USAF · 1947 to 1969
Project Blue Book Case Files
The U.S. Air Force's 22-year investigation into reported UFO incidents, drawn from the National Archives. Each case below has a journalistic summary written from the original file. Use the search box to find a place or date, or filter by state and year.
12 cases in CA from 1949 · page 1 of 1
Catalina Island, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn April 28, 1949, a civilian on Catalina Island, California reported seeing six objects in the sky. According to the report, the objects did not travel together. Each one flew by…
Fairfield Suisun AFB, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn the morning of July 18, 1949, several military personnel at Fairfield Suisun Air Force Base in California spotted what they described as flying saucers moving at extremely high…
Fairfield-Suisun AFB, CA
1949 · unidentifiedEarly on the morning of July 16, 1949, several Air Force personnel stationed at Fairfield-Suisun Air Force Base in California observed a strange glowing sphere in the sky. At appro…
Glendale, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn June 17, 1949, at about 3:30 p.m., a driver near Glendale, California noticed something bright catching the sunlight. The observer was traveling by car in the Glendale area, rou…
Lebec, CA
1949 · unidentifiedIn September 1949, two sergeants flying a small private aircraft near Lebec, California spotted an oval, metallic object moving at high speed. The object rose steeply from the foot…
Los Angeles, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn April 8, 1949, at around 1400 (2:00 p.m.), three city employees in the Los Angeles area observed an unusual object in the sky. The witnesses worked for the City Park and Recreat…
Mt. Palomar, CA
1949 · unidentified# Mt. Palomar Observatory, November 1949 On October 14, 1949, an astronomer at Mt. Palomar Observatory in California saw a formation of 16 to 18 shiny objects flying northwest at…
Sacramento, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn the night of August 31, 1949, two U.S. Air Force officers stationed at Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento, California, witnessed an unusual aircraft near their homes about fi…
Sacramento, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn July 16, 1949, at about 1420 (2:20 p.m.), a civilian Air Force police officer at McClellan Air Force Base near Sacramento, California, reported seeing an object. He gave the rep…
San Bernardino, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn the afternoon of April 7, 1949, two U.S. Air Force pilots in a T-6 training aircraft near Riverside, California spotted an unusual object while flying a radio range practice rou…
Sandberg Pass, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn February 28, 1949, a U.S. Air Force Reserve pilot was flying a P-11 aircraft near Sandberg Pass, about forty miles south of Bakersfield, California, when he observed an unusual…
San Francisco, CA
1949 · unidentifiedOn Monday, August 1, 1949, several witnesses aboard a commercial fishing boat near San Francisco saw unusual objects in the sky. The sightings occurred in two separate waves as the…
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