Nicosia Airfield, Cyprus., August 1950August 1950

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Summary

On August 20, 1950, around 11:30 a.m. local time, a U.S. military officer at Nicosia Airfield, Cyprus, saw a bright object. The case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports. The witness was a liaison officer, and two other Air Force officers with him also saw it.

He heard an aircraft overhead and looked up. He saw a small round or elliptical bright object moving from straight overhead toward the west. Its path passed across the arc of the sun, which was about 15 degrees below the top of the sky. The object stayed bright even against the sun. It followed a somewhat erratic westerly path at a terrific speed until it disappeared, about 30 degrees above the horizon. It was in view about 15 to 20 seconds, with no sound the men could separate from a nearby plane.

A check found a Turkish State Airlines C-47 was in the area, which the officer believed was the plane he heard, not the bright object. The Air Force record card lists the case as unidentified.

Reported location

Nicosia Airfield, Cyprus., August 1950

Date of incident

August 1950

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD Hn wi SA |
!1. DATE - TIME GROUP : Y LOCATION
2 August 0 20/11202° Nicosia Airfield, Cyprus. ;
js SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION :
| Mlitary UNIDENTIFIED
i4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ;
Cr2 : i
tS. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |[11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS |
¢ 15 or D seconds " Observer saw a small round or elliptical bright object gong
from a point directly overhead toward the West, its course or |
. CN ’
Ne RYT Wr wm— flight path mssed through the arc of the sun which at that
{ Ground-Visual time was about 15 deg below the Zenith. The brilliancy of the |
7. COURSE object in flight did not change even while reflected against tie
sun as it continued in its somewhat erratic westerly rath at a
est terrific rate of speed until it disarpeared from sight in the
8. PHOTOS distance at about thirty deg above the horizon
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| 0 Yes
! 72 Neo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE |
Q Yes . :
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FORM
FTD sepre3 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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