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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8 cases in NM from 1950 · page 1 of 1

Alamogordo, NM
1950 · unidentified
On the night of February 24, 1950, Corporal Lertis E. Stanfield, an Air Police officer stationed at Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, New Mexico, spotted an unusual bright o…
Albuquerque, NM
1950 · unidentified
On the night of February 25, 1950, a university student in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reported a single bright object. The time was about 9:15 p.m. He was sitting in a living room lo…
Corona, NM
1950 · unidentified
On the evening of January 7, 1950, a Captain stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico saw something unusual while driving south of Corona. The object appeared as a bright…
Holloman AFB, NM
1950 · unidentified
On March 11, 1950, at 11:08 a.m., military personnel at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico observed an unidentified object. The sighting was documented as a ground visual observ…
Holloman AFB, NM
1950 · unidentified
On the morning of May 24, 1950, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, military camera crews photographed objects in the sky. The case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's of…
Los Alamos, NM
1950 · unidentified
On December 21, 1950, about 7:40 a.m., a civilian reported a bright object near Los Alamos, New Mexico. The report is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for uni…
Los Almos, NM
1950 · unidentified
On the evening of January 9, 1950, three scientists at Los Alamos, New Mexico watched a bright object streak across the sky. The sighting lasted only about two seconds. All three o…
TATUILL, NM
1950 · unidentified
On September 17, 1950, a geologist working for Amerada Petroleum Corporation reported seeing an unusual glowing object while driving a truck to a wildcat oil well near Tatum, New M…

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Alamogordo, NM

Albuquerque, NM

Corona, NM

Holloman AFB, NM

Holloman AFB, NM

Los Alamos, NM

Los Almos, NM

TATUILL, NM