PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS D Was Bolloot~ AzerlJni an It~n D Proltat.Jy Balloon J. DATI-TIMI OROU~ .. TYPI! 0' OISI!RVATION D Possllly Balloon D Wos Aircraft Prol.ollly Aircraft Passlllly Aircraft Was Astronomical ProlloWy Aetronomlc.e PoesiWy Astronomical 7. LINOTH OP.OIII!IVATION L NUMII!R 0' OIJI!CTI lnsufflclont o ... fer Evaluation OP liGHTING Report of several objects observed Cannot attempt evaluation with between 21 May 1957 t0 14 Oet 57. this very sketchy report. Nothing These sightings, all by J\mPricans, specific such as location, direc- were dtning the hour :1tHJ <l half r:.fte1 tion, elevation or azimuth. sunset and the ob;j(~C t: olJr;orv}d ~.ppGa - Gd as a large r~d Ji. ;,;ht which r.toved rapidly across the ~;ky ove1 Tnhriz fm East to West. No ;qund. Binocular revealed no more of the naked eye. The appeared as bright I a . , t. sighting '.Vhito light. ~ftC PORM aB (REV 21 SKP 52) (~I!CUHITY JNFOP"'-fATION wJ1en 111/'fd in) COUNTRY OF ORIGIM Rf NO. . AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT AREA RENMT CONCERNS. AGE:hCY Ot1 Ollt~IJII USAIIU, IRA I SOURC OF INFORMATION Amerl.caa Ccna'l~ate, TabPt.s Lt Col Leo tk Bl'allll Date ot Collection DAn: u F REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION l8 IfOV' 57 EV.\LUATIOH DA IR 460 'l .... Ai'rcrstt 'l'ypea aDd Airfra~Componenta Unidentitied Flying Objects over AzerbaijaD -1. The_fOllowins un-.lassified information :,.ubJect as above.wss submitted by th 'American Consul, Tabrie to the.' Ameriean Embesey~ Tehran on 18 !loY 57: During the P'! 3t aix months unidentified nying object~ have been sighted over ~zerbaij~ on vsr81 oceasions. The fir~t report was -in "Ettilaat of 21 r .. tay 1957, stati.JJ8 ti!at n Gomet. had been seen Cl'ler Rezaie~. Tioe of day no\ a Dex\ oeen-rsnc:e w~ in .1,~11 of 1957, W"m~idjt1 rig) on;. the evening of th 13th .and . !i~h' a a (tE.!t!-adyij cr that aate. Thes~ si~htl s a........ sexved. cans, were-duri~ the hour and a half ~fter ~unset) 2030 to 200, . and the observed a which moved rgpidly across the sky OYer ~abriz rr There was no accMptnying sound. Obser- . !" vaticn with 6 poft:r b esled no more of 1 ts nature than by the naked atatt Tabrisu . fro to the OC ce WSI re in I\ appe bi~ object which moved ot the cit at.~ oD e.~t!l_of October. This '\" r 15 Qc.,g 19~7, which specula that. 1 t tll87 h beeD s.,utnit I." .. 2. ~ type o iDfox.aation waa requested by the Air Attaehe during a meeti with-the erie&D Consulate representatives DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR . LEO 11. BRAUN Lt Co-lonel, USAl' Acting Air At\aehe REPLACES AF r n"M 112-P.\RT I, JUN 41, WHICH MAY BE UVO. (SECURITY INFORMATION wltn lil!rl i n ) Ul'I,ASSIFl 'U