Uzundzhovo, Bulgaria, August 1957August 1957

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On the night of August 21, 1957, near Uzundzhovo Airfield in Bulgaria, a foreign military officer driving through the country saw a lighted object in the sky. The sighting lasted about 30 minutes, from 2000 to 2030 (8:00 to 8:30 p.m.) local time. The witness said the light appeared, hung still about 1,000 to 1,500 feet up, then moved slowly on a level course while searchlights tracked it. The light would go out and the searchlights would turn off, then the pattern repeated about eight times. The object made no motor noise. During one pass, a jet took off, climbed past the object, then turned and landed. The Air Force record card calls this a likely nighttime anti-aircraft tracking exercise. It says the object could have been a balloon with a light or a lighted target used in training.

Reported location

Uzundzhovo, Bulgaria, August 1957

Date of incident

August 1957

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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4 a : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Ret

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: 0 Wos Balloon

E 21 Avgust 1957 Lzundzhovo, Bulgaria O Probably Bolloon

| 3 DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION LL Alles

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Local 2000 - 2030 local CX Ground- Visual D Ground-Rador 0  Wos Aircraft

3 OQ Probably Aircraft

ER GM _21/1900Z 3 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodor | DO Possibly Aircraft

1 5. PHOTOS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical

E O Yes DO Probably Astronomicol

1 XOX No Foreign Military Officer GR

3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE XOther2rah Mil Nicht Opr

3 0 puma Ent Doto for Evaluation

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3 30 minutes one gen orhit

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Observer saw a lighted object meving [Although difficult to check from

3 slowly at night near a military area the ZI, this appears to be a nigh

P| being tracked by AA searchlights to | AA-A/C tracking (simulated) train. |
3 and fro. The searchlights would be ing exercise of some sort, Obj usqd |
turned off then later turned on. The as target could have been a ballodgn |

Bas . 3 R |

; light object moved in a horizontal ¥/a light attached; an illuminated

3 course. One jet was observed to take | drome A/C such as used in the U.S.[;

1 off, pass the object then' furn to lighted sleeve target,etc. The

FE the airfield. fact that a jet went up, passed it],
E & returned indicates that pilot
3 knew what the Oonject was.
4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971276