Horace Wenyon Rehoboth Beach, Delaware observations
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Aircraft pilot Horace Wenyon reported observing projectile-like objects with jets of flame near Rehoboth Beach, Delaware on two occasions in September and October 1946, traveling at extremely high speeds.
“Mr. WENYON advised that he had been an airplane pilot approximately thirty years. He stated that in September of 1946, while flying at an altitude of 1,000 feet, two or three miles south of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, he noticed a projectile approximately fifteen inches in diameter which crossed his course at right angles and was moving in a west-to-east direction. According to Mr. WENYON, several jets of flame were spurting from the object and it was traveling at a very high rate of speed, 1,000 to 1,200 miles per hour.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1946-09-01
- Precision
- month
- Location
- Rehoboth Beach, Delaware area; two or three miles south of Rehoboth Beach
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Delaware
- Branch
- FBI
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- Projectile
- Size
- Approximately fifteen inches in diameter
- Altitude
- 1000 ft
Resolution
Wenyon believed objects were rockets being tested. Newspaper described as 'flying mayonnaise jars' but Wenyon stated this was reporter's invention.
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2
Case ID: 1946-FBI-AFCE3D
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