Laconia, NHNovember 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 26, 1957, at dusk in Laconia, New Hampshire, a 15-year-old student observed a cigar-shaped object 2 inches long and gold in color. The object was flying in a straight course and remained in sight for 4 minutes. The witness reported the object at 45-degree angles in the sky, traveling in a straight line. An intelligence officer noted that the object was a B-52 aircraft, concluding that the gold color was likely due to the sun's reflection on the plane. The Air Force evaluation is not explicitly stated on the visible pages.

Reported location

Laconia, NH

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

NH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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UFOB INDEX CARD
ATSO-UFOB3 423-57

1. DATE
26 Nov 57
8 Jan 58

2. LOCATION
Laconia, NH

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
26/2112Z Nov 57

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

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Four minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
D-Straight

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One cigar shaped object, 2 inches long and gold in color. Object was in flying a straight course and was in sight for 4 minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Description, duration, flight path indicate that this was an aircraft.

AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975350