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.

StateOH 371 CA 274 TX 242 NY 167 FL 110 NM 92 MI 90 WA 89 IL 81 PA 78 MD 73 CO 72

Year1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

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4 cases in FL from 1949 · page 1 of 1

Limona, FL
1949 · unidentified
On May 4, 1949, a 60-year-old public health nurse named Miss Sherman saw a bright, shining object in the sky from the front porch of her home in Limona, Florida, near Tampa. Her tw…
Miami Beach, FL
1949 · unidentified
On June 14, 1949, around 2015 (8:15 p.m.), a man, his wife, and his children saw two objects in the sky while lying on the beach at Miami Beach, Florida. The night was clear with s…
Sarasota, FL
1949 · unidentified
On April 23, 1949, a civilian in Sarasota, Florida reported seeing a frosty white light in the sky. The observer watched the object for about one minute before it vanished. The sig…
Tampa, FL
1949 · unidentified
On the evening of June 5, 1949, a bright object trailing white smoke appeared in the sky over Tampa and spread across central Florida, drawing thousands of eyewitnesses and dozens…

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1947 51 1948 90 1949 236 1950 167 1951 124 1952 471 1953 326 1954 350 1955 344 1956 417 1957 559 1958 359 1959 268 1960 340 1961 408 1962 346 1963 123

Limona, FL

Miami Beach, FL

Sarasota, FL

Tampa, FL