Project 10073 Record Card — New Boston, New Hampshire, 20 August 1956

This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a UFO sighting reported on August 20, 1956, in New Boston, New Hampshire. The report, processed on August 21, 1956, describes a single, irregularly shaped object observed by a civilian witness. The witness reported that the object appeared to be the size of a dish pan held at arm's length and exhibited colors of red and soft white. The object remained stationary for a period of thirty minutes before moving in a south-southeasterly direction. The observation was made visually under cloudy weather conditions, with an overcast ceiling reported at 10,000 feet and scattered clouds at 5,000 feet. No radar contact was made, and no photographs were taken. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the sighting was likely an astronomical phenomenon. Specifically, the investigators suggested that the object's shape, color, and movement toward the south-southeast indicated that the witness had observed the planet Mars shining through the cloud cover. The report includes teletype communications between various military units, including the 752nd Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at North Truro, Massachusetts, and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, confirming the administrative handling of the report.