Project Blue Book Case Files

On October 7, 1961, civilian witnesses in Albany, New York, reported an unidentified flying object. The report came in a letter that was first sent to the President and then passed…

On July 30, 1961, two friends in Brooklyn spotted a moving object crossing the sky in a northeasterly direction at approximately 9:36 p.m. The object was white and dull, similar in…

On October 11, 1961, at 7:55 p.m., a civilian in Brooklyn, New York reported seeing two self-luminous, transparent objects moving north and east. The objects had no clearly defined…

On the morning of February 6, 1961, an indirect report said that a civilian witness at Brooklyn, New York had observed an unidentified flying object. The Air Force forwarded a que…

On the evening of August 16, 1961, a resident of Flushing, New York, spotted a shiny, silvery object in the night sky at approximately 9:03 p.m. The witness described it as brighte…

On three nights, August 14, 15, and 16, 1961, civilians in Inwood, New York, reported flashes of light in the sky. The flashes were seen between about 2100 and 2300 (9:00 p.m. and…

On the evening of November 26, 1961, a resident of Kew Gardens, New York, watched an unusual object from his home. He was indoors watching television when he heard a noise on the f…

In August 1961, a Brooklyn resident used a Kodak Brownie camera to photograph what he believed were unidentified flying objects near the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. The w…

On November 3, 1961, civilian witnesses in New York City reported an object at about 5:20 to 5:32 p.m. local time. The report came to a naval air station from city police. A police…

The witness, who lived about 1.5 miles from Grumman Aircraft, saw two separate objects on consecutive nights in late July 1961 from Plainview, New York. The first sighting occurred…