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'1'be fir1t ute vu at bi• forwvd po1t rea.47 to w!.gb ucbor vtule tbe -..·..:
ter vu oa tbe bridge V'ith tbe officer on i\at7• . Vith tbe exception ot tbe lil.:IOr•
111.g light•, tbe 1h1p wu 1u cm.plete darlme11, tw. peraitti.Dg excellent night
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At 024<>, the first mate telephoaed tbe ...ter inf~ h1JD tbat be bad
Ja,at lighted aa unknown lumiDCNa obJect in tbe 1k7 vbich caae tree Port. Oeatil
aa4 }laHecl 41rectl7 over the 1h1p. 1'ra1ning h11 b! ,-,cw.u1 (Z.111 7 x SO, tor
mght "1"111oa) 1kyvvd, tbe muter vu able to 1ee quite clearly, on tbe part
quarter, a TU7 bright &rid ~pbore1ceat orange lill,t., circ:ul.&r in 1bape &ad
IIO't'iJll at a great 1peed iD a aeemiz.icl.7 atra1ght-1.ae coune.- St&rid~ on tbe
Willi of the bridge, &D4 V'itb the aid of tbe t')"rocaapu1 repeater, tbe 111&1ter
••tuiated it• &Ter&Be direction to be abo\4111,,10 degrHa.
Ke folloved the light quite ea11l7 iD hi• biDOCW.UI for about 3 11iaute1
am lo1t 1ight or it vhen it 110Ved at great •peed over tbe Prince buoy, ab0\.•.t 7
mi.lea trcm the 1h1p. 'l'b.e master vu unaware of any accampaaylJll 10WM1 and &d-
: a1t1 that it was difticult to HtiJll&te tbe altitude :>t the obJect, ,-et be Judged
_ th11 to be 3,000-4,000 meters. lt1 di&a!ter var; tbat of a pla:iet .
The first mate stated that before be telephone.1 the 111&ater, be 1av tbat ob-
.,.ct come tram the di rection of Port Gent1l, stop, make a right turn, and resu=!!
it ■ initilll. course. J.s it puaed directly oTer the sh!.p, it repeated tbe same
,art or gyration. ·
1'be master stated that bi• 20 ~ars ot eea duty enabled hi& to affirm tbat
vb&t be aav vas neither a knavn celestial phenomenon, 1ucb u a f&l.llng r;tar or
•teor, nor a current type of aircra!"t.
l"urtbermore, it vas confirmed that there vere no planes 1n the air tbat
night our Port Gent1l .
STRANGE OBJECTS SEEN Il'i sn OVER ALGERIA -- Ora.II L 'Bebo d 'Oran, 17 Jul 52
At 2300 houre on 15 July 1952, in tbe tovn of lloulta.nefis, tvo bakers clearly
sav a pate-1baped flying object in the elcy. It mond v1tb unusual ag!.lit;y, g1'f'-
ing oft a green.ish 6:IIOke and lighting up the sky. It seemingly did not <er
1t1 course aa it increased it• ■peed and disappeared tcvard tbe aouth.
_... Sim.1.v~l7, 1n Lamor1c1ere on ll July 1952, one Tbc:mi&S Martinez sav a sudden
illumination above and at !irat took it to be a t&lllng at&r. ActwLl.17, it
aeemed more like a meteor fol.loved by tvo other bodies, &l.l -;raUing a yell.av
cloud or 11111oke. Then, these disappeared and out of novbere appeared an oval.-
abaped, longish ball of fire. · ~lying at a lav <itude and clearly visible, it
rapidl7 followed a rectilinear course.
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STRAJlaE FHEllOHDOft WITRESSED Jl"R~ TWO POlliTS Ill ORAli -- Oran, L':Ecbo d 'Oran,
26 Jul 52
Recently /jresuma'bl7 25 July 19527, ae-rer&l inhabitants ot Oran reported
aee1ng a flying aau.cer at approx.1.mater,: the same time •
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At 1535 bours , Baoul Le Beti&ff, foreman of a loc&l campan,-, aav aa inc&II•
4eacent white 11a.u 1n tbe IQ abOTe Qn.D. It flev aouthvestvvd, tr&Tel1Jl{. at
an altitude of about 2,000 met.era. There vu no luminou. exb&U5t and no a111oke.
Arter 30 aecoDil, the pbencaenon srw bazy &ad disappeared• 'l'be 11er■ormel of
tbe cmi-zi7 office and hl&cio, an aplo,-ee 1D tbe IJ.&eronapbte lfactoryi] alao
aav tbe •aaw:u.• · ··