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.
21 cases in OH from 1962 · page 1 of 1
Centerville, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Dayton, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Dayton, OH
1962 · unknownIn 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…
DAYTON & VICINITY Yellow Springs, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Fairborn, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Fairborn, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Fairborne, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Fort McKinley, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Kettering, OH
1962 · unknown# 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…
Kettering, OH
1962 · unknownIn 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…
Knollwood, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Miamisburg, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Springfield, OH
1962 · unknownA 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…
Springfield, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
SW Of Cleveland, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Vandalia, OH
1962 · unknown# 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…
Vandalia, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
West Manchester, OH
1962 · unknownIn 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…
West Union, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
Wickliffe, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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,…
Xenia, OH
1962 · unknownOn 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…
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