The group has posted a progress report on its Web site www.sgra.org, saying that on the morning of April 13 it received approximately 12 reports that seemed related to the incident that had folks in Litchfield, Morris and beyond buzzing about a UFO—or at least about a meteorite that may fallen into the lake.
Though none of those who offered input to the Smoking Gun group saw an object, several said they felt vibrations or shaking, or heard a boom or what was described as “single clap of thunder,” and/or saw a momentary flash outside their windows.
Of these witnesses, the majority were located within a five- mile radius of the lake.
The reports came in the wake of an incident that reportedly occurred about around 2 a.m. April 10, when an unidentified motorist who was near Bantam Lake called State Police at the Troop L barracks in Litchfield to report seeing the green, whale-sized object fall into the lake.
That motorist didn’t stick around and apparently didn’t call back—but an on-duty State Police trooper some 10 miles away in Warren also called the barracks to report seeing a large object fall from the sky over Bantam or Morris.
In the two weeks following the incident, the Smoking Gun organization received a total of 37 additional observations, most of which were similar in nature to the initial ones.
According to the report posted online, one interesting fact that presented itself during the investigation was that it appeared there was another similar sighting of a “green-glowing” object on the evening of Monday, April 9, at approximately 10:45 p.m.
“This object was observed in the area of Farmington, Southington and Bristol, Conn., located in Hartford County, approximately 25 miles to the east of Bantam Lake,” according to the Smoking Gun report.
These observations seem to lend support to the leading theory that the Bantam Lake object was a meteorite. While the Smoking Gun group says meteor shower closest to the date of the incident was the Lyrid Meteor Shower, which was expected to peak around April 21 or 22, WTNH reported that the National Weather Service had confirmed a meteor shower in the region on the night of the incident.
The Smoking Gun organization noted that for several weeks prior to the event, it had received similar reports of green objects being sighted in Connecticut, though none as large as described at Bantam Lake.
On April 11, according to the report, a green fireball was observed as it passed through the skies of Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa, and the object reportedly was caught on security videotape.
Smoking Gun continues to seek additional information, and has asked for transcripts or audio copies of State Police communications from the event, in order to hear the conversation and descriptions that were given.
“At this time we are not expecting any further witness data to be provided, and based on the information collected believe we have enough information to effectively presume this object was a meteor,” according to the report.
If an object had impacted the lake, there are no known plans to attempt to locate or retrieve it—despite a call from Robert LaBonne, the former head of the Bantam Lake Protective Association, for the state to investigate.
[New Haven Register]
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