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.

StateOH 371 CA 274 TX 242 NY 167 FL 110 NM 92 MI 90 WA 89 IL 81 PA 78 MD 73 CO 72

Year1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

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6 cases in PA from 1960 · page 1 of 1

Coudersport, PA
1960 · unknown
On a June evening in 1960, a resident of Coudersport, Pennsylvania saw two unusual objects in the sky. The objects approached each other, joined up, changed direction, and then dis…
Herman, PA
1960 · unknown
On December 5, 1960, at 6:05 p.m. in Herman, Pennsylvania, two witnesses observed a circular object with a pulsating red light on one side and an oblong fluorescent glow on the oth…
Marietta & Duncannon, PA
1960 · unknown
On December 14, 1960, civilians at Marietta and Duncannon, Pennsylvania, reported an object at 0550 (5:50 a.m.) local. They described a round object the size of a softball. One wit…
Penns Park, PA
1960 · unknown
On May 28, 1960, a witness near Penns Park, Pennsylvania, saw an orange light in the sky. The area is about 20 miles northwest of a nearby city. The card lists one object. The obj…
Scranton, PA
1960 · unknown
On the evening of September 5, 1960, a resident of Scranton, Pennsylvania, wrote to the U.S. Air Force to report seeing an unusual object in the sky. The witness described a light…
Trout Run, PA
1960 · unknown
On the night of May 2, 1960, a resident of Trout Run, Pennsylvania observed unusual lights in the western sky from his motel room window. The first light he noticed was flickering…

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Browse sightings by year

1947 51 1948 90 1949 236 1950 167 1951 124 1952 471 1953 326 1954 350 1955 344 1956 417 1957 559 1958 359 1959 268 1960 340 1961 408 1962 346 1963 123

Coudersport, PA

Herman, PA

Marietta & Duncannon, PA

Penns Park, PA

Scranton, PA

Trout Run, PA