Project Blue Book Case Files

An aircraft crew flying over the Atlantic in October 1962 watched a bright, star-like object move across the night sky for seven minutes before it disappeared behind clouds. The ob…

On January 5, 1962, a Navy aircraft pilot reported a satellite in the Pacific. The sighting was made at about 1750 GMT and lasted about 5 minutes. It was seen by the pilot. The ob…

On January 8, 1962, a Navy aircraft crew reported an object in the Pacific at about 33 degrees north and 176 degrees west. The sighting was made at about 1540 GMT. It was seen by e…

On January 9, 1962, a military crew aboard the SS Mormacisle reported an object in the eastern South Pacific at about 4 degrees south and 85 degrees west. It was seen by eye. The l…

On January 14, 1962, a military crew aboard the USCGC Winnebago reported a possible satellite in the Pacific at about 31 degrees north and 171 degrees east. The sighting was made a…

On March 17, 1962, military personnel aboard the USS Estes in the Pacific northeast of Hawaii reported one object during nautical twilight. The witnesses included the commanding of…

On January 15, 1962, a military crew aboard the SS President Van Buren reported objects in the Atlantic at about 38 degrees north and 74 degrees west. The sighting was made at abou…

On August 18, 1962, two men standing near a 150-foot radio tower under construction at the west end of Bermuda saw a bright white object in the sky. The men, a radio station owner…

On January 31, 1962, a military crew reported a possible satellite in the Pacific at about 34 degrees north and 176 degrees west. The sighting was made at about 0638 GMT on Februar…

The OCR text from pages 8, 9, and 10 is too heavily degraded to read reliably. However, the readable portions from the first seven pages describe the following case: On August 12,…

On February 2, 1962, a military crew aboard the SS American Shipper reported an object in the Atlantic at Ocean Station Delta, about 48 degrees north and 28 degrees west. The sight…

On February 3, 1962, the crew of a Navy WV-2 aircraft reported an object west of Iceland at about 65 degrees north and 28 degrees west. The sighting was made at about 2235 GMT and…

In July 1962, sailors aboard the USS Wilhoite spotted what they described as a round, white object in the Pacific Ocean about 165 miles west of the Hawaiian Islands. The object res…

On February 12, 1962, a military crew aboard the USS Lansing reported an object in the Pacific at about 29 degrees north and 163 degrees west. The sighting was made at about 0732 G…

On February 17, 1962, a MATS aircraft crew reported an object in the Pacific at about 18 degrees north and 164 degrees east. The sighting was made at about 1418 GMT. It was seen by…

On February 22, 1962, a Navy crew reported an object in the Pacific at about 21 degrees north and 121 degrees east. The sighting was made at about 1023 GMT and lasted about 15 minu…

In June 1962, a witness in southwestern Canada reported seeing an object resembling a weather balloon through 10-by-50 binoculars. The witness described the object as about the siz…

On February 23, 1962, a civilian weather observer on St. Croix Island in the Caribbean reported one object that looked like a large flare or rocket. The object moved from east to w…

On February 23, 1962, a military air crew north of Bermuda (about 31-53N 72-00W) reported one object visible for less than 25 seconds. The crew described it as very fast, like a bi…

On February 27, 1962, military personnel aboard a Hawaiian merchant ship near the equator in the Pacific reported one bright object high in the sky. They observed it through a sext…

In late February 1962, a civilian ground observer near Incirlik, Turkey, reported one object that looked similar to the Echo I satellite. The object was about one third to one four…

On March 14, 1962, an observer about 100 miles north of Midway Island reported one object on a northerly track. The object was as bright as a first magnitude star and was watched f…

On March 15, 1962, the pilot of a Pan American civilian flight over the Atlantic (about 22N 67-20W) reported one object. The aircraft was enroute from San Juan to New York at 26,00…

In March 1962, a crew aboard an aircraft off the Oregon coast (about 42-27N 126-49W) reported one white object with a tail about 15 times the size of the object. The tail turned or…

On the night of January 3, 1962, witnesses across Ohio and Indiana reported seeing bright green objects with long tails streaking across the sky. Over a period of one hour and thir…

In March 1962, a military pilot near Ramstein Air Base, Germany, reported one silver object that moved like a very fast aircraft. It first appeared at the pilot's 8 o'clock positio…

On September 15, 1962, the crew of the SS Californian reported seeing a bright yellowish-green flare streak across the sky over the Pacific Ocean at coordinates 37.20 North, 124.08…

On April 3, 1962, a civilian merchant ship in the Atlantic (about 40-90N 46-48W) reported one bright object. The object was brighter than a first magnitude star and was visible for…

On April 15, 1962, observers in the Pacific northeast of Hawaii reported a vapor trail with a glowing object moving from east to west at very high altitude. The vapor trail was vie…

In April 1962, observers north of the Hawaiian Islands reported a satellite-like trail very high in the sky, moving from east to west. The Air Force noted that a missile had been o…

In April 1962, a military crew in the Pacific (about 29-40N 125-00W) reported one object traveling to the north-northeast. The object was watched for about 6 minutes. It was first…

On April 11, 1962, a crew aboard a ship in the Atlantic (about 31-11N 65-43W) reported one bright white object moving at about 1,000 miles per hour. The object appeared to burn up…

On April 14, 1962, an observer in the Pacific (about 42-51N 157W) reported one object described as a satellite. The object was moving to the northeast and was described as very fas…

On April 19, 1962, a military crew in the Pacific (about 33-00N 170-00W) reported one possible satellite. The object was described as space-borne and very fast, heading northeast.…

On April 25, 1962, observers over the Pacific Ocean near Ocean Station November reported a green object in the sky. The sighting lasted about 5 seconds. The object was described a…

On April 27, 1962, a U.S. Navy aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean reported an unidentified object. The object was first seen at 2340Z and contact was lost at 2348Z. The sighting was…

On May 1, 1962, two navigators and a quartermaster aboard a vessel in the Pacific between California and Hawaii reported an object in the night sky. The sighting was at about 0420Z…

On May 1, 1962, a staff watch officer aboard a Navy vessel in the Pacific reported an object in the sky. The sighting was at about 0525Z and lasted about 25 minutes. The object wa…

On November 2, 1962, at 2:50 a.m., a very bright greenish object about half the size of the moon was observed from a ship at latitude 43 degrees 25 minutes north and longitude 67 d…

On May 22, 1962, the crew of the USS Stone County in the Pacific reported an object at about 0645Z. The object was at position 25 degrees 29 minutes north, 172 degrees 52 minutes w…

On October 23, 1962, the crew of an aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean, near 60.14N and a longitude later corrected to 13.36W, reported a bright light. The report came from military…

On the night of September 24, 1962, a TWA Boeing 707 flying from New York to Lisbon at 37,000 feet encountered an unexpected and striking phenomenon. The pilot and crew witnessed a…

On May 28, 1962, crews of several aircraft flying over the northwestern United States, especially Montana, reported an object at about 0358Z to 0546Z. The object was reported by ai…

On July 6, 1962, the crew of a Pan American Airlines flight over the Pacific Ocean reported a flash of light at about 1307Z. The sighting was at position 10 degrees 15 minutes nort…

On June 15, 1962, the pilot and co-pilot of a Navy aircraft over the Pacific reported an object. The sighting was at about 0515Z and lasted about 3 to 5 seconds. The aircraft was o…

In early October 1962, someone in North Carolina took two photographs along State Route 10, overlooking Socco Valley. The weather was clear and bright, with excellent visibility. T…