VA
1962 · unidentifiedOn September 21, 1962, at 10:15 p.m., a civilian at Fork Union, Virginia observed a red object with a stationary red light on top and two red flashing red lights on the bottom. The…
Fort McKinley, OH
1962 · unknownOn the evening of August 20, 1962, a witness at Fort McKinley, Ohio, observed a solid object in the western sky that appeared dimmer than the brightest stars. The object remained v…
Ft. Banning (Lawson Fla) Columbus, GA
1962 · unknownOn June 19, 1962, military and civilian observers west of Columbus, Georgia, near Fort Benning, reported a star-like object. It was first seen about 1950 (7:50 p.m.) and viewed for…
Ft Bragg, SC
1962 · unknownOn September 18, 1962, military personnel near Fort Bragg, North Carolina, reported a bright light during a night exercise. The time was about 0855Z. The light was in sight for abo…
Ft. Worth, TX
1962 · unknownAn amateur astronomer and his sons observed an unusual object in the sky near Fort Worth, Texas on the night of April 28-29, 1962. The man, a nuclear engineer, spotted the object t…
Ganado, AZ
1962 · unknownThe OCR text provided is too garbled and illegible on the final page to support an accurate summary of the case details. While the first 29 pages contain witness questionnaires and…
Goose Bay, Labrador,
1962 · unknownOn April 2, 1962, near Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada, an object was tracked on radar with no visual sighting. The object was picked up on three separate ground radars and by 16 milit…
Granby, Quebec,
1962 · unknownOn October 14, 1962, at about 3:00 p.m. local time, a senior engineering technician in Granby, Quebec, Canada, reported three objects. The time was about 1900Z. The sky was bright…
Grandview, MO
1962 · unknownIn March 1962, a witness at Grandview, Missouri, reported one object that passed directly overhead. It looked like a saucepan with a tail pointing one way and seemed much bigger th…
Greenfield, CA
1962 · unknownIn the early morning hours of December 14, 1962, law enforcement officers across central California reported seeing a brilliant glowing object in the sky. A Greenfield police patro…
Greenville, ME
1962 · unknownOn August 10, 1962, a civilian pilot near Greenville, Maine, reported an unidentified object. He was at Upper Wilson Pond, about four miles east of Greenville. The time was 0815Z.…
Greenwich, CT
1962 · unknownOn September 15, 1962, at 11:20 to 11:30 p.m., a witness and a friend observed an unidentified flying object from a dock at the end of Steamboat Road in Greenwich, Connecticut. The…
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