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    <periodOfReport>2006-03-08</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000101829</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>UTX</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001252946</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FINGER STEPHEN N</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HARTFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06101</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>President, Pratt &amp; Whitney</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock (Restricted)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-03-08</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>40000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>50000.0000</value>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting person also directly owns 12,086 shares of United Technologies Common Stock, 5,600 shares of Career Restricted Common Stock, and 20,521.787 shares of Common Stock through the Employee Savings Plan.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Charles F. Hildebrand as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-03-10</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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2006-03-08
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0000101829
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP /DE/
UTX
0001252946
FINGER STEPHEN N
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA
HARTFORD
CT
06101
0
1
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President, Pratt & Whitney
Common Stock (Restricted)
2006-03-08
4
A
0
40000
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A
50000.0000
D
The reporting person also directly owns 12,086 shares of United Technologies Common Stock, 5,600 shares of Career Restricted Common Stock, and 20,521.787 shares of Common Stock through the Employee Savings Plan.
By: /s/ Charles F. Hildebrand as Attorney-in-Fact
2006-03-10