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CASE REFERENCE8408739

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1959

REPORTED LOCATIONShelton Connecticut

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

[ DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
a : 0 Was Balloon
19 sug 59 Shelton, Connecticut QO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4% TYPE OF OBSERVATION , G_ Esse By Cateon
2110 is ¢ : i 0 Was Aircraft
Local  Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Rodar  Pyebably Alreratt
omT___20/0210Z Aug 22 D Air Vi suol 0 Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
‘t¥ Ne Cavilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0 Other
Oc Insufficient Data for Evaluation
mers O Unknown
in One SW-NE
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Oh,j w/brightness color of first magni Insufficient infc. Questionnaires
tude staz, wobblea or sd at all tines. sent for further info, however, they
: on z roye not returned. Info given in letter
J iad ; not sufficient lc ;
Obj sighted by 6 p

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SAFIS-3a/Maj Tacker/mno/ 72291

4 September 1959

Dear Mr Geen”

This is to acknowledge your letter of 24 August concerning
an Unidentified Flying Object you sighted recently over Shelton,

Connecticut.

Your letter contained insufficient data to allow a valid
conclusion. Therefore request you complete the inclosed Air
Force questionnaire in regard to this sighting and forward the
completed paper to the Air lorce Technical Intelligence Center,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for analysis and evalu-
ation.

Sincerely,

Inclosure LAWRENCE J. TACKESR
Major, USAr
Public Information Division
Office of Information Servicez

elton, Connecticut

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