Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Hartford, Connecticut, 28 March 1958
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AI-Generated Summary
A Project 10073 record card documenting a 1958 sighting in Hartford, Connecticut. The object was identified as a balloon with a gondola, and the report was dismissed as not being a UFO.
This document is a Project 10073 record card documenting a sighting that occurred on March 28, 1958, in Hartford, Connecticut. The observer reported seeing a single, white, balloon-shaped object with a gondola attached. The object was observed for approximately five minutes, moving from west to east. The report explicitly notes that the object burst and the gondola dropped. The official evaluation of this incident is that it does not constitute a UFO report, as the observer clearly identified the object as a balloon with a gondola attached. The record card includes handwritten notes and annotations on subsequent pages, reinforcing the conclusion that the event was a balloon sighting rather than an unidentified aerial phenomenon.
This is not a UFO rpt. Observer rptd seeing a balloon w/a gondola attached.
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Official Assessment
This is not a UFO rpt. Observer rptd seeing a balloon w/a gondola attached.
The sighting was identified as a balloon with a gondola attached, leading to the conclusion that it was not a UFO report.