UFO Sightings in Arizona
12 nightmarks documented
Object observed from aircraft 20 miles south of Quartzsite in the Arizona desert (1956)
An airborne unknown over the Arizona desert — a pilot sighting above some of the most desolate terrain in North America.
Sixth Blue Book unknown from the Tucson-Davis-Monthan corridor (1953)
Tucson's sixth unknown — an unmatched record of persistence that made this desert city Blue Book's most enduring enigma.
Second Blue Book unknown reported over Yuma weapons testing range, Arizona (1953)
Yuma's second unknown — the desert proving ground where America tested its most advanced weapons kept seeing something untestable.
Silvery oval object maneuvers above Tucson, Arizona (1952)
A daylight silvery oval executed sharp direction changes over Tucson, near one of SAC's most important bomber bases.
Fourth Blue Book unknown reported over Tucson near Davis-Monthan AFB (1952)
Tucson's fourth unknown — the desert city near Davis-Monthan AFB became one of Blue Book's most persistent hot spots.
Oval metallic object observed near Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson (1952)
A metallic oval near the USAF's famous aircraft boneyard — where experts knew every plane type ever built.
Second Blue Book unknown reported over Phoenix, Arizona (1952)
Phoenix's second unknown — the desert city near two fighter training bases continued producing cases five years apart.
Bright object observed over Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona (1952)
A bright unknown over the Army's premier desert weapons testing ground — where the most advanced ordnance in the world was fired daily.
Third Blue Book unknown reported over Yuma weapons testing range (1952)
Yuma's third unknown — the desert proving ground where America's weapons were tested kept testing investigators' patience.
Early unknown observed near Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona (1949)
The first of three Tucson unknowns — near a SAC bomber base in the desert, where clear skies left nowhere for the object to hide.
Fifth Blue Book unknown from the Tucson-Davis-Monthan corridor (1949)
Tucson's fifth unknown — no mid-sized American city produced more Blue Book cases than this desert outpost near Davis-Monthan.
Unidentified object observed over Phoenix, Arizona in the first months of the UFO era (1947)
A 1947 Phoenix unknown — Case #95, among the earliest entries that convinced the Air Force to investigate UFOs formally.