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Project Blue Book

Programme 244 stories, 1941 to 2023 also written Blue Book, Project Bluebook

The US Air Force's long-running inquiry into unidentified flying objects grew out of Project Sign and Grudge. Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt brought it early fame. He rebuilt the Mantell case from damaged microfilm and had the Mariana film reanalysed, ruling it an unknown. In 1964 its science consultant, J. Allen Hynek, reached Socorro, and the Lonnie Zamora case stayed unidentified. Its verdicts drew heavy criticism too. The Exeter officers pushed back against its explanation, and Hynek later called that case a showcase of Blue Book negligence.

Stories244

The Cape Girardeau Crash Before Roswell (Rev. William Huffman)
c. 1941 · Field west of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, toward Chaffee, Missouri
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
17Thinly documented
The Tulagi Formation: Sgt. Stephen J. Brickner's 150 Silver Objects
August 12, 1942 · Tulagi Island, Florida Islands, southern Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
UAP · Formation · 20 sources
22Thinly documented
The USAT Delarof Sphere, Aleutian Islands (1945)
c. 1945 · Open sea past Adak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
United States
UAP · Sphere · 12 sources
25Thinly documented
The Maury Island Incident
June 21, 1947 · East Passage of Puget Sound, off Maury Island, King County, Washington
United States
UAP · Other · 77 sources
35Partially documented
The Kenneth Arnold Sighting
June 24, 1947 · Near Mount Rainier and Mineral, Washington
United States
UAP · Other · 67 sources
35Partially documented
United Air Lines Flight 105 Sighting, Emmett, Idaho
July 4, 1947 · Over Emmett, Idaho, northwest of Boise
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
Rhodes UFO photographs ("shoe-heel" photos), Phoenix, Arizona, 1947
July 7, 1947 · Phoenix, Arizona
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources · 1 photos
41Partially documented
Muroc Army Air Field disc sightings
July 8, 1947 · Muroc Army Air Field and Rogers Dry Lake, Kern County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 25 sources
40Partially documented
Harmon Field Disc and Cloud Hole Photographs
July 10, 1947 · Harmon Field, Stephenville, Newfoundland
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources
32Partially documented
Twin Falls saucer hoax
July 11, 1947 · T. H. Thompson residence, Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources · 1 photos
28Thinly documented
Pro early
The Hamilton Field Escort Discs: Two Milky-White Objects Pace a P-80, 1947
July 29, 1947 · Hamilton Army Airfield, Novato, Marin County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
26Thinly documented
Snake River Canyon Disc: The A.C. Urie Sighting
August 13, 1947 · Auger Falls Trout Farm, Snake River Canyon, near Twin Falls, Idaho
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
The Twining Memo: AMC Opinion Concerning 'Flying Discs'
September 23, 1947 · Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
28Thinly documented
The Mantell UFO Incident
January 7, 1948 · Godman Field, Fort Knox, to the Phillips farm near Franklin, Simpson County, Kentucky
United States
UAP · Other · 100 sources · 1 photos
50Partially documented
Pro early
Platillos volantes sobre Asunción: Incident #119
February 20, 1948 · Barrio Obrero, Asunción, with reports from Areguá, Cordillera and the Paraguayan Chaco
Paraguay
UAP · Egg · 7 sources
19Thinly documented
The Chiles-Whitted Encounter
July 24, 1948 · 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama (near Hayneville, Lowndes County)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 66 sources
41Partially documented
The Fukuoka F-61 Black Widow Radar-Visual Intercept
October 15, 1948 · About 50 miles northwest of Fukuoka, off the northwest coast of Kyushu, over the Korea Strait
Japan
UAP · Cigar · 16 sources
46Partially documented
Munich / Fürstenfeldbruck Radar-Visual Sighting
November 23, 1948 · Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base, near Munich, Bavaria
Germany
UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources
42Partially documented
Pro early
The Jackson "Megaphone" Object: Pilot Thomas A. Rush and Blue Book Incident 233 (1949)
January 1, 1949 · In the air east of Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi, on approach to North Jackson Airpark
United States
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
The "Two Pullman Cars" Object of Cortez Road: Captain Sames of Eglin AFB
January 27, 1949 · Cortez Road between Bradenton and Cortez, Manatee County, Florida
United States
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
The Camp Hood "Balls of Fire": Lights Over the Killeen Base Atomic Bomb Site
March 1949 · Killeen Base (Site Baker), beside Camp Hood, Bell County, Texas
United States
UAP · Formation · 23 sources
33Partially documented
The Charles B. Moore Theodolite Sighting, Arrey, New Mexico
April 24, 1949 · Launch site about 3 miles north of Arrey, Sierra County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 26 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
Two flat silvery discs over Tucson seen by M/Sgt. Troy Putnam (Blue Book Incident 337)
May 9, 1949 · Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
29Thinly documented
Pro early
The Paget Silver Sphere, Bermuda 1949
June 20, 1949 · South Shore, Paget Parish, Bermuda
Bermuda
UAP · Sphere · 6 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
The Alexandria Flying Saucer Wave and the Convention That Never Was
July 5, 1949 · Madison Street, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana (with reports from Pineville and Tullos)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
35Partially documented
Clyde Tombaugh sighting, Las Cruces
August 20, 1949 · Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Formation · 19 sources
22Thinly documented
Pro early
Mount Palomar Observatory Sightings and Cosmic-Ray Counter Anomalies
October 14, 1949 · Palomar Observatory, Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, California
United States
UAP · Formation · 18 sources
36Partially documented
Pro early
Kodiak Naval Radar-Visual Encounters: P2V-3 Patrol Plane and USS Tillamook
January 22, 1950 · Naval Air Station Kodiak, Kodiak, Alaska
United States
UAP · Other · 18 sources
51Partially documented
Radar-Visual Sighting Over Dayton and Wright-Patterson AFB (ATIC)
March 8, 1950 · Dayton Municipal Airport, Vandalia, and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
United States
UAP · Sphere · 12 sources
50Partially documented
The Farmington Saucer Armada
March 17, 1950 · Main Street, Farmington, San Juan County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 40 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
Chicago & Southern Airlines DC-3 porthole disc, Hazen, Arkansas
March 20, 1950 · Near Hazen, Prairie County, Arkansas, about 40 miles east of Little Rock, north of Stuttgart
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources
20Thinly documented
Seymour Hess sighting at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, 1950
May 20, 1950 · Lowell Observatory, Mars Hill, Flagstaff, Coconino County, Arizona
United States
UAP · Sphere · 15 sources
21Thinly documented
Capt. Willis T. Sperry and the American Airlines DC-6 sighting near Mount Vernon, Virginia
May 29, 1950 · About seven miles west of Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, after departure from Washington National Airport
United States
UAP · Cigar · 13 sources
23Thinly documented
The Oskar Linke Landing at Haselbach
June 17, 1950 · Near Haselbach, by Gleimershausen, Thuringia (Soviet Zone)
Germany
UAP · Disc / saucer · 31 sources
37Partially documented
The Mariana UFO Film
August 15, 1950 · Legion Park, Great Falls, Montana
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 63 sources · 3 photos
55Partially documented
The Oak Ridge Atomic Plant Radar-Visual Flap
October 1950 · Oak Ridge and Knoxville, Tennessee
United States
UAP · Other · 23 sources
58Partially documented
The Sioux City Mystery Plane
January 20, 1951 · Sioux City municipal airport (now Sioux Gateway Airport), Sioux City, Iowa
United States
UAP · Other · 18 sources
38Partially documented
The Bethune Encounter: US Navy Flight 125 off Newfoundland
February 10, 1951 · North Atlantic, about 200 miles northeast of Argentia, Newfoundland (the 'Gander' case)
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
33Partially documented
Pro early
The Mount Kilimanjaro Sighting from an East African Airways Lodestar
February 19, 1951 · Above Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanganyika (now Tanzania), seen from a Lodestar over southern Kenya
Tanzania
UAP · Cigar · 14 sources
29Thinly documented
The New Delhi Flying Club Cigar
March 15, 1951 · Delhi Flying Club hangar, Safdarjung Aerodrome, New Delhi
India
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
32Partially documented
Pro early
The Puerto Maldonado "Smoking Saucer" Photograph
July 19, 1951 · Puerto Maldonado and Iberia, Madre de Dios, Peru
Peru
UAP · Cigar · 14 sources · 2 photos
34Partially documented
The Lubbock Lights
August 25, 1951 · Lubbock, Texas
United States
UAP · Formation · 38 sources · 4 photos
50Partially documented
Fort Monmouth radar and T-33 sightings
September 10, 1951 · Fort Monmouth, Point Pleasant and Sandy Hook, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
49Partially documented
Pro early
The Kaliszewski Balloon-Crew Sightings
October 10, 1951 · About 10 miles east of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin, and north of Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States
UAP · Cigar · 24 sources
37Partially documented
Pro early
Capital Airlines Flight 610 and the lighted object near Andrews AFB (Blue Book Case 1011)
November 18, 1951 · Near Andrews Air Force Base, Prince George's County, Maryland
United States
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
27Thinly documented
Flying Saucers over the Belgian Congo Uranium Mines (Elisabethville, 1952)
c. 1952 · Elisabethville district (now Lubumbashi), over the uranium mines of southern Katanga, Belgian Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
30Partially documented
The Spitsbergen Flying Saucer Crash
1952 · Hinlopen Strait, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard
Norway
UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources
25Thinly documented
Wonsan-Sunchon B-29 "Orange Globe" Sightings
January 29, 1952 · Wonsan and Sunchon, North Korea
North Korea
UAP · Sphere · 23 sources
29Thinly documented
Project Second Storey, Canada's Interdepartmental UFO Committee
April 22, 1952 · Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources
40Partially documented
Pro early
Davis-Monthan AFB: Two Discs Pace a B-36 (The Case of the Missing Report)
May 1, 1952 · Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources
32Partially documented
Pro early
Savannah River Plant Discs over the 400 Area, Ellenton, South Carolina
May 10, 1952 · 400 Area (D Area heavy-water plant), Savannah River Plant, near Ellenton, South Carolina
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources
28Thinly documented
Goose Bay AFB radar-visual sighting: "target suddenly enlarges"
June 19, 1952 · Goose Air Base (now CFB Goose Bay), Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador
Canada
UAP · Unknown · 25 sources
44Partially documented
Truman Bethurum and Captain Aura Rhanes of Clarion
July 1952 · Mormon Mesa, Moapa Valley area, Clark County, Nevada
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
17Thinly documented
The Tremonton UFO Film (The Newhouse Film)
July 2, 1952 · U.S. Highway 30S, about 7 miles from Tremonton, Box Elder County, Utah
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 50 sources · 6 photos
47Partially documented
The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting over Chesapeake Bay
July 14, 1952 · Over Chesapeake Bay, near Newport News, Virginia
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 23 sources
25Thinly documented
Paul R. Hill's Hampton Roads sighting
July 16, 1952 · Hampton waterfront, looking south over Hampton Roads, Virginia
United States
UAP · Sphere · 20 sources
26Thinly documented
Salem Coast Guard Air Station UFO Photograph
July 16, 1952 · U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Salem, Winter Island, Salem, Massachusetts
United States
UAP · Formation · 22 sources · 3 photos
41Partially documented
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Flap
July 19, 1952 · Washington National Airport and Andrews AFB, Washington, D.C. area
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 97 sources
61Well documented
Pro early
Pottstown F-94 Starfire Encounter
July 23, 1952 · Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
United States
UAP · Other · 15 sources
26Thinly documented
The Passaic UFO Photographs (George J. Stock)
July 31, 1952 · 221 Brooks Avenue, Passaic, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources · 2 photos
37Partially documented
Bellefontaine Radar-Visual and Gun-Camera Intercept
August 1, 1952 · Bellefontaine Air Force Station (Campbell Hill) and the Dayton area, Ohio
United States
UAP · Sphere · 19 sources
54Partially documented
Haneda AFB radar-visual sighting and F-94 intercept
August 5, 1952 · Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo (now Tokyo International Airport), Japan
Japan
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
61Well documented
The Florida Scoutmaster Case: Sonny DesVergers and the Palmetto Scrub Encounter
August 19, 1952 · Military Trail, inland from West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
36Partially documented
Pro early
William Squyres and the Propeller-Rimmed Disc, Pittsburg, Kansas
August 25, 1952 · Yale road, about 200 yards north of US Highway 160, northeast of Frontenac, near Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 9 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
Yaak Air Force Station radar-visual sightings
September 1, 1952 · Yaak Air Force Station, Hensley Hill, Lincoln County, Montana
United States
UAP · Cigar · 12 sources
40Partially documented
The Flatwoods Monster
September 12, 1952 · G. Bailey Fisher farm, Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 51 sources
43Partially documented
The Flatwoods Monster (Braxton County Monster)
September 12, 1952 · Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 24 sources
36Partially documented
The RAF Topcliffe "Perfect Flying Saucer" During Exercise Mainbrace
September 19, 1952 · RAF Topcliffe, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire (approach to RAF Dishforth)
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
33Partially documented
Pro early
The Akureyri Spheres
October 26, 1952 · Akureyri, Eyjafjörður, northern Iceland
Iceland
UAP · Sphere · 17 sources
25Thinly documented
George Adamski's Desert Center Contact
November 20, 1952 · Colorado Desert, about 10 miles from Desert Center on the road toward Parker, Arizona, Riverside County, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 46 sources
39Partially documented
B-29 radar-visual encounter over the Gulf of Mexico (Karas, Naumann / "Harter and Coleman")
December 6, 1952 · Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast, about 190 miles from Galveston, Texas
United States
UAP · Other · 23 sources
47Partially documented
Pro early
The F-94 Interceptor Encounter near Hanford (Odessa Case)
December 10, 1952 · Odessa, Washington (popularly placed near the Hanford plant)
United States
UAP · Sphere · 20 sources
49Partially documented
The Robertson Panel: The CIA's Secret UFO Review
January 14, 1953 · Washington, D.C. (exact building unresolved; CIA headquarters and the Pentagon both claimed)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources · 1 photos
46Partially documented
Pro early
F-94 and Ground Radar Sighting at Nemuro, Hokkaido, 1953
February 7, 1953 · Nemuro AF Detachment, Nemuro, Hokkaido (also listed as "Korean area" and "Okinawa")
Japan
UAP · Unknown · 12 sources
40Partially documented
Pro early
Brush Creek Flying Saucer Ambush
May 20, 1953 · Marble Creek and Jordan Creek diggings, near Brush Creek, Plumas National Forest, Butte County, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 9 sources
24Thinly documented
The Kingman, Arizona Crash-Retrieval Claim
May 21, 1953 · Near Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona (exact site disputed)
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
15Thinly documented
Pro early
The Martian Monkey Hoax on the Bankhead Highway
July 8, 1953 · Bankhead Highway (now Veterans Memorial Highway, US 78), Leland area of Mableton, Cobb County, Georgia
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 27 sources · 3 photos
36Partially documented
Ellsworth AFB Radar-Visual Case and F-84 Pursuit, South Dakota, 1953
August 5, 1953 · Black Hawk Ground Observer Corps post and Ellsworth Air Force Base, near Rapid City, South Dakota
United States
UAP · Other · 24 sources
60Well documented
The Drury Film: A Silver Dart over Port Moresby
August 23, 1953 · Port Moresby, Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
UAP · Cylinder · 17 sources · 1 photos
34Partially documented
George Van Tassel, Solganda and the Integratron (Giant Rock, 1953)
August 24, 1953 · Giant Rock Airport, near Landers, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The BEA "Two Saucers Rim-to-Rim" Sighting over the English Channel
October 9, 1953 · English Channel, on the London Airport (Heathrow) to Paris Orly route
International waters
UAP · Disc / saucer · 6 sources
24Thinly documented
The Lockheed Sighting: Kelly Johnson and the WV-2 Crew
December 16, 1953 · Lindero Ranch near Agoura and the Santa Barbara Channel, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources
27Thinly documented
Pro early
The Gawler "pure white saucer" and the RAAF jet
c. 1954 · Gawler, South Australia
Australia
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
Pro early
TWA Constellation and Boston tower white-disc sighting (Captain Charles Kratovil)
June 1, 1954 · About 10 miles north of Boston, Massachusetts (in flight toward Idlewild, New York)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
28Thinly documented
Walesville F-94C Crash During an Unknown-Aircraft Intercept
July 2, 1954 · Walesville, Oneida County, New York
United States
UAP · Unknown · 20 sources · 1 photos
43Partially documented
Pro early
Buck Nelson and the "Things": The Ozark Spaceman's Three Discs and Trip to Mars, the Moon and Venus
July 30, 1954 · Buck Nelson's farm, north of Mountain View, Howell County, Missouri
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources · 1 photos
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Manbhum Flying Saucer: 800 Witnesses at the Kadori Mica Mine, Bihar, 1954
September 15, 1954 · Kadori mica mine, near the villages of Borsi and Managalda, Manbhum district, Bihar
India
UAP · Disc / saucer · 13 sources
20Thinly documented
The Rome Half-Cigar over Ciampino and Pratica di Mare (1954)
September 17, 1954 · Rome (Ciampino airport and Pratica di Mare air base), Lazio
Italy
UAP · Cigar · 15 sources
46Partially documented
The Unsmiling Men of Ranton: Jessie Roestenburg's Saucer at Vicarage Farm
October 21, 1954 · Vicarage Farm, Ranton, near Stafford, Staffordshire
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
Flying spheres with green trails over Belgrade, Zagreb and other Yugoslav towns
October 25, 1954 · Belgrade, Zagreb, Sombor, Apatin and other towns, Yugoslavia
Serbia
UAP · Sphere · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
Keflavík Airfield Ten White Objects Sighting
May 4, 1955 · Keflavík Airfield, Reykjanes peninsula, southwest Iceland
Iceland
UAP · Formation · 14 sources
21Thinly documented
Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: the Battelle statistical study, 1955
May 5, 1955 · Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio (for Project Blue Book, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 32 sources
35Partially documented
The Dogtown Green-Clawed Beast: the Ohio River clawed hand attack near Evansville (1955)
c. 1955 · Dogtown (Cypress), Ohio River shore, West Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
25Thinly documented
The Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
August 21, 1955 · Farmhouse near Kelly, Christian County, Kentucky (about eight miles north of Hopkinsville)
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 41 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
The Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins Siege
August 21, 1955 · Glennie Lankford's farmhouse, Old Madisonville Road, near Kelly, Christian County, Kentucky
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 56 sources
41Partially documented
Pro early
Agrinio truck engine failure under a glowing object
c. 1955 · Mountain road near Agrinio (Agrinion), Aetolia-Acarnania, western Greece
Greece
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
15Thinly documented
Orly Airport Radar and Air France DC-3 Sighting
February 17, 1956 · Orly Airport, Paris
France
UAP · Unknown · 22 sources
45Partially documented
The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Radar-Visual Incident
August 13, 1956 · RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, with RAF Neatishead, Norfolk
United Kingdom
UAP · Orb / light · 45 sources
65Well documented
Capital Airlines Flight 77: the skeptic captain and the blue-white light (1956)
November 14, 1956 · Southeast of Jackson, Alabama, on the approach to Mobile
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 18 sources
26Thinly documented
Guam F-86D Intercept: 1st Lt. Ted Brunson and Blue Book Unknown 4577
December 31, 1956 · Over and near Agana (Hagåtña), Guam, Mariana Islands
Guam
UAP · Orb / light · 12 sources
23Thinly documented
Gordon Cooper's Edwards AFB Saucer Landing and His UFO Letter to the United Nations
May 2, 1957 · Askania Site #4, Edwards Air Force Base, Kern County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 33 sources
38Partially documented
RB-47 Radar and ELINT UFO Encounter
July 17, 1957 · Gulf Coast to Oklahoma City (Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma); first visual near Winnsboro, Louisiana
United States
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
57Partially documented
Fort Belvoir Black Ring Photographs (Condon Case 50)
September 1957 · Fort Belvoir U.S. Army facility, Virginia
United States
UAP · Other · 24 sources · 6 photos
45Partially documented
Pro early
The Nawaca Fishermen Encounter (Nabouwalu, Fiji)
October 8, 1957 · Coastal waters between Nabouwalu and Nawaca, Bua Province, Vanua Levu
Fiji
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
19Thinly documented
The Levelland UFO Case
November 2, 1957 · Levelland, Hockley County, Texas
United States
UAP · Egg · 56 sources
44Partially documented
Pro early
White Sands Proving Ground Army patrol sightings near Trinity Site (1957)
November 3, 1957 · Trinity Site bunkers, northern range of White Sands Proving Ground, near Stallion Site, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 16 sources
29Thinly documented
James W. Stokes Car-Stop Encounter near Orogrande, New Mexico
November 4, 1957 · US Highway 54, about 8 to 10 miles south of Orogrande, Otero County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 21 sources
36Partially documented
Kirtland AFB control-tower sighting
November 4, 1957 · Kirtland Air Force Base control tower, Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 21 sources
49Partially documented
Pro early
The Elmwood Park Police "Hide-and-Seek" Object
November 4, 1957 · Elmwood Park, Cook County, Illinois (chase ending near Elmwood Cemetery, River Grove)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 11 sources
16Thinly documented
Reinhold Schmidt and the Kearney Incident
November 5, 1957 · Field near the Platte River, near Kearney, Buffalo County, Nebraska
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 32 sources
28Thinly documented
USCGC Sebago radar-visual sighting, Gulf of Mexico
November 5, 1957 · Gulf of Mexico, about 200 miles south of the Mississippi delta
International waters
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
41Partially documented
Pro early
The Danville State Trooper Chase and Radio Failure (1957)
November 6, 1957 · Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois (north on Route 1, then west to Oakwood and south on Sugar Creek Road toward Fairmount)
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 12 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Everittstown "We Just Want Your Dog" Encounter (John Trasco)
November 6, 1957 · Everittstown, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 16 sources
13Thinly documented
The Olden Moore Landing and Radiation Case, Montville, Ohio
November 6, 1957 · Field west of Montville, Geauga County, Ohio
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 16 sources
28Thinly documented
Pro early
The Rene Gilham Light Beam Burn Case, Merom, Indiana
November 6, 1957 · Outskirts of Merom, Sullivan County, Indiana
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 15 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
The Hammond and Whiting Police Chase of a Beeping Sky Object
November 10, 1957 · Hammond and Whiting, Lake County, Indiana
United States
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
The Trindade Island Photographs
January 16, 1958 · Ilha da Trindade (Trindade Island), Trindade and Martim Vaz, Espírito Santo, South Atlantic
Brazil
UAP · Disc / saucer · 46 sources · 13 photos
47Partially documented
Pro early
Monon Railroad Freight No. 91 Encounter (Wasco to Kirklin, Indiana)
October 3, 1958 · Monon Railroad line between Wasco, Frankfort and Kirklin, Clinton County, Indiana
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 27 sources
22Thinly documented
Loch Raven Dam car-stall encounter (Philip Small and Alvin Cohen)
October 26, 1958 · Bridge over Loch Raven Reservoir near Loch Raven Dam, Towson area, Baltimore County, Maryland
United States
UAP · Egg · 19 sources
25Thinly documented
The Killian Case: American Airlines Flight 139 Paced by Three Lights
February 24, 1959 · About 13 miles west of Williamsport, Pennsylvania (airliner route toward Ohio)
United States
UAP · Formation · 17 sources
41Partially documented
Redmond, Oregon UFO Incident
September 24, 1959 · Redmond and Roberts Field, Deschutes County, Oregon
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
47Partially documented
The Red Bluff Incident: Two Highway Patrolmen and the Silent Object
August 13, 1960 · Hoag Road, east of Corning, Tehama County, California
United States
UAP · Egg · 18 sources
32Partially documented
Pro early
The JB-57 "Poached Egg" Encounter North of Launceston
November 15, 1960 · About 15 miles north of Launceston, over the Tamar estuary, Tasmania
Australia
UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources
28Thinly documented
Joe Simonton's Space Pancakes, Eagle River, Wisconsin
April 18, 1961 · Joe Simonton's farm, four miles from Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 26 sources
26Thinly documented
Betty and Barney Hill Abduction
September 19, 1961 · US Route 3 near Indian Head, Lincoln, New Hampshire
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 61 sources
43Partially documented
Pro early
The Pacific Smoke Ring: BOAC, Pan Am and the S.S. Iberville
September 21, 1961 · North Pacific Ocean, between Tokyo and Honolulu, northwest of Midway
International waters
UAP · Other · 8 sources
26Thinly documented
The Alex Birch Flying Saucer Photograph, Mosborough
March 1962 · Field near the British Oak pub, Mosborough, near Sheffield (then Derbyshire), England
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources · 3 photos
34Partially documented
The Nevada Fireball: The Las Vegas UFO Crash of 1962
April 18, 1962 · Las Vegas and Nellis AFB, Nevada, with reports from New York, Colorado, Utah and Reno
United States
UAP · Other · 36 sources
57Partially documented
Pro early
The Hallett Station Antarctic Lights
July 7, 1962 · Hallett Station, Cape Hallett, Victoria Land, Ross Dependency, Antarctica
Antarctica
UAP · Formation · 8 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Oracle Titan Missile Silo Sighting
August 7, 1962 · Titan II launch complex 570-1, near Oracle, Arizona
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 14 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Oradell Reservoir Disc and the North Jersey Police Sightings
September 15, 1962 · Oradell Avenue bridge, Oradell Reservoir, Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources
31Partially documented
The Paul Villa Flying Saucer Photographs
June 16, 1963 · Near Peralta, Valencia County, about 15 miles south of Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 15 sources · 7 photos
36Partially documented
Pro early
The Wayne City "Washtub" Light Pursuit: Ronnie Austin and Phyllis Bruce
August 4, 1963 · Illinois Route 15 to Wayne City and rural Keenes, Wayne County, Illinois
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources
23Thinly documented
Pro early
Monticello Rectangle of Red Lights, Wisconsin 1964
April 3, 1964 · County Highway C, about 1 mile west of Monticello, Green County, Wisconsin
United States
UAP · Rectangle · 14 sources
24Thinly documented
The Gary Wilcox Encounter: The Fertilizer Case
April 24, 1964 · Wilcox farm, Newark Valley, Tioga County, New York
United States
UAP · Egg · 23 sources
17Thinly documented
The Lonnie Zamora Incident, Socorro
April 24, 1964 · Arroyo on the southern outskirts of Socorro, near the town dynamite shack, Socorro County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Egg · 55 sources
42Partially documented
The La Madera Landing: Orlando Gallegos and the Blue Flames in the Creek Bed
April 26, 1964 · La Madera, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico (Rio Vallecitos creek bed)
United States
UAP · Egg · 14 sources · 1 photos
29Thinly documented
Pro early
Grangeville Sheriff and Radar Station Sighting, Idaho
May 10, 1964 · Grangeville, Idaho County, Idaho
United States
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
The Pleasantville light chase (Rev. H.C. Shaw), 1964
May 26, 1964 · Pleasantville, Venango County, Pennsylvania (catalogued as "Pleasantview" or "Pleasant View")
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 9 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
Beauford E. Parham's Giant Spinning Top, Northeast Georgia, 1964
June 29, 1964 · Highway between Carnesville and Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia
United States
UAP · Other · 9 sources
22Thinly documented
Pro early
Houghton Lake Pilot Paced by Six Lights
July 16, 1964 · About 15 miles south of Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, Michigan (in flight at 4,500 ft)
United States
UAP · Formation · 8 sources
21Thinly documented
Cisco Grove Encounter, California 1964
September 4, 1964 · Tahoe National Forest near Cisco Grove, Placer County, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 27 sources
22Thinly documented
The Glassboro Landing Site
September 4, 1964 · Off Fish Pond Road (then Route 128), about 1.2 miles east of Route 47, Glassboro, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Unknown · 15 sources · 7 photos
32Partially documented
The Fishersville Landing: Horace Burns on Route 250
December 21, 1964 · US Route 250 near Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia (filed as Harrisonburg, Virginia)
United States
UAP · Other · 29 sources
33Partially documented
The Uintah Basin UFO Wave
c. 1965 · Uintah Basin (Roosevelt to Vernal corridor), northeastern Utah
United States
UAP · Sphere · 27 sources
34Partially documented
Pro early
The Lynden near-collision and Custer landing
January 12, 1965 · Lynden and Custer, Whatcom County, Washington
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
Sid Padrick and "Xeno", Manresa Beach, California (1965)
January 30, 1965 · Manresa Beach, near La Selva Beach, Santa Cruz County, California
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 17 sources
18Thinly documented
The John F. Reeves "Robot" Landing, Brooksville
March 2, 1965 · Scrubland between Brooksville and Weeki Wachee, Hernando County, Florida
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
29Thinly documented
Pro early
Mount Airy six red lights, Project Blue Book case 9305
March 8, 1965 · Farm near Mount Airy, Maryland (Carroll and Frederick counties)
United States
UAP · Other · 12 sources
23Thinly documented
Tinker AFB and Wichita Radar Sightings, 1965
August 1, 1965 · Tinker AFB, Midwest City (Oklahoma City), Oklahoma, with reports across Oklahoma and at Wichita, Kansas
United States
UAP · Formation · 17 sources
51Partially documented
The Rex Heflin UFO Photographs, Santa Ana 1965
August 3, 1965 · Myford Road near Walnut Avenue, outside Santa Ana (Tustin/Irvine area), Orange County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 39 sources · 16 photos
40Partially documented
Pro early
The Viney Grove Silver Object with Lighted Windows (Bill Estep)
August 4, 1965 · Viney Grove, Washington County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 13 sources
14Thinly documented
The Cherry Creek "Terrified Bull" Landing
August 19, 1965 · William Butcher dairy farm, Aldrich Road, Cherry Creek, Chautauqua County, New York
United States
UAP · Egg · 13 sources
42Partially documented
Damon, Texas: The Brazoria County Deputies' Sighting
September 3, 1965 · Texas State Highway 36, about 2 to 3 miles south of Damon, Brazoria County, Texas
United States
UAP · Triangle · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
The Exeter Incident
September 3, 1965 · Route 150, Kensington, near Exeter, New Hampshire
United States
UAP · Other · 50 sources
33Partially documented
Pro early
Two silent white lights pace Dr. George Walton's car near Rodeo, New Mexico
September 25, 1965 · US Highway 80 near Rodeo, Hidalgo County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 9 sources
25Thinly documented
The Edwards AFB Radar-Visual Incident
October 7, 1965 · Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, California
United States
UAP · Unknown · 27 sources
51Partially documented
Jerry Townsend's Beer-Can Beings, Long Prairie, Minnesota
October 23, 1965 · Minnesota State Highway 27, about 4 miles east of Long Prairie, Todd County, Minnesota
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
29Thinly documented
Northeast Blackout UFO Sightings, Clay Substation and Syracuse (1965)
November 9, 1965 · Clay substation, near Syracuse, New York
United States
UAP · Sphere · 16 sources
35Partially documented
Kecksburg UFO Incident
December 9, 1965 · Kecksburg, Mount Pleasant Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
United States
UAP · Other · 58 sources · 1 photos
57Partially documented
Wanaque Reservoir Sightings
January 11, 1966 · Wanaque Reservoir, Raymond Dam, Wanaque, Passaic County, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Egg · 32 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
The Salisbury Diamond with Orbiting Balls, North Carolina, 1966
February 2, 1966 · Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
United States
UAP · Diamond · 11 sources
20Thinly documented
Pro early
The Nederland Tadpole: Power Failure Under a Hovering Object in Texas
February 6, 1966 · 619 South 17th Street, Nederland, Jefferson County, Texas
United States
UAP · Other · 9 sources
20Thinly documented
Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings: Dexter and Hillsdale
March 20, 1966 · Mannor farm near Dexter, Washtenaw County, and Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan
United States
UAP · Egg · 47 sources
47Partially documented
Pro early
Bangor Motorist Fires on a UFO: John King, 1966
March 23, 1966 · Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
United States
UAP · Egg · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
The Temple, Oklahoma Fish-Shaped Craft on US-70 (Eddie Laxson)
March 23, 1966 · US Highway 70, about 8 miles south of Temple, Cotton County, Oklahoma
United States
UAP · Other · 18 sources
28Thinly documented
The Portage County UFO Chase
April 17, 1966 · State Route 224, Portage County, Ohio, to Conway, Pennsylvania
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
Charleston Radar-Visual Case: Braniff Flight 42 and the Light at 33,000 Feet (Hynek RV-2)
May 4, 1966 · Jet airway over the Charleston area, West Virginia (Charleston sector of Indianapolis ARTC)
United States
UAP · Unknown · 13 sources
45Partially documented
Pro early
The Spooner Domed Discs Over a Lake
June 6, 1966 · Spooner, Washburn County, Wisconsin
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 21 sources
28Thinly documented
Pro early
Mount Mitchell State Park Boy Scout Sighting
c. 1966 · Mount Mitchell State Park, near Burnsville, North Carolina
United States
UAP · Other · 12 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
The Nha Trang Base Blackout UFO
June 19, 1966 · Nha Trang military complex, Khánh Hòa province, South Vietnam
Vietnam
UAP · Orb / light · 18 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
Richmond-Henrico Turnpike Police Chase, Patrolman William L. Stevens Jr. (1966)
June 24, 1966 · Richmond-Henrico Turnpike near the state fairgrounds, Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia
United States
UAP · Cigar · 13 sources
20Thinly documented
Pro early
S/S Mount Vernon Victory: the expanding cloud with a light inside
June 27, 1966 · Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles east of Wake Island (19°N, 172°E)
International waters
UAP · Sphere · 11 sources
27Thinly documented
Pro early
The Fairpoint / Golf One Minuteman Launch-Site Sighting
July 6, 1966 · Fairpoint and the Golf One (G-01) launch control facility, Meade County, South Dakota
United States
UAP · Formation · 13 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
Union-Kirkwood Red Windowed Object, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (1966)
July 11, 1966 · Union (Kirkwood), Colerain Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
United States
UAP · Unknown · 14 sources
19Thinly documented
The Presque Isle Beach Landing and the Gorilla-Shaped Figure
July 31, 1966 · Beach 6, Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Pennsylvania
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 22 sources · 5 photos
36Partially documented
Pro early
The Red Orb over Routes 93 and 102, Londonderry, New Hampshire
August 1966 · Interchange of Routes 93 and 102 (I-93 Exit 4), Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 10 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
Fort Smith Mass Light Sighting, Arkansas (1966)
August 16, 1966 · Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 14 sources
37Partially documented
Pro early
The Donnybrook Landing Traces (Don Flickinger, U.S. Border Patrol)
August 19, 1966 · Near Donnybrook, Ward County, North Dakota
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 15 sources
36Partially documented
Pro early
The Cook County and Finland AFS Sighting, Grand Marais, Minnesota
September 5, 1966 · Near Grand Marais, Cook County, and Finland Air Force Station, Lake County, Minnesota
United States
UAP · Egg · 11 sources
45Partially documented
Pro early
The Gwinner Landing: A Boy, a Silver Disc and Three Holes in the Field
September 13, 1966 · Rotenberger farm near Gwinner (also given as Stirum), Sargent County, North Dakota
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 1 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Kenilworth Police and the "Huge Ball" over Lake Michigan
September 24, 1966 · Kenilworth, Illinois, over Lake Michigan
United States
UAP · Sphere · 9 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The Lisbon policeman's glowing disc (Officer Richard Koffel)
September 24, 1966 · Eagles Home parking lot, Lisbon, Columbiana County, Ohio
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 17 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Bogue Inlet Fishermen's Three Red Lights
September 25, 1966 · Near Bogue Inlet, between Emerald Isle and Bear Island, North Carolina
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
The Condon Report and the NAS Review, 1966 to 1969
October 6, 1966 · University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
United States
UAP · Unknown · 37 sources
29Thinly documented
Pro early
Greenville, Ohio: The Safety Director's Shifting Light
October 7, 1966 · Corner of Parkway Drive and Russ Road, Greenville, Darke County, Ohio
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 15 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
Fort Thompson Lights: Police and Sheriff Sighting over the Crow Creek Reservation
October 10, 1966 · Fort Thompson, Crow Creek Indian Reservation, Buffalo County, South Dakota
United States
UAP · Other · 11 sources
27Thinly documented
Pro early
The Patchogue "Giant Hot Dog" UFO, Long Island, 1966
c. 1966 · Patchogue, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
United States
UAP · Cigar · 9 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Hovering Light over Eastern Long Island's Beach Communities
October 27, 1966 · Beach communities of the South Shore, eastern Long Island, Suffolk County, New York
United States
UAP · Unknown · 15 sources
26Thinly documented
Pro early
Haynesville red-orange glow (Dr. Louie A. Galloway)
December 30, 1966 · U.S. Highway 79, north of Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
United States
UAP · Other · 20 sources
39Partially documented
Pro early
Ottawa County Sheriff and Deputies' Sighting over Lake Michigan
c. 1967 · Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan (Lake Michigan shore)
United States
UAP · Other · 9 sources
29Thinly documented
Pro early
The Moline and Galesburg Police Sightings: Officer Bill Fisher's 8mm Film (Project Blue Book Case 11460)
March 6, 1967 · Moline and Galesburg area, Illinois
United States
UAP · Cigar · 20 sources
40Partially documented
Pro early
Leominster car-stall and paralysis encounter (William and Joan Wallace)
March 8, 1967 · St. Leo's Cemetery, Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts
United States
UAP · Egg · 14 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
Belt, Montana: The Truck Driver's Dome Landing and the Dawn Search
March 24, 1967 · US Highway 87/89, about 5 miles southeast of Belt, near Belt Hill, Cascade County, Montana
United States
UAP · Other · 12 sources
49Partially documented
Pro early
The Jefferson City "World War I helmet" object, Missouri 1967
April 17, 1967 · Jefferson City and Jefferson City Memorial Airport, Missouri
United States
UAP · Other · 12 sources
28Thinly documented
The Warren Smith Photographs: Highwood Ranger Station, Alberta, 1967
July 3, 1967 · Near Highwood Ranger Station, about 50 miles southwest of Calgary, Alberta (also catalogued as near Nanton)
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources · 8 photos
47Partially documented
Pro early
The Corning Police "Aluminum Cigar"
July 4, 1967 · Corning, Tehama County, California (over Interstate 5, about two blocks south of Jay Munger's all-night bowling alley)
United States
UAP · Cigar · 14 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
The Redlands Mass Sighting
February 4, 1968 · North Redlands, San Bernardino County, California
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources
32Partially documented
Pro early
The Bengough Farm Sighting
February 19, 1968 · Heggs farm, about five miles west of Bengough, Saskatchewan
Canada
UAP · Disc / saucer · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
Pro early
Winsted and Barkhamsted Encounters: The Roadside Disc and the Station Beings
February 21, 1968 · Between Barkhamsted and Winsted (town of Winchester), Litchfield County, Connecticut
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 8 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
Amarillo Plate-Like Object: Truck Stop Manager, Air Force Nurse and Gate Sentry (1968)
March 6, 1968 · U.S. Highway 287 at Pullman Road and the South Gate of Amarillo Air Force Base, east Amarillo, Potter County, Texas
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources
28Thinly documented
Pro early
Eielson AFB Tower and RAPCON Radar Orange Object
July 11, 1968 · Eielson Air Force Base, near Fairbanks, Alaska
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 13 sources
48Partially documented
Minot AFB B-52 UFO Incident
October 24, 1968 · Minot Air Force Base and Minuteman missile field, North Dakota
United States
UAP · Other · 34 sources · 1 photos
72Well documented
Pro early
Bismarck Airport Tower Lights
November 26, 1968 · Bismarck Municipal Airport control tower, Bismarck, North Dakota
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 14 sources
49Partially documented
Pro early
Nakhon Phanom Radar Contacts
November 28, 1968 · Near Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base (NKP), on the Mekong across from Laos
Thailand
UAP · Unknown · 13 sources
39Partially documented
The Van Horne Soybean Field Trace, Iowa (1969)
July 12, 1969 · Farm near Van Horne, Benton County, Iowa
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 14 sources · 1 photos
25Thinly documented
Pro early
The Old Field Point Road Two Objects Sighting and the Cecil County UFO Wave
January 1971 · Old Field Point Road (Oldfield Point Rd), Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland
United States
UAP · Unknown · 10 sources
12Thinly documented
Pro early
The spinning black object at Vermillion River Observatory
May 9, 1971 · Vermilion River Observatory, near Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
United States
UAP · Unknown · 12 sources
14Thinly documented
The Delphos Ring: Ronald Johnson's Glowing Toadstool, Delphos, Kansas
November 2, 1971 · Johnson family sheep farm near Delphos, Ottawa County, Kansas
United States
UAP · Other · 37 sources · 1 photos
33Partially documented
Pro early
The Cavetown Circling Light over Holiday Acres
December 14, 1971 · Holiday Acres, Cavetown, Washington County, Maryland (near Hagerstown)
United States
UAP · Unknown · 15 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Dighton Police Chase: Chief M.R. Shelton and the Hovering Light of Lane County, Kansas
1972 · Dighton and Amy, Lane County, Kansas
United States
UAP · Unknown · 16 sources
27Thinly documented
Pro early
Homestead AFB F-106 scramble after a large radar target over South Florida
September 14, 1972 · West Palm Beach and Miami airspace, south-east Florida
United States
UAP · Cigar · 9 sources
30Partially documented
Piedmont, Missouri UFO Flap
February 21, 1973 · Piedmont and Clearwater Lake, Wayne County, Missouri
United States
UAP · Unknown · 38 sources · 1 photos
31Partially documented
Pro early
The Palacios Stadium "Big Red Blob" and the UFO Fly-In Day
October 1973 · Palacios High School football stadium, Palacios, Matagorda County, Texas
United States
UAP · Other · 10 sources
13Thinly documented
The 1973 UFO Flap: The Autumn of Aliens
c. 1973 · Southern and Midwestern United States (Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana)
United States
UAP · Other · 37 sources
69Well documented
Pro early
Anthony Hill landing and the "hairy robot" occupant, Giles County, Tennessee
October 1, 1973 · Anthony Hill community, near Pulaski, Giles County, Tennessee
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 15 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The Rainbow Lake Splashdown
October 2, 1973 · Rainbow Lake, beside Bypass 28, Derry, New Hampshire
United States
UAP · Unknown · 14 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Muncie / Delaware County UFO Night
October 9, 1973 · Eaton and Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
United States
UAP · Other · 15 sources
42Partially documented
The Pascagoula Abduction
October 11, 1973 · West bank of the Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Jackson County, Mississippi
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 50 sources
25Thinly documented
Pro early
Ohio Governor John J. Gilligan's Amber Vertical Beam of Light, 1973
c. 1973 · On the drive from Ann Arbor, Michigan, back to Ohio
United States
UAP · Other · 17 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The Pine Deputies' Chase: Five Orange-Red Objects in the Louisiana Piney Woods
October 15, 1973 · Pine, Washington Parish, Louisiana
United States
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
Adams County deputies' sighting at West Union, Ohio
October 17, 1973 · West Union, Adams County, Ohio
United States
UAP · Unknown · 16 sources
18Thinly documented
The Falkville Metal Man: Police Chief Jeff Greenhaw's Polaroids of a Silver Figure
October 17, 1973 · Near Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 30 sources · 3 photos
29Thinly documented
The Uniontown UFO-Bigfoot Encounter
October 25, 1973 · Kowalczyk family farm, Vances Mill Road, North Union Township, near Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
28Thinly documented
Ronald Reagan's UFO sighting from the governor's plane near Bakersfield
1974 · In the air approaching Bakersfield, Kern County, California
United States
UAP · Unknown · 22 sources
22Thinly documented
Carl Higdon Abduction, Medicine Bow National Forest, 1974
October 25, 1974 · McCarty Canyon area, Medicine Bow National Forest, south of Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 34 sources
21Thinly documented
The North Hudson Park Landing (George O'Barski), 1975
January 12, 1975 · North Hudson Park (now James J. Braddock North Hudson County Park), beside the Stonehenge apartment building, North Bergen, New Jersey
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 26 sources
26Thinly documented
Pro early
The Lumberton UFO Wave and the Pembroke Soybean Field Landing
April 3, 1975 · Lumberton and Pembroke, Robeson County, North Carolina
United States
UAP · Triangle · 14 sources
37Partially documented
Carlos Antonio de los Santos Montiel radar-visual encounter
May 3, 1975 · Near Lake Tequesquitengo, Morelos, on the airway from Zihuatanejo to Mexico City
Mexico
UAP · Disc / saucer · 40 sources
47Partially documented
Sgt. Charles L. Moody Abduction, Alamogordo
August 13, 1975 · Desert outside Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico (near Holloman AFB)
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
15Thinly documented
The Sandy Larson Abduction on I-94, North Dakota
August 26, 1975 · Interstate 94, about 45 miles west of Fargo, North Dakota
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 17 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
Miami-Dade Highway Patrol Light Sightings
November 5, 1975 · Dade County (now Miami-Dade County), Florida
United States
UAP · Unknown · 12 sources
20Thinly documented
Pro early
Hastings, Florida: the dome with lit windows and the three-county police search (1975)
c. 1975 · Hastings, St. Johns County, Florida
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 13 sources
27Thinly documented
Pro early
Cannon AFB Security Police UFO Sightings, Clovis, New Mexico, 1976
January 21, 1976 · Cannon Air Force Base, near Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources · 2 photos
52Partially documented
Pro early
Eglin AFB Security Police Sighting over Duke Field
January 31, 1976 · Duke Field (Eglin Auxiliary Field 3), near Crestview, Florida
United States
UAP · Orb / light · 18 sources
33Partially documented
The Elmwood UFO Incident: Officer George Wheeler on Tuttle Hill
April 22, 1976 · Tuttle Hill, near Elmwood, Pierce County, Wisconsin
United States
UAP · Other · 28 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
The Blueberry Hill Disc: Camp Delaware Hikers near Winsted, Connecticut
July 28, 1976 · Blueberry Hill (Blueberry Mountain), about three miles southwest of Winsted, Connecticut
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 11 sources
16Thinly documented
Incident at Devil's Den: The Terry Lovelace Abduction, Arkansas
June 1977 · Devil's Den State Park, Washington County, near West Fork, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Triangle · 33 sources
20Thinly documented
Council Bluffs Molten Metal Landing at Big Lake Park
December 17, 1977 · Big Lake Park (levee by Gilbert's Pond), Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa
United States
UAP · Sphere · 33 sources
38Partially documented
The Filiberto Cárdenas Abduction
January 3, 1979 · Okeechobee Road, outside Hialeah, Florida (approximate, Hialeah area)
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 34 sources
22Thinly documented
Kirtland AFB Manzano Sightings and the Paul Bennewitz Affair
August 8, 1980 · Manzano Weapons Storage Area and Coyote Canyon, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States
UAP · Disc / saucer · 29 sources
37Partially documented
Peru's Air Force Revives Its UFO Office (DIFAA)
October 18, 2013 · Miraflores, Lima (relaunch); Cerro Marabamba, Huánuco and Chilca (sightings)
Peru
UAP · Orb / light · 47 sources
26Thinly documented
The ODNI Preliminary Assessment on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (the 2021 Pentagon UFO Report)
June 25, 2021 · Washington, D.C. (delivered to the congressional intelligence committees)
United States
UAP · Unknown · 49 sources
51Partially documented
NASA UAP Independent Study Team final report
September 14, 2023 · Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
United States
UAP · Sphere · 50 sources
38Partially documented