# Did the Air Force investigate the Wildwood reports filed under Incident 88, and what came of it? · Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947

> Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible.

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# Did the Air Force investigate the Wildwood reports filed under Incident 88, and what came of it?

Asked 3 Nov 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·2 answers·0·0 following

**Two answers, none ahead** None is ahead yet. See what would settle it.

 

## Where it stands

Two answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Two are still possible.

## Why it matters

Shaw asked whether the Air Force investigated the Wildwood correspondent or only humoured her; the letters in the 88 folder alone cannot say.

## Answers 2



[**Investigated in person and through the Coast Guard, found uncorroborated and closed** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/answers/ANS0DFY7JK5NJEF/investigated-in-person-and-through-the-coast-guard-found)

Evidence for it, no test yet

Evidence: 1 for

Still possible



[**Only humoured: the Air Force answered her letters without investigating** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/answers/ANS0DFY7JXT0BTB/only-humoured-the-air-force-answered-her-letters-without)

Not tested yet

Evidence: 1 against

Still possible

## History

1. 1947[U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book: investigative records for Wildwood exist in the Incident 50 folder](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3MDQGA59/location-hackensack-new-jersey-date-august-1947-incident)Against: Only humoured: the Air Force answered her letters without investigating
1. 1948[U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book: project Sign interviewed her at Wildwood and had the Coast Guard investigate](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3MPBT6DN/wildwood-n-j-january-1948-incident-50-project-blue-book-case)For: Investigated in person and through the Coast Guard, found uncorroborated and closed
1. 1948[Air Materiel Command, Project Sign: project Sign interviewed her at Wildwood and had the Coast Guard investigate](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3NCT8C5M/check-list-unidentified-flying-objects-incidents-1100-38)For: Investigated in person and through the Coast Guard, found uncorroborated and closed
1. 1948[U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book: investigative records for Wildwood exist in the Incident 50 folder](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3MPBT6DN/wildwood-n-j-january-1948-incident-50-project-blue-book-case)Against: Only humoured: the Air Force answered her letters without investigating
1. Nov 2026[Session 1: raised the question and found two results bearing on its answers](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/SES0DFY9WVPW4NG/session-1-incident-88-opened-the-three-files-untangled-and)

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