PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070589

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONPlymouth New Hampshire

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Wes Bolloon
Probobly Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircroft
Probebly Aireraft
Possibly Aireraft

& September 1956 Plymouth, New Hampshire
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

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O Yes 0 Probably i ceeded
MIX Ne Civilian 5 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0D Other
DO insufficient Dete fer Evaluation
— O Unknown
1 hr 3S mins one

11. COMMENTS
N&K sear had w/reporting officer

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round bright red object, size of

a grapefruit at arm's length, Gb; that sighting was caused by Mars
was observed directly overhead in (in Rast t 25 dgr elevation,

a due east direction. Object moved 110 der azimuth).
from side to side "several feet,"

Object winked out & reappeared sev
times. At time of report, object
had been viewed visually for 1 hr
35 mins and was still visible in appr
the same location,

ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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TAS SCANNING SKY NOTICED COLOR PD 2B. 99 DEG (DIRECTLY OVERHEAD) DUE
FROM POST PD 2C. OBJECT HAD OOT MOVED OR DISAPPEARED WHEN REPORT

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INKED OUT THEN REAPPEARED SEVERAL TIMES PD 2F. ONE HOUR AND THIRTY FIVE
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MINUTES PD 3Ae$ Shd2y6—457--BE-3B. NO OPTICAL AID USED PD 3C. N/A
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ATTENDANT PD MR. & MRS. QED 1R.GQEMM IS 57 YRS OLD cur

_: PLYMOUTH NeH. A SCHOOL TEACKER PD MRS MMe IS 34 YRS OLD
AME ADDRESS AS HUSBAND PD A HOUSE WIFE PD GQ 27 YRS OLD

<n ST PLYMOUTH Ne$-e A TRUCK DRIVER PD 7A. VERY GOOD NO CLOUDS

75,SURFACE 182 DEG 5 1/2 KNOTS PD 6220FT 19@DEG 18 KNOTS CY™ 12, S39FT

223 DEG 1G KNOTS CMM 16,92@FT 280DEG 22KNOTS CMM 22,290FT 299DEG 3SKNOTS

CMM 39,999FT 239DEG 4@KNOTS CMM 59,308FT 232DEG SSKNOTS CMM $2, 322F

2$9DEG Q@OKNOTS PD 7C. 4,993FT 7D. 30 MI 7E. 1/12 TO 3/12 COVERAGE

'F NONE 8. MARS Is VISIBLE AND CORRESPONDS IN COLOR AND LOCATION TO TEE

OBJECT PD 9. NONE 10. NONE 44. 1ST LT. DONALD L MARKSBURY CMM INTELL

OFFICER 654TH AC&Y SQ COMMENTS SAME AS NBR EIGHT (8) ABOVE PD WITH
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