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 MD from 1961 · page 1 of 1

Baltimore, MD
1961 · unknown
On February 22, 1961, around 2:30 a.m. local time, the pilot of a United DC-8 airliner reported a point of light near Baltimore, Maryland. The aircraft was at 31,000 feet on a head…
Baltimore, MD
1961 · unknown
On October 24, 1961, in the evening, a civilian in Baltimore, Maryland, reported an object in the sky. The witness was riding in a car. The report was filed on the Project 10073 re…
Ft. Meade, MD
1961 · unknown
On the night of February 28, 1961, radar operators at Fort George G. Meade detected an unusual target on their screen at 2245 EST (Eastern Standard Time). The object appeared on gr…
Gaithersburg, MD
1961 · unknown
On September 20, 1961, in the evening, a civilian in Gaithersburg, Maryland, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's o…
Silver Spring, MD
1961 · unknown
On January 11, 1961, a resident of Silver Spring, Maryland reported seeing a rapidly flashing light that moved very fast at a low, constant altitude in a straight line. The light a…

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