Project Blue Book Case Files

On May 12, 1961, a civilian pilot saw an object about 40 nautical miles east of Peck, Michigan. The sighting lasted about 20 minutes. The object was about the size and shape of a l…

On a July evening in 1961 near Copemish, Michigan, several people reported seeing unusual lights in the sky that moved slowly and disappeared intermittently over the course of two…

On February 27, 1961, around 10:15 p.m. local time, a housewife and her teenage daughter near Bark River, Michigan, reported a round, fiery red object about the size of a grapefrui…

On the night of June 6, 1961, an airman at Selfridge Air Force Base in Detroit watched an object move across the sky at extremely high speed. The object appeared egg-shaped at time…

On October 12, 1961, at about 1802 (6:02 p.m.) local time, civilians in Ferndale, Michigan, reported two objects in the sky. The witnesses were a school teacher and a librarian. Th…

On March 4, 1961, an aluminum alloy sheet was found in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The report noted the time as about 2:34 p.m. The sheet measured roughly 3 and 3/4 inches by 18 feet.…

On the night of October 27, 1961, military personnel at Grand Rapids Air Force Station in Michigan observed unusual lights in the sky. Two or three large white lights appeared to f…

On June 30, 1961, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a witness observed an unidentified flying object from her bedroom around 5 a.m. The object was described as saucer-shaped, about the s…

On June 1, 1961, in Rose Center, Michigan, a witness observed what was thought to be a large trail of fire in the sky. The object appeared quickly as a ball of fire and disappeared…