PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Ballonn 9 October 1957 New London, New Britain, Con o Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft .Loco1-----------lkfireund-VIaual 0 GrounciRador Probably Aircraft Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft D Was Astronomical D Y 0 Probably Astronomical -N i 1 ian 0 Posaibly Astronomical 7. LINOTH OP.OISIIIYATION I. NUMIIR 0 .. OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other, _ 10. IRIIP SUMMARY 0, SICHTINO 1. 1\ circular object the size of a grapefruit, pparkliug b t .1gh t with appearance of a globe w1Lh a disc around it, with a tail and very brig was sigh tod heading ::; Low 1 y ~outh. 2. Same obj observed i.r Nuw Britain, Connoc t i cut for over ~, l\f)u , . .:.; 11. COMMENTS Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown Description conforms to comet ENCKE. However, direction rptd as South. Insufficient data. ATIC PORW 329 (REV 26 SEP S2) 46 TYCI-7 TMBI49JRAI88 RJEDEN RJEPNY RJEPHQ DE RJEPJR llH FM CO~DR 773D ACWRON MONTAUK AFSTA MONTAUK NY TO RJEDEN/CCMDR AIR DEFENSE COMD ENT AFB COLO INFO RJEPNY/CC~IDR 26TH ADIV ROSLYN AFSTA ROSLYN NY RJEDWP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGNT PATTERSON AFB RJEPHQ/COMDR.DIRECTOR OF I~JTELLIGENCE HEADCRARTERS USAF WASHINGTON 25 n~c; /UNCLAS/ 773D 1187 OPS UFOD. 1. A. CIRCULAR B GRAPE FRUIT c. BRIGH AND SPARKLING F. OBJECT HAD APPEARANCE OF A GLOBE ~ITH A DISK AROUND IT AND~ WAS ~RY BRIGHT G. TP.I L APPEARED PAGE TWO RJEPJR 4H I. NEGATIVE A, BRIGHTNESS OF OBJECT NEGATIVE J ~ E_ 1:_ $ '\. OBJECT MOVING SOUTH, NO OTHER MANVEVERS E. DISSAPEARED FROM SIGHT BELOW TREES AND APPEARED TO BE LOSING ALTUTUD ~A. GROUND VUSUA B . fNocULARS 7 BY 3) sTRENG.TH 341 FEET AT 100" YARDS 4 A. 224QZULU 9SCT TO 231' ZULU NEW LGi-ION CONN."'"\ -a va , P a ON CONN. (HOUSEWIFE) NEW LONDON CONN. STUDENT PAGE THREE RJEPJR ~K Mll LARRY SWAN~ON MERID~N C':ONN-- --- - ----~- 7. -A. W(ATRER CLEAR VISIBLITY VERY GOOD I . lJ t ,,J:j tty -..::: ~ .) 16 KTS ~DCC 7 KTS It-DEC 15 KTS 290 DEC 16 KTS 250 DEC 21 KTS 261 DEC 34 KTS c. HIGH sCATTEREDD De 6 MILES WITH HAZE E. ONE-TENTH 8. NEGATIVE 1t NONE At TIME OF SIGHTING 12 NEGATIVE 80,008 FEEt NOT SIGHTING OF UFOB WAS ALSO MADE AT GERREF "POSITION HJCI'I 1541. TI~E OF SIGHTING IN THIS AREA WAS 09/24002 TO 10/02132. BINOCULARS . WERE USED, STRENGTH 7X50. PAGE fOR RJEPJR 4H ACCOUNTANT SAME ADDRESS