Hartford, ConnecticutJuly 1957

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Summary

On July 10, 1957, at dusk, a civilian Air Force lieutenant colonel in Hartford, Connecticut reported a sighting. The observation lasted about forty five minutes and was made with the naked eye and binoculars.

The witness saw one object that was a brilliant white light. It looked unevenly round and was about ten times larger than a star. It held a steady course from west to east directly overhead, at an elevation of about 50 degrees. Weather and visibility were excellent.

The report notes that the AF Research Center at Cambridge identified the object as a Moby Dick balloon, released in California. The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as a probable balloon sighting.

Reported location

Hartford, Connecticut

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

CT / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD !

| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

E 0 Was Balloon

p LOD July 1957 Hartford, Connecticut 0-*Probobly Bolleon

| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION a Ll hd i A

EE ERE Se Ee “IX Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 5 sn i (SON

1 | CMT 10,/23302 0 AirVYisuvoi 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

: Is PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
. CO Yes O Probobly Astronomical
O Ne Mitts aon O Possibly Astronomical

| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BDH i ie
z O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
; 0 Unknown

°c minutes one Weto hb :

© 110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

| One object unevenly round, 10 times Probable balloon sighting,

RE | larger than a star, Color brilliant

| white, Steady W to E course, seen

3 | through binoculars,

E | July 10, 1957: Many reports of object or objects from Mew Sngland, incl. Mew Haven,

] | Boston, and Brunswick, Me. AF Research Center at Cambridge identified object(s) :
1 as Moby Dick balloon, released at Vernalis, California (sic). — N. Y. World-

| Telegram & Sun, 7/11; Newark Star-Ledger, 7/11(AP); N. Y. Herald Tribune, 7/12.
Er | |

BR | |

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 3EP 352)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970474