Project Blue Book Case Files

On July 12, 1956, near Monrovia, Indiana, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting. The object was in view for thirty seconds. The object was round and oran…

On the night of August 29, 1956, military observers in Montgomery, Alabama spotted a bright white object moving slowly across the sky. The object appeared larger than any star or p…

On November 21, 1956, at about 9:05 p.m. local time, a civilian saw one stationary light over Muehlheim, Germany. The witness was a pedestrian. The light stayed in view for about 3…

On April 2, 1956, military observers at site N-31 near Pepperrell Air Force Base, Newfoundland, reported one object. Several airmen saw it. The report was filed under Project 10073…

On September 13, 1956, a person in Naples, Florida saw an object in the night sky that caught their attention. The object appeared to be oblong in shape, roughly three times as lon…

On December 3, 1956, a witness in the control tower saw one object from NAS Key West, Florida. The object was in view for only a few seconds. The report described one bright flash…

On July 2, 1956, at 3:01 a.m., a military pilot at Naval Air Station North Island, California, reported sighting one object with a teardrop shape and tapered end at the bottom. The…

On May 26, 1956, near Murmansk in the USSR, a round, disc-like object was observed at 1000 meters altitude by seammen from the Norwegian press. The object remained still briefly, t…

On August 6, 1956, a civilian near New Rochelle, New York, reported a single object. The sighting lasted about twenty-five minutes and the object moved in an erratic path. The wit…

On November 13, 1956, a civilian saw one object near Nekoosa, Wisconsin. The witness was a supervisor at a local store. The object was watched for about one minute. The report des…

In December 1956, a Coast Guard apprentice in Newberryport, New Hampshire, spotted a red and green blinking light in the night sky. The object appeared star-shaped and roughly the…

On August 22, 1956, a man in Newburgh, New York used a Polaroid camera to photograph what he believed were unidentified objects in the sky. The camera was equipped with a half-stop…

On the evening of October 13, 1956, a civilian in Newburgh, New York reported seeing a circular white object with a red light. The observer described the object as roughly the size…

On October 13, 1956, civilians at Newburgh and Unionville, New York reported sightings on the same night, at about 10:15 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. local time. They described one circular…

On April 5, 1956, a civilian at Newport, Rhode Island, reported one object. The report came in by letter and was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unid…

On November 16, 1956, a civilian and military observer in Newport, Oregon reported sighting one round red object about the size of a pillow held at arm's length. The object was fir…

In October 1956, a civilian witness in New York City reported seeing two small, white or silver disc shaped objects flying together in the sky. Each object had what the witness des…

In February 1956, a woman in New York City, New York, saw a strange object at about 3:00 a.m. The report was sent to the Air Force about two years after the event. The observer was…

On August 4, 1956, civilian witnesses near Norfolk, Virginia, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0630Z (night). The object was seen by four airline pilots. The…

On February 2, 1956, a staff sergeant named Richard L. Walker, stationed at Camp Irwin in California's Mojave Desert, watched a flying object move across the sky from north to sout…

On October 15, 1956, north of Ontario, Canada, military observers reported one object appearing round and burning. A light green color glowed very intensely. The object appeared as…

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…

# Summary On the night of September 6, 1956, residents of Pasadena, California saw a bright white light moving across the sky for about 41 minutes. The object appeared as large as…

In early May 1956, three separate witnesses in the Oklahoma City area reported seeing an unusual orange-colored object in the sky. All three accounts were investigated by the U.S.…

On July 16, 1956, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a civilian ground observer reported three lights. The report came in by letter from the commander of a Ground Observer squadron. The l…

On September 28, 1956, a resident of Oklahoma City reported seeing a round or oval object that appeared white or luminous yellow in color. The object was spotted in the southwest,…

On November 26, 1956, a military airman saw one object over Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The witness happened to glance out a window. The object was watched for about three seconds. T…

On May 29, 1956, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a civilian reported one object. It was a ground visual sighting. The report came in by letter on June 5, 1956. The object was watched f…

On the evening of April 28, 1956, a man and his wife were sitting on their front porch in Old Bridge, New Jersey, when they noticed a bright light in the sky to the northeast. For…

On August 30, 1956, a civilian in Omaha, Nebraska reported seeing one circular object about the size of a pea with a bright yellow-white light. The object orbited thirty degrees fr…

On March 15, 1956, in Omaha, Nebraska, a civilian witness reported observing one round object about the size of a basketball with red and dark coloring. The object appeared to be h…

On April 16, 1956, an Air Force pilot reported one object near Fairfield, Utah, at about 1950 (7:50 p.m.). The pilot was flying a T-33 at 37,000 feet on a night flight. The report…

On December 23, 1956, military and civilian observers at Oxnard Air Force Base, California, reported a single object. The sighting was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's o…

On October 28, 1956, military and civilian witnesses in Panama City, Florida, reported seeing four red-orange cigar-shaped objects. The objects were about 90 feet long. They starte…

On March 3, 1956, at 3:07 a.m. local time, a civilian witness in Paradise, Michigan reported observing a round object that was bright red in color and approximately 40 to 50 feet i…

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 September 6, 1956, an observer in Pasadena, California reported one round, gray object about the size of a pea held at arm's length. The object moved from east to west in a stra…

On April 7, 1956, a civilian at Passaic, New Jersey, reported one object at 8:55 p.m. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified fly…

On July 23, 1956, two round objects smaller than a star were reported in Pensacola, Florida. The objects appeared as a constant yellow-orange glow. They were close together for abo…

On June 3, 1956, near Petersburg, Indiana, observers reported one object. The reports were relayed through Indianapolis air traffic control. The sightings happened around 12:23 a.m…

On the nights of September 1, 2, and 3, 1956, observers near Peyton, Colorado reported lights in the sky starting around 7 p.m. local time. Watchers used binoculars and saw the obj…

On the evening of March 29, 1956, a bright white object with a faint orange tint appeared in the sky over Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the twilight hours. The witness observed…

On August 18, 1956, a military witness in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, reported a single object. The sighting was recorded at 0208Z and lasted about one hour and forty-five minutes.…

On January 29, 1956, a civilian in Pittsfield, Maine reported seeing a round object about 10 times larger than the brightest star. The object was blue with a white center and a red…

On October 19, 1956, a civilian in Plano, Illinois reported a ground visual sighting of one round, red, orange, and green object about the size of a baseball at arm's length. The o…

On June 26, 1956, observers at a Ground Observer Corps post in Plattsburg, New York, reported seeing a round, glowing object about the size of a two-engine aircraft. The object app…

On September 4, 1956, in Plymouth, New Hampshire, a civilian reported observing one bright red round object about the size of a grapefruit at arm's length in the sky. The object wa…

On October 19, 1956, at Point Arguello, California, a civilian witness observed one small round object with red, white, and green coloring. The object was initially sighted at 45 d…

On February 15, 1956, a ground observer saw two objects over Pontiac, Michigan. The Greenwich time was 2325Z. The observer was a civilian at a ground observer post. The sky was com…

On October 13, 1956, a civilian near Pottsville, Pennsylvania reported one pear-shaped, silver object about the size of a pea held at arm's length. The object appeared stationary w…

This case concerns a sighting near Pretoria, South Africa, on July 24, 1956. The source was the Pretoria press. A news item and photo from a local newspaper were forwarded. The cas…

On August 11, 1956, in Pueblo, Colorado, a civilian observer reported seeing six to eight objects with greenish glow in a very formation. The objects were about the size of a half…

On September 1, 1956, a civilian ground observer in Pueblo, Colorado, reported four objects. The sighting was recorded at 0513Z and lasted about two hours. The witness described f…

On October 1, 1956, at 2:53 a.m., a civilian in Pueblo, Colorado reported observing one round object resembling a star with a cream color. The object was approximately the size of…

On August 29, 1956, a military witness in Pueblo, Colorado, reported a single object. The sighting lasted about two hours and twenty-one minutes. The witness described one round o…

On July 16, 1956, in Puyallup, Washington, a civilian reported one object at about 7:30 p.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The witness used binoculars of unknown pow…

On May 31, 1956, a student at Queens College in Flushing, Long Island saw an unusual object in the sky. The witness described it as white and roughly half the size of an airliner.…

On March 4, 1956, a civilian at Racine, Wisconsin, reported three objects in the night sky. The witness was an instructor for the Ground Observer Corps. The report was filed under…

On July 30, 1956, a civilian in Rialto, California reported seeing one object with no discernible shape. The object was bright yellow and turned bright red. It made violent turn ma…

On August 1, 1956, a sighting was reported in Richmond, Virginia. The report was submitted through Air Force channels and routed to multiple commands including Cape Charles Air For…