Zonguldak, Turkey, October 1955October 1955

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Summary

On October 28, 1955, at about 0545Z, a civilian saw three objects over Zonguldak, Turkey. The total sighting lasted about 45 seconds, about 15 seconds for each object.

The witness described objects that were rectangular with tapered ends. They looked like a sail or a cloud with the sun shining on them, even though there was a solid overcast. Three objects were seen one after another, not in formation. They left no trail or exhaust and made no sound. The first object appeared about 15 to 20 degrees below the horizon, rose slowly, and disappeared to the north. The second and third objects traveled in an arc and disappeared to the northeast.

The Air Force noted that an overcast was present and the objects were seen near the horizon. Officers thought it very probable the sighting could be explained by an inversion or refraction effect in the atmosphere.

Reported location

Zonguldak, Turkey, October 1955

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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E PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
emer ’ LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i 0 Was Balloon

0 Probably Balloo

bE = Smee 0) COURIER, Turkey D Possibly Balloon

i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

- { {Sg cake asbivsinibe ua, buat dis Sl Lo ide Xl Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a rab ably Attra

4 out 28/05L52 Rea 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar | J Possibly Aircraft

E 8. PHCTOS Ta 6. SOURCE sg O Was Astronomical

3 0 Yes | 2 heh afironom cal

FP 2 No civilian “ossibly Astronomica

XH 3 LENGTH OF ORSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE her.

EL 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE i BUS MLERgS RT

E i 0 Unknown

45 seconds | 3 a a a

4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

F Rectangular in shape with tapered ends, color a overcast was present and the obis

9 appeared like sail or cloud with sun shining on pati over bss: it is very 2 rh

E it. Although there was solid overcast. 3 objs that sighting can be attributed to |
3 were seen in sequence - no formation - no tail. |
an inversion ~- refraction phenomena.
9 Trail or exhaust observed. No sound. 15 sec for ph : i

F each obj. lst obj appeared 15° - 20° below

: orizon ascended slowly and disappeared to the |
E orth. 2nd and 3rd obj traveled in an arc of ;
E 14° & disappeared to the NE : :

b (NO CASE IN FILE) |

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4 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 4

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