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 1955 · page 1 of 1

30 Mi E Cochise, NM
1955 · unidentified
On January 1, 1955, a military pilot flying a B-25 about 30 miles east of Cochise, New Mexico, reported one object. The pilot was acting as an instructor when he turned to a studen…
Chama, NM
1955 · unidentified
On the afternoon of December 8, 1955, a railroad conductor named Box Hinton and his rear brakeman, LeRoy Shell, spotted an unusual object near Sublette Station, one mile east of Ch…
Deming, NM
1955 · unidentified
On about November 14 or 15, 1955, a commercial airline pilot saw an object over Deming, New Mexico. The report reached the Air Force by letter and was a CIRVIS report, a required r…
Elk, NM
1955 · unidentified
On April 5, 1955, a civilian in Elk, New Mexico reported seeing one object with a fan-shaped tail about the size of a baseball held at arm's length. The object was bright green-pur…

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30 Mi E Cochise, NM

Chama, NM

Deming, NM

Elk, NM