PROJECT BLUE BOOK

30 minutes 0 Unknown
one gen orbit
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Observer saw a lighted object moving Although difficult to check from
slowly at night near military area the ZI, appears to be a night
being tracked by searchlights to AA-A/C tracking (simulated) train
and fro. The searchlights would be ing exercis some sort. Obj used
turned off as target have been a ballodn
light object a horizontal w/a light ached; an illuminated
course. drome A, the U.S.;
off, pass the lighted rget,etc. The
the airfield. fact that up, passed it,
& returned indicates that pilot
knew what the boject was.
ATIC FORM 26 SEP 52)
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EAR 4605
(UNCLASS) ECT
1. Information in this report concerns an unidentifiad flying object over
UZUNDZHOVO Airfield A near KHaSkovo, Bulgaria. The information was obtained from
Major Mejate an officer in the Turkish Army. observed this
phenamenon at 2000 hours (local) bx an coile
across B da into
2. served ns Assistant ns Assistant Turkish Arry Attache in London Turkish Arewy Attache in London a for for
one and a half one and a half yearn, and yearn, and as Mlitary Wlitary Attache in warsaw, Poland Feb-ing 1957. 1957.
He is an le is an artillery artillary officer in the Turkish Arny and has 20 ysars Turkish Army y and has 20 years of service.
impressed the raporting the reparting orficer with his keen intelligen sithhis keen intelligen He speaks He speaks
excellent excellent English Eaglish and his powers his oowers of
3. CONTENTS:
a. a. General background.
b. b. Pin point Pin point location or unidentiried d object. object.
c. Description of obseryed unidentified object.
APPRITaD.
JCE B. DANIEL
Colonel, USAP
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offer any explanation for the event deseribed in this report.
5. In future debriefings o? Bulc n eac3pee legal travelers, this subject
will be given s special attention in an irther information which might
help explain this i incident.
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Lt Colonel, USAF
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UNCLASSIFIED
IR-734-57 (3o)

21 August sourca was aporoeching by autcmobile
traveling from SOFLA to EDIRIE, Turkny. The weather yas clear but the night was very
dark. Source observed I to his left a lighted, moving object in the Bky being traced by
A Bearchlights. Suddenly this lighted, moving objeat eithor disappeared its light
was axtinguished at which time the warchlights went orf. Soon another
light appeared at the sane position which the Srat bad been observed and remained
suspended above the ground Rt what apceared 1000-1500 Lent. After
remining stationary for seconis, tho coject started moving
on a horizontal course. The AA Searchlight batterias were turned upon the moving ob-
jeet as it coutimued on a horiaontal course, traveling at the same altitude for ap
proximately two mimutes and then either disappeared 1ts light was extingudshed.
Source aaid that upon first obuerving this 1 phenctenor he stopped his autamobile and got
out so that ha could obsarve more closely. He said ba chacked his timo very carefully
and made these observations betwaen 2000-2030 hours. During thia period he obserred
this pro repeated aight times. On each occasion the lows:
(1) The UZUNDZHCVO Airtiold would cnale lacked out.
No airoraft could in the
vicdaity.
(2) Suddenly a light would appear over and slightly to the
side of UZUNDZHOVo Airfield, ita altitude appearing to
be 1000-1500 feet. The light upon sppearing W3.3 can
pletely stationary. It did not illunimate the area in
the sease of a flare or 3018 photog
moving S
l1ghts in poaitiom around the fleld would be tured on
and one by one would plck up the object within their
bean. Source caid that thero were 3-4 batteries with
3-4 searchlighte at each battary location. When the 00-
jeat was in the searchlizht'3 there was mo rorlect-
ion from thn object. Thara wes no indicated contigra-
tion gvanby the Paat that the ooject A8 rithin the
strong beams of the Searchlights. According to source,
the light of the unidentified object could s still be ob-
served wiile the beams wero directly upom it. The ob
ject appeared to travel at a speed of/ 100-150 nots per
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ObseRNation WAs To EDIRNE
rRadi KHASKOVO TuRKeY
GOUReE O
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PiN PONT LocationroF -
unidentified ObjcT =10852
Over uzundzhovo 4130N _4130N
AF BuLGARiA BULGARiA
USAF PloiAge
ChART(322C) EdiRNe
DOWNIRADFD AT B-YEAR INTERVALS: DECLASLFIRD APTER 12 YEARS.
DQD DIR 5200.10 UNCLASSIFIED