Project 10073 Record Card — Meriden, Connecticut, 28 July 1956

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated teletype report regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed in Meriden, Connecticut, on July 28, 1956. The sighting was reported by a witness described as a chief observer and considered very reliable, along with his wife. The witnesses observed a single, long, cigar-shaped object that exhibited a bright glow and a white color. The object was observed for a duration of 13 minutes and was noted to have a flight path toward the southwest before it eventually faded out. The weather conditions at the time of the observation were reported as very clear. The report was processed by the 773rd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Montauk, New York, and forwarded to the Air Defense Command at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado, as well as the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Despite the reliability of the witness, the official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 card is that there was insufficient data for a formal evaluation of the incident.