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This Central Intelligence Agency information report (No. OO-W-24108), distributed 27 September 1952, summarizes Spanish and French newspaper accounts published between April and August 1952. It covers four glowing spheres over Almansa and a red object over Andujar in Spain. It describes a cargo ship master's sighting of an orange light off Port Gentil, Gabon, where no planes were aloft, and a string of saucer reports across Oran Department, Algeria. The material is marked as unevaluated.
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INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS REPORT NO. OO-W-24108 CD NO. -- COUNTRY Algeria; Spain; French Equatorial Africa SUBJECT Military - Unconventional aircraft HOW PUBLISHED Daily and thrice-weekly newspapers DATE OF INFORMATION 1952 WHERE PUBLISHED Tangier; Conakry; Oran; Casablanca DATE DIST. 27 Sep 1952 DATE PUBLISHED 22 Apr - 1 Aug 1952 NO. OF PAGES 4 LANGUAGE Spanish; French SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION SOURCE Newspaper as indicated. "SAUCERS" SIGHTED OVER SPAIN AND FRENCH AFRICA GLOWING SPHERES SEEN OVER ALMANSA, SPAIN -- Tangier, Espana, 22 Apr 52 Almansa, 21 April -- At 0800 hours today, many persons saw a series of four glowing spheres crossing the sky along the Murcia-Valencia trajectory at high speed and at a great height. The spheres looked like locks of wool of a vivid reddish color which changed to an intense yellow as they flew farther away. They gradually disappeared in the distance. No unusual sourd was heard. The spectacle lasted hardly a minute. ANDUJAR RESIDENTS REPORT SAUCER -- Tangier, Espana, 1 Aug 52 The Cifra news agency reports that on the night of 30 July 1952, many residents of Andujar, Spain, saw what was presumed to be a so-called flying saucer. The object was red, round, and approximately the size of a desert dish. If flew noiselessly, at great speed, and left behind a long trail of very bright greenish light. LUMINOUS OBJECT SEEN OVER PORT GENTIL -- Conakry, La Guinee Francaise, 26 Jun 52 The master of a cargo ship anchored in front of the wharf of Port Gentil in Gabon, French Equatorial Africa reported that at 0240 hours on 1 June 1952 a mysterious object came up from the area behind Port Gentil, made a double loop, passed over the roadstead, and then dived toward the sea at great speed. He submitted the report to the local authorities and to the administrative offices of his company. The following is a summary of his story. June 1952 at 0240 hours. the ship was riding at anchor in the roadstead
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