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Wilmington, North Carolina, August 1960

Date of account
1960-08
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS WosBalioon 31Aug60 Wilmington,North Carolina Probabiy Bailoon 口 Possibiy Baiioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Wos Aiieraft Locol. GroundVisuol DGround-Rodar 口 Probabiy Aireraft GMT.. 31/1530Z Aiyiuol Air-lnterespi Rodor 口 PossiblyAireroit 5.PHOTOS 8.5OURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Y 口 ProboblyAstronomicol No Civilian 口 Possibiy Astronomicol 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 3.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. Insufficiont Dota for Evoiuation 10min(？) falling 口 Unknown one IO.BRIEF SUMMARY OFSIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Irregular shaped object 3 ft across with Requested further investigation,however aluminum top and blackbottom,small fins on object not retrieved.Case listed as both sides observed falling.No trail or insuficiemt data. exhaust.No sound.First observation from just under cloud cover.Iast obserration upon impact in swamp （20 ft).At

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