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.
359 cases from 1958 · page 5 of 6
Riga,
1958 · unknownOn July 24, 1958, a streetcar driver in Riga reported an unidentified flying object at about 0030 (12:30 a.m.) local time. The witness was leaving the streetcar depot when a fellow…
River Forest, IL
1958 · unknownIn early January 1958, in River Forest, Illinois, a civilian woman reported filming an object on 8mm movie film. She was in her backyard around 1:00 to 1:30 a.m. taking pictures of…
Rockford, MI
1958 · unidentifiedOn October 1, 1958, in Rockford, Michigan, a civilian observer reported sighting a round, silverish white object about the size of a golf ball that remained stationary. The observa…
Rock Springs & Rawlins,
1958 · unknownIn August 1958, residents of Rock Springs and Rawlins, Wyoming reported seeing an unusual object in the night sky. The sighting began early in the morning of August 1st. Ground obs…
Rockville Center, NY
1958 · unknownOn December 1, 1958, in Rockville Center, New York, a witness reported seeing a round, white and gray object with the size of a basketball and a defined outline. The observation wa…
Roswell, NM
1958 · unknownOn August 16, 1958, a witness at Roswell, New Mexico, reported an unidentified flying object at 0547Z (about night). The observer, described as a chief, saw a bright, intense flash…
Rushville, IL
1958 · unknownOn January 2, 1958, a civilian in Rushville, Illinois reported seeing one unidentified object at 1:33 a.m. The object was described as red and circular with no tail or exhaust, ver…
Saigon,
1958 · unknownOn May 11, 1958, in Saigon, Vietnam, military observers reported a single object in the night sky. The sighting lasted about 2 seconds. The object was the size of the head of a pin…
Salamanca, NY
1958 · unknownOn August 2, 1958, a man working in a tower at Salamanca, New York, reported seeing thousands of silver-colored objects falling from the sky at about 6:00 p.m. He described pieces…
Salt Lake City, UT
1958 · unknownOn June 1, 1958, near 7:25 p.m. in Salt Lake City, Utah, a civilian observer in his back yard sighted an object described as bluish with a green glow, shaped like a saucer with a h…
San Antonio, TX
1958 · unknownOn July 29, 1958, a civilian in San Antonio, Texas reported observing a round, flat object about the size of a basketball. The object hovered over South San Antonio and then headed…
San Antonio, TX
1958 · unknownOn September 2, 1958, near San Antonio, Texas, a civilian witness reported seeing two unidentified objects. The first object rose vertically and appeared round with a brilliant sil…
San Bernardino,
1958 · unknownOn January 28, 1958, residents of San Bernardino, California saw a bright white light moving back and forth across the sky over their city. The light was described as round, about…
Saranac Lake,
1958 · unknownAt 8:15 p.m. on March 27, 1958, a man driving near Saranac Lake, New York saw a very bright object descending steeply through the sky at low altitude, somewhere between 1,000 and 2…
Scott AFB,
1958 · unknownOn the night of January 2, 1958, six people at or near Scott Air Force Base in Illinois reported seeing a bright, fast-moving object in the sky. The observers were stationed at dif…
Seaford Long Island, NY
1958 · unknownOn September 28, 1958, a truck driver in Seaford, Long Island saw an unusual object in the night sky while standing outside his home. The object appeared at approximately 11:25 p.m…
Seminole, TX
1958 · unknownOn April 27, 1958, near Seminole, Texas, civilians reported three objects in the night sky. The sighting lasted less than one minute. The objects were egg-shaped, reddish-white, an…
SE of Deering, NH
1958 · unknownIn August 1958, a woman and her family observed an unusual object while driving in a car near Deering, New Hampshire. The object appeared reddish-orange in color and was shaped lik…
Shady Oaks, LA
1958 · unknownOn November 18, 1958, near Shady Oaks, Louisiana, a civilian highway worker reported a light in the sky. The sighting lasted about 7 minutes. The location was near the village on t…
Sheffield Lake, OH
1958 · unknownEarly on the morning of September 21, 1958, a woman in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, woke to a bright light flooding her bedroom. When she looked out the window, she saw a flat, circular o…
Shrewsberry, NJ
1958 · unknownOn August 6, 1958, a civilian in Shrewsbury, New Jersey reported seeing a white object that was stationary in the sky. The object was observed for five minutes at dusk and then wen…
Soap Lake, WA
1958 · unknownOn October 22, 1958, a civilian in Soap Lake, Washington, reported a falling object in the sky. The witness worked as a factory service attendant. The object was round and reddish…
S Of Nogales, AZ
1958 · unknownOn about May 22, 1958, around 2:00 p.m., south of Nogales, Arizona, a civilian and his wife reported a single object falling from the sky. They were driving when they saw something…
S of Roswell, NM
1958 · unknownOn August 9, 1958 (10/0309Z), an airline pilot south of Roswell, New Mexico, reported an unidentified flying object from a C-46 aircraft at about 6,000 feet. The pilot described on…
South Bethpage/Long Isl,
1958 · unknownOn June 9, 1958, at 10:35 a.m. near South Bethpage, Long Island, New York, a civilian witness reported seeing a round object with a blue and white ring traveling at a very fast rat…
Springfield, OH
1958 · unknownOn March 11, 1958, two observers reported sighting an unidentified flying object over Springfield, Ohio. Major Huke from WPAFB called the Strategic Defense Operations office at 9:3…
St Joseph, MI
1958 · unidentifiedOn September 15, 1958, at 3:05 p.m., a civilian in St. Joseph, Michigan reported seeing one object. The object was round and the size of a baseball at arm's length. It was gold in…
St. Lawrence Island, AK
1958 · unknownOn the night of February 28, 1958, a U.S. Air Force weather observer on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, spotted a bright light in the sky. The observer, Airman David Juggan, was takin…
St. Lawrence Island, AK
1958 · unknownOn December 3, 1958, two reports came in from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. A member of the Alaska National Guard at Savoonga heard a sound and saw a light. The case was handled und…
St Louis, MO
1958 · unknownOn August 1, 1958, at 9:05 a.m. in St. Louis, Missouri, a civilian observer reported seeing a pinpoint of light that disappeared suddenly. The initial observation placed the object…
Sweet Springs, MO
1958 · unknownOn the afternoon of February 19, 1958, a civilian observer near Sweet Springs, Missouri noticed a moving light in the sky around 4:00 p.m. He watched an object that he estimated to…
Tachikawa-Ykota AFB,
1958 · unknownOn January 2, 1958, multiple witnesses at and near Tachikawa Air Base and Yokota Air Base in Japan reported seeing a series of unusual objects in the night sky. The sightings occur…
Tachikawa & Yokata AFB,
1958 · unknownOn January 4, 1958, a pilot and witnesses at Tachikawa Air Base and Yokota Air Base in Japan reported seeing an unidentified flying object. The sighting lasted only a couple of sec…
Tacoma, WA
1958 · unknown# A Sighting in Tacoma, June 1958 On June 26, 1958, at 16:02 (4:02 p.m.) Pacific time, a witness in Tacoma, Washington observed a circular object with a flame color traveling at e…
Tacoma, WA
1958 · unknownOn the night of August 1, 1958, residents and military personnel near Tacoma, Washington reported seeing a bright, unusual object moving through the sky. Witnesses described the ob…
Temple, OK
1958 · unknownOn October 10, 1958, a rectangular sheet of clear plastic measuring roughly seven feet by seven feet turned up at the property of a couple in Temple, Oklahoma. The plastic was fold…
Tennessee,
1958 · unknownOn the night of July 10, 1958, a bright flaming object streaked across the sky over Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana in just a few seconds. Multiple witnesses in different location…
Thermopolis, WY
1958 · unknownOn September 5, 1958, a 16-year-old student near Thermopolis, Wyoming, reported an unidentified flying object at about 0432Z (night). The witness described one star-shaped object t…
Tioga, ND
1958 · unidentifiedOn August 3, 1958, a police officer near Tioga, North Dakota, reported an unidentified flying object starting at about 0905Z. The chief of police described one vaguely spherical ob…
Tokmak,
1958 · unknownIn early June 1958, around 10:30 p.m., over Tokmak in the Kirgiz SSR of the Soviet Union, a civilian reported a single object in the night sky. The sighting lasted about one minute…
Toledo, OH
1958 · unknownOn the evening of September 8, 1958, a woman in Toledo, Ohio named Pamela A. Rowe noticed a bright glowing object in the sky around 6:30 p.m. The object remained stationary for abo…
Trenton,
1958 · unknownOn the night of May 29, 1958, a photographer in Trenton, New Jersey took a series of pictures of the moon using a telescope attached to his camera. When he examined the negatives,…
Trinidade,
1958 · unknownOn January 16, 1958, the Brazilian naval ship Almirante Saldanha was anchored off Trindade Island, about 600 miles east of Rio de Janeiro. The ship was part of Brazil's participati…
Tripoli,
1958 · unknownOn August 6 and 7, 1958, military observers in Tripoli, Libya, reported unidentified flashes of light between 1815Z and 1830Z. The witnesses lived in adjacent apartments separated…
Troy Hill, NJ
1958 · unknownOn the night of August 4, 1958, a couple attending a drive-in movie at Troy Hill, New Jersey saw something unusual in the sky. Around 11 p.m., the man's wife pointed out a bright,…
Tulsa, OK
1958 · unknownIn January 1958, a man in Tulsa, Oklahoma found a small metallic object in a field about ten miles northeast of the city. He thought it might be a missile nose cone and reported it…
Udine,
1958 · unknownStarting in July 1958, residents of Udine, Italy, began reporting sightings of a mysterious luminous object moving across the sky. The object appeared repeatedly, sometimes multipl…
Uniondale,
1958 · unknownOn October 27, 1958, a civilian couple in the Union Dale, Pennsylvania, area reported an object over their farm. The report reached the Air Force weeks later, on November 20, 1958,…
University City,
1958 · unknownOn January 5, 1958, in University City, Missouri, a civilian witness reported seeing a red, blue and white object the size of a silver dollar with a possible tail, falling rapidly…
Vejle, Jutland,
1958 · unknownOn December 1, 1958, a very bright light was observed moving south to east in the sky over Vejle, Jutland, Denmark. One civilian witness reported the sighting, which lasted nine mi…
Vicinity Aviano AD,
1958 · unknownOn September 18, 1958, an Air Force pilot and crew flying near Aviano Air Base, Italy, reported an unidentified flying object at 1122Z, with a second sighting at 1130Z, about eight…
Vicinity Incirlik AFB,
1958 · unknown# Summary: Incirlik Air Base Sighting, December 1958 On a December evening in 1958, observers near Incirlik Air Base in Turkey spotted a dull-colored, elongated object moving thro…
Walker AFB, NM
1958 · unknownOn June 21, 1958, at Walker Air Force Base in New Mexico, a military observer reported seeing two pale gold objects in the night sky. The objects were circular and about the size o…
Walnut Ridge AFS, AR
1958 · unknownOn March 21, 1958, military radar at Walnut Ridge Air Force Station in Arkansas detected an unidentified object at a very high altitude traveling at an extremely fast speed. The ra…
Wantagh,
1958 · unknownOn April 1, 1958, three circular objects were observed in Wantagh, New York. The objects traveled in a horizontal line at the size of the full moon. They were glowing but not brigh…
Warren, MI
1958 · unidentifiedOn August 17, 1958, a civilian business machine repairman in Warren, Michigan, spotted an extremely bright object in the daylight sky near his home. At first he saw what appeared t…
Warwick Parrish,
1958 · unknownOn August 6, 1958, a civilian observer in Warwick Parish, Bermuda reported seeing a bright object cross the sky from north to south. The object disappeared at an extreme altitude o…
Washington,
1958 · unknownIn September 1958, a woman sitting on the upper balcony of her home in Washington, D.C., observed an unusual light in the night sky. She had been watching what appeared to be a bri…
Washington, DC
1958 · unknownIn December 1958, an Air Force investigator met with a Washington, D.C. resident who claimed to have photographs of unidentified flying objects, including what he said were "blast-…
Wauwatosa, WI
1958 · unknownOn May 13, 1958, in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, two civilians reported two objects in the night sky. The sighting lasted about 1 minute and 30 seconds. The objects were round, about the…
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