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This Central Intelligence Agency report (No. 00-W-24639), distributed 24 November 1952, compiles unevaluated translations of French and Spanish newspaper items from July to October 1952. It covers sightings of luminous disks and other unidentified objects over French Morocco, Algeria, Tangier, Spain, Mallorca, Durban in South Africa and Abidjan. Most items describe the object seen across Morocco on 21 September 1952, including a close pass reported by a tourist pilot named Creze. One newspaper suggested that object was probably a meteor.
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REPORT NO. 00-W-24639 INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS COUNTRY Spain; French Morocco; Algeria; Tangier French West Africa; Union of South Africa SUBJECT Military - Unconventional aircraft DATE OF INFORMATION 1952 HOW PUBLISHED Daily, semiweekly newspapers DATE DIST. 24 Nov 1952 WHERE PUBLISHED French Morocco; Algieria, Tangier; French West Africa NO. OF PAGES 4 DATE PUBLISHED 17 Jul - 8 Oct 1952 LANGUAGE French; Spanish SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION SOURCE Newspapers as indicated. ## SIGHTINGS OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS OVER SPAIN AND AFRICA, JULY - OCTOBER 1952 DISKS APPEAR OVER MARRAKECH -- Rabat, L'Echo du Maroc, 17 Jul 52 Marrakech (special correspondent) -- At 2100 hours presumably on 16 July 19527, many people saw a large, luminous disk flying horizontally, with a leaping and bounding motion. Then, there was a burst of light. A second disk of smaller dimensions appeared, going off horizontally toward the southwest. The whole appearance lasted about one minute. From several points of the Marrakech region, luminous disks were seen traveling at a dizzy speed. On 14 July, flying saucers had been seen over the Ifrane region, flying toward Meknes. LUMINOUS DISK OR BALL SEEN OVER MOULAY BOUSSELHAM -- Rabat, L'Echo du Maroc, 5 Aug 52 On 2 August 1952, at about 2045 hours, a group of five trustworthy persons saw a luminous disk or ball in the sky over Moulay Bousselham, French Morocco. The object, red in the center and bluish around the edge, flew very rapidly from southeast to northwest, remaining visible for at least 20 seconds before it disappeared over the horizon. LUMINOUS OBJECTS SEEN OVER ALGERIA -- Oran, Oran Republicain, 16 Aug 52 In Ain Sefra, on the night of.12 August 1952. a railroad agent observed a
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