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Portsmouth finned tube

July 24, 1951, 7:10 (a.m. or p.m. not stated)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA

Unresolved
Representative drawing from the Cylinders page, not this specific sighting.
"tubular, with fins"The witness's own shape words

What happened

A tube 100-200 ft long and five times as long as wide, with fins at one end, gray with many black spots, flew at 800-1,000 mph at 1,000-2,000 ft and left a faint swath. Twenty seconds. The fins make this a borderline case with the cigar page.

Witnesses

Capt. Cobb, Hanscom AFB operations officer, and Cpl. Fein

Explanation

Unresolved

Filed by Project Blue Book as unknown.

Sources

  1. The Black Vaulttheblackvault.com