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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
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT located in the Argentine base directly in front of our location. "This is the second time in less than a month that we have observed these celestial bodies. The first was on the 13th of June and the last this Saturday at 1920 hours. It was during this last observation when all our group saw this phenomenon while making atmospheric observations. The color of the body was red yellowish changing to green to yellow and to orange. It was at a short distance at an angle of 450 with respect to our position in the extreme north of the island. It later took a zig-zag course. During one of its maneuvers it maintained a stationary position. Rapidly with the apparatus at hand (theodolite and long range binoculars), we observed this body in a stationary position for a period of 20 minutes. During this period Corporal Uladislao Duran Martines of our group quickly got his camera and took 10 photographs (more or less) which he believes to be perfect. He not only took the pictures directly but he also took them using the theodolite and the long range binoculars. Unluckily, we must wait until March of the coming year in order to develop these pictures. To corroborate my statement I later communicated with the English base. People from this base said that they had observed an object of star of the first magnitude. This communication was made at 2030 hours. The same thing happened with personnel of the Argentine base Orcad. In this case, we were more certain that we were dealing with a strange solid object because their electro-magnetic equipment showed abnormal interference from the moment during which it appeared. 4. The 18 July edition of La Nacion, Santiago newspaper carried the following: "On 17 July several people in Colonia, Uruguay observed the landing of a flying saucer on a beach. The report stated that the strange object remained on the beach close to two minutes and then continued silently on a vertical flight toward the River de la Plata where it remained suspended in space for several minutes at an altitude of 10 meters, later continuing in horizontal flight calculated at approximately 500 meters. "The people who viewed the object stated no troops were observed; that it left an "X" on the beach similar to a retractible mechanical foot and that it was reddish in color and difficult to look at due to its luminosity. "A little later strange objects were sighted flying over Buenos Aires. One of the spectators took a photograph of the objects." 5. The 20 July edition of El Mercurio, Diario Illustrado and La Nacion carried accounts of a strange object flying in the vicinity of Antofagasta for a period of approximately 25 minutes. "On 19 July in the Provinces of Tarapace and Antofagasta, Chile, a strange object was observed flying at a high speed ejecting explosions of great force and very loud. The object was first sighted at 1555 and was described to be in the form of a cone with the point to the rear. It was observed by six laborers at the Maria Elena Nitrate Mine." 6. On 23 July 1965 the Diario Illustrado, Santiago newspaper contained the following: "On the 20th of July at 0400 in the morning an occupant in a hotel at Chañaral was awakened by a loud noise. He looked out the window and saw an intense red object that had a diameter of approximately 10 to 12 meters land on the sand in the vicinity of the hotel and 4 to 5 minutes thereafter it left with a violent noise and was seen no longer." Comments of reporting officer: There may be a connection between some of the sightings and the U. S. Space program, e.g. A check with NASA indicates that objects 1965 46D and 1965 46E which were part of the 1965 46A (COSMOS 68) series which was launched on 15 June had a decay date of 19 June 1965,
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