Project Blue Book Case Files

On January 2, 1963, near Akron, Ohio, a phone report described a sighting by a resident of nearby Ravenna and three other witnesses. The report was filed under Project 10073, the A…

On June 22, 1963, a civilian observer in Beavercreek, Ohio watched an unusual object through binoculars for about 10 to 15 minutes. The object appeared metallic and shiny, with a h…

On the evening of June 8, 1963, a woman in Dayton, Ohio, reported seeing an object in the night sky that resembled a bright star. The object appeared to fade in and out, with brigh…

On March 24, 1963, in Dayton, Ohio, a military observer reported sighting an object at 8:30 p.m. The object was sighted at 2:30 p.m. and reported to the Department of Defense by ph…

On an April evening in 1963, someone in Kettering, Ohio observed an extremely bright object in the night sky moving from northwest to southeast. The witness watched it for three to…

On March 22, 1963, at 6:35 a.m. in Lebanon, Ohio, a civilian observer reported seeing an object moving north with a light and tail going south, then moving rapidly. The object was…

On the evening of June 25, 1963, a civilian in New Carlisle, Ohio saw a bright object that resembled a star moving across the night sky toward the northeast. The witness watched th…

On the evening of January 9, 1963, someone in West Carrolton, Ohio, saw a yellow and white light fall to the ground behind a tower. The witness reported the sighting to the U.S. Ai…

On the night of June 9, 1963, a man lying in his backyard in Xenia, Ohio, saw a series of bright blue flashes moving across the sky. The observer, who was looking straight up from…

On July 18, 1962, a civilian in Centerville, Ohio, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unident…

In June 1962, residents of Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a bright object in the night sky. The witnesses described it as very large and estimated it moved slowly across the sky. The…

On a May day in 1962, a driver in Dayton, Ohio saw a shiny object moving across the sky from west to east. The object stayed visible for about five minutes. The witness was traveli…

On June 9, 1962, a civilian about 100 miles south of Springfield airport, Ohio, near Yellow Springs, reported an object in the sky at night. It was in sight for about 45 seconds to…

On May 2, 1962, at 1:30 p.m., a worker in Fairborn, Ohio reported seeing a brilliant blue-white streak with a red tail. The witness thought it was a jet at first but phoned in an o…

On the evening of June 27, 1962, a witness in Fairborn, Ohio watched an unusual object in the sky for about three minutes. The witness described it as fuzzy or blurred, roughly the…

On May 26, 1962, a civilian in Fairborn, Ohio, reported an object in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unidentifie…

On the evening of August 20, 1962, a witness at Fort McKinley, Ohio, observed a solid object in the western sky that appeared dimmer than the brightest stars. The object remained v…

In August 1962, someone in Kettering, Ohio saw a bright light on the western horizon that caught the Air Force's attention. The object appeared about the size of a bright star, but…

# Summary of UFO Sighting Near Kettering, Ohio, June 1962 On a night in June 1962, a civilian observer in the Kettering, Ohio area reported seeing an unidentified object in the sk…

On June 16, 1962, in Knollwood, Ohio, a civilian witness reported seeing an object that looked like a star with a color described as white. The object was circling in two large cir…

On December 28, 1962, two high school girls in Miamisburg, Ohio sighted an object in the eastern sky at 3:30 a.m. The object was brighter than a star and appeared to move around, g…

A 13-year-old student in Springfield, Ohio reported seeing an unusual object in a school yard during daylight hours in April or May 1962. The boy said he watched a bunch of small d…

On the night of October 7, 1962, an Air Force officer driving a car near Springfield, Ohio saw an amber-colored light in the sky around 12:15 a.m. The witness was traveling by auto…

On June 27, 1962, around 9:30 a.m., a civilian observer driving north on Route 3 near Ohio Turnpike, southwest of Cleveland, Ohio, sighted an unidentified flying object. The object…

On the morning of January 16, 1962, a woman in Vandalia, Ohio opened her window curtains and saw an unusual sight in the predawn sky. A bright trail was streaking downward in an ar…

# Summary In May 1962, witnesses in Vandalia, Ohio observed an object in the night sky that displayed multiple colors and moved slowly toward the north. The object appeared low on…

In April 1962, a report from West Manchester, Ohio, concerned a physical object turned in to the Air Force. The report was submitted in September, after the decay of the Sputnik IV…

On November 29, 1962, a resident of West Union, Ohio reported seeing a glowing object in the night sky. The observer watched the object for approximately 30 minutes. The object dis…

On September 5, 1962, at night in Wickliffe, Ohio, a civilian witnessed an object resembling Sputnik IV that disintegrated before reaching earth. A letter dated September 25, 1962,…

On the morning of January 4, 1962, two separate observers in Xenia, Ohio reported seeing a greenish-yellow object streak across the early dawn sky. Both sightings lasted only a few…

On January 17, 1961, a witness near Troy, Ohio reported seeing a light that moved across the night sky in an unusual pattern. The object came from the north, traveled south, then r…

Someone saw an unidentified object in the sky about four miles northwest of Springfield, Ohio, in July 1961. The Air Force investigated the sighting as part of Project Blue Book, i…

On the night of January 21, 1961, several residents of the Akron, Ohio area reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. The witnesses described it as a red-orange circular or pla…

On the evening of October 25, 1961, in Akron, Ohio, multiple witnesses saw a formation of bright objects in the night sky. The objects appeared as bluish-white lights resembling br…

On February 22, 1961, a civilian in Akron, Ohio reported seeing a sharply outlined silvery object pass close overhead during the daytime. The object came within 600 feet of the obs…

On March 30, 1961, a civilian in Akron, Ohio, reported an object about 6 p.m. local time. The object was dark in color and gave off sparks. It traveled slowly to the west. The sigh…

On the evening of September 13, 1961, a woman in Belmont, Ohio called the local Air Force office to report that she had seen a light high in the sky. The witness said she observed…

On the evening of September 13, 1960, a woman in Bucyrus, Ohio saw an unusual object in the sky from her home. The object was bright, transparent, and had what she described as "tw…

On the morning of October 17, 1961, in Canton, Ohio, a civilian witness observed several objects flying in formation across the sky. The objects appeared as silver-green lights mov…

On a November evening in 1961, a civilian observer in Canton, Ohio reported seeing a disc-shaped object hovering low overhead for three to five minutes. The object was silent excep…

On May 11, 1961, a civilian saw an object near Centerville, Ohio, in the morning hours. The sighting lasted about 5 to 10 minutes. The object moved toward the east. The object was…

On a June evening in 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio, someone observed an unidentified object in the sky. The Air Force investigation file contains a detailed witness questionnaire and ev…

On March 2, 1961, around 7:30 p.m. local time, witnesses in Cincinnati, Ohio, reported a white object that looked like a streak of light. It was seen for a few seconds and traveled…

On August 13, 1961, in the early afternoon, civilians in Clayton, Ohio, reported bright objects in the sky. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's o…

On April 20, 1961, a man in Cleveland, Ohio, was talking with a designer by a window when he happened to glance outside and spotted an unusual object in the sky. He was looking rou…

On August 14, 1961, residents of Cleveland, Ohio reported seeing unidentified objects moving rapidly across the sky near the sun. Multiple callers jammed telephone lines at local n…

On the night of July 5, 1961, a World War II pilot named Ernest Stadvec was flying a small aircraft near Cleveland, Ohio when he and his two passengers spotted something unusual in…

On November 18, 1961, in Columbus, Ohio, two separate observers reported seeing an unusual object in the daytime sky. The first sighting occurred at 1510 (3:10 p.m.). An observer a…

On July 1, 1961, in Columbus, Ohio, a civilian reported a bright light in the sky at approximately 10:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The 376th Command Post at Lockbourne Air Force Base rece…

On a clear night in September 1961, a resident of Columbus, Ohio saw a bright object moving across the sky. The observer was sitting outside, smoking a cigar, when he looked up and…

On the evening of July 29, 1961, a civilian in Columbus, Ohio, reported seeing an unidentified object in the night sky. The witness described movement from northeast to southwest d…

The OCR text in this case file is too heavily garbled to support a reliable summary. While the document includes a witness questionnaire and some correspondence about a Rushville,…

On July 26, 1961, in Dayton, Ohio, a civilian observer reported sighting an object between 1 p.m. and 1:20 p.m. The object appeared as a round or box-shaped craft seen in a moving…

On a September evening in 1961, a witness in Dayton, Ohio saw an unusual light in the sky. The object appeared as red, blue, and green colors and was visible for only about one and…

On October 12, 1961, someone in Dayton, Ohio saw a large, bright white object moving very fast across the sky. The sighting lasted about five minutes. The Air Force received the re…

In November 1961, people in the Dayton, Ohio area reported seeing a light moving in circles over the city. The light moved in a clockwise direction and reportedly passed over the a…

On the evening of February 8, 1961, a resident of Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a bright, shiny object in the night sky. The witness described it as resembling a large spotlight, ro…

In late December 1961, witnesses in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a bright object in the night sky. They observed it for about five minutes and described it as appearing stationary…

# Summary On June 4, 1961, an observer in Dayton, Ohio, reported seeing an unusual object in the sky. The witness described it as resembling aluminum with dark edges. The object a…

On a summer evening in August 1961, a resident of Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a bright light in the sky. The object appeared to the southeast and looked brighter than the brightes…