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This Central Intelligence Agency document, dated 2 September 1952, compiles French-language press reports of unidentified flying objects over French West Africa and Morocco in July 1952. It cites an eyewitness who described a flat, tapered object emitting bluish and reddish flames over Dakar on 3 July. It also lists sightings of saucers, disks and luminous objects at Fedala, Ifrane, Had Kourt, Chichaoua, Louis Gentil, near Casablanca and in the Daiet Aoua region. The document summarizes these accounts and offers no analysis or conclusion.
EYEWITNESS REPORTS SAUCER OVER DAKAR -- Conakry, La Guinee Francaise, 12 Jul 52 France-Afrique Dakar weekly reports the statement of an eyewitness who claims to have observed a flying saucer above Dakar at 0608 hours on 3 July 1952. According to this account, the object was flat and tapered in shape, and issued forth bluish and reddish flames which were quite long and very clearly visible. The report further stated that the object was moving southward at a great rate of speed, at an altitude of approximately 1,500 meters. The report added that the stars were no longer visible at the time of the saucer sighting and that there were no aircraft in flight over Dakar at the time. On 13 July 1952, two inhabitants of Fedala reported having seen, at 2345 hours, a blue-green, ball-shaped object, followed by a short trail of light, and moving at a rather high rate of speed. According to the eyewitnesses, the object disappeared after about 3 or 4 seconds as though it had literally melted in the sky. FLYING OBJECTS SEEN IN MOROCCO -- Casablanca, La Vigie Marocaine, 16 Jul 52 On 14 July 1952, a man and his wife reported having observed for about 30 seconds, at about 0900 hours, a mysterious flying object traveling from Ifrane in the direction of Meknes. It is reported from Mechra bel Ksiri that on 12 July 1952, two flying saucers were seen by two policemen on night duty at Had Kourt. The saucers were elongated in shape, followed by a trail of white light, and traveled at a high rate of speed from north to south. -1- APPROVED FOR RELEASE DATE ... 6.20.20
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.