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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 27-28 Feb 1 Mar 58 | 2. LOCATION Novorossisk, U.S.S.R. | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft ☐ Was Astronaut ☐ Probably Astronaut ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☐ Other short range ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 2100 | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar |   |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION unknown | 8. NUMBER …

27/2100 (illegible) 4846 Gregory
MILITU 27/2100 (illegible) 4846 Gregory
CONFIDENTIAL UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

|  COUNTRY OF ACTIVITY REPORTING | PERMANENT | DATE OF INFORMATION | SUBJECT TO  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  TURKEY | ER-548-58 | 27 Feb 1958 | SRD STATUS (If applicable)  |
|  AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT | SERIAL OR FILE  |
| --- | --- |
|  COUNTRY OR AREA REPORT CONCERNS |   |
|  NOVOROSSISK (4443N-3747S), U.S.S.R. |   |
|  ACTIVITY SUBMITTING REPORT |   |
|  Air Attache, Turkey |   |
|  PREPARING INDIVIDUAL |   |
|  JOSEPH A. BURT, Lt Colonel, USAF |   |
|  NAME OR DE…

UNCLASSIFIED
RJEDBR RJEPDK RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEFFF
RJEPHQ 181
USAIRA ANKARA TURKEY
CSAF WASHDC FOR AFCIN
CINCSAC
CFO CINCUSAFE WSBN GER
COMDR TAC
COMDR CONAD
COMDR ATIC
COMDR ARDC
ACITE CHARLIE ONE ZERO EIGHT X
CUFORN. FOLLOWING 15 SUMMARY IR-548-58 SOURCE CAS-ISTANBUL
LEFT NUMBER 1213 DTD 16 APRIL 58: AT 2100 HOURS 27 FEB 58, SPARKS
AND FIRE SEEN AT POINT IN MOUNTAINS WEST NOVOROSSISK.
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT AIR BORNE THIS REGION FLEW VERY
HIGH SPEED LOW TRAJECTORY IN SOUTHERLY DIRECTION FOR 7,000-8,000
METERS. THREE RED LIGHTS SEEN AT FAR END TRAJECTORY. PROCEDURE
Note: Date of Incident
Dat…

Memorandum for File - UFO Sighting, Foreign
Subject: UFO Incident, Novorossisk, USSR

1. Conference held between Major Riggs, Guided
Missiles Division and undersigned officer on
Wednesday morning, 14 May 1958.

2. Purpose: to discuss incident with view
to concluding nature of object, based on
that officer knowledge of USSR rocket and missile
activities and locations.

3. Conclusions: Maj Riggs concurred with the
undersigneds hypothesis that, from the limited
information given, the characteristics, maneuvers,
and description of the incident, indicate that
it was probably short-range rocket firi…