NON-ORBIT SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS, 10 DECEMBER 1953-2 MARCH 1954

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005516171
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: June 24, 2015
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2011
• Case Number: F-2010-00651
• Publication Date: May 26, 1954

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? ' ' CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.OOMV-30339
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO, --
COUNTRY Non-Orbit
.#USJECT . Military -'Unidentified aircraft
HOW
PUBLISHED Newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED As indicated
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1953-195L
DATE DIST. ( way 1954
NO. OFPAGES 3
DATE
PUBLISHED 10 Dee 1953-2 I r 1951l. SUPPLEMENT TO
LANGUAGE Various REPORT NO.
NON-ORBIT SIGATINiS OF UNIrENTIFUD FLYING OBJECTS,
10 DECEMBER 1953-2 MARCU 1
[The first three items in this section may refe t^ 4*^1eent cited in
00-M-29903 in the item entitled 'Explosion in Sky Breaks Windows at Dieppe.")
BALL OF FIRE SEEN OVER BRUSSELS -- Liege, Le Monde On Travail, 10 Jar. 54
On 7 January 1954 at 0420 bows, a Sabena pilot preparing to lath at Mels-
broek saw a ball of fire low on the horizon, moving in a north-northwesterly
direction. The ball was white, edged with green, and was followed by a long
trail. The pbenomenon illuminated the whole sky and the pilot supposed at the
time that it was a green rocket signal set off by the airport authorities.
Since the latter denied this, it was assumed that be bad seen the same light
which was seen over Dieppe.
FIERY DISK SEEN AT ARRAS -- Casablance, Le Petit Marocain, 8 Jan 54
At approximately 0427 hours on 7 January 1954, a fiery disk, followed by
a luminous trail, was sighted in Arras, Pas-de-Calais Department. An observer
stated that the disk remained motionless in the sky for an instant, after which
it flev away and disappeared over the horizon.
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DIEPPE "FLYIM SAUCER" CALLED 1E ORITE -- The Hague, Nieuwe Daagecbe Courant,
9 Jan 5k
French (Paris) astronomers are convinced that the object which exploded
over Dieppe recently was an exceptionally Marge meteorite.
CELESTIAL PM014 LPON AT GEMGAUX -- Basel, National-Zeitung, 11 Jan 5k
(APP) -- For a few seconds, inhabitants of Gemeeaux, Cote d'Or Department,
recently (date and time not given) observed in the sky a red ball surmounted by
vation was reported by several witnesses from Nonvelles-les-Champlitte and
Langres.,. ^'
NEAR EAST/AFRICA
CIGAR-SHAPED OBJECT SEEN +- Douala, L'Eveil d'1 Cameroun, 10 Dee 53
A cigar-shaped object flying toward the northeast at a high altitude and
leaving a trail of smoke behind it was recently observed by thousands of people
in several parts of Algeria.
LUMIIOUS DISK SIGHTED OVER CONSTANTINE AREA -- Tunis, La Presse de Tunisia,
16 Jv%r: 54
At 1030 hours on 12 January 1954, a 'flying saucer' crossed the sky over'
Saint Arnaud, in the Constantine area. The phenomenon was witnessed by many
persons, including Cunat [ihu~ i:x ec?`or-of the.Ecole Clemenceau (Clemencesu
School;' and his staff and stitd:':,th'. Ibe veatber was very good, and the visi-
bility was excellent. The vitnesses described the object as a luminous disk
moving from vest to east, leaving long trails similar to ribbons. Its speed
did not appear to be great, but it was'. impossible to determine its altitude.
It disappeared quickly over the horizon.
uxuawarizu OBJECT OVER ALGIERS -- Algiers, Le Journal d'Alger, 28 Jan 54
Accdrding'to statements by severa3 persona, a round, luminous, yellov-
1954; it was moving in the direction of Cap Hatifou. The object grew larger,
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"FLY31Ri SAUCER" OVER I()NTEVM]RO -- Fes, Le Courrier du Maroc, 2 %a 54
on 1 March 1954, numerous bathers at the beaches near Montevideo observed
a "flying saucer," a sort of metallic disk emitting yellavieb reflections. It
remained stationary for 2 minutes at an altitude of several thousand meters.
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