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Project 10073 Record — Stamford, Conn. 29 March 66

📅 29 March 66 📍 Stamford, Conn. 🏛 AFSC Foreign Technology Div 📄 Sighting report and teletype message
Project 10073StamfordConnecticutAstroStarPlanet1966

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A 1966 UFO sighting in Stamford, Connecticut, by a Naval Reserve Intelligence officer was investigated under Project 10073. The object was officially identified as a star or planet, with the perceived movement attributed to the observer's own motion.

This document contains a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting in Stamford, Connecticut, on March 29, 1966. The witness, a 36-year-old patent attorney and Naval Reserve Intelligence officer, reported observing a bright object that appeared to be white and flashing green. The witness described the object as looking like a star and noted that it appeared to move against a chimney. The official conclusion reached by the Foreign Technology Division was that the object was an astronomical body (star or planet). The report suggests that the perceived motion of the object was an illusion caused by the observer walking while looking at the object. The document includes a teletype message (UNCLAS 5200C 00034 APR 66) detailing the report, which notes that the witness was considered reliable. The report also mentions that recent sightings in the Connecticut area may have influenced the witness to report this incident.

Observer thought it was a star. It looked like a star. He saw it moving against a chimmeny. However he was walking at the time and this would account for the apparent motion.

Official Assessment

Astro (STAR/PLANET)

The observer, a patent attorney and Naval Reserve Intelligence officer, reported seeing a bright object that appeared to move. The investigation concluded the object was a star or planet, and the apparent motion was caused by the observer walking while viewing the object against a chimney.

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