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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: normal 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): April 27, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>WORLD SURVEILLANCE GROUP INC.</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">Delaware</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">001-32509</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-decoration: underline; text-align: center">88-0292161</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>State Road 405, Building M6-306A, Room
1400, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32815</U></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">(Address of principal
executive offices and Zip Code)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including
area code (321) 452-3545</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 1.01</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement</B></TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>Item 5.02.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Michael K. Clark resigned as a member of the Company&rsquo;s
Board of Directors and as its Chairman effective on April 27, 2012 for personal reasons.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Anthony R. Bocchichio was appointed by the Board of Directors
to serve as a Class II Director of the Company to serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company and as Chairman
of the Board, effective as of April 29, 2012. There is no understanding or arrangement between Mr. Bocchichio and any other person
pursuant to which Mr. Bocchichio was appointed as a director and as Chairman. Mr. Bocchichio has no family relationship with any
director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or an executive officer. The Company
did not appoint Mr. Bocchichio to any committees at this time. Mr. Bocchichio entered into a letter agreement with the Company
dated April 29, 2012 in connection with his services as a director and as Chairman of the Board that provides for the issuance
of 5.0 million shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock for his first year of service and the payment to him of $5,000 per month
as compensation.<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> </FONT>The Company also entered into its standard indemnification
agreement with Mr. Bocchichio. Mr. Bocchichio has never had a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed
transaction, in which the Company was or is a proposed participant exceeding $120,000.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The foregoing information
is a summary of the agreement involved in the transactions described above, is not complete, and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the agreement, which is attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.&nbsp;&nbsp;Readers
should review the agreement for a complete understanding of the terms and conditions associated with this transaction.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in; text-align: left"><B>ITEM 9.01</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</B></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 1in; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt">Exhibit<BR>
Number</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; vertical-align: bottom">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt">10.1</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0">Letter Agreement, dated April 29, 2012, by and between
        World Surveillance Group Inc. and Anthony R. Bocchichio.</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0">99.1</P></TD>
    <TD><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0.8pt 0pt 0">Press release dated April 30, 2012.</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2">World Surveillance Group Inc.<BR>(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Date: April 30, 2012</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">/s/ Glenn D. Estrella</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">By: Glenn D. Estrella</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">Title: President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported): April 27, 2012
WORLD SURVEILLANCE GROUP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
001-32509
88-0292161
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
State Road 405, Building M6-306A, Room
1400, Kennedy Space Center, FL 32815
(Address of principal
executive offices and Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including
area code (321) 452-3545
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
¨
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Michael K. Clark resigned as a member of the Company's
Board of Directors and as its Chairman effective on April 27, 2012 for personal reasons.
Anthony R. Bocchichio was appointed by the Board of Directors
to serve as a Class II Director of the Company to serve until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company and as Chairman
of the Board, effective as of April 29, 2012. There is no understanding or arrangement between Mr. Bocchichio and any other person
pursuant to which Mr. Bocchichio was appointed as a director and as Chairman. Mr. Bocchichio has no family relationship with any
director, executive officer or person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or an executive officer. The Company
did not appoint Mr. Bocchichio to any committees at this time. Mr. Bocchichio entered into a letter agreement with the Company
dated April 29, 2012 in connection with his services as a director and as Chairman of the Board that provides for the issuance
of 5.0 million shares of the Company's common stock for his first year of service and the payment to him of $5,000 per month
as compensation.
The Company also entered into its standard indemnification
agreement with Mr. Bocchichio. Mr. Bocchichio has never had a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or proposed
transaction, in which the Company was or is a proposed participant exceeding $120,000.
The foregoing information
is a summary of the agreement involved in the transactions described above, is not complete, and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the agreement, which is attached as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  Readers
should review the agreement for a complete understanding of the terms and conditions associated with this transaction.
ITEM 9.01
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
10.1
Letter Agreement, dated April 29, 2012, by and between
        World Surveillance Group Inc. and Anthony R. Bocchichio.
99.1
Press release dated April 30, 2012.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
World Surveillance Group Inc.
(Registrant)
Date: April 30, 2012
/s/ Glenn D. Estrella
By: Glenn D. Estrella
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer