New Delhi, India, July 1959July 1959

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On July 14, 1959, at about 9 p.m., a civilian in New Delhi, India, reported strange lights in the sky. The witness was a secretary at an embassy who later submitted the account in an office memorandum. He was on his roof terrace with his family after dinner.

He saw a bright, steady, light orange-red light, about as bright as a medium bright star, with no sound. It moved in a straight line from east to west at about 40 to 50 degrees above the horizon. He noted that an airplane that bright and close would have been clearly heard, and it did not show colored navigation lights. Over the next about 15 minutes, six more lights of the same color followed, with varying brightness.

The record card noted the objects were very similar to a meteor shower. It noted astronomical records showed a Capricornids meteor shower at the time of the reported sighting.

Reported location

New Delhi, India, July 1959

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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7 : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
i O Was Balloon
i 1h Jul 59 lew Delhi, India Geshe Yo Sa gon
& 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION URI Eh AR Ge
% "100 To RY i O Was Aircraft
: Local org I}. Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 0 Probably Aircraft
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§ GMT_ L i 1530 dc Juls OY 0 AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical 5
& 0 Yes ‘0: Probably Astronomical ME7%0
i O'N 0 Possibly Astronomical SAowde]
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§ 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE LE
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: 15 mins T varged
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
8 Bright light, color light orange-red, abouf; The objs described ere very similar
E the brightness of a medium star, no sound, to a meteor shower. Astro. Records
| moving very rapidly acro the sky, faollowed indicate there was a Capricornids metedr
E during the next 15 mins by six more, all of t shower at the time of the rptd
i ame color, but w/v rying degrees of bright sighting. It is highly probable that
ie ness. All dispppeared an if extingguished. the witness observed z meteor shower.
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