Evidence · Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947
Nothing in the three files refers to the others
No document in the Hackensack, Wildwood or Danforth records mentions either of the other cases, and Shaw found no connection between the Hackensack witnesses and the Wildwood correspondent's family.
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 onA deliberate grouping of related reports
Counts againstnone for, 1 against
Still possiblewas No evidence yet
What it implies
- There is no substantive reason on record for grouping the cases.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 5
Danforth, Illinois – August 1947 (Project Blue Book case file)
SRCU.S. Air Force 1947
SRC
SAC Newark to Director, FBI: Flying disc reported at Hackensack, New Jersey, August 3, 1947 – Miscellaneous (FBI file 62-HQ-83894, Section 2)
SRCFederal Bureau of Investigation 1947
Wildwood, N.J. – January 1948 – Incident 50 (Project Blue Book case file)
SRCU.S. Air Force 1948
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). Nothing in the three files refers to the others [Evidence EVD0DFY7XJN4QW7]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DFY7XJN4QW7
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title = {Nothing in the three files refers to the others},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DFY7XJN4QW7},
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