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.
16 cases in NY from 1955 · page 1 of 1
Laguardia AP, NY
1955 · unknownOn May 20, 1955, a civilian near Laguardia Airport, New York saw a single object at dusk. The observer used binoculars. The report was described as very scant. The object was roun…
Manhasset (Roslyn), NY
1955 · unknownOn July 6, 1955, at Manhasset (Roslyn), New York, a civilian reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground and lasted about ten to twelve seconds. The object was a si…
Manhasset (Roslyn)m, NY
1955 · unknownOn July 5, 1955, a bright light was sighted over Manhasset, New York, crossing the sky from west to east at an estimated altitude of 15,000 feet. A civilian witness observed the ob…
Newark Valley, NY
1955 · unknownOn July 12, 1955, a civilian in Newark Valley, New York reported seeing one or two objects that appeared close together. The objects were round, clear plastic in color, and similar…
New York, NY
1955 · unknownOn May 3, 1955, a civilian in New York, New York saw a single object. The witness watched from the seventh floor of a New York City apartment building. The sighting lasted about tw…
NEW YORK, NY
1955 · unknownIn early March 1955, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard area in New York, a housewife and two marines reported an object near the George Washington Bridge. It appeared as a white flickering…
New York City, NY
1955 · unknownOn Sunday, May 15, 1955, at 4 p.m., a television technician named Warren Siegmond was on the roof of a Chelsea public housing building in Manhattan with a young French woman, Jeann…
Plattsburg, NY
1955 · unknownIn April 1955, near Plattsburg, New York, an observer reported an object to the east at about 1:51 a.m. (0651Z). The object then disappeared and reappeared at about 3:34 a.m. (0834…
Poughkeepsie, NY
1955 · unknownOn October 2, 1955, Captain E. N. Wood was piloting a Colonial Airlines DC-3 aircraft about five miles west-northwest of Poughkeepsie, New York, when he spotted an unusual object.…
Queens, NY
1955 · unknownOn the evening of July 31, 1955, a man standing in his backyard in Rego Park, Queens, saw four spherical objects that reminded him of glowing light bulbs. They appeared to be about…
Rego Park, NY
1955 · unknownOn July 30, 1955, in Rego Park, New York, a civilian reported four spherical objects. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified fl…
Steward AFB, NY
1955 · unknownOn July 13, 1955, near Stewart Air Force Base, New York, a witness reported one object. The sighting was seen from the ground. The object was circular and white and looked alterna…
Stewart AFB, NY
1955 · unknownOn October 25, 1955, at Stewart Air Force Base in New York, military and civilian witnesses observed one bright object described as silver to red in color, round in shape, and abou…
Syracuse, NY
1955 · unknownOn July 21, 1955, in Syracuse, New York, two civilian ground observers reported two round objects. The witnesses were students. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 1007…
Tarrytown, NY
1955 · unknownOn September 27, 1955, at about 2315Z, a civilian saw a light over Tarrytown, New York. The sighting lasted about five to six minutes. The witness described one circular, intense…
Washingtonville, NY
1955 · unknownOn the evening of September 6, 1955, multiple observers across New York reported seeing a bright, fast-moving object with a distinctive blue-white flame streaking across the night…
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