West Hartford, ConnecticutMay 1960

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Summary

On May 3 to 6, 1960, a witness near West Hartford, Connecticut, reported an unusual light in the sky. The card lists the sighting as a ground visual observation.

The object first looked like a bright white pinpoint of light. It then appeared as a luminous red and green oblong shape. The body of colors flickered, and the witness reported that the size and color changed during the sighting. The witness watched the object over several periods of about 10 to 15 minutes each.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted that the colors reported are highly suggestive of the running lights used on aircraft and concluded the sighting was probably an aircraft.

Reported location

West Hartford, Connecticut

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

CT / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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Ba PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD \
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
3&6 May 60 West Hartford, Connecticut: [0 pebobly Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 6. Possiuy Swieen
Ee ee X Ground-Visuel 0 Ground-Redar 8 br AND
oMT. O400Z & 09002 0 AirVisvel O Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS ye 3. SOURCE - Sees a |
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CE RE ae
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| 10-15 min each one | Maneuvered gil |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS | Vai
Bright, white pinpoint of light apparently on | The colors reported are highly suggestiv4
luminous red and green oblong object. Body of running lights used on all a/ c. Wit- |
colors flickered. Size and color changed with | ness was located in an area crisscrossed|
changes in azimth. by many airways. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 82) |
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