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.
14 cases in TX from 1959 · page 1 of 1
8 Mi NNW Of San Antonio, TX
1959 · unknownOn November 7, 1959, a civilian drill rig operator working in a rock quarry about eight miles north-northwest of San Antonio, Texas, spotted an unusual object in the sky. The obser…
Big Spring, TX
1959 · unknownOn the evening of April 22, 1959, a 14-year-old boy in Big Spring, Texas, saw an object moving rapidly across the sky. The boy watched from the central part of town as the object t…
Big Spring, TX
1959 · unknownOn April 5, 1959, at about 1300Z (about 7 p.m. local), two civilians in Big Spring, Texas, reported an object in the night sky. The witnesses were a 33-year-old man, a petroleum ma…
Castorville, TX
1959 · unknownOn October 1, 1959, in Castorville, Texas, witnesses reported an orange fire-colored, cigar-shaped object with grapefruit-sized feathery edges. The object was oriented vertically a…
Corpus Christi, TX
1959 · unknownIn July 1959, a resident of Corpus Christi, Texas filmed what they believed was an unidentified flying object during daylight hours. The film showed a bright image that appeared co…
Dallas, TX
1959 · unknownOn August 1, 1959, in Dallas, Texas, a civilian reported observing a round, white object slightly larger than a pea. The object was observed during daylight hours at 2300Z (4:00 p.…
Dallas, TX
1959 · unknownOn April 5, 1959, in Dallas, Texas, a witness reported a bright object in the sky around the evening hours. The observer was watching a B-47 aircraft when the object was noticed.…
Duncanville, TX
1959 · unknownOn November 17, 1959, at 3:19 p.m., a resident of Duncanville, Texas, observed what he described as a flying saucer while looking southwest from his home near a Navy base. The obje…
Ozona, TX
1959 · unknownOn October 28, 1959, an object was watched for about seven hours near Ozona, Texas. Both civilians and military personnel observed it, from about 1300Z to 2000Z. They measured its…
Palacios, TX
1959 · unknownOn February 16, 1959, a resident of Palacios, Texas saw an unusual object in the night sky around 2:40 a.m. The witness described a bright red object glowing with what he called a…
Randolph AFB, TX
1959 · unknownOn the night of October 4, 1959, two civilians driving in a car about two miles south of Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, saw a single object for about 25 minutes. One observer work…
San Antonio, TX
1959 · unknownOn the evening of April 17, 1959, a mother and her adult son were driving on W.W. White Road near San Antonio, Texas when the mother pointed out an unusual object in the sky. The s…
San Antonio, TX
1959 · unknownOn the evening of March 25, 1959, someone in San Antonio, Texas spotted an unusual object in the night sky. The witness described it as bluish-white, roughly the size of a grapefru…
Webb AFB, TX
1959 · unknownOn July 10, 1959, at about 0335Z, an observer in the control tower at Webb Air Force Base, Texas, reported an object in the sky. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's u…
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