Project Blue Book Case Files

On December 29, 1960, the crew of a T-33 aircraft over Japan reported one object near the Miho radio beacon. The object had an indefinite shape, about the size of a basketball at a…

On May 10, 1960, observers saw a bright object in the sky west-southwest of the Hawaiian Islands. The card lists one object moving in a descending path. The object looked like a m…

On March 1960, the Air Force's Project Blue Book received reports of an unusual object seen from a ship in the Hawaiian Islands area. According to the initial case summary, the obj…

On May 8, 1960, observers in southern Norway saw a long-lasting object in the sky. The report was handled as a multiple-witness case. The object stayed visible for almost 30 minute…

On March 9, 1960, the USCGC Cutter Cahone in the Gulf of Mexico reported a sighting of a possible missile reentry. A military observer reported a bright light flash with a trailing…

On September 26, 1960, someone in Italy photographed round objects in the sky and sent the pictures to NASA. The photographer said the objects were about 15 meters (roughly 50 feet…

On January 13, 1960, an aircraft flying over the Gulf of Mexico detected an unidentified object on radar. The plane's radar picked up the object at an estimated distance of 60 naut…

On December 6, 1960, a military observer at Riddle Army Airfield near Cirvis reported a bright flash in the sky. The object appeared at a bearing of 245 degrees from the observer's…

On January 10 to 11, 1960, a crew member aboard a U.S. Navy transport plane saw an unusual light over the Pacific Ocean, near 30 degrees North and 139 degrees West. The plane was f…

On October 19, 1960, northeast of Bermuda, a bright light was observed in the sky bearing 010 degrees from a military vessel. The light was controlled by Capella, a star in the Cap…

On the evening of May 24, 1960, three separate observers in southwestern Canada reported seeing a glowing object that appeared to be falling from the sky. The sightings took place…

On September 17, 1960, a military observer north of Midway Island reported sighting one elliptical-shaped object the size of a football with a tail length equal to the body. The ob…

On April 5, 1960, a large orange object fell in southern Argentina, moving slower than a meteor and different in color. The object was sighted by the President of the Bahia Blanca…

On October 12, 1960, three military officers aboard a destroyer in Egypt sighted an unidentified object bearing 120 degrees at 5 degrees elevation. The object moved rapidly across…

On October 17, 1960, in Indonesia, a report stated that meteorites or a satellite decay was in possession of the Indonesian Government. The brief summary notes decay of objects occ…

On July 29, 1960, a Cincinnati resident watched a shiny object cross the sky for about twenty minutes. The observer described it as looking like a star, except that it gave off two…

On October 21, 1960, east of Formosa, a military witness aboard an ocean mail ship observed an object at 2:14 a.m. The object was described as a terrific large white flame leaving…

On the evening of April 16, 1960, multiple witnesses across New Mexico and Texas saw a bright object streak across the sky. An Air Force F-100 pilot flying over the area reported s…

On August 13, 1960, a piece of equipment was found in Virginia and at first reported as unidentified. It was shipped to the Air Force technical center for study. The object turned…

On June 25, 1960, the pilot and co-pilot of a military aircraft saw an object near Midway Island in the Pacific. The sighting happened at night and lasted 5 to 8 seconds. The objec…

On July 24, 1960, three men in a fishing boat near Patta Island in Truk Atoll spotted an unusual object in the sky. The witnesses were Pentam Wale, age 19, Alfred Afechuong, age 37…

On December 6, 1960, near Misawa, Japan, a white object with a tail was sighted at night. The object was roughly the size of a baseball with a tail about as wide as a baseball. It…

On December 8, 1960, near Wallops Island, Maryland, a military observer reported sighting a very bright light the size of a basketball with an orange center and blue rim. The objec…

On December 13, 1960, three pilots observed four unidentified flying objects at different times over the Atlantic Ocean west to north of their position. The pilots were conducting…

On December 17, 1960, at 1:15 p.m. local time, a military observer north of Midway Island sighted one bright yellow shining object with a white horizon traveling east-southeast and…

On December 19, 1960, near SE Guam, military personnel observed an object of first magnitude brightness. The object was picked up at 15 degrees elevation and 335 degrees bearing. I…

On September 26, 1960, at 07:00 GMT (7 a.m.), a military aircraft crew flying south of the Midway Islands spotted an unusual object in the sky. The crew first saw it from their lef…

On October 6, 1960, military personnel 500 miles west of California observed a brilliant whitish-yellow object resembling fireworks with dripping and flaking effects on its aft tai…

On September 26, 1960, military observers aboard a ship northeast of Bermuda reported a falling object at 0527 (5:27 a.m.) GMT. The object was yellowish-green and described as a fa…

On September 23, 1960, two ships off the north coast of Labrador reported seeing a large cylinder-shaped object descend toward the ocean. The witnesses were crew members aboard the…

On August 6, 1960, a military observer at sea, near 29 degrees north and 75 degrees west in the Atlantic, reported a sighting at about 7:00 p.m. The object was a white-colored flar…

In October 1960, a resident of northern Ohio submitted photographs to the U.S. Air Force, claiming they showed a strange object near the moon. The witness said the pictures were ta…

On September 29, 1960, military radar operators on Guam reported a target at 1235 (about 12:45 a.m. local). Ground-controlled approach radar at the naval air station picked up a ta…

On the night of October 25, 1960, three U.S. Marine Corps officers at Camp Hague on Okinawa saw a bright orange object in the sky. Major Charles R. Burroughs, Major Otto Svensson J…

On September 20, 1960, military personnel at a receiver site in Morocco reported a bright object overhead. The sighting lasted 3 to 5 seconds. Witnesses saw a bright ball trailing…

On July 27, 1960, a Navy aircraft crew saw an object near Flores Island in the Azores at about 10:21 p.m. The sighting lasted about five seconds. The plane was on a heading toward…

On January 21, 1960, a ship in the Pacific Ocean at coordinates 22-06N 179-49E spotted something unusual in the sky. At 1357Z (2:57 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time), the crew saw a yellow…

On July 5, 1960, pilots of seven military aircraft saw an object in the Texas and Louisiana area. The planes were near Galveston, Texas, DeQuincy, Louisiana, and Lake Charles, Loui…

In the early morning hours of June 25, 1960, multiple ships and aircraft in the West Indies reported seeing a bright, fast-moving object traveling from west to east. Seven independ…

On June 25, 1960, a bright light appeared near Ascension Island while U.S. Navy and Air Force personnel were recovering a missile test capsule. The light lasted about 10 seconds an…