1 October 1981
(The Telegraph, Nashua,
New Hampshire)
Source: NewspaperArchive.com
Quote from the article:
“One individual who declined to identify himself described a ‘long and
low’ object ‘hovering over Centronics’ Data Computer Corp. on Rte. 111 between
9 and 11 p.m. [29 September 1981].
A security guard at Centronics, who also refused to give his name,
attested that he had observed an object at four or five different spots,
‘sometimes low, sometimes high in the sky.’ The guard added that he had seen
something similar last year [1980], but during the daytime.
Stanley Searles, another security guard at the Hudson [plant] and a self-described skeptic
with an open mind, was the best eyewitness, observing the object twice.
Searles, of 19 Derry St.,
Hudson, sighted ‘it’ at about
8:30 p.m., some 50 feet
above the tree line, he said.
‘There was a straight line of light coming from it. It didn’t move, and
it was there for about 15 to 20 minutes. But, because of the distance, even
with the light, I wasn’t convinced.
The guard said he [proceeded] on his nightly rounds and, at about 10
p.m., went outside to the guard shack facing Route 111. Because of the
darkness, he was able to get a clear view of the object, he said.
There were two other guards at the shack who witnessed the same display.
‘It wasn’t a plane, because there was no sound, but I saw something, and
I don’t know what it was,’ Searles said in calm, measured tones.
Searles judged the distance with his fingers as he had been taught years
ago in the [Army]. He said the terrain in the area slopes upward, and he was
looking to the north, toward the center of Hudson.
The second time around, the object had red lights ‘as bright as the stop
light at the foot of the street,’ and, this time, Searles and his colleagues
were certain they were seeing something unusual, an object they couldn’t
identify.
At 10:20 p.m., the object, still noiseless, disappeared, just dropping
behind the tree line.
Another witness, baffled by what he had seen, said the object was much
too low for an aircraft. He said that it ‘seemed to flow’ in the manner of an
aircraft, stopped dead in the sky, then moved straight up and straight down.
‘It was no star, because it came sideways. The red lights were so bright
that the pine trees reflected red,’ he related.
The phenomenon was perplexing to him, because, he said, ‘two seconds
after it was gone, you really don’t know what you saw.’
He said it was about this time last year [1980] that a similar object
appeared during daylight hours and was observed by at least 14 guards and
maintenance men at Centronics. Whatever it was made appearances for two days.
Coincidentally, continued the guard, three days later there were media
stories about similar sightings in the town of Hillsboro.
Lt. Debra Hendrix at Pease Air Force Base in Portsmouth
reported that no military aircraft were flying in the Hudson area Tuesday night.
Walter Webb, assistant director of the Charles Hayden Planetarium of the
Boston Museum of Science, was keenly interested in the Hudson incident. While he noted that the
planet Venus is spectacular at this time of year, he said the spotters were
probably not viewing the star, which sets around 8 p.m.
The scientist said he would not discount the possibility that the object
had extra-terrestrial origins. Webb has, in fact, been studying atmospheric
phenomena for 30 years and is a UFO investigator for the Massachusetts chapter of MUFON, Mutual UFO
Network.
Webb was also able to answer questions regarding government efforts to
research UFOs.
The official information, according to Webb, is that the U.S. Air Force
stopped investigating sightings in 1969, but he said that, as he investigates
sightings, he always notices men in uniform at the location, making the same
inquiries as he is.
Having interviewed people all over New England
who have witnessed unusual antics in the sky, Webb said he is convinced that
people are not making up stories.
‘I don’t dismiss the idea that these (sightings) might be
extra-terrestrial. I think that hypothesis should be given a higher priority,’
he said.
The event that turned Webb into a ‘ufologist’ [occurred] in 1951 when he
was a nature counsellor at a summer camp in Michigan.
Recalling the experience, Webb reported, ‘We saw this thing describing a
perfect wave on a straight plane … This is a characteristic pattern of UFOs. We
were so surprised, we forgot to put the telescope on it.’
That episode aroused his [curiosity], and he’s been researching other
sightings since then.”
My comment:
At least 20 people sighted the UFO, according to the article.
Time and again – UFOs have been sighted at or around hi-tech factories
and facilities.
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Centronics Data Computer Corporation (1977),
Hudson, New Hampshire
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Centronics Data Computer Corporation was located at
1 Wall Street, Hudson, New Hampshire
(Google photo)
Satellite photo of Hudson,
New Hampshire (tageo.com)
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