Wilmington, DelawareJuly 1956

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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 Wilmington, Delaware in July 1956. 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 25.

Reported location

Wilmington, Delaware

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

DE / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

4 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD fi
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
IE 0 Was Balloon
11 July 1956 Wilmington, Delaware O Probably Balloon
O Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP a. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local f XX Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar 2 atte Arerelt
: onT_ 12702002 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intsrcept Radar XXPossibly Aircraft
5, PHOTOS §. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
| : Xo civilian O Possibly Astronomical :
| 4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0, Othef eee
: 0’ Insubficient Dato fos Evaluation
: 0 Unknown !
ope to three minutes one South to Norith
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: One round flat object pink in color, The duraticn of the sighting,
A appearing to be fluorescent, the size; the level flight of the object,
9 of a quarter held at arms length. and the steady and straight
i The object flew a steady level course course of the object indicates
A from south to north. The object also the possibility of a2n aircraft
: | flew in a straight line. generated sighting.
i 1 { | \
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Delaware Wilmington Wilmington, DE

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-07-01

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