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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 4 November 1956 | 2. LOCATION | Wilmington, Delaware  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 04/2345Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual Ground-Rader Air-Visual Air-Intercept Rader  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | five seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | four  |
|  9. COURSE | Eastnortheast | 11. COMMENTS | Duration, description, indicate meteor sighting.  |

12. CONCLUSIONS
☐ Was Balloon
☐ Probably Balloon
☐ Possibly Balloon
☐ Was Aircraft
☐ Probably Aircraft
☐ Possibly Aircra…

04/23452
9

1 Witness

Headquarters
82ND FIGHTER GROUP (AIR DEFENSE)
United States Air Force
New Castle County Air Base
Wilmington, Delaware

GPOP

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Report

TO: Commander
Air Defense Command
Ent Air Force Base
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Inclosed herewith is a Report of an Unidentified Flying Object
in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2, dated 12 August 1954
and ADC Regulation 200-7, dated 29 January 1955.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

1 Incl: JOSEPH M. RODGERS, Jr.
UFOB Rept (1 cy) Captain, USAF
Adjutant

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

Unidentified Flying Object

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

DATE REPORTED ON
Wilmington, Delaware

DATE OF REPORT
7 November 1956

DATE OF INFORMATION
5 November 1956

DISCLOSURE
F-1

PROPOSED BY (SIGNED)
CAPT LEON A. BLACKMON, Operations Officer

SHARON
Interview (Telephonic)

INFORMATION (Check all number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable)

CLASSIFICATION (Enter number necessary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on A.P. Form 110—…

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

82ND FTRGUP, New Castle County
Air Base, Wilmington, Delaware
REPORT NO.
PAGE 1 OF 2 PAGES

(1) DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECTS:
(a) Mr. [redacted] and sons could not tell shape, as it was streaked lights.
(b) The size of a pea.
(c) Streaked reflected light, like that of a light being reflected from an airplane wing.
(d) None
(e) Was four (4) objects, in a formation forming a triangular shape with the point heading northeast.
(f) Was a streak of light.
(g) None
(h) None

(2) DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS:
(a) Just happened to look up and see them. Was viewing…

APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  82nd FtrCup, New Castle County Air Base, Wilmington, Delaware |  |   |

Occupation: Designing Eng at All American Eng, Wilmington, Delaware<br/>
Telephone: WY 43613.

(7) WEATHER AND WIND-ALOPT, CONDITIONS AT TIME OF PLACE OF SIGHTING:

(a) Clear, bright stars, no clouds.

(b) Report from the nearest AWS or US Weather Bureau Office of Wind direction and velocity in degrees and knots at surface:

|  6,000 Ft | N NW 9 Knts  |
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|  10,000 Ft | 020° 15 …