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Case FileNARA NAID 28983344 · T1206 Roll 36

Project Blue Book Case File

Prime Hook Beach, DelawareMay 1959

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Prime Hook Beach, Delaware in May 1959. The full case file (5 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 36.

Reported location

Prime Hook Beach, Delaware

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

DE / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5
Transcribed text
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PROJECT 16073 RECORD CARD
i 1. DATE a aE LOCATION i : | 12. CONCLUSIONS i
: 0 Vos Balloen
; . ; | ii rraolia ’ O Probably Balloon
— ee ee 10 Possibly Balloor
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gh AR Bh alin
00 |B Was Aircraf
amt Ha Vie ry round-Ra i cs Ajrcrart
53] FE A ee i cht alin STIRS | LC Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar ie Probably Aircraft -
ci. 31 A0R00% -w OUO0F 1 | 0 Ai~Visuadl O Air-Intercept Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft
"5. PHOTOS a Ep | 8. SOURCE | SL Was Astronomical
C Yos {0 Probably Astronomical
Bo ES 00 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF'OBSERVATION. - |8 NUMBEROF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ~~ lO Other~eo
| . Ey 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
QA OCd (op i | ? 01 Unknown
= | . k ;
i BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING COMMENTS }
}
| TE CE es OE CR A eT ah ck rR 0S OG IRA S000 LAI
ATI% FORM 329 (RZY 25 32P 52) |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983344

Connected across the archive

Places

DelawarePrime Hook Beach, DE

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19591959-05-01

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