SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Keywords: UFO SPECIAL COLLECTION
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0005516192
• 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: October 25, 1954

C00015481
COUNTRY am-Orbit
SUBJECT Military - Unidentified flying ob;eets
NOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED As Indicated
DATE
PUBLISHED S Jul-2 Sep 1954
LANGUAGE Various r i&
DATE OF
(NFORMSATION 1954
DATE D(ST. elf Oct 195+
? SIG8MAGS OF uam?l rIFI , PLYIIIG OASr7LTS
UKIDE RrIFnID PLYTG ?JDLT EIGBl'iD OVEN JIOAWAY -- Oslo, Verdens Gang
During exercises by an antiaircraft battery at Stavdrn, an unidentified
flying object appeared to the sky directly in the line of fire am vu observed
througgn powerful binoculars by 50 off leers ana men. The object vas located at
a coosidera0le distance and at an ale of 30-II40 degrees to the horlwatal; it
was round or slightly elliptseal in shape, flat on the underside, and. silvery
on the upper side. It loved up and down slowly for 7 minutes and than moved
away at a speed estimated at several times the speed of Sound.
"FL'flk SAUMS" SIOBPSD OVER WEST BEMLDi -- Casablanca, Is Vigie Marocaloe,
5 Jul 54
Since PAY 1954, mysterious objects, described as "flying saucers," have
been observed (daily!) between 2200 and 2300 Fours by various persons living
A& Aleut SerlLn.
Several inhabitants, the crew of the local weather station, and a police
officer on h4dht duty at headquarters observed three "flylnj saucers" over the
city of Darmstadt. They appeared at around 2200 hours (presuasby on 6 Aug-nti,
were of a fiery yellowish-red color, and seemed alternately to stand still sod
dart back end forth soundlessly. They were observed for about 1 1/2 boorz,
1LASIFICATION
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Several people elm* report having seen two "flying saucers' over Schleswig
between 2200 sad 2315 hours. They were described u .atat, fiery red points of
light, which finally approached close enough to be made out u disks. Greenish-
white rays are reported to We been emanated from the center of the. disks.
'TLYIR0 SAUCERS' OVUI BC7MIS GERMANY -- low York, 5.1, Btaats-Zeitueg uod
Rerold, 25 Aug 54
Two "flying saucers" were seen over the city of Rutatt several, days ago,
shortly after 2200 hours, by at least 2 dosewritneases. The saucers passed
over the city from West to best within a few seconds. The two disk-like 9b-
jects vere.lighted like white aeon lamps and side so noise. The radar sets
at the nearby airfield of Soellingen, where Royal Canadian Air forts jet
fighters are based, failed to pick than up, because of their high altitude.
Tocre have been several cases of sightings of "flying saucers' over Southern
Germany recently.
"TlxrH. SAUCERS" OVER SM272MAPD -- 9 .1, Steats-Zei?. wad berold, 29 Aug 54
According to the WA (Deutsche Presse Adentur, German Press Agency), a
number of Swiss, including members of the Swiss Air Toros, have reported 'fly-
ing saucers" to she author--a durin the past few days. Five objects, flying
is fornati.on. were reported over the area between Lake Constance and the
Saentis mountain range. (The 19 August 1954 issue of the Casavlancs, newspaper
La~VS ie haroesine reported that five saucers were observed over Lace Constance
on 13 August.
At Chur, a similar pbenomenon was observed On three successive evenings,
when bright objects were seen ilyirg at an altitude of about 3,000 meters.
SEES "Fi.YIN SAUCER" IN CVrLRAL FRAME -- Paris, ..'Aurore, 19 Aug 54
Clan.:. Cocbe. an industrial designer residing; in the town of Vincennes,
deelarad that it 'be afternoon et 17 August 1954, he had seen a "flying sau-
cer" in t'c sSf over Montlucon. Allier Department. Be described what he saw
ass iumibou?. ?i7) i:,ict vhttc, alsk-like object. The phenomenon was visible
for everal'sererws before it was hidden by a cloud.
REPCFM-FLTIIIP CIGAR" AND "SA'JCi1W" It MW.TUUIN YRAMCE -- Paris, le Tigard, -
27 Aug 54
A 25-year-old man of Vernon, rare Department, reported that during the
night of 22 August 1954, he had seen, motionless in the sky, a large, luminous,
cigar-shaped object, from which a flying saucer detached itself, assumed a ver-
tical position, descended a short die ante, leveled off, and silently disap-
peared at great speed. Be stated the: this silent appearance and flight vac
repeated in turn by four other saucers. The fifth saucer descended farther
then the others and was clearly red in the center and black along the edge.
(By the time the last flight was completed.) the 'cigar' had long since 'vola-
tilised" laic). The entire phenomenon lasted about 45 m4mutes.
Two constables of Verson also reported having seen an elongated, luminous
flying object during that -tight.
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w,lzarxix t1"M am lsa -- Dakar, lads-Daunt, a asp 5%
At 2015 taus an 31 August 1954, Dead Tsr4y lo reported to have seen a
tying objeo'. In the ebape of a short, fat cigar flying from east to vest over
1yno. tha object Was bbuLb-dames In color and emitted sparks from its tail.
It disappeared in a tow seconds toward the radio beacon ee Nsust Yerdan.
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z a" 54 1>a- > tlo cu me 0/=R Fm3ex f IAI. ATAICA -- Lisbon, Marla da
brassaville, 19 July (A/I) -- Monsignor YsrhlUe, Apostolic Vicar of Tort
Rousset, reported in the DressaviUe newspaper L ae M 1'A]Q that he sod
others had sighted an uaidsntified flying object Over Wall in the Llkuala-
IbsseM region of the Middle Congo co 18 June 1954 at 1935 hours. A luminous
globei it cue trot the North toward the laketi Niseloe. St suddenly stopped,
rose and dropped, stopped again, gyrated, and seemed to shake. A noise line
that of an airplane engine, beard until that aceeat, also stopped. Seen
through binoculars, the Heat hod a dark ass in ti.e center vith light rays
of unequal length analog out of it alternately. It vent through its rising,
falling, sod stabilistng eavenaats for 15 minutes, then, shot back over the
northern horizon. %