Azerbaijan Iran radar-visual unidentified-object report — November 16, 1957

On or during November 16, 1957, at or near Azerbaijan Iran, Iran, the source reports the following sequence: LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: Light which moved rapidly across the sky. Object first appeared as a bright light which moved rapidly across the sky. Disappeared from the naked eye. Performing OCR on the text in the document: AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT AREA REPORT CONCERNS IRAN AGENCY OR ORIGIN USAF SOURCE OF INFORMATION American Consulate, Tabriz PREPARING OFFICE Lt Col Lee M Browne REFERENCES (Control number, location, volume, page, etc., as applicable) UNCLASS TR-234-57, TR-243-57 SUBJECT Unidentified Flying Objects over Azerbaijan SUMMARY (Brief concise summary of information, facts, conclusions, etc., as presented in the following paragraphs. If the information is judged to be significant, indicate why.): American Consular Officials, Tabriz, to the American Embassy, Tehran on 16 Nov 57: On 16 November 1957, several unidentified flying objects were sighted over Azerbaijan. The first report was at 1735 hours on 16 November, when 21 objects like "firecrackers" were observed in the southern sky. They moved at a high rate of speed and changed direction sharply on several occasions. The objects were observed by the (13th) Air Force Control Radar Station and by several other observers on the ground. The objects were observed again at 1810 hours and at 1925 hours. The objects observed at 1925 hours moved rapidly across the sky, paused, and then moved on again. The objects were estimated to be 1-2 thousand feet in altitude and were observed for approximately 15-20 minutes. There was no noise and they left no trail.