Iran, July 1957July 1957

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Summary

On July 25, 1957, a man in Iran watched a bright shining object moving south. The sighting lasted over five minutes. One unidentified object was observed moving south on July 26, 1957, near Rostkhavar. A witness saw the bright shining thing moving south with people inside. Papers were recovered at the landing site and turned over to the consulate. The object probably was an aircraft landing and taking off.

Reported location

Iran, July 1957

Date of incident

July 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
25 July 1957

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local: 10 AM
GMT 0630Z

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
over 5 minutes

2. LOCATION
Iran

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Air-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

9. COURSE
maneuvered

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Man watched bright shining thing moving south with people inside, deposit papers in Russian language at place of landing. Papers recovered and turned over to consulate with the above story.

11. COMMENTS
Object probably a/c landing, leaving papers and taking off.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28970813