Iran, December 1958December 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 1, 1958, near Lyon, France, a civilian reported three sightings of unidentified objects. The witness observed an object three times brighter than stars emitting a white light on two different occasions. During the first sighting at 5:45 p.m., the object was positioned 25 kilometers south of Lyon, moving on the horizon at about 6 degrees elevation. The sighting lasted forty-five seconds. The second sighting occurred at 7:15 p.m., 50 kilometers south of Saulize on the same road, with the same heading and light intensity less bright than before. The object had a white trail and remained visible for forty-five seconds. Weather was clear. The Air Force evaluation is not indicated in the available documents.

Reported location

Iran, December 1958

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                 12. CONCLUSIONS
December 1 1958                 Lyon                         [] Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP                                           [] Probably Balloon
Local 1745 - 1215                4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION      [] Possibly Balloon
GMT 0/1.1532 80/1/54562          [] Ground-Visual            [] Was Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                         [] Ground-Radar            [] Probably Aircraft
[] Yes                            [] Air-Visual              [] Possibly Aircraft
[X] No                            [] Air-Intercept Radar     [] Was Astronomical
                                6. SOURCE                    [] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION          Civilian                   [] Possibly Astronomical
45 seconds                        8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE [] Other
                                 one              South    [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                    11. COMMENTS [] Unknown
Obj three times brighter than stars,
emitting a white light was sighted
two different times, on second sight-
ing light intensity was less.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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