East Rochester, New HampshireSeptember 1956

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Summary

On September 19, 1956, near dawn, a military observer in East Rochester, New Hampshire reported four circular white objects about the size of a penny held at arm's length. The objects first formed a straight line and then a square. They faded out, reappeared, and finally faded out.

The objects were first seen at about 40 degrees azimuth and last seen at about 45 degrees azimuth. They were watched with the eye for about 45 seconds. The skies were clear. A senior director noted the objects were probably aircraft lights. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by aircraft.

Reported location

East Rochester, New Hampshire

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

NH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

Original case file scans

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LL. DATE ? 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Rt * O Was Balloon
19 September 1956 Last Rochester, New Hampshif8 Probebly Balloon
0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :
i id O Wes Aircraft
my *Q Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0O-- Probably Aircraft
GMT ___ 7 D164 a Air Visuol O Air-Intercep! Rador o Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
a Ne Military OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CEE Re —
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
fare . 0 Unknown
forty-five sagonds four see below
19. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Four circular white objects, size of Details of sighting & change of
a penny at arm's length, Objects form| formation indicate that sighting
ed a straight line and then a square.,| was probably causcd by a/c.
Objects were sighted at 40 dgr azi-
muth, faded out, reappeared, and
finally daded out at 45 dgr azimuth,
Objects were observed visually for
45 seconds eo
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