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Teheran, Iran, April 1959

Date of account
1959-04
Location
Teheran, Iran
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 24Ap.59 Teheran, Iran 口 Probabiy Bailoon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Was Aircraft Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 ProbablyAircraft CMT.24/13052 Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft D Air-Visuol 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical OYas 口 Probabiy Astronomicol OX Possibly Astronomical No ivilian 7.LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 InsufficienrData for Evaiuation 口 Unknown secs one South 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Obj surrounded by bluish-white glow,traveling Genecal deseription and length at great spced fm North to South. Sources of time in sight are typical of a stated that it wasddifficult to ascertain exaey/meteor. shape due to brightness of obj, but that.it lad a ratio of length to width approx 4 to l.llo sound.Glow faded out abrubtly

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