Evidence · Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947
The Wildwood correspondent has her own folder, Incident 50, with the case's originals
The Wildwood letters in the 88 folder continue Project Sign Incident 50, which has its own 74-page folder with the check-lists, the interview and the Coast Guard investigation; the ten pages filed under 88 date from April to November 1948, after that case was closed.
What it means
Key questionWhy does the Incident 88 folder hold papers from the Wildwood case and the Danforth hoax?
2 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Answer this evidence bears onMisfiling: the pages belong to other incidents and were put in the wrong folder
Supports2 for, none against
Still possibleunchanged
What it implies
- Ten of the fourteen intruding pages belong to an existing case and are misplaced, not evidence of a hidden link.For the key question: Why does the Incident 88 folder hold papers from the Wildwood case and the Danforth hoax?
Next steps 1
1
Check the Sign microfilm order for neighbouring folders
Adds evidenceFair odds~3 h
14score
Details
List which folders sit next to 88, 50 and the Danforth case on roll T1206 and in the 1952 card index; if Wildwood and Danforth papers also turn up in other neighbouring folders, the slip was in filing, not judgement.
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 3
Check-List – Unidentified Flying Objects, Incidents 1–100 (38_143685, box 7), PURSUE Release 01
SRCAir Materiel Command 1948
SRC
Wildwood, N.J. – January 1948 – Incident 50 (Project Blue Book case file)
SRCU.S. Air Force 1948
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Wildwood correspondent has her own folder, Incident 50, with the case's originals [Evidence EVD0DFY7WVM85TG]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFY7WVM85TG
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title = {The Wildwood correspondent has her own folder, Incident 50, with the case's originals},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DFY7WVM85TG},
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