Project Blue Book Case Files

On July 29, 1962, the first officer of the Norwegian ship M.S. Ferngate reported a sighting over the North Atlantic Ocean. The time was 2117Z and the position was about 31 degrees…

On July 30, 1962, a military observer in the Pacific Ocean reported a bright white object. The position was about 34 degrees 15 minutes north and 153 degrees 28 minutes east. The t…

On the night of September 18, 1962, pilots and ground observers across a wide region from Ohio to Tennessee reported seeing unusual bright lights in the sky. The observations were…

The OCR text for this case is substantially degraded and difficult to parse reliably. The cover sheet indicates a sighting in Moraine, Ohio in July 1962 evaluated as "probably ball…

On July 12, 1962, at 2:15 a.m. GMT near coordinates 06-09S 110-38W, a single heavenly luminous object was observed moving from south to north. The sighting lasted about one minute.…

On August 29, 1962, the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Matagorda reported an object in the Pacific Ocean. The position was about 35 degrees 04 minutes north and 144 degrees 10 minu…

On September 1, 1962, the crew of the Greek tanker Hyperion reported an object over the South Atlantic. The position was about 3 degrees south and 35 degrees 56 minutes west. The o…

In May and June 1962, Argentina experienced a wave of reported unidentified flying object sightings that captured widespread public attention. The American Embassy in Buenos Aires…

On May 28, 1962, a bright multicolored object streaked across the sky over the northwestern United States and southwestern Canada. The object was green, orange, and white and moved…

On September 18, 1962, a falling object was reported near Wake Island in the Pacific. A pilot at about 19,000 feet first saw the object in one piece, then watched it break up. The…

In May 1962, an observer reported an object in the sky and held it visually for a short time. The object was white in color, bearing about 130 degrees true, and appeared to be at h…

On September 23, 1962, an observer in the Pacific Ocean reported a possible satellite. The position was about 35 degrees north and 174 degrees west. The time was about 0632Z. The o…

On September 29, 1962, the Coast Guard received several reports of an object near the Farallon Islands, off California. The time was about 0228Z. Witnesses said an object was fired…

On the night of May 14, 1962, the crew of a Navy ship in the Pacific Ocean spotted an unusual object in the sky. The ship was positioned at coordinates 05.21N 157.28W, roughly midw…

On April 29, 1962, a pilot flying over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Hawaii spotted what appeared to be a satellite. The aircraft was at 33 degrees North, 177 degrees West when th…

On April 21, 1962, near Wake Island, military personnel observed a round pen-sized object at 3:30 a.m. The object had no tail or sound. It rose in a 330-degree direction at 35 degr…

On October 18, 1962, a military source filed a brief report of a blue-green object seen at sea, near 37.12N 173.12W in the Pacific. The report came through a quick visual reporting…

On April 23, 1962, near Midway, an object was viewed at 40 degrees elevation appearing as a star or planet. The object moved west to south with a northern declination. It disappear…

On October 25, 1962, two pilots aboard a commercial airliner flying the Nandi to Honolulu route, near Canton Island in the Pacific, reported an object off their aircraft. The repor…

In late February 1962, metal fragments fell across a wide area of southern Brazil, prompting investigation by U.S. military and diplomatic officials. The pieces were recovered over…

On April 22, 1960, at Bear Lake Inland, coordinates 19.06N 165.12E, a military observer reported sighting a round object the size of a pea, white with a short reddish tail. No soun…

On about November 1962, a witness reported an unidentified object that appeared as a long blue-green flame. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official recor…

In early April 1962, multiple observers across the Northern Hemisphere reported seeing a bright streak of light in the night sky. The object appeared as a luminous tail or plume wi…

On April 9, 1962, at about 1922R (local time), military observers at coastal lighthouse stations reported a light in the sky about 25 to 30 miles east-southeast of Hereford Inlet L…

On November 8, 1962, the crew of an aircraft over the Pacific Ocean, near 20N 179W, reported seeing a flare. The report asked whether other ships or aircraft were in the area. It w…

On December 31, 1962, a ship in the Pacific Ocean reported seeing a bright object in the night sky. The location was 2.18 degrees North latitude and 162.09 degrees West longitude,…

On November 14, 1962, the crew of an aircraft over the Pacific Ocean, near 35.00N 127.00W, reported an explosion in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force…

On April 13, 1962, at 10:52 North 149:59 West (Pacific), a military observer detected a white small pea-shaped object while taking star fix observations. The object moved through D…

On November 16, 1962, the crew of a merchant vessel at sea, near 11.59N 160.49 longitude, reported a bright object breaking up in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073,…

On November 22, 1962, a Navy aircrew over the Pacific Ocean, near 20.21N 174.30W, reported glowing objects in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's off…

On December 3, 1962, the crew of an aircraft over the Gulf of Mexico, near 25.5N 85.4W, reported a possible rocket in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air For…

On December 7, 1962, a military aircrew over the Pacific Ocean, near 45.50N 173.30W, reported a white object in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's o…

On March 4, 1962, at 8:25 p.m., a military observer at coordinates 58-28 S, 174-04 E (Antarctic region) sighted a moving celestial object. The object was located 40 degrees above t…

On July 19, 1962, a civilian in the Dayton, Ohio, area reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for uni…

On January 29, 1962, multiple witnesses across South Carolina and Puerto Rico reported an unusual object in the sky during twilight hours. The sightings were reported from aircraft…

# Summary On September 22, 1962, several residents of the Carrasco area near Montevideo, Uruguay reported seeing an unusual object in the sky around 3 to 3:30 p.m. The witnesses d…

On January 28, 1962, a MATS plane pilot observed a sighting near coordinates 13-42N 144-20E in the Pacific Ocean. A large bright explosion of a small object was seen for a few seco…

On April 19, 1962, near coordinates 14:59 N 149:02 E, a round white object was sighted at night. The object was observed at initial elevation of 020 degrees and disappeared at 057…

On April 15, 1962, the crew of a U.S. Air Force WV-2 aircraft spotted an object in the sky near Iceland (62.30°N, 08.20°W). The object appeared as a greenish white light, roughly t…

On May 1, 1962, near 42.5 degrees north and 155.2 degrees east in the Pacific Ocean, the crew of the USS Merrimac observed a two-engine aircraft with red markings flying low over t…

In late July 1962, the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book received a report of a bright white object sighted at coordinates 34.00 North, 163.50 East (in the Pacific Ocean region).…

On January 5, 1962, at about 0512Z (Greenwich time), a military crew aboard a Navy ship reported an object while at sea near 33 degrees north, 171 degrees west in the Pacific. The…

On July 4, 1962, a UFO was sighted at sea near coordinates 11 degrees 3 minutes North, 174 degrees 52 minutes West. The object was round with a solid glow and no tail, bluish white…

On July 5, 1962, the USS Falgout reported a UFO sighting in the Pacific. The round object was first magnitude star size, white in color. It moved 50 degrees west in relation to a s…

On February 21, 1962, military personnel in the Pacific area reported a sighting. Two objects were observed. The first object, a small spherical white object, appeared above and to…

On August 1, 1962, near San Diego, California (Pacific), a military observer reported a bright white object larger than the first magnitude star. The object was observed from the g…

On August 3, 1962, near coordinates 28.01 degrees North, 173.15 degrees West, a military observer reported an unidentified object. The object appeared at an elevation of 40 degrees…

On September 9, 1962, a white light was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean at coordinates 64.26 North, 29.33 West. Military observers reported the object traveling from west to east at…

On September 11, 1962, the SS Illinois, a civilian ship in the South China Sea, observed an object moving from south to north that passed in front of the vessel and disappeared int…

On October 1, 1962, at 11.05 North 165.19 West in the Pacific, military personnel detected an object having starlight characteristics but moving at great speed. The object passed o…

On an April evening in 1962 in France, two people saw an unusual light in the sky. The object appeared as a bright yellow light, scintillating like a star but more brilliant, and m…

On November 20, 1962, at 8:00 p.m. local time, a civilian observer near coordinates 23.46N 69.19W reported seeing an object in the sky. The observer described an ECHO type satellit…

On August 29, 1962, a military observer at Pacific location 23.34S 163.44W sighted an object with the brightness and size of Venus at 210 degrees azimuth and 5 degrees elevation. T…

On the night of May 19, 1962, law enforcement officers and motorists across three parishes in Louisiana reported seeing an unusual object moving through the sky. The sightings bega…

On June 1, 1962, at 1:17 a.m., a military observer at Matthews in position 23.8N 105.3E sighted an extremely bright star-like object on the horizon with intensity much greater than…

In May 1962, multiple witnesses in southwestern Ohio observed a fast-moving object crossing the sky from west to east. The object appeared bright and multicolored, with witnesses d…

On July 19, 1962, at 9:30 p.m., a civilian in Southern France observed an object in the lower Pyrenees moving from west to east. The object moved rapidly and appeared star-like. Th…

On July 18, 1962, observers at a Navy location in the South Pacific reported an object at about 1400Z. The sighting was at position 0 degrees 49 minutes south, 170 degrees 24 minut…

On November 3, 1962, a U.S. Air Force aircraft spotted a bright object in the Pacific Ocean sky near Hawaii. The object was as bright as a second-magnitude star, which means it was…

On October 26, 1962, two pilots aboard a KC-135 aircraft saw a bright orange, horseshoe-shaped object near the rising moon over the Pacific Ocean. The object appeared just below th…