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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…
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

1. COUNTRY. URUGUAY	8. REPORT NUMBER: IR 1 900 0079 65
2. SUBJECT: More on Unidentified Flying Objects	DATE OF REPORT: 23 September 1965
3. NO. OF PAGES: Three
4. DISC NUMBER:	11. REFERENCES: DIRM 1S; 1T; IR 1 900 0066 65
5. DATE OF INFORMATION: 23 Aug 65
6. PLACE AND DATE OF ACQ: Montevideo, 23 Aug 65	12. ORIGINATOR: US Air Attache
7. EVALUATION: SOURCE C INFORMATION 3	13. PREPARED BY: HOWARD W. SLATON, Col., USAF
8. SOURCE: Press	14. APPROVING AUTHORITY: RICHARD J. RESTOR, Col., GS U.S. Defense Attache
9. SUMMARY:
This IR forwards a translation of an article appearing in the 23 Aug 65 issue of a Montevideo newspaper, El Diario. It covers the activities of the ICUO (Investigation Center for Unidentified Objects) since its establishment in 1958. It concludes that flying saucers are more than an optical illusion.
FLYING SAUCERS OVER MONTEVIDEO
A group of people in Uruguay have taken charge of investigating and publicizing the problem raised by repeated observance in the atmosphere of our planet of some apparati that could not be identified and which are grouped under the international denomination of UFOS (Unidentified Flying Objects) or OVNIS (Non-identified Flying Objects).
On 29 April 1958 several persons held a meeting to organize and join forces with other centers abroad for the purpose of learning more about and becoming acquainted with every aspect connected with the mysterious objects. Thus it is
10. DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR: The Ambassador USMILGR USAFSOCOM USSOCOM
11. DOWNGRADING DATA:
12. ATTACHMENT DATA:	None

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