Project Blue Book Case Files

On the night of April 29, 1960, a man near Smithville, Tennessee saw a round red light flashing in the sky. He had stepped outside to get coal for his stove around 5:40 a.m. when h…

On July 6, 1960, a civilian south of Portland, Oregon saw two objects in the sky. The sighting happened at night, about 5:30 p.m. by one note, with a bright moon. The objects were…

On June 7, 1960, a witness near Speicher, Germany, saw a bright object fall through the sky. The card lists one object. The object was bullet-shaped and about the length of a C-12…

On the night of September 20-21, 1960, three Air Force pilots saw an unusual object while flying training missions near Spokane, Washington. All three were flying F-89J interceptor…

On the night of December 15, 1960, Captain Edward E. Johnson, a senior pilot for the U.S. Air Force, was flying a KC-135 tanker aircraft at 32,000 feet near Spokane, Washington. Hi…

On a Friday evening in July 1960, a 15-year-old boy in Springfield, Ohio was playing baseball in his front yard when a friend pointed out an unusual object in the sky. The boy imme…

On August 26, 1960, someone in Springville, New York reported seeing an unusual flying object. The witness described a fuzzy, oval white light with sharply outlined red lights on e…

On the night of May 30, 1960, a witness in St. Louis observed a bright object in the eastern sky around 11:30 p.m. The object appeared low on the horizon and was large and luminous…

In July 1960, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri reported seeing an unusual object in the night sky over the course of two nights. The object appeared roughly the size of a quarter…

On May 17, 1960, a civilian observer near Albans, West Virginia, reported seeing a red or orange object moving across the sky from east to west at an altitude of roughly 500 to 600…

On the morning of September 28, 1960, a bright white light fell from the sky southwest of Wichita Falls, Texas, and was seen by dozens of people across a wide area. The sighting oc…

On July 16, 1960, a civilian woman in Syosset, New York saw two strange objects in the sky at about 11:00 p.m. She first thought they were falling stars, then noticed their course…

On June 25, 1960, two pieces of hot, molten material fell near a home in Syracuse, New York at around 3:30 p.m. One piece struck the boot or shoe of a small child. Both objects sho…

On the night of July 19, 1960, people living near Tacoma, Washington reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. One witness spotted a bright yellow circular ball that changed co…

On May 19, 1960, a witness in Tallassee, Alabama, saw a small object high in the sky. The card lists the sighting as a ground visual observation of one object. The object was smal…

On July 2, 1960, a U.S. Naval Attache and his wife saw a bright light in the sky over Tel Aviv, Israel, at about 8:25 p.m. local time. There was little or no apparent motion. The l…

On March 24, 1960, three separate Air Force aircraft spotted a green flare near Terre Haute, Indiana, while flying at 22,000 feet. The sighting occurred at 0802z (8:02 a.m. Zulu ti…

On the night of August 13, 1960, a man watching for the Echo I satellite above Terre Haute, Indiana, spotted two white objects with a slight yellowish tint moving across the sky in…

On the evening of June 20, 1960, multiple witnesses near Tillamook, Oregon reported seeing unusual lights in the sky. Between 21:52 and 22:09 hours (9:52 p.m. and 10:09 p.m.), five…

On the night of May 2, 1960, a resident of Trout Run, Pennsylvania observed unusual lights in the western sky from his motel room window. The first light he noticed was flickering…

On the evening of February 24, 1960, a couple driving east of Tucson, Arizona, spotted an unusual white object in the sky near sunset. The wife noticed it first, and her husband in…

On June 6, 1960, at 7:55 p.m., a photographer in Union City, Indiana, spotted what he believed was an unidentified flying object. The man, a professional photographer who worked fo…

On August 25, 1960, near Uniontown, Ohio, a local resident and three children watched two shiny, metallic objects in the afternoon sky. The objects appeared round and roughly the s…

On September 28, 1960, a civilian on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Illinois, reported an object at 0120 (about 8:20 p.m. local), at night. The graduate student saw a…

On December 7, 1960, in Vandalia, Ohio, a civilian reported seeing a single, round, white light on a photograph. The sighting was observed locally at 2:15 p.m. (GMT 08/01:15Z, Dece…

On July 18, 1960, several witnesses saw a flaming object over the Verona, Italy area at about 7:35 p.m. The sighting lasted about 8 seconds. The object was bright white and circula…

# Summary On the early morning of July 2, 1960, at approximately 0347 (3:47 a.m.), military sentries and dog handlers stationed near the active runway at Biggs Air Force Base in T…

On April 14, 1960, a military observer near Bitburg Air Base in Germany reported seeing a round object about half the size of a dime held at arm's length. The object appeared white…

On September 26, 1960, a civilian near Jean, Nevada, reported an exploding object at 1015 (about 10:15 GMT), during night hours. The witness, awakened by his wife, saw a bright lig…

On the evening of July 26, 1960, Mrs. Ennis, a housewife, was riding in a car driven by her husband on Highway 47 near Monticello, Illinois. It was around dusk. Her seven-year-old…

On the night of March 18, 1960, two Air Force pilots flying a T-33 jet trainer near North Platte, Nebraska spotted three white lights in a line formation at 2055 hours (8:55 p.m.).…

On December 18, 1960, civilians near Sterling, Alaska, reported an object at 0310 (3:10 a.m.) local. A husband and wife described a star shaped object that pulsated red, green, and…

On August 24, 1960, at 11:45 p.m., a Northwest Airlines pilot reported a bright flash of light in the vicinity of Sitka, Alaska. The object was yellowish and changed to green and t…

On May 9, 1960, a single witness near Waco, Texas, saw an object in the sky at dusk. The card lists the sighting as a ground visual observation of one object. The object looked lo…

On August 31, 1960, near Yokohama, Japan, a bright object was observed that resembled a first-magnitude star. The sighting occurred at 1:30 p.m. local time. The object appeared as…

Early on the morning of March 28, 1960, someone standing on the outskirts of Viola, Delaware, saw a round blue object streak across the sky. The object was about four inches in dia…

On the night of September 20 and 21, 1960, witnesses across Washington and the Portland, Oregon area saw a white, glowing object streak across the sky. The sighting occurred in two…

On the evening of March 15, 1960, in Waterbury, Connecticut, a student saw a bright, circular object moving slowly across the sky at high altitude. The object was so striking that…

On December 12, 1960, near Waynesville, Ohio, a civilian reported seeing a moving light in the sky around 1 p.m. local time. The object appeared to move from east to south to west…

On the morning of January 9, 1960, a civilian in West Alexandria, Ohio, saw a bright light in the southeast at about 6:00 a.m. The witness watched it for about 25 minutes, until ro…

On the evening of July 16, 1960, a man in West Babylon, New York noticed a bright object moving across the sky. He was outside checking his television antenna when he spotted it ap…

On the evening of October 15, 1960, a mother and her son in Westford, Massachusetts, saw a bright white object with a red light on top. According to the case file, the object was s…

On May 3 to 6, 1960, a witness near West Hartford, Connecticut, reported an unusual light in the sky. The card lists the sighting as a ground visual observation. The object first…

On August 29, 1960, around 11:03 p.m., a resident of West Roxbury, Massachusetts saw a bright orange object moving across the night sky. The witness described it as resembling the…

On September 24, 1960, in Wethersfield, England, a military observer sighted a flare-like object that was light green to white in color. The object traveled northwest to southeast…

On the night of August 23, 1960, an aeronautical engineer from Boeing Aircraft and his family stood in the front yard of their Wichita home to watch satellite Echo pass overhead. A…

On June 29, 1960, a self-employed plumbing and heating contractor in Wilmington, Massachusetts reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. The sighting lasted about five minutes.…

On September 28, 1960, a civilian near Wolfe City, Texas, reported an object due east of the town between about midnight and 1 a.m. local. The witness, an Air Force reservist, desc…

On an October night in 1960, a witness at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio reported seeing an unusual object moving through the sky. The object appeared to have a fire or gl…

On June 25, 1960, the crew of a British West Indies Airways Viscount airliner saw an object over the Caribbean Sea. The plane was flying from San Juan, Puerto Rico, toward Barbados…

On April 19, 1960, the crew of a Norwegian motor vessel called the Luxsefjell reported seeing a flaming object in the sky northwest of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship's…

On September 28, 1960, four military aircrew aboard an aircraft over the Pacific Ocean (about 29.32N, 125W) reported an object at 0552 (5:52 a.m.) GMT. They saw a fast moving brill…

On September 28 and 29, 1960, witnesses on Okinawa reported an object on two days, around 1015 GMT and 0950 (dusk). The object looked the same size and color as a star. It was firs…

In early October 1960, military pilots and civilian observers across Arkansas spotted a bright orange object moving through the sky. What appeared to be a mysterious sighting would…

On the evening of March 7, 1960, people across the eastern United States reported seeing brilliant lights streak across the sky. The sightings stretched from Maine to Florida and w…

On April 1, 1960, in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands, a military pilot and copilot sighted an object similar to a shooting star, only much brighter and bigger than usual. The…

On June 4, 1960, radar operators detected two large targets over the Pacific Ocean, near 33 degrees 50 minutes North and 144 degrees 25 minutes West. The targets were tracked on ra…

On May 27, 1960, observers saw a bright object in the sky east of Japan, near 42 degrees 15 minutes North and 157 degrees 25 minutes East. The card lists one object. The object wa…

On May 27, 1960, an object was reported in the sky near Midway Island. The card lists one object. The object was sighted about 10 miles from Midway, bearing between about 300 and…

On December 29, 1960, the crew of a Pan American Boeing 707 flying from Sydney to Nandi reported one object. The sighting was over the ocean at about 23 degrees south, 173 degrees…