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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.

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  • 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…
COLONEL J.J. BURNETT.

AIR ATTACHE.

UNITED STATES EMBASSY.

WELLINGTON.

DEAR SIR,

SINCE SHOWING YOU THE INFORMATION I HAD GATHERED ON U.F.O'S SOME WEEKS BACK, A FEW MORE INTERESTING FACTS HAVE COME TO MY NOTICE.

I HAVE A REPORT WHICH STATES THAT THE 'CANBERRA' U.F.O. WAS SIGHTED IN THE AREA JUST BEFORE THE SIGNALS FROM THE MARS SATELLITE WERE BEING RECEIVED, AND THAT IT LEFT SOON AFTERWARDS. IT WAS APPARENTLY HOVERING NEAR THE RECEIVING STATION DURING THE TIME THE GARBLED SIGNALS WERE INTERCEPTED.

ALSO THE SATELLITE ITSELF WAS APPARENTLY $ 7 \frac{1}{2} $ MINUTES LATE IN EMERGING FROM BEHIND MARS, CAUSING MUCH PUZZLEMENT TO THE SCIENTISTS.

THESE FACTS APPEAR MOST SIGNIFICANT TO ME, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS ABSOLUTE SILENCE FROM THE PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS 'TIME' MAGAZINE.

ALSO TWO WEEKS AGO THREE U.F.O'S WERE OBSERVED IN THE DARGAVILLE AREA. SOME OF THE CREW OF A NAVAL COASTAL BOAT SAW THEM BESIDES SEVERAL CIVILIANS. I CHECKED MY MAPS AND SURE ENOUGH TWO OF MY PLOTTED TRACKS CROSS AT A POINT ON THE WEST OF DARGAVILLE TOWNSHIP. FROM A GENERAL INDICATION OF THE NEW ZEALAND SIGHTINGS I BELIEVE THAT THE GRID TO THE NORTH OF DARGAVILLE ON THE WESTERN COAST HAS YET TO BE COMPLETED. FURTHER SIGHTINGS IN THE NORTH MAY CONFIRM THIS.

I AM MOST CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT RE-ACTION WAS RECEIVED FROM THE STATES TO THE INFORMATION I SUPPLIED.

IF THE RE-ACTION WAS NEGATIVE I FEEL THAT I AM COMPLETELY FREE TO PUBLISH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE GATHERED. IN THIS WAY I AM SURE THAT FURTHER FACTS WILL FIND THEIR WAY TO ME SO THAT I MAY BE NEARER TO THE COMPLETE ANSWER.

I AM ON INDEFINITE LEAVE AT THIS TIME DUE TO AN EAR OPERATION AND DO NOT KNOW WHEN MY NEXT VISIT TO WELLINGTON WILL BE. I WOULD BE MOST INTERESTED TO HEAR OF ANY DEVELOPMENTS.

I REMAIN.

YOURS FAITHFULLY.

USAF reference : no cause for that vice spirit .

CAPTAIN B.L. CATHIE.

NATIONAL AIRWAYS CORPORATION.

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