More examples:
Ipswich came to me out of the blue and brought me back into management.
My car just, out of the blue, stopped running . I don't know why.
Out of the blue, he received a reclassification notice; his new job was cleaning latrines.
Out of the blue appeared a steamer with huge loudspeakers mounted on its decks.
An idea had come to him like a bolt out of the blue.
Then, out of the blue, the police came to the rescue.
A few weeks later Linda called Sue out of the blue to say she and John were headed to New York.
It just stopped out of the blue, I don't know why.
And now, out of the blue, that phone call, and here she was.
But Ryan's father does not accept defeat, and out of the blue, he s found a new ally.