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Wilmington, North Carolina, February 1963

Date of account
1963-02
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 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 14 February1963 口 Was Balloon Wilmington, North Carolina 口 Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Passibly Balioon Local XXGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 14/1000Z 口 Probably Aircraft GMT Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Yes KxWas Astronomical Venus 口 Probably Astronomical XOXNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 3 hours one not reporte Unknown 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS white shiny object brighter than moon Error in time of report。Three with blue tint observed through Tx hours prior to sunrise Venus with something trailing on back that was in the SE at about 30 dgr looked like a parachute.Object elevation. Sighting has aspects appeared to be bouncing. Sighted comin

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