1. DATI TIMI GIIOU' 4. NUMIII 0' 08JICTI S. LENGTH 0' OIIIIVATION 6. TYftl Ofl OIIIIVA TION I. ftHOTOI 2. LOCATION to. COMCLUIIOM n. llllfl IUMMAIIY AND ANALYill Circul;,:.r sh:-~:)~'J ohjtct AFM DE AIR RR JE!ltJP RR AFM AFK 222 DE J.t::PKQ 84C FrI HQ USAF \vASH DC UNCLASSIFI TO JE!l.4P/.~IR TECH I~lTEL CENTER tJRIGHT PATTERSO~ AFD OHIO JSDu~/CG ENT AFB COLO DO SPRING COLO PAREN CRYPTO USAF PASSES FROM USAIRA TEHRAN IRAN - SI~NED KEYSa TRUE DTG TWO FIVE ZERO SIX THREE ZERO ZULU X RF NBR ALFA FOXTROT COCA THREE ZERO DASH FIVE THREE PD ACTION BY OTHER MEANS TO CSAF \oJASK DC X AIR TECH IdTZL CTit ATTN CLN ALFA TANGO INDI~ ALFA ALFA DASH TUO COCA PAREN TEHRAN PRESS REPTS T~O ZERO MIN SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT IN ABADAN THREE ZERO DTG T~/0 ZERO MIN NORTH CMA FOUR EIGHT DTG ONE SIX MIN EAST AT ONE EIGHT ZERO FIVE LOCAL TIME ONE EIGHT MAY FIVE THREE CMA BRILLIANT CIRCULAR 03JECT WITH COMET LIKE TAIL MOVING AT GREAT SPEED APPEARED NORTHWEST TaAVELING NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION PD OBSERVERS REPT OBJECT FITS DESCRITPITON OF FFLYING SAUCER PD OBSERVED BY THOUSANDS IN CITY OF ABADAN PD NO REPTS FROM OTHER PLACES IN KHUZISTAN PD REFER INTELLIGENCE REPT EIGHT EIGHT DASH FIVE THREE UNClASS1FtED VNCLASSIFIED 1. reported that 011 l1 Ha7 S.3 at 180S locl tiae (1S3SZ) at .lbadn, z, an tm1dent1t1ed ny1n1 object va.s aeen by aaost ot the popultiOD. 2. The object ,.. circular in abape and new at a V&'Y high altitude. Observers atatecl that the altitude aeened to be equal to the moon, with the circwn.ference crter than that ot the moon. The object, called a tlying sauc.sr by the Tehran pr in the nortbvet, nw on a northeaster~ course and disappeared att. ODe pap_. reported tbat the object had a comet-like tail, uotb.-paper NIOC aa saying that it not a rocket becauae there waa no a110ke tollov.lna 1 t. . .). At prct no reporta b&Te been rece:lYecl of. the object trcm other cities in .\TIC CDIMiltta Inautf1c1ent data, perhaps cauaed. b7 meteoldogical act1Yit7 llOWNGRADED AT 3 YE .... . D~CLASSIFIED AFTE~n IN .t EnJALS ; UNCt:ASSlflED. . . , . IINCCASSIFIED Location a LAytiae !1 reball complete with trail fONCCASSIElED la\ Lt. Jtobert cn.eon ATIO -Wri&h\-Pa\t.non UB .a.t. QlaiOftJ Here an the on the recent batch ot ~ A tn are ~ ot oonaiderable I.Dtei"Mt O.wr all, in tbie batch, Venua cOUDta tor onq ODe a i moat problbq account tor 4 caaeaJ balloone tor tour i ec.in& to the intereatinS caaea 1 the Korean 20 April ahou.ld. certa,nl7 le toUow"l up. '1'h1l COlMa ce17 cloae to being a aecurit)'-Intellipnce tter. l'd certain]T lib to get llOre intol"'llt ion on this. How about send'"' a few Form A 'a to th11 ahonld h&ve been investigated on the spot b7 Intelligtnce -..... AFB 2 l.lql 'Ibis baa aane aim1larit1ea to the old Gomm oaae. 1!ucb fuller report needed and. Form A tilled out on this. 8an Antoni8 1 l!.q I Thia has m&f17 S :1m1lari tiea to the wbbock Lighta and Form A ahould certainl7 be sent it this has not alnacfT been done. a Fora A for the 29 April Sytacuse stationarr-dieo sightinl the cnea u &" , have been travel in~ north instead of south in . -rhe light aighting might have bee jete but w1 tb 1 a.c:ter tor to aee navigation licht 2 second time intel'tal alao ses : too taat. I hope that 7ot1 c1n went1all7 send me more 1nfonaat1c:m OR these& 20 April j lore&J 2 llq 1 )lq S1n Antonio. trip w1 th 1h ich I . . I enoloalna rq 'ftxaion of a report on our hope 70U wU1 ccocurr. ADd kMp ' ccwtng. It'e eaaier to handle a lew at a tim and trequentq a larpr batch at loager interrala. Jemie aend her regards.