PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6787648

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONMeriden Connecticut

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
28 July 1956 28 Ju1y 1956 Meriden, Connecticut Meriden, Connecticut 00 0 Probably Probably Balloon Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
Local Local. 0307Z 0307z Ground-Visuai Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft Was Aireraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT. GMT. 29/03072 29/0307X AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 0 Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircralt
5. 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Ys 000 00 Probably Astronomical
XONo XONo Civilian (GOC) Civilian (GOC) Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. 9. COURSE Other_ Other.
5X DX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
13 13 minutes 0 Unknown
one SW SW
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 111. 111. COMMENTS COMMENTS
One long cigar One long cigar shaned obiect with shaped object with
bright glow. Color whige. Faded out.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)

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IN
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Mitti 30 JUL 1956 30 JUL 1956 07 30 1s 3
L1
RE017
M WPA043 YDB019 TYB102 TMB059MTJRA014 M UPA043 YDB019 TYB102 TMB059MTJRA014
OO RJEDEN RJEPNY RJEDWP RJEPHQ 4422 44-x22
DE RJEPJR 1H Ep
0 290403Z
FM COMDR 773D ACWRON MONTAUK AFSTA MONTAUK NY
TO RJEDEN/CONDR ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COL )
INFO RJEPNY/COMDR 2555;55TTH AIR DIV DEF ROSLYN AFSTA NY
RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECH INTEL WRIGHT PATTERSON N AFB OHIO
RJEPHQ/BIR OF INTEL HQ USAF F WASHINGTON 25 DC

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ET..
FUNCLASSIFIED/ACK 0952. UFOB REPORT.
T5555555MA. SPEAR 2.A. BRIGHT GLOW 3.A. GROUNG VISUAL 4.A. 29/00
B. LONG CIGAR B. 235 3MILE B. FEILD GLASSES B. I NIGHT
FROM 2 STORY
OBSERVATION POST (
C. WHITE C. 240 4MILE C. N/A
AGEE AGE
40 O11O
D. ONE D. TORWARD SW 5. CM 1331
E. N/A E. FADED ALSO MRS s
F. NONE F. 13 MINUTES 6.B. MAN IS AGE 40 HOUSE 8AISIDES CHVENYLS THL 4 CJUNISS
CHIEF OBSERVER WIFE OCCUPATION OF
CONSIDERED VERY HUSBAND CRANE OPR (
G. NONE RELIABLE ( S-S00 ANGI
H. NONE a
I. NONE
7.A. VERY CLEAR 8. N/A 9. NONE 10. CL 5030
B. 5000 300-2K
10000 300-20K
15000 310-20K
30000 340-40K
C. UNLIMITED-SCATTERED 11. S/SGT MOREL 12. NONE a
D.T MTLFS ODI L