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.
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1955 · unknownOn 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…
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1955 · unknownOn a February night in 1955, several people at Western Kentucky State Teachers College observed unusual objects flying in formation across the sky. The witnesses watched from the c…
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1955 · unknownIn January 1955, a civilian airline pilot reported one object somewhere between Virginia and Kansas. The object was described as a dark object leaving a contrail. The Air Force r…
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1955 · unknownOn July 12, 1955, over Southern California, military and civilian witnesses reported one object for about seven minutes. The sighting was seen from the ground, including from an ai…
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1955 · unknownOn 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…
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1955 · unknownIn November 1955, the Air Force received a letter from a naturalized U.S. citizen writing from Budapest, Hungary. The letter reported what the writer called flying saucers, or rock…
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1955 · unknownOn May 12, 1955, a civilian reported a single object. The exact city is not given in the record. The sighting lasted about four to five minutes. The object was round and red, abou…
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1955 · unknownOn November 8, 1955, at about 0249Z, the crew of a U.S. Air Force SC-54 transport saw an object over the North Atlantic Ocean. The plane was flying from Harmon to Prestwick, Scotla…
130 MILES SE OF NEW ORLEANS, LA
1954 · unknownOn the night of November 22, 1954, a pilot flying a National Airlines plane spotted an unusual light in the sky 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. The pilot was cruising at 17,500…
1.8 miles north of Julien, KY
1954 · unknownOn the night of June 7, 1954, around 6:15 p.m., a man named Hilburn C. Keith watched an unusual bright object through binoculars from his home 1.8 miles north of Julien, Kentucky.…
20 miles SW of Los Angeles, CA
1954 · unidentifiedOn May 22, 1954, at 11:30 p.m., a civilian airline pilot reported an object 20 miles southwest of Los Angeles, California. The object flew at 25,000 to 30,000 feet at a speed of 1,…
400 Miles South Of Minneapolis, MN
1954 · unidentifiedOn June 1, 1954, at about 9:00 p.m. local time, about 400 miles south of Minneapolis, Minnesota, military crews reported one object. An object with what appeared to be running ligh…
50 miles SW of Needles, CA
1954 · unidentifiedOn May 21, 1954, at 8:20 p.m., civilians reported a shining large object 50 miles southwest of Needles, California. The object was observed at an altitude of 18,000 to 20,000 feet.…
55 Utica St, Hamilton, NY
1954 · unknownOn a May evening in 1954 in Hamilton, New York, a witness observed a faint, milky-colored object moving across the sky. The object appeared oval in shape and contained two faint re…
5 MILES E OF MANILA,
1954 · unknownOn November 23, 1954, a civilian in the Philippines spotted an unusual object in the sky near Manila. The witness, a 37-year-old medical doctor, was about 5 miles east of the city.…
70 Miles SW Of Walker AFB,
1954 · unknownOn November 15, 1954, military witnesses about 70 miles southwest of Walker Air Force Base, New Mexico, reported four objects in the sky. The sighting lasted about five minutes. Th…
AGAWAM, MA
1954 · unidentifiedOn October 14, 1954, at 8:56 p.m., a civilian in Agawam, Massachusetts reported seeing a bright object in the sky. The object appeared to have a convex shape on top and bottom and…
Alexandria, VA
1954 · unidentifiedIn 1954, a formation of objects was reported over Alexandria, Virginia. The sighting was made from the ground during the day. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Forc…
Alexandria, VA
1954 · unidentifiedOn October 11, 1954, at approximately 12:02 a.m., a military observer in Alexandria, Virginia reported seeing one round, very small object with a brilliant white glow. The object w…
Altoona,
1954 · unknownOn September 26, 1954 at 8:24 p.m., a civilian in Altoona, Pennsylvania reported seeing one unidentified object. The sighting lasted three minutes. The object was round on top and…
Anadarka, OK
1954 · unknownOn April 1, 1954, in Anadarka, Oklahoma, a newspaper report described a sighting of an object that glowed like a star with slow movement. The object was observed through a telescop…
Annapolis, MD
1954 · unknownOn the afternoon of April 13, 1954, three women driving on U.S. Route 2 between Annapolis and Pasadena, Maryland spotted three unusual objects in the sky. The objects appeared to b…
Arlington, VA
1954 · unidentifiedIn 1954, lights were reported over Arlington, Virginia. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The witne…
Athens, GA
1954 · unidentifiedOn April 26, 1954, multiple observers at the University of Georgia in Athens watched a formation of objects move across the sky in broad daylight. The main witness, a U.S. Air Forc…
Atlanta, GA
1954 · unidentifiedOn September 19, 1954, in Atlanta, Georgia, a civilian observer reported seeing two objects during a one-hour sighting. The objects were described as round, green, and white with s…
Atlanta, GA
1954 · unidentifiedIn 1954, lights were reported over Atlanta, Georgia. The sighting was made from the ground and filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying ob…
ATLANTIC CITY,
1954 · unknownOn November 12, 1954, a civilian near Atlantic City, New Jersey, reported a brief sighting in the sky. The observation lasted about one second. The object was described as spheric…
Augusta, ME
1954 · unidentifiedOn November 15, 1954, at 3:51 p.m., a civilian in Augusta, Maine reported seeing ten bright objects in a V-formation flying in a strict pattern with no sound. The objects seemed to…
AUGUSTA,
1954 · unknownOn November 15, 1954, at dusk, a civilian near Augusta reported ten objects in the sky. The sighting lasted about three minutes. The objects moved toward the north-northeast. The…
Bagdad, FL
1954 · unidentifiedOn June 30, 1954, civilian witnesses at a flight station near Bagdad, Florida, reported an object in the sky. It appeared shiny silver, turning to blue, and looked about three time…
Baltimore, MD
1954 · unknownOn November 7, 1954, a husband and wife driving on a highway about five miles north of Baltimore, Maryland, saw an unusual object in the evening sky. The couple, later identified i…
BALTIMORE, MD
1954 · unknownOn December 27, 1954, at 7:55 a.m. in Baltimore, Maryland, a civilian observer reported a round object with white color that changed to orange. The object had the size of a dime he…
Banning, CA
1954 · unidentifiedOn the evening of December 2, 1954, a bright light caught the attention of an observer in Banning, California. The object appeared to turn at a high rate of speed as it moved acros…
Barberton, OH
1954 · unidentifiedOn the evening of November 12, 1954, a resident of Barberton, Ohio, observed an unusual object in the night sky. The witness reported seeing a cigar-shaped object that traveled wes…
Bath, MI
1954 · unknownOn July 15, 1954, in Bath, Michigan, a civilian reported observing eight to ten elongated objects in a V formation traveling backward. The sighting lasted six seconds. The objects…
Bay St. Louis, MS
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of May 19, 1954, three people in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi watched an unusual object in the sky for about one hour. The object appeared roughly the size of a bright s…
Beaumont, TX
1954 · unidentifiedOn September 19, 1954, at 4:30 p.m., a civilian in Beaumont, Texas reported seeing a silver object moving very slowly at an estimated altitude of 60,000 to 90,000 feet. The observe…
BELGRADE,
1954 · unknownIn late October 1954, a wave of flying saucer reports came from Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The Air Force learned of them through translated newspaper articles sent from an attache in Be…
Bethesda, MD
1954 · unknownOn July 20, 1954, a civilian in Bethesda, Maryland reported observing a single object at 11:03 p.m. local time. The object appeared star-like and hovered while moving slowly at a 3…
Beumont, TX
1954 · unidentifiedOn November 19, 1954, civilian and military witnesses near Beaumont, Texas, reported objects in the sky. The sighting lasted about five minutes. The objects moved from the south-so…
Biloxi, MS
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of September 25, 1954, a civilian reported objects over Biloxi, Mississippi. The witness was a radar instructor at Keesler Air Force Base. The sighting lasted about 10…
Bismark,
1954 · unknownOn August 24-25, 1954, multiple civilian witnesses in Bismarck, North Dakota reported seeing orange and red tracers moving across the night sky. The objects made no sound and disap…
Blackburn,
1954 · unknownOn January 3, 1954, at about 3:55 p.m. local time near Blackburn, Australia, a civilian reported one object. The witness, a silversmith, heard the sound of an aircraft and looked t…
Blackstone, VA
1954 · unidentifiedOn the afternoon of January 28, 1954, witnesses at and near Blackstone Army Air Field in Virginia saw a bright, stationary object in the sky. A civilian observer watching from his…
Bolder City, NV
1954 · unknownIn April 1954 in Boulder City, Nevada, a witness reported an unidentified object at night during a full moon. The observer said the object was elongated and about 45 feet long. Col…
BRANDENBURG, KY
1954 · unknownIn November 1954, a witness in Brandenburg, Kentucky saw two stationary objects high in the sky. The objects were not particularly bright, but appeared to be reflecting sunlight. T…
Brunswick, GA
1954 · unidentifiedOn November 7, 1954, at 7:23 p.m., a military source in Brunswick, Georgia reported seeing one object. The witness described it as basketball-sized, white, and brilliant, maintaini…
Buena Park, CA
1954 · unidentifiedOn January 22, 1954, young witnesses near Buena Park, California reported egg shaped objects. The first object was orange and about the size of a 50 cent piece held at arm's length…
Butler, MO
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of September 26, 1954, a weather observer at Butler, Missouri, spotted unusual lights in the sky. The observer reported seeing what looked like a small cluster of star…
Butler, MO
1954 · unidentifiedOn the evening of September 5, 1954, a Butler, Missouri resident witnessed an unusual object passing overhead. The observer described a silver to white colored craft with a slight…
Cacoda, MI
1954 · unknownOn the night of January 13, 1954, personnel at Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Oscoda, Michigan saw an unusual object streak across the sky. The observers described a small, circular…
Calcutta,
1954 · unknownOn October 31, 1954, an object was reported over Calcutta, India. The Air Force learned of it from a newspaper article in a local paper, which was forwarded by an attache in New De…
Camp Crook, Rapid City,
1954 · unknownOn July 28 and 29, 1954, military and civilian witnesses near Camp Crook and Rapid City, South Dakota, reported objects in the sky. One witness at Camp Crook saw an object fall abo…
Cape Province,
1954 · unknownOn December 7, 1954, an Air Force officer in Cape Province, South Africa, reported one object in the sky. The sighting lasted a few minutes. The object moved slowly from west to ea…
Carswell AFB, TX
1954 · unidentifiedOn the night of February 4, 1954, radar operators at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth, Texas, detected an unusual target heading straight toward the base. The object appeare…
Cherokee and Sinclair, WY
1954 · unknownOn March 1, 1954, two airline flights observed a glowing bright green light descending in an arc near Cherokee and Sinclair, Wyoming. The object appeared at 12 to 15 degrees above…
Cincinnati, OH
1954 · unidentifiedOn a November afternoon in 1954, a Cincinnati resident saw grayish-white objects moving rapidly across the sky. The witness observed them for about 15 minutes while standing outdoo…
Cinn - Dayton Area- Columbus, OH
1954 · unidentifiedIn late June 1954, multiple witnesses across a wide area of central Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. The sightings occurred on June 26, with reports coming from Z…
Cleveland, OH
1954 · unidentifiedOn June 10, 1954, at about 9:50 p.m. local time in Cleveland, Ohio, a civilian reported one object for one to one and a half minutes. While sitting in his back yard, he saw an obje…
Cleveland, OH
1954 · unidentifiedOn May 13, 1954, at about 3:00 a.m. near Cleveland, Ohio, ground observers and a pilot of the 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron reported one object. It showed an orange light that…
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