UFO case file · UFO-NUFORC-57223
Baghdad unusual military radar return
Baghdad (Iraq), Iraq
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NUFORC summarized a mailed report describing military personnel discussing an unusual USAF radar target in Baghdad. Senior personnel were reportedly summoned and other locations contacted. NUFORC states that the final outcome was unclear and only tentatively describes a high-speed departure. No original radar data are supplied.
Source: National UFO Reporting Center, report 57223. This account is a report of claimed observations, not independent confirmation. Visual or radar observation without a narrative establishing beings, abduction, intentional contact, or physical effects.
Map position: Approximate locality anchor from GeoNames; not an exact incident coordinate. Original location wording retained.
Recorded details
- Local time
- 02:30
- Witnesses
- 6
- Craft description
- Unknown
- Coordinate precision
- Approximate locality anchor from GeoNames; not an exact incident coordinate. Original location wording retained.
- Date precision
- As reported; not independently verified.