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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7 cases in MD from 1957 · page 1 of 1

Baltimore, MD
1957 · unknown
In November 1957, a person in Baltimore, Maryland saw something unusual in the night sky and reported it to the U.S. Air Force. The observer said the object appeared on November 6,…
Bethesda, MD
1957 · unknown
On November 13, 1957, around 11:35 p.m. local time, a civilian observer near Bethesda, Maryland reported a streak in the sky. The object was the length of the distance between the…
Chestertown, MD
1957 · unknown
In May 1957, an assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense reported seeing strange lights in the night sky over Chestertown, Maryland, along with his wife and teenage so…
Easton, MD
1957 · unknown
On the night of June 29, 1957, around 9:40 p.m., a woman driving near Easton, Maryland spotted three unusual objects in the sky. The objects looked like inverted shallow umbrellas…
Parkton, MD
1957 · unknown
On July 2, 1957, an observer in Parkton, Maryland reported a sighting that lasted about two minutes. The witness saw one ball shaped object about the size of a half dollar. It was…
Severna Park, MD
1957 · unknown
On the evening of August 14, 1957, at around 7:53 p.m., two bright lights maneuvered across the sky above Severna Park, Maryland. Three witnesses, including a professional engineer…
Silver Springs, MD
1957 · unknown
On the evening of August 25, 1957, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland reported seeing a blue-white formation of luminous objects in the sky. The witness described the objects as…

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