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 MI from 1949 · page 1 of 1

Homer, MI
1949 · unknown
On the morning of April 28, 1949, a dairy employee in Homer, Michigan, was sitting in his office when he noticed six silver, disc-shaped objects in the sky. At first, he thought th…
Jackson, MI
1949 · unknown
On the evening of July 25, 1949, a bright object fell from the sky near Vandercook Lake in Jackson, Michigan. The object struck the pavement in front of a house and burned a hole i…
Ludington, MI
1949 · unknown
On April 21, 1949, two high school students in Ludington, Michigan reported seeing a white object that looked like a comet with a long tail. The students, sophomores at Ludington H…
Monroe, MI
1949 · unknown
On June 21, 1949, at about 0924 (9:24 a.m.), a civilian reported seeing an object directly over Monroe, Michigan. The witness made the report, and a similar report came from a loca…
Parma, MI
1949 · unknown
On May 31, 1949, a farmer found two metal discs stuck in the ground of his cornfield near Parma, Michigan. One disc had purple plastic clinging to it. The discs were about nine inc…

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

Homer, MI

Jackson, MI

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