Project Blue Book Sighting Report — Torrington, Connecticut, February 1, 1967

This document contains a Project Blue Book sighting report from February 1, 1967, involving a civilian witness in Torrington, Connecticut. The witness reported observing a stationary object for 45 minutes, which they described as a triangular shape with lights at the vertices. The witness initially observed the object as a bright white light, which later changed colors to red, white, yellow, and orange. The witness used a 20-power spotting scope to observe the object. The report includes a completed FTD Form 164, a hand-drawn sketch of the object's triangular configuration, and correspondence between the witness and the Air Force. In a letter dated August 21, 1967, Lt. Colonel Barnett B. Young of the Foreign Technology Division responded to the witness, stating that while they could not positively identify the object, they believed the planet Venus was responsible. The Air Force explained the perceived motion and color changes as the result of upper atmospheric turbulence and chromatic aberration when viewing the bright planet through a lens.