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 NM from 1951 · page 1 of 1

Albuquerque, NM
1951 · unidentified
On March 6, 1951, at approximately 2:30 p.m., four personnel from Los Alamos and two pilots from Kirtland Air Force Base observed a very bright object crossing the sky near Albuque…
Albuquerque, NM
1951 · unidentified
On the evening of August 25, 1951, a Sandia Base security guard and his wife observed what they described as a large flying wing type aircraft passing over their trailer home in ea…
Corong, NM
1951 · unidentified
On August 12, 1951, near Corona, New Mexico, a witness reported a fast moving object in the sky. The sighting lasted about 10 seconds. The object was round and looked about the siz…
Tatum, NM
1951 · unidentified
On September 17, 1951, near Tatum, New Mexico, a civilian reported an object in the sky. It was orange-red and shaped like a ball. The witness said it looked larger than any aircra…

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Albuquerque, NM

Albuquerque, NM

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