Azerbaijan, Iran, October 1957October 1957

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 14, 1957, in Azerbaijan, Iran, American staff and numerous Tabriz observers reported a bright white object moving from east to west. The sightings occurred between May 21 and October 14, 1957, all by Americans during the hour and a half after sunset. The object appeared as a large, bright light moving rapidly across the sky over Tabriz from east to west. No sound was heard. Binoculars revealed nothing more than the naked eye could see. The last sighting appeared as a bright white light. The Air Force concluded that insufficient data prevented evaluation, noting the report was too sketchy and lacked specific details about location, direction, elevation, or azimuth.

Reported location

Azerbaijan, Iran, October 1957

Date of incident

October 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 29

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 14 October 1957
2. LOCATION: Azerbaijan, Iran
3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 1430, GMT 14/1100Z
5. PHOTOS: Yes
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [blank]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Air-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Intercept Radar
6. SOURCE: American
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: [blank]
9. COURSE: West

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
Report of several objects observed between 21 May 1957 to 14 Oct 57. These sightings, all by Americans, were during the hour and a half after sunset and the object observed appeared as a large bright light which moved rapidly across the sky over Tabriz from East to West. No sound. Binoculars revealed no more of its nature than the naked eye. The last sighting appeared as bright white light.

11. COMMENTS:
Cannot attempt evaluation with this very sketchy report. Nothing specific such as location, direction, elevation or azimuth.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28972185