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Baghdad, Iraq, November 1959

Date of account
1959-11
Location
Baghdad, Iraq
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 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 4Nov59 Baghdad,Irag 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aireraft Lacal Ground-Visuol 口 Probcbiy Aircraft GMT04/1600Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibiy Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE x Was Astronomical DYos 只 Probobly Astronomical 泊 Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowri fow secs one WSW 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rnd obj, several times larger than the North Probably a meteor. star,bright white, approached very rapidly lqw above horizon, disintegrated just prior to reaching overhead. White obj disappeared after burst of red fragments similar to roman canale ATIC FORMS29(REY 26SEP 52)

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