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DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS ~
0 Wes Balloon
4 Nov 59 Paghdad, Iraq Q Probably Balloon
a scare terse ieee ar eape eer ara Q Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION
Vi es QO Was Aircraft
Local #2 Ground- Vi sual GO Ground-Redor Q Probebly Aireroft
GMT 04./1.600Z 2 O Air Vi sual D Air-Intercept Radar QO Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Ox Was Astronomical
0 Yos O Probobly Astronomical
BNo Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
OD Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown
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10. BRIEZ* SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS

Rnd obj, several times larger than the en Probably a meteor.

jstar, bright white, approached very rapidly low

above horizon, disintegrated just prior to
reaching overhead. White obj disappeared after
urst of red fragments similar to roman candle.

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ARC NOR DID LIGHT FROM BURSTING FRAGMENTS PERSIST PRN X FOXTROT
FEW SECONDS X PARA THREE MANNER OF OBSERVATION ALFA GROUND VISUAL
X BRAVO NEGATIVZ X CHARLIE NA PARA FOUR TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING
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ALFA ZERO FOUR ONE SIX ZERO ZERO ZULU NOV FIVE NINE X BRAVO NIGHT
X PARA OBSERVED OVER BAGHDAD PRN THREE THREE ONE EIGHT N FOUR FOUR
TWO SIX E PRN PARA SIX OBSERVER ma Yeu asst AiR
ATTACHE IRAQ PRN PILOT PRN PARA SEVEN WEATHER ALFA CLEAR NIGHT
WITH NO HAZE. BRAVO AVAILABLE WINDS ALOFT CLN SIX M ONE SIX ZERO
SLANT ONE FIVE CMM ONE ZERO M TWO FOUR ZERO SLANT ONE FIVE CMM ONE
SIX M TWO FOUR ZERO SLANT TWO ZERO CMM TWO ZERO M TWO FOUR ZERO
SLANT THREE ZERO CMM THREE ZERO M TWO SIX ZERO SLANT FIVE FIVE X
CHARLIE CLEAR DELTA TEN MILES X ECHO CLEAR X FOXTROT NEGATIVE X
PARA EIGHT.“UNKNOWN X PARA NINE NEGATIVE X PARA TEN UNKNOWN X PARA
ONE ONE COMMENTS OF REPORTING OFFICER CLN OBSERVER HAS SEEN MANY
SHOOTING STARS DURING ONE FIVE YEARS OF FLYING SEMICLN MOST WERE
ARCING FALLING OBJECTS WITH TERMINAL FRAGMENTING PREVIOUSLY
UNOBSERVED X ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THIS WAS SAME TYPE PHENOMENA ALTHO
CLOSER AND WITH ARCING NOT “APPARENT DUE TO HEAD ON PATH X PARA ONE
TVO NEGATIVE

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TO CSAF //COURTESY COPY--NOT INCLUDED aS ADDEE//
COMDR 1127 FAG FT BELVOIR //PROTECTED//

COMDR. ADC ENT AFB COLO //PROTECTED//

COMDR ATIC WPAFB //PROTECTED//

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TWO ZERO ZERO DASH TWO OF ONE TwO AUG FIVE FOUR PRN PARA ONE
DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT Xx ALFA ROUND X BRAVO SEVERAL TIMES LARGER
THAN ‘THE NORTH STAR X CHARLIE BRIGHT WHITE X DELTA ONE X ECHO NA X
FOXTROT NEGATIVE X GOLF NO TAIL OBSERVED SEMICLN OBJECT
DISINTEGRATED ALMOST DIRECTLY OVERHEAD X° HOTEL NEGATIVE X INDIA
RELATIVELY LOW CNM FAST MOVING CNM APPARENTLY PARALLEL TO EARTH AND
DIRECTLY TOWARD: OBSERVER X PARA TWO DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT
x ALFA WHILE SITTING ON FRONT PORCH FAST MOVING OBJECT APPEARED
APPROACHING HEAD ON ABOVE HOUSE ACROSS STREET ‘X BRAVO ELEVATION |
COULD NOT BE ESTIMATED ALTHO IT APPROACHED RELATIVELY Low ABOVE
HORIZON FROM APPROX ZERO SEVEN THREE DEGREES X CHARLIE OBJECT
DISENTEGRATED KAIST PRIOR TO REACHING OVERHEAD POSITION X DELTA

ISHT PATH’ SEEMED STRAIGHT AND PARALLEL TO EARTH X ECHO WHITE

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O3JECF DISAPPEARED QUICKLY AFTER FAST DISAPPEARING BURST OF RED
FRAGMENTS PRN W&& SIMELAR TO ROMAN CANDLE ALTHO THERE WAS NO VILIBLE