◆ CASE FILEThe facts, corroborated
The Aquamarine Object over Behshahr (1960)
On 17 July 1960 several people at Behshahr in northern Iran heard a sound like air rushing through a pipe, then saw a bright aquamarine object with a white and red tail pass low overhead, turn west and burn out over the horizon; one said it broke in two. A CIA field telegram reported it three days later. This is the record of what was reported, not a verdict on what crossed the sky over Mazandaran.
◆ THE SHORT VERSION
- The Aquamarine Object over Behshahr (1960) is a reported UAP case in Behshahr, Mazandaran, Iran, 17 July 1960, about 16.20 GMT.
- Witnesses at Behshahr said they heard a sound 'like air passing through tube or pipe' before they saw the object.
- The CIA telegram describes it as bright aquamarine with a white and red tail, flying low and heading downward before it turned west and burned out over the horizon.
- One person who saw it claimed it appeared to break in two, the report says.
- The telegram names none of the witnesses, its source is blacked out, and it offers no explanation.
- For this case Fractured Realities holds 1 distinct source and 1 corroborating primary document.
- The archive grades it L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT — the archive holds one account of it, from a single source.
Counts are resolved totals of what sources say, computed 2026-10-03; the reported details above are claims in the record, not findings. A record of reports, not a verdict on what happened.
EVENT DATE
17 July 1960, about 16.20 GMT
LOCATION
Behshahr, Mazandaran · Iran
COORDS
36.77°N 53.57°E
INDEPENDENCE
L0 · SINGLE ACCOUNT
SOURCES
1 distinct
CLAIMANTS
0
STATUS
Known from released government records
NUMBERS COMPUTED 2026-10-03 · RESOLVED COUNTS, NOT A VERDICT
