Afghanistan, January 1956January 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

In late January 1956, the Air Force recorded reports of strange objects from several parts of Afghanistan. The record card is dated around January 24, 1956. The information came through a U.S. air attache and a local news release dated January 24, 1956, from Kabul.

The reports said flying saucers in different shapes had been seen over several areas. Some were said to be round and others square. One message from a provincial governor reported that an object had landed near a town, giving a location and saying it was about 15 meters around, made of metal, with small thick glass windows. Afghan officials were said to be trying to move it to Kabul. No follow up was received to confirm the report.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION.

Reported location

Afghanistan, January 1956

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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3 | ¢ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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E 1. DATE ° 2. LOCATION “| 12. concLUsIONS :
E DR 24 Jan 56 Afghanistan : DO Wos Bolloon
u] Probably Balloon :
E 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION un Sih ERE DO own |
0 Was Aicroft |
4 er erg : XXGround- Vi sual O Ground-Rodar a Probably Airerofr

4 aut. BD Re 0 AirVisuel O Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS : RCE : 0 Wos Astronomicol |
- O Yes : 0 Probably Astronomical {
FE Ne attache : ’ O Possibly Astronemical |
E =

= 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 2 (a) 0 Sa A Or SL i
L Insufficient Data for Evaluation g :
E OO Unhknows EF}
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: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS 2
: Flying saucer reports from various parts of INSUFFICTENT DATA FOR EVALUATION. a=
] Afghanisxtan. One reportedly landed and was |
being transported to Kabul. No followup

: received. x

E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964717