# 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…

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[Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88)Evidence

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.

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## What it means

Key question[Why does the Incident 88 folder hold papers from the Wildwood case and the Danforth hoax?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/questions/QST0DFY73MKYJ7H/why-does-the-incident-88-folder-hold-papers-from-the)

2 answers, none ahead yet

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Answer this evidence bears on[A deliberate grouping of related reports](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/answers/ANS0DFY7HZMSKXZ/a-deliberate-grouping-of-related-reports)

Counts againstnone for, 1 against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

What it implies
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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

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Check the Sign microfilm order for neighbouring folders

Adds evidenceFair odds~3 h

[On: Why does the Incident 88 folder hold papers from the Wildwood case and the Danforth hoax?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/questions/QST0DFY73MKYJ7H/why-does-the-incident-88-folder-hold-papers-from-the)Set by this evidence

**14** score

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)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3MX2ZGRA/danforth-illinois-august-1947-project-blue-book-case-file)

U.S. Air Force 1947

SRC

[Location: Hackensack, New Jersey – Date: August 1947 – Incident Number: 88 (Project Blue Book case file)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3MDQGA59/location-hackensack-new-jersey-date-august-1947-incident)

U.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)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3NXV9HJ2/sac-newark-to-director-fbi-flying-disc-reported-at)

Federal Bureau of Investigation 1947

SRC

[The Curious Case of Project Blue Book Incident 88](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3WTTD70Y/the-curious-case-of-project-blue-book-incident-88)

Shaw 2022

SRC

[Wildwood, N.J. – January 1948 – Incident 50 (Project Blue Book case file)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3MPBT6DN/wildwood-n-j-january-1948-incident-50-project-blue-book-case)

U.S. Air Force 1948

SRC

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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/sessions/SES0DFY9WVPW4NG/session-1-incident-88-opened-the-three-files-untangled-and) · 3 Nov 2026

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