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/u/Emergency_Height_165
Retired Turkish Air Force Member Shares 2018 Thermal UAP Footage From Karacadag, Diyarbakir
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
91% illumination
Waxing gibbous — bright sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Meteor activity
Context notes
Full/near-full moon (91% illumination)
Quadrantids meteor shower was active at this time
Heavy cloud cover (100%) — limited visibility
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Jan 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Türkiye Standard Time
Location
Karacadag, Diyarbakir
Witness account
Narrative
This is a Turkish UAP case from 2018 involving thermal camera footage reportedly recorded by a former Turkish Air Force member during night duty near Karacadag, Diyarbakir, in southeastern Turkey. According to the witness, the object was not visible to the naked eye and could only be seen through the thermal camera. He says he recorded about four minutes of footage, then continued watching it for another thirty to forty minutes before it suddenly rose upward and disappeared. That final moveme...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Karacadag, Diyarbakir.
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Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
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source
Original report
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telemetry
Environmental pass
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