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This Central Intelligence Agency information report, distributed on 2 September 1952 and marked as unevaluated, translates French-language newspaper items from Dakar and Casablanca published 12 to 18 July 1952. It collects eyewitness reports of flying saucers and luminous objects. They include a flame-emitting object over Dakar on 3 July and sightings in Morocco between 12 and 14 July at Had Kourt, Fedala, Ifrane, Chichaoua, Louis Gentil and near Casablanca. A blue ovoid object was also reported rising from the ground in the Daiet Aoua region.
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COUNTRY French Morocco; French West Africa SUBJECT Military-Unidentified aircraft DATE OF INFORMATION 1952 HOW PUBLISHED Daily newspapers DATE DIST. 2 Sept 1952 WHERE PUBLISHED Dakar; Casablanca NO. OF PAGES 2 DATE PUBLISHED 12-18 Jul 1952 LANGUAGE French SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION Newspapers as indicated. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OVER MOROCCO AND FRENCH WEST AFRICA EYEWITNESS REPORTS SAUCER OVER DAKAR -- Conakry, La Guinee Francaise, 12 Jul 52 France-Afrique [Dakar weekly] reports the statement of an eyewitness who claims to have observed a flying saucer above Dakar at 0608 hours on 3 July 1952. According to this account, the object was flat and tapered in shape, and issued forth bluish and reddish flames which were quite long and very clearly visible. The report further stated that the object was moving southward at a great rate of speed, at an altitude of approximately 1,500 meters. The report added that the stars were no longer visible at the time of the saucer sighting and that there were no aircraft in flight over Dakar at the time. FLYING OBJECTS SEEN IN MOROCCO -- Casablanca, La Vigie Marocaine, 16 Jul 52 It is reported from Mechra bel Ksiri that on 12 July 1952, two flying saucers were seen by two policemen on night duty at Had Kourt. The saucers were elongated in shape, followed by a trail of white light, and traveled at a high rate of speed from north to south. On 13 July 1952, two inhabitants of Fedala reported having seen, at 2345 hours, a blue-green, ball-shaped object, followed by a short trail of light, and moving at a rather high rate of speed. According to the eyewitnesses, the object disappeared after about 3 or 4 seconds as though it had literally melted in the sky. On 14 July 1952, a man and his wife reported having observed for about 30 seconds, at about 0900 hours, a mysterious flying object traveling from Ifrane in the direction of Meknes.
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