UFO Sighting Report — Putnam, Connecticut, December 1965

On December 22, 1965, at 0033Z, an airline pilot flying a DC-6 for North East Airlines reported a sighting of an unidentified aerial object. The pilot was flying at an altitude of 10,000 feet on a heading of 260 degrees, approximately 10 miles north of Putnam, Connecticut. The witness described the object as round and noted that its color shifted from pink to orange and finally to white. The object appeared to be the size of a quarter held at arm's length. It passed directly in front of the aircraft. After seven minutes of observation, the object changed its course to 240 degrees, executed a 20-degree port turn, increased its speed, and subsequently disappeared. The total duration of the sighting was 11 minutes. A US Navy aircraft operating in the same area was queried but reported no sighting of the object. The official conclusion provided by the Air Force, in accordance with AFR 200-2, stated that there was no data to indicate the object could not have been an aircraft. The report was processed by the Staff Message Branch of the Department of the Air Force and forwarded to various commands, including the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson AFB.