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This Central Intelligence Agency report (No. 00-W-23759), distributed 27 August 1952, collects unevaluated translations of Spanish and French newspaper items published in Tangier and Algiers between 22 May and 16 June 1952. It describes a rocket-shaped, smoke-trailing object over Barcelona, a green-lit object over Sousse, Tunisia, and sightings over Meknes, Taourirt and Casablanca in French Morocco. At Meknes, a witness said the object was much faster than nearby T-33 planes. The report draws no conclusions.
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known apparatus emitted a white light described a parabola in the sky, stopped, and then disappeared toward irane in the south. FLAMING DISC ABOVE TAOURIET, MOROCCO -- Algiers, Echo d'Alger, 16 Jun 52 On the morning of 15 June 1952, a strange phenomenon appeared above Taourirt, French Morocco. For 30 seconds, dock workers saw a disc of white flames surrounded by two circular strands, with smoke trailing behind it. The fiery object, which seemed to move earthward, vanished rapidly. SAUCER OVER CASABLANCA -- Algiers, Journal d'Alger, 16 Jun 52 After Meknes and Marrakech, Casablanca had its flying saucer on 15 June 1952. It was observed by Andre Assorin, a former pilot. The Meteorological Bureau claims that is has not seen this unusual apparition above Casablanca. - END -
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 4 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.