Ankara, Turkey, July 1960July 1960

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Summary

On July 28, 1960, a civilian woman in Ankara, Turkey saw a strange object from her home balcony at about 9:45 p.m. local time. The sighting lasted only about 1.5 to 2 seconds. The object moved at great speed and horizontally. It was fluorescent, with a reddish tail estimated at about 1.5 meters long. It looked like fireworks but moved sideways at a higher altitude. The witness's husband later reported seeing two more objects over the next several minutes that resembled sliding stars. The husband wrote a detailed letter to the Air Force. The Air Force concluded the object had all the characteristics of a meteor.

Reported location

Ankara, Turkey, July 1960

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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Po unite PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
23 duly, 1990 Ankara, Lurker O Wes Balloon |
® o Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION i VOPwY Seren |
QO Was Aiicraft
Sissi Pegy EE 5{Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador QO Probably Airerofe
emt 23/1905 BIT S—— Q Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador AM Possibly Aireraft
S. PHOTOS so 9 [o BS Was Astronomicol sAt=290r
O Yes O Probably Astrenemical
Xd Ne : Jiviliar O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 OMe —
O Insufficient Date for Eveluetion
1.5 t0 ? see Ue “lash O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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TB } ab 2veat sheed, she caarsctaerigtics of a meteor, Llnere is
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was anvih ne other than a maetedr,
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