Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1972

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Childhood experience in Milford, CT This is the first time I have EVER mentioned this event. I was on the top bunk in my bedroom when I was awakened out of deep sleep. I then opened the curtain and looked out the bedroom window and saw what appeared to be a white/silver cylinder object hovering in the air.

I was scared and facinated at the same time. I had always (and still have) a wild imagination, so I just lay in my bed and watched until it disappeared. I hopped out of bed right after the event ended and got a glass of water to make sure I was really awake.

It happened when I was 8 years old (30 years ago) and this is the first time I ever said anything about it. What was odd to me was I expected to hear a news report or hear others discussing it. But that never happened.

It was, and is, as if nothing occurred. I am a very logical thinker and not some nutcase. I am well-educated and have a family of my own now and have been very successful in life.

That one event still haunts me, though. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).

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Connecticut Siting - Daylight - 2 Silver and Black Saucers - Separated but moving as if they were one. At the time of this siting, I had just quit my job at a small anodizing factory. At Noon I punched out my time card and just walked out.

I walked East for approximately one quarter mile. This area was a commercial area of the town. High traffic area.

The sky was absolutely clear and not a cloud to be seen. I noticed a flash approximately 150 to 200 feet in altitude. My first thought was that this was simply a plane and I glanced up.

I saw two saucer shaped objects. They were about 50 feet apart from each other. The objects were silver colored on the top half and black on the bottom.

The saucers had no lights, no windows, emmited no sounds, and were seamless. As I watched for a few minutes, the objects were hovering and moving in unison. It was as if they were acting as one, maneuvering in exactly the same way.

I estimate the diameter of each object to be perhaps 50 feet or so. As I watched I was under the impression that I was also being observed. It was lunch time and this being a high traffic area, I was amazed that no vehicles were seeing this event, so I tried to stop traffic as I pointed up to the two saucers.

during this time the objects were ascending and descending slowly as they moved from side to side, circling. They had a slight wobble and were not spinning. I decided to try desparate measures to get someone else to see this, so I was about to step out into the oncoming traffic, and at that moment I watched the objects take to space at a tremendous speed.

Since I had no other witnesses I have never made this public until now. I have had other sitings but never quite the same as this in broad daylight. ((NUFORC Note: Very nice illustrations of two saucer shaped objects accompanied report.

PD)).

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Close-up sighting of a flying saucer. Close-up sighting of flying saucer. This story was told me by my landlord whom I have known for 15 years.

He is a very stable individual that owns a small business. In the course of conversation the subject of UFOs came up and he swore that he saw one close up in June 1972. He said he is sure of the month and year because he had a brand new Plymouth Duster.

This sighting occurred in Torrington, Ct. at the intersection of East Main St. and Torringford West St.

He said it was a Sunday morning around 8:30am as he was heading for work at a bowling alley located on East Main. He was 20 years old at the time. He was stopped at a stop light facing west.

On the right is a small brick building which has been there for years and remains today, surrounded by several small trees. He looked up and was amazed to see a disk shaped object hovering just above the trees. He said his first thought was, "I am REALLY looking at a flying saucer!" The object was the classic UFO shape, he said it looked like an inverted dinner plate, flat on the bottom, with a raised dome on the top.

He estimated it was 20-30 feet in diameter. It was a solid rust or bronze color, no lights, and hovered motionless just above the trees, and made no sound. It was no more than 100 feet away from his car.

He was fascinated by this object. He put his car in neutral and got out to look more closely, but the object suddenly either vanished or shot off so quickly that it seemed to just disappear. He went to work and told some co-workers who all laughed at him.

He said that to this day, every time he drives past this spot, which is nearly every day, he still looks above the little brick building where he saw a real flying saucer. He said it made him a believer. I have emailed a photo of the exact location of this sighting to you.

((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) He couldn't remember exactly, but looking at an old calendar, it was most likely the 11th which was Sunday. He was certain it was Sunday, as he was headed to work at a bowling alley that closed a few years ago, but was in Torrington for many years. The reason I say that is that I showed him an account on your site dated 6/10/72 that occurred in Millerton, N.

Y. and Sharon, Ct., which is about 15 miles west of Torrington as the crow flies.

Many people reported a UFO on that date according to the account. He was certain it was June 1972, but not certain of the exact date. My landlord is a very sober individual, and he actually held his hand up and said, "I swear on the Bible I saw a flying saucer".

I have spoken to him several times since then, he is a great guy. As for the photo, the trees surrounding that little brick building were much shorter then, this UFO was no more that 50 feet high. He still looks at that spot every time he passes it.

I hope this was helpful. ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)).