Project Blue Book Case Files

On July 30, 1955, a civilian in Spokane, Washington reported observing one round, shiny object about the size of a baseball with arms held at length. The object appeared to drift s…

On July 31, 1955, in Spokane, Washington, a civilian reported one round, shiny object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified f…

On about June 16, 1955, a civilian airline pilot near Springfield, Missouri saw a single object. The object was whitish-blue. It traveled to the northeast and appeared to be descen…

On September 18, 1955, at night, a civilian saw an object near Lake Springfield in Springfield, Illinois. The witness was a 14-year-old student watching for aircraft through Ground…

On July 23, 1955, near St. Cloud, Minnesota, a civilian prisoner reported observing a round red object about the size of a nickel coin through binoculars. The object traveled west…

On July 23, 1955, at 9:10 p.m. local time in St. Cloud, Minnesota, a civilian reported one round, red object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official re…

On June 1, 1955, a civilian Ground Observer Corps member in Steelton, Pennsylvania saw a single object in daylight. The observer was always alert for anything flying over the post.…

On July 13, 1955, near Stewart Air Force Base, New York, a witness reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground. The object was circular and white and looked alterna…

On October 25, 1955, at Stewart Air Force Base in New York, military and civilian witnesses observed one bright object described as silver to red in color, round in shape, and abou…

On a date in 1955, a witness near St. Ignace, Michigan, reported one object in the sky. The night was described as very clear. The object was described as a white light that appea…

On April 18, 1955, a civilian in St. Johns, Newfoundland reported seeing a light moving from west to east at 7:54 p.m. One object was observed. The sighting was reported to Captain…

On January 30, 1955, on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, observers reported a reddish-white light. The light was about 200 yards from the witnesses. It stayed in one place and did not…

On November 17, 1955, at about 1212Z, two elderly civilians saw objects over St. Louis, Missouri. One was a semi-retired man, and the other was a housewife. The sighting lasted abo…

On July 8, 1955, a civilian reported one object for about twenty minutes. The sighting was seen from the ground. The witnesses used binoculars. The object was round with jagged ou…

On July 12, 1955, at Stockton, California, witnesses reported one object for about ten minutes. The sighting was seen from the ground. The object was a single bright flash with an…

On September 19, 1955, in St. Paul, Minnesota, an inverted tear-drop shaped object with a bright white light in the center was observed during the day. The sighting lasted 10 minut…

On July 21, 1955, in Syracuse, New York, two civilian ground observers reported two round objects. The witnesses were students. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 1007…

On July 9, 1955, at Tampa, Florida, a military witness, a medical doctor, reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground. The duration was unknown. The object was oval…

On July 9, 1955, at Tampa, Florida, a military witness, a medical doctor, reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground. The duration was unknown. The object was oval…

On September 27, 1955, at about 2315Z, a civilian saw a light over Tarrytown, New York. The sighting lasted about five to six minutes. The witness described one circular, intense…

On September 1, 1955, in Teddington, England, a civilian reported observing an elliptical, silver object reflecting sunlight. The object displayed no erratic movements and descende…

On May 20, 1955, a military observer in Tokyo, Japan reported sighting a swept wing object at approximately 60,000 feet. The object was observed for 14 minutes before it disappeare…

On March 20, 1955, radar operators at Johnson Air Base near Tokyo detected something unusual. A controller working the CPS-1 radar system, which normally handled routine airway tra…

On July 14, 1955, at a place noted as Toulab, a military C-47 aircraft crew reported one object during daytime. The sighting lasted about twelve minutes. The object was a round li…

On October 9, 1955, a civilian in Traverse City, Michigan reported observing an unidentified object between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. The witness described the object as resembling…

On August 31, 1955, at about 0120Z, civilian and military observers reported an object over Trenton, New Jersey. The report came through Ground Observer Corps channels. The witnes…

On June 25, 1955, near Tussy, Oklahoma, a civilian reported one object while driving. The sighting was seen from the ground and lasted about five seconds. The object was seen throu…

On March 18, 1955, at Twenty-Nine Palms, California, a civilian reported a round object. It was about the size of a quarter held at arm's length and probably white in color, though…

In March 1955, at Twenty-Nine Palms, California, a civilian reported a round object. It was about the size of a quarter held at arm's length and probably white in color, though no…

On January 5, 1955, military and civilian witnesses near Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted a few seconds. The object moved toward…

On October 1, 1955, a civilian in Valentine, Nebraska reported sighting many round white objects. The objects were the size of a dime held at arm's length. They flew in a straight…

On an April night in 1955, a housewife in Van Nuys, California, stepped outside and saw a red, flashing light appear in the sky immediately after a multi-engine airliner passed ove…

On July 23, 1955, in Van Nuys, California, a civilian observer reported seeing one elliptical, silver object about the size of a nickel at arm's length. The object traveled souther…

On July 24, 1955, in Van Nuys, California, a civilian reported one elliptical, silver object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unident…

On May 19, 1955, a civilian observer in Van Nuys, California, reported seeing a single silver object with a delta wing shape (triangular, like the nose cone of a rocket). The objec…

On a day in May 1955, a witness near Wabuska, Nevada, reported an object in the sky. The source was a civilian. The object was circular and silvery white. It made a rumbling sound…

On October 13, 1955, a civilian in Washington, D.C. reported observing a round object the color of cloud with a white vapor trail. The object was moving at high speed. The Air Forc…

On September 7, 1955, in the late afternoon, three civilian workers saw an object in Washington, D.C. They were employees of the Army Map Service and saw the object from the ground…

On July 25, 1955, in Washington State, a ground observer reported two objects. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying ob…

On the evening of September 6, 1955, multiple observers across New York reported seeing a bright, fast-moving object with a distinctive blue-white flame streaking across the night…

On January 28, 1955, around 12:15 p.m. (1215Z reported), a civilian near West Palm Beach, Florida, reported one object. The witness had gone outside to look at some birds in the ya…

On a date in January 1955, a witness near Williamsburg, Virginia, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted about two hours. The object was toward the south. The object…

On the night of October 30, 1955, a city police officer in Williston, Florida was making his rounds when he spotted several bright lights in the sky. He drove a few miles out of to…

On October 19, 1955, at night near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, witnesses reported an object. The observers were a civilian control tower operator at an air station and a civilian d…

On a date in 1955, in Winsted, Connecticut, a witness reported one round, silver object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified…

On January 30, 1955, near Winterset, Iowa, a military pilot reported an unusual object. He was flying a T-33 jet at night at about 20,000 feet. The sighting lasted about 25 seconds…

A young person saw an unusual object in the sky over Woodside, California in the summer of 1955. The observation came to light years later, when the now-adult witness reported it t…

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 October 17, 1955, in Yuma, Arizona, a military observer reported seeing approximately 12 pale yellow lights traveling in a SSE direction. The formation was wide and shaped like…

On January 17, 1955, multiple observers in Southern California reported seeing an unidentified object in the sky near Yuma, Arizona. The sighting occurred around 1730 (5:30 p.m.) i…

On October 28, 1955, at about 0545Z, a civilian saw three objects over Zonguldak, Turkey. The total sighting lasted about 45 seconds, about 15 seconds for each object. The witness…

On July 15, 1955, the crew of the tanker Tydol Flying A reported seeing an unidentified object hovering above their ship in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. The observat…

On the night of October 21, 1955, two fighter pilots from the 432nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron based in Minnesota reported separate but seemingly connected sightings near Minneap…

On September 14, 1955, a civilian in New York State reported seeing one oblong object changing colors from yellow to red to yellow. The object was traveling on a north-east course…

On July 5, 1955, two KC-97 refueling aircraft were on a mission near Newfoundland when their crews spotted an unusual object in the early morning sky. The crews described it as a b…

On April 16, 1955, at 4:45 p.m., a civilian observer in Los Angeles, California reported seeing a round, white object that moved straight up. The observation lasted one minute and…

On March 28, 1955, and around that time, many reports of unidentified flying objects came from widely scattered places in Iran. Reports came from the Persian Gulf area, Tehran, Gor…

On January 18, 1955, a military observer in the Pacific Ocean reported a globular object with no sound. The object was white with a reddish color and disappeared as it flew low wit…

On July 25, 1955, a military witness made an air-visual sighting over New York State. The witness reported one orange object with a dark center. The Air Force recorded the report u…

On the night of October 11, 1955, three servicemen at Earnest Harmon Air Force Base in Newfoundland watched an unusual light move across the sky. The object was small, about the si…