Project Blue Book Case Files

On September 20, 1956, a civilian observer in Albany, New York spotted one round white object about the size of a softball at arm's length. The object hovered and then moved southe…

On the night of April 8, 1956, Captain Ryan, an American Airlines pilot, and his first officer spotted a bright orange light while flying their aircraft between Schenectady and Osw…

On the night of March 5-6, 1956, a married couple in Bridgeport, New York, watched a bright, round object moving in the sky for about 25 minutes. The husband, a mechanic and former…

On the night of September 20-21, 1956, residents of Brooklyn, New York reported seeing unusual objects in the sky. The Air Force received multiple sightings from civilian witnesses…

On October 1, 1956, a civilian in Brooklyn, New York reported one round, white object about the size of the head of a pin held at arm's length. The object came from the southwest,…

# Buffalo, New York, September 1956 On a single night in Buffalo, one observer saw an unusual object in the sky. The sighting was brief in substance, though it prompted a swift Ai…

On the evening of February 29, 1956, residents and observers in the Buffalo, New York area spotted bright lights in the sky that puzzled local authorities enough to scramble an Air…

On July 14, 1956, a witness in Greenwood Lake, New York, reported seeing unidentified flying objects twice in a single day. He first spotted the object around 4:30 p.m. (1630 hours…

On September 3, 1956, observers at Henderson Harbor, New York reported a circular, sphere shaped object. It was red on the inside and green on the outside. The object was first see…

On the afternoon of January 18, 1956, a resort operator driving home near Long Beach on Long Island noticed an unusual object in the sky. At first he thought it might be a crescent…

On September 20, 1956, near Long Island, New York, a civilian witness reported seeing two white cigar-shaped objects about the size of a small cloud. The objects were seen visually…

On August 3, 1956, a civilian on Long Island, New York reported seeing one star-like object with white color traveling east. The object wavered in flight, then continued on a strai…

On August 6, 1956, a civilian near New Rochelle, New York, reported a single object. The sighting lasted about twenty-five minutes and the object moved in an erratic path. The wit…

On the evening of October 13, 1956, a civilian in Newburgh, New York reported seeing a circular white object with a red light. The observer described the object as roughly the size…

On August 22, 1956, a man in Newburgh, New York used a Polaroid camera to photograph what he believed were unidentified objects in the sky. The camera was equipped with a half-stop…

In October 1956, a civilian witness in New York City reported seeing two small, white or silver disc shaped objects flying together in the sky. Each object had what the witness des…

In February 1956, a woman in New York City, New York, saw a strange object at about 3:00 a.m. The report was sent to the Air Force about two years after the event. The observer was…

On June 26, 1956, observers at a Ground Observer Corps post in Plattsburg, New York, reported seeing a round, glowing object about the size of a two-engine aircraft. The object app…

On May 31, 1956, a student at Queens College in Flushing, Long Island saw an unusual object in the sky. The witness described it as white and roughly half the size of an airliner.…

On December 4, 1956, a civilian saw one object over Ridgewood, New York. The witness was a teacher and stood near City College in New York. The object was seen for about one half t…

On the night of July 13, 1956, a woman in Saugerties, New York saw two bright lights in the sky. One light was red and the other was white. The lights appeared stationary, about fi…

On August 5, 1956, in the early evening, a witness in South Salem, New York saw one object during bright twilight. It was bullet shaped, about the size of a half dollar at arm's le…

On the night of January 17 or 18, 1956, a warehouse employee at Stewart Air Force Base near Walkill, New York, spotted what looked like a very bright star in the northwest sky. The…

On the evening of March 10, 1956, at around 11:25 p.m., three people in Watertown, New York saw a bright object in the western sky. A high school student first noticed the light wh…