On 24 February 1959 there was a UFO sighting involving Captain Peter W Killianand co-pilot John Dee on an American Airlines cargo plane during a flight from Newark to Detroit.

 

 

 

During July 1959, Project Blue Book investigation activities were transferred from the 1006^th AISS to the 1127^th Field Activities Group.

 

 

 

Reverend W B Gill and a group of his native Papuan parishoners claim to see a saucer on the evenings of 26^th, 27^th and 28^th June 1959 at Boianai mission, Papua New Guinea. (Commonly referred to as “the Father Gill sightings”).

This incident is Case 15 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article,  since it was referred to in 92 of the books covered by that article.

As part of a survey by the Fortean Times in 2007 of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most, ufologist Greg Bishop indicated that this case was “his favourite unexplained case”.

This incident featured in the results of a survey in 1965 by Jacques Vallee of the opinion of various UFO groups as to the most significant UFO sightings. This case featured in a list of 5 cases which APRO nominated as part of that survey.

This incident has also featured in lists by various UFO researchers of the top UFO cases, including the following:

• a list of the ten “best” case published by Ronald Story in his book “UFOs and the Limits of Science” (1981).
• a list of cases produced by Thomas E Bullard as part of a survey by the Fortean Times in 2007 of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most.
• a list of cases produced by Bill Chalker as part of a survey by the Fortean Times in 2007 of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most.

a list of cases produced by Hilary Evans as part of a survey by the Fortean Times in 2007 of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most. 

 

 

During July 1959, NASA's Bioscience Advisory Committee is appointed.