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Case FileNARA NAID 28955978 · T1206 Roll 19

Project Blue Book Case File

Wilmington, North CarolinaAugust 1953

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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, North Carolina in August 1953. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 19.

Reported location

Wilmington, North Carolina

Date of incident

August 1953

State / country

NC / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1
Transcribed text
1. DATE - TIME GROUP: 10 AUG 53 10/[illegible]

2. LOCATION: Wilmington, North Carolina

3. SOURCE: CIVILIAN

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: [illegible] reported

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 2.5 minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Daylight-Visual

7. COURSE: 330

8. PHOTOS: YES (NOT CONVERTED) / NO

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: YES / NO

10. CONCLUSION: UNIDENTIFIED

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: [Text too illegible to transcribe with confidence]

FORM FTD SEP 43 0-329 (TDE)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28955978

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Organizations

CIVILIAN

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

North CarolinaWilmingtonWilmington, NCWilmington, North Carolina

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

10 AUG 5319531953-08-01

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