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 NY from 1949 · page 1 of 1

Astoria, Long Island, NY
1949 · unknown
On the evening of June 24, 1949, a Astoria resident named Mrs. Scaife looked out her kitchen window while preparing dinner around 1830 to 1845 hours (6:30 to 6:45 p.m.) and spotted…
Long Island, NY
1949 · unknown
On the evening of August 6, 1949, an instrument designer named W. and his wife were sitting on the rear porch of their home in Jackson Heights on Long Island, New York. At approxim…
Stewrt Field, NY
1949 · unknown
On the evening of June 1, 1949, observers in the Walden and Stewart Field area of New York reported seeing an unusual bright object in the sky. The sightings occurred between about…
Tallman, NY
1949 · unknown
On July 28, 1949, at about 2131 (9:31 p.m.), a civilian near Tallman, New York, reported seeing objects. The report was sent by an Army message and recorded on an incident form. Th…

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1947 51 1948 90 1949 236 1950 167 1951 124 1952 471 1953 326 1954 350 1955 344 1956 417 1957 559 1958 359 1959 268 1960 340 1961 408 1962 346 1963 123

Astoria, Long Island, NY

Long Island, NY

Stewrt Field, NY

Tallman, NY