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Hartford, Connecticut, July 1957

Date of account
1957-07
Location
Hartford, Connecticut
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 WasBalloon 10July1957 Hartford..Connecticut 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION XGround-Visuol Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Procabiy Aireraft 10/2330Z GMT Ai~Visuoi Air-lntercoptRadar 口 Possibly Aireraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol Ys ProbablyAstronomicol Military 口 Possibiy Astronomicai ONo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other 口 InsuificientDataforEvaluation 口 Unknown 45 minutes one WtoE 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS One object unevenly round,l0 times Probable balloon sighting. larger than a star. Color brilliant white.Steady w to E course,seen through binoculars. July 10, 1957: Hany reports of object or objects from New England, incl. New Haven, Boston,and Brunswick, Me. AF Research Center at Camoridge identified object(s) as Moby Dick balloon, released at

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