Project Blue Book Case Files

On December 12, 1961, two military pilots about 20 nautical miles west of Junction, Texas, reported a meteor-like object. The pilots were flying a T-29 aircraft and were returning…

On the night of February 13, 1961, four people in a car saw a colored light on the highway between Sterling City and Garden City, Texas, about 27 miles southeast of Webb Air Force…

On November 16, 1961, a military pilot near Bryan, Texas, reported an object at about 11:37 a.m. local time (1737 Zulu). The pilot was flying a T-33 jet at about 3,200 feet, headin…

On March 12, 1961, observers at Carswell Air Force Base, Texas, reported round, bright silver objects. The objects were the size of nickels and appeared side by side. They were see…

On the morning of March 9, 1961, a Dallas resident doing amateur satellite watching saw a bright object streak across the sky from northeast to southwest in just 2 to 5 seconds. Th…

On the night of November 1, 1961, two neighbors in Diboll, Texas observed a bright object moving across the western sky at approximately 8:00 p.m. CST. One witness received a phone…

# Four UFO Sightings Reported by a Fort Worth Teenager in 1961 In the summer of 1961, the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base received a let…

On January 9 through 15, 1961, multiple witnesses at and near Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas reported seeing unusual objects in the sky. The case file primarily focuses on a sigh…

On May 10, 1961, a military witness saw an object near Fort Bliss, Texas, around 8 p.m. (local). The sighting lasted about 38 minutes. The object's course varied. The object first…

On July 20, 1961, a Trans Texas Airways pilot and crew member spotted two unusually bright objects while flying a DC-3 aircraft from Houston to Jefferson County Airport near Port A…

On February 16, 1961, a civilian in San Angelo, Texas, reported a reflective light in the sky for about 15 minutes. The witness was a 35 year old petroleum geologist described as v…

On May 16, 1961, a civilian saw an object near San Antonio, Texas, by ground visual observation. The object was circular, about the size of a half dollar, and brilliant white. It a…

# Temple, Texas - June 1961 A witness in Temple reported seeing a bright object in the night sky in early June 1961. The observer described the object as similar in appearance to…

On February 17, 1961, a boy in Vernon, Texas, reported seeing an unidentified flying object and said he reported it to Altus Air Force Base. The information in this file comes from…

On February 22, 1961, around 4:03 a.m. local time, a weather detachment at Webb Air Force Base, Texas, reported a luminous streak in the sky. The observation was made by the detach…

On August 14, 1961, at about 0340 (3:40 a.m.) local time, a military observer at Webb Air Force Base, Texas, reported an object in the sky. The witness was the staff duty noncommis…

On January 15, 1961, several employees of a Wichita Falls television station sighted an unidentified object in the sky west of the city. The witnesses reported seeing the object at…

On April 16, 1961, a civilian saw an object while driving west on a new section of Highway 90, from west of Seguin, Texas toward San Antonio. The object was in sight for about 5 mi…