Location: Hackensack, New Jersey – Date: August 1947 – Incident Number: 88 (Project Blue Book case file)

What it's used for here

The 19-page sanitized Blue Book folder for Incident 88 (NARA T1206, catalog 28929795; full scan at archive.org item ProjectBlueBook_1940s_case_files, file 1947-08-9669379-Hackensack-NewJersey-88-.pdf). Page by page: (1) Temporary ATIC Form 329 index card dated 2 Jan 1952, 'Incident #88', 3 Aug 47, Hackensack, source 'Army EM', afternoon, speed rapid, altitude 200 yds, 'revolved slowly', everything else N/S; (2-3) undated handwritten letter from the Wildwood correspondent describing two objects on 2 April [1948] at 4:40 and 5:10 pm, her letters to President Truman and Drew Pearson, and an appointment with the FBI in Philadelphia; (4) Air Intelligence transmittal of 6 May 1948 forwarding her letter of 23 April; (5) USAF letter of 12 May 1948 to her and her note of 17 July 1948 enclosing a Life picture; (6) AMC acknowledgment of 29 Oct 1948; (7) AMC letter to Langley AFB, Nov 1948, on reports 'between Wildwood, New Jersey and the vicinity of Norfolk, Virginia, during October 1948'; (8-11) AMC letter of 25 August 1947 on the Danforth, Illinois 'flying saucer' specimens (no connection with the 'Mogul' project; a hoax) with its photograph; (12-13) the Project Sign check-list for Incident #88, with the remark copied from the FBI teletype; (14) Hynek's note on Incident 88; (15) Hynek's evaluations extracted from the Project Grudge incident index, placing 88 under 'Non-astronomical, with no explanation evident / Lack of evidence precludes explanation'; (16) AMC letter of 6 April 1948 about Major Faulk's departure and her film; (17) acknowledgment of 19 April 1948 to 'Mrs. Evans'; (18-19) her handwritten letter of 9 April 1948.

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U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book (1947). Location: Hackensack, New Jersey – Date: August 1947 – Incident Number: 88 (Project Blue Book case file). https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28929795

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. “Location: Hackensack, New Jersey – Date: August 1947 – Incident Number: 88 (Project Blue Book case file).” 1947.