Project Blue Book Case Files

On February 11, 1963, a civilian in Los Angeles, California, reported a strange vapor trail in the sky. The sighting was made between 5:49 and 5:55 p.m. local time. The observer wa…

On the night of March 18, 1963, a man living three miles northwest of Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California, reported seeing an unidentified object fly over his home.…

On March 11, 1963 (about 9:15 p.m. local time by Greenwich time of March 12), two Air Force officers in an aircraft near San Diego, California, reported an orange flame or light wi…

On October 29, 1962, around 1:20 p.m. Pacific time, four people standing outside the Sheriff's Building in Altadena, California, reported a bright object in the sky. The group incl…

On August 3, 1962, at 1:15 p.m., two teenage students in Azuza, California reported seeing a bright oval spot of light moving northeast at approximately 3 degrees per second. They…

On December 1962, in Cambria, California, a witness reported a bright object in the sky that was viewed for about two hours through binoculars. The report was filed under Project 1…

In the early morning hours of December 14, 1962, law enforcement officers across central California reported seeing a brilliant glowing object in the sky. A Greenfield police patro…

On the night of November 22-23, 1962, two observers in northern California reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. A U.S. Forest Service fire spotter located about five miles…

On July 12, 1962, a civilian housewife in North Hollywood, California, about four miles southwest of the Lockheed Air Terminal, reported two objects. She saw them separately, one a…

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 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 September 26, 1961, at about 0725Z (Greenwich time), at night, a military aircrew aboard an RC-121 reported an object about 150 miles west-northwest of Ukiah, California. The re…

On February 3, 1961, during the day, a single witness about 2 miles northwest of Van Nuys, California reported two very bright, metallic, oval-shaped objects. Each was slightly lar…

In November 1961, someone on Santa Catalina Island, California, found an object that had come down by parachute. They reported it to the Air Force for identification. The Air Forc…

In August 1961, someone in Fontana, California submitted three photographs to the U.S. Air Force, claiming they showed a flying saucer. The Air Force's Foreign Technology Division…

# Summary In January 1961, a person in Oakland, California, observed an unusual object in the sky on three consecutive nights. The witness watched for about three hours on the fir…

On August 28 and 29, 1961, in Redondo Beach, California, a 14-year-old civilian observed a bright and shiny unidentified flying object. The object moved south by southwest at an es…

On February 27, 1961, two civilians in San Bernardino, California, reported a round, white object in the morning. It was seen for about 20 minutes while they were watching a commer…

On March 1, 1961, around 6:00 p.m. local time, a 16 year old civilian student in San Bernardino, California, reported a round object while watching the sky for aircraft. Other memb…

On February 22, 1961, around 5:00 p.m. local time, two military observers at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, reported a bright burning object. The observers were a missile o…

On August 20, 1960, a civilian in Concord, California, three miles northwest of town, reported a white object with red and white lights at star size. The object had no noticeable t…

On April 9, 1960, a man in Arcata, California, was taking photographs of the setting sun through an 8-inch telescope when an unusual object appeared on the negative. When the film…

# Summary On July 31, 1960, a witness at Kinney Lakes near Arnold, California reported seeing an unidentified flying object. The observer and two children were at a picnic area wh…

On September 26, 1960, six observers near Camp Irwin, California, reported a large object at about 1000 (10:00 a.m.) GMT, during night hours local. They described a sphere the size…

On the evening of November 1960, two Navy fighter pilots and at least one other observer in Chula Vista, California, reported seeing a mysterious glowing object in the sky. The obj…

On October 30, 1960, residents of Crescent City, California observed a series of unidentified objects in the sky. Witnesses reported seeing a total of six round, white objects, wit…

On December 28, 1960, at 1740 (5:40 p.m.), a witness near Crescent City, California reported one illuminated object shaped like a short, thick cigar. It was about the size of a bea…

On September 18, 1960, a sighting was reported east of Mt. Whitney, California. A military witness observed a very large and bright meteor with a bright green color. The object bur…

On August 18, 1960, a ground observer in Fairfield, California, reported seeing an unusual object in the sky at 04:10 GMT (8:10 p.m. local time). The sighting lasted about eight se…

# Los Angeles UFO Sighting, September 1960 On September 12, 1960, a resident of Los Angeles and a companion witnessed an unusual object moving rapidly through the night sky. The o…

On September 19, 1960, a civilian north of Susanville, California, reported a cucumber shaped object that seemed partly transparent. The sighting lasted 30 to 40 minutes. The objec…

On June 26, 1960, a civilian observer in the Palm Springs area saw a bright, silver object that appeared circular or disk-shaped. The object looked about the size of a quarter held…

On August 13, 1960, just after 11:40 p.m., two California Highway Patrol officers spotted what they thought was an aircraft about to crash near Red Bluff. The object appeared sudde…

A family in Ridgecrest, California, reported seeing an unusual object four separate times on the evening of September 10, 1960, between 9:52 p.m. and 11:02 p.m. The family, which i…

On December 4, 1960, in San Diego, California, a military witness reported an extremely bright blue object. The witness looked up while getting out of a car and saw the object. It…

On the evening of May 12, 1960, a man sat on the north ledge of the east entrance of Mark Keppel High School in San Gabriel, California, waiting before church. At around 8:40 p.m.,…

# San Jose Sound Scare, February 1960 On February 15, 1960, residents across the central and eastern parts of Santa Clara Valley heard a loud cracking sound moving from north to s…

On April 12, 1959, a civilian witness in Lemoore, California, observed three disc-shaped aircraft flying in a southerly direction. The witness, who had military experience, saw the…

On July 2, 1959, near Needles, California, an aircraft crew reported objects in the sky around dusk. The witnesses were civilians. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's…

On August 1, 1958, a civilian and three or four others sighted three or four flying saucers over Concord, California. The sighting time was not reported. A report was called to Ham…

In early October 1958, three men working near a tungsten mill at Railroad Danby, California noticed a strong, bright glow in the northwest sky near the Clipper Mountains. When they…

On April 11, 1958, near Indio, California, a civilian witness reported seeing a round, red object that appeared to fall and explode. The witness was outside loading an automobile w…

In December 1958, a civilian in Redlands, California, reported seeing an unidentified flying object, though the details of the sighting were unusual and problematic. The observer,…

On 25 October 1958, a man brought a roll of 8 mm film to the Pentagon claiming it showed proof of unidentified flying objects. The film consisted of six frames shot at Yucca Valley…

On May 1, 1957, at 5:10 a.m., two round, orange objects were sighted 170 miles southwest of Santa Rosa Island, California. An AEW&C aircraft crew observed the objects for about 30…

In October 1957, someone working at a defense contractor in Van Nuys, California, brought what looked like a small rocket to his supervisor. The object had Russian writing on it an…

On October 15, 1957, two Navy pilots flying near La Jolla, California saw an unusual pattern of lights that puzzled them enough to report it to military intelligence. The pilots we…

On November 7, 1957, near Bakersfield, California, a civilian observer reported sighting an object described as basketball-sized, white with red and green lights that alternated co…

This file concerns a sighting reported by a civilian near Bakersfield, California in mid August 1957. The witness first wrote to the Department of the Army, which referred the lett…

On February 13, 1957, in Burbank, California, two objects were reported near Lockheed Air Terminal at 1:45 p.m. Witnesses observed two star-sized objects with white, red, and green…

On the night of August 22-23, 1957, radar operators and pilots at Cambria Air Force Station in California detected multiple unidentified objects. The sighting lasted about an hour…

On the night of June 23, 1957, six civilians near Carmichael, California saw a bright yellow-white light rise slowly from near tree-top level, hover for several minutes, then climb…

On November 30, 1957, at 1610 (4:10 p.m.) Pacific Standard Time, residents of Cathedral City, California reported seeing an unidentified object moving through the sky. The sighting…

On November 26 and 27, 1957, a civilian in Del Rosa, California, saw a very bright yellowish red light on two separate occasions, each lasting about thirty seconds. The sightings w…

On January 15, 1957, a civilian observer in Bakersfield, California reported a white, round object about the size of a half dollar. The observer described the object as having a po…

On June 26, 1957, two U.S. Air Police officers standing at a roadblock near Edwards Air Force Base in California watched a B-52 bomber conducting a test drop on the precision bombi…

On May 2, 1957, two civilian workers at Edwards Air Force Base in California spotted an unusual object in the sky while driving to a camera station. They described it as a metallic…

# Summary: Fontana, California, March 1957 On March 17, 1957, a service station attendant in Fontana, California saw a cigar-shaped object with a large red light on it. The object…

On June 16, 1957, during the day, a civilian married couple in Gardena, California reported a sighting. The observation lasted about nine minutes. The sky was clear. The witnesses…

On November 6, 1957, in Garden Grove, California, a civilian witness and neighbors observed a fiery red object about the size of a quarter in the night sky. The object moved back a…