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 IL from 1958 · page 1 of 1

Park Ridge, IL
1958 · unknown
On August 26, 1958, a civilian and his wife in the Park Ridge, Illinois, area (home in Tinley Park, Illinois) reported an unidentified flying object between 9:58 and 10:05 p.m. The…
Peoria, IL
1958 · unknown
On January 12, 1958, two women returning home from church near Sterling Avenue and Albany Avenue in Peoria, Illinois, spotted an unusual object hovering above electric light poles…
River Forest, IL
1958 · unknown
In early January 1958, in River Forest, Illinois, a civilian woman reported filming an object on 8mm movie film. She was in her backyard around 1:00 to 1:30 a.m. taking pictures of…
Rushville, IL
1958 · unknown
On January 2, 1958, a civilian in Rushville, Illinois reported seeing one unidentified object at 1:33 a.m. The object was described as red and circular with no tail or exhaust, ver…

Browse sightings by state

Browse sightings by year

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

Park Ridge, IL

Peoria, IL

River Forest, IL

Rushville, IL