Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Tanganyika, East Africa, November or December 1962
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A witness in Songea, Tanganyika, reported a mysterious smoke trail in late 1962. The Air Technical Intelligence Centre concluded the event was likely an aircraft contrail.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a corresponding letter dated April 13, 1963, regarding a sighting in Songea, Tanganyika. The witness, who was leaving a mosque on a Friday in November or December 1962, observed a white cloud or smoke trail extending from the horizon to a point overhead. The trail turned slightly East and was accompanied by a sound, though no physical object was visible. The witness noted that the sky was 1/8-1/4 overcast and the air was clear. The witness speculated that the phenomenon might have been a rocket or a body reentering the atmosphere, but found the turn difficult to explain. The official evaluation by the Air Technical Intelligence Centre concluded that the phenomenon was, in all probability, an aircraft contrail, citing the accompanying sound and the observed turn as evidence.
Since object turned and there was accompanying sound the contrail was in all probability generated by an a/c.
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Official Assessment
Since object turned and there was accompanying sound the contrail was in all probability generated by an a/c.
The sighting was attributed to an aircraft contrail based on the sound and the turn observed.