Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Project 10073 Record Card — Norwalk, Connecticut, 22 January 1952

📅 22 January 1952 📍 Norwalk, Conn. 🏛 Director of Special Investigations 📄 Air Intelligence Information Report

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TL;DR

A civilian woman in Norwalk, Connecticut, reported a dome-shaped 'space ship' in January 1952. Air Force investigators concluded the sighting was likely a product of the witness's imagination.

This document comprises a series of Air Intelligence Information Reports regarding a UFO sighting in Norwalk, Connecticut, on 22 January 1952. A civilian woman reported observing a "space ship" with a machinery-filled dome that moved slowly and hovered. The witness claimed the object was dome-shaped, made of dull stainless steel, and approximately the size of a two-family house. She described a horizontal band of white light around the object and noted that it made no sound. The witness further claimed to have seen the same object a week later from inside a building. The investigation included interviews with the witness, her husband, and her employer at Remington Rand, Inc. The investigating officers noted that the witness had a history of medical issues, including a brain tumor or injury, and was described by some as "a bit neurotic." The official conclusion of the intelligence report was that the sighting was likely a product of the observer's imagination, bordering on fantasy. The file includes maps of Norwalk and a drawing provided by the witness depicting the object's structure and the "lines" she observed on its underside. The documents were processed under Project 10073 and later associated with Project Blue Book files. The report also notes that a separate sighting in Tucson, Arizona, was not forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center because the recipient was already the action addressee.

The impression left is that the sighting probably is a fragment of the observer's imagination.

Official Assessment

The impression left is that the sighting probably is a fragment of the observer's imagination.

The witness is described as potentially neurotic, and the description of the object is considered to border on fantasy.

Witnesses

Key Persons