Concord, New HampshireSeptember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 5, 1956, in Concord, New Hampshire, a civilian witness reported seeing three objects three times the size of stars with bright light almost luminous. The objects moved up and fast in an area with a type unknown course and azimuth 280 degrees. The observation lasted one hour. The objects moved fast yet stayed in the area for one hour. The Air Force noted conflicting data and suggested a possible balloon, but found no data to substantiate this conclusion. The evaluation was listed as unknown due to insufficient data.

Reported location

Concord, New Hampshire

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

NH / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 September 1956

2. LOCATION
Concord, New Hampshire

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
05/0725Z
GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X B Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
X B No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
one hour

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
three

9. COURSE
up & fast

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Three objects three times size of star. Bright light almost luminous. Object moved up and fast. A/C in area, type unknown. Azimuth 280 dgr.

11. COMMENTS
Some conflicting data. Object moved fast yet in area one hour. Motion upward indicates possible balloon; however, no data to substantiate this conclusion. Report limited. Insufficient data.

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