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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.
“Sightings”44 pages
mursily parallel to the horizent north of the point of observation ; after 5 minutes appeared behind high transverse to northeast of the point of observation ; throu- not period of observation , this object remained roughly the same also ; no sound . Report No. 2017/61 (date of Information, May 1960); unidentified flying object rising over Western Blanding Paradise; about 2000, in May 1960, source observed an object rising from a point due west of Blanding; signage, black, discharged small torches of flame from four separate points; initially observed immediately above location; visible for one minute; no noise, no illumination of ground during period of observation. Report No. 2022/61 (date of information, October 1960); unidentified flying object found in hills in Baldja area, Minkiang Province; two white sandboard boards larger of which attached by wire to a buset and rubber balloon, smaller attached by wire to larger box which had instrument measuring panel inserted and four sublimated propeller attached; smaller box contained batteries joined in single circuit to larger box (each battery and 17 or 19 July 1936 printed in Russian)1 Over period of time, many such devices found in area. Report No. 2024/61 (date of information, Summer 1960); object about size of full opos with height and tail observed between 2000 and 2100 on two occasions within two weeks period. Report No. 2004/11 (date of information, Spring 1999); object sighted in evening for a period of six weeks disappearing about 2200 each opening, following wave course; never visited in else. The following reports all give similar details on unidentified flying objects observed over Western Balkan Provinces: Import No. 2032/61 (Date of Information, August 1960); Object first oi= served in June 1960 and again in August 1960 between 2000 and 2100 as both ocellops; and tail of yellowish-white flames and white smoke; as sound. Report No. 2023/01 (date of information, September 1960); object observed about 2000; size of star with tail; no visible smoke tail; no sound. Report No. 2000/61 (date of information, Spring 1960); Object aligned at 227 on Russian Orthodox Easter Sunday in 1960; Jet of flame about equal in length to diameter of moon, color near that of lighted match. Total time of observation about 5 minutes. Import No. 2042/61 (date of information, Winter 1959); Tulce in winter of 1956, once in winter of 1957 and once in winter of 1959, sphere of yellowish fire, tulce the size of the full moon sighted by resident of Tulce. Object visible for thirty seconds or a minute, no sound. Report No. 2041/61 (date of information, Spring 1960); About 1000 in Spring 1960, object assembling glowing and cloud and nine of full moon observed trot of Kaldja; simulated visible for half an hour; no sound. Report No. 2043/61 (date of information, September 1960); On an June 1960 and again in September 1960, about 2000, light, and in color and little larger time a star, observed by a prisoner of a penal labor camp; visible for approximately half an hour. Report No. 2045/81 (date of Information, Summer 1960); Two objects sighted by resident of Kuldja; the first one evening in summer of 1959; round object the size of a small star glowing with a saddish light; examined in view for about twenty minutes. The second appeared about 2000, summer of 1960 which appeared to be a glowing sphere of white light about nine of full moon and appeared to be opening; visible for half an hour, no sound. ANSWER: S. B. HENDERLE Colonel, General Staff, U. S. Army Lieutenant of Clarence. New York
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