28971276.pdf

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  21 August 1957 | Laundzhovo, Bulgaria | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2000 - 2030 local GMT 21/1900Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Foreign Military Officer | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE gen orbit ☑ Oth…

4E4 (Capt. Gorgon)

TURKEY
IR-734-57
UNCLASSIFIED

UZUNDZHOVO AIRFIELD (4158N - 2535E), BULGARIA

Air Attache, Turkey 1957 5 Sep 1957
Turkish Officer—while on trip through Bulgaria 21 Aug 1957

JOSEPH A. BURT, Lt Colonel, USAF B-2

BAIR 460

(UNCLASSIFIED) UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT

1. Information in this report concerns an unidentified flying object over UZUNDZHOVO Airfield near KHASKOVO, Bulgaria. The information was obtained from Major Nejat [redacted] an officer in the Turkish Army. [redacted] observed this phenomenon at 2000 hours (local) on 21 August 1957 while driving by automobile acr…

Air Attache, Turkey IR-734-57 3 4

hour. After two minutes of flight on a horizontal course
(by the watch) the object's light was extinguished at
which time the searchlights would be turned off. No motor
noise of any type accompanied the movement of the object.
Source could not tell what happened to the object after the
light was turned off. During the object's movement the
same altitude was maintained. There was no exhaust flame
from the object that could have been made by a conventional
or jet motor mechanism. *Fully broad statement*

(4) During one of the eight observations made, a jet airc…

UNCLASSIFIED
Air Attache, Turkey
IR-734-57
2 4

a. General Background. Between 2000-2030 hours (local) on 21 August 1957 source observed an unidentified flying object over UZUNDZHOVO Airfield, Bulgaria. Observation was made while was traveling by automobile across Bulgaria from SOFIA to EDIRNE. Source was on his way to Turkey from his previous duty station as Turkish Army Attache in Warsaw, Poland.

b. Pin Point Location of Observation. Appearing on page 4 is an overlay to USAF Pilotage Chart (322C) EDIRNE, dated April 1953. The exact location of both the position of the source and the unident…

CLASSIFICATION (SECURITY INFORMATION when filled in)
SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112
ORIGINATING AGENCY
Air Attache, Turkey
REPORT NO.
IE-734-57
PAGE 4 OF 4 PAGES

TRACK of unidentified
Object Uzundzhovo Air Field
To SOFIA
@ Dimitrovgrad
4200N
Point from which
Observation was
made by
Source KHASKOVO
TO EDIRNE
Turkey

N
Pin Point Location of
Unidentified Object
Over Uzundzhovo
A/F BULGARIA
4130N
(Overlay to USAF Plaintiff
Chart (322C) Edirne
dtd April 1953)

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