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 1961 · page 1 of 1

Bothell, WA
1961 · unidentified
On the morning of January 9, 1961, a resident of Bothell, Washington saw two unusual objects in the sky from the kitchen window of his ranch home, located about five and a half mil…
Reardon, WA
1961 · unidentified
Several people near an Atlas missile site in Reardon, Washington, reported seeing bright lights in the sky on the nights of January 13 and 14, 1961. The witnesses described the obj…
Seattle, WA
1961 · unidentified
On August 1, 1961, in Seattle, Washington, a civilian reported an unidentified flying object. The observer believed the object to be a balloon. The witness took photographs of the…
SE of Paine Field, WA
1961 · unidentified
On January 15, 1961, southeast of Paine Field, Washington, a military pilot flying a T-33 aircraft at 35,000 feet observed a brilliant white object that resembled a strong spotligh…

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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

Bothell, WA

Reardon, WA

Seattle, WA

SE of Paine Field, WA