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.
13 cases in NY from 1958 · page 1 of 1
Brooklyn, NY
1958 · unknownOn the evening of November 23, 1958, a tower operator at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, looked up and saw a stationary light in the sky. The observer described it as or…
Brooklyn, NY
1958 · unknownOn about August 29, 1958, a civilian in Brooklyn, New York, reported an unidentified flying object he had seen roughly ten days earlier at about 8 p.m. He wrote to the War Departme…
Brooklyn, NY
1958 · unknown# Brooklyn, New York, July 1958 On a clear night in July 1958, an air control engineer in Brooklyn looked up at the sky and saw something unusual. A ring of light with a dark cent…
Gryder Buff, NY
1958 · unknownOn July 20, 1958, at 9:00 p.m., a civilian in Gryder Buff, New York reported seeing five objects that were yellow and orange in color. Two were large and three were small. The obje…
Levittown, NY
1958 · unknownOn the evening of December 14, 1958, a man in Levittown, New York, was taking family photographs on his front lawn when he noticed an unusual glowing light to the east around 4 p.m…
Long Beach, NY
1958 · unknownOn October 31, 1958, two people in Long Beach, New York saw unusual objects in the evening sky. The first object was round and yellow, appearing almost directly overhead. The secon…
Long Island, NY
1958 · unknownOn the evening of August 13, 1958, a civilian observer in Ponca City, Oklahoma watched a bright orange object streak across the night sky. The man, described as a calm and reliable…
Montauk, AFS, NY
1958 · unknownOn November 19, 1958, a radar operator at Montauk Air Force Station in New York detected an unidentified object on his scope. The operator, Airman James A. Frey, worked at the stat…
New York, NY
1958 · unknownOn September 28, 1958, at dusk near New York, NY, a red and blue-white object was sighted traveling west. The object broke into three parts and disappeared instantly. The observati…
Olean, NY
1958 · unknownOn August 11, 1958, a civilian near Olean, New York, reported an unidentified flying object at 1945Z, during daytime. The witness described one round, silver object about the size…
Rockville Center, NY
1958 · unknownOn December 1, 1958, in Rockville Center, New York, a witness reported seeing a round, white and gray object with the size of a basketball and a defined outline. The observation wa…
Salamanca, NY
1958 · unknownOn August 2, 1958, a man working in a tower at Salamanca, New York, reported seeing thousands of silver-colored objects falling from the sky at about 6:00 p.m. He described pieces…
Seaford Long Island, NY
1958 · unknownOn September 28, 1958, a truck driver in Seaford, Long Island saw an unusual object in the night sky while standing outside his home. The object appeared at approximately 11:25 p.m…
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