Project Blue Book: Hartford, Connecticut — September 4, 1960

Background

This file is from the Project Blue Book collection within the National Archives. It is a case where the witness describes an object falling like a green flame from the sky. It was shaped roughly like a cone, about 1ft high. Upon landing, it started a fire in the backyard shed of the property, and the local police were called out.

After analysis by the U.S. Air Force – they determined it was furnace slag.

The case files, along with photographs, are all below.

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Project Blue Book: Hartford, Connecticut — September 4, 1960 – CASE FILES [73 Pages, 10MB]

Project Blue Book: Hartford, Connecticut — September 4, 1960 – PHOTOGRAPHS [38 Pages, 3.51MB]

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This post was published on December 22, 2020 2:11 pm

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