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Case FileNARA NAID 28988667 · T1206 Roll 39

Project Blue Book Case File

Wilmington, North CarolinaAugust 1960

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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 1960. The full case file (6 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 39.

Reported location

Wilmington, North Carolina

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

NC / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6
Transcribed text
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d | 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
BE 31 Aug 60 Wilmington, North Carolina ET Saree
: | A nw. ¢ y SVILA Le ~ 0 Probably Balloon |
i | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION rca dh sah |
4 3 , 0 Was Aiicroft
; | Local dT a .D Ground-Yisuel 0 Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Airerait
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ig CMT 4g 22 30Z 0 Air VYisuol 0 Air-Intercep? Rader 3 Possibly Aireroft
£ { 5. PHOTOS 3. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomicol
i i 0 Yes OU Probobly Astronomical
8 | i Me Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
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iE | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Q Other ____ ___
i’ ! ZX Insuviticient Date for Evoivarion
3 10 min (7) one falling TC Unknown
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i 11D, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
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A | Irregular shaped object 3 ft across witha Requested Turther investigation, : owever |
2 | aluminum top and black bottom, small fins on cbject not retrieved. Case listed as
2 { both sides observed falling. No trail or insurficient data.
5 | exhaust. Ho sound. First observation from
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E ( ‘mract in swamp (20 ft). Attempt to reach cb- {
E | ‘act tiriarted due fo heavy brush and swampy
E | round. |
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§ LTIC FORM 329 (RRY 26 3EP 37)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28988667

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