CaseCircle1978

Hudson, NH, USA

((HOAX??)) THREE OF US SAW LIGHTS IN THE SKY AND LOST AT LEAST ONE HOUR . 500 Lights On Object0: Yes

Report quality: Low21/100

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: 3600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Moderate witness text (89 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
  • Summary contains a HOAX marker
When
1978-10-05
Where
Hudson, NH, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
1 HOUR
Geo
42.765, -71.440 · exact
Slug
circle-over-hudson-nh-1978-bff30a
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

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In context

  • Hudson, NH has 14 sightings on file here.
  • 1978 brought 9 reports from New Hampshire.
  • The 1970s skewed 10.5% circle reports; the archive-wide figure is 10.6%.

Report

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