DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PROJECT BLUE BOOK
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8723371
DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1966
REPORTED LOCATIONSandyhook Conn
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP LOCATION
22-23 February 66 DAWN Sandyhook, Conn. (5Witnesses)
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Astro (VENUS)
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One each day RA 19. 58, low in East and rising.
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND AMALYSIS
1. 1 1/2 hours
2. 3 hours Object looked like a bright star. The object moved higner in
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION the sly as the sun came up. Object moved up and down and sidd-
ways. Its color was a blue-green metallic light. Seen before
Gronnd-Visual sunrise on two different days.
7. COURSE
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8. PHOTOS
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conclusions, or publications without your permission. Wa requast this personal information so
that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.
3 i2 fre n the 22"
1. When did you see the object? 2.Time of day:m.
Hour Minutes
22 2 C6
2 3 66 (Circle Ona): (A.M.) P.M.)
Day Month Yoar
3. Time Zone: 3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): a. Eastern (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving
b. Cenrrai Cenrral b.(Standard)
C. C. Mountain
d. Pacific g
e. Other - Other
4. Where wers you when you saw the object? 4. Where wers you whon you saw the object? Ar Home, on Fr Home, on
Sandy Hik- Sandy Hak. ^{nnFn
"dress dress City or Town ity or Town Stats or County Stoto or County Counr
3 an the 2124
5. How long was object in sight? (Total Duration) 2the2sd
Hours Minutes Seconds
:
a Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined? I Sar nD rerct
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? Yos No
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
c.Sright a.Bright
b. Cloudy b. CToudy
7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object?
(Circl One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you . Ovarheod iC
c. To your right f. Don't remember
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FTD OCT 62 164 Thia form supersedes FrD 15t. Jul 61, which is cbsolete.
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8.IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None Bright moonlight
b. Afew b.Dull moonlight
cMeny c. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remember d. Don't remember
9. What wers the weather condirions at the time you saw the object?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
aClear sky a.Dry
b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scaitered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain
Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
e. Don't remember
10. The obiect appeared: (Circle One):
aSolid d.As a light
b. Transpcrent e. Don't remember
c. Vapor
11. If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One):
Brighter c. About the same
b. Dimmer d. Don't know
12. The adges of the object were:
(Circle One): c. Fuzzy or blurred . Other
b. Like a bright ster
Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember a
1. Did the object: (Circle One for eoch question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes No Don't know
c. Break up inte parts or explode? Yes No Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yes No Don't know
. Change brightness? Yes No Don't know
f. Change shape? Yos No Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Yos No Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yos No Don't know
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14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how? ea aet hegbe
tothe C b onitellki Msdgia
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15. Did the abject move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No) Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind:
16. Did the object move in front of something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): Yes No Don't Know. IF you answered YES, yhen tell what
in front of:.
17.. Tell in a few words the following things about the object: x
a. SoundZa-re
6. Color Dr feked deke a denegit Lle stu:
We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm's length in line with a known object and note how
much of the object is covered by the head of the match. if you had performed this experiment at ths time of the
sighting, how much of the object would have been coversd by the match head?
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2. Do you think you can astimate how far away from you the objest was?
(Circle One) Yes No
IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was?
22. Where were you located when you saw the object? 23. Were you (Circle One)
(Circle One):
a. In the business section of a city?
a Insida a building b. In the residential section of a city?
b. In a car In open countryside?
c Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
d. In an airpiane (ltype) Flying over a city?
e. At sea abamne f. Flying over open country?
wtaidets irigan g. Other
24.1 what dirsction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. East . South S. Wost
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast were you moving? miles per hour.
a. E Yes
b. Sun glasses Yes No Telescope Yes
c. Windshieid Yes No g. Theodolite Yes No
d. Window glass Yes No deasThim
tanet
26. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possibln of what you saw, describe in your own words a common
object or objects which, when placad up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the object which you saw.
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90 75
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45 NW
30
15 3W
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Draw a picture that will show the motion that the abject or cbjects made. Place an Aat tha beginning ofhe
poth, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changes in directian during the course.
A B3
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30. Hava you ever seen this, or a similar object before. If so give date or dates and location.
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3. Was anyone alse with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yes Nocadeacl
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31.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the ob ject too? (Circle One) Yes No tennd
31.2 Please list their names and addrasses:
Mr4
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Hont
32. Please give the following information about yourself:
Lost Nam Lost Namd First Name Middia Name Middia Name
ADDRESS ADDRESS Dondy Hoo DorfyI Conn -
Street City Zone Zone Stats Stats
TELEPHONE NUMBE TELEPHONE NUMBEY AGE 49 AGE 49 SEX _ SEX
indicate any additional information about yours elf, including any special experience, which might b pertinent.
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33. When and to whom did you report that you had saen tha object?
22 2 CCu
D=y Month Yoar
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No Saucer Watcher
"I'r not a saucer watcher. I terday morning. Both said it was or anything." Others that claim
just stumbled on it by chance,? definitely not a helicopter nor to have seen the strange objects
said Mrs. Alice Danuszar ot did it have any resemblance to echoed Mrs.Danuzsar's senti- Then dar
Kivirside Rd. Sandy Hook, an airplane. ments. All said they would like
Neviown, last night referring to to know what it really is they
the strange objeet she saw on Seen Again observed. "Is it earth made or
two different occasions within Last night Mrs. Britton tele- has it come from outer space," uk anedindeng Iftuby hapi
24 hours. phoned Mrs. Danuzsar to tell her they asked? scunite Iian dere,
Mrs. Danuszar said she hap- to look quickly, that a simjlar
pened to a wake at 4 a m. yes- object to the oue they had ob- ffilan lmythe
terday morning. After gelting a served carlier was in the sky. 34. Date you complatad this quastionnuira:
drink of water she was aboud to 1 This was between 5 p. m. and 6 P.S. spue
return to bed when she observed ) p.m1.
a strange lighted object in the Other residents of Sandy Hook
west. have reported seeing strange 6
"The light was much bright- "saucers" or objects In the sky questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your sighting.
er than a star," she said. In an during the past week. Chr hegh along
etfort to obtain a better look at Mrs. Danuzsar said "I' can't Dcuntaeted The 35. lnformation which you foal partinent and which is not adequataly cove
what she wasn't sure she was afford to make a darned fool feri 0
looking at, she got her binocu- of myself. I know I'm not nuts far2es
lars and peered at it through S tere hsh tistng I avantd be wvienp hcdesene
them hiner se
She deseribed the object as
being shaped somewhat' like a bejing suaped sonewhat Cadact ni at ainy
TV tube with the base end 6
downward or sonewhat like an
ice cream cone. A metalhe ice crean cone. A metalle The iuns the your sighting.
bluish-grecn flame came frota 3 one ir. msl mel cen cleng Caleirneng
the lottom and at various ih- FeL22- v 2u.2-23 Ite
tervals red aaternae appeared tervals red aatennae appeared 'Saucer' Watcher 9te *
to throst outward from around to thrust outward from around 'Saucer' Watcher
the top in different mumbers at ri at ciy teie e smu fofer Day Day
a given moment. Not Convinced Cre
Lights Vary Lights Vary
She said they varied from two NEWTOWN - Mrs. Alice
to five in various cornbinations.! arous chuebinations Danuszar of Riverside Rd. San, Danuszar of Riverslde Rd., San-
Then I got scared." she said. dy flook is far from convinced de
However, she continued to that what she saw in the wry leli ich is not adequataly covered in the specific points of the
watch the object for about an heavens earlier this week was a Honth
hour. It did not stay in oné spot balloon.
but appeared to hover then go "I think I would know a bal. lifirl 19 6 6
to one side and another and up loon when I sce one," she said. Goue truly.
and down, changing position She further explained that the
from time to timg. object she saw in the sky at
"It was tive miutes to five 4 a.m. in the morning had the Palimal
before I dared to call anyone," brilliance of a star. She said sho S
Mrs. Danuszar said. She called first saw it in the eastern part Yuar
her brother Conrad Fleisch- of the sky and it later moved in-
mann and her neighbors Mr. to the southwest.
and Mrs. Phillip Britton, It was indicated yesterday
"At frst they thought I was that what sho saw night be
crazy. At first I thought I was tests by the Robert Fulton Co.
seeing things, but I know what in Dallbury of a rescue balloon, Page
I saw," she said. Night testing bogan this week.
Mrs. Britton said she and her ON
hushand saw the same thing as
they looked but the window yos