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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5 cases in FL from 1953 · page 1 of 1

Key West, FL
1953 · unknown
On the evening of June 19, 1953, three people fishing from a small boat near Key West, Florida saw something bright and unusual streak across the twilight sky. The main witness was…
Key West, FL
1953 · unknown
On the night of July 24, 1953, a Navy student at Key West watched an object move rapidly across the sky. It appeared as bright as a star and roughly the same size. Beginning in the…
Key West, FL
1953 · unknown
In July 1953, a witness near Key West, Florida, reported an object in the night sky. The report was made on the Air Force technical information sheet. The object appeared low abov…
Melborne, FL
1953 · unknown
On the night of October 26, 1953, the co-pilot of a National Airlines flight saw something unusual in the sky near Melbourne, Florida. At 6:35 p.m., while flying at 18,000 feet abo…
Panama City, FL
1953 · unknown
On the morning of November 19, 1953, an assistant fire chief at the U.S. Naval Marine Countermeasures Station in Panama City, Florida, noticed a bright glare in the sky overhead. L…

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Key West, FL

Key West, FL

Key West, FL

Melborne, FL

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