Cairo, Egypt, July 1956July 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

This case concerns a UFO photograph received from Cairo, Egypt, in July 1956. The film showed seven light images. The Air Force studied the film for photo analysis. No written report came with the film.

The seven images were arranged roughly in a circle. Two of the images were identified by their wings as birds in flight. The other five were probably birds too, in positions where the wings could not be seen. Within the circle were three small dot like faults in the film.

The Air Force concluded that the three dots were probably caused by mechanical means, such as scratches or other marks on the film. The Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, listed the conclusion as birds.

Reported location

Cairo, Egypt, July 1956

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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: 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i A ; 3 O Was Balloon
DR July 1956 Cairo, Egypt Q Probably Balloon
| | 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Balloon |
1 Local —_— O Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 2 cl Cd
FOV, RETRO a MN BOE NE SL 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar a Possibly Aircraft
1 5. PHOTOS A . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
BN os O Probably Astronomical { MA
0 No Civilian ‘ix DO Possibly Astronomical “|
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE |&xXorher— Birds
f ; 8 Isutiieient Dota for Evaluation
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| |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Photo of seven images sent for analy- Transparency of seven images in
Ji sis. God circle. Two of the images |
: were identified as birds by their
3 ‘wings. The others are probably
1 {birds aise, Three dot like faults
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