3. DATETIME GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION undzhovo Ruln:at'ia 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION CX Greund-VIsual 0 AI,.. Vi .ual 0 CroundRadar 0 Airlntercept Radar 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircroft 0 Probobly Aircraft 0 Po ssl bl y Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Yea 0 Probably Astrenomlcol XD:No Forei.~n Mili taty Offi<'Or 0 Possibly Astronomical ~7~.~L~E~H~C o~,~.o~a~s~eiR~Y~A~T~IoiN~---- .~H~U~M~B~E~R~O~Pho~a~J~E~cr~s~9i.~c~o~u~R~seP -- OtherProh P1il Ni"ht Opr 0 In suffi dent Oato for E vol~'oti on 30 minutes 10. BRI!P SUMMARY OP SIGHTING Observer saw a lighte d objec t movin~ slowly at ni~ht near a military area bein~ trnc k o d by AA sea1chli~hts to and fro. 't'h~.' c;P.nrchli!~hts would b e turne d off the n la tor t n tn otl on. 'rhe light 01,jr~ct moved in n ho1;(ontal cou rse. One jet was observ.:cl to tnk,~ of!, pass the object thnn . 't u r n to the airfield. ATJC PORW ~29 (REV l6 SEP S2) 0 Unlcnown 11. COMMENTS Althou~h difficul t to check f r om the ZI, this appear~ to be a night AA-A/C tracking ( simulated) train in~ oxor ci~cl of s o me sort. Obj used n~ target could have been a bulloc n ~/n li~ht attached; an illuminated tlromr> 1\/C such as used in the U. s . ; lif.{ht e d ~l~eve tar;;et, e t c . The fact thnt a jet wettt up, passed it, & rettttned indicates that pilot knew wha t the o o ject was . tr'lt.TNDZHCVO 4DU'IELO (41.585 -2535E)~ BULCA.:~I.\. Alr .!lttacbe, Turkq l~\'6 ' S.p 19'51 T\a-Jd3b otncer llldle on tt'ip thx"A"b ~ 1. Intaatioa in this reocrt eon<:errA ~ tmJdlnt.1fied f1~::.g objsot O'Mf uzu :!0\'0 .tU.rf'iald nr tJl.ASKCVO, Bulgarl.A. '!be j Df:ll :.tion tAB obtained - : Y.lljl.ll" t-;.,j 1\JI otncar in the Turkish tv:Jq. oOeli'Yi!..:G this p a'\ a:xxl bour.t (locl) OJl 21 .\ugu8t 19'57 wb:11e dri r...ns b,-aut..cei>Obtle acroea Dulpr1.& i.Dt.o !urkey. . 2. bae 84tt"Ytd as Aasint.o.nt 1urk1ah Ar::Jy Attaehtt in Lobioa tar o:::a e.nd a belt J'Ur,, aDd o.a '~lltary Attache, i:1 ... ansa . .,, Pol:u~i Fe~ng !.9'57. He itJ an art1.ll.&7 o~cer ln t.be Turldstl Arr:ry and ha8 20 ;rsan at Sti"Yice. !apz .. ..S th.t re-parU%38 olt1cer wit h his k.eeD .1JlU111gence. He ~peaks e:.to4llsnt. Egl1ah am his pow8n or obeft'l wat1un :1:ui t:emur, are '&r abaft annge. 3. COdiiJ~a a . C'.reral background. '.:>. PiD i'CJlnt. locaticm or ttnidenu.tied object. Ce Deec:ripUon o f obee ICd 1midentif1ed object. Ccl~el, :SA? .'l..ir !.tta~O. Air Attache, 'l'urkey hour. Af'ter two m:lnutes of tlight em a horizontal course (by-the watch) the object's light vas extinguished at which t1 =e the seerob115hts would be turned off'. No motar noise of aD3 type aooompeniad the mowment o the object. Sauro. could not tell wbat bllppeDed to the object alter the light was turned orr. Duri.Dg the obj eat' a movement the same al.titude vas main . There was no exhaust flame fraa the object that ciUl. l.ve beell Wlde by a con'V9ntioml I ar jet motar maohaism. ~ ~ 4 ~ ~\~ (4) I>urill8 ODe or th. eight obsenatioDS made & jet. a1 rcrafi took ort f'raa UZUNDZHGJO Airfield, oHmbed toward the aov-1 iBB objeat, passed the movi g object still iD a o11mb d:lreotq arouDd into the tield trattio pa.ttera aDd laDded utn 1 zing the field' a rum~q lights. This vas the o~ t1 =a duriq the eight obserw.tioDs which !Mde that aJl air- cra.tt vas aeeJl ar beard tl,ying in the ar ~ ~ M CeMENtS ar PREPARING CFnCER: \' "(',..-...:> 4. s~uoce at&td that h bid bed a great deal of 8xp4trienoe as EUl artillery of-'-' otrer a!V' expa-.tion for the event described i:a this report. 5. In ruture debrifinga or Bulgaria.za escspeea a nd legaLl travelers, this subject will be give special atteDtioa in an effort to obtain furtb4r iafarmation which Iilight help explAin tbis incident. JOOEPH A. BURT Lt ColoDel, USAP' Assistant Air Attache UNCLASS\F\ED Ai: .\ttacbe, Turka7 4 u. Bet.weea 2000-2030 hours (local ) on 2.1 .\ut;uat 1 957 oONrftd All object onr tJlUnDZlJCNO .urfiel.d,. Bul6aria 0:>- tz nl 1ni by aut.omobile aorces Bulgorla traa SC7U to :!Wnl~. Sourc. ws OD bia way to Turk.,-f'r<D him previous du\".7 s4.&UOD aa Turki.sh Ax:q ~ttacbe 1D W&raav, Poland. b. fSD PO'ln\ Logtj gn ot CbhJ!Y,QP. Appearing oa po.ge 4 is an 0"11Jrla7 t o USAJ' PUO'tllp ClJlr't (322C) EDJIU~, ~'ted AprU l~J. 'rb 3 exnct locaUon of toth the posititm ot tbs souroo aDi ~ unide:1ti!1ed t'l71n3 object which he obuervod is i:xllcat.- o. D.Msntptism.ot Yn1d&n:zUt1e<l Cb:1oot. At approxin.-~17 2CO) hourD on 21 ;\ugu:rt, soureo \1&11 ap~ror.t.ching by a.ut.a::OOil.a tlw C1 t.7 o.r KHlSKCVO, Sul.g:a.ria. a. ws ~awl'ng b SCI11A to EDllUE Tu:rkq. ':'lw veatbd' wtt. clear but. the Di~ wa 'IW%7 I dark. 3ot.zo o~WJ tad to hia lett a lighted, movinq obj ec't. ia the s}q ~izls traced "c7 A.\ searehl1gbte. Swfdlal3 this l'tght1d moviDS objeot eit.'lor dieappeorod ar ita :!J.gbt \.~'Sa ext.i:~gulahad at which ti= t..hct s..,-ehllg!lte .r.nt. ~. 3oon '"- , anoth.P.r ll~bt app11tred at ::.h.a s~ ~i ~em st whicll thfl! fi.-st ~ b~ .. n -:X>s tr'lt:d 3 M !" tm.i~ cu.spe:rded abaft ~.hA 3rcurd st what o.p pred to btt .lpPr<a1:mtl;r 1CC~ll500 tftf'tt.. A.ttm- :-~izd!JB st.at.1ouar:r tOif' 1.1ppraximntlltq : i"TlJ or U.n 3cooBi::J, ._.r., mjf\Ct atart.od :A091~ on a mriaoatal coun. Th .. :J4&robl1~ l:ntt!niee were twMd u~ ~ :DOYi:sg ob- ject. aa !t ooatlnued on a horlaontl course, tzoawli~ a t th,.. e ame a.l:titnde for ~ prarl:M'te)J tvo ~o and t.tMn e i tber dlaappeared or its ll~bt ~:'t cxtil18Ulshed. ~08 Mid tha\ \lpoD tirst obaW"'fi:l8 th1.e be 3topped b15 aut.caobil and J ot. out o tbat M eauld obeerft more tJl.osflq. He said lw o.beckea his t:l=a wx7 ~fully o.nd MOde ~eft obeez wat1on11 bfttween 20CC-2CJO hou:ra. ~ur!ng this p8rlod he obserT&d tid.JJ pl'OC81iw t rep Allt&d sight tiZM. CD ~ach oocedon tb8 ~r wtt.a u follow.J 'the UZUNDZHC110 A.irlield would ~ coulplate~ blacked oul.. no a1rexatt. could hilt beerd flying :!Lt altitude or i n thft via1D1t.7. Suddftl7 a llgbt , fCUld a9pe14r oY=r 3od sllt'Pt] t.o 'tho aide ot UZUrmzHO'VO J\1ri"1ld, 1 t8 nltitxde o.plJeering to b8 lCXX>-1 ~00 f' .. t. ~ ll~t \lpxD sppe&rl~ wu ccu plet.]J st.&UON.J7. lt did not 1111.11'1d.D1Lt.e the o.roe. 1n the eeue ot a t'l.Are or o ooa "~-_._ -- ... "'urce said that. tbe lM.et w-:r be coul _ 0. this 11ght. w.a just. 3 8 tJlO'aaA a D1pgle_.l1 b vas turned em :t1 the Uck et ~be ZNit.C!h ':l.'"be l!gbt rsr::aained atat1oct4...,. for ~ ara :lc.r.aotrt.nl~<:~ t. ,,jtieb t.irw : ... ~ -! ho- u.~ ll'l ~ Ucm n~ tJi(; (1ela .. o\il3 turi~ OD '.lJY-1 Oil" by .a:.e \IOUld ;:-i~ up tho obj~et :lthin -; r ~. 5ource ca.id tmt. ,. wor'!J 3-.4 b:J.t.~ios w!U1 J -J+ l:1 earch.llgbte a't a a.ch ".la tt,.,ry l QCa ti on. ..~t'rutn .. :,~ ob- !.ft.r~ b!PPm" of the 3e&~hl1gnta. .Lec.orci,. ng -:.o 30urce, t.he Ugbt of -:.bit unidentified ooject ccW.d 9ti~l l;~ ob- 30r.,ed "while t.he bJtPla \oft":e ~ upoD !.,.t. 'l' M ob- j eCt. appeand t~ tze.ftl ~t a o~ed of(lco-150)~ pc REPORT HO. OIUGIHATIHG AGEHCY PAGE 4 Of 4 PAGES D<JU. lHl: fj:!'JU.10 UNCLASS\f\ED l L\ R\~e.j