PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9316116

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONNorton Connecticut

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
27 October 1962 Norton, Connecticut D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local X Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probobly Aireraft
GMT28/00447 BX Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Alrcraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 00 Was Astronomicol
Yes Probobly Astronomical
No Civilian D Possibly Astroncmical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
DX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 seconds □ Unknown
one SE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Unusually faint, persisting object Possibly a faint meteor. Reported
like meteor going Se om 45 dgr by observer who should familia
elevation to postion t 20 dgr with meteors.
elevation where object went behind
trees.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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seconds when it went behind a tree in the S.E. at an altitude ab-
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a band
and fading toward the ends. and fading toward the ends. - The length of The length - the the band was parallel to parallel to
the line of flight.
The sky was very clear. It did not have any similarity to or is
there any likelyhood that it was the end of searc eam.
Was this I observer? Can you suggest
what it was?
if this letter is improperly addressed, will on please forward it?
Sincerely
Edgerton Memorial Planetarium,
Stamford (Conn.) Museum & Nature Center