Ostan, Iran, February 1958February 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Ostan, Iran, February 1958 in February 1958. The full case file (4 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 32.

Reported location

Ostan, Iran, February 1958

Date of incident

February 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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3 Cn PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1 \. DATE 2. LOCATION i CONCLUSIONS
. 32 0 Was Balloon
4 9 - 17 Beb 58 Ostan, Iran fs! Probably Balloon ;
2 "3. DATE-TIME GROUP i. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ie Geile DED
i asap Tanta Gel *¢Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar B Ie ais
Eg GMT 0 Air Visual Ci Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS | 8 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
a 0 Yes | 0 Probably Astronomical
i Sai } | CivET Hak 0 Possibly Astronomical
9 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DEQ thay SONAR LA iE 0
oH 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 0 Unknown
i 3 rots a
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
3 Three separate rpts - One was uniden- [Actually hiis is not a true UFQ
E ftified light passing through the dky. |[rpt, but an unknown a/c rpt.
i Another was unidentified a/c, flying
i so high it could not be seen, but
1 leaving two vapor streams. Another
1 rpt oof twin vapor trails;
4
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28977010

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-02-01