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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6971292

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONNew London New Britain Con

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a PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE + ae 2. LOCATION

, O Wes Boll
9 October 1957 New London, New Britain, Conj/o Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Fossilly Betloon
Lecal So tenae Ck fround- Vi sual D Ground-Rodar ee a ll -
enr_99/2240 BARIGHE ars O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCI O Was Astronomicol
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
xk No Civ i 1 ian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9% COURSE Oe Ni thts titanate taanind
. MS Insufficient Dota for Evaluction
O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1. A circular object the size of a Description conforms to comet
grapefruit, pparkling bright with ENCKE, However, direction rptd
appearance of a globe with a disc as South. Insufficient data,

around it, with a tail and very bright
was sighted heading slowly South,

2. Same obj observed in New Britain,
Connecticut for over ” hours,

(09/2400 to 10/02132Z),

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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» CONCLUSIONS

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TO RJEDEN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMD ENT AFB COLO |
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RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGNT PATTERSON AFB

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WASHINGTON 25 D.C.

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F. OBJECT HAD APPEARANCE OF A GLOBE WITH A DISK AROUND IT AND ~ |

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G. TAIL APPEARED a ina as

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C. NEGATIVE |

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S. OBJECT MOVING SOUTH, NO OTHER MANVEVERS |

! E. DISSAPEARED FROM SIGHT BELOW TREES AND APPEARED TO BE LOSING aLrurund (
\o A Dm relent fot | 2) C\etn ' A>, La / l

Fe APPROXIMATELY 35 MINUTES

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B. SURFACE WINDS 230 DCG Z KTS, 358)
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16 «rs(438) DCC 7 (kts 300 DEG 15 KTS

AVAILLAELE
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De 6 MILES WITH HAZE
E. ONE-TENTH

Fe NONE

8. NEGATIVE

S NONE
1@ NONE AT TIME OF SIGHTING

ii. NONE
12. NEGATIVE
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SIGHTING OF UFOB WAS ALSO MADE AT GERREF POSITION HJCM
G62 TO 16/92132.( BINOCULARS )

TIME OF SIGHTING IN THIS AREA WAS 99/24

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