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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 17 July 1956  |
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|  2. LOCATION | Windham Center, Connecticut  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 2045 (N) GMT 18/0145Z  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Rader ☐ Air-Intercept Rader  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  6. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 15 minutes  |
|  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | two  |
|  9. COURSE | E to W  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Two objects like a star, size of pea, color like a bright star, sound deep throbing with vapor trails. Object seemed to collide and disap…

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I - AUG 1956

Mr.
West Hartford 7, Connecticut

Dear Mr.

Your letter of 17 July 1956, addressed to United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., has been forwarded to the Air Technical Intelligence Center for reply.

The unidentified flying object sighting which you reported has not been definitely identified to date; however, the information will be used in our continuing analysis. A more detailed report is needed for final analysis. Inclosed is one (1) copy USAF Technical Information Sheet. Please fill out and return to the Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright Patterson Air Force…

U. S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION SHEET

This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U. S. Air Force as much information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed. Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will be used for research purposes, and will be regarded as confidential material. Your name will not be used in connection with any statements, conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so that, if it is deemed necessary, we may contac…

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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, TWILIGHT, or DAWN, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?

8.1. STARS (Circle One):
a. None
b. A few
c. Many
d. Don't remember

8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. Bright moonlight
b. Dull moonlight
c. No moonlight — pitch dark
d. Don't remember

9. Was the object brighter than the background of the sky?
(Circle One):
a. Yes
b. No
c. Don't remember

10. IF it was BRIGHTER THAN the sky background, was the brightness like that of an automobile headlight?:
(Circle One)
a. A mile or more away (a distant car)?
b. Several blocks away?
c. A block away?
d. …

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16. Tell in a few words the following things about the object.
a. Sound: DEEP THROBBING
b. Color: PARK OUT - SO IT LOOKED LIKE A LIGHT

17. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any details of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails. Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.

VAPOR TRAIL
OBJECT
W

18. The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred
b. Like a bright star
c. Sharply outlined
d. Don't remember
e. …

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20. Draw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A" at the beginning of the path, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.

COLLISION
B

21. IF POSSIBLE, try to guess or estimate what the real size of the object was in its longest dimension. _______________ feet.

22. How large did the object or objects appear as compared with one of the following objects held in the hand and at about arm's length?

(Circle One):
a. Head of a pin
b. Pea
c. Dime
d. Nickel
e. Quarter
f. Half dollar
g. Silver dollar
h. Baseba…

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|  25. Where were you located when you saw the object? (Circle One): a. Inside a building b. In a car c. Outdoors d. In an airplane e. At sea f. Other _________________ | 26. Were you (Circle One) a. In the business section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? c. In open countryside? d. Flying near an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying over open country? g. Other _________________  |
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|  27. What were you doing at the time you saw the object, and how did you happen to notice it? Watching the tars - we saw two mining objects  |   |
|  28. IF you were …

32. In the following sketch, imagine that high the object was above the horizon (see, e.g., from the view that the object was above the horizon).

![img-0.jpeg](img-0.jpeg)

33. In the following larger sketch place an "A" at the position the position when you last saw it. Refer to the next sketch as an example.

![img-1.jpeg](img-1.jpeg)