Claremont, New HampshireJune 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On the night of June 27, 1960, a woman in Claremont, New Hampshire, watched an unusual object move across the sky. The object appeared reddish to orange in color and had an oblong to round shape. She first spotted it in the southeast and watched it travel to the northeast before losing sight of it in the north-northeast direction. The entire sighting lasted about two to three minutes, and the object moved at roughly the speed of a plane.

The woman filled out a detailed Air Force questionnaire about her observation, providing sketches and answering questions about the object's brightness, movement, and appearance. She noted that the object did not change direction, made no sound, and left no trail. She also reported that it disappeared and reappeared before finally vanishing behind a cloud.

However, the Air Force report noted a significant problem with the case. The sighting occurred on June 27, 1960, but the witness did not file her report until several weeks later, in early July. According to the Air Force evaluation, the delay meant that "the info as originally reported is inaccurate," and investigators decided not to pursue additional information from the witness. The case was assigned the evaluation "insufficient data for evaluation." The Air Force forwarded the report to the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio but made no official conclusion about what the object might have been.

The full case file, containing 14 pages of documents and questionnaire responses, is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Claremont, New Hampshire

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

NH / US

Page count

14 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

&* J | d - _, PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD ~~ FE \. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ; " |a Was Ball | : 27 Jun 60 Claremont, New Hampshire 0 Probably Bellon | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ww. Te — | ' local 2230 ~~~ | XGround-Visual 0 Greund-Redor ee og GMT 28/03302 0 Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aireraft S. PHOTOS av SOURCE 8 SE : t | i ie Civilian 5 Pensibly Atmenanied | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Paria k i X Insufficient Data for Evaluation 2-3 min | one s "NE O Unknown ! 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | : | J Oblong to round object, reddish to orange, This report was received several weeks | / first seen in the SE, last seen in the NNE, after the sighting was made. The info as ! apparent motion was to the NE, seen for about | originally reported is inaccurate » there- 2-3 min, speed was about that of a plane. fore no further attempt was made to get more information from the witness. This report 1s evaluated as insufficient data. ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32) | ; i : : . be EE bE a SERRE ER LR fed