Danbury, Conneticut, September 1961September 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Danbury, Conneticut, September 1961 in September 1961. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 44.

Reported location

Danbury, Conneticut, September 1961

Date of incident

September 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

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3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
4 ; £ Ne re C ticut DO Was Balloon
4 22 Sep ol SERRE, - enc bi 0 Probably Balloon |
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1... Fessiiny Sailoem
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3 be Sh seve Waal O Ground-Radar a Lo Bt dr ;
4 2208157 o Pei rid shade 1 : |
3 GMT__<csWwlys 0 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar ~ossibly Aircralt i
i 5. PHOTOS » SOURCE O Was Astronomical
i 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
| XTNo civilian O Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8% Other PXCt flare
E O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
y . i : 3 0 Unknown
E 1 Descending :
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING. ~~ TopIclly ©o =nrms 11. COMMENTS - --1C55 (0€5 not Tate Dow Ong
bo : at about a 40-50% ‘ang and burned brigntly. objt wus in view, but her report indicate:
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28994794

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1961 1961-09-01