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This Defense Intelligence Agency release gathers Army and Air Force intelligence reports on unidentified flying objects from several countries. It contains translated Finnish Border Guard reports of glowing spheres and lights seen near the Soviet border, a Costa Rica sighting near Puntarenas, and Afghan news items from 1959 on bright objects over Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul. Other reports describe objects over Kuldja in Sinkiang, China. A 1969 OSI report from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand concludes that a pilot's ground sighting was probably a religious procession carrying ceremonial drums.
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# BEST COPY AVAILABLE ## INTELLIGENCE REPORT ## INTELLIGENCE REPORT HISTORY Iran REPORT NO. ID OBJECT Aerial Sighting (U) DATE OF REPORT 28 July 1960 NO. OF PAGES 2 17 July 1960 REFERENCES AF Item, WHEEL 29 Mag VELON 07-88-60 39°37'N-47°20'E, 17 Jul 60 FROM COMMON, Iran LOCATION A-2 PREPARED BY Col J. E. Bayt DOC. NORT-2, Iran R-SERIES NO. R-592-60 Geographic Specialist Team 2, under command of Major G. P. Benedict, Acrt UAJUH, upon return from field trip, reported sighting two or three lights moving SE to NW over Caspian Sea, 27 July 1960. Distribution by Originator: US Embassy, Tehran ## 1. lighting by NDT-2 Date/Time: 27 July 1960, 1955 hours Location: Confluence of QARA BU and ARAE Rivers Coordinates: 3937E - 4720E Object Sighted: Two or three green lights Asimuth to Object: 15° Angle of elevation to object: 15° Direction of Movement: NE to SW Climatic data at time of sighting: Temperature: 95° F Wind: NE 5-10 mph Cloud Cover: 0/10 A haze appeared on distant horizon Personnel who made sighting: Maj C. P. Benedict SHOT Roland T. Kelley SHOT Frederick Q. Riese L4, Rasavi 2 Iranian Sergeants Several Iranians Individual Impressions: MOT Riese - Two lights initially; color - bright white with a trail; 2 seconds later, 3 lights, same color. MOT Kelley - Two lights initially; becomes three; color - bright bluish green with trail. Maj Benedict - Two or three lights; color - bright bluish green.
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