Loftfabal, Iran, May 1960May 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 16, 1960, observers near Loftabad, Iran, reported two objects in the sky. The card lists two objects and notes the sighting was near a border area.

The two objects were low flying and shaped like cigarettes. Both came from the north. One flew over the border area and then returned north. The second continued on its flight. The card lists limited details about the sighting.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the report could not be properly evaluated due to limited data, such as duration.

Reported location

Loftfabal, Iran, May 1960

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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i EN YMA UMMM ct von A I AAR Re 8 TERT CO TA arog PH — “ions :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; O Was Balloon
16 May 60 Loftfabal, Iran O Probably Beolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local HG. RATE & Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rador a Brouty ero
EE 0 Air Visual O Air-lntercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 8 bg Hor ig vb
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ib Civilian 8 Possibly Asmenemient |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE OI iiss § |
1l ret to N Oo Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
Not given two 1 continued on |@ Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS : |
Two low flying cigarette-shaped objects. Both | This report cannot be properly evaluated |
objects came from N, one flew over border area |due to limited data, i.e., duration and
then returned N. The second continued flight corroborating witnesses. |
toward Khakha. The vapor trall left by these
objects remained intact for 2 hrs, then gradual!
expanded in the pattern of contrails. The objects
were wingless and had no visible pilots. Gs ;
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 82)
. . 3 | 3 /
z A

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