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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7814601

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONTel Aviv Israel

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US NAVAL ATTACHE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE - 12 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Balloon
2 Jul 60 Tel Aviv, Israel GD Probebly Balleen
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Pessibly Balloon
O Wes Aircraft
Lecal SSS CK Ground- Vi sual Oo Ground-Radar oO Probably Aircraft .
a); _—_ O Air Visual © Air-Intereept Radar | 2 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTO - OL o er Me = lp espn “ |
rAbay Civilian (Naval Attache) © Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE p EO ry ae
insufficient Data for Evaluation
not given one stationary G Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Bright light which seemed to glow and to grow
brighter and larger. No apparent motion. No

sound. Indicated possible report of satellite
$ eentry.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

11. COMMENTS | |

Duration of sighting not given; therefore,
@ valid conclusion cannot be given. Only
one known reentry in July. More probate
that this is a meteor sighting, however

no firm conclusion can be drawn on the
| limited data.

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Ti AN EASTERN SUBURB

inc cF TW THELE HCE
6 DEGREES ABOVE

OF TeL AVIV Aus
HORI“NON & THIS REPOhT BLE

— 25 se,
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SATELLITE

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95/18 322 JUL KJEZHO

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UlO ANALYSIS SilkuT eal

Location Tel Aviv, Israel

Date _2 July 69 Hour (2)___18?52
WX Yot reported
Description _! pricht Jicht that seened to slow and erow Jarcar, seen

? des at de mare +

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Direction of Motion _ Stati sary
Satellite: (AFCIN-F3, Phone 69219) Fuled out

Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc) Meteor ruled out, poss

Star Snica if revorted elevation is wronz

Radar Analysis (A:CIN-4E1) None

Natural Fhemomena (Ball Lightning, etc) -------

Evaluation of Source Reliability___Poss reliable

Analysis and Conclusions: If the elevation reported by tne witness was off
by adout’ 30 deg, tne object could save been tne star Spica. +t is coub+ful
trat tne witness was that far off on nis estimation, rowever. The sun nad just
set a few minu*es prior to tne sighting, and a weather bailoon would appear

to glow as it ascended into tne sunlivht. However, tne object was reported to
be stationary, and the duration ws not renorte? to allow a isterm’ nation if
it wis a bailoon novering a snort time. Cue to the duration of the sighting

not oeing reported, a valid conelusion cannot be made