Plymouth, New HampshireSeptember 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On September 4, 1956, in Plymouth, New Hampshire, a civilian reported observing one bright red round object about the size of a grapefruit at arm's length in the sky. The object was observed directly overhead moving from side to side several feet. It moved due east and winked out and reappeared several times. The witness watched the object for one hour and thirty-five minutes and it remained visible in approximately the same location. According to the Air Force investigation, the sighting was caused by Mars, which was at 25 degrees elevation at 110 degrees azimuth at the time of report. The evaluation listed the conclusion as astronomical.

Reported location

Plymouth, New Hampshire

Date of incident

September 1956

State / country

NH / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 26

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 4 September 1956
2. LOCATION: Plymouth, New Hampshire
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: GMT 05/0025Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: X Ground-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Visual, Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS: Yes, No
6. SOURCE: Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 1 hr 35 mins
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: due east
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round bright red object, size of a grapefruit at arm's length. Obj was observed directly overhead in a due east direction. Object moved from side to side "several feet." Object winked out & reappeared several times. At time of report, object had been viewed visually for 1 hr 35 mins and was still visible in apprx the same location.
11. COMMENTS: X&K Concur w/reporting officer that sighting was caused by Mars (in East at 25 deg elevation, 110 dgr azimuth).
12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, X Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

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