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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5 cases in WA from 1959 · page 1 of 1

Adana, WA
1959 · unknown
On the night of September 26, 1959, a civilian near Adna, Washington, saw three objects. The witness was a railroad section hand, rated unreliable in the report. The objects were r…
Coleville, WA
1959 · unknown
On the evening of January 19, 1959, two separate sightings occurred near Coleville, Washington. The first happened at 2030 (8:30 p.m.) when a farmer saw a cigar-shaped object about…
Dryden, WA
1959 · unknown
In January 1959, a person in Dryden, Washington, reported seeing a large silver object hanging motionless in the sky at 0920 (9:20 a.m.). The witness described the object as round…
Oak Harbor, WA
1959 · unknown
On the night of February 13, 1959, a tower operator at Oak Harbor Naval Air Station in Whidbey Island, Washington, watched a bright green object emerge from the water around 2:50 p…
Seattle, WA
1959 · unknown
On the evening of October 2, 1959, military radar operators at Seattle tracked five unidentified objects on their screens. Several additional objects appeared but were not formally…

Browse sightings by state

Browse sightings by year

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

Adana, WA

Coleville, WA

Dryden, WA

Oak Harbor, WA

Seattle, WA