UFO Investigation Entry - Omaha, Nebraska (Page 19) - Project Blue Book, 1947-1969

📍 Location

📝 Description

Publicly available records confirm the 1952 Offutt AFB (Omaha, Nebraska) UFO incident: on June 5, 1952, at about 11:00 PM, 2nd Lt. W.R. Soper (SAC top-secret control officer) and two other witnesses observed a bright red object that remained stationary for 4.5 minutes before accelerating away with a short tail. The case is documented in Project Blue Book as an 'Unknown' case (BBU 1257). No official Air Force explanation has been published for this sighting, and subsequent compilations (NICAP, UFO Casebook) continue to treat it as unresolved. There have been no widely accepted new corroborating details published publicly as of December 2025.

🔍 Circumstances

Three witnesses (Soper and two others) observed from or near Offutt AFB, near Omaha, Nebraska. The object was seen as a bright red light that remained stationary for 4.5 minutes, then sped away with a short tail. The sighting occurred around 11:00 PM on June 5, 1952. The Blue Book file number associated with the case is BBU 1257. There is no publicly documented radar confirmation in the available sources cited here.

👤 Physical Description

Bright red, luminous light; no wings or defined shape described beyond color; stationary for 4.5 minutes; then rapid movement with a short tail.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Blue Book Unknowns entry (BBU 1257) for Offutt AFB, Omaha, Nebraska. The Offutt case is listed among the Project Blue Book 'Unknowns' compiled by Don Berliner and documented in NICAP materials. This event is part of the broader 1952 UFO activity in the U.S. and is frequently cited in summaries of Blue Book cases; no subsequent official explanation has been released publicly.

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