CaseCircle1978

Nashua, NH, USA

there were many people assembled at Holman stadium in Nashua waiting for the firworks display. I looked up to the sky just as it was ge

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 300s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-07-04
Where
Nashua, NH, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
5 minutes
Geo
42.765, -71.468 · exact
Slug
circle-over-nashua-nh-1978-152138
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • This is one of 57 reports logged in Nashua, NH.
  • This case is one of 9 New Hampshire reports filed in 1978.
  • Circle craft made up 10.5% of 1970s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

Report

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