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.
8 cases in TX from 1951 · page 1 of 1
Biggs AFB, TX
1951 · unidentifiedOn March 11, 1951, near Biggs Air Force Base, Texas, a Military Air Transport Service crew reported a strange object at about 2200 (10:00 p.m.) while flying at 30,000 feet. The cre…
Ellington AFB, TX
1951 · unidentifiedOn the evening of October 2, 1951, a 29-year-old physicist watching from a parking lot at The Ohio State University in Columbus saw something strange in the sky. The man was sittin…
Ellington AFB, TX
1951 · unidentifiedOn the night of August 26, 1951, at Ellington Air Force Base near Houston, Texas, three military witnesses reported seeing bright yellow lights in the sky. The sightings occurred a…
Gonzales, TX
1951 · unidentifiedIn October 1951, a husband and wife driving near Gonzales, Texas, saw an unusual object in the sky while traveling on Highway 3, about a mile north of town. As they crested a small…
Matador, TX
1951 · unidentifiedOn August 31, 1951, two women driving north of Matador, Texas spotted an unusual object near U.S. Highway 70. The driver, Mrs. Anna Sheffield, first noticed it about 150 feet ahead…
Navosta, TX
1951 · unidentifiedOn August 1, 1951, a civilian in Navosta, Texas reported observing a large unidentified object moving in up and down motion in the sky. The distance to the object and its height we…
San Antonio, TX
1951 · unidentifiedOn August 26, 1951, at 1658 (4:58 p.m.), a retired Army officer in San Antonio, Texas, reported a single object in the sky. He was reclining in his back yard when he saw it. The ob…
S of Ft Worth, TX
1951 · unidentifiedOn January 8, 1951, south of Fort Worth, Texas, a civilian couple and other witnesses reported groups of lights in the sky. The report is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's off…
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