Project 10073 Record: UFO Observation - Taftville, Connecticut, 17 September 1967

This document contains a collection of records regarding a UFO sighting reported by an 8th-grade student from Lisbon, Connecticut. The primary event occurred on September 17, 1967, in Taftville, Connecticut. The witness, who was in a car with her mother, reported observing a large, fluorescent, dinner-plate-sized object in the sky for approximately ten minutes. The witness described the object as stationary at times and slowly moving at others, noting that it appeared to have two windows separated but close together. The witness reported that the object made no noise and suddenly disappeared when its lights went out. The witness later wrote to the Air Force in June 1968, requesting information on Project Blue Book and describing the sighting. The Air Force responded on June 26, 1968, via Lt. Colonel Hector Quintanilla, Jr., requesting that the witness complete an official AF Form 117. The subsequent evaluation by the Aerial Phenomena Office concluded that there was insufficient data for a formal investigation, primarily because the report was filed more than 30 days after the incident. The investigators noted that the description provided by the witness was consistent with an aircraft displaying an electrical advertising sign.