Cyprus — May 1952

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Keywords: scientist, cypru, ivisuol, ccround, llritiob, lehgti1, nuriber, dxinsufficient, obnped, befme, fadina, fjnclassifieg, rrpwt, iciijtt, nrnlrntt, ttlrtl, ollrnocr, lltflln, illtoraation, extraoted, semixmonthl7, prepart, nicoeia, cjpru, paphoa
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD l 1. CIATE ( : 12. LOCATION \ 12. CONCLUSIONS f 10 lkl)' 52 : Cypru.~ ' D Wos Balloon ' 3. D4TETIME OUP TYF E OF OBst.RYATION f 20'21\ a!~roun:IVisuol CCround-Rodur 0 WosAircroft 5. PHOTO$ f-1: . SOURCE . . . 0 Was Astronomical Group Of people inclu<linc 0 Probably Ast;onomicol llritiob scientist 0 Pouibly A~tronomicol 1. LEHGTi1 OF OBSERVATION 'I. NUriBER Of OBJECTS ! 9. COURSE I 0 Other ----- 1 I, DXInsufficient Ocrto for Evoluatlon . . I 0 Unknown 10. IRfE, SUMMARY OF $1CHTING "Luminous" color. Circular obnped. ATIC FORM U9 (REV 2 U.P S2) 1'' COMMENTS . ObJect rose sharply from level or the sen. It appeared to '\omVC back nnd :rort i , . befme fadina out ot sieht directly overhead AF FORM 111-PART I ( fJNClASSIFIEG} t;;.J' J.PPHC\IfO t .1 I Oo.'fTRY . _ _ _llS .. ~MATS ::;uM Jllt~RY: (~nt, cone"',..,,.,..,, f/ rrpwt. Girt llf'li/ICIIJtt c '" f.ruzl M~Nrnlrntt fH''UI''P' Ll.ot iAlo.ttlrtl ollrnocr lift. lltflln I ttl of rep,;t on .I Jo' /o'vr '" 11 1 -l'ot t 1 I ) The tollC*ins illtoraation was extraoted from the Semixmonthl7 Intelligence Report 19 dated 15 .. .A7 1952 prepart!Ml by the MATS. Liaicon Officer, 160)-2 ATW Detacm.nt, Atlantic Division, MATS, Nicoeia, CJPrU At approximatel7 20.30 hours on 10 Ma7 ill the cit;y ot Paphoa, So~!:hvtJ\. . . a group ot parsons including a noted Brit ian Scientist sight.ec:l an unidentl.fied object which appeared to rise eharpl7 fro the level ot the sea and disappeared into thiS sky. The objeot. appeared to the obsexvera to be at a circular shape and emitted a lund.uoua light. It appeared to waver back and forth tor a briet interval beto" fading mt or sight directly overhead. At the time ot tho incideat the sky was clear and - Uwre wae no air trattic in t.he vicinit7 ot Cyprus. WII.UA.~L. TRAVIS Colonel, USAF CHARLESJ. P01iLII Capt at D USAP . Chief, I c A."t 3 YEAR L~'l'l~R v A! I D AFTER 12 YEARS . UNQ..ASSIFIEO IOI&r THIS DOCUMf.NT CONTAINS INFORNATIOM AFFEt. l I~ THE HAl tONAL DEFFNS OF THE UI"ITfO 5TA f~'i WITH I'll l Hl' MFANlNu Of TH ... C~PIO'I .\GC 1\1: f.~ U ~ ..:: )I Aro lZ. AMENDIO. liS TRANSMI$SION OR JHE AEVaATIONOF 11~ CON rn1 rs IN ANY MANNi:. It TO Ai't tlrl .\IJTHORI:'ED f'r H ..Otl I~ f' l'l>rlltm 1.0 U l LM<. IT Mo\Y NOT BE REPRODUCeD IN WHOLI OR IH PAMT, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES Am FOHCE At;ENCil'.S, EXCI:.I"l DV 1-'f RMI:l.iiO' OF a til:. UIH ... l. r\>11 OF lfiTW.IGEtte.. UW,