Wilmington, DelawareJuly 1954

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Wilmington, Delaware in July 1954. The full case file (4 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 21.

Reported location

Wilmington, Delaware

Date of incident

July 1954

State / country

DE / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

Ja ; PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
|. poate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 3 2 Wos Bolloon
16 July 1954 Wilmington, Delaware 0 Probably Balloon
Sere eee [if] Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
i O Wos Aiicroft
Se aa OX. Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodar BY Pra ERIG Aiveratt
: GMT 17/0301.7 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4. SOURCE { Wos Astronomical VIIIUS
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
tg No Civilian (coe) : O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE EY Otherto bea shill sso Si iL |
5 5 { O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
28 Minutes 1k Vest 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
8 Star like object — sank gradually - no 1.0 evaluates as bright star.
: radial movement, Gold with red tinge,sinking Venus setting in west at time of
in west (270 deg). the report.
|
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959027

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Delaware Wilmington Wilmington, DE

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1954 1954-07-01

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