Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card - Sighting Report, Gilmanton, New Hampshire
AI-Generated Summary
A 1956 UFO sighting report from Gilmanton, New Hampshire, processed by the 762nd AC&W Squadron. The investigation concluded the event was likely astronomical in nature.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military communications regarding a UFO sighting that occurred on August 16, 1956, in Gilmanton, New Hampshire. The report was processed by the 762nd AC&W Squadron and forwarded to various Air Defense Command entities, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC). The documentation includes a brief, partially illegible comment suggesting that the event was likely caused by an astronomical phenomenon, though the report notes that the available data was insufficient to definitively confirm this hypothesis. The witness is identified only by a partially obscured name and address in New Hampshire. The report confirms that no photographs were taken and no radar contact was established during the incident.
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Official Assessment
Opinion of case is that it was caused by astro [illegible], size, [illegible], [illegible], not [illegible] substantiate this hypothesis. [illegible] was [illegible] to [illegible] could [illegible] only [illegible] at a different time of sighting.
The sighting was likely astronomical in nature, though the evidence provided was insufficient to fully substantiate the hypothesis.