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/u/aydintb1
A childhood memory from 1970s rural Turkey that has stayed with me for 50 years
Witnesses
1 witness
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
2
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record c4c29e8e-08ed-43d5-83ba-b67ec9a3d7a8.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Jul 1, 1978, 3:00 PM
Timezone
Türkiye Standard Time
Location
Elbistan, Turkey
Observers
1 witness
Witness account
Narrative
Time: July 1, 1978 at 3:00 PM Location: Elbistan, Turkey This is not an adult reflecting on UFO culture. This is the memory of a six year old boy in a small town in eastern Turkey in the 1970s, who had no word for what he saw. He was alone in a large mud-brick walled garden on an ordinary afternoon. Then something moved above him. Maybe two meters above his head, moving slowly and silently sideways. No sound. Nothing. The object was elongated, roughly cylindrical, long and slender, dark almos...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Elbistan, Turkey.
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Source material
media
Cover image
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source
Original report
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telemetry
Environmental pass
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