# U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book 1947: Location: Hackensack, New Jersey – Date: August 1947 – Incident Number: 88 (Project Blue Book case file) > U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book, 1947. 17 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The 19-page sanitized Blue Book folder for Incident 88 (NARA T1206… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3MDQGA59/location-hackensack-new-jersey-date-august-1947-incident Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88)U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book 1947 **0** # Location: Hackensack, New Jersey – Date: August 1947 – Incident Number: 88 (Project Blue Book case file) U.S. Air Force, Project Blue Book, 1947. **Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947** Manuscript0 ## 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. ## Cited by on this site 17 records [AMC letter of 25 August 1947 on the Danforth 'flying saucer' specimens](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/artifacts/ART0DFY6R7641PS/amc-letter-of-25-august-1947-on-the-danforth-flying-saucer) ART [AMC letter to Langley AFB on sightings between Wildwood and Norfolk, November 1948](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/artifacts/ART0DFY6QRDPQCB/amc-letter-to-langley-afb-on-sightings-between-wildwood-and) ART [Hynek's evaluations extracted from the Grudge incident index](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/artifacts/ART0DFY6QB1GN7M/hyneks-evaluations-extracted-from-the-grudge-incident-index) ART [Hynek's note on Incident 88](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/artifacts/ART0DFY6Q0879FB/hyneks-note-on-incident-88) ART [Index card for Incident 88 (Temporary ATIC Form 329)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/artifacts/ART0DFY6QJ7T2EG/index-card-for-incident-88-temporary-atic-form-329) ART [Photograph of the Danforth 'flying saucer' specimens](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/artifacts/ART0DFY6RMCKMMJ/photograph-of-the-danforth-flying-saucer-specimens) ART [Project Sign check-list for Incident 88](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/artifacts/ART0DFY6PPBFWZ4/project-sign-check-list-for-incident-88) ART [Investigative records for Wildwood exist in the Incident 50 folder](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY7YK225XA/investigative-records-for-wildwood-exist-in-the-incident-50) Evidence EVD [Nothing in the three files refers to the others](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY7XJN4QW7/nothing-in-the-three-files-refers-to-the-others) Evidence EVD [The Air Force check-list repeats the FBI teletype and nothing from the interviews](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY7XYZ2YY9/the-air-force-check-list-repeats-the-fbi-teletype-and) Evidence EVD [The Danforth letter in the 88 folder is a copy of one in the Danforth folder](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY7X94J1BP/the-danforth-letter-in-the-88-folder-is-a-copy-of-one-in-the) Evidence EVD [The Wildwood correspondent has her own folder, Incident 50, with the case's originals](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/evidence/EVD0DFY7WVM85TG/the-wildwood-correspondent-has-her-own-folder-incident-50) Evidence EVD [AMC asks Langley AFB to investigate any new sightings between Wildwood and Norfolk](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/events/EVT0DFY6CYR6KXP/amc-asks-langley-afb-to-investigate-any-new-sightings) EVT [ATIC makes the index card for Incident 88](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/events/EVT0DFY6DN8M95N/atic-makes-the-index-card-for-incident-88) EVT [Col. H. M. McCoy](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/people/FIG0DFY5Y3KZPQK/col-h-m-mccoy) FIG [J. Allen Hynek](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88/people/FIG0DFY5XAS1N3J/j-allen-hynek) FIG [Incident 88: the Hackensack disc, 3 August 1947](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/incident-88) The mystery article MYS ## Cite it ``` 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 ``` [Find it at catalog.archives.gov](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28929795) Key **SRC** 0DFY3MDQGA59 Kind Manuscript Rights The publisher's Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DFY3MDQGA59/location-hackensack-new-jersey-date-august-1947-incident/csl.json)