Laconia, New HampshireNovember 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 Laconia, New Hampshire in November 1957. The case file consists of a single scanned page 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 31.

Reported location

Laconia, New Hampshire

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NH / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
25 NOVEMBER 1957

2. LOCATION
Laconia, New Hampshire

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 26/2112Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual / Air-Visual
Ground-Radar / Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes / No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
minutes 23

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
straight line

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One object cigar shaped, two inches long, color - gold. Object flow in straight line. One B-52 in this area at time.

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

11. COMMENTS
Although E. D. I.S. massing concur with reporting officer; this was probably aircraft.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975348

Connected across the archive

Organizations

E. D. I.S.

Craft and vessels

B-52

Places

Laconia, New Hampshire Laconia, NH New Hampshire

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1957 1957-11-01 25 NOVEMBER 1957

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