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Incident #171
ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. ---
REPORT NO. ---
DATE OF REPORT ---
WING OF RELATING: Sunset
SHAPE: Long - Narrow
SIZE: ---
COURSE: SW - NE
NO. IN REPORT: 1
MIDDLE: ---
GREASONS: ---
Temporary ATIC Form 309
(Form 5.1)

DATE OF INV 3 Aug 1948
LOCATION: Boncyn, USSR
SCHOOL: Newspaper Reporter
PAST IN TO ATIC: ---
COLOR: Bright-shiny
SPEED: Fast
ATTITUDE: Very high
LIFETIME: 11:00
MIDDLE: 11:00
ALATIQUA: Very high
LENGTH OF TIME ORDINATED: ---
TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground
MANEQUERS: ---

RESTRICTED
UNCLASSIFIED

Incident #171 -- Moscow, Russia -- 3 August 1948

There is no astronomical explanation for this incident.
Perhaps the Russians were experimenting with their own or a captured German dirigible.

RESTRICTED
UNCLASSIFIED

7-3712-8

T-56109
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CHECK-LIST - UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

1. Date 3 Aug 48
UNCLASSIFIED Incident # 171
2. Time Sunset
3. Location Moscow, USSR
4. Name of observer N/S - American Newspaper Reporter
5. Occupation of observer Newspaper reporter
6. Address of observer N/S
7. Place of observation About 25 kilometers (19 to 20 miles) NW of Moscow
8. Number of objects 1
9. Distance of object from observer N/S
10. Time in sight N/S
11. Altitude Very high
12. Speed high but not excessive
13. Direction of flight Southwest-Northeast direction
14. Tactics N/S
15. Sound No sound
16. Size N/S
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YE…

UNCLASSIFIED

About Sunset on 3 Aug 48, about 25 kilometers (20 miles) northwest of Moscow an experienced American newspaper reporter saw an unidentified object at very high altitude. It was long and narrow and proceeded at a high but not excessive speed in a generally south-west- northeast direction. It shone very, brightly probably from reflected sunlight. No wings could be seen and no sound was heard. It looked like a rigid airship and was so identified by a Russian acquaintance who saw it at the same time. However, the reporter, in spite of the appearance of the object was of the opinion t…

CONFIDENTIAL
UNCLASSIFIED

Unidentified Object at High Altitude (AMC-499)
MCIAXO MCIAXF-2 3 Nov 1948 1

1. Reference is made to RMR dated 29 October 1948, subject, "Re Adapazari Incident."

2. Inclosed for your information is NA Moscow Report NA-123-48, NAD-27846, which was quoted in telecon CSAF, Item 1, dated 2 September 1948.

3. A request has been initiated to secure required information and it will be forwarded immediately upon receipt.

C. C. BROOKE HAM/jc
Chief, Foreign Liaison Section 6-5322
Tech Intelligence Div Bldg 208
Intelligence Department Post 204D

2 Incls:
1. Rpt NAD-27846
2. …

TO BE A ROCKET, AND THE DEBRIE WILL BE INSPECTED BY EXPERTS. OBSERVERS SAY THAT THE ROCKET, WHICH IS CLAIMED TONHAVE COME FROM THE NORTHWEST, WAS FLYING AT AN ALTITUDE OF 200 METERS OVER ADAPAZARI BEFORE IT FELL.

"ACCORDING TO RUMORS, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE ROCKET IS CONNECTED WITH THE FLYING DISC EXPERIMENTS BEING CONDUCTED BY THE RUSSIANS AT THE STATION ON MOUNT ALACES CLOSE TO OUR EASTERN FRONTIERS."

SOURCE: NA, ANKARA, TURKEY, 10 MAY 1948, SERIAL 86-48, EVAL. F-0.

DISCONTINENT: AIR ATTACHE, ANKARA, TURKEY, HAS BEEN REQUESTED TO INVESTIGATE THIS INCIDENT FULLY AND ENCOURAGE TURKISH GENE…

UNCLASSIFIED

PROBABLY FROM REFLECTED SUPPLEMENT. NO
WINDS COULD BE SEEN AND NO SOUND WAS
HEARD/ IT LOOKED LIKE A RIGHT AIRSHIP,
AND WAS SO IDENTIFIED BY A RUSSIAN
ACQUAINTANCE WHO SAW IT AT THE SAME TIME.
THE REPORTER, HOWEVER, IN SPITE OF THE
APPEARANCE OF THE OBJECT, WAS OF THE
OPINION THAT IT WAS NOT A RIGHT AIRSHIP,
DUE PRINCIPALLY TO ITS HIGH SPEED. HE HAD
NO THEORY TO OFFER, AND COULD ONLY
SAY THAT IT WAS A MISTERY, LIKE THE
AMERICAN 'FLYING SAUCERS'.

NA COMMENT: "THIS OBJECT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN ANYTHING. ITS SPEED SEEMS
INSUFFICIENT FOR A GUIDED MISSILE,
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN EITHER A JE…

UNCLASSIFIED

SOURCE: MA MOSCOW, USSR, SERIAL
123-48, 4 AUGUST 1948, EVAL. D-2.

3. MOSCOW, USSR. "WHILE IN MOSCOW THE FRIEND HAD MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE MOSCOW IZVESTIYA EDITORIAL STAFF, AT WHICH TIME HE HAD LEARNED THAT THE CENTRAL PARTY COMMITTEE IS MAKING A SPECIAL, SECRET STUDY OF THE AMERICAN "FLYING SAUCER" STORY AND THE "ROCKETS OVER SWEDEN" INCIDENT. SOURCE HAD NOT HEARD OF THE "FLYING SAUCERS" IN AMERICA AND SO WAS COMPLETELY IN THE DARK AS TO WHAT THE "SECRET STUDY" MIGHT IMPLY.

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

SOURCE: MA, MOSCOW, USSR, …