1750 - 1800
Hopkinton
Starting in 1750 and continuing
through 1800, people reported seeing balls of light move silently
through the air around Putney Hill.
Sometimes a light-filled ball would remain a distance away
from a person and appear to follow, stopping when the person
stopped, and moving again when the person started walking.
They were controlled by some kind of intelligence.
This continued for fifty years.
"Between 1750 and 1800 there were many reports of
light-filled balls or globes seen floating in the area.
It was said that the globes moved silently through the air.
They did not appear to move at random, but as if some
intelligence was navigating them.
For example, a globe would follow a person; stop when the
person stopped, then move again once he or she began to walk.
However, the globes stayed a certain distance away from the
person at all times."
Source:
Carole Marsh, N.H. UFO's & Extraterrestrials:
A Look At The Sightings & Science in Our State, pg. 10
October 12, 1796
Hopkinton
On October 12, 1796, "three people
were in Gould Hill area looking up at the sky and spotted fifteen
air-ships at close range, close enough that they could see sides and
ports."
Source:
spacepub.com
1800 's
Ossipee
“In the central, eastern part of
the state is Ossipee
Lake, an area sacred to
the Indians. In 1800, an
Indian burial ground was discovered, an area that contained ten
thousand bodies arranged in concentric circles.
There are numerous ‘kettle’ lakes in the area that were
carved out of glaciers during the ice ages, and ancient volcanoes
ring the area. Some of
the ponds are considered bottomless and may be connected to each
other by volcanic vents.
It is said that UFO’s have been seen plunging into these deep
ponds.”
Source: mcadams.posc.mu.edu/weberman/aa072997.htm
1816
White Mountain
National Forest,
Mount Adams
In an area of the White Mountain National
Forest an incident happened that is the earliest
reported close encounter with aliens in N.H. and possibly one of the
earliest in all of North America.
Upon closer inspection of a book written in 1896 about
New England myths and legends, there was one story with
vivid details that sounded strangely similar to UFO sightings of
today. The sighting took
place in 1816 and trying to describe it must have been difficult at
the time. When it was
documented eighty years later, there still weren’t any explanations
and was considered to be just a local legend.
Now, 193 years later, knowing what we do about technology, we
can finally offer an explanation to what was seen.
The details of the report tell about a hunter, maybe two, who
camped on Mount Adams
and witnessed a silver craft on the ground with aliens seen inside
and outside walking around, and then the craft was seen flying off.
The “Vision on Mount Adams”
reportedly took place in 1816 when “a hunter camped on the side of Mount
Adams, was awakened at midnight by the
notes of an organ. The
mists were rolling off, and he found that he had gone to sleep near
a mighty church of stone that shone in the soft light.
The doors were flung back, showing a tribe of Indians
kneeling within. Candles
sparkled on the altar, shooting their rays through clouds of
incense, and the rocks shook with thunder-gusts of music.
Suddenly church, lights, worshipers vanished, and from the
mists came forth a line of uncouth forms, marching in silence.
As they started to descend the mountain, a silver image,
floating in the air, spread a pair of gleaming pinions and took
flight, disappearing in the chaos of battlemented rocks above. “
Source:
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land, by Charles M. Skinner,
1896
Source:
N.H. Flapjack, researcher, author of above theory, nhufo.org
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1834-1836
Deerfield
The explosions started happening
in 1834 and continued until 1846.
No one could explain the loud explosions that seemed to come
from under the ground and in an area of
South Road.
They were loud and happened unexpectedly during the day and
night. As many as twelve
explosions would interrupt the night, and continued all year long.
The explosions were strong enough to shake houses, causing
chimneys to crumble and fall.
One afternoon, people were riding in a wagon, heard an
explosion and watched several stonewalls fall over.
These reports were common for twelve years and remain
unexplained.
Source:
www.ufoinfo.com
1845
Concord
September 1845 a farmer noticed
brilliant dancing lights over his fields
1870
White Mountain National
Forest, Mount Washington
On top of Mt.
Washington
is a weather observatory that has registered some of the highest
winds on earth. In 1870
photographic equipment was set up to capture cloud formations.
Captured on film is a cigar shaped object in the clouds.
“Not many people are aware of it
but the first photograph which many believe shows a UFO was actually
taken in New Hampshire
in the winter of 1870.
The photograph, which depicts a cloud formation over the summit of Mt. Washington,
shows a cigar-shaped object and is part of an antique stereoview
which was registered by Clough & Kimball in 1871.
The object is clearly and sharply seen in some detail, as is
the reflection of the sun off the object according to accounts.
The stereoview was sold at an E-bay online auction on March
4, 2002, to Samuel M. Sherman, president of Independent Pictures
Corp., for $385 and Sherman
has said that his company would make it available to scientists for
detailed analysis.”
Source:
The Weirs Times, March 3, 2005
Note from nhufo.org: You can view
this photograph in the Photograph Section.
1896
Portsmouth
One night there were two security
guards on duty at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard guarding the bridge from
the mainland. One looked
up and saw a flying object hovering over a navy ship tied at the
dock. Both guards were
shocked to hear their bullets hit metal and bounce off.
After being shot at it turned bright and quickly took off.
Source:
www.ufocasebook.com