PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7202271

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1958

REPORTED LOCATIONVolos Greece

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
D Was Balloon
November1953 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar D Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 13, 10Z Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomica!
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OSSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other. Other_
000 Insufficient Data for Eveluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown Unknown
notgiven notgiven ona ons North
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. |11. COMMENTS
Contrails over Volos at about 55,oo0 Contrails over Volos at about 55,000 The dontrails wore do douht The contrails wore do doubt
feet. Veered to NNe, thon disappeared feet. Veered to NNE, thon disappeared produced by an a/e. The obj
Northward. Speed estimated at Soo ktsl Northward. Speed estimated at Soo ktsl was callod an "unknown a/e)
(IR 702-58 returned t0 AFCIN 4BlD) (IR 702-58 returned to AFCIN 4BlD) by the observar. by the observer.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Country Greece sighingASSIFIED -4
Subject: MC #: None
Unidentified Flving Obiects Reported by RHAF AF#: 1209301
Source RHAF Rpt #: 1 IR-702-58
Preparing Officer: Major Norman H. Blitch Agency: OAirA/Greece
Assistant Air Attache D.R.: 26 Nov 58
D.I.: 13-20 Nov 58 Classification Cancelled
Set 1/1, Card 1/2 Eval: B-3
Ref: BAIR 460T Auth, 2
Info Spec: T TK/ml By
Distr: 2a/4B1a/4E4g/4F3-2 cys Dato
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1. The RHAF reports the f llowing sightings of aerial objects, which are 3
submitted for the record:
a. O810Z 13 November 1958. An RHAP a. 0810Z 13 November 1958. An RHAP pilot pilot flying flying near near Volos, Greece, Volos, Greece, in in
an F84G at 43,Ooo feet detected contrails an F84G at 43,000 feet detected contrails southward over over Volo3 at about 55,000 fest.
Contrails veered to NNE, then disappeared northward. Pilot estimates speed of
unknowm airoraft as 50o knots. He informed radar stations on sighting the contrails
and was in communication with a radar site while observing the unknown. Although
radar was able to track the RHAF aireraft nd radar contact was obtained on the
unknowm aircraft. UNCLASSIFIED
DOWCOR e Catse SRACe DTS
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Astronomical Phenomena
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Natural Phenomena
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Analysis and Conclusions:
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