File 11583 · November 2, 1973
Lyndia Morel Humanoid Encounter
Manchester / Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States
Opened 9/6/2026 · Revised 9/13/2026
Sighting photograph. Image pulled from the public post. — UFO Evidence / The Black Vault
Standing
Unidentified
On the public record, and still open. A claim, paper, or film — not a finding that it was ours, and not a finding that it was not.
Investigated by Walter Webb for APRO; witness signed statement and provided consistent details in multiple interviews. No conventional explanation identified.
What was claimed
Lyndia Morel, driving home late at night, encountered a glowing orange-gold globular object with a honeycomb pattern and an oval window. She observed a humanoid figure inside with a wrinkled gray face, large dark eyes, and slit mouth. The object appeared to exert control over her vehicle until she escaped to a nearby house.
What is on the record
This file is a working record — a report, not a verdict. Official paper, if any, is linked where we have it.
At approximately 2:45 a.m. on November 2, 1973, Lyndia Morel, a masseuse, finished work in Manchester, New Hampshire, had coffee with a friend, and began driving home to Goffstown on Route 114. She first noticed a bright yellow light in the sky that reappeared and approached her vehicle. The object was an orange-gold globe covered in a hexagonal honeycomb pattern, with a distinct oval window on its upper portion. As it drew within a few hundred feet, Morel clearly saw a humanoid figure standing behind what appeared to be a console. The being had a round grayish head with wrinkled, elephant-like skin, a down-turned slit mouth, and large egg-shaped eyes with dark pupils. She felt the object was influencing her mind and car, pulling her toward it and increasing her speed involuntarily. Overcome with fear, she managed to steer into a driveway near Westlawn Cemetery, pounded on the door of the Beaudoin residence, and told the couple a UFO was pursuing her. The object hovered nearby emitting a high-pitched sound before departing. The case was investigated by APRO consultant Walter Webb and others, with Morel providing a detailed account and sketch.
Could this have been ours?
The known sky, that night.
Satellites were already up. The station was not. Starlink was not.
Always
Aircraft, balloons, meteors
Landing lights, flares, lanterns, reentries, fireballs. They are on the known sky. They do not close a file by themselves — they are what a serious look has to hold the claim against.
The known sky
None of the above land
Stations, trains, and planets do not set down in a field or leave a body. This file is a ground report. The known sky still has to be named. It does not answer the claim.
Orbit · Space — the desks for lights that are already named.
Sources
Related files
Same craft, same place, same years. A neighbor in the catalogue — not a conclusion.
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