Project Blue Book Case Files

On October 7, 1962, an observer in Naha, Okinawa, saw a bright white object moving across the night sky at an unusual angle. The object appeared first in the southwest, at an angle…

In May 1962, the crew of Qantas Flight 586 reported seeing lights from another aircraft while flying between Nandi, Fiji and Honolulu. The plane was cruising at 37,000 feet, about…

In March 1962, two women driving near Naperville, Illinois, spotted mysterious red blinking lights in the evening sky. The women, returning from a card game, watched the strange ob…

On May 19, 1962, at Navajo Ordnance Depot in Arizona, a white object with bright and dim lights was observed in the night sky from a Santa Fe train headed west between Flagstaff an…

On the night of April 19, 1962, radar operators at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada detected an unidentified blip on their scopes. The object appeared on both the search radar (a wi…

On the evening of July 10, 1962, a man driving near Fords, New Jersey, spotted an unusual object in the sky at approximately 11:20 p.m. He described it as bright white-grey in colo…

# Newark, New Jersey UFO Sightings, September 1962 On the night of September 20-21, 1962, residents across northern New Jersey reported seeing unusual objects in the sky. The sigh…

In early July 1962, members of the Zoological Astronomical Terra-nautical Association reported two separate sightings in New York City that neither local experts nor newspapers cou…

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On November 10, 1962, military radar at North Star Bay, Greenland, tracked a fast-moving target. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system fo…

On October 27, 1962, at 7:44 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, a civilian observer at a planetarium in the Stamford, Connecticut, area reported a faint object in the sky. He was watching…

On the night of July 30, 1962, a family near Ocean Springs, Mississippi observed a bright red object maneuvering silently over their home for about ten minutes. The witness, a sale…

On September 14, 1962, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, a civilian observer reported seeing an object in the sky late in the afternoon. The object appeared to be a plane maneuvering at…

On September 15, 1962, three boys told police in Oradell, New Jersey that they had witnessed a strange object over the Oradell Reservoir. According to their account, the round obje…

On August 24, 1962, near Orcas Island, Washington, a civilian witness reported seeing four bright objects in the sky. The witness described the objects as very bright amber lights,…

On October 5, 1962, a metal object fell to the ground in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta, Africa. Field workers recovered the object. One metal piece was submitted for analysis. The Air F…

On October 20, 1962, a civilian in Pacific Grove, California reported observing a ball of light about 7 inches in diameter with a dark greenish tint. The object moved in horizontal…

On May 28, 1962, two civilian witnesses about six miles west of Palmer, Alaska, reported two objects at about 0440Z. The objects were in sight for about 2 to 4 seconds. The object…

On November 3, 1962, near Paramaribo, Surinam, in South America, a military source reported a fast-moving lighted object. The report came from Dutch military observers and was file…

# Paterson, New Jersey | July 1962 On the evening of July 9, 1962, between 10:15 and 10:26 p.m., young people in Paterson, New Jersey saw an unusual object in the sky. The witness…

On August 1, 1962, near Perrin, Texas, a witness observed an unidentified object with the naked eye. The object appeared square or rectangular, approximately 120 power Barlow Lens…

On the evening of August 7, 1962, a resident of Petersburg, Virginia reported seeing a bright object moving across the sky. The object appeared as a steady, unpulsating light with…

On April 27, 1962, at approximately 8:20 p.m. E.S.T., a flying object was sighted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The object was roughly shaped like a Mercury Capsule with a sphere…

# Philadelphia UFO Sighting, October 1962 On the evening of October 18, 1962, a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania saw a white object in the southeastern sky that disappeared…

On May 23, 1962, a man in Philadelphia reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. He watched it move several times over a period of about forty-five minutes, observing it throug…

On the night of August 30, 1962, an observer in Port-au-Prince, Haiti reported seeing an unidentified flying object in the sky. The witness used optical equipment (likely a telesco…

On August 12, 1962, at about 10:00 p.m., a civilian in Portland, Oregon, saw objects in the night sky. The witness said the sighting actually took place in San Jose, California. Th…

On August 25, 1962, a civilian about three miles north of Poughkeepsie, New York, reported an object in the night sky. The time was about 2140 (9:40 p.m.) local time. The witness w…

On the evening of December 14, 1962, a resident of Pound Ridge, New York saw a brilliant, comet-like object flash across the sky around 5:30 p.m. The observer described the object'…

On a fishing vacation near Presque Isle, Wisconsin, in 1962, a couple reported witnessing a striking aerial phenomenon. Around 10:30 p.m., looking out over Ox Bow Lake under clear…

In September 1962, campers near Priest Lake, Idaho found an object on the ground that they believed had fallen from the sky. The object was roughly three and three-quarter inches l…

On a night in June 1962, a resident of Pueblo, Colorado spotted an object in the sky that dimmed compared to the stars around it. The object appeared as a light with a white vapor…

In September 1962, a farmer in Quincy, Washington plowed his field and found a piece of metal on the ground. He forwarded it to the U.S. Air Force, wondering if it might be connect…

# Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania, August 1962 In August 1962, an observer in Reynoldsville, Pennsylvania reported seeing three bright objects in the sky over the course of two hours…

On June 30, 1962, a resident of Richmond, Virginia saw a red and white circular object in the sky that descended slowly over about ten to twenty minutes. The object was completely…

On December 4, 1962, a civilian in Ridgefield, Connecticut reported a UFO sighting at 5:30 p.m. EST. The witness saw one object that appeared as a huge star in the southwest sky. I…

On December 13, 1962, an observer at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, reported an object traveling toward the west-southwest. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force…

On the afternoon of April 28, 1962, a husband and wife driving a convertible with the top down near Rochester, New Hampshire saw five greenish-silver lights moving across the sky.…

On the evening of July 14, 1962, someone in Rock Hill, South Carolina observed an object through a telescope while looking at the moon. The object appeared silver in color and cros…

On February 12, 1962, at 4:17 p.m., a civilian in Rolesville, North Carolina, reported observing a strange object flying between himself and the moon through binoculars. The object…

On July 6, 1962, a civilian swimming at a Lake Michigan beach near Saugatuck, Michigan, reported an object. He saw it three times, at about 11:51 p.m., 12:04 a.m., and 12:32 a.m. E…

On July 5, 1962, U.S. Coast Guard personnel near San Juan, Puerto Rico, reported a light. The sighting was at about 0135Z, over San Juan Harbor near Pier One. The object was an or…

On May 19, 1962, several people in the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles area of California reported an object at about 0349Z (about 8:49 p.m. local time). The sighting lasted less tha…

On August 6, 1962, at about 2025 (8:25 p.m.) local time, an observer saw a brilliant falling object due west of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. The witness was a United States civilian oil co…

On February 15, 1962, a military pilot reported an object southeast of Childress, Texas. The sighting was made at about 0015 GMT and lasted about 5 to 10 seconds. The pilot was fly…

On March 4, 1962, a 14-year-old boy named Alex Burch stood in the backyard of his home at 12 Moor Crescent in Sheffield, England, with two schoolmates: 12-year-old David Brownlow a…

On May 20, 1962, at about 0127Z (Greenwich time), a civilian near Silver Grove, Kentucky, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the…

On November 11, 1962, in Silver Spring, Maryland, a witness reported a streak of light in the sky. The witness also took a time-exposure photograph of the event. The report was fil…

On the night of September 27, 1962, a 12-year-old boy in Silver Springs, Maryland observed two identical white objects in the sky while using a telescope to look at celestial bodie…

In September 1962, someone near Snohomish, Washington found a light grey, lightweight object and reported it to the Air Force. Because the discovery came shortly after the Soviet U…

A 13-year-old student in Springfield, Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in a school yard during daylight hours in April or May 1962. The boy said he watched a bunch of small d…

On the morning of July 13, 1962, at approximately 2:30 p.m. EDT, a resident of Springfield, Virginia, saw an oval-shaped object glowing bright yellowish-white travel rapidly overhe…

On the night of October 7, 1962, an Air Force officer driving a car near Springfield, Ohio saw an amber-colored light in the sky around 12:15 a.m. The witness was traveling by auto…

On October 17, 1962, around 6:30 p.m. local time, a civilian man in Stamford, Connecticut, watched a bright shining object move across the sky. He was resting on his roof when he s…

In September 1962, a resident of Steelville, Missouri reported seeing unidentified objects that appeared to come from the sky and land in trees near their home. The same objects al…

On November 1, 1962, in Sudan, East Africa, a civilian witness observed an object resembling a small cloud rising in the west and moving east. The sighting lasted 20 minutes. The o…

On June 27, 1962, around 9:30 a.m., a civilian observer driving north on Route 3 near Ohio Turnpike, southwest of Cleveland, Ohio, sighted an unidentified flying object. The object…

On November 16, 1962, near Tamiami, Florida, a commercial airline crew reported a flashing beacon in the sky. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official rec…

On the evening of November 17, 1962, a married couple sitting on the front porch of their home near Dade City, Florida, witnessed an unusual sight in the sky. They first saw what t…

In April 1962, a witness at Thayer, Kansas, reported one object with a dull red glow that was smaller than an aircraft. The object had a tail of white dots and moved in an arc from…