Project Blue Book Case Files

On August 21, 1959, a piece of red-tinted glass fell from the sky near Marysville, Ohio. The glass landed on the roof of a house about 17 miles northwest of town, then tumbled to t…

A bright object caught the attention of a motorist near Centerville, Ohio in March 1959. The witness was driving in a car about two miles north of town when they spotted what they…

On the evening of December 19, 1959, two girls walking in the country near Burgoon, Ohio, saw an object at about 5:15 p.m. as the sun was setting in freezing weather. The witnesses…

On March 15, 1959, near Cheshire, Ohio, a civilian reported seeing strange lights at night. The account was submitted on a tape recording. The witness was walking across a hill in…

On June 21, 1959, in Chesterland, Ohio, a witness reported seeing two white lights in the sky forming a tail. The object had no sound. It was flying in a bed looking out a window,…

On August 9, 1959, near Columbus, Ohio, a man reported an object in the sky. The witness was a civilian. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying objec…

On the evening of February 18, 1959, in Dayton, Ohio, a woman spotted an unusual object in the night sky that resembled a bright star. The object was round, with red and blue color…

On June 24, 1959, an observer in Dayton, Ohio reported seeing a very bright, white colored object moving rapidly across the sky from south to northeast. According to the witness, t…

On a July evening in Dayton, Ohio, a civilian observer reported seeing a white light that resembled a bright star, with a slight wavering motion. The object appeared below the clou…

On October 20, 1959, two separate sightings of unusual lights were reported in Dayton, Ohio. Both witnesses filed detailed observation forms with the U.S. Air Force, and the case w…

In September 1959, a witness in Kettering, Ohio observed six bright red objects in the evening sky. The objects were sharply outlined and made no sound. They moved upward, downward…

On February 12, 1959, a civilian in Mansfield, Ohio, reported unusual lines in the sky and took photographs. The sighting was about 4:15 p.m. (1134Z) and lasted less than a minute.…

On the evening of September 14, 1959, a resident of Maple Heights, Ohio, spotted an unusual object in the western sky around 7 p.m. The observer watched it for ten to fifteen minut…

On July 8, 1959, two men in Moraine, Ohio saw one object described as the burning tail section of an aircraft. The object moved toward the east. The sky was dark with no trace of d…

On May 19, 1959, at approximately 10:30 p.m., a witness in New Madison, Ohio observed a round haze of light with no definite shape while driving on Route 121 from Arcanum, Ohio. Th…

In September 1959, a person in Ottawa, Ohio reported watching a very bright object in the night sky. The object flickered and changed colors, shifting between rose, blue, green, an…

On February 20 to 21, 1959, a military pilot flying over Cincinnati, Ohio, reported an object in the night sky. The sighting was about 9 p.m. local time, near 0200Z to 0620Z, and t…

A woman driving southeast of Dayton, Ohio in July 1959 saw what she described as a big ball of fire falling toward her car. She said it appeared to explode above and in front of he…

On March 7 to 8, 1959, a civilian about 1 mile south of Dublin, Ohio, reported an object in the night sky. The sighting was about 7:30 p.m. local time (0030Z) and lasted about 4 se…

On February 2, 1959, two civilians driving on the Ohio Turnpike near Sandusky, Ohio, reported an object in the sky. The sighting was about 6 p.m. local time (1100Z). The witnesses…

On September 27, 1959, multiple witnesses in Springfield and Fayetteville, Ohio, observed a bright object moving across the sky. The object was white in the front, blue in the midd…

On a September evening in 1959, a resident of Trotwood, Ohio, spotted an unusual bright orange object in the night sky. The observer watched for about one and a half minutes as the…

On October 29, 1959, someone in Vandalia, Ohio saw an unusual object in the sky. The object was blunt and white, with a fuzzy front and a tail that tapered to a sharp outline. It m…

On the evening of March 24, 1959, a resident of Vandalia, Ohio reported seeing a red and blue-green object in the night sky at 10 p.m. The witness was driving at about 20 miles per…

On the evening of September 28, 1959, a witness in West Carrolton, Ohio saw a brilliant white object moving in a straight line toward the north across the sky. The object had no ta…

On September 27, 1959, a resident of Woodlawn, Ohio saw three steady lights in the sky, colored red, green, and white. The lights appeared to stay in one place while he watched the…

On September 1, 1959, in Woodlawn, Ohio, a witness reported seeing an object described as looking like an info or disc. The first object slowly disappeared on the horizon. The witn…