Project Blue Book Case Files

On November 19, 1957, a GOC observer near Corpus Christi, Texas, reported an object with the appearance of a bright star with a tail, about the size of a pea and silver in color. T…

On July 9, 1957, during the day, a civilian sewage plant operator in Amarillo, Texas reported a sighting. The sky was clear. Two men were watching a B-36 aircraft fly over when th…

On November 1957, military witnesses near Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas reported two or three red lights. A bright light on the bottom looked like a searchlight or flood light, an…

On July 22, 1957, a Trans World Airlines pilot flying from Chicago to Tucson spotted an unidentified object in the sky near Amarillo, Texas. The pilot reported that the object sudd…

On a November evening in 1957, a woman in Boerne, Texas looked out at her backyard and spotted something unusual hanging in the air. She described it as egg or football-shaped, yel…

On November 23, 1957, in Centerville, Texas, a woman reported that the windows of her house lit up in a flash of light and she heard a loud roar. The observation lasted only second…

On December 8, 1957, a civilian observer in Comfort, Texas reported seeing twelve round objects about the size of a pinhead with bright lights. The objects stood still and remained…

On March 12, 1957, at 1:05 a.m., a civilian in Dallas, Texas reported seeing two round white objects about the size of a pea at arm's length. The objects moved as a pair, first see…

On the evening of December 12, 1957, a woman in Duncanville, Texas saw a bright object in the night sky. She watched it for two hours, from about 6:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. central tim…

On February 27, 1957, military and civilian ground observers at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's…

On November 8, 1957, a civilian near Freeport, Texas reported a red ball of fire. The sighting lasted about 2 minutes. The object showed no sideways movement and made no sound. It…

On November 7, 1957, military radar operators at Harlingen Air Force Base in Texas detected an unusual target on their radar screen. The object appeared roughly ten miles to the no…

On November 6, 1957, witnesses at Hereford, Texas, reported a light in the sky around midnight. The report reached the Air Force through a letter from a local attorney. The sightin…

On November 27, 1957, near Hondo, Texas, a civilian observer reported seeing a cigar-shaped object about the size of a half dollar. The object was colored green and showed nothing…

On June 12, 1957, at night, a civilian in Houston, Texas reported a sighting. The observation lasted about one minute. The witness saw one round object about the size of a star he…

On September 2, 1957, at about 2000 (8:00 p.m.) over Kelly Air Force Base, Texas, a military witness saw one round object for 20 to 25 minutes. It was about the size of a quarter h…

On June 9, 1957, at night, a civilian near Kerrville, Texas reported a sighting. The sky was clear to partly scattered with about 15 miles of visibility. The witness saw one round…

On December 7, 1957, residents in three Texas locations reported seeing unusual objects in the sky. The Air Force recorded these sightings as part of Project Blue Book, its officia…

On September 11, 1957, at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, military personnel observed seven round objects in a V formation traveling in a straight line. The objects were describe…

On November 7, 1957, a civilian near Levelland, Texas reported an unusual object in the night sky. The sighting lasted about 30 minutes. The object looked like two basketballs, one…

On December 8, 1957, a civilian Texas oil field worker in Loving, Texas sighted a round, silver object about the size of a dime. The object faded from sight during an observation l…

A pilot and copilot flying 42,000 feet near Navy Chase, Texas on the night of September 24-25, 1957, spotted something unusual in the dark sky about 28 miles west of their position…

On January 16, 1957, northwest of Fort Worth, Texas, two USAF pilots observed round objects alternating bright and dim in light, appearing to give off sparks. The objects maneuvere…

On November 13, 1957, at Reese Air Force Base in Texas, a civilian and military observer reported sighting an object that changed shape from round to egg-like. The object was descr…

On October 5, 1957, at 1:15 p.m. in San Antonio, Texas, a civilian witness reported seeing a cigar-shaped aluminum object about the size of a fountain pen. The object was sighted o…

On November 7, 1957, a civilian woman at San Antonio, Texas, reported one object in the sky. A neighbor had called and told her to watch it. The sighting was a ground visual observ…

On September 14, 1957, at about 0045 (Greenwich time) in San Antonio, Texas, a witness saw seven circular blue-white objects through a six-power telescope. Two were about the size…

On March 28, 1957, a civilian near San Antonio, Texas, reported a single object around dusk. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentifi…

On July 28, 1957, in San Antonio, Texas, a civilian witness reported seeing six objects about the size of a quarter with orange lights arranged in a V formation. The objects were s…

On November 25, 1957, at 1:05 p.m., a witness in Santa Rosa, Texas, observed a round object about the size of a baseball, brown in color, with binoculars. The object appeared to ha…

On December 5, 1957, near Texarkana, Texas, a civilian reported seeing six white lights with no visible shape traveling northwest to southeast for ten to twelve minutes. The lights…

The Levelland sightings began around 10:50 p.m. on November 2, 1957, when truck driver Pedro Saucedo called the Levelland Police Department to report a strange experience on a rura…

On the night of November 24, 1957, a 37-year-old sales clerk near Del Rio, Texas saw something odd in the sky. He described it as a round, red object about the size of a baseball.…