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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. 9 …Elongated in shape and at during natural motion in length, it appeared to be traveling at…
  • p. 17 …Object observed from Kaldja expressing from distant west in an easterly direction at great speed and…
  • p. 18 …It about 11 o'clock one clear starry night in the spring of 1955 an unusual…
  • p. 29 …A draft about 15 centimetres long pertained from one end of the bag at the end…
  • p. 31 …A shaft about fifteen centimetres long had protruded from one end of the box and at…
  • p. 41 …at an altitude of 8,500 feet, at a speed of 500 Kms. The night was…
  • p. 48 …DASH TWENTY MINUTES AT ONE NINE FOUR FIVE HOURS ON A CLEAR NIGHT WITH ONE EIGHTH…
  • p. 49 …PERSONS AT THE CHILEAN BASE AGUIRRE CERDA OBSERVED DURING TWO ZERO MIN (CLEAR NIGHT, TWO EIGHTS…
  • p. 118 …Historically, Thai pilots have been reluctant to fly at night, but the moon in recent days…
  • p. 119 …However, there is no evidence at present time to indicate rash of recent "Bogies" reported near…
  • p. 122 …I spent last night in Invercargill. This is the first chance I have had to make…
  • p. 138 …The religious procession left Ban Sang Hin at approximately 2000 hours 23 August 1969, arrived at…
  • p. 139 …While Thai pilots had historically been reluctant to fly at night, a recent full moon had…
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CA WITH HISTORY OF BORDER
FOR THE FIRST CASE
AND MEMBER OF THE BORDER PIEUK 12084172
8.17.81 B. Riala Finland	P.D.L.BJDQ.079	FINLAND MS-11
Vianla: Border Guard Report (U) B-2
DATE OF MARK
10 Apr-21 May

Attached here is an Inclosure in translation of Finnish border treaty reports for the period 10 apr through 31 May 88. Main items of interest include:

a. Increased use of dogs by Russian Border Guard.

more lights is the sky.

c Overflights by Russian aircraft.

ANO area

The general level of the border area activity remains about the same.

The source delivered this report without giving him an opportunity to discuss the various details, he is going on his usual extended manner.

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Translation of Finnish Border Guard Report (S)

DA FORM 1048 REPLACES ONE FORM 174 1 AFS OR WHICH DAY BE USED CAUTION - SEEVING PROTECTOR GREET BEFORE TYPING

$ \overrightarrow{A} \cdot \overrightarrow{J} $ $ \overrightarrow{B} \cdot \overrightarrow{J} $

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