Stamford, ConnecticutOctober 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 17, 1962, around 6:30 p.m. local time, a civilian man in Stamford, Connecticut, watched a bright shining object move across the sky. He was resting on his roof when he saw it travel from the northeast to the northwest. The object seemed to jump as it moved. He later wrote a letter describing the event. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The object moved about 100 ground yards in two minutes, then turned and came back. At that point two more objects appeared, one from the northeast and one from the south. The three joined and formed a triangle for about half a minute. The first object then continued northwest. The other two split off, one going north and one going south, and faded within about 15 seconds. The Air Force found the maneuvers and speeds consistent with aircraft.

The same record card includes a separate sighting reported by two teenage boys (ages 14 and 12) at 4:37 p.m. They were watching two jets when a very luminous, cigar-shaped object appeared below the planes. It crossed from horizon to horizon in 23 seconds. The altitude was not determined. The Air Force listed this part as insufficient data.

Reported location

Stamford, Connecticut

Date of incident

October 1962

State / country

CT / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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1 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
OD Wes Belloen
17 October 1962 Stamford onnecticut 8 Liv 114 oe) ha
3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TIN, rev
, 0 Was Aireroft ‘
LOCH mes — B Ground-Visvel O Ground-Reder nx Probably Airerelt
omy 17/2330Z 0 Air Visvel DO Airintercopt Rede |O Possibly p—.
S.. PHOTC ou 0 Wes Astronomical
OC Yes O Probably Astronomicol
2 No Civi lian O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION FE NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR ROR DE TA.
: OD Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: 0 Unknown
not rptd three varied
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright shining obj moving across sky Maneuvers & speeds consistent
fm NE to NW. Seemed to jump as it moved with analysis as a/c. /
Moved about 100 ground yards in two
minutes, Turned around and went back
where it came fm, At this time two
more objects, one fm NE and one fm
: South joined first object & formed
triangk, Stayed together for about 3
7 minute and first object went NW & othexs
garted, one goimg North and the other
South, "Latter two objects disappeared
in about 15 secs, First obj faded,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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