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 1953 · page 1 of 1

Adrain, MI
1953 · unidentified
On a July afternoon in 1953 in Adrian, Michigan, a witness observed a group of unusual objects in the sky that the U.S. Air Force ultimately classified as unidentified. The witnes…
Bay City, MI
1953 · unidentified
On the evening of March 23, 1953, a civilian astronomer in Bay City, Michigan saw something unusual cross his bedroom window. At 11:32 p.m., while lying in bed, he noticed a greeni…
Detroit, MI
1953 · unidentified
On the night of June 10, 1953, an Air Force ROTC cadet at Wayne University in Detroit saw something in the sky that he could not explain. The cadet, Robert L. Alvey, was leaving a…
Harrisville, MI
1953 · unidentified
# A Shiny Object Moves Silently Over Michigan On the afternoon of September 28, 1953, a lumber operator from Bay City, Michigan, was loading beans onto a wagon near Harrisville wh…
Harrisville, MI
1953 · unidentified
On October 1, 1953, a civilian observer near Harrisville, Michigan, spotted a highly reflective, silvery object in the early morning sky. The sighting occurred at approximately 033…

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