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Iran, February 1963

Date of account
1963-02
Location
Iran
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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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 17 February 1963 Iran 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION Local. 1200 DxGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probabiy Aircraft 17/0830Z GMT AirVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Border Guards 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown not reported one northwest 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Object shaped similar.to a rocket at Duration and speedofobjectnot an estimated altitude of l,oo0 meters reported. Possible rocket, possible Flying from southeast to northwest a/c.Not enough data for conclu- with thick smoke coming from tail sion. section. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP 52)

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