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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. 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…
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE. INFORMATION REPORT

NOTE. This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the espionage laws. Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 793, and 794. The transmission or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.

Translation of four messages provided by the Chief, Argentine Navy Hydrographic Service concerning unidentified flying objects sighted recently in Antarctica is submitted. Message originators were Commander, Argentine Base at Deception Island (64 deg 59 min South 60 deg 32 min West), and Commander, Argentine Activity at Orcadas (Laurie Island, South Orkney Islands) (60 deg 45 min South 44 deg 43 in West). The messages summarize sightings by Argentine personnel, and reports that British and Chilean base personnel at Deception Island have also reported unidentified flying objects. Messages are quoted verbatim and have been provided without comment.

1. First Message (Note: Times stated presumably LOCAL)

DTG 231459 JUNE 1965

ORIGINATOR: CO DECEPTION ISLAND

TO CHIEF HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICE

INFO CHIEF NAVY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS SIGHTED SEVEN JUNE

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS SIGHTED SEVEN JUNE AT ONE NINE FIVE ZERO

5. DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR:	17. DOWNGRADING DATA:	18. ATTACHMENT DATA:
USCINCSO
USNAVSO
COMSOLANT
CINCLANTFLT
USAFSO
AMEMB BAIRES
AIR ATTACHE BAIRES
DATT BAIRES 1(U) Copies of four messages (in Spanish)Translated(as part of report)
 REQUEST ATTACHMENT FROM DIAAP-1H2
*(FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

REPLACE $ DA FORM 1048 1 AUG 60

OPNAY FORM 3820 (Rev. 10-61)

AF FORM 112 JUL 61 WHICH MAY BE

USED UNTIL 1 JAN 63.

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