Danbury, ConnecticutAugust 1962

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Summary

On August 12, 1962, in Danbury, Connecticut, a family observed a small bright object near the moon for seven minutes starting around 9:30 p.m. EDT. Using a 50-power eyepiece telescope, the witness noticed the object approximately 200 to 300 miles above the surface north of east somewhere near the areas of Cassioleius and Harilius craters. The object moved in a northerly direction toward the moon's surface and disappeared at approximately 9:37 p.m. EDT somewhere near Herodotus. Five observers saw the object during this time. Although the object was reported in front of the moon, an occultation of a star in Sagittarius occurred at this time, and this event was considered as a cause for the sighting. The Air Force evaluation was Unknown.

Reported location

Danbury, Connecticut

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

CT / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
12 August 1962

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___13/0330Z
GMT ___

5. PHOTOS
□ Yes
□ No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
7 minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Obj viewed for 7 minutes as it crossed Moon. Small bright obj observed through 50x telescope. Moved in Northerly direction I'm lower-right portion of Moon to upper left section.

2. LOCATION
Danbury, Connecticut

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
□ Ground-Visual
□ Ground-Radar
□ Air-Visual
□ Air-Radar
□ Instrument

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
[illegible]

9. COURSE
Across Moon

12. CONCLUSIONS
□ Was Balloon
□ Probably Balloon
□ Possibly Balloon
□ Was Aircraft
□ Probably Aircraft
□ Possibly Aircraft
□ Was Astronomical
□ Probably Astronomical
□ Possibly Astronomical
□ Other
□ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
□ Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Although object reported in front of moon, an occultation of one of the stars in Sagittarius occurred at this time and this event is considered as a cause for the sighting.

AFIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 53)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28998595