PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 17 February 1963 Iran o Probably Bolloon PossiblY Boll oon Local 1200 %DGraund-Visual 0 GroundRodar Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft GMT 17 /0830Z 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCe 7. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION not reporte d 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Border Guards a. HUMBER OF OBJECTS I 9. COURSE I northwes t 11. COMMENTS 0 Wffs Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical lnsufficient Data for Evaluation OOJ~Ct shaped simila r .to a rocket at a n ~stimat~ d 3ltitude of 1,000 meters. F~. tng from ..;outheast to northwest Duration and s p ded of obje~t not reported. Possible rocket, possib e a /co Not 13nough data for conclu-I s 1 o n . wi , :hi c k S:Tlol..te c.:>m1ng from t3ll ATlC FORM 329 (ltEV 26 SEP 52) ''OTk:: T .'llo d<>.:u:nont cont10/no ln/armotlon otloetln,J tho notiona l do/onoo of tho U nited Stttloo within tho tnoon/11Jl of the ooplonttjZo The tron om/oolon tho roolallon of Ito cont nf In ny mnne r to n unouthotlz.od Plan!! and/or polleloa ohould nor b o oled or modl/lod oo/oly on tho b11olo ol thlo rport . P<JtiOn l o pro.'llbltfod by low. (Ciooal/lcatlon ~tnd Control Markln~o) 1. couNTRY. Iran/USSR Border Caspian Sea Regiol'l.o. REPORT H U MBER: 2201032463 2. suBJEcT: Unidentified Flying-Object (u) 9. D ATE OF REPORT: 10. NO. OF PAGES: 3. ISC NUMBER: 11. REFERENCES: " DATE oF INF'ORMATtoN: 17 February 1963 12. OR I GINA TOR: s . Pl.ACE AND OATE oF ACQ: 19 Fe b 63; Tehran, Iran 13. PREPARED BY: ~ii'e bruary 1963 DlliH ~A. 1 6 . EVAl.UATION: SOURCE _ _..;;F;..._ INFORMATION 6 14.' APPROVING A UTHORITY: C, \ v. &Jr- 7 . SOURCE: DUB-501 J. E . BOYT, Colonel Inf IS. SUMMARYI (c) Iranian Border post reports sighting an unidentified flying object, shape siw~1ar to a . rocket. Object ~s sighted. on 17 Feb 63 at 1200 h ours, nearEASAN !CIADEH (3~42'N 4958E). Estimated a ltitude of object l-Ias 1000 meters. Object ,.,ras seen flyine; from southeast to northl-rest. Source also :::-eports observing smoke cvw..Lu,S ou.t of it's tail section. Smoke was reported by source to be "thick". 16. OIS'rl\: lliJ TION 8Y OAIC:OINATOR I 70(/Qth Spt Hg (USAFZ) 17. OOWNC:ORAOIN:O DATA~ O'..!NGRA.D'3D AT 12 Y:S.-Lll INT3?.VAIS NOT AUTOI:::\.TICALLY lECIJ\.SSIFiill 18. ATTACHMENT OATAI (Loe'lo Blonk)