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Report Summary
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May or June, 12 miles N of Winsted, 1 mi S. of New Boston, MA, 400 acre weekend and summer home called "Hanging Mountain", near midnight. Witness stepped outside and observed lighted object settling on Tolland Mountain, across from the home (East); shape was "a huge egg-yolk" light "not glowing", "an elongated oval, flat apparently on the on the bottom side which was setting on the ground and which [the witness] estimated to be about 200 feet long and about 15 feet high amidships." Primary witness asked second witness to go look, and second witness "tore back into the room" in fright. 15 mins later, after calming the secondary witness, the primary witness went out to look again, but the object was gone. Possible second report to Harvard Observatory , which may have been from Essex.[footnote 1] |
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Hynek Classification
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NL |
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Original Vallee Classification
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Type Ia |
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Current Vallee Classification
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MA1? |
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Minimum Distance
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1 mile |
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Object Appearance
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Flattened bright oval estimated 200 feet long by 15 feet high |
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Object Behavior
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Settled onto hilltop. Was gone 15 mins later. |
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Physical Effect
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None |
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Medical Effect
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None |
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Comments / Conclusion
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Yet another older case with all of the characteristics of the modern UFO. |
1. Report to NICAP, filed as New Boston, MA, NL, May 1934; thanks to Jan Aldrich, Project 1947
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