PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6313193

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONDhahran Saudi Arabia

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATS 12. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
r 5 Dhahran, Saud rabia 0 Wes Bolloon
0 Probobly Bolloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION . D Possibly Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP
Local212Q I Ground.Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 10 1620 D AirVisual D Air-Intercept Rodar D Possibly Aircrolt
1
5. PHOTOS 1 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes general offica, USAF D Probobly Astronomical
EXN0 XXX Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE - D Other
NNE 00 Insuflicient Dota for Evoluation
5-6 seconds 1 Unknown
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
White color. Straight, consis course Source cer.
mancuvers.
.
.

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Dhahrar hirfield. Saudi. Arabia, reporting his personal
flying object. to General
has been dispatched igadier General Garland.
.1 Inel H.J. KIELING
Ltr fr 1 21 Apr 52 Colonel, USAP
w/Ltr to I Chief, Policy rene roup
Directorate ligence
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DOWNGR, ADED AT 3 YEAR INTER
DECI AR
SITIED AFTER 12 YEARS. 1-3712-46
IR 5200.10
752-1c
WO AGO FORM 897 U.S. COVERNMENT PHINTING 1946 0 -723359
IMAY 1916

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The duration,
ness of my siting leave positive of the details of my
report. Never more will I be skeptical of anybody's fanci-
ful tales. Please don't think that the desert has got the
best of ne.
Best persona
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 15 YEARS.
DOD DUR 5200.10
UNCLAS FIED
OL40

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Time: 2120 1c
Weather Night, cloudles (sibility,
l. mile reckining
noticed in the far distance in the general south-southwest areaof the
sky what, at first glance, I hought was the tail end of a "shooting star"
which are comaonly seen in this aren of the world. My next instant rea-
lization was that this object in the sky wns not falling toward eerth
but was travelling horizontal to the ground at a constant altitude and on
a period of from 5 to 6 s ieconds. I would judge its nsiderably
in excess of any jet airernft I have seen in flight. I ere forced to
estimate the speed it would be in the neighborhood cusand to twelve
hundred miles an hour. DOWNGRADED AT-3 YEAR INTERVALS
DECLA IPIED AFTEE 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10
UNCLAS
TSα-

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sion discussed above. The altitude during this ent tire sightirg I would des-
cribe as a medium altitude above l0,000 feet and below 20,Ooo feet a although
this particular impression s the one of which I an least positive If I
were to assume that this were some sort of an aireraft with the two glows
at the extremities thereof I would say that it was an aircraft of consider-
able size, but I must add that I saw nothing beyond the glows which
would indicate a vehicle o of any kind.
3. Being thoroughly familiar
aeronautical objects during career, I an positive
of these things.
rigadie ueneral, U
Commanding-
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 XEARS.
DOD DLR 5200.10
UNCLASSIFIED