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 1954 · page 1 of 1

Bath, MI
1954 · unknown
On July 15, 1954, in Bath, Michigan, a civilian reported observing eight to ten elongated objects in a V formation traveling backward. The sighting lasted six seconds. The objects…
Cacoda, MI
1954 · unknown
On the night of January 13, 1954, personnel at Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Oscoda, Michigan saw an unusual object streak across the sky. The observers described a small, circular…
Ionia, MI
1954 · unknown
On the night of September 20, 1954, amateur astronomers reported objects in the sky over Ionia, Michigan. The two civilian witnesses told civil defense officials what they saw, and…
OSCODA, MI
1954 · unknown
On January 6, 1954, at about 3 p.m. GMT (about 8:23 p.m. local) near Oscoda, Michigan, an airman reported one object over Wurtsmith Air Force Base. It was watched for about 16 minu…
Three Oaks, MI
1954 · unknown
On June 5, 1954, at 2:25 a.m. EST in Three Oaks, Michigan, a civilian observer reported seeing one unidentified object. The object appeared bright as Saturn and had no running ligh…

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