Wilmington, DelawareMay 1959

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Summary

On May 9, 1959, at about 2313Z, at night, a witness in Wilmington, Delaware, reported a bright object. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The observer described a round object that looked small, like a nickel, with a bright light. It then moved away very fast. There was no trail and no sound. The witness noticed it moving from south to north, then it climbed at about 45 degrees and moved off to the east, where it diminished and went out of sight. It was visible for about 5 minutes.

The record card did not list a stated cause for the sighting.

Reported location

Wilmington, Delaware

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

DE / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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& 1. DATE \ LOCATION | 12 CONCLUSIONS
: a Ves Balloon
§ ¥ oaN 3 : y (affal robably Balloon |
| TAREE ER PET SA rr ET CCR SER A wie eee Hal ssibly Balloon
| 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERY ATION
id i RT - sr 0 Was Aircraft |
3 Geena le et EES 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0. Probably AC arath
ln emt 00 Ke SEs 0 AirVisu al 0 Air-lntercep! Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ====——"T§. SOURCE LE aar mh Wb Astropmicd
3 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
; Gate Lie i
: Sah Sle a arn bl 0 Possibly Astronomical
i 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER oF OBJECTS 9. COURSE jo] Qh mee ee x3
| 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation | p
3 ; ; p 0 Unknown :
; Sr AREER a Tee a alae TT
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | COMMENTS
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ATIC TORM 329 (REV 25 222 $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983233