PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6964190

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONAdana Turkey

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
DO Was Balloon
12_Mar 58 Adana.Turkey Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERYATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local 0330 Local Ground-Visual D Ground-Radar 3 Was Aircraft
— Probably Aireraft
GMT 12/0130Z AiVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronamical
Ys Probably Astronomical
No U.S. Personnel 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
000 insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
3 mins one varying
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Obj believed by source to be a jet, This not, a UFo, although rptd as
observed on observed on a heading of l50 heading of l50 degrees, a UFo rpt. Obviously an aZe. a UFO rpt. Obviously an azd.
turned degrees.
Disappeared, then Disappeared, then r turned heading
oo the NW, finally urned to the NE. ned the NE.
ATIC FCRM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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58, but rather
an "unidentified aircraft".
d. The description, characteristics, and
17 maneuvers rule out rockets or missiles.
Thoro
into a turn. This is
Classification Cancelled
(on chged,towzn) Cys
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1 UNCLASSIFIED
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I  j01-12 DOWNGRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLLSUIPIEU AFTER 12 : YEARS.
DOD DIB 6850.10

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3. On the basis of the date given, there is no reason to , belleve
that the "unknown light" observed was other than a high-altitude jet
aircrait from a neighboring "East Bloc" country assuming, of course,
that all friendly aireraft flights were
A. FRANCIS ARCIER
1 Inel Sclentilic Advisor
CIRVIS Msg Int 3-347
dtd 15 Mar 58
DOWNGRADE" AT & YEAR INTERVALS: YEARS
DOD DIB 5E80.10
UNCLASSIFIED
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