1950

During the 1950’s                             Location unknown

“I was about thirteen, returning home from my neighbors on my bike one summer evening.  I saw, ever so briefly, a shadow of an elongated object, with bright light emanating from its circumference, move off at such a rapid speed once I noticed it.”

Source:  google group blog: de.alt.ufo

 

July 24, 1951                        Portsmouth

At 7:10 pm two military personnel observed one tubular object that was one to two hundred feet long, it was five times long as it was wide, with fins at one end.  It looked gray with many black spots.  It flew eight hundred to one thousand miles per hour at twelve hundred feet altitude, leaving a faint trail.  It lasted twenty seconds. 

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

August 25, 1951                   Manchester

At 3:15 pm, "An observation at Grenier Field Air base, for fifteen minutes, “two silvery spherical objects connected by a dark unidentified body between them.  One end was larger than the other…first sighted it was descending slowly in an area eight miles away.  It appeared to descend to an altitude of 10,000 ft. or halfway between the cloud layers. Then it rose at the rate of approximately 1000 to 2000 ft. a minute until it went out of sight into a layer of cirrus clouds.”  Observed by four military men.

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

July 18, 1952                       Manchester

“At 2130 hours 18 July 1952 one object approximately size of fighter aircraft was sighted at approximate altitude of 5000 feet over the south edge of the city of Manchester, N.H., F-47 type aircraft altitude of which was 2000 feet, three miles east of  Grenier Air Force Base.  Report was made by 1st Lt. Foustal, mobile control officer at Grenier Air Force Base and s/Sgt. Schehl, senior operator of Grenier Air Force Base tower.  Object was traveling from west to east at extreme high rate of speed, was visible from 5 to 7 seconds.  It was ball shape with short tail which broke off and burned out in two to three seconds.  Immediately thereafter the rest of the object appeared to burn out.”

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

September 16, 1952           Portsmouth

“A navy pilot and crew that were flying over Portland, Maine noticed two objects, one above and ahead of the other.  It also appeared on radar.  A military plane was called out to follow them.  It closed in and fell behind the objects for twenty minutes.  Then the objects turned around and headed towards the military plane, which in turn took evasive action and contact was broken off over Portsmouth.”

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

September 19, 1952           Portsmouth

At 7:15 pm, “Two Air Force pilots reported they were flying in the vicinity of Portland, Maine.  When a large dark object with five lights was sighted and it flew beside them/or followed them for 15 minutes.  When over Portsmouth, he pilots took evasive action.  The object would accelerate and decelerate rapidly.  When the plane changed course, the object turned southwest and flew out of sight.”

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

October 14, 1952                Atlantic Ocean, off Portsmouth

At 8:13 pm,   “The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Yankton was twenty-two miles out to sea, from Portsmouth.  Several servicemen on board observed a bright cigar-shaped craft that also appeared to others as a disc with flat bottom with the top having a brilliant red glow, pass overhead.  Different people saw it for eight seconds up to one minute.”  

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

August 1953                                 Rindge

“Camp Quinapoxet, Rindge, New Hampshire, 1953.  Multiple witnesses to sighting.  It was a roundish, bright object, moving erratically across the sky (hovering, moving off, hovering).  Shortly after 4:00 pm over Hubbard Pond as viewed from the Parade Ground in front of the Dining Hall.  An early ‘evening star’ was ruled out by the astronomy merit badge counselor.”

Source:  groups.google.com blog post Jan. 12, 1996

 

May 31, 1954                      Concord

At 10:15 am a woman reported seeing a long, white object that flew very fast and disappeared after ten seconds. “Last Monday, May 31, at about 10:15 am, I was between Concord and Lochmere, N.H. when my attention was caught by a strange very white elongated object overhead.  It was going at an unbelievable speed, so that it looked as though it was falling straight down like ( ) so.  It was going in a perfectly straight line right ahead of us and was seen for 8 to 10 seconds, I guess, then all of a sudden the whole thing just disappeared, it didn’t just get smaller and fade out. It disappeared while still a large object…it had a strange whiteness about it, as the sky was a dark grayish blue; which made it stand out so plain.  It was very long and narrow.”

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

August 6, 1954                     Hinsdale

“My cousin and I had a frightening experience.  We went into the woods on the farm to repair a broken cow fence.  An electrical storm came up.  We saw a bright flash of light and I was knocked unconscious for several minutes.  When I came to, I was sitting against a tree paralyzed, but recovering.  It felt like when your foot falls asleep, except it was my whole body.  My cousin Eddy was running around literally bouncing off trees.  We assumed that we had been struck by lightening but there were scabs on my legs that left small gouges, called chop marks”

Source:   moran-torrguy@aol

 

October 1955               Peterborough

“The 15-year old witness, a student at a local Catholic seminary school, was walking back to the classroom after finishing some chores and glanced to a nearby field where he noticed four glowing bluish white oval shaped objects.  One was larger than the rest and appeared to be on the ground.  Standing next to the larger object were four human-like figures.  The witness had the impression that the figures were extremely agitated for some unknown reason.  Moments later the figures noticed the witness then he ran towards the school on order to obtain additional witnesses.  Others saw the objects flying over the schoolhouse silently disappearing from sight.”

Sources:  Cufos Associate Newsletter Vol. 6, #2, www.ufoinfo.com,       

www.ufologie.net

 

October 22, 1955                Exeter

At midnight,   “One round red and orange object was stationary in the sky.  Two witnesses, one civilian, one military.  Fighters were scrambled but unable to sight object.”

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

August 11, 1956                  Meredith

At 2:20 am, "a yellow oblong object resembling a ball of light was reported hovering and swaying, traveling very slowly and was seen for one hour."

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

August 12, 1956                  Manchester

At 1:45 am, "a round object was observed moving in an up and down motion, it glowed and dimmed for one hour. 

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

August  20, 1956                 New Boston

At 2:40 am, "for thirty minutes one round red and white object was seen hovering then slowly moving southeast."

Source:  footnote.com

 

August 25, 1956                   Farmington

"For one hour a witness observed one yellow round object slowly move southeast."

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

September 4, 1956              Plymouth

At 6:46 pm, "one round bright red object as observed directly overhead, moving several feet at a time from side to side, for 1 and ½ hours.  Witnessed by three people.”

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

September 5, 1956              Holderness

At 7:25 pm, "two witnesses saw three objects, three times the size of a star.  Bright lights almost luminous.  Objects moved up and fast, in an area over Squam Lake Road."

Source: www.footnote.com

Note from nhufo.org: Project Blue Book lists this sighting as Concord, but Squam Lake Road is in Holderness

 

September 19, 1956            East Rochester

At 9:16 am, “For forty-five seconds four circular white objects formed a straight line and then a square.  They dimmed and faded out, reappeared and faded out.  Sighting reported by military.”

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

October 1956                      Newport

"It was the fall of 1956 or 1957.  My mother related this UFO experience to me.  While I was there, too, I was too small to remember it.  I was born in 1954.  My mother, the woman who usually babysat us, my brother and I were all in our back yard.  It was just after dusk and getting dark.  My mom and the other lady were dipping apples that had fallen from the tree in the backyard into a sulfur solution to kill the hornets that were feeding inside them.  To this day, that part of the story sounds as bizarre as the UFO part of the story itself!  My brother started crying because a hornet got in his boot and stung him.  But just then, a disc shaped object came out of the sky and hovered near us.  It had a section in the middle that was made of glass, through which could be seen bright flames burning.  It was at the height of a telephone pole.  The thing shot up straight into the sky at supernatural speed and disappeared.  It lasted five minutes.”

Source: www.nuforc.org

 

December 15, 1956            Derry

Around 11:00 am a man was out in the woods gathering Christmas trees and was startled to see a green creature about two feet tall with a high forehead and large floppy ears.  It had two short arms and two short legs.  It appeared to have course skin, like that of an elephant.  The man attempted to approach, but it became frightened and made a screeching noise before running into the woods.

Source:  Ufocat.com

 

March 22, 1957                   Center Sandwich

At 10:00 pm,      “For almost an hour, almost 50 witnesses watched one round object that glowed pink to red.  It was larger than a B-47 aircraft.  A second object joined the first momentarily, and then both rose to great heights and disappeared.  The first red object had three bright lights equally spaced around the object.”

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

July 23, 1957                       Conway

At 7:45 pm, "For thirty-five minutes an oval object that looked blue was sighted.  It remained stationary, and then started changing color to orange, then disappeared."

Source:  www.footnote.com

 

August 1, 1957                    Goffstown

“For twenty minutes one round object was seen, it appeared to have a tail or exhaust.”

Source: www.footnote.com

 

August 15, 1957                   Exeter

A family and friends were returning home from Exeter and saw a light in the sky over the mountains.  It was a saucer shape object, stationary, several hundred feet above a mountain.  There was no sound from the object.  One edge of the craft was tilted down. On top of the object, in the middle, was a very white light; pulsating and it changed color slightly, from a bright white to a reddish-yellow.  Around the outer edge were bright white lights.  They, too, seemed to be pulsating and changed colors, white, yellow, red.  It was watched for two minutes as it hovered, then suddenly the craft went from a dead stop to completely out of sight in two seconds.

Source: www.nuforc.org

 

November 3, 1957              Manchester

"A UFO was seen; it looked like a star of blue/white light that blinked on and off.  Seen by amateur astronomer.”

Source: www.footnote.com

 

November 7, 1957              Manchester

At 11:00 pm, “For one minute around object, red and white, flew over a house causing the electricity to go out.  It had an irregular flight path and faded out.”

Source: www.footnote.com

 

November 12, 1957            Rumney

A witness reported observing a UFO and at the same time experienced electromagnetic interference.  His car motor and lights failed.  After the UFO left the area, he was able to start his car.

Source:  www.nicap.org

 

November 23, 1957            Berlin

At 11:11 pm, “A witness saw an arrow shaped object flash across the sky at high speed.  It was seen for two seconds.”

Source: www.footnote.com

 

November 26, 1957            Laconia

At 9:12 pm, "For a few minutes, one gold cigar-shaped object flew in a straight line." 

Source: www.footnote.com

 

December 27, 1957            Littleton

At 11:30 pm, “A Captain in the air force reported one white circular object that was larger and brighter than a star.  No sound or trail.  It was stationary in the sky and appeared to brighten and dim without regularity.  The observation was made between the Littleton Dam and the town proper.  Three witnesses observed it for thirty minutes.”

Source: www.footnote.com

 

April 19, 1958                      Conway

"The crew of a B-47 enroute from New York watched a round silver object move in the same direction as the B-47 for about twelve minutes.  The B-47 pulled away from the object at an altitude above 50,000 feet.  One of the crewmembers took a photograph of the object and gave it to the air force.”

Source: www.footnote.com

 

August 27, 1958                   Deering

"A husband, wife and six children were riding in a car on a dirt road saw an elliptical object, no windows, wings or rudder.  It moved quickly and disappeared behind trees.  It was red/orange and glowing.  It went down in the vicinity of water.  Seen for about twenty seconds.”

Source: www.footnote.com

 

November 5, 1958                      Conway    

“Hovering light suddenly sped away.”

Source: www.nicap.org/chrono.htm

 

March 19, 1959                    Colebrook

“While they were seminary students at the Lady of Grace Monastery, two young men observed a UFO that was silver, domed, and egg shaped with red, yellow and green blinking lights.  At first it hovered, then swiftly flew towards the two men. They could see lighted windows and the craft made a loud humming sound.  The men were frozen with fear.  The UFO quickly reversed direction and backed up.  It repeated this maneuver several times, approaching and retreating until it landed close to them.  They remember becoming paralyzed, floated up a ramp on board the craft and flown to another location.  Both were given physical exams by four entities of differing heights.  They communicated by telepathy with several humanoids, including a taller six-foot tall being that appeared to be the leader. There were periods of time blackened out.  They couldn’t explain how they were then aboard another, larger UFO craft, saw other abductees and could see other craft flying around when they looked through a window.”  One of the witnesses was abducted again on Sept. 23, 1962.  

Sources:  www.ufocat.com, www.ufoinfo.com

 

July 1959                              North Sutton

At 12:00 pm, “Small cloud with blinking light in clear sky.  In view for fifteen seconds.  Walking on road near summer resort and children camp, and I saw a small cloud moving steadily across the sky with a reddish light blinking on and off steadily.  There were no other clouds in the sky.  I am an Air Force veteran and a model plane builder and flyer.”

Source:  www.nuforc.org

 

October 5, 1959                   Atlantic Ocean, Portsmouth

A USO, an unidentified submerged object, was detected by Admiral Hyman Rickovers submarine, the SSN Sea Dragon outside of Portsmouth Harbor.

Source:  www.ufocat.com