Project 10073 Record — Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, 2 June 1947

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a sighting on 2 June 1947 at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The witness, a civilian pilot with 30 years of experience, reported observing a single 'mayonnaise jar'-shaped object traveling north at an estimated speed of 1000-1200 mph. The report notes that this was the second such object the observer had seen, with a previous sighting occurring in September 1946. The document includes an evaluation stating that the incident contains nothing astronomical. The investigator suggests that the objects observed on three separate dates were likely 'Bumble bees,' which are identified as ram-jet missiles fired from Fort Miles by the Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins University. The investigator notes that because the exact time of the observations and the specific dates of the first two sightings were not provided in the submitted material, a definitive identification could not be confirmed. However, the report suggests that further inquiry at the Applied Physics Laboratory, located at 8621 South Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, might yield a positive identification. Additionally, the document includes an index of incidents extracted from a Project Grudge report, categorized by Dr. Hynek into astronomical, non-astronomical (suggestive of other explanations), and non-astronomical (no explanation evident) categories.