Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Farmington, New Hampshire, 25 August 1956
AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 sighting report from Farmington, New Hampshire, describes a yellow, round object observed for one hour. The military investigation concluded there was insufficient data to identify the object.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype communications regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported in Farmington, New Hampshire, on August 25, 1956. The primary witness, a 30-year-old housewife, reported observing a single yellow, round object that appeared to be the size of a weather balloon. The object was observed moving in a southerly direction and remained visible for a duration of one hour. The report indicates that the observation was made under clear weather conditions and was strictly a ground-visual sighting, with no radar contact reported. The teletype message, transmitted by the 762nd ACWRON at North Truro, Massachusetts, to various military commands including the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, confirms the details of the sighting. Despite the duration of the observation, the official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 card is that there was insufficient data for a proper evaluation of the incident. The documentation includes standard military reporting formats of the era, detailing the time of the incident as 26/0100Z and noting that no photographs were taken. The report concludes with the brief remark that there was insufficient data to determine the nature of the object.
One yellow round object, size of a weather balloon in the sky. Object moved south and was still visible after having been observed visually for one hour.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
The object was described as a yellow, round object, similar in size to a weather balloon. It was observed moving south for a duration of one hour. Despite the report, the official conclusion reached was that there was insufficient data for a formal evaluation.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Housewife