Westhartford Connecticut — May 1960

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Keywords: rjexdh, sightingi, crisscrossed, colors, hartford, flickered, horizon, azimuth, observer, sighting, proltowy, dropped, locij, p1upo1r, ronni, eya017cra0, 2dhb758, rjexd, ij6213, pinfoint, uminious, oijot, ooo9ooz, antronomlcal, 7ince
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2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS 0 Woa Bolloon D Pro~oltly Balloon 0 Po sal Wy Bolloon 3. DATITIMI OIOUP 0 Woa Alrcroft ProltoWy Aircraft Po sal W y Aircraft LocIJ------------XI O..un .. Yteu.e D Groun4R .. ., ls.Mii 0 Woa AstronoMical a Yoe 0 ProltoWy Aatronolcol . Ne Civilian o PoaaiWy Aatronolcel 7. LINOTM OP OIIIIYATIOM L R OP OIJICTI t. COURSI 0 Othor-------- 0 Insufficient D fer Ewluotlon 10. IAIIP Ofl Brilht, white p1upo1r.tt at l'slt 1':1 Dous red "p-een obloq obJect. colors flickered. Size color s in azimuth. A'I'IC o~e JB caav 2 ... I) Mmeu-vered 1 I. COMMINTS The colors reported are h1gbl7 s ot ronni DB s used on all a/c. ness was located in an area crisscrossed by lntU'Q' airw!qs. EYA017CRA0~2DHB758 DE RJEXD~ 41 fa P (IJ6213 raz ZEX FN 57AIRDIV . TO RJWFAL/ADC RJEDSQ/AMC RJEZHQ/OSAF tvASH 99DCOI NCOD-6-1. REFERENCE AFR 2 -2, PARAGRAPH 15. A. DESCRI PI'ION'-OF .. OB'JtCT. (3) BRIGHT WHITE PINFOINT APPARENTLY ON l.UMINIOUS RED (6) BODY COLORS OF RED AND FREEN FLICKERED. PAGL TWO RJEXDH 411 - q .. : U.t'O Al\AL YSI S SHEL.T Location West H~rtford, Connecticut . Hour ( z) oiJot,ooz ooo9ooz WX Clear, vis 15 & 12 mi, winds S@ L-7 K~ots W@ R-25 kn~ts ;appa:entl.y on, lul!linous red :~d green body .~hich fl.i~ker~d, first, seen }n t,tle WNW and .NW few deg a'.;~ve horiz la~t seen NE ~n~ E fe~ deg above ho.riz, seen for 10 to 15 minutes .Antronomlcal Phenomena (Meteor Comet, Planet, etc )_....;R.-L;.;.;ll;;.;e;...;.ct;......;;o.u.t....._ _ Natural Pb.enanena (Ball Lightning, etc)-.:.R~llJ~l~e~a~ou~tw..- . _ Aircraft, ~lloons. A ipa, etc P~q~s~s~A~c~r~t~. -- -- ~aluation ot Source Reliability~F~r~o~Q~u~n~re~l~i b~l~c~----------------------- Analysis and Concluai~ns~ The witnes s is loc~ted in eln ~rea crisscrossed by m~ny airways, ;and there are rn-ny ~ircr: ft,both military ~nd civili~n, flyin~ over the ~re;a at all times. .Al t.houE;h there were no ~eft from the loca l ci. vi l or mi.li t~ry fi.elds in the :area, it i.s possible ttL~t there w~s one i.n the disc 7inCe fro;n on~ of t h.e n~.:metouJ fields LL ~:n F 1r-: 'J : :::'! -1unt-z;;~. '~!:~ colors repo~ter.l :.tr e nivhly su~o;~:.>tive o f runni.n~ lip;ht.s u s~d on ;ll ;cr'to H. NONE BOTH SIGHTINGS. J. NONE REFORTED BY WESTOVER AFB RA~ON OR BRADLEY ~IEL.Dt' CONN CONTROL TOWER RECORDS FOR EITHER SIGHTING. K. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 99BW, CAPI' JC?SE.At SATRIANO. OBSERVER STATES IN TELEPHON INTERVIEW THAT HE HAS.BEEN READING ~RTI~LES AND BOOKS ON UFO'S AND THAT HE WAS DISCUSSING THE S~BJECT WITH~' t . HIS GIRLFRIEND WHEN FIRST OBSERVATION WAS MADE. OBSERVER ALSO STATED HE HAS BEEN~IN THE usAF FOR FOUR YEARS .AND IS FAMILIAR, WITH . PAGE FIVE RJEXDH 41 r;J APPEARANCE OF AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT. NOTE: NO REFORT OF FIRST SIGHTING WAS FORWARDED TO PREPARING . 1. NONE AVAILABLE EXCEPT AZI rttUTH READINGS TAKEN BY OBSERVER ~6/2202ZSMAY RJEXDH CS) NONE (9) SIZE AND COLOR CHANGE WITH CHANGES IN A2UMUTH. DESCRIJ'riON OF COURSE OF OBJECT (1) FIRST SEEN WED ~ MAY 61 0411-ISeez WHILE SITTENG QN CAR ~-OKING AT STARS WITH YOUNG LADY. MOVEMENT OF sTARsATTRACTED TTENTION. SECOND SIGHTING APPROXIMATELY z 6 MAY 61, SAME C2) FIRST SIGHTING& 15et DEC MAG, FEWSDEGREES ABOVE HORIZON SECOND SIGHTING&. 331 DEG MAG. FEW DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON ..... (3) FIRST SIGHTINGI 8'58 DEG MAG. FEW DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. - SECOND SIGHTINGI 090 DEG MAG. HORIZON C4) -FIRST SIGHTING& MOVED WEST FROM 031~ DEG STOPPI_NG ItT 361. DEG~ . : ... SEE11DED TO DROP AND THEM TO RISE. REVERSED. PATH,NOW GOING t.;AST. LIGHT APPEARED DIMr1ER AND SMALLER. STOPPED AT AZIMUTH OF 03~. TURNED VERY BRIGHT RED AND DISSAPEARED. SECOND SIGHTING: OBSERVER IN SAME LOCATION. SAME LIGHT, MOVING PARAALLEL TO GROUND OR POSSIBLY IN SLIGHT ARC SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE--- HORIZON. OBJECT SEEMED LARGER AT FIRST THAN ON PREVIOUS SIGHTING FIRST SEEN AT 33(6 DEG AZIMUTH~ r10VED EASTWARD TO PAGE THREESRJEXDH 419 VERY FAINT AND FLICKERING, GREt~ S~lALLER, TURNED REDDISH AND STOPPEP. SLOWLY CLINBED AND THAN DROPPED. DISAPPEAREDSBELOW HORiZON,- GROW'ING-_. Si1ALLER AS IT DROPPED. (5) FIRST SIGHTING: TURNED BRIGHT RED AND BLINKED OUT SECOND SIGHTING: DISAPPEARED BELOW HORIZON. c. MANNER OFOBSERVATION. C1~ GROUND VISUAL. (2) USED SURPLUS ARMY FIELD COMPAS TO DETERMINE AZIMUTH ..... r' D Tit1E A~m DATE OF SIGHTING TIMES APPROXIMATE SINCE OBSERVER HAD NO WATCH. (2) NIGHT. E LOCATION OF OBSERVER WEST-HARTFORD, CONN. F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERS. , 23 YRS t , EAST HARTFORD, , ~ONN. -JET ENGINE TESTING AT PRATT AND WHITNEY EXPERIMENTAL -DEPT PAGE FOUR RJEXDH 410 G. WEATHER. C1l CAVU BOTH SIGTINGS 290DEG/14K, 29raDEG/20K 2S0DEG/24K. SECOND SIGHTINGI 180DEG/4K, 250DEG/11K, 250$3&/llK, UNLit1ITED BOTH SIGHTINGS. (5) CLEAR BOTH SIGHTINGS