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Case FileNARA NAID 28970970 · T1206 Roll 28

Project Blue Book Case File

Goffstown, New HampshireAugust 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Goffstown, New Hampshire in August 1957. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 28.

Reported location

Goffstown, New Hampshire

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

NH / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
I. DATE x 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
1 August 1957 Goffstown, New Hampshire a Agri bons
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION RE ETReSY, Seen
O Was Aircraft
7 AGRON a LTT SS hal Se ER X Bround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aireroft
1 ouy___01/12447 Q Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
[Y oY 0" 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomicol
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
XC No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO
x Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
A: Unknown |
20 minutes. one NE-W-SW < !
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Eo 11. COMMENTS
One object round, size of baseball, . ! Possible balloon indicated in
. § color bright, : : : ‘report however there. ds insuffi-. | |
cient data to substantiate this f |
analysis, | i
ATIC PORK 3129 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970970

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

GoffstownGoffstown, NHNew Hampshire

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

19571957-08-01

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