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Unidentified Flying Objects Reports

Defense Intelligence Agency · 140 pages · text by OCR

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 light also flew around, parallel to the north several times, then descended to the ground…
  • p. 9 …was visible for a short time on October 10th at this year near the village of…
  • p. 10 …approximately half the size of the full moon which was shining at that time. When first…
  • p. 11 …Import 400%, 24 Nov 20 (1 day) (AMCHR) Two of the cameras identify the time as…
  • p. 13 …in the at times were identical and even consisted of a single-storeyed brick building with…
  • p. 15 …the natural biology, no such plan nor had been seen before or since that time, at…
  • p. 20 …about five (5) minutes from the rotation to the time of disappearance; object left a trail…
  • p. 21 …It had been about the time of an ordinary star and all a yellowish colour, and…
  • p. 23 …Personnel were debriefed on the afternoon of 18 July 1960. Time of sighting: About 2000 hours…
  • p. 28 mursily parallel to the horizent north of the point of observation ; after 5 minutes appeared behind…
  • p. 30 …in the vicinity of Kulda, the information obtained above is necessarily consistent in date, time of…
  • p. 34 …The two take-offs occurred within a three day interval and both times at approximately 0200…
  • p. 36 …These events were reported prior to the time that any reports appeared in the newspapers. a…
  • p. 37 …At this time it was seen by Chilean, Argentine and British bases in the Anarctic. "The…
  • p. 38 …in the Argentine base directly in front of our location. "This is the second time in…
  • p. 39 …Some credence must be given to the existence or the occurrence of some type of phenomenon…
  • p. 45 …At that time the plane was leaving the Uruguayan coast and was flying over the neighborhood…
  • p. 47 …This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of…
  • p. 48 …ON TWO ZERO JUNE THE CHILEAN BASE COMMANDER (AGUIRRE CERDA BASE) REPORTED THAT AT ONE SIX…
  • p. 49 …TWO VARIOMETERS WORKING AFFECTED BY MAGNETIC FIELD DISTURBANCE DURING THE TIME OBJECT SIGHTED. Comment: Foregoing messages…
  • p. 50 TIME LOCATION OBSERVATION OBSERVER 1800/10 Jul Southeast of Kuan-hsi, Hsin-chu County A fleeting…
  • p. 52 …The time of discovery was approximately several minutes after 1900 hours O July: The time of…
  • p. 54 …According to reports of the many citizens who viewed the object, it remained in the vicinity…
  • p. 58 …I did note at the time that the larger star was moving more rapidly but without…
  • p. 60 …The time period given for the sightings as August through December 1965 is also earlier than…
  • p. 62 …The object had an impressive volume, four times bigger than that of a star. It was…
  • p. 65 …While in this meeting Cathie made the statement that he could predict the time of the…
  • p. 68 …IT WAS APPARENTLY HOVERING NEAR THE RECEIVING STATION DURING THE TIME THE GARBLED SIGNALS WERE INTERCEPTED…
  • p. 72 …At the time of each explosion, the sun was found to be at a particular distance…
  • p. 75 …I have not a copy of the 1967 Ephomeris, so I can only give approximate times…
  • p. 76 …It appears that whatever catastrophe occurred at the time, disrupted the grid before this block could…
  • p. 79 …The Dominion Sunday Times, Wellington, NZ 16. SUMMARY: (UNCLASSIFIED) (U) Report forwards newspaper clipping on Captain…
  • p. 80 …Captain Cathle told The Sunday Times he had no interest in speculation about title green men…
  • p. 118 …Historically, Thai pilots have been reluctant to fly at night, but the moon in recent days…
  • p. 119 …The message was to CINCPAC with information to 7/13AF and referenced the message quoted above…
  • p. 122 …just arrived home for the first time since I had the talk with you on Tuesday…
  • p. 129 …Another primary aim of TIME, FEBRUARY 2, 1968 the "spook ships"—espionage satellites like Samos and…
  • p. 130 …On the last three occasions when he called the DATT, he went into considerable detail about…
  • p. 131 …to the US Antartic program, and which was in Antartic waters at the time. Capt Cathie…
  • p. 136 …However, this time the correspondent could not get past the General's secretary; was politely but…
  • p. 137 …passed through the general area during the same time period and that the pilgrims garried with…
  • p. 138 …At the time, the pilot was searching for unidentified flying objects pursuant to an earlier Base…
  • p. 139 …or smuggling, there was no evidence at the time to substantiate that possibility. c. During November…
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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