Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Unidentified Flying Object Observed on Iran/USSR border
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AI-Generated Summary
A CIA report documenting a 1957 sighting of a small, high-speed, ball-shaped object with a smoke trail near the Iran/USSR border. The object was observed by multiple sources and left a persistent smoke trail.
This Central Intelligence Agency information report details a sighting of an unidentified flying object on June 12, 1957, at approximately 11:00 a.m. local time. The object was observed near the border between Iran and the USSR. According to the report, the object appeared as a ball, approximately one-half meter in diameter, with a tail measuring one-half meter in length. It was observed traveling at high speed at an altitude of 2,000 meters, moving on a course from Nakhichevan (coordinates N 39-15, E 45-25) toward Julfa, USSR. The object was visible for only a few seconds. A smoke trail left by the object, described as being 5 to 10 centimeters in diameter, remained visible for approximately 15 minutes. A field comment included in the report notes that another source observed the object at the same time, describing it as being about the size of a football and moving at an altitude of 2,000 meters, confirming the visibility of the smoke trail for about 15 minutes.
The object appeared to be a ball about one-half meter in diameter and had a tail one-half meter in length.
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Official Assessment
A flying object described as a ball with a tail was observed moving at high speed over the Iran/USSR border area on June 12, 1957.