PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6962049

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONNovorossisk U S S R

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE | 2. LOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS
— i | lo Was Balloon
17-23 Feb 1] lar 3995 Novorossisk. U. S.5S.R 19 Probably Balloon
Se aE TE aE 2 os rE ae os sas ss 7 we 2 o --« . A | Do e rad
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION |G Possibly Balloon
1 lo Was Airerat
Local ‘0 Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar ag SOS
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GMT 2100 0 Air Visvel O Air-Intercept Rador i Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE {0 Wes Astronomical
0 Yes . O Probably Astronomical
ti Ne C ivilian Ke Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION |g. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | OrtherSnort Te
/o Insufficient Data for Evaluation
- | O Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS : F
TRY) i Lrboorne over mou 1 > a > 1y ¥ 1 r > } rs ~
high speed in Souther1l jirection, hara is . oie
Three red lirhts seen at far end oft % descriptio ic ide
srajectory. rrocedcure 2ated ive i indi 2
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2. CCMMENTS of Prevaring Officer: This is the second tin
an unidentified Flying object has been reported in the ;OVORDSS

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7ORNe FOLLOWING is MARY =m 35 e source CAS-ESEAMBUL
/( NUMBER 1213 DTD 16 APRIL AT 21¢¢ HOURS C7 FER 38,5):
J) FIRE SEEN AT FOINT IN MOUNTAINS WEST NOVORCSSISK.—-KY— @
\CENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT AIR BORNE ras REGION FLEY VERY

.3H 3FEED LOW TRAJECTORY IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION FOR 7,26 de3, vee

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-LVITY CONTINUED INTERMITTENTLY UNTIL 1 MARCH « AT NG TIME aS ts)
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