PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8681256

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONKabul Afganistan

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. I. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
August 1963 0 Was Balloon Was Balloon
Kabul, Afganistan Kabul, Afganistan 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Lecal Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. GMT. 04/16032 04/1603z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Alrcraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE . SOURCE 2 ef Was AstronomicalMeteor Was AstronomicolMeteor
Yes 00 Probably Astronomical
xX No military PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENOTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS .COURSE Other.
not reported East DOD Insufficient Data for Evaluation
one Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINO 11. COMMENTS
Extremely large meteorite or reentry of space Contact with SPADATS revealed that
vehicle observed to pass through 50 deg of there were no decays for this date.
arc from West to East. Incandescent. Magntude Case resolved as a meteor observation.
3x that of any previously observed meteor.
Length of burning trail extremely long.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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FM ULAAR ATTACHE E KABUL AFGHANISTAN
TO RUEANC CCAF UA.H DC TO RUEANG CCAF UACH DC
RUEANO/1127TH FAG FT BELVOIR VA RUEANO/1127TH FAG FT BELVOIR VA
RUEPOR DIA WAEN DO. HUEPOR DIA WAEN DO T
AF AF GR75
BB-325 66-325
A72M AT 1C03 ZULU, 4 AUO A7RM AT 1C03 2ULU, 4 AUS
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LARGE METERONITE OR REENTRY OF A PACE VENICLE -
OVER KADUL, AFGHANI TAN. TRACK WA FRCH VE T TO
EA T AND OBJECT VAS INCANDEECENT THROUGH FITTY 72
DEGREE. OF ARC. MAGNITUDI AND LENCTH H OF DURNING
TRAIL VERE THREE B
E TIMES THAT OF PREVI OULY CBEERVED
METERIORITES. REGRADE Y169
UNCLAS IFIED UPON RECEIPT AtR20548000-17a
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