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CASE REFERENCE9317107

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONJebal Lebanon

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PROJEC? 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

15 April 1963

2. LOCATION

Jebal, Lebanon

12. CONCLUSIONS

Q Was Bolloon
G Probably Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

O Possibly Balloon

Ke OWos Aircraft
O Probably Aircraft
QO Possibly Aircraft

Local X30 Ground-Vi sual O Ground-Radar
GMT 19/1915Z D0 Air Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE
0 Yes
D No Civilian

OO Was Astronomical
O Probably Astronomical

O Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE O , Other
; O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
O Unknown
10 minutes ne maneuvered }
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
High 7 lying v aR y¥ bright o IISCt in Additional data reauested, Mand
flight from NE to SW. Object generatdd euvers confused in report, Data
own litht as a star. Moon not . eontained inconsistanc ies. WMothtl
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4. OATE OF INFORMATION: 15 APR 63 12. ORIGINATOR:

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U) Unidentified flying object sighted in North Lebanon by university professors.

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SUBJECT IS UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT SIGHTED IN LEBANON
ON 15 APRIL 1963 AND REPORTED BY YOU IN REPORT NR
5-857-0099-63 DATED 22 APRIL 1963, THIS MESSAGE IN TWO
PART I. THE REPORT DOES NOT CONTAIN SUFFICIENT
INFORMATION TO ALLOW A VALID CONCLUSION AS TO THE CAUSE
®OR THE SIGHTING AND FTD IS NOT AWARE OF ANY EVENT
OCCURRING IN LEBANON WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED IT. PART II,
IT IS REQUESTED THAT THE WITNESSES BE RE-CONTACTED AND THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION PROVIDED TO FTD; 1, NAMES AND
ADDRESSES OF ALL WITNESSES, 2, HOW BRIGHT? COMPARED TO
BRIGHTEST STAR? 3, ANY APPARENT ANGULAR DIAMETER? 4, ANY
TRAIL, TAIL OR EXHAUST? 5. WAS IT TWINKLING LIKE A STAR?  [o«rTe TIME —
6. A DIAGRAM OF ABRUPT CHANGE IN COURSE. WERE DEVIATIONS | monty YEAR

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FROM STRAIGHT LINE AS MUCH AS THE DIAMETER OF THE FULL
MOON OR THE SUN? 7, HOW DID IT REVERSE ITS COURSE - A
GRADUAL TURN AROUND OR A DIRECT REVERSAL? 8. WHAT CHANGE
IN BRIGHTNESS OR COLOR AS IT TRAVELED? 9. HOW DID IT
DISAPPEAR OVERHEAD? WAS IT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD? DID IT
FADE OUT OR GO OUT ABRUPTLY? 10, WERE THERE ANY CLOUDS
AT ALL? IF SO, WHERE? 11. WHAT WAS ALTITUDE AND AZIMUTH
WHEN FIRST NOTED, AT TIME OF COURSE REVERSAL AND A TIME

OF DISAPPEARANCE? 12. WHAT WAS MAZIMUM ANGULAR RATE AND
MINIMUM RATE AND AT WHAT PART OF TRAJECTORY DID IT APPEAR?
WAS THERE ANY CHANGE IN BRIGHTNESS OR COLOR AT THESE

TIMES? 13. DID OBJECT PASS IN FRONT OF OR IN BACK OF A
CLOUD? 14, CAN WE HAVE EXPANSION OF THE FOUR OBSERVERS’

OWN THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER AFTER THE SIGHTING,

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