CaseOval1978

Candia, NH, USA

Very large object seen in mid October 1978

Report quality: Moderate42/100

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.

  • No parseable duration on file
  • Brief witness text (42 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1978-10-15
Where
Candia, NH, USA
Shape
Oval
Duration
15- 20 mon
Geo
43.078, -71.277 · exact
Slug
oval-over-candia-nh-1978-94c2a7
Wave

Part of a wave

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In context

  • Candia, NH shows up 2 times across the archive.
  • 9 reports came from New Hampshire in 1978.
  • In the 1970s, 6.9% of reports described a oval — the all-time rate is 4.3%.

Report

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