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        <issuerName>UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP /DE/</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>JAMISON GEORGE H III</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerCity>HARTFORD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CT</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>06101</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <officerTitle>Vice President, Communications</officerTitle>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person also directly owns 5,000 shares of United Technologies Restricted Common Stock.</footnote>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Charles F. Hildebrand as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-03-02</signatureDate>
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4
2005-02-28
0
0000101829
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP /DE/
UTX
0001214250
JAMISON GEORGE H III
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
ONE FINANCIAL PLAZA
HARTFORD
CT
06101
0
1
0
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Vice President, Communications
Phantom Stock Unit
2005-02-28
4
A
0
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A
Common Stock
3.1288
145.5078
D
Deferred phantom stock units acquired at the election of the executive under the United Technologies Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan, in a transaction exempt under Rule 16b-3.  Each unit has a value equal to one share of Common Stock and units are payable in cash following termination of employment, retirement or death.
The reporting person also directly owns 5,000 shares of United Technologies Restricted Common Stock.
By: /s/ Charles F. Hildebrand as Attorney-in-Fact
2005-03-02