Cyprus, May 1952May 1952

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 10, 1952, in the city of Paphos, in southwest Cyprus, a group of people including a noted British scientist reported an unidentified object. The sighting happened about 2030 hours (8:30 p.m.).

The object appeared to rise sharply from the level of the sea and move into the sky. The observers described it as circular in shape, giving off a luminous light. It appeared to waver back and forth for a brief interval before fading from sight directly overhead.

At the time the sky was clear and there was no air traffic in the area. The information came from a semi-monthly intelligence report prepared by a liaison officer. On the Air Force record card, the case was marked Insufficient Data for Evaluation.

Reported location

Cyprus, May 1952

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 10

Original case file scans

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goo {) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD forge x
Fd RRR, VC STII ———— TEETER,
1 1. DATE ( / {2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 10 liay 52 ; : Cyprus i lo Wos Balloon
i 24 La ’ / BE, hr SO 1 Probably Balloon
tS DATETIME GROUP [4 TYFE OF OBSERVATION TREY Sen |
tocol i nies AZoround- Visval C Ground-Radar . Probably Avera
: ser. fof /f0T : 0 Air Visual O A:r-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircrolt
Ss. PROTOS ie obi 6. SQURCE ~~ Lil 0 Wes Astronomical .
0 Yes - Group of people including 0 Probobly Astronomical
rn ; Dritish scientist 0 Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION "18. NUNBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE
j ; DX Insufficient Date for Evaluation
y 1 I” Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |i. coments ~~
“Luminous” color. Circular shaped. Object rose sharply from level of the
sca. It appeared to wave back and fort
~ before fading out of sight directly
; overhead.
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