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Unidentified Flying Objects Reports

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This Defense Intelligence Agency release gathers Army and Air Force intelligence reports on unidentified flying objects from several countries. It contains translated Finnish Border Guard reports of glowing spheres and lights seen near the Soviet border, a Costa Rica sighting near Puntarenas, and Afghan news items from 1959 on bright objects over Kandahar, Mazar-i-Sharif and Kabul. Other reports describe objects over Kuldja in Sinkiang, China. A 1969 OSI report from Nakhon Phanom, Thailand concludes that a pilot's ground sighting was probably a religious procession carrying ceremonial drums.

  • p. 3 …The object appeared to be gradually descending northward and finally disappeared beyond the horizon. The line…
  • p. 11 …a hardenous whitening ball of vapour which disappeared after 2-4 minutes, leaving in its about…
  • p. 12 …The object disappeared in three minutes in the clouds." (U) CONTENT: a. USAJIA has been unable…
  • p. 14 …The cloud and remained visible for two or three minutes, after which it disappeared, leaving in…
  • p. 16 …sky over CAMIL, moving South-east; it disappeared after two minutes." of Pakistan, having sighted three…
  • p. 17 …changed course from horizontal to vertical and disappeared; object visible for about five (5) minutes; trail…
  • p. 18 …bullet, had shot upwards still higher and disappeared from sight. It had remained in view altogether…
  • p. 20 …risen to a great height before finally disappearing in the west of yellowish color and required…
  • p. 21 …dozen to a great height before finally disappearing in the east. It had been about the…
  • p. 23 …Object did not appear to land, but disappeared behind the base on the horizon. No similar…
  • p. 28 …evening for a period of six weeks disappearing about 2200 each opening, following wave course; never…
  • p. 34 …sound after the object leveled off and disappeared in a westerly direction. BEST COPY AVAILABLE IAA…
  • p. 36 …hovered for a few minutes, and then disappeared in the sky. 16. DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR: USCINCSO…
  • p. 37 …later stopping from 5-10 minutes, then disappearing at great altitude. It was red, then yellowish…
  • p. 45 …making a vertical oscillating ascent, only to disappear rapidly. After five minutes the ACC operator again…
  • p. 49 …EAST TO WEST CENTRAL TRAJECTORY WITH OSCILLATIONS, DISAPPEARING IN THE CLOUDS, ELEVATION DURING ZERO DASH FOUR…
  • p. 55 …it for 15 minutes before it finally disappeared. No pictures were taken of the object. In…
  • p. 56 …The object was described as completely white, silent, flying at low altitude, and would disappear and…
  • p. 116 …the objects" then was withdrawn and they disappeared in different ways. (UP) 23 13. A. Herald…
  • p. 118 …again 1NM southeast of where it had disappeared, heading southeast. GCA lost it after 4-5NM…
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COUNTRY	AFGHANISTAN	REPORT NO. 10	2130720
SUBJECT	UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS	DATE OF REPORT	3 Dec 59
 NO. OF PAGES	2
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DATE OF INFO	Nov 59
PLACE & DATE ACCO.	Kabul, 9 & 29 Nov	FROM	OUSAKMA
EVALUATION	P6	PREPARED BY	LTCOL JS SANDILAND
SOURCE	Dakhtar News Bulletin	R-SERIES NO.	R-485-39
SUMMARY

(U) The English language news bulletin "DAKHTAN" during November 39 published the two following items:

a. " 9 Nov 59; Dateline, KANDANAR (3135N 6545E): "On 8 November a huge laminous object was seen moving at great speed over the sky in Kandahar. The object which was flying in a North Westerly direction had a downward movement and soon after it was soon it blow up with a loud roar on SNURAB mountains, causing slight earth tremors in the area. No losses have been reported so far."

b. 29 Nov 59: Dateline, MAZAR-1-SHARIF. (3642N 6706E): "A bright object was observed in Mazar-1-Sharif moving with high speed from North-East towards South-West. The object disappeared in three minutes in the clouds."

(U) CONTENT:

a. USAJIA has been unable to secure further information about either of these sightings.

b. Afghanistan, with prim determination, has decided to advance from the 13th to the 20th century as quickly as possible. If more advanced countries have sighted UTO - Voll - So has Afghanistan.

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