Project 10073 Record Card - Meriden, Connecticut Sighting

This document contains a collection of records regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting in Meriden, Connecticut, on July 19, 1962. The primary witness, Donald Blakeslee, an astronomy major at Wesleyan College, reported observing a white-colored object moving from the northwest to the northeast. Blakeslee described the object as moving in an erratic, zig-zag course, noting that it appeared to move too slowly to be a satellite. He further reported that the object gleamed brightly, stopped completely for a short duration, and then resumed its movement before disappearing behind a clump of trees. The sighting lasted approximately seven to ten minutes and was also observed by George Dodge, Richard Wright, Jan Aldrich, John H. Blakeslee, and Keith Blakeslee. The documentation includes a Project 10073 record card, a completed U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet, and correspondence between the 1611 Air Transport Wing (MATS) at McGuire Air Force Base and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The correspondence confirms the referral of the sighting report for further investigation in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2. The witness explicitly noted in his questionnaire that he initially thought the object might be a satellite, but that none were reported at that time and date.