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.
6 cases in CO from 1949 · page 1 of 1
Colorado Springs, CO
1949 · unknownOn the afternoon of April 15, 1949, three military personnel at Peterson Air Field in Colorado Springs spotted two round, bright objects moving rapidly across the sky. The sighting…
Delta, CO
1949 · unknownIn April 1949, a former U.S. Air Force pilot living near Merced, California reported experiencing a striking encounter late one night. According to his witness statement, he was st…
Denver, CO
1949 · unknown# A Colorado Springs Sighting On August 20, 1949, an Air Force civilian employee reported seeing an unusual aircraft near Denver, Colorado. The man watched the object for about tw…
Denver, CO
1949 · unknownOn April 6, 1949, at approximately 8 p.m., two motorists parked in the lot at Stapleton Airport in Denver, Colorado, sighted a bluish-white light moving eastward across the sky. Th…
Manitou Springs, CO
1949 · unknownOn the morning of August 8, 1949, a man near Manitou Springs, Colorado, reported an unidentified object above a ridge between Cameron's Cone and Mount Arthur, west of Colorado Spri…
Tioga, CO
1949 · unknownIn the afternoon of June 9, 1949, a farm hand working near Tioga, Colorado spotted five brownish, round objects flying in formation at roughly 20,000 feet. The witness, who had ser…
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