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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4 cases in WA from 1947 · page 1 of 1

Mt. Rainer, WA
1947 · unknown
On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold, a private pilot and fire equipment salesman from Boise, Idaho, spotted nine shiny, disc-shaped objects flying near Mount Rainier in Washington. Ar…
Seattle, WA
1947 · unknown
In June 1947, a civilian in Seattle, Washington, reported a sighting that was later sent to the Air Force in a letter. The observation was made visually from the ground. The witne…
Seattle, WA
1947 · unknown
On 15 July 1947, a civilian woman in West Seattle, Washington, reported that a flying disk had landed on her roof at about 9:40 p.m. the night before. She said the object was burni…
Spokane, WA
1947 · unknown
On Saturday, June 21, 1947, a resident of Spokane, Washington was in his yard shortly before noon when he spotted something unusual in the sky. He had been watching a twin-engine m…

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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

Mt. Rainer, WA

Seattle, WA

Seattle, WA

Spokane, WA