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 MI from 1952 · page 1 of 1

DETROIT, MI
1952 · unidentified
On the morning of August 7, 1952, at 12:05 a.m., a Detroit resident named Whitcomb spotted an unusual object in the sky over northern Michigan. The object appeared to be roughly th…
Grand Rapids, MI
1952 · unidentified
On April 27, 1952, near Grand Rapids, Michigan, a civilian who worked as a controller for the Civil Aeronautics Administration reported an unusual flying object. The sighting happe…
Roseville, MI
1952 · unidentified
On April 27, 1952, near Roseville, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, four civilian men with previous military backgrounds reported several unconventional objects. The sighting lasted…
Royal Oak, MI
1952 · unidentified
On April 27, 1952, over Royal Oak, Michigan, a civilian man reported an unconventional object. The sighting happened at 1100 hours (11:00 a.m.). The witness saw one small white ob…

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