DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE6786148
DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONWilmington Delaware
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Wilmington, Delaware 0 Was Balloon
__1& December 1956 Newburgh, New York i Pee Bales
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SRE e, eneeee”
Long Farveys New Jersey ty Was Alvareti
Local 7+ 9 790257- Be round: Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar Cl Probobly Aircraft
GMT_2..19/00302—_ D Air Visual © Air-Intercept Radar QO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOT 6. SOURCE HX Wes Astronomicol Meteor
3. tP/,0030Z O Probably Astronomical
Krto Civilian O Possibly Astroromical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE O , Other
1 _4 ecs by_one sour¢e 1. SW to NE 9 [paul ean Dota for Evaluation
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
1) One symmetrical-shaped obj w/long
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11. COMMENTS
Sighting probably caused by
meteor,
3) Brilliant obj observed thru
NE. Obj broke into several smaller objjs Car windshield for 15 seconds,
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2) One round yellow & green obj,size
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— One syrmretricaleshaped object with a long
streamer behind, The fron+ of the object was
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AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)
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Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
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Probably Aircraft
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