CYPRUS (MEDITTEREANEAN), October 1954October 1954

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Summary

On October 20, 1954, an embassy official reported an object while on vacation at Kyrenia, Cyprus, in the Mediterranean. The witness was a civilian connected to the American Embassy in Damascus, Syria. He told the reporting officer what he saw.

The object was shaped like a fat cigar. It was a bright metallic silver. It made no sound and left no tail.

The Air Force record listed the conclusion as probably aircraft, possibly British. The case was filed as part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

CYPRUS (MEDITTEREANEAN), October 1954

Date of incident

October 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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S22 “ 5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION = |
30 OCT 5k |
-~ =~ = CYPRUS (MEDITTERANEAN) 57
| 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
CIVILAIN (EMBASSY) PROBABLY AIRCRAFT
4, NUMBER OF OBJECTS
: ONE
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS :
NOT REPORTED Extract from IR-132-5k Report dtd 7 Dec 1954 of sighting
— on 20 Oct by Embassy official. Shape of fat cigar,
| Ge YEE OF OASERVATI ON color bright metallic silver, no sound, no tail.
GROUND VISUAL
pga COMMENTS :
: 4, PHOTOS
‘0D Yes
0B No
2. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
1 Yes :
0 No
FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,
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