Project Blue Book Case Files

On August 27, 1957, near the Dry Tortugas, a small group of islands about 70 miles west of Key West, Florida, experienced pilots in military aircraft spotted a bright light in the…

On October 18, 1957, at Avon Park, Florida, night controllers observed an unidentified flying object. The object had a reddish glow in its white center and moved very fast out of s…

On October 29, 1957, a witness at Baker, Florida, reported one object in the sky. The witness was a student serving as a civilian ground observer. The sighting was a ground visual…

On a March 1957 night at Belleview, a civilian reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object rep…

On November 4, 1957, a civilian in Dunedin, Florida, reported seeing a round silver object about the size of a small ball held at arm's length. The object had a tail four times as…

On April 15, 1957, two civilian technical representatives near Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, reported a single object around noon. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air…

On November 25, 1957, radar operators at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida detected two objects flying in formation. The objects appeared normal on radar, with the second object trai…

On September 2, 1957, at about 0525 (Greenwich time) in Fort Myers, Florida, a civilian saw four objects for over an hour. Two were in the south, one in the north, and one in the n…

On May 26, 1957, at about 7:50 p.m. local time, a military airman on ground observer duty in Fort Myers, Florida reported a sighting. The object was still visible when the report w…

On the evening of March 20, 1957, in Lake City, Florida, three people observed an unusual object in the sky for about 51 minutes. The object appeared pear-shaped and roughly the si…

On November 26, 1957, near Lake Worth, Florida, a civilian witness reported seeing one star-like object with a reddish color moving between clouds. The observation lasted several s…

On November 18, 1957, a civilian near Miami Beach, Florida reported a round object the size of a penny held at arm's length. The object was red, white, and blue. The sky was overca…

On October 23, 1957, civilian pilots and ground observers in Polk County, Florida, reported seeing a round, silver object with a red light on one side hovering overhead. The object…

On November 6, 1957, witnesses at Tampa, Florida, reported one object in the sky around 9:15 p.m. The witnesses were civilians, including several family members and neighbors. One…