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Catalgazi-Kimli Turkey, December 1957

Date of account
1957-12
Location
Catalgazi-Kimli Turkey
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 13-14 December 1957 Catalgazi-Kimii Turkey 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 19301730 Local- XXGroundVi sual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 13/1g30z 口 Probably Aircraft D Ai~Viswal Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT. 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Yes Probably Astronomicol XXNO 5-6 fishermen 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation two West 口 Unknown few seconds 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Large, bright object, leaving a The characteristics,description, blueish trail behind it was seen time in sight and other informatidn moving downward in a westerly direction indicate that the object was at great speed. A second somewhat apparently a neteor. The press & similar object

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