Norton, ConnecticutOctober 1962

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Summary

On October 27, 1962, at 7:44 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, a civilian observer at a planetarium in the Stamford, Connecticut, area reported a faint object in the sky. He was watching the Echo satellite when he saw it. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The observer described an unusually faint and persisting object that looked like a slow meteor. It moved to the southeast from about 45 degrees elevation. He followed it with binoculars for about 3 seconds until it went behind a tree at about 20 degrees elevation. He saw no color and detected no change in brightness. The object appeared as a band about 0.1 degrees wide and 0.5 degrees long, brightest in the center and fading at the ends. The sky was very clear.

The Air Force noted the report came from an observer who should be familiar with meteors. The case was listed as possibly a faint meteor.

Reported location

Norton, Connecticut

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

CT / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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3 ; : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD J

a 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i 0 Wos Balloon
4 27 October 1962 Norton, Connecticut DO Probably Balloon

G 0 Possibly Balloon

H 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

4 By PEE SNR ERO ee HC A Xx Sri O Ground-Rador B Probably Alvaro

Eo GMT 23/00447 o TEAL BX O Air-Intercept Radar | DJ Possibly Aireraft
i 5. PHOTOS ee BOURGET ET 0 Was Astronomical

E O Yes D Probably Astronomical

4 X& No Civilian OD Possibly Astronemical

' | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE mn PRE

bi: BX Insufficient Dato for Evaluation

ji : 0 Unknown

3 3 seconds one SE

i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

3 Unusually faint, persisting object| Possibly a faint meteor. Reported

E like meteor going Se from 45 dgr by observer who should be familia

4 elevation to postion at 20 dgr with meteors,

2 elevation where object went behind

§ trees,

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