Project Blue Book Case Files

On the morning of June 21, 1956, at 0836 (8:36 a.m.), two meteorologists and an electronics engineer were watching a radar scope at a facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. They were monito…

On October 14, 1956, an astronomer in Cincinnati, Ohio submitted three photographs and five negatives to the Air Force. He said he had taken them while photographing the moon throu…

On September 25, 1956, a housewife in Cincinnati, Ohio noticed a white, fibrous substance floating down into her yard. The material was curled and delicate. She collected some of i…

On July 7, 1956, in Cincinnati, Ohio, a civilian ground observer reported one object at about 12:20 a.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The object had been watched fo…

On November 3, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Cincinnati, Ohio. The object was watched for three to six seconds. The witness described one round, bright white, glowing objec…

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 September 23, 1956, a civilian in Hamilton, Ohio reported observing one object that appeared and faded like a star in continuous observation. The object was described as having…

On July 16, 1956, around midnight, witnesses near Homerville, Ohio saw two objects with lights like aircraft lights. The objects made a humming sound. Each appeared about the size…

On August 27, 1956, a military ground observer in Kent, Ohio, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 1750Z (day) and lasted about two minutes. The witness, a 14-ye…

On the evening of May 23, 1956, a resident of Lumberton, Ohio saw a bright blue-white light moving across the sky. At 9:12 p.m. EST, the observer was walking in the driveway of his…

On the morning of July 27, 1956, a resident of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, saw an unusual object in the sky around 0400 (4 a.m.). The witness described it as resembling a flat-shaped ligh…

On October 7, 1956, in Norwalk, Ohio, a civilian witness reported seeing one oval-shaped object smaller than a dime. The object was colored orange to green to red to orange and mov…

On September 4, 1956, at about 10 p.m. local time, a civilian in Parma Heights, Ohio reported an unidentified flying object. He was observing stars from his home near Doxmere and S…

On November 11, 1956, civilian and military witnesses saw one object over Salineville, Ohio. The object was watched for several minutes. The report described one long, light objec…

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 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…

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 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…

On the evening of November 18, 1956, a resident of Xenia, Ohio saw two oval objects with green lights moving across the sky at an estimated speed of 300 to 400 miles per hour. The…

On August 15, 1956, at 10:02 a.m. in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a civilian witness reported observing one reddish-white object with the size of a dime at arm's length. The object was in…

On July 24, 1955, in Akron, Ohio, civilian and military witnesses reported one round, light-silver object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official recor…

On August 7, 1955, at dusk in Akron, Ohio, a civilian observer reported one pink object shaped like a streak heading southward. The object was watched for ten minutes before it dis…

On December 13, 1955, at 1:30 p.m., a civilian observer in Cincinnati, Ohio reported sighting an ellipsoid-shaped object with blue-white exhaust and orange coloring. The object was…

On September 9, 1955, near Cincinnati, Ohio, an astronomer on duty observed a round, star-sized object that appeared red and orange in the high northeast sky. The object was observ…

On June 2, 1955, a civilian and a military witness in Cleveland, Ohio saw a single object. The civilian was a Ground Observer Corps member and the other was a technician sergeant.…

On November 28, 1955, over Cleveland, Ohio, a witness reported a strange object in the sky. The report time in Greenwich time was 2232Z. The night was clear. The object was dark g…

# Summary On May 27, 1955, a resident of Englewood, Ohio reported finding a lightweight rock that resembled a melon. The person brought the specimen to the Air Force Technical Inf…

On May 26, 1955, at 7:55 a.m. EST, a civilian in Euclid, Ohio reported observing a round, white object that remained stationary in the sky for four minutes. The object was describe…

On June 3, 1955, a civilian Ground Observer Corps observer in Euclid, Ohio saw a single object. The sighting lasted about twenty minutes. The object moved to the southwest. The ob…

On December 21, 1955, at 10:01 p.m. GMT, a civilian observer in Forrestville, Ohio reported sighting a round object with a red body and white top. The object made no sound, moved v…

On the evening of March 16, 1955, a bright object was spotted over Hamilton and Cleves, Ohio. The sighting occurred around 11:29 p.m. local time and lasted several minutes. The obj…

On September 12, 1955, at about 1810Z, a civilian saw an object near Huron, Ohio. Ground observers used binoculars of unknown power to watch it. The sighting lasted about two minut…

On the evening of September 22-23, 1955, residents near Lodi, Ohio reported seeing unidentified objects in the sky. The sightings began around 10:15 p.m. when a resident called to…

In August 1955, a young man driving near Mulberry Corners, Ohio reported an extraordinary encounter. According to his account, he saw what he thought was a shooting star around 1:3…

# Mulberry Corners, Ohio - July/August 1955 In late July or early August 1955, a couple in Willoughby, Ohio reported seeing a large, circular object hovering near their home north…

On November 10, 1955, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, a military observer reported seeing a round object that was white and blue in color with no sound. The object rema…

On the evening of November 12, 1954, a resident of Barberton, Ohio, observed an unusual object in the night sky. The witness reported seeing a cigar-shaped object that traveled wes…

On a November afternoon in 1954, a Cincinnati resident saw grayish-white objects moving rapidly across the sky. The witness observed them for about 15 minutes while standing outdoo…

In late June 1954, multiple witnesses across a wide area of central Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. The sightings occurred on June 26, with reports coming from Z…

On May 13, 1954, at about 3:00 a.m. near Cleveland, Ohio, ground observers and a pilot of the 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron reported one object. It showed an orange light that…

On June 10, 1954, at about 9:50 p.m. local time in Cleveland, Ohio, a civilian reported one object for one to one and a half minutes. While sitting in his back yard, he saw an obje…

On the evening of July 7, 1954, a 25-year-old insurance salesman was driving west on Mayfield Road in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, when he spotted an unusual object near his right side…

On May 30, 1954, in Columbus, Ohio, a civilian reported seeing 11 or 12 objects for a few seconds. The witness, who was painting at the time, said the objects moved from the southw…

On the evening of June 23, 1954, First Lieutenant Harry Roe Jr., an Ohio Air National Guard pilot, was flying an F-51 Mustang fighter between Dayton and Columbus when he encountere…

On the night of February 26, 1954, an object was reported near Columbus, Ohio. The witnesses were civilians, and the sighting was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's officia…

On a date in 1954, a witness in Dayton, Ohio, reported an object in the night sky. The source was a civilian. The object was a steady flame color with no sound. It flew in a strai…

On July 3, 1954, a B-36H bomber was flying over the Atlantic Ocean between the Azores and Bermuda when its radar observer spotted something unusual on his scope. Captain Charles C.…

On the night of June 21, 1954, around 10:20 p.m. Eastern time, a civilian observer in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a bright, glowing object in the sky. The object appeared solid bu…