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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3 cases in IL from 1953 · page 1 of 1

East St Louis, IL
1953 · unknown
On May 17, 1953, about 1937 (7:37 p.m.) Central time, civilians saw an object over East St. Louis, Illinois. The witnesses were four boys, ages 11 to 13, who described it to an adu…
Mascoutah, IL
1953 · unknown
On March 28, 1953, at about 1430 (2:30 p.m.) Central time, a civilian reported an object near Mascoutah, Illinois, while driving east on Highway 15 about five miles east of town. T…
Peoria, IL
1953 · unknown
On August 17, 1953, two separate incidents occurred in the Peoria, Illinois area involving unidentified flying objects observed by multiple civilians, along with radar operators at…

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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

East St Louis, IL

Mascoutah, IL

Peoria, IL