Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Goffstown, New Hampshire, 1 August 1957
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A civilian reported a round, bright, baseball-sized object in Goffstown, NH, on 1 August 1957. ATIC concluded there was insufficient data to confirm the object's identity, though a balloon was considered a possibility.
This document is a Project 10073 record card detailing a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial object in Goffstown, New Hampshire, on 1 August 1957. The observation occurred at 1244Z and lasted for approximately 20 minutes. The witness described the object as round, bright, and roughly the size of a baseball. The object's flight path was recorded as NE-W-SW. The report notes that the weather conditions were clear and that no photographs were taken, nor was there any radar contact. The official conclusion provided by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) is that while the object could potentially be a balloon, there is insufficient data to substantiate this assessment. The document includes supplementary pages containing technical data points, such as the observation of the object through binoculars and the distance of 8 miles, though much of the secondary documentation is heavily degraded.
Possible balloon indicated in report however there is insufficient data to substantiate this analysis.
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Official Assessment
Possible balloon indicated in report however there is insufficient data to substantiate this analysis.
The object was described as a round, bright object the size of a baseball, observed for 20 minutes moving in a NE-W-SW direction. The report concludes that while a balloon is a possibility, there is insufficient data to confirm this.