Project Blue Book Case Files

On July 6, 1961, near Reno, Nevada, a civilian observer reported three round objects that were white in color and not in formation. The objects were sighted at 11:30 a.m. PDT and r…

On July 26, 1961, near 26N 175W in the Pacific Ocean, a Navy aircraft crew reported sighting an object falling into the atmosphere with a bright, burning green and white appearance…

On August 3, 1961, near Guam, military personnel reported a sighting. A round object the size of a pea and bright as a first magnitude star was observed. It moved and changed brigh…

On October 21, 1961, a U.S. Air Force C-97 transport plane was flying over the Atlantic Ocean when its crew spotted an unusual object. The aircraft was at 8,000 feet altitude near…

On May 15, 1961, the crew of a C-121 aircraft saw an object over the Pacific Ocean, near 35 degrees 28 minutes north and 141 degrees 55 minutes east, around 3:54 p.m. (GMT). The ai…

On December 14, 1961, the crew of the USNS General W. O. Darby reported an object over the North Atlantic, off the coast of England. The sighting was made at about 0040 GMT. It was…

On May 14, 1961, a military pilot saw an object over the Atlantic area near 14 degrees 10 minutes north and 95 degrees west, around 2 a.m. (local). The sighting lasted about 5 minu…

On August 12, 1961, a military observer in the Far East (coordinates 31.53 North, 129.3 East) spotted what he believed was an artificial satellite. The object appeared in the south…

On May 11, 1961, six officers and four crew members aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean spotted a white, round object resembling a bright star. The ship was located at coordinates…

On September 5, 1961, the flight crew of a Pan American Airways Boeing 707 airliner spotted a bright streak of light in the night sky over the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft was flyin…

On March 5, 1961, an orbiting object was reported in the Atlantic at about 42 degrees 55 minutes north, 43 degrees 30 minutes west. The report came from a merchant ship. The object…

On February 20, 1961, the crew of the ship SS Erihio reported a bright object over the Atlantic Ocean, about 150 nautical miles east of Cape Canaveral, near 28 degrees 15 minutes n…

On September 13, 1961, Navy personnel and civilians along the U.S. East Coast reported seeing a strange and spectacular light show in the sky. The most detailed account came from…

On March 29, 1961, a bright object traveling at high speed was sighted in the Atlantic area near coordinates 23 degrees 36 minutes North, 75 degrees 43 minutes West. A military obs…

On March 12, 1961, an object was reported over Australia about 8 p.m. local time. The object was bright white at first, then turned a brighter green, and burned out in a line of or…

On the night of October 30, 1961, the crew of the USS Noble reported sighting a bright object in the western Pacific Ocean. The ship was stationed at coordinates 30 degrees north l…

On March 13, 1961, an object was reported near Guard Island, in the vicinity of Ketchikan, Alaska, about 6:10 a.m. GMT. The object was brilliant white and circular, between a grape…

On January 30, 1961, two Air Force pilots spotted a bright silver object in the sky near the Atlantic while flying at 20,000 feet in an F-89D jet. The object appeared as small as a…

On February 6, 1961, at 11:00 a.m., a military radio officer at position 20 North 134 West (Pacific) observed a huge bright object resembling a shooting star. The object moved nort…

On March 15, 1961, an object was reported in the Atlantic at about 37 degrees 35 minutes north, 9 degrees 14 minutes west. The object was at high altitude. It was measured at magni…

On March 16, 1961, military observers reported an object over the Mediterranean Sea near 41 degrees 27 minutes north, 5 degrees 52 minutes west, about 7:30 p.m. The object was mete…

On the evening of January 16, 1961, a pilot flying about 40 miles west of Santa Rosa Island, California, spotted a round object roughly the size of a basketball. The object had a b…

On March 20, 1961, an aircrew reported objects over the Pacific near 36 degrees 47 minutes north, 125 degrees 47 minutes west, about 8:12 p.m. The first object was oval. A second o…

On April 14, 1961, four military observers aboard a Navy ship reported an object over the Pacific Ocean, near 28 degrees 50 minutes north and 131 degrees 45 minutes east. The sight…

On March 21, 1961, an object was reported in the Aleutian area near 54 degrees 22 minutes north, 179 degrees west, about 9:04 p.m. GMT. The object was round and reddish, with small…

On January 19, 1961, at 0905Z, a Navy pilot flying near 42 degrees 39 minutes north, 42 degrees 12 minutes west over the Atlantic reported one object. He was flying at 6,000 feet a…

On April 2, 1961, a source reported an object over the Pacific near 34 degrees 31 minutes north, 132 degrees 15 minutes west. The object was elongated and was presumed to be a miss…

On April 11, 1961, the crew of a SAC KC-97 aircraft saw an object over Goose Bay, Labrador. The report puts the plane about 25 nautical miles southwest of Goose Bay, flying at 13,0…

On September 22, 1961, near Kotzebue, Alaska, a Cessna 180 pilot reported sighting an unusual object. The pilot noticed a reflection or glow on high overcast skies to the west of h…

On February 23, 1961, an explosion was observed in the sky over Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia, near Dhahran. The report came from a military weather detachment and other observers, incl…

On April 25, 1961, the pilot of an RC-121D aircraft saw an object over the Pacific Ocean, near 42 degrees 50 minutes north and 134 degrees 11 minutes west. The sighting took place…

On April 25, 1961, a Pan American Airways aircraft was struck by an object while flying from Wake Island to Yokota Air Base, Japan. The aircraft was at 31,000 feet, about 1,000 mil…

In early November 1961, residents of the San Diego area, including Del Mar and Pacific Beach in California, reported seeing bright trails streak across the night sky. The sightings…

On February 23, 1961, an object was sighted over the North Pacific Ocean near 47 degrees north, 173 degrees west. The sighting was reported by aircraft from Navy unit 43212 as a vi…

On May 2, 1961, military observers in the Pacific area reported an object, with the exact location not given. The sighting lasted about 2 minutes. The object moved on a course towa…

On May 3, 1961, a Navy ship reported an object over the Pacific Ocean, near 9 degrees north and 174 degrees west. The report came in as a routine sighting message around 7:58 a.m.…

On February 28, 1961, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Barataria reported an unidentified flying object over the Atlantic Ocean near 52 degrees 40 minutes north, 34 degrees…

On April 1, 1961, at Clark Air Force Base, Philippines, multiple witnesses including CO, OCD, JOOD, and Lookout observed a white object of second magnitude. The object moved on an…

On May 10, 1961, a sailor aboard a U.S. Navy ship in the far western Pacific Ocean, at coordinates 22 degrees 22 minutes North and 124 degrees East, reported seeing a bright white…

On June 17, 1961, a military observer reported an object over the Pacific Ocean, near 20 degrees 2 minutes north and 148 degrees 10 minutes west, around 11:52 a.m. (GMT). The sight…

On February 16, 1961, an Air Force RC-121D aircraft based at Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts, picked up an unusual radar track over the Atlantic Ocean near 36 degrees 35 minutes…

On March 29, 1961, three U.S. Air Force crews flying east of California over the Pacific Ocean reported seeing a bright, glowing object that descended rapidly and dimmed as it fell…

On July 20, 1961, two pilots aboard an aircraft saw an object over the Pacific Ocean, near 38 degrees 30 minutes north and 125 degrees 58 minutes west. The object's course was to t…

On September 21, 1961, at about 1700Z (Greenwich time), military aircrews reported an object over the Pacific Ocean. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air…

On July 24, 1961, the crew of a ship in the Pacific Ocean reported a strange light. The report came from the ship's navigator and three others on the bridge. They were civilians. T…

On January 13, 1961, an unidentified flying object with great brilliance was reported in the Pacific Ocean near coordinates 33.33N, 152.02W. The object was first sighted bearing 25…

On July 29, 1961, a single bright light was reported by a military source over the Lavaca area. The light was about as bright as a second magnitude star. It passed overhead and fad…

On July 30, 1961, an airline pilot flying from Shannon to Gander to McGuire reported an object over the ocean. The pilot saw what looked like a rocket cone or a basketball coming d…