Winsted, Conn., July 1955July 1955

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Summary

On a date in 1955, in Winsted, Connecticut, a witness reported one round, silver object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object looked about the size of a baseball held at arm's length. It flew from the northwest, then turned and flew straight east.

The Air Force suggested the witness may have seen an aircraft passing to the north, with the sun behind the observer reflecting off the plane. Officials said the duration and distance traveled supported an aircraft explanation.

Reported location

Winsted, Conn., July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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‘I. DATE EER | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
\ : O Wos Balloon |
0 July 1 Viinsted, C Q Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
: O Wes Ai fr
I i ed dita & Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
CMT 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |G Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical . :
; O Yes 3 O Probably Astronomical
g No : Y O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 3 NY ila is iiss
: O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
Age 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11.” COMMENTS : :
| One (1), round, silver object, the size of a It is possible that the observer of this
baseball at arms length, was seen to fly from sighting saw an aircraft passing to the
NW yo NE, flying straight east. north, and the sunbeing directly behinc
| : the observer, he possibly saw the ref=-
lection off a passing or 4 The duratiqn
oo at of the sighting and the distance traveled
: Hey ba ; : by the object would support the aircraft
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